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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 119

Notice to Mariners.—No. 68 of 1919.

ALLIED SIGNAL MANUAL.—MASTERS’ AND MATES’ EXAMINATION.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 25th September, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given that on and after 1st November, 1919, the “British Signal Manual,” which has hitherto been used in the examination of masters and mates in connection with the Morse and semaphore signals will be abandoned, and the “Allied Signal Manual” will be substituted for use in the examination. Copies of the book will be supplied to the navigation schools and the Merchant Service Guild. All ships leaving England are now supplied with copies of the “Allied Signal Manual,” and the book (together with an addendum) may be purchased at the price of 1s. 6d., exclusive of cost of postage, either directly or through the bookseller, from His Majesty’s Stationery Offices in London, Edinburgh, and Dublin.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 69 of 1919.

MINE WARNING.—BASS STRAIT AND NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 30th September, 1919.

THE Admiralty have notified that the mine-sweepers have completed the sweeping of the Bass Strait mine-field, and the area is now considered clear. Mariners, however, should keep a sharp lookout for drifting mines, as all of those laid have not yet been accounted for.

With reference to Notice to Mariners No. 64 of 1919, the Commonwealth Naval Board recommends that, owing to the possibility of some of the mines having dragged their moorings in unknown directions, ships should give the mine-field a wide berth by passing twenty miles off Cape Everard for a year from the present date.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 70 of 1919.

OTAGO HARBOUR.—ALTERATION IN POSITION OF PILES IN UPPER HARBOUR.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 30th September, 1919.

THE Otago Harbour Board have notified that the following mentioned piles in the Otago Upper Harbour have been redriven and shifted slightly in position as follows:—
Black Pile No. 2 has been moved 312 ft. in a direction 45°.
Black Pile No. 4 has been moved 200 ft. in a direction 42° 10′.

Charts, &c., affected.—Admiralty Chart No. 2411; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter viii, page 253; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1919, plan facing page 360.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Conscience-money received.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 26th September, 1919.

I HEREBY acknowledge the receipt of the sum of £1, forwarded to the Treasury by a person unknown, as conscience-money to the New Zealand Government.

G. F. C. CAMPBELL,
Secretary to the Treasury.

Unclaimed Property.

Police Department,
Wellington, 24th September, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned property in the possession of the police at Wellington will, unless claimed on or before the 18th October, 1919, be sold thereafter by public auction :—

Thirty-one cakes of five plugs each Richmond Navy tobacco (approximately 30 lb.).

J. O’DONOVAN,
Commissioner of Police.

Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 16 of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and Sections 18 and 19 of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that, no person having taken out administration, the Public Trustee has filed in the Supreme Court at Wellington an election to administer the several estates of the persons deceased 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.

Wellington, 30th September, 1919.

ROBERT TRIGGS, Public Trustee.