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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 9

Forbidding the Issue of Money-order and the Forwarding of Postal Correspondence for the International Collection Agency, Sydney.

THE Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand having reasonable ground for supposing that the agency whose name and address are shown in the Schedule hereunder is engaged in carrying on a fraudulent business, it is hereby ordered, under section 9 of “The Post Office Act Amendment Act, 1906,” that no money-order in favour of the said agency shall be issued, and that no postal packet addressed to the said agency (either by its own or any fictitious or assumed name), or to such address without a name, shall be either registered, forwarded, or delivered by the Post Office of New Zealand.

SCHEDULE.

The International Collection Agency, Commerce Buildings, Sydney, N.S.W.

Dated this 3rd day of February, 1908.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
For Postmaster-General.

Revocation of Appointment of Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the authority in me for this purpose vested, I, the Minister of Customs, do by this order under my hand revoke and annul the appointment of the undermentioned warehouse for the reception and security of goods entered to be warehoused without payment of duty upon the first entry thereof, namely,—

Port of Auckland.

The warehouse known as

CLARKS’ BOND,

as appointed and described in Minister’s Order No. 849, of the 5th day of August, 1907.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Customs.

Minister’s Order No. 867.]

Approving and appointing a Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for this purpose vested by “The Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882,” I, the Minister of Customs, do hereby approve and appoint the undermentioned warehouse to be a warehouse or place of security for the manufacture therein of perfumery and other articles in which spirit is a necessary ingredient, namely,—

Port of Lyttelton.

A building of brick and stone, situated at 140 Worcester Street, Lot 696, district plan, City of Christchurch, Town Section 696, to be known as

STEVEN’S PERFUMERY BOND.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this thirty-first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Customs.

Minister’s Order No. 869.]

Notice to Mariners No. 6 of 1908.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 25th January, 1908.

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

J. A. MILLAR.

Semaphore Anchorage.

Wreck of Ship “Norma.”

Referring to Notice to Mariners No. 2 of 1907, notice is hereby given that on and after the 3rd February the wreck-marking vessel “Argyle” will be removed, and in lieu thereof two green wreck-buoys will be at the extreme ends of the wreck.

From the south one at night a green occulting light will be shown, and a fixed green light from the northern one. Masters and pilots of vessels should give the buoys and lights a berth of at least half a mile.

This affects Admiralty Charts 1752, 2389A, and 2389B.

ARTHUR SEARCY,
President of the Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 4th January, 1908.

Notice to Mariners No. 7 of 1908.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 27th January, 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.

BRITISH COLUMBIA.

VANCOUVER ISLAND.—SOUTH-WEST COAST.—PACHENA POINT.—FOG-SIGNAL ESTABLISHED.—Referring to Notice to Mariners No. 45 (1988) of 1906, further information has been received, through the Branch Hydrographic Office at Port Townsend, that the fog-signal at Pachena Point, south-west coast of Vancouver Island, was put in operation on 1st September, 1907, and sounds blasts of 6 seconds’ duration, separated by silent intervals of 90 seconds.

Approx. position: Lat. 48° 43′ 40″ N., long. 125° 06′ 20″ W.

VANCOUVER ISLAND.—WEST COAST.—KYUQUOT SOUND.—GAS AND WHISTLING BUOY ESTABLISHED.—A steel cylindrical gas and whistling buoy, painted red, surmounted by a red pyramidal steel frame supporting the whistle and lantern, has been established by the Government of Canada on the eastern side of Kyuquot Channel, in the entrance to Kyuquot Sound, west coast of Vancouver Island.

The following sextant angles fix the position of the buoy:—
Rugged Point, west tangent, 0°.
Bare Rock (35 ft.), centre, 39°.
Grassy Island, centre, 57°.

From the buoy, ½-flood breaker is in line with Rugged Point, and the north tangent of Bare Rock (6 ft.) is in line with Sail Rock.

The light is an intermittent white light, automatically eclipsed at short intervals; the illuminant is acetylene, generated automatically. The whistle is sounded by the motion of the buoy on the waves.

Approx. position: Lat. 49° 56′ 09″ N., long. 127° 17′ 10″ W.

CHATHAM SOUND.—BROWN PASSAGE.—SHOAL REPORTED.—Information, dated 11th October, 1907, has been received from Captain F. Learmouth, H.B.M. surveying-vessel “Egeria,” of the existence of a shoal about 50 yards in extent, with little water over it and on which the sea was breaking continuously, in the approach to Brown Passage, Chatham Sound, on the following bearings:—

Butterworth Rocks (10 ft.), S. 12° 45′ W. true (S. by E. ⅓ E. e’ly mag.).

Hammer Rock (dries 6 ft.), S. 76° 15′ E. true (E.N.E. ⅓ E. e’ly mag.), distant 4·1 miles.

Shoal water appeared to extend some distance north-eastward of the shoal.

This shoal is believed to be identical with that known as Stenhouse Shoal, at present charted nearly a mile to the westward of this position, and it is the first time, when navigating in this locality, that the sea has been observed to break upon it, there being a moderate westerly swell at the time, which coincided with a high low water at Port Simpson.

Approx. position: Lat. 54° 20′ 30″ N., long. 130° 56′ 00″ W.

QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS.—PARRY PASSAGE.—SHOAL REPORTED.—Information has been received from Captain F. Learmouth, R.N., H.B.M. surveying-vessel “Egeria,” of the existence of a small shoal named Ocean Shoal, with a least depth of 9½ fathoms over it and from 30 to 40 fathoms around it, on which the sea was breaking heavily, in the western approach to Parry Passage, Queen Charlotte Islands, on the following bearings:—

Lacy Island, highest point, N. 10° 15′ W. true (N.W. ½ N. mag.).

North Island, south-west extreme, S. 78° 15′ E. true (E.N.E. ½ E. mag.).

It is seldom that Parry Passage is free from the prevailing ocean swell from the westward, and vessels should therefore not attempt to cross Ocean Shoal, but pass to the northward of it, keeping the south-west extreme of North Island bearing S. 66° 15′ E. true (E. ⅔ N. n’ly mag.), which leads midway between Ocean Shoal to the southward and the shallow depths off the western approach to Cloak Bay, which are generally indicated by heavy breakers.

Approx. position on H.O. Chart No. 904: Lat. 54° 11′ 30″ N., long. 132° 57′ 30″ W.