Dec. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4185

AFRICA.

DELAGO A BAY.—1. The period of Cape Inyack Lt. (25° 58¼′ S., 32° 59½′ E.) has been altered from 20 secs. to 30 secs. 2. The black pyra. beacon. 4 cables N. 25° E. from Reuben Pt. Lt.-h. (25° 58¾′ S., 32° 36′ E.), has been removed. Oct.

EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO, ETC.

SURABAYA STRAIT.—A lt.-buoy, black exh. a F. red lt., is est. in the wrn. fairway, E. of the alignment of the leading lts., opposite the outermost white lt.-buoy (6° 53¼′ S., 112° 44¼′ E.). Oct.

PACIFIC OCEAN.

BISMARCK ARCHIP.—NEW IRELAND.—The F. white lt. (2° 34′ S., 150° 48′ E.) at Kāwieng Harb. is not intended for nav., and has been deleted from the charts and list of lts. Oct.

CHINA SEA, ETC.

LADRONE ISLS.—TONG HO ISL.—A rk., carrying 1¼ fms., exists to the N.-erd. of Tong Ho Isl., with North Rk. (22° 2′ N., 113° 43¼′ E.) N. 72° W. 7 cables, and the W. pt. of Tong Ho Isl. S. 39° W. Oct.

CHUNG CHAU ISL.—A rk., carrying 1½ fms., lies 1⁶⁄₁₀ cables wrd. of the isl., with (490 ft.) summit of Chung Chau Isl. (22° 10½′ N., 113° 48′ E.) N. 56° E. 6 cables, and the srn. pt. of the isl. S. 63° E. Oct.

HONG HAI BAY.—A rk., carrying 1½ fms., exists 2³⁄₁₀ cables S. 5° W. from the S.-ern extr. of Goat Isl. (22° 39½′ N., 115° 26′ E.). Oct.

SOUTH AMERICA.

Special Warning to Mariners.

EAST COAST.—A copy of a translation has been received through the Foreign Office, from His Majesty’s Minister at Buenos Ayres, of certain articles of a new law promulgated by the Argentine authorities on the 22nd August, 1910, limiting the coasting traffic of the Argentine Republic to vessels registered under the Argentine flag.

The new law will come into operation sixty days after the date of promulgation, and masters of British ships are warned of the great risk which vessels and cargo are likely to incur if, after the law comes into operation, they are found carrying parcels from one port of the Argentine to another.

Article 1.—Coastwise shipping and trade between ports of the Republic is hereby limited to vessels under the national flag, except in cases of reciprocity with the riverain nations.

Article 2.—Foreign vessels may enter one or more national ports in order to discharge cargo which they bring from abroad and to load merchandise for exportation in accordance with the laws which Congress may sanction and the decrees which regulate such laws.

Article 5.—Every foreign vessel which shall be caught in carrying on the coasting trade in contravention of the provisions of this law shall, together with her cargo, be liable to confiscation.

Article 6.—The executive shall draw up the regulations based on this law, within a term of sixty days from which it shall come into force, both as regards the benefits conferred by it as well as the conditions necessary for the crews and vessels, and for the personnel of the marine building-yard. Oct., 1910.

BAHIA BLANCA, LT.-V.—The lt. of this lt.-V. (39° 10½′ S., 61° 39′ W.) has been altered from fl. to occ. white every min.—lt. 42 secs., ecl. 18 secs.; and the fog-bell has been replaced by a steam fog-siren giving blasts of ten secs. duration every min. Oct.

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Notice to Mariners No. 149 of 1910.

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DREDGING OPERATIONS, GISBORNE HARBOUR.

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Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 7th December, 1910.

THE Gisborne Harbour Board notifies that during the time the “Maui” is dredging in the channel between the groyne and the breakwater masters of vessels are warned not to attempt to pass the dredger until the red flag is hauled down.

Chart, &c., affected : Admiralty Chart No. 3321 ; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chap. iv, pages 126 and 127.

J. A. MILLAR.

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Notice fixing Closing-hours of Grocers’ Shops in the Borough of Devonport under the Shops and Offices Act.

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WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in which groceries are sold by retail in the Borough of Devonport, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the borough shall be closed as follows : 7 o’clock p.m. on four days in the week ; 1 o’clock p.m. on the day of the statutory half-holiday ; 10 o’clock p.m. on Saturdays ; 11 o’clock on the evening preceding Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, and 9 o’clock on the evening preceding any other public holiday : And whereas the Devonport Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all such shops within the Borough of Devonport :

Now, therefore, I, John Andrew Millar, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, do hereby direct that from and after the 12th day of December, 1910, all such shops in the Borough of Devonport shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of December, 1910.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

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Notice fixing Closing-hours of Grocers’ Shops in the Ellerslie Town District under the Shops and Offices Act.

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WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in which groceries are sold by retail in the Ellerslie Town District, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the district shall be closed as follows : 7 o’clock p.m. on four days in the week ; 1 o’clock p.m. on the day of the statutory half-holiday ; 10 o’clock p.m. on Saturdays ; 11 o’clock p.m. on the evening preceding Christmas Day and New Year’s Day ; and 9 o’clock on the evening preceding any other public holiday : And whereas the Ellerslie Town Board has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in which groceries are sold by retail within the Ellerslie Town District :

Now, therefore, I, John Andrew Millar, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, do hereby direct that from and after the 12th day of December, 1910, all such shops in the Ellerslie Town District shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of December, 1910.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

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Notice fixing Closing-hours of Grocers’ Shops in the Borough of Onehunga under the Shops and Offices Act.

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WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in which groceries are sold by retail in the Borough of Onehunga, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the borough shall be closed as follows : 7 o’clock p.m. on four days in the week ; 1 o’clock p.m. on the day of the statutory half-holiday ; 10 o’clock p.m. on Saturdays ; 11 o’clock on the evening preceding Christmas Day and New Year’s Day ; and 9 o’clock on the evening preceding any other public holiday : And whereas the Onehunga Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in which groceries are sold by retail within the Borough of Onehunga :

Now, therefore, I, John Andrew Millar, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, do hereby direct that from and after the 12th day of December, 1910, all such shops in the Borough of Onehunga shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of December, 1910.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

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Notice fixing Closing-hours of Grocers’ Shops in the Mount Albert Road District under the Shops and Offices Act.

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WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in which groceries are sold by retail in the Mount Albert Road District, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the road district shall be closed as follows : 7 o’clock p.m. on four days in the week ;