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Islands and “West Entry Point” of Pelorus Sound, has disappeared. Mariners are consequently warned to be cautious when in the vicinity of this danger.

James M. Balfour,
Colonial Marine Engineer.

[From New Zealand Gazette of the 24th September, No. 55.]

Marine Department,
Wellington, 23rd September, 1868.

THE following Notice to Mariners is published for general information.

James M. Balfour,
Colonial Marine Engineer.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

WESTERN PORT.

Hastings Jetty Light.

Mariners are hereby informed that on and after the 1st of September next, a bright White Light will be exhibited between sunset and sunrise, from a lamp erected on the Hastings Jetty at Western Port.

The Light is twenty-five (25) feet above low-water level, and visible, in clear weather, a distance of five (5) miles.

W. Collins Rees,
Secretary for Harbours and Navigation.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 20th August, 1868.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

SOUTH ENTRANCE TO MORETON BAY.

In consequence of the small detached sandbank off the south-east extreme of Moreton Island, having again made up,— it being now dry at ordinary high water,— the outer red buoy recently lying in the line of the leading beacons, will not be again laid down in that position.

G. P. Heath, Lieut. R.N.,
Portmaster.
Port Office, August 31st, 1868.

I, the undersigned, William Rowe, hereby make application to Register “The Poverty Gold Mining Company, Keptake,” under the provisions of “The Mining Companies Limited Liability Act, 1865,” and I do solemnly and sincerely declare that the following statement is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true in every particular, namely:—

1. The name and style of the Company is, “The Poverty Gold Mining Company, Registered.”

2. The place of operations is the Thames Gold-field, in the Province of Auckland.

3. The nominal capital of the Company is Five thousand six hundred pounds, in Five hundred and sixty shares of Ten pounds each.

4. The amount already paid up is Four thousand nine hundred pounds.

5. The name of the Manager is William Rowe.

6. The Office of the Company is in Pollen-street, in the Town of Shortland, in the Province of Auckland.

7. The names and addresses of the Shareholders, and the number of shares held by each at this date, are as follows:—

   1. The Thames Gold Mining Company, Limited ... One hundred and ninety-three shares
   2. Thomas Campbell, of Shortland, in the Province of Auckland, Miner ... Eighty shares
   3. John Cook, of Shortland aforesaid, Miner ... Forty shares
   4. John Harris Rogers Harrison, of Auckland, in the Province aforesaid, Gentleman ... Thirty shares
   5. Harold Hyde Fenton, of Auckland aforesaid, Surveyor ... Thirty-one shares
   6. James Williamson, of Auckland aforesaid, Gentleman ... Forty shares
   7. Richard Septimus Ledger, of Wellington, in the Province of Wellington, Merchant ... Forty shares
   8. John McCulloch, of Shortland aforesaid, Miner ... One hundred and six shares (In dispute)
      Charles Abbott, of Shortland aforesaid, Miner
      Thomas Mellett, of Shortland aforesaid, Miner
      Richard Grubb, of Shortland aforesaid, Miner

Dated this thirteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

W. Rowe.

Witness to the signature of William Rowe:
William C. Dally, J.P.,
A Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

THE undersigned, Samuel John Edmonds, hereby make application to register “The Full Moon Gold Mining Company (Registrant),” under the provisions of “The Mining Companies Limited Liability Act, 1865,” and I do solemnly and sincerely declare that the following statement is, to the best of my belief and knowledge, true in every particular, namely:—