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Return showing the Notices to Mariners relating to Matters within the Dominion issued by the Marine Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1918.

Port or Place. Subject of Notice. Auckland Harbour Bluff Harbour .. Hauraki Gulf Hokianga Harbour Kaipara Harbour ,, • - Kawhia Harbour Manukau Harbour Napier Harbour New Plymouth Harbour.. New Zealand Coast Patea Harbour Pelorus Sound Piako River Picton H arbour Poverty Bay Rod Mercury Island Tokomaru Bay Tauranga Harbour Wairoa Harbour Wanganui Harbour Wellington Harbour Westport Harbour Whangarei Harbour Whitianga Harbour Waikato River Dredger " Hapai." .. j Beacons replaced on the Motuihi Reef and Brown's Island Reef, Fog-signal, yvestcrn tido-defioctor. .. '■ Erection of beacons off St. Mary's Bay. .. . Beacon off Brown's Island knocked down. Beacon off Brown's Island re-erected. .. ; Beacons off St. Mary's Bay—amendment of notice re bearings. Prohibited anchorage for defence purposes. Lights on Central Wharf, Commercial Harbour. Lights shown on Central Wharf. .. ;' Beacon north-east of Kohimarama Wharf knocked down. Beacon north-oast of Kohimarama Wharf re-erected. Dredger " Hapai " —position of moorings. Position of dredgers moored at Freeman's Bay Reclamation. Substitution of beacons for buoys in Rangitoto and Brown's Island channels. Dredge-moorings. .. : Maori Rock beacon disappeared. Bearings of Main Channel for Hokianga Bar. Hokianga River entrance —Bar changes. .. j Entrance to South Branch towards llelensville. . .■ I Shelly Beach buoy sunk". Signal-station at North Head under repair. Repairs to signal-station completed. Kawhia Bar beacons. Shoaling west of Puponga Point. Tide signals at Port Napier. Light exhibited on Auckland Rook Buoy. Auckland Rock light-buoy replaced. Lights exhibited by New Zealand iron-ore Smelting Company. Depth of Ranfurly Bank, off East Cape. Tables for azimuths, great-circle sailing, and reduction to the meridian — Errata. Light exhibited by Messrs. Buchanan and Co., near Greymouth. Derelict in Pacific Ocean. Derelict in Pacific Ocean. Examinations of masters and mates—Instruction re books, &c. " New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Time-tables for 1918," and Supplement, &c, " Ncyv Zealand Pilot." Examination of masters and mates—Notice to candidates. Fire danger through electric hand-torch. Extension of western mole and eastern breakwater. Oko Rock beacon and Kainoki Rock buoy. Bridge at Ngatea completed. Lights on Bai[way Wharf. Gisborne Harbour leading-lights. Gisborne roadstead—Dredge-moorings laid at harbour entrance. Gisborne roadstead—Removal of light-buoy marking Temoana Rock. Gisborne roadstead —Light-bouy marking Temoana Rock to bo reinstated. Rock shoal south-east of island. Waima Cove considerably silted up. Hikutu Rock buoy changed. Hikutu Rock buoy replaced. Harbour light. Erection of dolphin and light at tho north end of Stellar Passage. Wairoa roadstead survey. Caution to mariners re cutting too closely round end of molePosition of dredger. Lights on Seatoun and Karaka Bay Wharves. Position of dredger " Erskine." Mooring-buoy placed cast of Portland Cement Company's wharf. Light on Mercury Bay wharf. Re-erection of beacons at rivor entrance, and direction for vessels entering. Erosion of cliff at North Head—Position of beacons.