THE GAZETTE.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 873, 23 November 1888, Page 1

THE GAZETTE.

The following information is published respecting the Paris Exhibition of 1889 : Persons intending to exhibit at the above are invited to apply to the Colonial Secretary, Wellington, from the Ist December, 18t8, to the 15th January, 1889. Forms of application for space can be _ obtained from the municipal authorities and French Consular Agents in the cities and chief towns of the Colony. It is not . yet known how much space will be available, but it is expected to be very limited, and precedence will therefore be given to first applicants. Allotmenc will be made from the 16th to the 20th January. Exhibits must be at Paris early in April, and consequently must leave in February. Freight and other expenses at the charge of the exhibitors, who are invited to state what amount they would -be disposed to incur. Specimens of natural history, samples of produce, &c., to be exhibited and afterward presented for permanent exhibition in the Paris Museum, or at the permanent Commercial Exhibition of the Ministry of Commerce, or elsewhere in a public institution, will be taken free of charge, at Wellington, and thankfnlly acknowledged by the representative of the French _ Government. Curios, photographs, exhibits of produce, &c., can be sold at the Exhibition, New Zealand being a part of the extreme orient whereto this privilege was exceptionally granted. The following alterations have been made in local railway rates :—Wool, undumped, from Turakina to Wanganui will be charged Is 6d per bale. Wool, undumped, from Palmerston to Foxton will be charged 2s per bale, including wharfage. The following information to manners is published : ,; LIGHTHOUSE AT MERSEY BELIEF, AT NORTHWEST COAST OF TASMANIA. Notice is hereby given that a lighthouse now in the course of erection at Mersey Bluff, north-west coast of Tasmania, in latitude 41 degrees 9m in 20sec S., longitude 146 degrees 22min 20sec E., approximate, will be ready for exhibition on or about the Ist April, 1888. The site of the tower is 30ft 6iti above the sea-level, and the height of the tower to base of lantern is 35ft. The light will be fourth order dioptric fixed light. Due notice and full particulars will be given of the exact date when this light. will be exhibited. TABLE CAPE LIGHT, NORTH-WEST. COAST, ■ TASMANIA. This light was exhibited on the Ist August, 1888: Since that time the arc of visibility has been slightly reduced. At the height of 15ft above the sea-level in clear weather the light can be seen 3d niiles, and is eclipsed one mile seaward of the reef off Rocky Head: to the westward, and one mile from the reef at Blackman s Point to the eastward. But there is a ray of light to be seen (just sufficient to show where the light is) a considerable distance further inshore. Mariners are cautioned not to mistake this ray of light for the true light. INNER ROUTE TO TORRES STRAIT.- —KENNEDY SHOAL. Notice is hereby given that Kennedy Shoal has been examined by lieutenant Richards, R.N., H.M.S. Paluma, and found to extend 2f miles north and south, and miles east and west, the depth on it varying from If- to 9 fathoms. The shoal consists of numerous coral heads on a coarse sandy bottom. At the point where the shoal encroaches most on the inner route the bearings are as follow : —Hillock point, S. 7id eg W. ; Gould Island Peak, S, 67£degW. ; Dunk Island, S.E. Peak, N. 69deg W.

SMALL SHOAL SOUTH-WEST OF DUNK ISLAND. Notice is hereby given that a. small shoal, with a least depth of 15ft, gravel bottom, has been found by Lieutenant Richards, R.N., H.M.S. Paluma, to lie in the channel westward of the Family Islands, in the following position,namely :—Mound Islet, N. 9ideg E. ; Gould Island Peak, S. 22Jdeg E. ; Tam O’Shanter Point (south extreme), N. 60deg W., distant 1J miles. The Westport Harbour Board has given notice that on and after Saturday, the Ist December next, an alteration will be made in the light signals at Westport,when the following will be exhibited : Harbour light—The present white light will be continued on flagstaff, south-west side of entrance to the river. Bar unsafe—When the bar is unworkable from any cause, a red light will be shown on the beacon seaward of the flagstaff. Bar safe, with 7ft water on—A white light will be shown on the beacon seaward of the flagstaff. Bar safe, with 9ft water

on—A green light will be shown on the beacon seaward of the flagstaff. Bar safe, with lift 6in water on - A green, light will -be shown on the beacon seaward of the flagstaff, with another green light on the flagstaff below the white harbour light. Breakwater Light —A red light is shown on the seaward end of the breakwater, but, as this light is .liable to be extinguished by heavy weather, it should not be depended on. It should not be mistaken for the red light that may be shown - on the beacon seaward of the flagstaff. Note.—Vessels approaching and On the bar should carefully guard against the effect of the current, which is often experienced strongly setting across the entrance, sometimes from the eastward, but more frequently from the westward. DREDGING OPERATIONS, OAMARU HARBOUR. Notice is hereby given that a dredgemooring has been laid 100 fathoms from the end of the breakwater, denoted by a black buoy. Vessels passing should give the buoy a berth of at least 20 fathoms. The following patents have been applied for during the week :—Andre Theodore Christophe, of Paris, for improvements in the rectification ■: of alcohol ; Henry Nicholas Harvey, of Hayle, Cornwall, for improvements in stampers for reducing metalliferous ores or other like substances to a finely-divided state ; Francis Hayter, of Burke’s Pass, Canterbury, for a feeder for motherless lambs, styled “ The Expeditious Feeder for Motherless Lambs ” ; Alfred Leman, of Auckland, for saving gold, to be called “Leman’s Patent Electric Gold-saving Machine ” ; Thomas Henry, Davidson, of Dunedin, and George William Gough, of - the same place, for improvements in machinery for flax-dressing, to be known as the “Premier Flax-dresser;” John Bums, of Sydenham, Canterbury, for an improvement'in pumps to prevent the water being drawn away from the pump through defective valves ov other causes, to be called “ Burns’s Pump Air-valve Stewart Clidstlale Mitchell and Walter Whitelaw Mitchell, Melbourne, for an improved construction of panelled ceilings, cornices, aud facings for walls; William Arthur Hills, of Sydney, for an improved process of converting certain metals and metallic ores, oxides, and carbonates, and the sulphides of cobalt and manganese, into metallic sulphates, and apparatus, therefor; Frederick Purbrick, of East St Kilda, near Melbourne, and Robert Holden Stone, of North Brighton, near Melbourne, for improvements in means for locking nuts on bolts ; Edward Hipwell, of Southwark, England, and Benoit Bernard Hofmann, of the . same place, for an improved enamel or varnish for rendering casks and analogous articles damp-proof, and for other useful purposes; Matthew Cranswick Greenhill, of Tulse Hill,. Surrey, for improvements in and relating to apparatus, for the automatic administration of electricity for medical and other purposes ; Francis Edward Mac Mahon, of Westminster, for improvements in apparatus for delivering measured quantities of liquid. ■’ The following' local postmasters have been appointed:—Dalefield, Mr G. H. Shuter (office re-opened) ; Paraparaumu, Mr. F. Cordukes (new office opened).