SEPT. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3429

CHILE.

MAGELLAN STRAIT.—TRITON BANK LIGHT-BUOY.—LIGHT UNRELIABLE.—Information has been received from the master of a steamship which stranded near Baxa Point, Magellan Strait, on 14th December, 1909, that on that date the light on Triton Bank Light-buoy was extinguished, and as was afterwards ascertained had been so since early in December. Mariners are warned that as the light is frequently extinguished it should not be relied upon.

Approx. position: Lat. 52° 37′ 30″ S., long. 69° 55′ 25″ W.

MAGELLAN STRAIT.—GREAT ORANGE BANK LIGHT-BUOY.—LIGHT EXTINGUISHED.—The Chilean Government has given notice that the light on Great Orange Bank Light-buoy, Magellan Strait, is extinguished, and will not be relighted for some time. “LIGHT UNRELIABLE” should be placed against it on the charts.

Approx. position: Lat. 52° 23′ 40″ S., long. 69′ 8′ 40″ W. (See Notice to Mariners No. 50 (2827) of 1909.)

CHINA SEA.

GASPAR STRAIT.—SHOAL REPORTED.—Capt. W. J. Lindsay, of the steamer “Wyneric,” reports seeing a shoal, about 300 ft. long in a north by east and south by west (magnetic) direction, in the northern approach to Gaspar Strait, China Sea, in (approximately) latitude 2° 4′ S., longitude 107° 21′ E.

No soundings were taken.

CEYLON.

SOUTH-EAST COAST.—LITTLE BASSES.—NON-EXISTENCE OF CAPELLA ROCK.—A recent survey in the vicinity of Little Basses, south-east coast of Ceylon, having failed to reveal any trace of Capella Rock, originally reported by the steamer “Capella” in 1893, that rock has been expunged from the charts.

Approx. position: Lat. 6° 26′ 30″ N., long. 81° 46′ 15″ E.

OREGON.

YAQUINA RIVER.—DEPOT SLOUGH.—LIGHT ESTABLISHED.—On 20th May, 1910, a fixed white post lantern light was established 12 ft. above the water on an unpainted pile, bare at low water, about 50 ft. north-westward of the south-eastern side of the entrance to Depot Slough, Yaquina River, Oregon.

Approx. position: Lat. 44° 37′ N., long. 123° 56′ W.

CALIFORNIA.

SAN FRANCISCO LIGHT-VESSEL REPLACED ON STATION.—RELIEF LIGHT-VESSEL WITHDRAWN.—Referring to Notice to Mariners No. 24 (1355) of 1910, further notice is given that on 30th June, 1910, San Francisco Light-vessel No. 70 was replaced on her station off the bar at the entrance to San Francisco Bay, California, and Relief Light-vessel No. 76 was then withdrawn.

No change has been made in the characteristics of the light or fog-signals of Light-vessel No. 70.

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

SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN.

BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO.—SABLE ISLAND.—DESCRIPTION.—NON-EXISTENCE OF SAND-BANK SOUTH-SOUTH-WESTWARD.—As the result of an investigation in 1909 by the steamer “Natuna,” it was ascertained that Sable Island, Bismarck Archipelago, is a small sand-bank, without vegetation, about 165 yards in extent and from 7 ft. to 10 ft. high at its highest point. During heavy weather the seas pass completely over it.

The sand-bank shown on the charts about 15 miles south-south-westward of Sable Island does not exist.

Approximate position of Sable Island: Latitude 3° 32′ S., longitude 154° 43′ E.

Taranaki Street Wharf:—
Three lights: Red, green, green; vertical, at heights respectively of 35 ft., 30 ft., and 24 ft. above high-water level.

Wool Jetty:—
Three lights: Green, green, green; vertical, at heights respectively of 29 ft., 24 ft., and 18 ft. above high-water level.

Railway Wharf:—
Three lights: Green, green, white; vertical, at heights respectively of 34 ft., 28 ft., and 22 ft. above high-water level.

Glasgow Wharf:—
Three lights: Green, green, red; vertical, at heights respectively of 34 ft., 28 ft., and 22 ft. above high-water level.

King’s Wharf:—
Three lights; Green, white, red; vertical, at heights respectively of 56 ft., 50 ft., and 44 ft. above high-water level.

Clyde Quay Wharf:—
Three lights: Red, green, white; vertical, at heights respectively of 35 ft., 29 ft., and 23 ft. above high-water level.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Charts Nos. 803 and 1423; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chap. v, page 145; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1910, pages 136 and 144.

J. A. MILLAR.

Forbidding Money-order and Postal Correspondence for T. Baxter, Post-office Box 674, Auckland.

THE Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand having reasonable ground for supposing that the person whose name and address are shown in the Schedule hereunder is engaged in a fraudulent business or undertaking, it is hereby ordered, under section 28 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, that no money-order in favour of the said person shall be issued, and that no postal packet addressed to the said person (either by his own or any fictitious or assumed name), or to such address without a name, shall be either registered, forwarded, or delivered by the Post Office of New Zealand.

SCHEDULE.

T. BAXTER, Post-office Box 674, Auckland.

Dated this 13th day of September, 1910.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
For Postmaster-General.

Examination Shed appointed.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for this purpose vested by the Customs Law Act, 1908, I, the Minister of Customs, do hereby appoint that the undermentioned building shall be a place where goods may be deposited for examination on the landing thereof, viz. :—

HARBOUR BOARD SHED MARKED “A,”

built of galvanized iron, and situated adjacent to the Waitara Wharf, on land owned by the Waitara Harbour Board.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this fifth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Minister of Customs.

Minister’s Order No. 935.]

Notice to Mariners No. 97 of 1910.

LIGHTS AT THE SEAWARD END OF WELLINGTON HARBOUR BOARD’S CITY WHARVES.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 12th September, 1910.

WITH reference to Notices to Mariners Nos. 65 of 1909, and 63 of 1910, re the lights shown at the seaward end of the Wellington Harbour Board’s city wharves, the following amended notice is given re the heights of these lights, namely :—

Notice of Intention to take Land in Blocks IX and XV, Whernside Survey District, Awatere Road District, for Road Purposes.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to execute a certain public work, to wit, the construction of a road in Blocks IX and XV, Whernside Survey District, and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Kekerangu, and