MAY 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1707

Approx. position: Lat. 37° 46′ 50″ N., long. 122° 34′ 35″ W.

H.O. Charts Nos. 527 and 1006.

U.S. Coast Survey Charts Nos. 5002, 5052, 5600, 5500, 5530, and 5532.

U.S. Coast Pilot, Pacific Coast, 1909, page 67.

SAN FRANCISCO BAY.—SOUTHAMPTON SHOAL LIGHT IMPROVED.—Referring to Notice to Mariners No. 9 (528) of 1911, further notice is given that on 20th March, 1911, the light on Southampton Shoal, San Francisco Bay, California, was improved by the substitution of a 5th-order lens for the lens lantern heretofore used.

Approx. position: Lat. 37° 52′ 50″ N., long. 122° 24′ W.

U.S. Coast Survey Charts Nos. 5052, 5002, 5600, 5500, 5530, and 5532.

U.S. Lighthouse Board List of Lights on the Pacific Coast, 1909, page 18.

U.S. Coast Pilot, Pacific Coast, 1909, page 18.

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.

MAUI. — SOUTH COAST. — ALALAKEIKE CHANNEL. — MOLOKINI ISLAND.—LIGHT TO BE ESTABLISHED.—About 15th March, 1911, an unwatched flashing white light showing 1 flash every 3 seconds—thus, flash 0·3 second, eclipsed 2·7 seconds—will be established, 173 ft. above the water and 16 ft. above the ground, on a white, pyramidal, skeleton iron tower, erected on Molokini Island, Hawaiian Islands.

A black derrick with guyed mast stands 85 ft. eastward of the tower.

Approx. position: Lat. 20° 38′ N., long. 156° 30′ W.

BAY OF BENGAL.

GULF OF MARTABAN.—KRISHNA SHOAL LIGHT-VESSEL REPLACED ON STATION.—RELIEF LIGHT-VESSEL WITHDRAWN.—Referring to Notice to Mariners No. 4 (219) of 1911, further notice is given that Krishna Shoal Light-vessel, Gulf of Martaban, has been replaced on her station and the relief light-vessel withdrawn.

Approx. position: Lat. 15° 37′ 30″ N., long. 95° 37′ 32″ E.

H.O. Charts Nos. 854B and 1594.

H.O. Light List, Vol. II, 1910, No. 1802.

Bay of Bengal Pilot, 1910, page 452.

GULF OF MARTABAN.—DOUBLE ISLAND LIGHT.—INTENDED CHANGE IN CHARACTERISTIC.—About 15th March, 1911, the characteristic of Double Island Light, Gulf of Martaban, will be changed from fixed to intermittent white every 20 seconds. The new light will have a power of 35,000 candles.

Approx. position: Lat. 15° 52′ N., long. 97° 35′ E.

H.O. Charts Nos. 854B and 1594.

H.O. Light List, Vol. II, 1910, No. 1780.

Bay of Bengal Pilot, 1910, page 497.

MALACCA STRAIT.

AROA ISLANDS.—BATU BALIA.—ROCK NORTH-WESTWARD.—The commander of the Netherlands surveying steamer “Lombok” reports a drying rock north-westward of Batu Balia, Aroa Islands, Malacca Strait, in (approximately) altitude 2° 52′ 27″ N., long. 100° 37′ 37″ E.

H.O. Charts Nos. 854B, 529, and 1595.

B.A. Charts Nos. 2760 and 794.

China Sea Directory, Vol. I, 1906, page 202.

CHINA.

YANGTZE RIVER.—NORTH CHANNEL.—SHAWEISHAN ISLAND.—EXPERIMENTAL LIGHT AND SUBMARINE BELL-BUOY WITHDRAWN.—Referring to Notices to Mariners Nos. 53 (3520) of 1910 and 2 (117) of 1911, the Chinese Government has given further notice that the experimental light and submarine bell-buoy recently established eastward of Shaweishan Island, North Channel, Yangtze River, China, has been discontinued.

AFRICA.

EAST COAST.—COUNTESS OF CARNAVON-COURLAND SHOAL.—HYDROGRAPHIC INFORMATION.—The Portuguese Government has given notice that Countess of Carnavon-Courland Shoal, east coast of Africa, consists of a rocky reef extending eastward from the coast for a distance of 7 miles and probably farther. From the coast to a point in latitude 24° 55′ 12″ S., longitude 34° 23′ E., the shoal is continually breaking.

H.O. Charts Nos. 855A and 1603.

B.A. Chart No. 597.

