Mar. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 793

Notice to Mariners No. 21 of 1910.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 4th March, 1910.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Port Officer, Melbourne, are published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

FAIRWAY BUOY, EASTERN ENTRANCE CHANNEL, PORT ALBERT.

REFERRING to General Notice to Mariners, dated 1st August, 1907, page 112, with regard to the fairway buoy marking the eastern entrance channel, Port Albert, mariners and others are hereby notified that, owing to the shoaling of such eastern entrance channel rendering it unsafe, the buoy marking the entrance thereof has been removed. Snake Island Channel, which has deepened, and has the entrance marked by a black buoy, as described by Notice to Mariners No. 54, dated 27th October, 1909, is now used as the entrance channel for Port Albert.

Chart affected: No. 1703.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.

Melbourne, 25th January, 1910.

Re EASTERN ENTRANCE CHANNEL, PORT ALBERT.

With reference to Notice to Mariners No. 62, dated the 25th of January, 1910, relating to the removal of the fairway buoy at the eastern entrance to Port Albert, owing to the entrance having become unnavigable through siltation, mariners and others are hereby further notified that all the buoys marking such eastern entrance are now being removed. It is also hereby notified as follows:—

The present entrance is off the west end of the bar bank. The leading-buoys are almost in a direct line due south from the west end of Snake Island. After crossing the bar vessels must follow the line of beacons, keeping close to those coloured red on the inner side of the bar bank, and when clear thereof, turn to the west, instead of to the east as hitherto. The line of beacons will guide through a well-defined and deep channel, passing Snake and La Trobe Islands on the port side, then round the west end of Sunday Island into the Midge Channel, where the course into Port Albert will become clear. Care must be exercised to keep a distance of between 50 ft. and 60 ft. from the red beacons all the way round such Sunday Island Channel. The lowest depth is 9 ft. at low water and 7 ft. on the bar. As the currents run very strong, way should be maintained on the vessel in passing narrow places to prevent being set aground on the banks.

CAUTION.—Masters of vessels are warned against attempting to navigate the channel leading to Port Albert without having at least once done so with the assistance of a pilot.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.

Melbourne, 2nd February, 1910.

Notice to Mariners No. 22 of 1910.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 4th March, 1910.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Marine Board, Adelaide, South Australia, are published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

WEST COAST.
Venus Bay.

MASTERS of vessels and others are informed that a pair of leading beacons, 500 ft. apart, painted white, and having triangular tops, have been erected on the north side of the entrance to Venus Bay. These kept in line N. 23° E. lead over the deepest water on the outer bar. Also, that a beacon, painted red, having a triangular top, has been placed on the south side of the channel just above No. 1 red beacon. This beacon in line with No. 1 black beacon N. 67° E. leads over the deepest water on the inner bar and midway between the two points forming the entrance.

Vessels entering the bay should steer for the outer white leads until the inner black and red leads come in line, then steer for them until well over the bar, from whence the black beacon is to be kept on the port hand, as usual.

Approximate position of front white beacon: Lat. 33° 13½′ S., long. 134° 39¼′ E.

Beard Bay.

A red perch buoy has been placed in three and a half fathoms L.W.S. inside the rocky bar at the entrance to Beard Bay. This buoy kept in line with Calca Bluff N. 7° W. leads over the deepest and generally smoothest water on the bar, giving a depth not less than 10 ft. at L.W.S. Also that a beacon, painted black, having a triangular top, has been erected on the top of the sandhill on the west side of the entrance. In line with the perpendicular cliff of Cape Radstock S. 42° W. it leads clear of the N.W. edge of Propeller Rock, which is situated about half a cable N. x W. from the buoy, and has on it about 6 ft. at L.W.S.

Vessels intended for entering should steer for the buoy in line with Calca Bluff, and when inside the bar keep the buoy on the starboard hand and steer N.N.W. until the beacon comes on with the cliff of Cape Radstock, after which clear anchorage with at least 2½ fathoms will be found from N.N.W. to N.E. for 3 cables, beyond which the bay gradually shoals to about 3 ft. at L.W.S. 1½ miles from the entrance.

Approximate position of buoy: Lat. 33° 11½′ S., long. 134° 21′ E., all bearings magnetic.

These affect Admiralty Charts Nos. 1061 and 1066.

ARTHUR SEARCY,
President of the Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 4th February, 1910.

KANGAROO ISLAND, BACKSTAIRS PASSAGE.

Subsidiary Light, Cape Willoughby.

Referring to Notice to Mariners No. 5 of 1909, dated the 25th February, 1909, masters of vessels and others are hereby informed that the red light mentioned therein, exhibited from the lower part of the tower, and showing over the Scraper Shoal from about south by west until shut in by the high land of Cape St. Albans, will be discontinued on the 1st May next.

This affects Admiralty Charts 2389B, 1014, and 25.

ARTHUR SEARCY,
President of the Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 4th February, 1910.

Notice to Mariners No. 23 of 1910.

DREDGING OPERATIONS, LYTTLETON HARBOUR.

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

THE Lyttelton Harbour Board has notified that dredging operations are now in progress at Lyttelton, and masters of vessels are cautioned that the dredge’s lines will extend up and down the channel outside the moles, and that vessels must not anchor in the outer dredged channel above Ripa Island—that is, within 250 ft. of the line of leading-beacons.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 1999; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chap. viii, p. 239; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1910, p. 181.

J. A. MILLAR.

Notice to Mariners No. 25 of 1910.

RANGITOTO CHANNEL, AUCKLAND HARBOUR.—ALTERATION OF BUOYS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 9th March, 1910.

THE Auckland Harbour Board have notified that the red western luminous buoy in Rangitoto Channel has been moved out to a position 4 cables N. 85° E. from Rough Rock, with Mount Victoria Flagstaff bearing S. 57° W., Bean Rock Lighthouse S. 23° E. The red buoy N. 32° E. from Cook Point and the light-boat from the Kaipara Shoal have been withdrawn, and the shoal is now marked by a red buoy.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Plans Nos. 1970 and 1896; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chap. ii, pages 36 and 37; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1910, page 115, and plan facing page 114.

NOTE.—The position of buoy from magnetic bearings plotted from compass on chart, small corrections X ’09 and using compass on chart, var. 13° 45′ E.

J. A. MILLAR.