be issued; and that any postal packet addressed to the said
person shall be either registered, forwarded, or delivered
by the Post Office of New Zealand, and orders that such
money-orders shall be issued, and such postal packets shall
be registered, forwarded, and delivered, in the usual course.
And the Postmaster-General hereby declares that the
remainder of such order made on the 1st day of February,
1913, and published as aforesaid shall continue in full force
and virtue.

SCHEDULE.

WILLIAM VYVYAN WHITTA, Post-office Box 740, Christchurch.
WILLIAM VYVYAN WHITTA, Christchurch.

Dated this 29th day of April, 1913.

R. HEATON RHODES,
Postmaster-General.

Notice to Mariners No. 47 of 1913.

Marine Department.
Wellington, N.Z. 29th April, 1913.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the
Port Officer, Melbourne, the Marine Department,
Brisbane, and the Department of Navigation, Sydney, are
published for general information.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

VICTORIA.

Port of Port Phillip.—Submarine Mining in the Vicinity of
Swan Island.

It is hereby notified, for general information, that an additional Port Regulation is in progress of being issued, providing that, for the purpose of permitting practice in submarine mining, vessels shall not, on and after the 18th March, 1913, until and including the 12th April, 1913, be navigated in the waters to the northward and westward of the No. 3 (Swanspit) buoy, West Channel, within the area bounded by a supposed line running south-easterly from Swan Beacon to No. 3 (Swanspit) buoy; thence northerly to small black can buoy moored east by north 5 cables from the north-east end of Swan Island; thence westerly to the outer pile which marks the entrance to the channel leading to Swan Island Jetty; thence due south to Swan Point; and from thence southerly along the shore to the starting-point.

Temporary Light, Wilson's Promontory.

In connection with the alterations to Wilson's Promontory light, as notified in previous notices Nos. 110 and 135, mariners are hereby informed that on and after the 3rd April, 1913, a temporary fixed white light will be shown from a wooden tower erected in front of the main lighthouse, until the work of alterations is completed.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Melbourne, 19th March, 1913.
Port Officer.

QUEENSLAND.

Inner Route, Torres Strait.—Beacons down.

Notice is hereby given that the following beacons in the inner route to Torres Strait are reported to be down :—
Red triangular beacon on Pea (p) Reef, lat. 13° 33' S., long. 143° 39' E.
Square black beacon on Vee (v) Reef, lat. 13° 3' S., long. 143° 37' E.
The head of the beacon on Eel (e) Reef, lat. 12° 24' S., long. 143° 22' E., is also reported to have disappeared.
The beacons will be restored as soon as practicable.

Charts affected: Nos. 2921 and 2920; “Australia Directory,” Vol. ii.

JOHN MACKAY,
Portmaster.
Marine Department, Brisbane, 2nd April, 1913.

NEW SOUTH WALES.

Bellambi Haven.

On and after the 1st day of April, 1913, an occulting light will be exhibited at Bellambi Haven, particulars of which are as follow:—
Position.—On summit of foreshore between old and new jet-ties, lat. 34° 22½' S., long. 150° 57' E.

Details.—Character: Occulting, white and red sectored (catadioptric) light. Duration: Flash, 7 secs.; eclipse, 3 secs. Elevation: 54 ft. Visibility: 8 miles; white from 255° (S. 65° W. mag.) through west and south to 217° (S. 27° W. mag.); red from 217° (S. 27° W. mag.) through south and east to 170° (S. 21° E. mag.). Structure: Skeleton tower, constructed of iron. Variation: 9° 40' E.

The astronomical position is only approximate. The bearings given, both true and magnetic, are those of the light from seaward. The visibility of the light is that in clear weather. The height given is above high water.

Masters of vessels inward bound from the northward should keep in the white sector of the light. Masters of vessels from the southward should keep in the white sector of the Wollongong light until opening out the white sector of the occulting light at Bellambi, when it may be steered for to lead vessels in.

This light is erected by the Bellambi Coal Company (Limited), with the consent of the Superintendent of Navigation, and is maintained by that company for the use of vessels trading to Bellambi Jetty. The Government of New South Wales does not accept responsibility in any way for the maintenance of this light, but should it be determined to discontinue it due notice will be given to mariners.

The fixed white light maintained by the Bellambi Coal Company (Limited), on the sea-end of the Bellambi Jetty will continue to be exhibited as hitherto.

By order of the Superintendent,

JOHN S. D'ARCY,
Department of Navigation,
Sydney, 19th March, 1913.
Secretary.

Notice to Mariners No. 48 of 1913.

LIGHT ON QUEEN STREET WHARF, AUCKLAND.

Marine Department;
Wellington, N.Z., 29th April, 1913.

THE Auckland Harbour Board notifies that, as the outer western tee of the Queen Street Wharf in Auckland Harbour is being demolished, a bright white fixed light has been placed on the north-west corner of this tee, to take the place of the two fixed white lights hitherto shown. This light will be exhibited until the wharf and bank have been entirely removed.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 1970; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter ii, page 38.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Notice to Mariners No. 49 of 1913.

AUCKLAND HARBOUR.—COAL-HULK ANCHORAGE.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 29th April, 1913.

THE Auckland Harbour Board notifies that the coal-hulks and vessels laid up, which have recently been moored on the south side of the harbour off the Freeman’s Bay Reclamation, have been removed to the north side of the harbour, off Shoal Bay, which will in future be their anchorage.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 1970; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter ii, page 38.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Appointments to the Public Service Commissioner's Office.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 29th April, 1913.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments to the staff of his office, namely :—

ALICE CAMERON HEDLEY
to be Instructor and Demonstrator in Mechanical Office Appliances, from the 12th day of April, 1913; and

EDWARD GRANT
to be a Clerk, from the 10th day of April, 1913.

A. J. H. BENGЕ,
Secretary.