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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 8

Notice to Mariners No. 7 of 1912.

KARAMEA HARBOUR.—DISCONTINUANCE OF LEADING BEACON LIGHTS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 30th January, 1912.

NOTICE is hereby given that the two small white lights and triangular beacons just south of the flagstaff in Karamea Harbour will be discontinued from and after Monday, the 5th February, 1912, as they are no longer of any use.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 2616; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter x, page 330; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1912, page 349, and plan facing page 346.

J. A. MILLAR.

Notice to Mariners No. 8 of 1912.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 30th January, 1912.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Marine Board, Hobart, Tasmania, is published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

MARINE BOARD OF HOBART.

THE following hydrographical note has been received from Commander Charles R. W. Brewis, R.N., Department of Trade and Customs, Commonwealth of Australia, and is published for general information.

J. ADAMS,
Secretary.

Marine Board Office,
Hobart, 6th January, 1912.

TASMANIA, NORTH COAST.

THE position of Circular Head light is N. 3° W. (mag.) 265 yards from the position (approx.) shown on Admiralty Chart No. 3687, Albatross Island to Circular Head.

The corrected position of Circular Head light is lat. 40° 44′ 6″ S., long. 145° 17′ 42″ E., being S. 33° E. (mag.) 1′67 nautical miles from the beacon on the reef to the eastward of North Point, or N. 24° W. (mag.) 1′6 nautical miles from the centre of the figure 8 of the figures 486 shown on Circular Head (Chart No. 3687).

Variation allowed 8° 15′ E.

Height of focal plane was measured, and found to be 50 ft. above high water.

The sectors are as shown in Admiralty List of Lights, Part VI, 1911, but as these have not been checked from seaward, they must be considered as approximate.

Tenders received.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 25th January, 1912.

THE following tenders have been received for the erection of a tower for the new lighthouse at Castlepoint :—

Accepted.

S. Luke and Co. (Limited), Wellington … 1,375 0 0

Declined.

Judd, C. (Limited), Thames … 1,499 0 0
Cable and Co., Wellington … 1,615 0 0
Burt, A. and T. (Limited), Dunedin … 1,824 0 0
Stevenson and Cook, Port Chalmers … 1,851 0 0
Anderson (Limited), Christchurch … 2,088 0 0
Niven, J. J., and Co., Napier … 2,250 0 0
Dispatch Foundry Company, Greymouth … 2,294 0 0

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Marine.

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 31st January, 1912.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders is published for general information.

R. MCKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.

WAIHOU AND OHINEMURI RIVERS IMPROVEMENT.—NGARA-RAHI AND KOUTOU CUTS.

Accepted.

Tony Lupis, Paeroa … 9,872 1 0

Declined.

Shaw, Cornes, and Breenan, Paeroa … 14,051 2 6

ERECTON OF PUBLIC WORKS WORKSHOP, AUCKLAND.

Accepted.

Philcox and Sons, Auckland … 580 15 0

Declined.

W. A. Clarke, Auckland … 658 0 0
John Rule, Auckland … 659 5 0
Knox and Betterworth, Auckland … 883 6 6
Lee McKinstry, Auckland … 967 0 0

ERECTON OF POST-OFFICE AT PONSONBY.

Accepted.

L. McKinstry, Ponsonby … 3,697 18 6

Declined.

W. Ball, Devonport … 4,185 1 0
J. Webster, Grey Lynn … 4,270 0 0
J. G. Mathieson, Ponsonby … 4,334 13 3
C. H. Frankham, Auckland … 4,668 0 0
Clarke and Clarke, Auckland … 5,195 0 0

ERECTON OF POST-OFFICE AT CLIVE.

Accepted.

Cairns and Paton, Havelock North … 820 0 0

Declined.

J. H. Adams, Waipawa … 879 0 0

ERECTON OF MENTAL HOSPITAL BUILDING AT TOKANUI.

Accepted.

McLean, Donald, and Sons, Wellington … 13,627 0 0

Declined.

Hamon, C. F., and Sons, Auckland … 13,800 0 0

Notice of Intention to take Additional Land in the Borough of Balclutha for Post-office Purposes.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to take the land described in the Schedule hereto for post-office purposes. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Balclutha, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days after the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

THE parcel of land required to be taken :—

In the Land District of Otago; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 31048, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon coloured green.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 30th day of January, 1912.

R. MCKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.