Dec. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2907

DECEASED PERSONS’ ESTATES—continued.

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 2nd December, 1921. J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 69 of 1921.

MANUKAU BAR.—LEADING-BEACONS.

(Amended Notice cancelling Notice to Mariners No. 39 of 1921.)

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 2nd December, 1921.

THE Auckland Harbour Board notifies that on and after the 8th December, 1921, the following beacon leading-lights will be shown at the entrance to Manukau Harbour:—

1. Back beacon (upper) on flagstaff (790 ft.) at signal-station on South Head, an unwatched (U) Aga white occulting light 3 seconds (2 seconds light, 1 second eclipse), visible between 002° and 112° for a distance of fourteen miles.

2. Front beacon (lower), wooden structure, bearing 250° distance 1,000 ft. from the upper beacon (flagstaff), an unwatched (U) Aga white occulting light 1 second (½ second light, ½ second eclipse) visible between 017½° and 114° for a distance of ten miles.

3. On the same date the existing fixed light in Destruction Gully on the north side of the entrance will be replaced by an unwatched (U) Aga flashing light showing one flash every 3 seconds (0·4 second light, 2·6 seconds eclipse), visible for a distance of ten miles. The white and green arcs of this light will remain the same as at present.

The upper and lower beacons in line bearing 070° lead over the bar, which has a width of not less than half a mile between the three-fathoms banks, and a depth of not less than 23 ft. M.L.W.S.

After crossing the bar inwards care should be taken to alter course promptly when the Destruction Gully beacon is in line with the edge of Paratutai; otherwise a vessel may be dangerously close to the edge of the main or middle bank. Strict and constant attention should be paid to the semaphore when entering or leaving.

This notice entirely supersedes and cancels Notice to Mariners No. 39, of the 8th August, 1921.

Charts, &c., affected.—Admiralty Chart No. 2726; “New Zealand Pilot,” ninth edition, page 67; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1921, page 330; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1922, pages 231 and 287.

ROBERT DUNCAN, Secretary.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 70 of 1921.

KAIPARA HARBOUR.—BRIDGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 6th December, 1921.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bridge, having a span and to be erected across the Northern Wairoa River at a distance of about three-quarters of a mile above Dargaville, is now under construction.

The span, which is 60 ft. wide, is marked on each side by piles.

Between sunset and sunrise the pile on the eastern or Horehore side of the span will be marked by a fixed green light, and the pile on the western side of the span will be marked by a fixed red light. Both green and red lights will be visible all round the horizon for a distance of at least one mile.

All vessels navigating in the vicinity are instructed to pass between the piles by day, or between the green and red lights by night.

A pile-driver, mounted on a barge which is moored corner-wise with four wire hawsers, is employed in connection with the work, and vessels are cautioned not to approach the barge within a lesser distance than seventy feet.

Between the hours of sunset and sunrise the barge will show three fixed white lights, two of which will be placed on the barge, and one of which will be placed on the top of the pile-driver.

Charts, &c., affected.—Admiralty Chart No. 2614; “New Zealand Pilot,” ninth edition, 1919, page 63; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1921, page 341; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1922, page 241.

ROBERT DUNCAN, Secretary.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 71 of 1921.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 6th December, 1921.

THE following Notices to Mariners, which have been received from the Hydrographic Office, London; the Hydrographic Office, Washington; and the Department of Trade and Customs, Melbourne, are published for general information.

ROBERT DUNCAN, Secretary.

ENGLAND.

WEST COAST.—BRISTOL CHANNEL AND APPROACHES.—CAUTION WITH REGARD TO SUBMARINES.

THE British submarine “L 6,” which will not be accompanied by any escorting vessel, will be employed upon experimental work until further notice in the Bristol Channel and approaches eastward of the meridian of the Scilly Isles.

Mariners are cautioned to keep a good lookout for the submarine, and to give her a wide berth.

MEDITERRANEAN SEA.

GULF OF NAPLES.—CAPE MISENO LIGHT.—ALTERATION IN CHARACTER.

Former notice hereby cancelled.

Position.—Lat. 40° 47′ N., long. 14° 05′ E. (approx.).

Alteration.—The character of the light has been altered from fixed and flashing white to group flashing white showing two flashes every twenty seconds, thus—flash 0·35 sec., eclipse 3·45 secs.; flash 0·35 sec., eclipse 15·85 secs.

Remarks.—The visibility of the light is now 24 miles.