New Zealand Gazette – 1934 – No. 62

Page 2457

✨ Marine Department Notices



Aug. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2457

Defining River, Extended-river, and Extreme Limits.

Marine Department, Wellington, 2nd August, 1934.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 189 of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, I, John George Cobbe, 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.

JOHN G. COBBE, 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 northern 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 Grenville Point to Cape Karaka Nil.
Bay of Islands Inside of a line drawn from the eastern point of Rangihoua Bay to the western end of Oruapukapuka via north-eastern end of eastern Black Rock, northern ends of Motu Arohia, Motu Rua, Motukiekie, and a line from Oruapukapuka, opposite Round Island, to western end of Richards Peninsula Inside a right line drawn from the eastern extremity of Cape Wiwiki to the northern extremity of Cape Brett. Seasonal: For vessels engaged in deep-sea sports-fishing only:— From 1st May to 31st October. Inside an arc of a circle of 13 miles radius drawn with Cape Brett Lighthouse as centre and a line drawn 090° to the circle from southern point of Whangamumu entrance. From 1st November to 30th April. Inside an arc of a circle of 20 miles radius drawn with Cape Brett Lighthouse as centre and a line drawn 090° to the circle from southern point of Whangamumu entrance Nil.
Bluff Inside a right line drawn from Stirling Point Lighthouse to Tewaewae Rocks Within a radius of 20 miles from 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 Inside a right line drawn from the northern point of Colville Bay to Shearer Rock, thence to Tawharanui Point Nil.
Dunedin and Port Chalmers Inside a right line drawn from Taiaroa Head Lighthouse to the North Mole extremity. (Tugs, not beyond 1 mile outside Taiaroa Head) Within a radius of 30 miles from Taiaroa Head Lighthouse (fishing-boats only). Pilot-vessels not beyond 8 miles outside Taiaroa Head Nil.
French Pass All the navigable waters bounded by right lines drawn from Cape Francis to Halfway Point, and from Okuri Point to Sauvage Point Inside, and 2 miles seaward, of a right line drawn from Cape Koamaru and Halfway Point via Walker Rock, northern end of Nukuaiata and southern end of Trio Island, and inside a line drawn from Cape Soucis to Sauvage Point Nil.
Gisborne (Turanganui) Inside the bar of the Turanganui River Inside a right line drawn from Tuahine Point to Young Nick’s Head. Fishing-boats between Cape Runaway and the northern end of Portland Island Nil.


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🚂 Definition of Port Limits for Restricted-Limit Ships

🚂 Transport & Communications
2 August 1934
Shipping, Port Limits, Marine Department, Restricted-Limit Ships, Akaroa, Aotea, Auckland, Awanui, Bay of Islands, Bluff, Catlin’s River, Coromandel, Dunedin, French Pass, Gisborne
  • John G. Cobbe, Minister of Marine