June 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1749

yards wide, trending in a north-north-west and south-south-east magnetic direction, and is on the following bearings:—
Plover Point, S. 60° W. true (S.W. ¾ S. s’ly mag.).
Islet on eastern shore of Fortune Channel, distant 1,600 yards S. 63° E. true (E. ¼ S. mag.) from Plover Point, bearing S. 5° E. true (S.S.E. ½ E. e’ly mag.).
A rock, about 150 ft. long, which dries 4 ft. near its centre, is located 150 yards from the eastern shore of Bedwell Sound. The rock extends parallel with the shore, and has deep water between it and the land. It is located on the following bearings:—
Point on the eastern shore of Bedwell Sound, 1 mile S. 66° E. true (east mag.) from the islet southward of Turn Point, N. 2° E. true (N. by W. ⅛ W. w’ly mag.).
Point on the western side of Bedwell Sound, 1,500 yards S. 71° W. true (S.W. ⅛ W. w’ly mag.) from the islet southward of Turn Point, N. 81° W. true (W.S.W. ⅜ W. w’ly mag.).
Approx. position: Lat. 49° 15′ 03″ N., long. 125° 48′ 45″ W.
Hydrographic Office Charts.—Nos. 903, 1450, and 1597.
Coast Survey Charts.—No. 7000. H.O. Light List, Vol. i, 1907, No. 1259A. 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 265.
QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS.—HECATE STRAIT.—SKINCUTTLE INLET.—UNCHARTED ROCK.—WHARF.—The Canadian Government has given notice that Captain Holmes Newcomb reports the existence of an uncharted rock in the entrance to Skincuttle Inlet, Hecate Strait, which dries 2 ft. at low water springs, and over which the sea does not break at high water. This rock lies nearly in mid-channel, on the following bearings:—
Gull Rocks, N. 58° W. true (W. ½ N. mag.), distant 0·9 mile.
Deluge Point, S. 37° 45′ W. true (S. by W. mag.).
Approx. position: Lat. 52° 18′ 25″ N., long. 131° 09′ 00″ W.
Vessels entering Skincuttle Inlet should keep well over towards the Copper Islands, giving them a berth of about ½ mile, as a reef extends 200 yards off the outermost island.
A new wharf has just been built on the south-western side of Harriet Bay. The wharf extends 100 ft. from the shore, with 150 ft. frontage. Seventeen feet can be carried to the wharf at low water.
Hydrographic Office Charts.—Nos. 527, 904, and 1584.
Coast Survey Charts.—No. 7000. H.O. Publication No. 96, the Coast of British Columbia, 1891, page 391.

MALACCA STRAIT.

HIJU KETJIL (THE BROTHERS).—REEFS REPORTED.—The Netherlands Government has given notice that the master of the Netherlands Government steamer “Sperwer” reports the existence of the following reefs in the vicinity of Hiju Ketjil (The Brothers), Malacca Strait, east coast of Sumatra:—
A reef, with a least depth of 4 ft. over it, located on the following bearings:—
Hiju Besar, north point, in line with Hiju Ketjil, north point, S. 65° W. true (S.W. by W. ⅝ W. w’ly mag.).
Karimon Anak, north-east point, S. 52° E. true (S.E. ⅝ E. e’ly mag.).
A reef, with a least depth of 9 ft. over it, located on the following bearings: Hiju Besar, north point, in line with Belanda Besar, north point, S. 49° W. true (S.W. ¼ W. mag.)
Hiju Ketjil, in line with Mangoi, west point, S. 15° E. true (S. by E. ⅜ E. e’ly mag.).
A reef, with a least depth of 3½ fathoms over it, about 500 ft. long and 66 ft. wide, trending in a north-west and south-east magnetic direction, located on the following bearings:—
Hiju Ketjil, south-east point, N. 1° W. true (N. ⅛ W. w’ly mag.).
Hiju Besar, south point, N. 72° W. true (W.N.W. ¼ W. mag.).
Approximate position of Hiju Ketjil, lat. 1° 11′ 30″ N., long. 103° 21′ 12″ E.
Hydrographic Office Charts.—Nos. 529, 1170, 1595, and 1205.
British Admiralty Charts issued to U.S. Vessels.—No. 795.
China Sea Directory, Vol. i, 1906, page 136.

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.

HAWAII.—EAST COAST.—PEPEEKEO POINT LIGHT.—CHANGE IN STRUCTURE.—On 1st March, 1907, the wooden trestle tower, 36 ft. high, at Pepeekeo Point Light-station, located on Pepeekeo Point, eastern shore of the Island of Hawaii, was removed, and the lens lantern was re-established 124 ft. above the water and 61 ft. above the ground on a white mast having at its base a small white house with red roof and lead-coloured trimmings.
The location and characteristic of the light remain unchanged.

