APRIL 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1187

Appointing Place and Time of Meeting of General Con-
ference of Delegates from Maori Councils.

Maori Councils' Office,
Wellington, 11th April, 1908.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point, under the provisions of section 29 of "The
Maori Councils Act, 1900," a meeting of the General Con-
ference of Delegates from the Maori Councils to be held in
the Primitive Methodist Schoolroom, Sydney Street, Welling-
ton, commencing at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, the 14th day of
July, 1908.

J. CARROLL,
Minister of Native Affairs.

Notice of the Taking and Laying-off of Roads through
Taurangi No. 4, Block V, Ohura Survey District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency
the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand,
under the authority of section 93 of "The Public Works
Act, 1905," that the roads described in the Schedule hereto
were, on the 24th day of June, 1907, duly taken and laid off
through the lands specified in the said Schedule, under the
authority of the Governor of the said Dominion, by
Warrant dated the 26th day of October, 1905.

SCHEDULE.

All in the Taranaki Land District; as the said roads are
delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above men-
tioned, and deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of
Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

Dated this 11th day of April, 1908.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Minister in Charge of Roads Department.

Notice to Mariners No. 23 of 1908.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 7th April, 1908.
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.

CALIFORNIA.

SAN FRANCISCO BAY. — ALVISO CHANNEL. — DUMBARTON
POINT.—LIGHT ESTABLISHED.—A fixed red lantern light has
been authorised by the Lighthouse Board, and is now esta-
blished 12 ft. above the water on the western side of the
channel opposite Dumbarton Point, southern end of San
Francisco Bay, California, on the following bearings:—

Alviso Channel beacon No. 5, N. 74° 30' E. true (N.E. by
E. e'ly mag.).

Cooleys Landing, end of wharf, S. 17° 30' W. true (south
mag.).

Alviso Channel beacon No. 8, N. 45° 45' W. true (N.W.
by W. 5/8 W. mag.).

This light will be maintained throughout the year by the
Spring Valley Water Company.

Approx. position: Lat. 37° 29' 40" N., long. 122° 06' 55"
W.

BRITISH COLUMBIA.

VANCOUVER ISLAND.—CLAYOQUOT SOUND.—TEMPLAR CHAN-
NEL.—BUOYS ESTABLISHED.—The Canadian Government has
given notice that a spar buoy, painted black, has been
moored in 3 fathoms of water to mark the shoal ground
southward of Round Island, Templar Channel, Clayoquot
Sound, on the following bearings:—

Wakennennish Island, north tangent, N. 87° 30' W. true
(W.S.W. w'ly mag.).

Round Island, west tangent, N. 12° 30' E. true (N. by W.
w'ly mag.), distant 600 yards.

Approx. position: Lat. 49° 08' 56" N., long. 125° 55' 35" W.

Also that a spar buoy, painted red, has been moored in
3 fathoms of water to mark the northern extremity of the
shoal ground in the middle of Templar Channel, on the fol-
lowing bearings:—

Wakennennish Island, north tangent, N. 72° 30' W. true
(W. 5/8 S. mag.).

Round Island, west tangent, N. 14° 30' E. true (N. 1/4 W.
mag.), distant 1,000 yards.

VANCOUVER ISLAND.—CLAYOQUOT SOUND.—HECATE PASSAGE.
—HALF-TIDE ROCK.—BUOY ESTABLISHED.—The Canadian Go-
vernment has given notice that a platform buoy, consisting
of a wooden platform 10 ft. square, supporting a slatwork
pyramid surmounted by a slatwork ball, the whole painted
red, has been established in 7 fathoms of water off Half-tide
Rock, Hecate Passage, Clayoquot Sound.

The following sextant angles fix the position of the buoy:—

Burgess Islands, west tangent, 0°.

Lawrence Islands, south tangent, 21° 30'.

Twin Islands, 27° 40'.

White Islet, 92° 30'.

Approx. position: Lat. 49° 13' 23" N., long. 126° 01' 28" W.

CHATHAM SOUND.—HODGSON REEFS.—GAS AND WHISTLING
BUOY ESTABLISHED.—The Canadian Government has given
notice that the can buoy formerly moored westward of
Hodgson Reefs, Chatham Sound, British Columbia, has
been replaced by a combined gas and whistling buoy,
moored 4,350 yards N. 63° W. true (west s'ly mag.) from
Ryan Point.

The buoy is of steel, cylindrical in shape, painted black,
and is surmounted by a black pyramidal steel frame sup-
porting the whistle and lantern.

The light shown is intermittent white. The whistle is
sounded by the motion of the buoy on the waves.

Approx. position: Lat. 54° 22' 47" N., long. 130° 31' 45" W.

OBSERVATORY INLET.—UNCHARTED ROCK.—Captain Saun-
ders, of the steamer "Camosun," reports that on 5th June,
1907, his vessel struck on an uncharted rock in the passage
between Larcom Island and Frank Island (the island just
northward of Frank Point), Observatory Inlet, British
Columbia.

The captain states that the rock touched was not the one
with 5 ft. over it located in mid-channel, but another un-
charted rock.

No details are given as to the position or size of the rock,
but as the "Camosun" was drawing 16 1/2 ft. there must be
less water on the rock.

CALIFORNIA.

SAN FRANCISCO BAY. — SAN PABLO BAY. — BEACON TO BE
REPLACED BY BUOY. — On 6th February, 1908, San Pablo
Bay dredged channel beacon No. 9, located on the northern
side of the dredged channel across Pinole Shoal, San Pablo
Bay, California, was reported missing. It will be replaced
by a first-class can buoy as soon as practicable.

Notice to Mariners No. 24 of 1908.

ROCK IN HALF-MOON BAY, STEWART ISLAND.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 8th April, 1908.
NOTICE is hereby given that there is an uncharted
pinnacle rock, with only 8 ft. of water over it, near
the north coast of Half-moon Bay. The following magnetic
bearings mark the position of the rock:—

East head of Half-moon Bay .. .. N. 87° E.

Harold Rock, east end .. .. .. South.

North head of Half-moon Bay .. .. N. 8° E.

The position of rock has been marked by a buoy.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart, Plan No. 2541;
"New Zealand Pilot," seventh edition, 1901, Chap. ix, page
323.

J. A. MILLAR.

Notice to Mariners No. 25 of 1908.

TELEPHONE CABLE ACROSS WAIHEKE CHANNEL, AUCKLAND.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 9th April, 1908.
NOTICE is hereby given that a telephone cable has
been laid across Waiheke Channel between the
islands of Ponui and Waiheke. The cable lies between a
position 3 cables east of Ponui Head and a spot on Waiheke
Island 2 3/4 cables north of Finger Point. The wire is taken
across Ponui Island to the bay opposite Ponui Lighthouse.
Mariners are cautioned against anchoring in the vicinity of
the cable.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 1896; "New
Zealand Pilot," seventh edition, 1901, Chap. ii, page 60.

J. A. MILLAR.