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Superintendent's Office,
Napier, Dec. 23, 1861.
THE following appointment made by
His Honor the Superintendent, is
hereby notified for general information:—

HENRY STOKES TIFFEN,
to be a member of the Executive
Council of the Province of Hawke's
Bay.

J. C. LAMBTON CARTER,
Superintendent.

Superintendent's Office,
Napier, Dec. 14, 1861.
IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED for
general information that a Writ
for the election of a member to serve
in the Provincial Council of Hawke's
Bay for the District of Waipukurau,
having been issued in accordance with
clause 12 of "An Act to grant a Re-
presentative Constitution to the Colo-
ny of New Zealand," the Returning
Officer has returned the said Writ with
a certificate that the undermentioned
gentleman has been duly elected to
serve as a member of the said Provin-
cial Council for the said District of
Waipukurau,—

CHARLES LAMBERT, ESQ.,
of Rua Taniwha.

J. C. LAMBTON CARTER,
Superintendent.

Superintendent's Office,
Napier, Dec. 19, 1861.
THE following extract from the
"New Zealand Gazette, No. 50,"
is re-published for general information.

J. C. LAMBTON CARTER,
Superintendent.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 29th November, 1861.
THE following "Notice to Mariners" is
published for general information.

WILLIAM FOX.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN.
REEF OFF STEWART ISLE, NEW ZEALAND.

Hydrographic Office, Admiralty,
London, 15th August, 1861.
IT appears from an examination of the
Journal Book of the ship Bruce, Thomas
Meiklejohn, Commander, in her passage
from Otago by the South of New Zealand
to the South-east last, when pas-
sing Stewart Island, discovered a dangerous
Reef which is not laid down in the Admi-
ralty or any other Charts, or noticed in the
New Zealand Pilot or Sailing Directions.

This danger which is described as two
low rocks from 3 to 6 feet high, and close
together, on which the sea breaks heavily,
lies in the direct track of vessels closely
rounding Stewart island in proceeding to
or from the Southern settlements of New
Zealand.

Its position, which appears to have been
determined with some accuracy, is as fol-
lows:—

7 1-tenth miles, E. by N. 1/4 N. from
Owen Island, off Lord's River.

5 1-tenth miles, E. by N. 1/4 N. from the
extreme of the Break Sea Isles.

3 1/2 miles, E. by S. 1/2 S. from Wreck
Reef off Port Adventure.

7 1/2 miles, S. E. 1/2 E. from East Head,
north of Port Adventure.

Or, in latitude 47° 7' 35" S., and long.
168° 21' 35" E.

Soundings, though tried for, were not
obtained in its neighbourhood, from the
rapid rate of sailing of the ship in passing
the danger.

Caution.—It is creditable to Captain
Meiklejohn to have entered the discovery
of this Reef in his Weather Book; but it
is greatly to be regretted that he did not
take some steps immediately on his arrival
at Calcutta or in England to make public
the existence of this very serious danger
which lies but little out of the sailing
track of ships bound to the Southern set-
tlements of New Zealand.

Had not the remark been seen by Rear-
Admiral Fitz Roy (who was searching
this book for Meteorological facts, and at
once transmitted it to the Admiralty for
publication) this reef might not have been
heard of until it had caused the wreck of
a vessel. On being applied to for further
information, Captain Meiklejohn readily
sent up his original chart on which the
reef was marked at the time, and there
can be little doubt of its existence; Mas-
ters of vessels are therefore warned to
keep a good look out in this neighbourhood.
They are further requested on the dis-
covery of any danger to report the same
immediately on arriving at the first port,
in order that other vessels may be put on
their guard, and for the general benefit of
the Mariner.

[All bearings are Magnetic. Variation,
16° 20' East in 1861.]

By command of their Lordships,
JOHN WASHINGTON,
Hydrographer.

This Notice affects the following Admi-
ralty Charts:—New Zealand, General,
No. 1212; Foveaux Strait and South Is-
land, No. 2533; New Zealand Plans, No.
2542; Pacific Ocean, General, No. 2683,
and Sheet 10, Fo. 2468; and New Zea-
land Pilot, p. 224.

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