Approx. position: Lat. 19° 50′ 40″ N., long. 155° 05′ 00″ W.
Hydrographic Office Charts.—Nos. 1216 and 1368. H.O. Light List, Vol. i. 1907, No. 1316. H.O. Publication No. 115, the Hawaiian Islands, &c., 1903, page 54. Pacific Islands, Vol. iii, 1900, page 201.

SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN.

ADMIRALTY ISLANDS.—HYDROGRAPHIC INFORMATION.—The commander of the German man-of-war “Planet,” under date of 16th October, 1906, gives the following hydrographic information concerning the islands and reefs in the vicinity of Admiralty Islands, South Pacific Ocean:—
The three islands indicated on the charts in (approximately) lat. 2° 33′ S., long. 146° 33′ E., were not observed from a point about 2 miles northward of their charted position, and the large island shown on the charts about 8 miles east-south-eastward of the above islands was not observed at a distance of 7 miles in clear weather.
To the north-eastward are two reefs, one (in two parts) about 1 mile in length, trending in a north-east and south-west magnetic direction, located in (approximately) lat. 2° 30′ 30″ S., long. 146° 40′ 00″ E.; the other, a much smaller one, located in (approximately) lat. 2° 30′ 30″ S., long. 146° 40′ 30″ E.
The group of islands northward of Buke (Sugar Loaf) Island consists of seven instead of four islands as shown on the chart.
The reef on the southern end of St. George Island extends in a west-south-west magnetic direction from the island. The small sand island on the end of this reef was not observed.
The 1½-fathom spot eastward of Bull Island, St. Andrew Islands, has been marked by a black-barrel buoy moored on the eastern side of the shoal. Vessels should pass to the eastward of this buoy.
The two shoals north-eastward of Broadmead Island have been marked by white beacons.
Carpenter and Browne Islands, off the north-western coast of Manus (Usiei) Island, in Nares Harbour, are not two islands, as indicated on the charts, but are one island, being connected by a neck of land, on which are erected the storehouses and dwellings of the new trading-station. As a guide for vessels approaching this station, beacons have been established, one on the northern side of the 1-fathom shoal north-eastward of Carpenter Island, and one on the rock eastward of the 3-fathom spot. Both should be left to port in entering. A beacon has also been erected on the south-eastern end of the reef making out from Browne Island and north-westward of the rock eastward of the 3-fathom spot.
The Village of Wai katu, shown on the chart on the southern end of Wai katu Island, does not exist.
Hydrographic Office Chart.—No. 826A.
British Admiralty Charts issued to U.S. Vessels.—Nos. 2766 and 769. Pacific Islands, Vol. i, 1900, pages 402 and 408.

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.

HAWAII.—EAST COAST.—POUKAA POINT LIGHT.—CHANGE IN STRUCTURE.—On 20th March, 1907, the wooden trestle tower, 25 ft. high, at Poukaa Point Light-station, located about ⅓ mile south-westward of Kanaha Point, eastern shore of the Island of Hawaii, was removed, and the lens lantern was re-established 155 ft. above the water and 32·7 ft. above the ground on a white mast having at its base a small white house with red roof and lead-coloured trimmings.
The location and characteristic of the light remain unchanged.
Approx. position: Lat. 19° 45′ 54″ N., long. 155° 05′ 31″ W.
Hydrographic Office Charts.—Nos. 1216, 1368, and 1096.
H.O. Light List, Vol. i, 1907, No. 1317. H.O. Publication No. 115, the Hawaiian Islands, &c., 1903, page 55. Pacific Islands, Vol. iii, 1900, page 201.

SUMATRA.

EAST COAST.—RHIO STRAIT.—LIGHT-BUOY TO BE ESTABLISHED.—The Netherlands Government has given notice that a white light-buoy, exhibiting an intermittent white light every 20 seconds—thus, light 10 seconds, eclipsed 10 seconds—visible 6 miles, will be established 440 yards S. 88° 15′ E. true (east mag.) from the beacon on the northern end of Pan Reef, northern entrance to Rhio Strait, east coast of Sumatra.
Approx. position: Lat. 1° 09′ 40″ N., long. 104° 11′ 40″ E.
Hydrographic Office Charts.—Nos. 854B, 826A, 529, 797, 1170, and 1205.
British Admiralty Charts issued to U.S. Vessels.—Nos. 941A, 3543, and 2757. H.O. Light List, Vol. ii, 1907, No. 684A. China Sea Directory, Vol. i, 1906, page 608.
EAST COAST.—DURIAN STRAIT.—LIGHT-BUOY TO BE ESTABLISHED.—The Netherlands Government has given notice that a black light-buoy will be established in the southern entrance to Durian Strait, off the south-western extremity of South Brother Island, east coast of Sumatra, which will