July 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1925

Notice to Mariners No. 70 of 1910.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 27th June, 1910.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Marine Board, Port Adelaide, South Australia, is published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

KANGAROO ISLAND.—AMERICAN RIVER.

Notice is hereby given that the channel in American River, from the mouth up to Pelican Lagoon, has been marked on the starboard hand by three (3) red beacons with circular heads, and on the port hand by eleven (11) black beacons with diamond-shaped heads.

The inner chequered buoy (red and black) has been removed and placed above No. 5 black beacon, in about five (5) feet at L.W.S., to mark the deepest water on the inner bar.

Approximate position of outer black beacon: Lat. 35° 47¼′ S.; long. 135° 47½′ E.

This affects Admiralty Charts Nos. 2389A and 3641.

ARTHUR SEARCY,
President of the Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 30th May, 1910.

Notice to Mariners No. 71 of 1910.

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

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

J. A. MILLAR.

BRITISH COLUMBIA.

VANCOUVER ISLAND.—SOUTH-WEST COAST.—ESTEVAN POINT.—LIGHT ESTABLISHED.—PROVISIONAL LIGHT WITHDRAWN.—A lighthouse has been erected by the Government of Canada on the south-western extremity of Estevan Point, south-west coast of Vancouver Island, and a 1st order, dioptric, flashing white light, showing 1 group of 3 flashes every 10 seconds—thus, flash 0·3 second, eclipsed 1·37 seconds, flash 0·3 second, eclipsed 1·37 seconds, flash 0·3 second, eclipsed 6·36 seconds—will be established on 15th April, 1910, when the 4th order, intermittent white, provisional light, exhibited from a wooden platform, will be discontinued.

The tower is an octagonal reinforced-concrete structure, stiffened by eight flying buttresses, the whole whitewashed, surmounted by a red, circular, metal lantern. The height of the tower from its base to the vane on the lantern is 127 ft. The light will be exhibited 125 ft. above high water and should be visible 17 miles.

Approx. position: Lat. 49° 22′ 05″ N., long. 126° 32′ 00″ W. (See Notice to Mariners No. 3 (111) of 1908.)

STUART CHANNEL.—OYSTER HARBOUR.—BUOY ESTABLISHED.—The Canadian Government has given notice that a wooden platform buoy, 8 ft. square, with slat-work pyramid surmounted by a drum, the whole painted black, has been established in Oyster Harbour, Vancouver Island, to mark the edge of the shoal ground extending from the southern shore in the vicinity of the sawmill at Ladysmith.

The buoy is moored in 3 fathoms of water, on the following bearings:

Sawmill Chimney, 252°.

Extremity of long coal wharf, 143°, distant 1,050 yards.

Approx. position: Lat. 48° 59′ 40″ N., long. 123° 48′ 39″ W.

EAST COAST.—OYSTER BAY.—GAS AND BELL BUOY ESTABLISHED.—The Canadian Government has given notice that a combined gas and bell buoy has been established off Oyster Bay, east coast of Vancouver Island, about 5 miles southward of Cape Mudge. The buoy is moored in 9½ fathoms of water on the following bearings:—

South tangent of Hernando and Mitlenatch Islands, 76° 40′.

Cape Mudge Lighthouse, 340° 40′, distant 4·8 miles.

The buoy is of steel, cylindrical in shape, painted black and white in vertical stripes, and is surmounted by a steel frame supporting the bell and lantern.

The light is a white light, automatically eclipsed at short intervals. The illuminant is acetylene, generated automatically. The bell is rung by the motion of the buoy on the waves.

Approx. position: Lat. 49° 55′ 30″ N., long. 125° 10′ 48″ W.

CHINA SEA.

SINGAPORE STRAIT.—FRESHWATER ISLAND.—SHOAL TO EASTWARD.—Information has been received of the existence of a shoal, with a least depth of 4½ fathoms over it, eastward of Freshwater Island, Singapore Strait, on the following bearings: Freshwater Island, south-east extremity, 243°; Jong Island, 197°, distant 2,400 yards.

A vessel drawing 30½ ft. is known to have grounded on this shoal.

Approx. position: Lat. 1° 14′ 15″ N., long. 103° 47′ 45″ E.

BILLITON ISLAND.—WEST COAST.—BATU TUKU REEF.—BUOY MOVED.—Referring to Notice to Mariners No. 40 (2232) of 1909, further information has been received that the black can buoy marking the reef westward of Batu Tuku, west coast of Billiton Island, has been moved 990 yards 320° from its former position, and is now located in (approximately) latitude 2° 45′ 22″ S., longitude 107° 30′ 16″ E.

