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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 17

STATEMENT showing DISCOUNT-STAMP TRANSACTIONS in the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of the DOMINION OF NEW ZEALAND during the QUARTER ended 31st December, 1916.

General Post Office, Wellington, 29th January, 1917.
W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.

Election of Member, Otago Land Board.

I, ROBERT THOMAS SADD, Returning Officer for the election of a member of the Otago Land Board, do hereby notify that James Robertson, Esq., of Kaka Point, a person duly nominated, has withdrawn his nomination in favour of George Livingstone, Esq., of Windsor, also duly nominated.

I do therefore hereby declare that the said GEORGE LIVINGSTONE, being the only candidate, is duly elected a member of the Otago Land Board as from 7th March, 1917.

Dated at Dunedin this 25th day of January, 1917.

ROBT. T. SADD,
Returning Officer.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 6 of 1917.

OTAGO HARBOUR.—QUARANTINE GROUND.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 30th January, 1917.

THE Otago Harbour Board has issued the following instructions for the guidance of masters ordered into quarantine:—

The Quarantine Ground is situated between Pulling Point and Acheron Head. There is a circular space 1,170 ft. in diameter, with nothing less than 24 ft. 6 in. of water at low tide. Mooring-marks have been erected for the guidance of masters ordered into quarantine. The fore and aft line is marked by a white diamond shape on a pile placed 180 ft. from No. 11 black beacon in Deborah Bay, and in a S. 31° E. true direction; also by a white diamond shape on Rocky Point. The two marks in line bear S. 73° W. true.

The cross-marks for mooring are placed round the shore at Hamilton Bay, and are taken in transit with a white post on the bank, near the middle and S.W. end of the bay. The position of the post is 2,760 ft. from No. 11 black beacon in Deborah Bay, and in a N. 54° E. true direction. A perpendicular line dropped from the post on to the fore and aft line marks the centre of the anchorage, and is marked by a white diamond shape on the shore in line with the post. There are six other white cross-marks, three on either side of the centre one, and all 30 fathoms apart from each other, marking the 30, 60, and 90 fathoms distances from the centre of the anchorage.

When mooring, it will be advisable to moor with two 60-fathom cables, or as near that as possible, and make a tight moor of it.

When a vessel is in quarantine, and happens to be lying across the channel, such as at slack water, or from any other cause, the masters of passing vessels are cautioned to pass ahead of the quarantined vessel,

Charts, &c., affected.—Admiralty Chart No. 2411; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter viii, page 253; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1917, page 354.

G. H. TANNER,
For Secretary.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 7 of 1917.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 30th January, 1917.

THE following Notice to Mariners, which has been received from the Department of Trade and Customs, Melbourne, is published for general information.

G. H. TANNER,
For Secretary.

AUSTRALIA.

SOUTH COAST.—BASS STRAIT.—CAPE SCHANCK LIGHT.—INTENDED ALTERATION IN CHARACTERISTICS.—AUXILIARY RED LIGHT TO BE DISCONTINUED.

MARINERS and others are hereby notified that the white fixed and flashing light on Cape Schanck will be replaced by a single flashing light with white and red sectors; and, further, that the auxiliary red fixed light will be discontinued on or about 15th April, 1917.

Position.—Lat. 38° 30′ S., long., 144° 53′ E.

Details.—The white fixed and flashing light will be replaced by a new light having the undermentioned characteristics:—

Character.—A single flashing light with white and red sectors, showing one flash every seven and one-half seconds—thus, flash ½ sec., eclipse 7 secs.

Sectors.—Red from land to 290° (N. 78½ W. mag.); white from 290° (N. 78½ W. mag.) to 130° (S. 58½ E. mag.); obscured elsewhere.

Power.—200,000 candles.

Auxiliary Light.—On or about 15th April, 1917, the auxiliary fixed red light will be discontinued.

Note.—The other details of the light will remain unchanged.

Remarks.—The fixed and flashing light will be extinguished from about 1st March, 1917, in order that the necessary alteration in the apparatus may be carried out. In the interval, a temporary group flashing white light, showing four flashes in quick succession every twenty seconds—thus, flash ½ sec., eclipse 1 sec.; flash ½ sec., eclipse 1 sec.; flash ½ sec., eclipse 1 sec.; flash ½ sec., eclipse.15 secs.—will be exhibited from a wooden structure about 17 ft. high at a distance of 350 yards E.S.E. from the lighthouse.

Charts affected.—Admiralty Chart No. 3169, Port Phillip to Gabo Island; Admiralty Chart No. 1171, Port Phillip; Admiralty Chart No. 1707, Port Western; Admiralty Chart No. 1695B, Bass Strait, western sheet; Admiralty Chart No. 2759B, Australia, southern portion; Admiralty Chart No. 788, Melbourne to Cape Horn, western sheet.

Publications affected.—Admiralty List of Lights and Time Signals, Part VI, 1916, No. 2481; Australia Directory, Vol, I, 1907, pp. 497 and 498.