Channel Buoy 14, a second-class nun, in 5$ fathoms of
water, on the bearings :—
Honolulu Mill Chimney, 39° 30'.
Tripod on Tripod Point, 202° 30'.
Oahu Mill Chimney, 326° 30'.

Channel Buoy 15, a second-class can, in 5$ fathoms of
water, on the bearings :—
Honolulu Mill Chimney, 44° 30'.
Tripod on Tripod Point, 195° 30'.
Oahu Mill Chimney, 322°.

Channel Buoy 16, a second-class nun, in 5$ fathoms of
water, on the bearings :—
Honolulu Mill Chimney, 43°.
Tripod on Tripod Point, 198°.
Oahu Mill Chimney, 322° 30'.

Channel Buoy 17, a second-class can, in 5$ fathoms of
water, on the bearings :—
Honolulu Mill Chimney, 48°.
Tripod on Tripod Point, 193° 30'.
Oahu Mill Chimney, 319° 30'.

Channel Buoy 18, a second-class nun, in 5$ fathoms of
water, on the bearings :—
Honolulu Mill Chimney, 47°.
Tripod on Tripod Point, 196°.
Oahu Mill Chimney, 317° 30'.

Channel Buoy 19, a second-class can, in 5$ fathoms of
water, on the bearings :—
Honolulu Mill Chimney, 55°.
Tripod on Tripod Point, 190° 30'.
Oahu Mill Chimney, 314°.

Channel Buoy 20, a second-class nun, in 5$ fathoms of
water, on the bearings :—
Honolulu Mill Chimney, 51°.
Tripod on Tripod Point, 191° 30'.
Oahu Mill Chimney, 317°.

On the same date the following buoys will be discontinued :-
Entrance Buoy 1, a second-class tall-type can.
Entrance Buoy 2, a second-class tall-type nun.
Entrance Buoy 3, a second-class can.
Entrance Buoy 4, a second-class nun.
Dredged Channel Buoy 5, a second-class can.
Dredged Channel Buoy 6, a second-class nun.
Tripod Reef Buoy 7, a second-class can.

HONOLULU HARBOUR ENTRANCE.—DREDGING.—BUOYAGE.
—Information has been received that dredging operations
will soon be begun in the entrance channel at Honolulu
Harbour, Hawaiian Islands. During the progress of this
work, which is about to be done under the direction of
the U.S. Army engineers, temporary buoys will be placed
in the centre of the channel and the western half will be
left unobstructed while the work is in progress in the
eastern half.
Further notice will be given when the work in the eastern
half of the channel is completed and dredging in the
western half is begun.

HAWAII.—NORTH-EAST COAST.—KAUHOLA POINT LIGHT.—
NEW STRUCTURE.—About 5th April, 1912, the light on
Kauhola Point, north-east coast of Hawaii, now shown
from a pyramidal, skeleton, wooden tower, will be exhibited
from a lead-coloured mast with small white house,
with red roof, at its base, located 25 ft. 90° from the present site. The old tower and the small house at its base
will be removed on the same date.

The height and visibility of the light will remain unchanged.
Approx. position : Lat. 20° 15' N., long. 155° 46' W.

This notice affects Admiralty Chart No. 1711, Bay of
Bengal, Narsapur Point to Bimlipatam.

T. A. L. DEBERRY,
Commander, R.I.M., Presidency Port Officer.
Presidency Port Office,
Madras, 19th February, 1912.

[Translation.]
(Nofication No. 113 of Department of Communications.)
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
Shimizu Lighthouse to be established.
Notice is hereby given that a lighthouse which is now
under construction on Deban, outside Shimizu Harbour,
Abe-gun, Suruga Province, will shortly be completed, and
lighted on and after 1st March, 1912. The lighthouse is
as under :—
Shimizu Lighthouse.
Position : Lat. 35° 0' 24" N., long. 138° 31' 51" E.
(according to the Japanese Admiralty Chart No. 89).
Description : Octagonal concrete tower, painted white.
Height of Light : 51'3 ft. from the base, and 67'6 ft.
above the water.
Character of Light : Sixth-order group flashing white
light, showing two flashes in quick succession during 5
seconds, followed by an eclipse of 15 seconds.
Illuminated Arc : From S. 23° E. through S., W., and
N. to N. 21° 30' E. (magnetic bearings taken from seaward).
Candle-power : 3,200.
Distance visible : 14 nautical miles in clear weather.
COUNT HAYASHI TADASU,
Minister of State for Communications.
Tokyo, 12th February, 1912.

Notice to Mariners No. 38 of 1912.

PICTON HARBOUR.—WHARF LIGHT.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 22nd April, 1912.
NOTICE is hereby given that on and after Monday,
29th April, 1912, a green light will be exhibited
from the end of the railway wharf now under construction
on the western shore of the harbour.
The pile-driver which is now moored at the end of the
wharf, and which carries a white light, will then be taken
away.
Charts, &c., affected : Admiralty Chart No. 1509; “New
Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter vi, page 177;
“New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1912, page 244.
GEO. LAURENSON.

Examination-sheds appointed.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for this
purpose vested by the Customs Law Act, 1908, I,
George Laurenson, Minister of Customs, do hereby appoint
that the undermentioned buildings at the Port of Poverty
Bay shall be places where goods may be deposited for
examination on the landing thereof, namely,—

WHARF SHED,
built of wood and iron, situated on Read's Quay, having
one end numbered ‘1’ and the other end numbered ‘2’; and

WHARF SHED,
built of iron and concrete, situated on Read's Quay, and
numbered ‘3.’
Given under my hand, at Wellington, this 16th day of
April, 1912.
GEO. LAURENSON,
Minister of Customs.
Minister's Order No. 1000.]
INDIA.—EAST COAST.—GODAVARI POINT.
INTIMATION has been received from Commander Hand,
R.I.M., officer in charge of Madras Minor Ports Survey,
that the Godavari Point has extended in a north-westerly
direction to a position from which—

Vakalapudi Lighthouse bears N. 48° W.
Cocanada Old Lighthouse bears S. 77½° W.
Hope Island Old Lighthouse bears S. 8° W. } All bearings are “true.”

The five-fathoms contour has extended seawards approximately to a line drawn from the above position to 1½ miles
east of Vakalapudi Lighthouse; it then runs parallel to
the coast approximately in its old position.

Despatch.—Applying the Extradition Acts to Greece.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 18th April, 1912.
THE following despatch and enclosure, received from
His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the
Colonies, are published for general information.
J. A. HANAN,
Minister of Justice.