Nov. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3255

Notice to Mariners No. 129 of 1912.

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REPORTED ROCK OFF WAITARA ROADS.

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Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 7th November, 1912.

THE Waitara Harbour Board have notified that a dangerous rock, with only about 5 fathoms of water over it, exists about 5½ miles to north-west of Waitara.

Owing to reports having been received of a shoal patch off the roadstead, the Harbourmaster and Pilot of the port went out in an oil-launch to endeavour to find the shoal.

The launch’s anchor was towed at slow speed, and in the position given by the following mentioned bearings the anchor struck heavily.

The position was fixed by bearings, but as no sextant angles were taken the position must only be considered as approximate. Unfortunately a rapidly increasing sea made further observations impossible, and the exact depth and extent of the patch has not yet been ascertained. A return to the spot will be made at the first favourable opportunity, when careful observations will be made of the extent of and depth of water over the rock.

The following true bearings mark the approximate position of the rock :—

White Bluff (Pareninihi), 81° (N. 65° E.) magnetic.
Waitara Flagstaff, 132½° (S. 63½° E.).
Mahanga (Sugar Loaf Ids.), 218° (S. 22° W.).
Mount Egmont, 189° (S. 7° E.).

Charts, &c., affected : Admiralty Chart No. 2535 ; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter vii, page 226.

F. M. B. FISHER.

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Notice to Mariners No. 130 of 1912.

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Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 7th November, 1912.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Port Officer, Melbourne, and from the Marine Board, Port Adelaide, are published for general information.

F. M. B. FISHER.

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VICTORIA.

Eastern Entrance, Western Port.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 122, dated 11th October, 1912, mariners and others are hereby notified that the Black Reef beacon near Red Point, and the black nun buoy which replaces South Woody Point beacon, have now been re-established.

Melbourne, 5th October, 1912. F. H. SMITH,
For Port Officer.

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SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

Spencer Gulf.—Arno Bay.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 116 of 1912, notice is hereby given that the two (2) temporary leading-lights on the jetty therein described will, on 1st October next, be changed to red.

Height of front light 17 ft., back light 24 ft., above ordinary H.W., 630 ft. apart, on a line bearing N. 45° W. mag., which leads clear of the rocks north of the jetty and Cape Driver to the south.

Approximate position : Lat. 33° 55¼′ S., long. 136° 34¾′ E.

This affects Admiralty Charts Nos. 2389B and 2759B.

Spencer Gulf.—Wallaroo Jetty Light.

Referring to Notice to Mariners No. 116 of 1912, masters of vessels and others are advised that during the period the jetty is under reconstruction the jetty light will be removed to a position some sixty (60) feet shorewards, and as the pile-driving machinery will be seaward of it the light may be partially obscured from some points. This should be noted by masters and others intending to approach the jetty at night-time.

This affects Admiralty Chart No. 2389B, &c.

ARTHUR SEARCY,
President of the Marine Board and
Controller of Harbours.

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Notice to Mariners No. 131 of 1912.

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AUCKLAND HARBOUR.—ERRATA re CABLE NOTICE.

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Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 9th November, 1912.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 121, the cable marked on plan from Stanley Point to Ponsonby was shown in error, as it does not exist.

Charts, &c., affected : Admiralty Chart No. 1970 : “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter ii, page 39.

F. M. B. FISHER.

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Notice to Mariners No. 133 of 1912.

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ROCK IN TEKOUMA HARBOUR, SOUTH OF COROMANDEL HARBOUR, NORTH ISLAND.

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Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 12th November, 1912.

NOTICE is hereby given that Mr. James P. Bennett, of Waiheke, has reported the existence of a rock in Tekouma Harbour, with 3 ft. of water over it at L.W.S., in about the middle of the harbour, but well inside in the shallow part of the harbour. The following bearings mark the position of the rock :—

Extreme of South Head of harbour entrance in line with another inside point, 263½° S. 70° W. (mag.).
Wairahi Point, 15½° N. 2° E. (mag.).
Red Point, 181½° S. 12° E. (mag.).

A buoy will shortly be placed over the rock.

Charts, &c., affected : Admiralty Chart No. 2035 ; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter iii, page 88.

F. M. B. FISHER.

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Defining River and Extended-river Limits for Awanui.

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IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 189 of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, I, Francis Marion Bates Fisher, Minister of Marine, do hereby define the Awanui limits within which restricted-limits steamships and ships propelled by gas, oil, fluid, electricity, or any mechanical power other than steam, and to which restricted-limits certificates are issued, may ply to be those set forth herein, and I do divide such limits into river and extended-river limits.

River Limits.—Inside a line drawn from Blackney Point to Motu-tara Rocks and thence west-south-west magnetic to the beach.

Extended-river Limits.—Inside a line drawn from Cape Karaka to Farmer Point.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 12th day of November, 1912.

F. M. B. FISHER.

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Permit to import Opium.

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Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 13th November, 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.

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Notice of Intention to take Land in Block VI, Kaeo Survey District, for Road Purposes.

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NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to execute a certain public work, to wit, the construction of a road in Block VI, Kaeo Survey District, and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the