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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 43

BRITISH COLUMBIA.

VANCOUVER ISLAND.—ESQUIMALT HARBOUR ENTRANCE.—
SCROGG ROCKS.—BUOY ESTABLISHED.—A red wooden spar
buoy has been established 300 ft. 220° 20′ from Scrogg Rocks,
Esquimalt Harbour entrance, Vancouver Island, British
Columbia.

Approx. position: Lat. 48° 25′ 33″ N., long. 123° 26′ W.

VICTORIA HARBOUR.—DREDGING.—BUOY TO BE MOVED.—
Victoria Harbour, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, is
being extensively improved by dredging. The red spar buoy
marking the edge of the shoal off Shoal Point will be moved
eastward towards the shore as the work of dredging progresses.

STRAIT OF GEORGIA.—BALLENAS ISLANDS LIGHT.—CHARAC-
TERISTIC CHANGED.—About 1st April, 1914, and without fur-
ther notice, the fixed white light on Ballenas Islands, Strait
of Georgia, British Columbia, will be replaced by a 6th-order
dioptric intermittent white light every 30 seconds—thus, light
20 seconds, eclipsed 10 seconds.

Approx. position: Lat. 49° 21′ 12″ N., long. 124° 9′ 43″ W.

QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS.—CAPE ST. JAMES.—LIGHT
ESTABLISHED.—The Canadian Government has given notice
that about 15th February, 1914, and without further notice,
a 3rd-order dioptric flashing white light of 100,000 candle-
power, showing 1 flash every 5 seconds, would be established
on Cape St. James, St. James Island, Queen Charlotte Islands,
British Columbia.

The light is exhibited 310 ft. above high water, from a
white octagonal reinforced-concrete tower, with a red circular
metal lantern, erected on land 279 ft. above high water and
about 85 ft. back from the water’s edge, and is visible 24
miles over an arc of 275° from 207° to 122°.

The illuminant is petroleum vapour burned under an incan-
descent mantle.

The height of the tower from base to vane is 44 ft.

A rectangular wooden dwelling painted white stands 80 ft.
northward of the lighthouse.

Approx. position: Lat. 51° 52′ 48″ N., long. 131° 1′ W.

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Notice to Mariners No. 48 of 1914.

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Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 22nd April, 1914.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the
Board of Trade, London, and the Hydrographic Office,
London, are published for general information.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

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BASSEIN RIVER ENTR.—BARONI RK. BUOY.—On 1st Jan.,
1914, this buoy, spher. black and white hor., in 15° 52¾′ N.
94° 17¼′ E., 1 mile N.-erd. of Diamond Isl., was to be replaced
by a lt.-buoy, black and white hor., ex. a fl. white lt. every
6 secs., fl. 2 secs., ecl. 4 secs. March.

RANGOON RIVER.—FAIRWAY LT.-BUOY.—The F. white lt.
of this lt.-buoy (16° 17′ N., 96° 16¼′ E.), 5·1 miles 85° (N. 84°
E. mag.) from China Bakir Lt.-h., has been replaced by an
occ. white lt., vis. 5 secs., ecl. 2½ secs. March.

KRISHNA SHOAL LT.-V.—On 20th Jan., 1914, the Lt.-v.
“Martaban,” exh. a fl. white lt. every 45 secs.—fl. 5 secs.,
ecl. 40 secs.—was to temp. replace the Krishna Lt.-v. (15° 36′
N., 95° 38′ E.). March.

BANKA ISL.—GOAT REEF LT.—This occ. red lt. (2° 12′ S.,
106° 29¾′ E.) has been extinguished, the beacon having been
destroyed. Note: “Destroyed 1914” has been charted
against this lt. March.

SUNKEN WRECKS AND FLOATING DERELICTS.—SUNKEN
WRECKS.—CAPE LEEUWIN.—The “Pericles,” in 34° 24½′ S.,
115° 8¼′ E., 2½ miles srd. from Cape Leeuwin Lt.-h., is no
longer a danger to nav.; and has been erased from the charts.
March.

SOUTH AMERICA.—ARGENTINA.

SECOND BARRANCA POINT.—PERMANENT LIGHT ESTA-
BLISHED.—Position: On Second Barranca Point. Lat. 40°
45¼′ S., long. 62° 16¼′ W., on Chart No. 1324. Abridged
description: Lt. gp. fl. (2) ev. 10 secs., 154 ft., vis. 18 m.

BAY OF BENGAL, BURMA.—MERGUI ARCHIPELAGO.