Africa Pilot, Part III, 1905, page 210.

DELAGOA BAY.—BEACONS ESTABLISHED SOUTHWARD.—The Portuguese Government has given notice that the following beacons have been established on the east coast of Africa, southward of Delagoa Bay:—

A small iron beacon, 295 ft. above water, on a wooded hill on Holland Point, in (approximately) latitude 26° 21′ 51″ S., longitude 32° 55′ 41″ E.

An iron beacon, 16 ft. high, called Mathonde Beacon, on a wooded hill, 344 ft. high, in (approximately) latitude 26° 35′ 58″ S., longitude 32° 54′ 1″ E.

An iron pyramidal beacon, 26 ft. high, covered with plating, on the highest part of Oro Point, ¼ mile back from the shore, in (approximately) latitude 26° 51′ 22″ S., longitude 32° 53′ 17″ E. This beacon is 394 ft. above the water and is visible a long distance. It indicates the southern limit of the Province of Mozambique.

H.O. Charts Nos. 855A and 1603.

B.A. Chart No. 597.

Africa Pilot, Part III, 1905, page 189.

CHINA.

EAST COAST.—MACAO HARBOUR.—INFORMATION CONCERNING LIGHT.—The Portuguese Government has given notice that a fixed red light, elevated 31 ft. above the sea and 16 ft. above the ground, and visible 4 miles, is exhibited from a red iron framework at Fort Barra in the inner harbour of Macao, east coast of China.

H.O. Charts Nos. 796 and 798.

B.A. Charts Nos. 2562, 3026, and 2212.

H.O. Light List, Vol. II, 1910, No. 644.

H.O. Publication No. 124, Asiatic Pilot, Vol. III, 1909, page 593.

MACAO.—LIGHTS CHANGED AND ESTABLISHED.—The Portuguese Government has given notice that in 1910 Fort Guia light, Macao, east coast of China, would be replaced by a 3rd-order flashing white light, elevated 335 ft. above the sea and 44 ft. above the ground, and visible 25 miles.

The light is shown from a cylindrical tower surmounted by a white lantern with red cupola. The keeper’s houses are painted yellow.

Approx. position: Lat. 22° 11′ 45″ N., long. 113° 32′ 55″ E.

A semaphore-station is located close to the light-tower.

A fixed white light, elevated 50 ft. above the sea and 38 ft. above the ground, and visible 6 miles, has been established on the south-western extremity of Macao Peninsula. The light is shown from a truncated conical masonry tower, 10 ft. high, surmounting a gray building.

H.O. Charts Nos. 796 and 798.

B.A. Charts Nos. 2562, 3026, and 2212.

H.O. Light List, Vol. II, 1910, Nos. 643 and 643A.

H.O. Publication No. 124, Asiatic Pilot Vol. III, 1909, page 592.

SUMATRA.

EAST COAST.—DURIAN STRAIT.—NORTH BROTHER ISLAND.—INTENDED LIGHT.—RICHARDSON REEF LIGHT-BUOY TO BE DISCONTINUED.—An intermittent light every 3 seconds—thus, light 2 seconds, eclipsed 1 second—with a red sector covering Richardson Reef, will be established on North Brother Island, Durian Strait.

When this light is put into operation the light-buoy marking Richardson Reef will be withdrawn.

Further notice will be given.

H.O. Charts Nos. 529, 854B, 826A, 797, and 1170.

B.A. Charts Nos. 1263, 2757, and 2402.

H.O. Light List, Vol. II, 1910, No. 843.

China Sea Directory, Vol. I, 1906, page 652.

SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN.

ELLICE ISLANDS.—BANK REPORTED SOUTH-EASTWARD.—The master of the ship “Hera” reports having passed over a bank, about 4 miles long in an east-south-east–west-south-west direction, with depths of from 15 to 17 fathoms over it, south-eastward of the Ellice Islands, South Pacific Ocean, in (approximately) latitude 12° 9′ S., longitude 179° 16′ W.

This bank will be marked on the charts “Hera P.D. (1910).” “Probably less water.”

H.O. Charts Nos. 1500, 825A, 2021, and 1993.

Pacific Islands, Vol. II, 1908, page 81.

Notice to Mariners No. 59 of 1911.

SUNKEN ROCKS, ETC., OFF THREE KINGS ISLANDS.—OFF NORTH COAST OF NEW ZEALAND.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 13th May, 1911.

CAPTAIN BOLLONS, of the Government steamer “Hinemoa,” reports that the following mentioned uncharted rocks exist off the Three Kings, Great Island:—