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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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(a.) A rk., carrying 1¼ fms., exists 1½ cables S. 55° W. from Crater Head, and with Crater Head in line with the highest part of North East Isl. (b.) A rk., carrying 5 ft., exists 1 cable N. 85° E. from the outer of the 2 rks. off the srn. pt. of Great Isl. (Great Isl. summit, 34° 10¼′ S., 172° 8¾′ E.). (c.) A rk., carrying 4 ft., exists 2½ cables E. from the outer of the 2 rks. off the srn pt. of Great Isl. Jan.

AUSTRALIA.

FREMANTLE APPROACH.—ROTTNEST ISL. LT.-H.—The fog explosive sig. at this lt.-h. (32° 0¼′ S., 115° 31′ E.) now gives 1 report every 7 mins., instead of every 15 mins. as formerly. Jan.

ARABIAN SEA.

SUNKEN WRECKS AND FLOATING DERELICTS.—SUNKEN WRECKS.—BOMBAY HARB.—CAUTION.—Two wrks. lie on Flagstaff Shoal. Boats and vessels are warned not to approach anywhere near the wrks., and steam-vessels are not to use the chan. between Flagstaff Shoal and the temp. dam of the new docks. Jan.

EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO. ETC.

FLORES.—GULF OF BONI APPROACH.—KAUNA OR POST-HORSE ISL.—This isl. is in 7° 25½′ S., 122° 6′ E., about 5 miles N. 65° E. from present charted position. Note.—“Position approx.” has been placed on the charts against this isl. Jan.

Notice to Mariners No. 20 of 1912.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 4th March, 1912.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Hydrographic Office, Washington, United States, America, are published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

BRITISH COLUMBIA.

VANCOUVER ISLAND.—SOUTH-WEST COAST.—LIFE-SAVING SERVICE IMPROVED.—The following information concerning improvements in the facilities for rendering assistance to mariners in distress on the south-west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, has been received from the American Consul-General at Victoria :—

The Canadian Government is now taking active steps to assist vessels in distress on the south-west coast of Vancouver Island.

Orders have been issued that the Dominion steamer “Newington” be at once equipped with wireless telegraph and cruise during the winter between Victoria and Estevan, and act as a parent vessel to lifeboats. If any vessel is reported in distress, the “Newington,” which is a 12-knot vessel, able to go through heavy seas, and which will always be in communication with shore stations, will at once go to the scene, taking up the nearest lifeboat crew, to render assistance.

Work has also been commenced on the building of shelter-stations (some of five rooms each), at intervals of 4 miles, along the south-west coast between Carmanah and Bamfield Creek. The shelter-stations at Taushiat and Seven-mile Creek have been completed and placed in commission, and the Lysle guns and other life-saving apparatus stored at Bamfield have been placed in these stations. A patrol has been started with a base at these two stations, and daily patrols are made by the coast-guards. This service is to be extended, so that the coast-line will be thoroughly patrolled daily. With the coast-guards and various look-outs in communication by telephone from the many shelters with the telegraph and wireless stations it is expected that if any vessel meets with accident the mishap will be quickly reported and assistance rendered promptly.

To further improve the facilities for communication it is intended to lay a cable between Tofino and Lennard Island Lighthouse, off the entrance of Clayoquot Sound, to connect with the telegraph service.

Between Cape Cook and the north-west extremity of Vancouver Island, where the settlements are scattered, shelters will be established at various points where any shipwrecked mariner would probably find his way. At these shelters stores of food will be placed and placards in a number of languages posted giving directions as to the nearest settlement, the best way of reaching it, and other information.

STRAIT OF GEORGIA.—BALLENAS ISLANDS.—LIGHT MOVED. The light on Ballenas Islands, Strait of Georgia, has been moved from the southern island to the northern island of the group. The light is exhibited 280 ft. above high water from an enclosed wooden building, square in plan, with sloping sides, painted white, surmounted by a square wooden lantern, painted red, located on the summit of the island, 1,240 ft. 162° from the fog-alarm building on the north point of the same island and 5,126 ft. 334° from the old site of the light on the southern island.

The height of the tower from its base to the top of the ventilator on the lantern is 33 ft.

The light should be visible 14 miles from all points of approach. The illuminating apparatus is temporarily dioptric of the 7th order.

Approx. position: Lat. 49° 21′ 12″ N., long. 124° 9′ 43″ W.

QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS.—HOUSTON STEWART CHANNEL.—POINT NAMED.—The Geographic Board of Canada has decided to adopt the name “Koya Point” for the first prominent point on Moresby Island eastward of Langford Point, on the northern side of the eastern entrance to Houston Stewart Channel, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. The light recently established on this point will therefore be known as Koya Point Light.

Approx. position: Lat. 52° 9′ 30″ N., long. 131° 0′ 45″ W.

SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN.

NEW CALEDONIA.—SOUTH-WEST COAST.—BURAI BAY.—CHANGES IN LIGHTS.—The lights in Burai Bay, south-west coast of New Caledonia, have been changed and now show as follows :—

Range-lights.

Front Light.—The front light of the entrance range is a fixed red light exhibited 24 ft. above high water from an iron post erected at the head of the port 470 yards 312° from Buétaué Rock and is visible 10 miles.

Approx. position: Lat. 21° 36′ 45″ S., long. 165° 27′ 5″ E.

Rear Light.—The rear light is a fixed white light visible 10 miles, exhibited 138 ft. above high water from an iron post located 325 yards 16° 23′ from the front light.

Nera River Light.

The light at the mouth of the Nera River is a fixed green light, exhibited 6½ ft. above high water from a small cabin, and is visible 4 miles over the anchorage between the bearings 73° and 128° (55°)

CALIFORNIA.

SAN FRANCISCO BAY.—SAN PABLO BAY.—LIGHTS ESTABLISHED.—Referring to Notice to Mariners No. 48 (3486) of 1911, further notice is given that on 9th November, 1911, the following lights were established to mark the new channel that is being dredged across Pinole Shoal, San Pablo Bay, California :—

Lower Channel Light No. 1.—A fixed white light exhibited 8 ft. above the water on an unpainted, 3-pile dolphin, erected on the northern side of the channel, on the bearings—

Lone Tree Wharf, tangent, 84°.

Point Pinole, right tangent, 172° 30′.

East Brother Island Lighthouse, 214° 30′.

Approx. position: Lat. 38° 2′ N., long. 122° 22′ 14″ W.