Oct. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3073

Notice to Mariners No. 69 of 1907.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 8th October, 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.

BRITISH COLUMBIA.

HARO STRAIT.—KELP REEFS.—LIGHT ESTABLISHED.—The Canadian Government has given notice that an unwatched intermittent white light, automatically eclipsed at short intervals, has been established on the black stone beacon located on Kelp Reefs, Haro Strait, British Columbia. The staff and globe that surmounted the beacon have been replaced by a cylindrical steel tank, painted red, surmounted by a red pyramidal steel frame supporting a lantern. The light is elevated 32 ft. above high water, and should be visible 10 miles from all points of approach.

Approx position: Lat. 48° 32′ 56″ N., long. 123° 14′ 05″ W.

STRAIT OF GEORGIA.—GABRIOLA REEFS.—THRASHER ROCK.—LIGHT ESTABLISHED.—The Canadian Government has given notice that an unwatched intermittent white light, automatically eclipsed at short intervals, has been established on the black stone beacon located on Thrasher Rock, north-eastern extremity of Gabriola Reefs, Strait of Georgia.

The staff and ball that surmounted the beacon have been replaced by a cylindrical steel tank, painted red, surmounted by a red pyramidal steel frame supporting a lantern. The light is elevated 30 ft. above high water, and should be visible 10 miles from all points of approach.

Approx. position: Lat. 49° 08′ 45″ N., long. 123° 38′ 25″ W.

Notice to Mariners No. 70 of 1907.

WELLINGTON TIME-SERVICE OBSERVATORY.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 8th October, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given that a new Observatory for time-observations has been erected on Battery Hill, in the Botanical Gardens, in latitude 41° 17′ 3·76″ S. and longitude 174° 46′ 7·2″ E. = 11 h. 39 m. 4·48 sec. The building is now finished, and the instruments will be installed as soon as the blocks have had time to set.

The time service is being carried on regularly, and the time-ball dropped as in former years, the instruments at the present time being in a temporary wooden Observatory alongside the permanent structure.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Charts Nos. 1423 and 803; “New Zealand Pilot,” seventh edition, 1901, Chap. v, page 172; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1907, page 126.

J. A. MILLAR.

Notice to Mariners No. 71 of 1907.

WELLINGTON HARBOUR.—NOTICE re CHANNELS EAST AND WEST FALCON SHOAL.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 14th October, 1907.

AS some of the large vessels when navigating the deep water but narrow channel west of the Falcon Shoal buoy have at times been placed in awkward positions through meeting smaller vessels in this channel, the Harbour Board have asked the Marine Department to issue a notice requesting that all vessels under 23 ft. draught of water shall, inward or outward bound, navigate that part of the channel which lies to the eastward of Falcon Shoal buoy, as defined by the white segment shown from the light on Somes Island, and all vessels over 23 ft. draught of water shall, inward or outward bound, navigate that part of the channel which lies to the westward of Falcon Shoal buoy, and known as the deep-water channel; also that all signals given by the whistle indicating the vessel’s intended direction should be replied to by the approaching vessel from the opposite direction.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 1423; “New Zealand Pilot,” seventh edition, 1901. Chap. v, page 171; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1907, page 118, or page 120 of the 1908 Almanac.

J. A. MILLAR.

Te Makarini Scholarships, held at Te Aute College, Hawke’s Bay.

THREE scholarships of the yearly value of £35, tenable for two years, are offered for competition. One of these scholarships, to be called the senior scholarship, is open to all Maori boys under sixteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination: the other two scholarships are junior scholarships, one of which is open to all Maori boys under fifteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination who have attended a Native school or schools other than Te Aute or St. Stephen’s, and whose attendance at school during the previous year is considered by the Inspector of Native Schools to have been satisfactory; the other is open to Maori boys whose attendance at any school other than Te Aute and St. Stephen’s during the previous year has been similarly satisfactory. The senior scholarship is open to Maori boys on the conditions laid down in the regulations of the Trustees of the Te Makarini Scholarships Fund, as printed in the Native Schools Code, 1897. Candidates for the junior scholarships will be examined in the subjects specified for Standard IV in the Native Schools Code, 1897. The questions will, however, be somewhat more difficult than those set for the standard examinations. The examination will be held at convenient centres on the 9th and 10th of December, 1907.

Candidates must, either directly or through their teachers, send notice to the Inspector of Native Schools, Education Department, Wellington, of their intention to present themselves for examination. Such notice must be posted so as to reach the Department not later than the 4th of November, 1907.

Copies of the regulations and forms of notice may be obtained from teachers of Native schools and boarding institutions, the Secretaries to Education Boards, or the Secretary for Education, Wellington.

W. W. BIRD,
Inspector of Native Schools.

Education Department,
Wellington, 28th September, 1907.

Examination for Mine-managers’ and Battery Superintendents’ Certificates.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 27th September, 1907.

WRITTEN and oral examinations of candidates for certificates as First- and Second-class Mine-managers and Battery Superintendents under “The Mining Act, 1905,” and First- and Second-class Mine-managers under “The Coal-mines Act, 1905,” will be held on Tuesday, the 21st January, 1908, and following days, at the Thames, Waihi, Reefton, and Dunedin. All applications, with necessary certificates, and fee of £1 by post-office order, should be addressed to “The Secretary, Board of Examiners under the Mining Act [or Coal-mines Act], Wellington,” and must be received on or before the 21st December, 1907. Forms of application may be obtained at any School of Mines, and from Inspectors of Mines.

H. E. RADCLIFFE,
Secretary to the Board of Examiners.

[NOTE.—No candidate will be permitted to present himself for examination unless he holds an authority from the Secretary stating that his certificates of service have been accepted by the Board.]

Examination for Dredgemasters’ Certificates.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 27th September, 1907.

AN examination of candidates for certificates as dredgemasters, under “The Mining Act, 1905,” will be held on Tuesday, the 28th January, 1908, at Greymouth and Dunedin. All applications, with necessary certificates, and fee of £1 by post-office order, should be addressed to “The Secretary, Board of Examiners under the Mining Act, Wellington,” and must be received on or before the 3rd January, 1908. Forms of application may be obtained from Inspectors of Mines, Westport and Dunedin.

H. E. RADCLIFFE,
Secretary to the Board of Examiners.

[NOTE.—No candidate will be permitted to present himself for examination unless he holds an authority from the Secretary stating that his certificates of service have been accepted by the Board.]