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beacons leading into Tulagi Harbour, Florida Island, Solomon Islands.

The front beacon carries a fixed red light, elevated 22 ft. above the sea, and visible 2 miles.

The rear beacon carries a fixed white light, elevated 22 ft. above the sea, and visible 3 miles.

Note.—These lights are already shown on B.A. Chart No. 2658.

H.O. Chart No. 825A.

B.A. Charts Nos. 214, 1469, and 2658.

H.O. Light List, Vol. II, 1910, Nos. 1079A and 1079B.

Pacific Islands, Vol. I, 1908, page 269.

CALIFORNIA.

SAN DIEGO HARBOUR.—FRONT RANGE LIGHT ESTABLISHED.—Referring to Notice to Mariners No. 16 (1137) of 1912, further notice is given that on 1st June, 1912, San Diego Harbour entrance front range light, a fixed red light of about 43 candle-power, was established at the entrance to San Diego Harbour, California, to mark the axis of the new dredged cut. The light is exhibited 12 ft. above the water from a red post, surmounted by a white triangle, placed 1,270 yards 178° from light No. 2, which will serve as the rear light of the range, on the bearings :—

Coronado Hotel Tower, 105° 45'.

Ballast Point Lighthouse, 210°.

Light No. 2, 358°.

Approx. position: Lat. 32° 41' 33" N., long. 117° 13' 42" W.

SAN PEDRO HARBOUR.—LIGHT RE-ESTABLISHED.—San Pedro entrance light, San Pedro Harbour, California, which was destroyed 7th May, 1912, was rebuilt and re-lighted 5th June, 1912. The light is shown 19 ft. above the water, from the top of a 4-pile structure, in approximately the same position as formerly.

Approx. position: Lat. 33° 43' 10" N., long. 118° 16' 2" W.

(See Notice to Mariners No. 21 (1584) of 1912.)

H.O. Charts Nos. 527 and 1006.

U.S. Coast Survey Charts Nos. 5002, 5100, 5143, and 5145.

List of Lights on the Pacific Coast, 1912, page 10, No. 11A.

U.S. Coast Pilot, Pacific Coast, 1909, pages 18 and 44.

SAN FRANCISCO BAY.—SUISUN BAY.—INTENDED CHANGES IN BUOYAGE.—About 30th June, 1912, the following changes will be made in the buoyage of Suisun Bay, San Francisco Bay, California :—

Point Edith buoy 1, a first-class spar, will be replaced by a first-class nun painted in horizontal bands without a number.

Lower Junction buoy, a second-class spar, painted in horizontal bands, will be moved about 550 yards 285°.

York Island buoy 6, a second-class spar, will be permanently discontinued.

San Joaquin Middle Ground North-west Point buoy, a horizontally striped second-class spar, will be moved about 164 yards 226°.

SANTA CRUZ LIGHT.—CHARACTERISTIC TO BE CHANGED.—About 30th June, 1912, the characteristic of Santa Cruz light, sea-coast of California, will be changed from fixed red to intermittent white every 5 seconds—thus, light 3½ seconds, eclipsed 1½ seconds.

The power of the light will also be increased from 90 to about 4,600 candles by changing the illuminant from oil to incandescent oil vapor.

The new apparatus will be of the 4th order.

Approx. position: Lat. 36° 57' 9" N., long. 122° 1' 34" W.

Notice to Mariners No. 97 of 1912.

MOORING-BOUY OFF WAIRAU RIVER, SOUTH ISLAND.

Marine Department,

Wellington, N.Z., 7th August, 1912.

THE Wairau Harbour Board have notified that a large mooring-anchor, marked by a wood buoy, has been laid by the s.s. “Blenheim” at the mouth of the Wairau River, bearing north, distant one mile from the flagstaff, and south-east half a mile from the mouth of the river.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Charts Nos. 2054 and 695; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter vi, page 169.

F. M. B. FISHER.

Permit to import Opium.

Department of Trade and Customs,

Wellington, 31st July, 1912.

IT is hereby notified for public information that a permit to import opium in forms which though not suitable for smoking may be made suitable has been granted to the following persons, subject to the provisions of the Opium Act, 1908, the Opium Amendment Act, 1910, and the regulations made thereunder :—

F. M. B. FISHER,

Minister of Customs.

New Zealand Schools of Mines.—Further amended Scholarship Regulations.

Mines Department,

Wellington, New Zealand, 22nd June, 1912.

SIX Scholarships are offered annually for competition by Students attending Schools of Mines within the Dominion—one for Otago, two for the West Coast of the Middle Island, and three for the North Island. Of these, four will be for Students in gold-mining subjects, and two for coal-mining subjects.

2. The Scholarships will be granted to those candidates who comply with the conditions and obtain the highest percentage of marks, which must not be less than specified in Reg. 9.

3. Should the holder of a Scholarship attend the University of Otago no class fees will be charged, but should he elect to attend any other institution which is affiliated to the University of New Zealand he must pay his own class fees.

4. The Scholarships will be of the annual value of £50 each to successful candidates who may reside three miles or more beyond the boundaries of the Borough of Dunedin or of the borough in which the affiliated institution is situated, and of £30 to successful candidates who reside within the boundaries of any such borough, or within three miles thereof.

5. The Scholarships will be tenable for three years, or for such other period less than three years as may at the discretion of the Minister appear to be necessary.

6. The Scholarships will be open to all Students as aforesaid who are not less than eighteen years of age on the day appointed for receiving applications, and who shall have attended regularly at any School of Mines within the Dominion for not less than two years at least 80 per cent. of the lectures in each subject of the examination course.

7. The examinations will be held in the month of December in each year, on days which will be duly announced.

8. The examinations will be conducted in writing, and embrace six of the following subjects :—

(a.) Theoretical Chemistry.

(b.) Practical Chemistry.

(c.) Metallurgy of Gold and Silver; or Drainage, Haulage, and Winding.

(d.) Mining “Coal” or “Metal.”

(e.) Ventilation.

(f.) General and Mining Geology.

(g.) Land and Mine Surveying.

(h.) Mathematics.

The branches of subjects (c) and (d) shall be at the option of the candidates, who must state in their applications the branch of each subject they intend to take up.

9. No Scholarship shall be awarded to any candidate who does not obtain 60 per cent. of the marks in each of the six subjects.

10. The examination may be passed as a whole or in sections. In the latter case the first section must consist of not less than two subjects, and the whole examination must be concluded within three years from the date of the first application.

11. No payment on account of the scholarship will be made until the whole examination is passed.

12. Applications from candidates, accompanied by a fee of 10s., must reach the Mines Department at Wellington not later than the 1st November in each year, accompanied by the certificate of the Director that the Student has attended the necessary number of lectures in each subject at the school for two years.

13. Candidates must present themselves for examination on the day fixed, as provided in Regulation No. 7.

14. The Minister of Mines retains to himself the right of cancelling any Scholarship should the holder attend irregularly or be reported for idleness or bad conduct.

15. These regulations supersede the further amended regulations published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 25, of the 30th March, 1911.

JAMES COLVIN,

Minister of Mines.