7 May] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 721 Board of Trade Notice No. 62-Public Inquiry Into Import Duties on Domestic Clothes-washing Machines Notice to Mariners No. 35 of 1953

NEW ZEALAND-RADIO TELEPHONY SERVICE FOR SMALL SHIPS Cancellation of Former Notice to Mariners No. 32 of 1953

M ARINERS are advised that the change of working frequency of the post office stations at Auckland, Wellington, and Awarua will not now take place.

Authority : Director-General, P. and T. Department, Wellington. Wellington, N.Z., 4 May 1953. W. C. SMITH, Secretary for Marine. (M. 10/165)

Notice to Mariners No. 36 of 1953

NEW ZEALAND-NORTH ISLAND-AUCKLAND HARBOUR Bastion Point-Lighted Pile Beacon Removed

THE lighted pile beacon in position $36^{\circ} 50^{\prime} \cdot 4$ S., $174^{\circ}$ $49^{\prime} \cdot 4$ E. (approx.), situated about one cable northward of the Bastion reef, is to be expunged.

Charts Affected : 1896,1970. Publications : New Zealand Pilot 1946, page 185; Admiralty List of Lights, Vol. 10, 1952, page 279, No. 3752; New Zealand Nautical Almanac T.T. 1953, page 147. Authority : Auckland Harbour Board. Wellington, N.Z., 4 May 1953. W. C. SMITH Secretary for Marine. (M. 3/3/79)

Notice to Mariners No. 37 of 1953

NEW ZEALAND-SOUTH ISLAND-MAPUA HARBOUR CHANNEL BEACON LIGHT ALTERED

M ARINERS are advised that on 12 May 1953 Channel Beacon light marking the turning point from the outer to the inner channel to Mapua will be altered to show flashing orange. The light will flash sixty times per minute, each flash being of $\frac{1}{10}$ second duration.

Publications Affected : New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide Tables, 1953, page 201 (with plan); New Zealand Pilot 1946, Supplement 3/53, page 251; Admiralty List of Lights, Vol. 10, page 316, No. 4220, 4222. Authority: Nelson Harbour Board. Wellington N.Z., 4 May 1953. W. C. SMITH, Secretary for Marine. (M. 3/3/256)

Notice to Mariners No. 38 of 1953

NEW ZEALAND-NORTH ISLAND-GREAT BARRIER ISLAND Non-existence of Shoals East-North-Eastward THE following are to be expunged:-

(a) 10 fathoms 'Repd. (1950)' in position $35^{\circ} 55^{\prime} \mathrm{S}$. $176^{\circ} 09^{\prime} \mathrm{E}$. (approx.). (b) 12 fathoms 'Repd. (1950)' about 7 miles $038^{\circ}$ from $(a)$.

Charts : (Last correction) 3633 (2709/52) 1212 (2709/52). Publications: New Zealand Pilot 1946, page 158, Supplement 3/52. Authority: Navy Office, Wellington. Wellington, N.Z., 4 May 1953. W. C. SMITH, Secretary for Marine. (M. 6/2/18)

Notice to Mariners No. 39 of 1953

NEW ZEALAND-NORTH ISLAND-MOKO HINOU ISLANDS Salvage Operations

S ALVAGE vessel 'Foremost Seventeen' is working on the wreck of Niagara in position $35^{\circ} 52^{\prime} \mathrm{S}$. $175^{\circ} 00^{\prime} \mathrm{E}$. Unlighted buoys have been laid within $\frac{1}{4}$ -mile radius of this position. Salvage vessel will show signals as required for a cable ship both by day and night. Vessels are asked to keep clear.

Authority: Marine Department, Wellington. Wellington, N.Z., 4 May 1953. W. C. SMITH, Secretary for Marine. (O.N.S. 78)

1. The Board of Trade proposes to inquire into and report upon the question of what rates of import duty should be imposed on domestic clothes-washing machines of the kind included in Tariff Item 353 (8) (c).

The present rates of import duty are:- British Preferential: $20 \%$ plus surtax at the rate of nine-fortieths of the amount of duty in respect of goods imported from Ireland (except Northern Ireland), Union of South Africa, India, and Pakistan. Australian Agreement: $30 \%$. Canadian Agreement: $30 \%$. General: $50 \%$ plus surtax at the rate of nine-fortieths of the amount of duty.

