Feb. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 681

Notice to Mariners No. 17 of 1911.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 7th February, 1911.

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

J. A. MILLAR.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.—VICTORIA.

THE following Notice to Mariners, which has been received from the Harbourmaster, Geelong, is published for general information.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 10th January, 1911.

Port of Geelong.

[No. 2 of 1910.]

Referring to Notice to Mariners No. 2 of the 5th December, 1906, it is hereby notified that the single pile beacon on Arthur the Great Spit has been carried away, and has been replaced with a red conical buoy.

Charts affected: Admiralty Nos. 2731 and 1171b.

GEO. A. MOLLAND,
Harbourmaster.

Geelong, 15th December, 1910.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.—VICTORIA.

[No. 76.]

Picnic Point Jetty Light.

WITH reference to General Notice to Mariners, dated 1st August, 1907, page 92, regarding the green and red light shown from the outer end of the Picnic Point Jetty, mariners and others are hereby notified that, on or after the 16th January, 1911, such light will be shifted a point about 85 ft. shoreward on the southern side of the pier, and that otherwise the green and red sectors of light will be seen from seaward as formerly, the green light indicating the safe approach to the jetty, and the red light marking the foul ground which lies to the westward of the jetty.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.

Melbourne, 10th January, 1911.

Notice to Mariners No. 18 of 1911.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 8th February, 1911.

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.—EAST COAST.—BAYNES SOUND.—PORT AUGUSTA.—GOOSE SPIT LIGHT TO BE CHANGED.—Referring to Notice to Mariners No. 13 (674) of 1910, the Canadian Government has given further notice that on 15th January, 1911, the intermittent red light on the western extremity of Goose Spit, Port Augusta, Baynes Sound, British Columbia, will be changed without further notice to show white over an arc of 270° from 314° to 224°, in the approach from the Strait of Georgia, and red over an arc of 90° from 224° to 314° leading up Baynes Sound.

Approx. position: Lat. 49° 39′ 40″ N., long. 124° 54′ 58″ W.

GEORGIA STRAIT.—BURRARD INLET.—FIRST NARROWS.—PROSPECT POINT LIGHT.—RED SECTOR TO BE INSTALLED.—For the purpose of diminishing the brightness of the light to vessels in close proximity a red sector will, on 15th January, 1911, and without further notice, be installed in the intermittent white light on Prospect Point, Burrard Inlet, Strait of Georgia, to show over an arc of 135° from 144° 50′ to 279° 50′.

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

CALIFORNIA.

SAN FRANCISCO LIGHT-VESSEL TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM STATION.—RELIEF LIGHT-VESSEL.—About 2nd January, 1911, San Francisco Light-vessel No. 70, moored off the bar at the entrance to San Francisco Bay, California, will be temporarily withdrawn from her station, and the station will be marked by Relief Light-vessel No. 76.

Relief Light-vessel No. 76 will show a light and sound signals, having the same characteristics as those of Light-vessel No. 70, except that the light will be 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 bowspit, and a black smoke-stack 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 mainmasts, 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.

ST. GEORGE REEF LIGHT-STATION.—FOG-SIGNAL.—FURTHER INFORMATION.—Referring to Notice to Mariners No. 46 (3014) of 1910, further notice is given that the water-supply of St. George Reef Light-station, sea-coast of California, is now sufficient for all purposes, and the fog-signal will continue to sound as usual during thick and foggy weather.

Approx. position: Lat. 41° 50′ 10″ N., long. 124° 22′ 29″ W.

WASHINGTON.

JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT.—NEAH BAY.—BAADDAH POINT.—LIGHT TO BE CHANGED.—About 1st January, 1911, the fixed white post-lantern light on Baaddah Point, eastern side of the entrance to Neah Bay, Juan de Fuca Strait, Washington, will be replaced by a flashing white acetylene light every 3 seconds—thus, flash, 0.3 seconds, eclipsed 2.7 seconds. The new light is exhibited from a framework structure on the top of a square wooden house.

Approx. position: Lat. 48° 22′ 25″ N., long. 124° 35′ 17″ W.

RANGE LIGHTS TO BE ESTABLISHED.—About 1st January, 1911, the following range lights will be established in Neah Bay, Juan de Fuca Strait, Washington.

Front Light.—A fixed red post-lantern light suspended from a white arm on a post, 25 ft. above the water, on the southern shore of Neah Bay, about 0.8 mile south-westward of Baaddah Point.

Approx. position: Lat. 48° 22′ N., long. 124° 36′ 17″ W.

Rear Light.—A fixed white post-lantern light suspended from a white arm on a post, 40 ft. above the water, 500 ft. 162° from the front light.

CAPE FLATTERY LIGHT-STATION.—INTENSITY OF LIGHT TO BE INCREASED.—About 1st February, 1911, the intensity of the light at Cape Flattery Light-station, Juan de Fuca Strait entrance, Washington, will be increased by changing the illuminant from oil to incandescent-oil vapour without other change.

Approx. position: Lat 48° 23′ 30″ N., long. 124° 44′ 6″ W.

CHILE.

MAGELLAN STRAIT.—TRITON BANK LIGHT-BUOY.—LIGHT EXTINGUISHED.—Information has been received that the light on Triton Bank Light-buoy, Magellan Strait, is extinguished.

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

GREAT ORANGE BANK LIGHT-BUOY.—LIGHT EXTINGUISHED.—Information has been received that the light on Great Orange Bank Light-buoy, Magellan Strait, is extinguished.

Approx. position: Lat. 52° 23′ 40″ S., long. 69° 8′ 40″ W.

CANARY ISLANDS.

TENERIFE.—SANTA CRUZ.—WIRELESS-TELEGRAPH STATION.—A wireless-telegraph station has been established southward of Santa Cruz, Tenerife Island, the four masts of which form useful day marks. The masts are of metallic framework, and are erected at the corners of a rectangle 132 yards long, north-westward and south-eastward, and 87 yards wide. The inner masts stand 1,165 yards and 1,252 yards 226° 40′ from the lighthouse.

Approximate position of Santa Cruz Lighthouse: Lat. 28° 28′ 27″ N., long. 16° 14′ 18″ W.

SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN.

SOCIETY ISLANDS.—TAHITI.—PAPIETÉ PASS.—HYDROGRAPHIC INFORMATION.—An unsuccessful search has been made for the coral heads, with 23 ft. of water over them, reported in Papieté Pass, Tahiti, in Notice to Mariners No. 51 (2357) of 1907. The pass has been thoroughly sounded out, and the least depth found was 4½ fathoms, 20 yards eastward of the alignment of the range lights and 11 yards eastward of the alignment of the beacons.