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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 38

Notice to Mariners No. 25 of 1907.

PROVISION DEPOT ON THE THREE KINGS GREAT ISLAND.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 18th April, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given that a provision depot has been established on the Three Kings Great Island. It is situated on the narrow neck of the Great Island, and at the head of N.W. and S.E. bays. The house is painted white, and is plainly visible from the latter bay. A finger-post is erected on the ridge overlooking the two bays, and is visible from the anchorage in each bay. A notice is nailed up inside the house giving instructions where to find water, and also how to attract the attention of the lightkeepers at Cape Maria—viz., by making a fire on the hill to the west of the house—and that the lighthouse-keepers will be instructed to keep a constant lookout in that direction. Finger-posts will be erected when the vessel calls again at the group should the sea be smooth enough to permit landing at the other islands.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 1512: “New Zealand Pilot,” seventh edition, 1901, Chap. ii, page 44.

J. A. MILLAR.

Notice to Mariners No. 26 of 1907.

ERROR IN RELATIVE POSITION OF COAST-LINE BETWEEN NAPIER AND CAPE KIDNAPPERS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 18th April, 1907.

CAPTAIN McDONALD, of the s.s. “Waikare,” reports that from careful bearings taken from a position N.W. of Napier Breakwater the correct magnetic bearing from eastern side of breakwater to outer rock on Cape Kidnappers is S. 51½° E., and that the correct magnetic bearing by latest Admiralty chart allowing for the increased variation is S. 55½° E., a difference of 4°. Masters are therefore cautioned that when making Napier from Cape Kidnappers in thick weather it will be advisable to steer an outside course to the extent of 4°.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 2528; “New Zealand Pilot,” seventh edition, 1901, Chap. iv, page 160.

J. A. MILLAR.

Notice to Mariners No. 27 of 1907.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 19th April, 1907.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Hydrographic Office, Washington, D.C., United States of America, are published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.

OAHU.—HONOLULU HARBOUR ENTRANCE.—TEMPORARY BUOYS DISCONTINUED.—BUOY ESTABLISHED.—Referring to Notice to Mariners No. 50 (2287) of 1906, further notice is given that on 20th December, 1906, the temporary buoys marking the channel into Honolulu Harbour, with the exception of buoys Nos. 1 and 2, which are now permanent, were discontinued.

On the same date Honolulu Channel buoy No. 10, a second-class nun, was established on the eastern edge of the channel, about 970 ft. S. 6° 15′ W. true (S. ⅔ E. mag.) from Honolulu Range front light, to mark the turning-point for vessels going to Channel Wharf.

Hydrographic Office Charts.—Nos. 1216, 1368, 867, and 1381. H.O. Publication No. 115, the Hawaiian Islands, &c., 1903, page 117. Pacific Islands, Vol. iii, 1900, page 229.

CALIFORNIA.

HUMBOLDT BAY.—INDIAN ISLAND SPIT LIGHT RE-EXHIBITED.—Indian Island Spit light, a 4-pile beacon covered with slats, supporting a fixed white lens-lantern light, located on the southern end of the spit making off from the south-western end of the Indian Island, Humboldt Bay, California, which was destroyed 3rd January, 1907, was rebuilt and the light re-established 22nd January, 1907. This light should be placed on all charts affected.

Approx. position: Lat. 40° 48′ 10″ N., long. 124° 10′ 54″ W.

Coast Survey Charts.—Nos. 5800 and 5832. United States Lighthouse Board List of Lights on the Pacific Coast, 1906, No. 66, page 22. United States Coast Pilot, Pacific Coast, 1903, pages 20 and 100.

WASHINGTON.

COLUMBIA RIVER ENTRANCE.—NORTH HEAD.—WIRELESS TELEGRAPH-STATION ESTABLISHED.—Information has been received that a U.S. naval wireless telegraph-station was opened for service at North Head, Columbia River entrance, on 30th January, 1907. Call-letters, SX.

Hydrographic Office Charts.—No. 527.

Coast Survey Charts.—Nos. S, 5052, 6100, and 6140. United States Coast Pilot, Pacific Coast, 1903, page 111.

JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT.—NEW DUNGENESS LIGHT-STATION.—INTENDED CHANGE IN FOG-SIGNAL.—About 1st March, 1907, the 12 in. steam fog-signal at new Dungeness Light-station, located on the outer end of New Dungeness Sand-spit, southern shore of Juan de Fuca Strait, will be replaced by a first-class automatic siren, operated by compressed air. The characteristic of the signal will remain unchanged.

