Nov. 6.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

2679

Certificates of Naturalization granted.

Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 5th November, 1924.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that certificates of naturalization, in accordance with the provisions of the British Nationality and Status of Aliens (in New Zealand) Act, 1923, have been granted to the persons named and described hereunder.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD, Minister of Internal Affairs.

SCHEDULE.

Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and its Amendments.—Elections to administer Estates.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Public Trustee has filed in the Supreme Court an election to administer in respect of the several estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations (so far as known) are hereunder set forth.

Public Trust Office, Wellington, N.Z., 3rd November, 1924.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

Notice to Mariners No. 69 of 1924.

“NEW ZEALAND NAUTICAL ALMANAC AND TIDE-TABLES”: 1925 EDITION.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 31st October, 1924.

Information respecting Alterations and Additions.

THE “Nautical Almanac and Tide-tables” for the year 1925 will, as is customary, be available for purchase by the general public about mid-December, and attention is hereby drawn to some of the more important alterations and additions to the nautical-astronomy portion of the publication which are embodied in the 1925 edition, and which will be continued in future issues.

Greenwich Mean Time.—The times styled G.M.T. are now reckoned from midnight, as in civil usage; the term “Greenwich mean time” is therefore to be considered as the standard time of the meridian at Greenwich, commencing at midnight, and reckoned throughout the twenty-four fours.

Astronomical Ephemeris used in Navigation and Nautical Astronomy.—The sun’s declination and its right ascension, also the equation of time, are now given for every two hours of Greenwich mean time throughout the year, and have been tabulated in a manner similar to that followed in the “Admiralty Abridged Nautical Almanac” for the use of seamen. A table for correcting the R.A.M.S. has been inserted on the first page for each month.

Sunrise and Sunset Tables.—In addition to the Sunrise and Sunset Tables, which in former editions were supplied for Auckland and Wellington only, similar tables are now given for Christchurch and Dunedin also, and a short method is given by which the approximate times of sunrise and sunset for New Plymouth, Nelson, Westport, and Invercargill may be easily obtained.

The Explanation to the “Nautical Almanac.”—The explanation has been modified and altered where necessary so as to meet the new arrangements.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

Notice to Mariners No. 70 of 1924.

AUCKLAND HARBOUR.—SUBSIDENCE OF WHARF-END.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 4th November, 1924.

Buoy placed.

THE Auckland Harbour Board notify that the outer 225 ft. of the Western Wharf has subsided, and is now submerged at M.L.W.S.

For the guidance of vessels approaching or leaving the inner portion of the Western Wharf a red conical buoy has been moored at a position 153° distant 70 ft. from the north-eastern corner of the Western Wharf as shown on Admiralty Chart No. 1970. Vessels are cautioned to pass to the eastward of the red buoy.

Publications affected: Admiralty Chart No. 1970; “N.Z. Pilot,” ninth edition, 1919, page 191; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac, 1924,” page 198 and plan facing page 193; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac, 1925,” page 185 and plan facing page 188.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.