Oct. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2545

ERECTI0N OF POST-OFFICE AT UPPER HUTT.

Accepted.

Wakelin, R., and Son, Wellington .. .. 1,992 15 9

Declined.

Davis, H. M., Wellington .. .. 2,019 0 0
Southgate, Sykes, and Co., Petone .. .. 2,050 0 0
Adams and Smart, Wellington .. .. 2,144 0 0
Meyer, F. H., Wellington .. .. 2,150 0 0
Harrison, J., Upper Hutt .. .. 2,322 5 4
Emeny, W. G., Wellington .. .. 2,333 0 0
Clark, I., and Son, Wellington .. .. 2,425 0 0
Muir and Rose, Wellington.. .. 2,438 8 0
Knight, H. H., Wellington .. .. 2,675 0 0
Meyer and Illingworth, Wellington .. .. 2,998 0 0

Notice of the Taking and Laying-off of a Road through Puhanga-te-uru No. 1b, No. 2b, and No. 3b Blocks, Block VI, Waihou 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, 1908,” that the road described in the Schedule hereto was on the 30th 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 30th March, 1906.

SCHEDULE.

All in the Auckland Land District; as the same areas are more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

Dated this 22nd day of September, 1908.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Minister in Charge of Roads Department.

Notice to Mariners No. 70 of 1908.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 21st September, 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.

FORT ROSS COVE.—WHISTLING BUOY TO BE ESTABLISHED.—About 25th August, 1908, a whistling buoy, painted red and marked F.R.C., will be established in about 20 fathoms of water, to mark the outermost danger off Fort Ross Cove, California.

Approximate position of station, Fort Ross: Latitude 38° 30′ 39″ N., longitude 123° 15′ 16″ W.

ALBION RIVER ENTRANCE.—WHISTLING BUOY TO BE ESTABLISHED.—About 26th August, 1908, a whistling buoy, painted black and white in perpendicular stripes and marked “Albion” in black, will be established to mark the entrance to Albion River, California.

Approximate position of Albion River entrance: Latitude 39° 13′ 30″ N., longitude 123° 47′ 00″ W.

Notice to Mariners No. 71 of 1908.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 21st September, 1908.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the President of the Marine Board, Port Adelaide, South Australia, are published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

WEST COAST.—VENUS BAY.

The main channel across Venus Bay to Port Kenny has been marked by twelve beacons—viz., six red, with circular heads, to be kept on the starboard hand entering, and six black, with diamond-shaped heads, on the port hand. The channel marked has a minimum depth of 7 ft. at L.W.S. tides, except close up to Port Kenny, where there is a sandy bar with not more than 5 ft. on it.

The channel marked does not correspond with any shown on the Admiralty plan (No. 1066), the sand-banks having greatly altered since date of survey, 1875, and may therefore be subject to alteration in the future. Approximate position of No. 1 black beacon: Lat. 33° 13′ 30″ S., long. 134° 40′ E.

STREAKY BAY.

The red buoy marking the 1-fathom patch on the south side of south channel, Streaky Bay, has been removed, and the patch is now marked by a pile beacon surmounted by a circular red head. The beacon is on the edge of the bank in 6 ft. L.W.S., and about 100 ft. south of the position previously buoyed: Lat. 32° 42′ 10″ S., long. 134° 11′ E.

This affects Admiralty Charts Nos. 1061 and 1066.

ARTHUR SEARCY,
President of the Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 26th August, 1908.

Notice to Mariners No. 73 of 1908.

ISSUE OF NEW NAUTICAL TABLES AND CHARTS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 23rd September, 1908.

THE following publications have recently been issued by the Marine Department of the New Zealand Government:—

Tables for Azimuths and Great-circle Sailing, with a New and Improved “Sumner” Method.

Latitudes .. .. .. 85° N. to 85° S.
Declinations .. .. .. 85° N. to 85° S.

Azimuths through Tables A, B, and C (or separately through Table D) for all the Heavenly Bodies at any Time the Body is above the Horizon; and Great-circle Sailing Courses for all Navigable Latitudes.

Also other Useful Navigational Tables, with Numerous Examples of Double Altitudes, Equal Altitudes, Azimuths, &c.

By H. S. Blackburne, Principal Examiner of Masters and Mates in New Zealand, and Nautical Adviser to the Government. [Price, 5s.

Tables for Azimuths, Great-circle Sailing, and Reduction to the Meridian, with a New and Improved “Sumner” Method; Calculated Azimuths supplementary to Davis’s for High Declination Stars, 0 Hours to 3 Hours from Meridian below the Pole; Reduction to the Meridian up to 2 Hours, and occasionally 3 Hours, from Meridian.

Latitudes .. .. .. 85° N. to 85° S.
Declinations .. .. .. 85° N. to 85° S.

By H. S. Blackburne and Charles Westland. [Price, 7s. 6d.

“Sumner” Charts.

A book containing examples of positions found by the improved “Sumner” method from ex-meridians, and twenty-four plane blank “Sumner” charts on a convenient scale for facilitating the “Sumner” problem in connection with Captain Blackburne’s A, B, and C azimuth tables mentioned above.

Every single chart is available for any latitude through the aid of the above-mentioned tables, by which greater accuracy of position is found, as well as a wider range for observation, than is given by the usually taught “Sumner’s” method.

The above-named publications are sold in New Zealand at the shipping offices and Customhouses, and by all booksellers.

Booksellers in United Kingdom may obtain copies from the New Zealand High Commissioner, Victoria Street, London, S.W.

NOTE.—With reference to the above, Lieutenant G. W. Logan, U.S. Navy, editor of latest revised edition of Bowditch’s “American Practical Navigator,” states that “the plane chart for plotting the intersection of ‘Sumner’ lines is excellent, and I freely concede that your method by means of Table C² is an improvement on my own for those who work ‘Sumner’s’ with one position and an azimuth.—U.S.S. ‘Castine,’ Santo Domingo City, S.D., 17th January, 1905.”

J. A. MILLAR.