Nov. 21.

Authorizing the Laying-off of Rimu Street, in the Town of New Lynn Extension No. 6, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 15th November, 1912.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 15 of the Land Act, 1908, I hereby authorize the laying-off of Rimu Street, in the Town of New Lynn Extension No. 6, Auckland Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. instead of 99 ft.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Plants declared to be Noxious Weeds by New Plymouth Borough Council.—Notice No. 1670.

Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce, Wellington, 15th November, 1912.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Borough Council of New Plymouth has by special order declared the undermentioned plants to be noxious weeds within the meaning of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, in the Borough of New Plymouth:

Gorse. Ox-eye daisy. Fennel.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Agriculture, and of Industries and Commerce.

Notice to Mariners No. 132 of 1912.

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

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Marine Boards at Melbourne and Port Adelaide, and from the Minister for Communications, Tokyo, Japan, are published for general information.

F. M. B. FISHER.

VICTORIA.

Directions to Vessels sheltering in Vicinity of Wilson's Promontory and requiring to be reported.

MASTERS of vessels sheltering in the bays or coves eastward of Wilson's Promontory during heavy south-westerly and westerly weather, and desirous of being reported, should either take their vessel or send a boat within signalling distance of the Wilson's Promontory Lighthouse-station during daylight to signal the necessary message. The rough and inaccessible nature of the coast in the vicinity does not allow of messengers being sent from the lighthouse-station to such places or vice versa.

'Edward' Wreck.—Entrance to Port Phillip.

Mariners and others are hereby notified that the brig 'Edward,' stranded on the inner side of the reef near Point Nepean, entrance to Port Phillip, will probably break up on the first rough weather and heavy sea. Mariners, boatmen, and others should therefore be on the look-out for floating wreckage should the vessel break up and disappear.

In connection with the above notice it has been reported that wreckage from the stranded brig 'Edward' is floating inwards and outwards in the vicinity of the wreck, and mariners, boatmen, and others are warned to keep a lookout for such danger to navigation.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Melbourne, 8th October, 1912.
Port Officer.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

South-east Coast.—Cape Northumberland Light.

MASTERS, officers of vessels, and others are hereby informed that on and after the night of 15th October next the revolving light at Cape Northumberland will show a flash every forty (40) seconds, instead of every sixty (60) seconds as at present.

Approximate position : Lat. 38° 3' S., long. 140° 38' E.
This affects Admiralty Chart No. 1062.

Life-saving Service.

(Telephone No. 323, Port Adelaide.)

The attention of the public is directed to a regulation of the above service, under which regulation all persons in the employ of the Government are required, immediately on learning that any wreck or marine casualty has occurred, to communicate the intelligence of the same to the Superintendent of Life-saving Service at Congate Street Wharf, Port

Adelaide. All such persons are also directed, by order of the Government, to render aid and assistance in case of a marine disaster, if called upon to do so by any responsible officer in charge of a life-saving crew, a Marine Board officer, or officer of police.

Spencer Gulf.—Lowly Point.

Masters of vessels, pilots, and others are hereby notified that on and after the night of 1st August, 1912, the revolving light on Lowly Point will show red along the channel between Ward Spit and Eastern Shoal.

The light will show a full red over a sector of about 8°, between the bearings of N. 29° W. and N. 37° W. (magnetic), and a mixed red and white light will probably be observed for about 4° on either side of these bearings.

Approximate position : Lat. 30° S., long. 137° 47¼' E.
This affects Admiralty Charts Nos. 403, 401, 2389B, and 2759B.

Cape Bolingbroke.

Referring to Notice to Mariners No. 11 of 1912, masters of vessels and others are hereby informed that the danger known as the 'Berlin Rock' has been marked by a cheese-shaped buoy surmounted by a staff and ball, and painted in red and black chequer, placed in 3 fathoms at L.W.S. on the shallowest part of the rock.

There is 5 fathoms at L.W.S. at a distance of half a cable all round the buoy.

Approximate position : Lat. 34° 35¼' S., long. 136° 3¼' E.
This affects Admiralty Charts Nos. 2389B and 2759B.

Uncharted Rock.—Cape Bolingbroke.

Masters of vessels and others are hereby notified that a shoal touched by the German-Australian s.s. 'Berlin,' on 17th June, 1911, has been located in a position 3½ miles S. by W. ½° W. from Cape Bolingbroke, and shown on Admiralty Chart as having about 10 fathoms.

The least water on the shoal is 3 fathoms at L.W.S. over an extent of about half a cable across, and there is 5 fathoms over an extent of about one (1) cable.

Approximate position : Lat. 34° 35¼' S., long. 136° 3¼' E.

Uncharted Rock.—Cape Burr.

Referring to Notice to Mariners No. 30 of 1911, masters of vessels and others are now advised that the uncharted rock on which the barque 'Lady Kinnaird' struck, in the year 1880, has been located, and is now marked by a black cheese-shaped buoy in 4 fathoms on its eastern edge. The least water on the rock is one (1) fathom at L.W.S., in a position having 6 fathoms shown on the Admiralty Chart, and the extremity of Cape Burr, bearing N. ½° E. three-quarters of a mile.

Approximate position : Lat. 34° 8' S., long. 136° 21' E.
These notices affect Admiralty Charts Nos. 2389B and 2759B.

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

JAPAN.

Kottoi Lighthouse, Toyora.

NOTICE is hereby given that, owing to an injury to the illuminating apparatus at Kottoi Lighthouse, Toyora, Province of Nagato, the light cannot be shown for the present.

COUNT HAYASHI TADASU,
Minister of State for Communications.
Tokyo, 21st September, 1912.

Notice to Mariners No. 134 of 1912.

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

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

F. M. B. FISHER.

ARGENTINA.

PLATA RIVER. — BUENOS AIRES APPROACH. — LIGHT-BUOYS ESTABLISHED. — BEACONS DISCONTINUED. — The Argentine Government has given notice that the two beacons marking the entrance to the dredged channel to Buenos Aires, Plata River, have been replaced by two light-buoys, as follows:—

A light buoy, exhibiting an intermittent red light, on the northern side of the channel in the position of the beacon exhibiting a red light, which has been removed. Approx. position : Lat. 34° 39' 15" S., long. 58° 3' 30" W.