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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 61

BOROUGH OF WEST HARBOUR.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, I, Hagbarth Ernest Möller, Mayor of the Borough of West Harbour, do hereby give notice that a poll was taken on the 7th day of June, 1911, upon the proposal of the Council of the said borough to raise a special loan of £5,000 to be applied to the construction of water-supply works for the Ravensbourne and Rothesay Wards, the security for such loan to be the revenues of the borough, the site and buildings known as the town hall, and a special rate of 1½d. in the pound upon the unimproved value of all rateable property within the said wards, the loan to be repayable in twenty-five years from the date of issue; and it is proposed to pay out of the loan the cost of raising the same and the interest for the first year. And at such poll the following votes were recorded: For the proposal, 128; against the proposal, 114; majority for the proposal, 14; informal, 8.

I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.

Dated this 8th day of June, 1911.

H. E. MÖLLER,
Mayor.

Notice to Mariners No. 84 of 1911.

PORT NICHOLSON.—FALCON SHOAL DREDGED CHANNEL.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 22nd July, 1911.

THE Wellington Harbour Board have notified that a main channel has been dredged through the Falcon Shoal from the southernmost red buoy on the extension of Hope Shoal, south of Ward Island, right across to the blending of the white and red segments of the Somes Island light, giving a width of main channel at this point of 2,000 ft.

It is proposed to move the black and white buoy, with horizontal stripes, which carries a red light, and now marks the western edge of the Falcon Shoal, to a position at the eastern edge of the shoal where the red and white segments of the Somes Island light blend. This position is about 8 cables distant from the Karaka Bay Wharf, and bears N. 89° E. from it.

Directions re entering Port Nicholson.

Direction by Day.—In entering Port Nicholson from about 3½ cables off Pencarrow Head steer northward through the main entrance midway between Barret Reef and the head, with Somes Island Lighthouse bearing N. 6° W. Keep the lighthouse on this bearing until the northern end of Ward Island bears N.E., then steer north-westward and round Point Halswell to the anchorage.

The red buoy on the eastern shore south extreme of Hope Shoal marks the edge of the shallow water on that side of the channel.

At Night.—From about 3½ cables off Pencarrow Head steer into the port with Somes Island light bearing between N. 4½° W. and N. 7½° W., in which sector the light is white, not changing the light to red on the western side of the channel; or, after passing Pencarrow Point on which the low-level light is situated, a course may be taken by keeping in the blending of the white and green lights of Somes Island Lighthouse N. 8° W.

This course leads through the deepest water in the main channel, with ample room on each side. When the two red fixed lights on Queen’s Wharf open well off Halswell point bearing W.S.W. steer about west, passing northward of Jerningham Point buoy, and anchoring midway in a line with this buoy and Kaiwarra in about 11 fathoms of water.

Proposed alteration in Position of Anchorages.

It is proposed to alter the position of the Inner and Outer Anchorages, the Health Officer’s Examination Ground, and the Explosives Anchorage as follows:—

Outer Anchorage to be bounded by a line drawn from Jerningham Point N. 22° W. to the opposite shore.

Inner Anchorage to be bounded by a line starting from the east end of Oriental Bay 2,000 ft. inside of Jerningham Point in a direction N. 32° W. to the opposite shore.

Health Officer’s Examination Ground will be an area formed by a square of 1,850 ft. on the end of a line drawn N. 39° E. from the General Post Office, the outer corner of the square starting in a S. 51° E. direction from the intersection of the first-named line with the outer anchorage boundary-line, drawn N. 22° W. from Jerningham Point.

The Explosives Anchorage Ground to be an area forming a parallelogram running N. 39° E. 2,500 ft. and S. 51° E. 1,230 ft., the centre of the area being at the intersection of lines drawn N. 28° E. from the General Post Office and N. 22° W. from Jerningham Point.

All bearings magnetic.

Further notice will be given before the above-mentioned proposed changes are made.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 1423; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter v, pages 142–3 and 147; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1911, pages 193 and 194, and plan facing page 192.

J. A. MILLAR.

Notice to Mariners No. 85 of 1911.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 20th July, 1911.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Colonial Secretary, Perth, W.A., is published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.—SOUTH-EAST COAST.

THE master of the s.s. “Ferret” has reported to the Acting Chief Harbourmaster that, whilst on a voyage from Alexander River to Point Malcolm, a very heavy break was observed south-west of Bellinger Islands, distant from the latter about one mile. Also a heavy break was observed east-south-east from Point Malcolm, distant about two miles from the latter. These breaks are only noticeable during a heavy southerly swell.

Charts affected: 1059, Doubtful Island Bay to the head of the Great Australian Bight.

Notice to Mariners No. 88 of 1911.

WAIMAKARIRI HARBOUR LIGHTS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 26th July, 1911.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 68 of 1911, the Waimakariri Harbour Board have notified that on and after 28th July, 1911, a red light will again be exhibited from the outer bar beacon in lieu of the white light which was temporarily shown after the beacon had been washed away.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 2529; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter viii, page 235.

J. A. MILLAR.

Appointing Place and Time of Meeting of General Conference of Delegates from Maori Councils.

Maori Councils Office,
Wellington, 25th July, 1911.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint, under the provisions of section 29 of the Maori Councils Act, 1900, a meeting of the General Conference of Delegates from the Maori Councils to be held in the Native Room, Parliament Buildings, Wellington, commencing at 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday, the 29th day of August, 1911.

J. CARROLL,
Minister of Native Affairs.

Notifying Land in the Canterbury Land District subject to the Provisions of the Land for Settlements Act, 1908.

Office of Board of Land Purchase Commissioners,
Wellington, 18th July, 1911.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and its amendments, I hereby notify that the undermentioned Crown land, being the land known as the Douglas Settlement, which has been acquired under the said Acts, is subject to the said Acts as from 19th June, 1911.

SCHEDULE.

DOUGLAS SETTLEMENT.

ALL that area in Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 3,310 acres 3 roods 9 perches, more or less, situate in Blocks XV and XVI, Waihao Survey District, and III and IV, Elephant Hill Survey District, being rural sections numbered 18013, 18289, and 18290, and parts of rural sections numbered 16815, 18012, 18014, 18291, 18849, 18961, 19401, and 20512, and being the whole of the land comprised in certificates of title, Vol. 188, folio 86, Vol. 188, folio 184, Vol. 190, folio 30, Vol. 208, folio 274, and part of the land comprised in certificate of title, Vol. 212, folio 24; as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 19421, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon coloured pink in the margin.

D. BUDDO,
Acting Minister of Lands.