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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 87

water, about ⅛ mile outside the crest of the bar on the following bearings:—
Cape Disappointment Lighthouse, N. 31° E. true (N. ¾ E. e’ly mag.).
Point Adams unused lighthouse, S. 74° 20′ E. true (E. ¼ N. n’ly mag.).
North Head Lighthouse, N. 12° E. true (N. ⅓ W. mag.).
Clatsop Spit buoy No. 2, a red first-class nun, in 23 ft. of water, on the following bearings:—
Cape Disappointment Lighthouse, N. 30° 30′ E. true (N. ¾ E. mag.).
Point Adams unused lighthouse, S. 65° E. true (E. ¼ S. mag.).
North Head Lighthouse, N. 7° 15′ E. true (N. by W. ¼ W. w’ly mag.).
These buoys are placed near the centre of a channel about 1 mile wide, which has a least depth of 22 ft. The buoys mark the point at which the crest of the bar is the narrowest.

CALIFORNIA.

SAN FRANCISCO BAY ENTRANCE.—BONITA POINT LIGHT-STATION.—OLD TOWER REMOVED.—About 31st July, 1907, the old white tower located about ¼ mile northward of Bonita Point Lighthouse, San Francisco Bay entrance, California, will be removed.
Approx. position: Lat. 37° 48′ 51″ N., long. 122° 31′ 47″ E.

WASHINGTON.

UMATILLA REEF LIGHT-VESSEL NO. 67 WITHDRAWN FROM STATION.—RELIEF LIGHT-VESSEL.—30th July, 1907, Umatilla Reef light-vessel No. 67, moored in 150 ft. of water about 2⅓ miles S. 61° 30′ W. true (S.W. ⅔ S. mag.) from Umatilla Reef, Flattery Rocks, making off from Cape Alava, sea-coast of Washington, and about 4¼ miles west-south-westward from the cape, was temporarily withdrawn from her station for repairs, and the station was marked by relief light-vessel No. 76.
Relief light-vessel No. 76 shows, the same as light-vessel No. 67, 2 fixed white lens-lantern lights, each from three lanterns encircling a masthead, but these are 46 ft. above the water and visible 12 miles in clear weather.
During thick or foggy weather light-vessel No. 76 will sound a 12 in. steam-whistle with the same characteristic as that sounded from light-vessel No. 67—viz., blasts of 3 seconds’ duration, separated by silent intervals of 27 seconds.
Relief light-vessel No. 76 is a flush-deck steam-vessel, has two masts, schooner-rigged, no bowsprit, a black smoke-stack, and a steam-whistle between the masts, but differs from light-vessel No. 67 in having all visible parts from the bow to the middle of the foremast and from the middle of the mainmast aft painted red; all visible parts between the fore and main masts, including the middle third of each lantern mast, white. The day-marks at the mastheads have five vertical stripes, three red and two white, and on the spring-stay, midway between the two masts, there is an oval day-mark with one white and two red vertical stripes. The number 76 is in white on each bow and each quarter, and in black on each side of the spring-stay day-mark. The word “Relief” is painted in large black letters on the middle of each side.
Light-vessel No. 67 will be returned to her station as soon as repairs have been completed, of which due notice will be given, and relief light-vessel No. 76 will then be withdrawn.
Approx. position: Lat. 48° 9′ 43″ N., long. 124° 50′ 43″ W.

WASHINGTON.

PUGET SOUND.—MAURY ISLAND.—ROBINSON POINT LIGHT-STATION.—FOG-SIGNAL AGAIN IN OPERATION.—Referring to Notice to Mariners No. 25 (1140) of 1907, further notice is given that on 19th July, 1907, the 12 in. steam fog-whistle at Robinson Point Light-station, eastern extremity of Maury Island, western side of Puget Sound, which was temporarily discontinued for repairs, was again put in operation.
Approx. position: Lat. 47° 23′ 20″ N., long. 122° 22′ 20″ W.

U.S. NAVAL WIRELESS TELEGRAPH SERVICE.

REPORTS OF OBSTRUCTIONS TO NAVIGATION.—By direction of the Bureau of Equipment the U.S. naval wireless telegraph-stations on the Atlantic and Pacific seaboard are now furnished daily, or as often as there is occasion to do so, by the Hydrographic Office with the latest information relating to the presence of dangerous obstructions to navigation to be transmitted to vessels at sea.
Wireless messages will be sent broadcast three times at intervals of eight hours by those stations furnished with them. The hours chosen are 6 a.m., 2 p.m., and 10 p.m., local standard time. The messages will open with the word “Obstruction,” after which will follow words giving the latitude and longitude (or the bearing, as the case may be), the nature of the obstruction (whether wreck on bottom, floating derelict, or iceberg), and finally the date when the obstruction was last sighted.
These messages, together with such other hydrographic information as may be furnished for the purpose, will be kept on file, and when request by wireless is made by vessels at sea for such information the same will be furnished them. Such messages will take precedence over ordinary business.
The U.S. naval wireless telegraph-stations most likely to have information of the kind above described are those located as follows:—

Notice to Mariners No. 66 of 1907.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 30th September, 1907.

THE following Notices to Mariners—received from the Colonial Secretary’s Office, Perth, Western Australia; the Portmaster, Brisbane, Queensland; and the President of the Board of Trade, Port Adelaide, South Australia, respectively—are published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA (WEST COAST).

Alterations and Additions to Beacons and Buoys in Shark Bay.

BLIND STRAITS.—Buoys in this channel now removed.
INNER BAR.—Two beacons, each an iron telegraph-pole with drum on head, painted white, and 492 ft. apart, are erected on Red Cliffs just south of middle of conspicuous sandpatch.
BROWN’S ANCHORAGE.—A black perch buoy with staff and cage is moored in 3 fathoms, low water. This buoy kept in line with gable of woolshed Bg. S. 22° W. leads into and marks anchorage.
HEIRISSON FLATS.—At the north extreme of this shoal a red nun buoy with cage is moored in 4½ fathoms, low water.
BAR FLATS.—On the S.W. and south edge of this shoal two black perch buoys are moored. They are moored in 7½ fathoms of water and mark the north side of Denham Channel.
ANCHORAGE.—At Denham anchorage a black cask buoy is moored in 4 fathoms, low water.
LIGHTS.—There are two lights at Denham; the upper (fixed white) is visible 5 miles, and the lower (red, fixed) is visible for about 3 miles. They are used by local small craft, and, kept in line, keep clear off shoal water south of Denham.
WELLS.—Four more wells are placed on Dirk Hartog Island.
BUOYS.—The anchorage-buoy at Gascoyne Roads has now been removed.
Charts affected: No. 618, Shark Bay; No. 1056, C. Cuvier to Champion Bay.

C. J. IRVINE,
Chief Harbourmaster.

16th July, 1907.

COBURG PENINSULA, NORTH COAST OF AUSTRALIA, THREE-FATHOM SHOAL.

Notice is hereby given that Captain Hardy, R.N., of H.M.S. “Fantome,” reports the existence of a shoal with least water three (3) fathoms L.W.O.S. in the following position: Lat. 10° 59′ 40″ S., long. 132° 14′ 10″ E., Danger Point bearing S. 36° E., Edwards Point S. 12½° E., Smith Point S. 26° W.
Charts affected: Nos. 613, 942B, 1042, 1044, and 2759A; “Australia Directory,” Vol. iii, fourth edition, 1905, page 94.

JOHN MACKAY,
Portmaster.

Marine Department,
Brisbane, 5th September, 1907.