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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 21

Alteration.—On or about the 18th January, 1913, the fixed white light will be replaced by a group occulting white light showing a group of two eclipses every twenty seconds—thus, light 8 seconds, eclipse 4 seconds; light 4 seconds, eclipse 4 seconds.

CEYLON, WEST COAST.

Colombo Harbour.—Information with regard to Lights.

(1.) Amended positions of S.W. breakwater lights:—

Position.—S.W. breakwater head, lat. 6° 57′ N., long. 79° 50⅓′ E.

(2.) Alteration in character of a light:—

Position.—On outer end of guide jetty of Patent Slip, situated on southern shore of harbour.

Alteration. — The two green lights (vertical) have been replaced by a fixed white light, elevated 17 ft.

Charts affected.—No. 914, Colombo Harbour; No. 3686, approaches to Colombo Harbour.

Notice to Mariners No. 31 of 1913.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 7th March, 1913.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Secretary, Department of Navigation, New South Wales, is published for general information.

B. W. MILLIER,
For Secretary.

NEW SOUTH WALES.

Port Stephens New Light at Corrie Creek.

It is hereby notified, for general information, that a tripod pile beacon, on which is built an iron structure, carrying a fixed red light, has been erected at the entrance to Corrie Creek, Duck Hole, Port Stephens. The light is of the 31-day Wigham type. The lantern is painted white, the ironwork red, and the piles and deck of beacon black. The deck is about 8 ft. and lantern 18 ft. above high-water mark.

By order of the Superintendent.

JOHN S. D’ARCY,
Secretary.

Sydney, 12th February, 1913.

Notice to Mariners No. 32 of 1913.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 8th March, 1913.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Marine Department, Brisbane, Queensland, is published for general information.

B. W. MILLIER,
For Secretary.

QUEENSLAND.

Prince of Wales Channel.—Ipili Reef Beacon.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 18 of 1913, relative to the disappearance of the beacon on Ipili Reef, Prince of Wales Channel, notice is hereby given that, in substitution for the beacon, a black buoy has now been laid 1½ cables north of the reef in 6 fathoms of water, and marks both Ipili and Mecca Reefs.

Charts affected: Nos. 2354 and 691; “Australia Directory,” Vol. II.

Notice to Mariners No. 33 of 1913.

SHOAL NORTH OF MALAITA, SOLOMON ISLANDS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 11th March, 1913.

THE following communication has been received, through the New South Wales Department of Navigation, from Captain J. R. Handley, of the s.s. “Induna,” with reference to a bank of soundings north of Malaita Island, Solomon Islands, viz.:—

“I wish to report that at 11 a.m. on the 2nd January, 1913, while the vessel was in the undermentioned position, I observed a bank of soundings. I immediately stopped the steamer, and took cast of the lead at 17 fathoms coral grit. The light and other conditions being excellent, I noted that I had passed over much shoaler water, and that the bank appeared about 1 mile in extent. The position by cross bearings of Cape Astrolabe (Malaita, Solomon Islands), and the centre of Gower Island gave latitude 8° 4′ S., longitude 160° 42′ E., this position being confirmed at noon.”

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Notice to Mariners No. 34 of 1913.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 11th March, 1913.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Marine Board, Hobart, Tasmania, and from the Minister of State for Communications, Tokyo, Japan, are published for general information.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

TASMANIA.

(1.) A SINGLE pile beacon, painted white, has been placed on the eastern end of the Mud Flat in Little Oyster Cove, D’Entrecasteaux Channel, and is to be left on the starboard hand of vessels approaching Kettering Jetty.

(2.) The colour of the three-pile beacon in Little Oyster Cove has been altered from black to white.

JAPAN.

Permanent Light shown.

NOTICE is hereby given that the repair of Yaku-shima Light-house, N.W. point of Yaku-shima, Kumake, Osumi Province, having been completed, the permanent light has been shown as formerly on and after 25th January, 1913.

The temporary light exhibited during the repair (see Notification No. 676 of Department of Communications, December, 1912) has been withdrawn at the same time.

BARON GOTO SHIMPEI,
Minister of State for Communications.

Tokyo, 28th January, 1913.

Officiating Ministers for 1913.—Notice No. 9.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 12th March, 1913.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand passed in the eighth year of the reign of His late Majesty King Edward VII, and intituled the Marriage Act, 1908, the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Methodist Church of New Zealand.

MR. JOHN COMMON.

Church of Christ.

MR. THEODORE ARNOLD.

W. W. COOK,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1913.—Notice No. 10.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 12th March, 1913.

IT is hereby notified that the name of the under-mentioned has been withdrawn from the List of Officiating Ministers under the Marriage Act, 1908, for the year 1913:—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand

MR. J. C. SUTHERLAND.

W. W. COOK,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 10th March, 1913.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons have been appointed to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the district set respectively opposite their names, viz.:—

Name. District.
DAVID OLVER.. .. Taupo.
ANDREW SNELL .. Mount Grey.
DANIEL GRANT HENDRY .. Granity.

W. W. COOK,
Deputy Registrar-General.