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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 76

Depth
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THE SIGNAL.
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in feet.
THE SIGNAL.

South yardarm.
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The west and east yardarms of Kajow Signal-mast will correspond respectively with the south and north yardarms of the signal-mast near Woosung Lighthouse.

A spherical shape by day and a white light by night will be hoisted at the masthead when the tide is rising, and will be kept up as long as the tide continues to rise, and another at the gaff to show half feet.

NOTE.—It is assumed that Kajow Creek is identical with Kao Chiao Creek shown on the chart.

CHINA SEA.

BANKA ISLAND.—NORTH-EAST COAST.—LIAT BAY.—INFORMATION CONCERNING REEFS.—Information has been received that the rock reported 2,860 yards 72° from the mouth of the Rumutun River, Liat Bay, Banka Island, is about 16½ ft. in extent, and has a least depth of 1½ fathoms over it.

The red conical buoy with a ball topmark, marking this rock, is moored on its north-eastern side.

The rock reported 1,980 yards 55° from the mouth of the Rumutun River is about 10 ft. in extent, with a least depth of 1½ fathoms over it.

A rock about 6½ ft. in diameter, with a least depth of ½ fathom over it, is located on the following bearings :—
Liat rock, 78°.
Point Belaiar, 136°.

A coral shoal about 27 yards in extent, with a least depth of 3¾ fathoms over it, is located on the following bearings :—
Liat Rock, 76°.
Point Belaiar, 149°.

A coral shoal about 11 yards in extent, with a least depth of 8¾ fathoms over it, is located on the following bearings :—
Liat rock, 77°.
Point Belaiar, 164°.

A small coral shoal, with a least depth of 4½ fathoms over it, is located on the following bearings :—
Liat Rock, 90°.
Lajang Point, extremity, 317°.

A small coral shoal, with a least depth of 5½ fathoms over it, is located on the following bearings :—
Liat Rock, 12°.
Lajang Point, extremity, 303°.

CALIFORNIA.

SAN FRANCISCO LIGHT-VESSEL WITHDRAWN FROM STATION.—RELIEF LIGHT-VESSEL.—On 2nd June, 1910, San Francisco Light-vessel No. 70, moored off the bar at the entrance to San Francisco Bay, California, was temporarily withdrawn from her station, and the station was marked by Relief Light-vessel No. 76.

Relief Light-vessel No. 76 shows a light and sounds signals, having the same characteristics as those of Light-vessel No. 70, except that the light is fixed white instead of flashing white every 15 seconds.

Relief Light-vessel No. 76 is a flush-deck steam-vessel, with two masts, schooner-rigged, no bowsprit, and a black smokestack and steam-whistle between the masts, but differs from Light-vessel No. 70 in having all visible parts, from the bow to the middle of the foremast and from the middle of the mainmast aft, painted red; all visible parts between the fore and main masts, including the middle third of each lantern-mast, white.

The day-marks at the mastheads have five vertical stripes, three red and two white; and on the spring stay, midway between the two masts, there is an oval day-mark, with one white and two red vertical stripes.

The number 76 is in white on each bow and each quarter, and in black on each side of the spring stay day-mark. The word “Relief” is painted in large black letters on the middle of each side.

Approx. position: Lat. 37° 45′ 3″ N., long. 122° 41′ 30″ W.

BRITISH COLUMBIA.

STRAIT OF GEORGIA.—CORTES ISLAND.—REEF POINT BUOY REPLACED BY GAS-BUOY.—The red can buoy heretofore moored at the extremity of the ledge off Reef Point, Cortes Island, Georgia Strait, has been replaced by a gas-buoy exhibiting an intermittent white light, automatically eclipsed at short intervals.

The buoy is a steel cylindrical buoy, painted red, surmounted by a pyramidal steel frame supporting the lantern. The illuminant is acetylene, generated automatically.

Approx. position: Lat. 50° 0′ 3″ N., long. 125° 1′ 52″ W.

STRAIT OF GEORGIA.—BURRARD INLET.—SECOND NARROWS.—BUOY ESTABLISHED.—A steel can buoy, surmounted by a cage, the whole painted black, has been established on the south-eastern edge of the shoal on the northern side of the Second Narrows, Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, 3,050 yards 265° from Roche Point.

The buoy is moored in 6 fathoms of water.

AUSTRALIA.

SOUTH-WEST COAST.—CAPE LEEUWIN.—ROCK TO SOUTHWARD.—WRECK.—Information has been received that the steamer “Pericles” struck an uncharted rock, with a least depth of 24 ft. over it, 7 miles 178° from Cape Leeuwin Light, south-west coast of Australia.

Approx. position: Lat. 34° 28′ 50″ S., long. 115° 9′ 5″ E.

The wreck of the steamer lies in 16 fathoms of water, with from 2 to 3 fathoms over her masts, 2·7 miles 178° from the lighthouse.

Approx. position: Lat. 34° 24′ 35″ S., long. 115° 8′ 10″ E.

ALASKA.

WRANGELL STRAIT.—TURN POINT.—SHOAL REPORTED.—CAUTION.—A dangerous shoal of small extent, awash at about 3 ft. below the mean of lower low waters, composed of sand and shells, is reported to have recently formed about in mid-channel between Turn and Bayou Points, northern part of Wrangell Strait, Alaska, on the following bearings :—

Prowlewy Rock Light, 51° 45′, distant 1⁷⁄₁₆ miles.
First wharf south of Petersburg Cannery, 76° 25′, distant ¹¹⁄₁₆ mile.

CAUTION.—Owing to the fact that the sand-bars in the vicinity of Turn Point are reported to be subject to frequent changes, vessels are advised to exercise great care when navigating in this region.

INDIAN OCEAN.

SEYCHELLES ISLANDS.—DENNIS ISLAND LIGHT.—INTENDED CHANGE IN CHARACTERISTIC.—About 1st June, 1910, the fixed white light on Dennis Island, Seychelles Islands, will be replaced by a 3rd-order, dioptric, flashing white light every 5 seconds.

The new light will be shown 85 ft. above the sea from a grey iron tower 90 ft. high, and will be visible 14 miles.

Approx. position: Lat. 3° 48′ S., long. 55° 39′ 45″ E.

SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN.

ADMIRALTY ISLANDS.—REEF REPORTED TO SOUTHWARD.—The master of the German steamer “Korat” reports having observed a reef southward of the Admiralty Islands, South Pacific Ocean, the southern end of which is located in (approximately) lat. 3° 28′ S., long. 147° 46′ E.

This reef is presumed to be identical with Circular Reef, shown on the charts north-westward of the above-mentioned position, and until an examination of the locality can be made both reefs will be carried on the charts.

Notice to Mariners No. 86 of 1910.

LIGHT ON PETONE WHARF.

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

THE Wellington Harbour Board have notified that on and after the 12th August, 1910, a white light, visible all round the horizon from a height of 32 ft. above high water, will be shown from the seaward end of Petone Wharf.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Plan No. 1423; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chap. v, page 149.

J. A. MILLAR.