Dec. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4183

Notice to Mariners No. 145 of 1910.

REPORTED ROCKS OFF STEWART ISLAND.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 6th December, 1910.

CAPTAIN Hooper, of the Government training-ship “Amokura,” reports the existence of a sunken rock and foul ground, on which the sea breaks, off William Point, the S.E. point of Wilson Bay, near South Cape, Stewart Island. Owing to bad weather the exact position of the rock could not be fixed, but it lies approximately south, true, at a distance of about a third of a mile from William Point, and the ground between it and the shore appeared to be foul.

Captain Hooper also reports that he has been informed by Captain Cross, of the schooner “Gisborne,” that a sunken rock, on which the sea breaks in heavy weather, exists about a mile off the southern shore of Evening Island, which is on the south coast of Stewart Island. An examination of the place will be made when a Government steamer is in the locality.

The width of the passage between Long and Evening Islands, which the chart shows as about half a mile, is only about half a cable in width.

Chart, &c., affected : Admiralty Chart No. 2553 ; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chap. ix, pages 329 and 330.

J. A. MILLAR.

Notice to Mariners No. 146 of 1910.

THE “NEW ZEALAND NAUTICAL ALMANAC AND TIDE TABLES,” AND SUPPLEMENT TO THE “NEW ZEALAND PILOT,” EIGHTH EDITION, 1908.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 5th December, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that this Department has now published the “New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide Tables” for 1911, with supplementary information relating to the “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, and much information relating to the main ports and harbours of New Zealand, and of value to mariners.

The publication may be obtained at the shipping-offices at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin, at the Customhouses in other ports, and from all booksellers who stock it. Price, 2s. 6d.

J. A. MILLAR.

Notice to Mariners No. 147 of 1910.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 6th December, 1910.

THE following extracts from Notices to Mariners, received from the Hydrographic Office at Washington, U.S.A., are published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

CHINA SEA.

PARACEL ISLANDS.—BOMBAY REEF.—WRECK DISAPPEARED.—A master of a steamer reports that one of the two wrecks shown on the charts on the south-eastern side of Bombay Reef, Paracel Islands, China Sea, has disappeared.

The remaining wreck, which is the eastern of the two shown on B. A. Chart No. 94, and mentioned in the Sailing Directions, is partially broken up, and lies on her beam-ends, but still constitutes a good land-mark.

Approx. position : Lat. 16° 03′ N., long. 112° 35′ E.

CHINA.

YANGTZE RIVER ENTRANCE.—SOUTH CHANNEL.—KIUTOAN LIGHT-VESSEL REPLACED.—BUOY REPLACED BY GAS-BOUY.—Referring to Notice to Mariners No. 37 (2352) of 1910, the Chinese Government has given further notice that about the 26th August, 1910, Kiutoan Light-vessel would be replaced on the station temporarily marked by the red gas-buoy moored 4·3 miles 185° from House Island Beacon, Yangtze River entrance, China, and that Middle Ground Upper Buoy would be replaced by a gas-buoy.

Approximate position of House Island Beacon : Latitude 31° 16′ 20″ N., longitude 121° 51′ 20″ E.

NORTH COAST.—WEIHAIWEI.—CAUSEWAY COVE.—ROCK.—The commander of H.B.M.S. “Minotaur” reports that a rocky patch, 20 yards in extent, which dries 2 ft. at low water, lies 315 yards 73° from Observatory Island Flagstaff, Weihaiwei Harbour, north coast of China.

Approximate position of flagstaff : Latitude, 37° 30′ 22″ N., longitude 122° 09′ 40″ E.

CHINA SEA.

BANKA ISLAND.—NORTH-EAST COAST.—REEFS REPORTED.—The commander of the Netherlands surveying vessel “Lombok” reports the existence of the following reefs off the north-east coast of Banka Island, China Sea :—

A coral reef, about 44 yards in extent, with a least depth of 3 fathoms over it, on the following bearings :—

Puak Mountain, 246°.

