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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 16

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Call Letters.
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NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN—continued.

China.

Peking .. .. .. PK Italy.
Tientsin .. .. .. TN ,,
Tsingtau .. .. .. KTS Germany.

Formosa.

Kelung .. .. .. .. Japan.

Philippine Islands.

Cavite, Luzon Island .. NPO U.S. Navy.
Malabang, Mindanao Island.. FA Insular Government
Zamboanga, Zamboanga Island FM ,,
Jolo, Jolo Island .. FS ,,

Caroline Islands.

Angaur .. .. .. KAN Germany.
Yap .. .. .. KJA ,,

Marianas.

Guam .. .. .. NPN U.S. Navy.

Hawaiian Islands.

Honolulu, Oahu Island .. NPM U.S. Navy.

SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN.

Chile.

Valparaiso .. .. .. Chile.
Juan Fernandez .. .. .. ,,

Indian Ocean.

Pemba .. .. .. PB United Kingdom of Great Britain.
Zanzibar .. .. .. ZR Ditto.
Durban, Natal .. .. DBN ,,
Bombay, India .. .. BYR ,,
Calcutta, India .. .. .. ,,
Diamond Island, Burma .. .. ,,
Slipper Island, Andaman Islands .. .. ,,
Point Blair, Andaman Islands .. .. ,,

THE TRANSMISSION OF TIME SIGNALS TO VESSELS AT SEA.

Radio-telegraphic signals for the determination of chronometer errors, and hence time and longitude at sea, are sent out broadcast from each of the United States Naval wireless-telegraph stations every day, excepting Sundays and holidays. The system is combined with the telegraph land-lines, by which the time signals are transmitted from the Naval Observatory at Washington, at noon of the 75th meridian west of Greenwich, to stations on the Atlantic coast, and from the observatory at the Mare Island Navy Yard, near San Francisco, at noon of the 120th meridian west of Greenwich, to stations on the Pacific coast.

It is not necessary that an elaborate wireless-telegraph installation be employed for the purpose of receiving these signals, nor that a skilled operator be in attendance. Any vessel provided with a small receiving apparatus may detect these signals when within the range of one of the sea-coast wireless stations. The nature of the time signal is described as follows:—

U.S. Naval Observatory telegraph time signals begin at 11.55 a.m., standard time, and continue for five minutes. During this interval every tick of the clock is transmitted over the wires except the 29th second of each minute, the last five seconds of each of the first four minutes, and finally the last ten seconds of the last minute. The noon signal is a longer contact after this longer break.

NOTE.—The signal from the Naval Observatory at Washington, for the country east of the Rocky Mountains, is noon of the 75th meridian west from Greenwich, corresponding to 11 a.m., 90th meridian, and 10 a.m., 105th meridian. From the observatory at Mare Island Navy Yard, for the Pacific coast, it is 120th meridian time.

Notice to Mariners No. 31 of 1911.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 24th February, 1911.

THE following extracts from Notices to Mariners, received from the Board of Trade, London, are published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO, ETC.

PENANG HARB.—A shoal patch, carrying 1¾ fms., has formed with the S. extr. of Swettenham Pier (5° 24½′ N., 100° 20¾′ E.), N. 12° E., 4½ cables, and the chimneys of the elec.-lighting station, S. 80° W.

SALAT SINKI.—A shoal, coral, carrying 1 ft., with 5 fms. around, exists with Cyrene shoal wrn. beacon (1° 15½′ N., 103° 45¼′ E.), S. 70° E., 14½ cables, and beacon on wrn. end of Pulo Bosing Reef, S. 12° W.

JUANA LT.—This F. lt. (6° 41¾′ S., 111° 9′ E.) has been replaced by a fl. white lt. every 3 secs.—fl. 1 sec., ecl. 2 secs. The black lt.-buoy, exh. a F. red lt., moored in 6° 54¼′ N., 112° 44′ E., on ern. side of the leading-line, with Jamuang Reef beacon S. 2° E. 14½ cables, which recently replaced the black lt.-buoy, exh. an occ. white lt., near the head of E. breakwater, has been temp. withdrawn.

CHINA SEA, ETC.

YANG TSE KIANG ENTR.—N. Chan.—A submarine bell and lt. buoy, red and black hor., exh. an occ. white lt., is est. exper. about 1⅚ miles S. 66° E. from Shaweishan Isl. (31° 25½′ N., 122° 13¾′ E.).

PACIFIC OCEAN.

OAHU.—HONOLULU HARB.—About 1st Jan., 1911, chan. buoy No. 9, exh. a F. white lt., is to be replaced by a lt.-buoy No. 9, exh. a quick-occ. white lt.

SOUTH AMERICA.

PUERTO ZENTENO.—1. A red conical buoy is est. 12⅞ cables S. 62° W. from the Obser. spot (52° 46¾′ S., 70° 44′ W.) on Puño Pt. 2. Buoys withdrawn: (a) Red conical buoy, 1⅛ cables N. 72° W.; (b) black can buoy, 1⅛ cables S. 57° W.; (c) red conical buoy, 4½ cables S. 50° W.; and (d) black can buoy, 13⅛ cables S. 43° W. from Obser. spot. The shepherd’s hut on Sandy Hill (Cerro Arenoso) no longer exists.

SECOND NARROWS.—A fl. white lt. every 3 secs.—fl. ⅞ sec., ecl. 2⅞ secs.; elev. 145 ft., R. 12 miles, is exh. from a lt.-h., upper half white, lower half red, in 52° 40¼′ S., 70° 22¾′ W., on Cone Hill, nrn. shore of narrows.

TRITON BANK AND GREAT ORANGE BANK LT.-BUOYS.—The lts. of Triton Bank (52° 37¾′ S., 69° 54¾′ W.) and Great Orange Bank (52° 23¾′ S., 69° 8¼′ W.) lt.-buoys are extinguished. The remark “unreliable” has been in each case deleted from the charts.

DIRECTION HILL.—About 1st Oct., 1910, a fl. white lt. every 3 secs. (U)—fl. ⅞ sec., ecl. 2⅞ secs.—vis. from S. 5° E., through S. and W., to N. 5° W., elev. 210 ft., R. 15 miles, was to be exh. from a cyl. iron. lt.-h., red and white hor., 9 ft. high, in 52° 21¾′ S., 69° 29¾′ W., about 100 ft. S.-erd. from the Refuge beacon.

TIERRA DEL FUEGO.—BARBARA AND COCKBURN CHANS.—Srn. Entr.—(a) A rk., proj. above water, is reported to exist N.-erd. of Tussac Rks., 7½ miles S. 30° E. from Mount Skyring (54° 25′ S., 72° 10¼′ W.). (b) A rk., proj., exists 10¼ miles S. 33° E. from Mount Skyring. This rk. is probably identical with Leon Rks., and a note, “Reported to lie ¾ mile further erd,” has been charted against Leon Rks.

Notice as to Statutory Closing-day under the Shops and Offices Act, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon me by the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, and in terms of notice in writing duly received by me from the Chairman of the Conference of Delegates of all the local authorities of the Combined District of Invercargill, as constituted for the purposes of that Act, and comprising the Boroughs of Invercargill and South Invercargill, I, John Andrew Millar, Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint Wednesday to be the statutory closing-day for shops in the said Combined District of Invercargill.

Dated at Wellington, this 28th day of February, 1911.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.