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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 18

INDIAN OCEAN.

S. PATCHES SHOAL LT.-V.—Annually from 4th January to early in March this lt.-v. (21° 29′ N., 91° 36′ E.) is replaced by a red conical buoy with staff and cage. Jan.

RANGOON RIVER.—The fairway lt.-buoy is replaced in position, and the temp. buoy withdrawn. Jan.

A shoal carrying 13 ft. is reported to exist in 16° 22½′ N., 96° 17¾′ E., in wrn. chan., entr. to the river, with the tide-gauge on the wrn. sands N. 29° W. 7½ cables, and Elephant Pt. N. 17° E. This shoal extends nearly 2½ cables to the S.-erd. of centre wrn. buoy, and mariners are warned that considerable shoaling appears to be in progress in this locality. Jan.

EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO, ETC.

SINGAPORE MAIN STRAIT.—A white truncated conical masonry beacon, surm. by 2 balls, is est. on Pelawan Rk., 9½ cables S. 42° E. from Blayer Pt. beacon (1° 15¾′ N., 103° 48½′ E.), and the 2 red spher. buoys, respectively 5½ cables S. 30° W. and 11½ cables S. 6° E. from Blayer Pt. beacon, have been withdrawn. Jan.

The following shoals exist in the ern. approach to Singapore Strait:—(a.) A small shoal, carrying 2½ fms. with 5 to 10 fms. around, in 1° 20¾′ N., 104° 17′ E., with Large Isl. summit N. 26° E. 1¾ miles, and Barbukit N. 53° W. This shoal is probably identical with the shoal now shown on Chart No. 2403 as “D. 2¾,” about 2½ cables N.-erd. of this position. (b.) A coral shoal of considerable extent, btm. being very uneven in this vicinity, carrying 5 fms., in 1° 15½′ N., 104° 22¾′ E., with Horsburgh Lt.-h. N. 25° E. 4¾₀ miles, and Bintang Little Hill S. 32° E. The S. chan. is not recommended for vessels of heavy draught. Jan.

CHINA SEA, ETC.

NAM KWAN HARB. APPROACH.—Depths of 3 fms. are reported to exist about 2 miles nrd. of Chupi Isl. (26° 56′ N., 120° 18′ E.), approach to the harb., where the chart shows 5 to 5¼ fms. Dec.

WEN CHAU BAY APPROACH.—About 31st Oct., 1908, a group-fl. white lt., showing a group of 5 fls. every 20 secs.—fl. ¾ sec., ecl. 2 secs., fl. ¾ sec., ecl. 2 secs., fl. ¾ sec., ecl. 2 secs., fl. ¾ sec., ecl. 2 secs., fl. ¾ sec., ecl. 8¼ secs.—elev. 233 ft., R. 21 miles, was to be exh. from a white steel structure 26 ft. high, in 27° 38′ N., 121° 3′ E., on the wrn. extr. of Shroud Isl. Jan.

NEW ZEALAND.

VISION RK.—Vision Rk. (P.D.), which was unsuccessfully searched for in 1896 and expunged from the charts, is still shown on certain copies of Charts Nos. 780, 788, and should be erased. Charted in 35° 35¾′ S., 175° 1½′ E., about 15 miles erd. of Poor Knights Isls. Jan.

SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN.—ICE.

On the 27th Aug., 1908, the barque “Muskoka” passed 2 bergs in 49° 20′ S., 52° 35′ W.; and on 28th Aug. several bergs in 48° 34′ S., 52° 50′ W. On 1st and 2nd Sept. the 4-masted barque “Bengairn” passed a large number of bergs over a stretch of about 166 miles, some of which were 8 miles long and 600 ft. high, the last berg in 50° S., 52° W. Dec.

On 4th and 5th Sept., 1908, the barque “Dee” reports 100 bergs, one 50 miles long N.E. and S.W., and 200 ft. to 250 ft. high, in 49° S. to 48° 29′ S., 50° W. to 48° 29′ W. Dec.

