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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 25

Authorising the Laying-off of Puriri Road, in the Township
of Riccarton, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 25th March, 1909.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon
me by section 15 of “The Land Act, 1908,” I, Joseph
George Ward, Minister of Lands, do hereby authorise the
laying-off of Puriri Road, in the Township of Riccarton,
Canterbury Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft.,
instead of 99 ft.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands

Authorising the Laying-off of Albert Street, in the Township
of Reefton Extension No. 1, of a Width of not less than
66 ft.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 25th March, 1909.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon
me by section 15 of “The Land Act, 1908,” I, Joseph
George Ward, Minister of Lands, do hereby authorise the
laying-off of Albert Street, in the Township of Reefton
Extension No. 1, Nelson Land District, of a width of not
less than 66 ft., instead of 99 ft.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Notice to Mariners No. 23 of 1909.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 22nd March, 1909.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the
Marine Boards, Melbourne and Port Adelaide, and
from the Marine Department, Brisbane, are published for
general information.

J. A. MILLAR

VICTORIA.
Green Light, New Pier, Portland.

REFERRING to General Notice to Mariners dated 1st August,
1907, page 45, mariners are hereby notified that the fixed
green light on the outer end of the Portland New Pier is
obscured so as to be invisible, when approaching from the
southward, between the bearings of N. 60° W. and N. 27° W.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.

Melbourne, 5th February, 1909.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
Kangaroo Island, Backstairs Passage.—Subsidiary Light,
Cape Willoughby.

With reference to Notice to Mariners No. 2 of 1909, dated
the 28th January, 1909, masters of vessels and others are
hereby informed that the red light mentioned therein is
now exhibited from the lower part of the tower, and shows
over the Scraper Shoal from about south by west until shut
in by the high land of Cape St. Albans, and that the
unwatched light at the last-mentioned cape has been im-
proved, and is now plainly visible, showing white from east-
south-east around by east to west by south, and red from
west by south until obscured by Cape Willoughby.
This affects Admiralty Charts 2389B, 1014, and 25.

ARTHUR SEARCY,
President of the Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 25th February, 1909.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
Gulf St. Vincent.—Troubridge Hill.—Sunken Vessel “Clan
Ranald.”

Referring to Notice to Mariners No. 12 of 1909, navigators
are hereby informed that a cheese-shaped buoy, with staff
and diamond, painted green, has been placed to mark the
sunken wreck of the s.s. “Clan Ranald.” The buoy is
moored about 30 fathoms south-west from the wreck in
10 fathoms of water, and the highest portion of the wreck
has 2½ fathoms over it at L.W.S. tides.
There is also a spar floating vertically attached to the
wreck, the end of which shows about 3 ft. above the surface
at slack water, but disappears during the strength of the
tide. The bearings from the wreck are Troubridge Hill,
E. ½ S. mag., distant about one mile. Approximate posi-
tion: Lat. 35° 10′ S., long. 137° 37′ E.
This affects Admiralty Chart 2389A.

ARTHUR SEARCY,
President of the Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 18th February, 1909.

QUEENSLAND.
Alteration in Channel, Wide Bay Bar.—Directions for
Crossing.

Notice is hereby given that when crossing the Wide Bay
Bar the square beacons on Hook Point must now be kept in
line bearing S. 75° W. until the triangular beacons on Inskip
come in line bearing S. 45½° W., which will give a minimum
depth of 17 ft. at L.W.O.S.T. (this line will lead 150 ft. east
of the red buoy, which will shortly be removed). A mid-
channel course must then be steered until the front triangular
beacon at Inskip Point is passed, then proceed as hereto-
fore.
Mariners are cautioned that the North Channel, Wide
Bay Bar, is in a dangerous condition, and the greatest care
should be exercised when crossing during bad weather.
Strangers to the locality are cautioned not to attempt the
channel unless during fine weather and daylight.
Charts affected: Nos. 1030 and 1068; “Australia Direc-
tory,” Vol. ii.

JOHN MACKAY,
Portmaster.

Marine Department,
Brisbane, 26th February, 1909.

Notice to Mariners No. 24 of 1909.

LONGITUDE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NEW AND OLD SURVEY
CHARTS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 23rd March, 1909.

AS the attention of the Marine Department has been
drawn to the fact of a difference of longitude existing
in the published Admiralty Charts Nos. 2527 and 2528, the
Department would take the opportunity of explaining that
Charts Nos. 2527 (July, 1906), 2543 (February, 1908), and
3565 (vii, 1908) are due to the surveys lately made by
H.M.S. “Penguin,” and on these charts the official
longitude of the Dominion has been adopted, whereas the
other charts still keep to the longitude based on determina-
tion of a few years back. In transferring positions or
courses from one chart to another, therefore, it is advisable
to plot the bearing and distance from some point of land,
rather than to use the actual latitude and longitude given
on the chart.

J. A. MILLAR.

Notice to Mariners No. 25 of 1909.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 25th March, 1909.

(1.) OTAGO HARBOUR ENTRANCE.

NOTICE is hereby given that a wooden black beacon
has been erected on the bank south-westward of
Black Head, Black Head bearing north 65° east, 3,200 ft.
distant.
Charts affected: Admiralty Charts Nos. 2411 and 3239.

(2.) OTAGO HARBOUR ENTRANCE.—NORTH MOLE LIGHT.
Referring to Notice to Mariners dated 22nd August, 1905,
and the “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” dated 1909,
pages 194 and 304, it is hereby notified that the white
occulting light from the extremity of the North Mole has
been discontinued, and replaced by a fixed green light visible
all round the horizon through a distance of five miles.

(3.) OTAGO HARBOUR.—MAIN CHANNEL.—PORT CHALMERS TO
DUNEDIN.

Notice is hereby given that a red conical buoy has been
placed at 16 ft. in low water 165 ft. north-east of Observation
Point, Port Chalmers, to mark the extreme limit of the
rocks in that vicinity.
Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 3239; “New
Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chap. viii, pages 253
and 256.

J. A. MILLAR.

Examination of Masters and Mates in Signalling.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1909.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon
me by subsection (2) of section 23 of “The Shipping
and Seamen Act, 1908,” I do hereby revoke the last para-
graph of the rule for the conduct of the examination of
masters and mates in signalling which was made on the
19th November, 1907, and published in the New Zealand
Gazette of the 21st day of the same month, and do hereby
make the following rule in lieu thereof:—