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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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widening of the channel the gas-lighted beacon on the
northern shore at the entrance to the First Narrows,
Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, has been moved 300 ft.
345° 50′ from its former site.

The beacon consists of a steel cylindrical tank standing
on a steel framework, and surmounted by a pyramidal
steel frame supporting the lantern, the whole painted
black, erected on a rectangular concrete foundation.

A fog-bell, operated by machinery, which will be
sounded at short intervals, has been placed on the concrete
base of the beacon.

Approx. position: Lat. 49° 18′ 53″ N., long. 123° 8′ W.

PROSPECT POINT LIGHT.—CHARACTERISTIC CHANGED.—
The Canadian Government has given notice that the
characteristic of the light on Prospect Point, Burrard
Inlet, British Columbia, has been changed from fixed
white to intermittent white every 9 seconds—thus, light 6
seconds, eclipsed 3 seconds. The illuminating apparatus
is dioptric, of the 5th order, and the illuminant petroleum-
vapour burned under an incandescent mantle.

Approx. position: Lat. 49° 18′ 34″ N., long. 123° 8′ W.

VANCOUVER ISLAND.—SOUTH-WEST COAST.—BARKLEY
SOUND.—BAMFIELD CREEK AND PACHENA BAY.—LIFE-
SAVING STATIONS ESTABLISHED.—A life-saving station,
equipped with a motor lifeboat and the latest life-saving
appliances, has been established by the Government of
Canada in Bamfield Creek, Barkley Sound, south-west
coast of Vancouver Island.

The station consists of a boat-house, with quarters in
the same building for the crew, and is located on the
western side of the entrance to the creek.

Approximate position on H.O. Chart No. 1450: Latitude 48° 50′ 28″ N., longitude 125° 8′ W.

A life-saving station has also been established at the
head of Pachena Bay, eastward of Cape Beale. This
station is equipped with a surf-boat, but has no separate
crew, being operated in connection with the station at
Bamfield.

Approximate position on H.O. Chart No. 1450: Latitude 48° 48′ 7″ N., longitude 125° 6′ 5″ W.

CLAYOQUOT SOUND.—HECATE PASSAGE.—UNCHARTED
ROCK.—Captain Hackett, master of the C.G.S.
“Quadra,” reports the discovery of an uncharted rock
in the eastern end of Hecate Passage, Clayoquot Sound,
south-west coast of Vancouver Island, close westward of
the rock that dries.

The depth on the rock is 9 ft., with deep water around
and 10 fathoms between it and the rock that dries.

The following sextant angles fix the position of the
rock:—

Wooded Islet, south tangent, 0°.

Island on southern side of Deep Pass, west tangent,
78° 20′.

Island on southern side of Deep Pass, east tangent,
57°.

Island ½ mile westward of Robert Point, south tangent, 70°.

North-east point of Varges Island, ½ mile eastward
of Wooded Islet, 73° 40′.

Approximate position of rock that dries on H.O. charts:
Latitude 49° 12′ 56″ N., longitude 125° 57′ 14″ W.

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.

MAUI ISLAND.—NORTH COAST.—PAUWELA POINT.—LIGHT
ESTABLISHED.—Referring to Notice to Mariners Nos. 36
(2278) of 1910, further notice is given that on 20th August,
1910, a fixed white lens-lantern light was established at
Pauwela Point, north coast of Maui Island, Hawaiian Islands.

The light is exhibited, about 165 ft. above high water
and 40 ft. above the ground, from an openwork wooden
tower, painted white, surmounting a white, wooden,
keeper’s dwelling, with red roof and lead-coloured trimmings.

The light is visible 9 miles over an arc of 199° 18′ from
71° 17′ to 270° 35′.

Approx. position: Lat. 20° 56′ 50″ N., long. 156° 19′ 30″ W.

SOUTH-EAST COAST.—KAMALO REEF.—BELL-BUOY TO BE
REPLACED BY GAS-BUOY.—About 1st October, 1910, a gas-
buoy, numbered 1, and marked KAMALO, will be established
off Kamalo Reef, south-east coast of Molokai Island,
Hawaiian Islands, in place of Kamalo Point Reef Bell-
buoy 1, which will then be discontinued.

MAUI.—NORTH COAST.—KAHULUI HARBOUR.—BREAK-
WATER LIGHT.—CHARACTERISTIC TO BE CHANGED.—About
15th September, 1910, the characteristic of the Breakwater
Light at Kahului Harbour, north coast of Maui Island,
Hawaiian Islands, will be changed from fixed white to
fixed red.

Approx. position: Lat. 20° 54′ 6″ N., long. 156° 28′ 14″ W.

BAY OF BENGAL.

HUGLI RIVER.—MIDDLETON LIGHT-VESSEL.—CHANGE IN
CHARACTERISTIC OF LIGHT.—The flashing white light
every 18 seconds (thus, light 7 seconds, eclipsed 11
seconds) recently exhibited on Middleton Light-vessel,
Hugli River, Bay of Bengal, has been replaced by an
intermittent white light every 18 seconds—thus, light 10
seconds, eclipsed 8 seconds.

Approx. position: Lat. 21° 36′ N., long. 88° 1′ 15″ E.

Notice to Mariners No. 130 of 1910.

AUCKLAND HARBOUR.—NEW LIGHT, RAILWAY WHARF.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 14th November, 1910.

THE Auckland Harbour Board have notified that on
and after the night of Monday, the 28th November,
1910, a white flashing electric light will be exhibited from
the end of Railway Wharf as a leading harbour light.
The light will show four seconds flash and will be obscured
four seconds. It will be 79 ft. above high water, and
should be visible on a dark clear night for a distance of
eight miles. The light is obscured on the upper harbour
from S. 26° E. magnetic, through east to N. 30° W.

On the same date the three fixed white lights in a
triangle on the tower of Queen Street Wharf will be
discontinued.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Plans Nos. 1896 and
1970; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908,
Chap. ii, page 38; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,”
1910, page 115.

J. A. MILLAR.

Notice to Mariners No. 131 of 1910.

AUCKLAND HARBOUR.—BEAN ROCK LIGHT.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 14th November, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that recent observations show
that the bearing of the dividing-line of the white
and red sectors of the Bean Rock light is N. 73° E., and
not N. 70° E. as shown on the Admiralty Chart and
previous Notices.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Plans Nos. 1896 and
1970; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908,
Chap. ii, page 38.

J. A. MILLAR.

Notice to Mariners No. 132 of 1910.

AUCKLAND HARBOUR.—PROTECTED ANCHORAGES FOR
YACHTS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 15th November, 1910.

THE Auckland Harbour Board have notified that the
following mentioned areas have been approved as
protected anchorages for yachts:—

1. The area enclosed by a line drawn from a point
   150 yards west of Acheron Point in a direction N. 16° E.
   (true) for 3¼ cables; from this point a line running
   N. 69° W. for 6·8 cables to extreme of rocks marked on
   chart off Ponsonby.

2. The area enclosed by a line running due north for
   2·1 cables from Resolution Point (position marked by a
   small black buoy); from this buoy by a line running N.
   84½° W. for 6 cables to another black buoy 3 cables due
   north of St. Barnabas, a line due south to St. Barnabas
   encloses the area.