On 7th Sept., 1908, the barque “Lakemba” passed 2 bergs in 48° 23′ S., 52° 38′ W.; and on 9th Sept. a conical berg in 47° 21′ S., 50° 36′ W. Dec.

From 22nd to 24th Sept., 1908, the barque “Marion Fraser” passed a large number of bergs, and several large fields of ice almost level with the water, from 50° 30′ S., 49° 15′ W., to 48° 14′ S., 49° 30′ W. Jan.

On 26th and 27th Sept., 1908, the ship “Lancing” passed 13 large bergs, 300 miles N.E. of Falkland Isls. Jan.

On 3rd Nov., 1908, in 44° S., 58° W., the s.s. “Olive Branch” passed 2 large bergs, the larger one with a conspicuous peak, the smaller appearing very bluff. Jan.

Notice to Mariners No. 17 of 1909.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 24th February, 1909.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Chief Harbourmaster, Fremantle, Western Australia, is published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.—WEST COAST.

(Preliminary.)

Notice is hereby given that a third-order dioptric fixed light is in course of erection on Cape Inscription (Dirk Hartog Island), in lat. 25° 29′ 30″ south, long. 112° 58′ east,

The light will be white occulting, and will be displayed from a cement concrete tower of a natural grey colour, the height of the focal plane above high water being 123 ft.

The periods of occultation of the light, &c., will be given in future notice.

Charts affected: No. 1056, Cape Cuvier to Champion Bay; No. 518, Shark Bay.

C. J. IRVINE,
Chief Harbourmaster.

Department of Harbours and Lights,
Fremantle, 4th January, 1909.

Notice to Mariners No. 18 of 1909.

ALTERATION IN POSITION OF LEADING-LIGHT IN WANGANUI HARBOUR.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 2nd March, 1909.

THE Wanganui Harbour Board have noticed that the following alterations have been made in the harbour lights in Wanganui Harbour, viz.:

The red light near the centre of the south internal wall will be shifted to the up-stream end of the said wall, to be in line with the white light on Putiki and the middle red light on the training-wall.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 2054; “New Zealand Pilot,” seventh edition, 1901, Chap. v, page 185; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1909, page 147.

J. A. MILLAR.

Defining River and Extended River Limits for Ngunguru.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 189 of “The Shipping and Seamen Act, 1903,” I, John Andrew Millar, Minister of Marine, do hereby define the Ngunguru limits within which restricted-limit steamships and ships propelled by gas, oil, fluid, electricity, or any mechanical power other than steam, and to which restricted-limit certificates are issued may ply, to be those set forth herein, and I do divide such limits into river and extended river limits.

River limits for ordinary purposes, such as carrying passengers and cargo, and towing: Inside the heads of the harbour.

Extended river limits, for towing only: Within a radius of two miles from the bar of the harbour.

As witness my hand, at Dunedin, this 27th day of February, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

J. A. MILLAR.

New Zealand Government Railways.—By-laws regulating the Use of the Waitahu Railway-bridge for Ordinary Traffic.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers conferred by “The Government Railways Act, 1908,” I, John Andrew Millar, Minister of Railways, do hereby make the by-laws set forth in the Schedule hereto for regulating the traffic on and over the Waitahu Railway-bridge, which said bridge forms part of the railway between Greymouth and Cronadun, and is used both for ordinary and railway traffic. And I do hereby declare that such by-laws shall come into force on and from the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

Given under my hand, this twenty-seventh day of February, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Railways.

SCHEDULE.

BY-LAWS.

With respect to traffic on and over the Waitahu Railway-bridge, the following by-laws shall apply, viz.:

1. Horses not driven in harness or led by bridle or halter, and cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, mules, and donkeys, must have a man behind them; and cattle, sheep, and horses in mobs must also have a man before them.

2. Horsemen or vehicles shall not travel faster than six miles an hour.

3. No load shall be taken over the bridge greater than 1½ tons gross on any one wheel.

4. Any person or persons offending against any of these by-laws shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding £10.

5. So far as applicable, the general by-laws and regulations for the time being respectively in force and affecting the traffic on the New Zealand railways shall extend and apply to the Waitahu Bridge.