BANKA ISLAND.—EAST COAST.—BUOY PROVIDED WITH TOPMARK.—Referring to Notice to Mariners No. 7 (347) of 1910, further information has been received that the black can buoy moored about 220 yards south-south-westward of the 3½-fathom reef, off the east coast of Banka Island, China Sea, has been provided with a truncated cone as a topmark.

Approx. position: Lat. 2° 08′ 53″ S., long. 106° 24′ 15″ E.

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.

KAUAI.—SOUTH COAST.—ELEELE HARBOUR.—LIGHT ESTABLISHED.—A fixed red incandescent electric light has been established by the Kauai Railway Company 48 ft. above high water on a mast located 600 ft. northward of Eleele Landing, Eleele Harbour, south coast of Kauai Island.

Approx. position: Lat. 21° 54′ 09″ N., long. 159° 35′ 28″ W.

SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN.

SAMOA ISLANDS.—TUTUILA ISLAND.—PAGO PAGO.—RANGE BEACONS IMPROVED.—The commandant of the United States Naval Station at Tutuila, Samoa, reports that the defects in the range marks at the entrance to Pago Pago Harbour, reported by the commanding officer of the U.S.S. “St. Louis,” and published in Notice to Mariners No. 36 (2027) of 1909, have been remedied.

The white tripod on Breaker Point is now a solid white tower 16 ft. high, 16 ft. across the bottom, and 4 ft. square at the top. It is 188 ft. above the sea-level, and can be seen by the naked eye from Sail Rock, a distance of 5 miles.

The range at the Catholic Mission has been improved. The original back range mark is now the front range, and a new rear range tower has been erected 300 ft. from the front tower. The present front tower is of solid white, 11 ft. high, 12 ft. across the bottom, 4 ft. square at the top, and stands 75 ft. above sea-level. The rear range tower is of solid white, 8 ft. high, 12 ft. across the bottom, 4 ft. square at the top, and stands 150 ft. above sea-level.

A white fan-shaped structure surmounts the rear tower in rear of the light.

This range is easily distinguished from some distance outside Breaker Point.

The range marks at Steppes Point are now solid white towers, the rear (eastern) one being 24 ft. high, 16 ft. across the bottom, and 4 ft. square at the top, elevated 75 ft. above sea-level, and the front (western) one, 7 ft. high, 10 ft. across the bottom, and 4 ft. square at the top, elevated 66 ft. above sea-level. They can be seen several miles at sea.

The light on Anuu Island is now shown from a white tower 14 ft. high, 16 ft. across the bottom, and 4 ft. square at the top, elevated 250 ft. above sea-level.

Vessels approaching Pago Pago Harbour from any direction should experience no trouble in making out the different ranges as they are now constructed and painted.

CALIFORNIA.

SAN DIEGO BAY.—BUOY ESTABLISHED.—Referring to Notice to Mariners No. 16 (839) of 1910, further notice is given that on 16th April, 1910, a horizontally striped third-class spar buoy was established, in 12 ft. of water, to mark a shoal off the new wharf of the Standard Oil Company, in San Diego Bay, California, on the following bearings: Coronado Hotel Tower, 253° 45′; Coronado Ferry Wharf, 297° 15′.

POINT SUR LIGHT-STATION.—INTENDED CHANGE IN FOG-SIGNAL.—About 1st June, 1910, the 12-inch steam whistle at Point Sur Light-station, sea-coast of California, will be replaced by a first-class compressed-air siren.

Approx. position: Lat. 36° 18′ 17″ N., long. 121° 54′ 07″ W.

SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN.

KERGUELEN ISLAND.—SOLITARY ISLAND.—CORRECTED POSITION.—Capt. Charles C. Dixon, of the British ship “Arctic Stream,” reports the existence of an island south-westward of Kerguelen Island, Southern Indian Ocean, in (approximately) latitude 50° 05′ 30″ S., longitude 68° 13′ 30″ E. The longitude was obtained by taking the mean of ten observations and was checked by the distance run by patent log, corrected for current, from a point 5 miles due south of the island to a point midway between and on a line joining Round Island and the eastern islet of the Benodet Group.

Captain Dixon was uncertain whether this island was Solitary Island or a newly discovered and uncharted island, but, owing to the fact that Solitary Island was not seen during the run of the ship past its assigned position, the inference is that the island observed was Solitary Island.