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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 22

Notice to Mariners No. 12 of 1929.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 21st March, 1929.
[PRELIMINARY.]

NEW ZEALAND.—NORTH ISLAND.—WEST COAST.
Cape Egmont Light.—Intended Alteration from Fixed to Group-flashing.

Position: Lat. 39° 17′ S., long. 173° 46′ E. (approx.).
Date of Intended Alteration: July (approx.), 1929.
Alteration: The existing fixed light is to be altered to group-flashing showing three flashes every forty seconds.
Further notice will be issued.
Charts affected: 2535—2054—1212—788.
Publications: List of Lights, part VI, 1927, No. 3518; New Zealand Pilot, 1919, page 94; New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide Tables, 1929, page 161, No. 75.
(M. 8/15/10.)
G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

Notice to Mariners No. 13 of 1929.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 21st March, 1929.

SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN.—SAMOA ISLANDS.
Apia.—Alteration in Front Lighted Leading Beacon.
Former Notice: Wellington Notice No. 25 of 1926.
Position: Close westward of Mulivai River entrance. Lat. 13° 49′ S., long. 171° 46′ W. (approx.).
Alteration: The front leading beacon light is now shown from a white pyramid beacon with diamond topmark, black vertical stripe in centre, which is situated out on reef 80 ft. from and immediately in front of the site of the black-and-white banded tower front lighted leading beacon, which latter has been demolished.
Remarks: The character, height, and visibility of the front leading beacon light continue unaltered.
Charts affected: 2211—1339—1730.
Publications: List of Lights, Part VI, 1927, No. 3732; Pacific Islands Pilot, Vol. 11, 1918, page 549.
Authority: Department of External Affairs, New Zealand, 14/3/29.
(M. 3/3/118.)
G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

Notice to Mariners No. 14 of 1929.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 21st March, 1929.

NEW ZEALAND.—SOUTH ISLAND.—FOVEAUX STRAIT.—BLUFF HARBOUR.
Stirling Point Buoy altered to Lighted Buoy.
Position: At eastern extreme of foul ground off Stirling Point. Lat. 46° 37′ S., long. 168° 21′ E. (approx.).
Date of Alteration: Without further notice.
Alteration: The black conical buoy has been replaced by a lighted buoy having a flashing red light showing one short flash every 1·5 seconds; that is—forty flashes every minute (approx.).
Charts affected: 3484—2540.
Publications: New Zealand Pilot, 1919, page 465; New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide Tables, 1929, page 281, and plan facing page 284.
Authority: Bluff Harbour Board, 7/3/29.
(M. 3/3/143.)
G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

Notice to Mariners No. 15 of 1929.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 25th March, 1929.

NEW ZEALAND.—SOUTH ISLAND.—EAST COAST.—OTAGO HARBOUR.

1. Careys Bay.—Red Buoy altered to Red Pile Beacon.
2. Quarantine Island.—Lighted Pile Beacon installed.
3. Position: About 1·6 cables 018° from the outer end of George Street Pier, Port Chalmers. Lat. 45° 49′ S., long. 170° 39′ E. (approx.).
   Alteration: A red single-pile beacon having a diamond-shape surmount has been installed, and the red buoy has been removed.
4. Position: About 1·9 cables 337° from the eastern extreme of Quarantine Island. Lat. 45° 30′ S., long. 170° 39·5 E. (approx.).
   Installation: A single-pile lighted beacon showing a fixed white light.
   Remarks: This beacon is for the use of harbour ferry steamers using the eastern channel.
   Chart affected: 2411.
   Publication: New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide Tables, 1929, plan facing page 278.
   Authority: Otago Harbour Board, 11/3/29.
   (M. 3/3/120.)
   G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

Notice to Mariners No. 16 of 1929.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 26th March, 1929.

NEW ZEALAND.—NORTH ISLAND.—PORT NICHOLSON.
Howard Point.—Buoy installed.
Position: 216° 1,900 ft., from Howard Point extreme. Lat. 41° 15′·4 S., long. 174° 54′ E. (approx.).
Installation: A black can buoy.
Details: This buoy marks the centre of a shoal patch having an area within its five-fathom contour-line of 700 ft. in length towards Howard Point by 400 ft. in width, and a least depth of 19½ ft. at M.L.W.S.
Chart affected: 1423.
Publications: New Zealand Pilot, 1919, page 118; New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide Tables, 1929, page 222.
Authority: Wellington Harbour Board, 25/3/29.
(M. 3/3/214.)
G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and its Amendments.—Election 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, 25th March, 1929.
J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.