New Zealand Gazette – 1928 – No. 16

Page 551

✨ Shipping and Seamen Act Definitions



Mar. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 551

Defining River, Extended-river, and Extreme Limits.

Marine Department, Wellington, 28th February, 1928.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 189 of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, I, George James Anderson, Minister of Marine, do hereby define the limits, for the ports set forth in the first column of the Schedule hereto, within which restricted-limit steamships, and ships propelled by gas, oil, fluid, electricity, or any mechanical power other than steam, and to which restricted-limit certificates are issued, may ply, to be those set forth in the second, third, and fourth columns of the said Schedule respectively, and I do divide such limits into river, extended-river, and extreme limits respectively ; and I do also hereby revoke all Warrants heretofore in force defining any of the said limits.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Marine.

SCHEDULE.

[All distances are in nautical miles, and all bearings are true.]

Port. River and Smooth-water Limits. Extended-river and Partially Smooth-water Limits. Extreme Limits.
Akaroa .. .. Not seaward of a right line drawn from Timutimu (Iron) Head to Trueni Point Not beyond a distance of 1 mile seaward of a right line drawn from Timutimu (Iron) Head to Akaroa Lighthouse Between Akaroa and Lyttelton.
Aotea .. .. Inside a right line drawn from Potahi to Kapua-te-Mauna Nil .. .. .. .. Nil.
Auckland .. .. Inside the Rangitoto Reef, Motukoreho Channel, Motuihi Channel, inside a right line drawn from Home Bay Point to the northern point of the entrance to Maiteatea Bay, Tamaki Strait, not beyond Koherunui Point, and inside the Waiheke Channel All those waters of the Hauraki Gulf inside a right line drawn from the north point of Colville (or Moehau) Bay on the Coromandel Peninsula to Shearer Rock off Tiritiri Island, and thence to Tawharanui Point Nil.
Awanui .. .. Within a right line drawn from Point Blackney to the outer visible Motu Tara Rock, thence in a direction 260° to the foreshore of Rangaunu Bay Inside a right line drawn from Cape Karaka to Farmer Point Nil.
Bay of Islands .. .. All those waters of Port Russell, Kerikeri River, and Port Tepuna contained within a right line drawn from the northern extremity of Motu Arohia to the south-eastern extreme of Black Rocks, thence to the south-eastern extremity of Home Point; and all the waters of the Rawhiti enclosed by the surrounding islands and within right lines drawn as follows: From the northern extremity of Motu Arohia to the north-western extremity of Motu Rua, thence to the north-western extremity of Motukiekie, thence to the south-western extremity of Oruapukapuka, and from the southern extremity of Oruapukapuka to the most western extremity of Richards Peninsula Inside a right line drawn from the the eastern extremity of Cape Wiwiki to the northern extremity of Cape Brett Seasonal: For vessels engaged in deep-sea sports-fishing only:— All that area embraced within the undermentioned true bearings, lines, and distances, in nautical miles— From 1st May to 31st October (both dates inclusive), commencing where a circle of 13 miles radius from the Cape Brett Lighthouse meets the shore westward of Ngatoka Raranui Point; thence by following that circle through the Needles to a position east 12 miles from the southern entrance point of Whangamumu Harbour; thence by a right line to that point. From 1st November to 30th April (both dates inclusive), commencing where a circle of 20 miles radius from the Cape Brett Lighthouse meets the shore at Takou Bay; thence by following that circle through Step Island to a position east 19 miles from the southern entrance point of Whangamumu Harbour; thence by a right line to that point.
Bluff .. .. Inside a right line drawn from the Stirling Point Lighthouse to Tewaewae Rocks For tugs, pilot-vessels, and dredgers; within a radius of 20 miles from the Stirling Point Lighthouse Nil.
Catlin’s River .. .. Within Catlin’s River Heads Nil .. .. .. .. Nil.
Coromandel .. .. Inside a right line drawn from Deadman Point to Hautapu Point All those waters of the Hauraki Gulf inside a right line drawn from the north point of Colville (or Moehau) Bay on the Coromandel Peninsula to Shearer Rock off Tiritiri Island, and thence to Tawharanui Point Nil.
Dunedin and Port Chalmers Inside a right line drawn from the Taiaroa Head Lighthouse to the North Mole extremity. (Tugs, not beyond 1 mile outside Taiaroa Head) Within a radius of 30 miles from the Taiaroa Head Lighthouse (fishing-boats only). Pilot-vessels not beyond 8 miles outside Taiaroa Head Nil.

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🚂 Definition of River, Extended-river, and Extreme Limits for Ports

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28 February 1928
Shipping and Seamen Act, Port limits, Marine Department, River limits, Extended-river limits, Extreme limits
  • George James Anderson, Minister of Marine