Lajang Mountain, 315°.

Approx. position : Lat. 1° 53′ 20″ S., long. 106° 12′ 34″ E.

A coral reef, small in extent, with a least depth of 4½ fathoms over it, in (approximately) latitude 2° 03′ 02″ S., longitude 106° 19′ 48″ E.

A rock, with a least depth of 2¼ fathoms over it, 836 yards 97° from Gosong Beacon in (approximately) latitude 2° 08′ 14″ S., longitude 106° 14′ 54″ E. This rock is the most easterly of the Gosong Group.

NORTH DANGER REEF.—REEF REPORTED NORTH-EASTWARD.—Captain A. W. Dobbs, of the steamer “Kasenga,” reports that his vessel, drawing 16 ft., touched on a reef north-eastward of North Danger Reef, China Sea, in (approximately) latitude 11° 50′ N., longitude 114° 37′ E.

BRITISH COLUMBIA.

VANCOUVER ISLAND.—VICTORIA HARBOUR.—UNCHARTED ROCK.—During the progress of dredging operations in the inner harbour of Victoria, south-east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, a small isolated rock, having over it a depth of 12 ft., was discovered and temporarily marked by a small can buoy.

The position of the rock is fixed by the following sextant angles :—

Ellice Point, north tangent, 0°.

Sawmill Wharf, north tangent, 90° 38′.

Discovery Street, north side, 67° 20′.

Limit Point Wharf, tangent, 82° 12′.

Point southward of Ellice Point, middle, 71°.

Ellice Point, north tangent, 48° 50′.

VANCOUVER ISLAND.—HORSWELL CHANNEL.—CLARKE ROCK.—BUOY CHANGED.—The black platform buoy heretofore marking Clarke Rock, Horswell Channel, east coast of Vancouver Island, has been replaced by a black iron can buoy, moored in the same position.

Approx. position : Lat. 49° 13′ 14″ N., long. 123° 56′ 25″ W.

STRAIT OF GEORGIA.—GALIANO ISLAND.—PORLIER PASS RANGE LIGHTS.—BEARING.—The Canadian Government has given notice that the range lights at Porlier Pass, Strait of Georgia, when in line, bear 196° 40′.

Approximate position of Rose Point Light : Latitude 49° 00′ 57′ N., longitude 123° 35′ 02″ W.

STRAIT OF GEORGIA.—BURRARD INLET.—FIRST NARROWS.—CHARACTERISTIC OF FOG-BELL.—Referring to Notice to Mariners No. 37 (2304) of 1910, the Canadian Government has given further notice that the fog-bell recently established on the concrete base of the gas-lighted beacon on the northern shore of the entrance to the First Narrows, Burrard Inlet, Strait of Georgia, will sound, during thick or foggy weather, 1 stroke every 5 seconds.

Approx. position : Lat. 49° 18′ 53″ N., long. 123° 08′ W.

VANCOUVER ISLAND.—THE SCOTT GROUP.—TRIANGLE ISLAND.—LIGHT ESTABLISHED.—Referring to Notice to Mariners No. 30 (1762) of 1910, the Canadian Government has given further notice that on the 1st November, 1910, a first-order dioptric flashing white light, showing 1 group of 4 flashes every 10 seconds—thus, flash 0·28 second, eclipsed 1·28 seconds, flash 0·28 second, eclipsed 1·28 seconds, flash 0·28 second, eclipsed 5·04 seconds—will be established, without further notice, on the summit of Triangle Island, the westernmost of the Scott Group, British Columbia.

The light will be exhibited 700 ft. above high water, from a white, octagonal, reinforced-concrete tower, surmounted by a red circular metal lantern, and should be visible 34 miles from all points of approach.

The height of the tower from its base to the vane on the lantern is 46 ft. The illuminant will be petroleum-vapour burned under an incandescent mantle.

Approximate position on H.O. Chart No. 1452, lat. 50° 51′ 48″ N., long. 129° 04′ 15″ W.