The new fog-signal will be established in a white, one-story, frame building with a brown roof, located on the northern edge of Dungeness Spit about 250 ft. north-eastward from the light-tower and about 250 ft. westward from the present fog-signal building.

Approx. position: Lat. 48° 10′ 55″ N., long. 123° 06′ 31″ W.

Hydrographic Office Charts.—Nos. 527 and 903.

Coast Survey Charts.—Nos. S, 7000, 6400, and 6450. U.S. Lighthouse Board List of Lights on the Pacific Coast, 1906, No. 195, page 44. United States Coast Pilot, Pacific Coast, 1903, pages 24 and 132. H.O. Publication No. 96, the Coast of British Columbia, 1891, pages 19 and 425.

BRITISH COLUMBIA.

VANCOUVER ISLAND.—WEST COAST.—QUATSINO SOUND.—ENTRANCE ISLAND.—LIGHT ESTABLISHED.—The Canadian Government has given notice that an unwatched, seventh-order, dioptric, fixed white light has been established on the south-eastern end of Entrance Island, Quatsino Sound, west coast of Vancouver Island, as a guide to vessels entering the sound.

The light is exhibited 90 ft. above high water from the top of a small, enclosed, wooden tower, built on an open-frame platform, the whole painted white. It is visible 15 miles to the southward.

Approx. position: Lat. 50° 26′ 31″ N., long. 128° 02′ 15″ W.

Hydrographic Office Charts.—Nos. 527, 903, 1452, and 1414.

Coast Survey Charts.—Nos. S and 7000. H.O. Light List, Vol. i, No. 760a. U.S. Lighthouse Board List of Lights on the Pacific Coast, 1906, page 64. H.O. Publication No. 96, the Coast of British Columbia, 1891, page 293.

VANCOUVER ISLAND.—SOUTH-WEST COAST.—HALIBUT CHANNEL.—LOOKOUT ISLAND.—LIGHT ESTABLISHED.—Referring to Notice to Mariners No. 45 (1986) of 1906, the Canadian Government has given further notice that an unwatched, seventh-order, dioptric, fixed white light has been established on the eastern end of Lookout Island, Halibut Channel, south-west coast of Vancouver Island, as a guide to vessels entering Kyuquot Harbour by Halibut Channel.

The light is exhibited 45 ft. above high water from the top of a small, enclosed, wooden tower, built on an open-frame platform, the whole painted white. It is visible 12 miles to the southward and eastward.

Approx. position: Lat. 49° 59′ 45″ N., long. 127° 27′ 25″ W.

Hydrographic Office Charts.—Nos. 527, 903, 1451, 1439, and 1427.

Coast Survey Charts.—Nos. S and 7000. H.O. Light List, Vol. i, No. 760a. U.S. Lighthouse Board List of Lights on the Pacific Coast, 1906, page 64. H.O. Publication No. 96, the Coast of British Columbia, 1891, page 285.

STRAIT OF GEORGIA.—MALASPINA STRAIT.—RAGGED ISLANDS.—LIGHT ESTABLISHED.—The Canadian Government has given notice that an unwatched, seventh-order, dioptric, fixed white light has been established on the eastern end of the southern Ragged Island, off the mainland shore of the Strait of Georgia.

The light is exhibited 40 ft. above high water from the top of a small, enclosed, wooden tower, built on an open-frame platform, the whole painted white. It is visible 11 miles over an arc of 249° from S. 3° 30′ E. true (S.S.E. ½ E. e’ly mag.) to N. 65° 30′ E. true (N.E. ⅔ N. n’ly mag.).

Approx. position: Lat. 49° 59′ 45″ N., long. 124° 48′ 40″ W.

Hydrographic Office Charts.—Nos. 527, 903, 1454, and 1455.

Coast Survey Charts.—Nos. S and 7000. H.O. Light List, Vol. i, No. 775. U.S. Lighthouse Board List of Lights on the Pacific Coast, 1906, page 72. H.O. Publication No. 96, the Coast of British Columbia, 1891, page 175.

QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND.—NEW CHANNEL.—CHRISTIE PASSAGE.—BALAKLAVA ISLAND.—SCARLETT POINT.—CHANGE IN CHARACTER OF LIGHT.—The Canadian Government has given notice that on 1st February, 1907, the fixed red light exhibited on Scarlett Point, Balaklava Island, will be replaced by a seventh-order, dioptric, fixed white light with