SOUTH PASSAGE ISLAND.—REEF REPORTED NORTH-EAST-
WARD OF.—Position: At a distance of about half a mile,
north-eastward from the north-east extreme of South Passage
Island. Lat. 11° 46′ 30″ N., long. 98° 7′ 30″ E., on Chart
No. 216A. Depth: Not stated. Note: This reef, which was
reported by Captain Glindinning of the B.I. s.s. “Zaida,”
has been placed on the charts as having a depth of less than
6 ft. over it. Charts affected: No. 216A, Lord Loughborough
Island to Mergui. No. 830, Bassein River to Pulo Penang.
Publication: “Bay of Bengal Pilot,” 1910, page 539. Authority: R.I.M.S. “Investigator,” Hyd. Note (S. 5/14).

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Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 15 of
the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and Sections 18 and 19
of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1913.

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Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that, no person having taken
out administration, the Public Trustee has filed in the
office of the Supreme Court at Wellington an election to
administer the several intestate estates of the persons de-
ceased whose names, residences, and occupations, so far as
known, are hereunder respectively set forth, their gross
properties being estimated not to exceed £400 in each case:—

Porter, or Morgan, David, late of Hawera, in the Provincial
District of Taranaki, bushman. Filed 13th March, 1914.

McMurray, Alice, late of Dunedin, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Otago, domestic. Filed 18th March, 1914.

Andrew, John, late of Tapanui, in the Provincial District
of Otago, farm labourer. Filed 18th March, 1914.

Brown, Thomas, late of Wellington, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Wellington, labourer. Filed 18th March, 1914.

Haworth, Alice Rachel, late of New Plymouth, in the
Provincial District of Taranaki, married woman. Filed
19th March, 1914.

Taylor, Samuel, late of Taradale, in the Provincial District
of Hawke’s Bay, labourer. Filed 21st March, 1914.

Neville, Frank Austin, late of Nokomai, in the Provincial
District of Otago, miner. Filed 21st March, 1914.

Page, John, late of Akitio, in the Provincial District of
Wellington, groom. Filed 21st March, 1914.

Biddle, Alfred Mortram, late of Mayfield, in the Provincial
District of Canterbury, blacksmith. Filed 21st March, 1914.

Ward, Richard Arthurs, late of Waitohi Peaks, in the
Provincial District of Canterbury, ploughman. Filed 21st
March, 1914.

Poupard, Clifford Munro, late of Christchurch, in the Pro-
vincial District of Canterbury, manufacturer’s agent. Filed
21st March, 1914.

Darby, Ernest Alfred, late of Geraldine, in the Provincial
District of Canterbury, gentleman. Filed 21st March, 1914.

Scott, Mary, late of Chorlton, in the Provincial District of
Canterbury, school teacher. Filed 21st March, 1914.

Mills, Annie, late of Paroa, in the Provincial District of
Auckland, domestic. Filed 21st March, 1914.

Penderville, Prindville, or Prenderville, Charles, late of
Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Canterbury,
labourer. Filed 23rd March, 1914.

Stark, Thomas, late of Broughton, Brigg Lincoln County,
England, gentleman. Filed 23rd March, 1914.

Popplewell, John, late of Mina, in the Provincial District
of Canterbury, railway porter. Filed 24th March, 1914.

Kelly, Charles, late of Granity, in the Provincial District
of Nelson, miner. Filed 24th March, 1914.

Cox, William, late of Taradale, in the Provincial District
of Hawke’s Bay, clerk. Filed 24th March, 1914.

Cox, Frederick, late of Napier, in the Provincial District
of Hawke’s Bay, carpenter. Filed 24th March, 1914.

Lovell, Daniel, late of Deep Stream, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Otago, mail-carrier. Filed 24th March, 1914.

Brogan, Francis, late of Epsom, in the Provincial District
of Auckland, Army pensioner. Filed 25th March, 1914.

Neason, John, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District
of Auckland, gardener. Filed 26th March, 1914.

Monzari, Robert Douglas, late of Gisborne, in the Provincial
District of Auckland, minor. Filed 26th March, 1914.

Reeves, John, late of Greymouth, in the Provincial District
of Westland, ex-miner. Filed 27th March, 1914.

Taylor, George, late of Wellington, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Wellington, labourer. Filed 27th March, 1914.

Franklin, Sarah Jane, late of Greymouth, in the Provincial
District of Westland, married woman. Filed 27th March,
1914.

Miller, Catherine Maud, late of Hawera, in the Provincial
District of Taranaki, spinster. Filed 27th March, 1914.

Shiles, Arthur John, late of Hamilton, in the Provincial
District of Auckland, labourer. Filed 28th March, 1914.

Bray, John, late of Waitekauri, in the Provincial District
of Auckland, miner. Filed 30th March, 1914.

Brown, William, late of Whangapoua, in the Provincial
District of Auckland, marine engineer. Filed 30th March,
1914.

Howe, Annie, or Annie Levenia, late of Rawene, in the
Provincial District of Auckland, housekeeper. Filed 31st
March, 1914.

Carruthers, George, late of Auckland, in the Provincial
District of Auckland, labourer. Filed 31st March, 1914.