2. During the course of this inquiry, the Board will consider the desirability of re-classifying the goods in question for the purposes of the Customs Tariff. In addition, the Board will consider whether the goods in question should be exempted from the requirements of import licensing.

3. For the purposes of taking evidence on the review of this part of the tariff item, the Board will hold a public inquiry commencing on Tuesday, 29 September 1953, at 10.30 a.m., in the Board Room, First Floor, Departmental Building, Stout Street, Wellington.

4. Any person who intends to tender evidence should comply with the notes for the guidance of witnesses which have been approved by the Board. A copy of these notes may be obtained from the office of any Collector of Customs or from the undersigned.

5. A typewritten statement of the evidence to be tendered, compiled in accordance with these notes of guidance, should be lodged with the undersigned on or before Tuesday, 15 September 1953. Each statement will, in general, need to be presented under oath at the public inquiry by the person tendering it.

Dated at Wellington, this 5th day of May 1953. R. F. WILSON, Secretary, Board of Trade. C.P.O. Box 2424, Wellington C. 1.

Notice to Mariners No. 33 of 1953

NEW ZEALAND-NORTH ISLAND-GISBORNE HEADS Existence of Shoal

Position: Gisborne Breakwater Light. Lat. $38^{\circ} 40.7^{\prime} \mathrm{S}$. long. $178^{\circ} 01.3^{\prime}$ (approx.). A shoal sounding of least depth 29 ft. is to be inserted in position $168^{\circ} 5,810$ ft. from the above light.

Charts Affected : 2527; 2528; 3321; 3343. Publications : New Zealand Pilot, 1946, page 229; New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide Tables, 1953, page 160. Authority: H.M.N.Z.S. 'Lachlan.'

Wellington, N.Z., 28 April 1953. W. C. SMITH, Secretary for Marine. (M. 6/1/207)

Notice to Mariners No. 34 of 1953

NEW PUBLICATION

(1) The undermentioned new chart has been published at the Hydrographic Branch, Lands and Survey Department, March 1953, under the superintendence of Commander C. C. Lowry, R.N., and copies may be obtained from Mercantile Marine Offices in the Dominion, price $4 s .6 d$ :- N.Z. 64-PLANS IN COOK STRAIT (comprising: Entry Anchorage, 1:63,629; Porirua Harbour and Mana Island, 1:63,982; Stephens Island Passage, 1:21,177; Port Underwood, 1:63,303).

Charts Affected by the Foregoing--

(2) N.Z. 23-Cook Strait (last correction N.Z. 28/53). (a) Amend reference (See Admy. Plan 2588) to read (See Plan N.Z. 64) in positions--

Lat. $40^{\circ} 54^{\prime} 00^{\prime \prime} \mathrm{S}$. long. $174^{\circ} 56^{\prime} 00^{\prime \prime} \mathrm{E}$. (approx.). Lat. $41^{\circ} 04^{\prime} 00^{\prime \prime} \mathrm{S}$. long. $174^{\circ} 48^{\prime} 00^{\prime \prime} \mathrm{E}$. (approx.). (b) Insert reference (See Plan N.Z. 64) in positions:-

Lat. $40^{\circ} 41^{\prime} 30^{\prime \prime} \mathrm{S}$. long. $174^{\circ} 01^{\prime} 00^{\prime \prime} \mathrm{E}$. (approx.). Lat. $41^{\circ} 22^{\prime} 00^{\prime \prime} \mathrm{S}$. long. $174^{\circ} 06^{\prime} 00^{\prime \prime} \mathrm{E}$. (approx.). (c) Insert rock symbols thus; + (P.A.), with a danger line in positions:-

Lat. $41^{\circ} 17^{\prime} 50^{\prime \prime} \mathrm{S}$. long. $174^{\circ} 15^{\prime} 21^{\prime \prime} \mathrm{E}$. Lat. $41^{\circ} 20^{\prime} 22^{\prime \prime} \mathrm{S}$. long. $174^{\circ} 11^{\prime} 52^{\prime \prime} \mathrm{E}$.

Wellington, N.Z., 28 April 1953. W. C. SMITH, Secretary for Marine. (M. 6/2/18)