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tween each of the said days and times so ap-
pointed as aforesaid.

Given under my Hand and Seal, at Go-
vernment House, Auckland, this sixth
day of August, in the Year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and forty
one.
"W. HOBSON, GOVERNOR."
By His Excellency's Command,
WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAND,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 7th August, 1841.
HIS Excellency the GOVERNOR has been
pleased to appoint
FRANCIS FISHER, ESQ.,
to be Commissioner of the Court of Requests to
be held at Auckland and the Bay of Islands.
By His Excellency's Command,
WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAND,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 3rd August, 1841.
HIS Excellency the GOVERNOR has been
pleased to appoint
CHARLES B. BREWER, ESQ.,
Barrister-at-Law, to be Clerk of the Peace, and
Registrar of the Court of Requests for Auckland.
By His Excellency's Command,
WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAND,

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 28th July, 1841.
HIS Excellency the GOVERNOR directs it to
be notified, that the PRISON AT AUCKLAND
shall be henceforth one of the common Gaols of
the colony, and shall be under the jurisdiction of
the Sheriff.
By His Excellency's Command,
WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAND.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 29th July, 1841.
HIS Excellency the GOVERNOR directs it to be
notified, that the PRISON AT KORORARIKA,
shall be henceforth one of the common Gaols of
the colony, and shall be under the jurisdiction of
the Sheriff.
By His Excellency's Command,
WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAND.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
28th July, 1841.
HIS Excellency the GOVERNOR directs it to
be notified, that the PRISON AT RUSSELL
shall be henceforth one of the common Gaols of
the colony, and shall be under the jurisdiction of
the Sheriff.
By His Excellency's Command,
WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAND.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 28th July, 1841.
HIS Excellency the GOVERNOR directs it to
be notified, that the PRISON AT PORT NICHOL-
SON shall be henceforth one of the common Gaols
of the colony, and shall be under the jurisdiction
of the Sheriff.
By His Excellency's Command,
WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAND.
NOTICE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a Warehouse
situate in Fort Street, the property of
Messrs. TRIMMER and SMITH, has been approved
for the reception of Spirits, Wine, and other
Goods, under Bond, in accordance with the Or-
dinance of the Governor and Council of New
Zealand, No. 3, of 1841.
Custom House,
22nd July, 1841.
GEORGE COOPER, COLLECTOR.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
HIS Excellency the GOVERNOR has been
pleased to direct that the following Bear-
ings of a Reef off Poverty Bay, furnished by
Captain Wing, of the brigantine "Deborah," be
published for general information.
By His Excellency's Command,
WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAND,
Colonial Secretary.

From
the
centre
of the
Reef.
Table Cape bears S. S. W.
Young Nick's Head S. W. by W. W.
Tuahine bears W. S.
Gable Foreland bears N. by W.
Extreme northern land either
about 3 miles South of N.E.or
Sporing's Hand { W. W. } full-
doubt

These Bearings (magnetic) were taken in a
boat, and therefore can only be considered as an
approximation to the truth.

The Reef runs about North and South, and is
from two to three miles in length, but narrow,
having a short elbow at the South end turning
towards Young Nick's Head. The soundings
(taken about high water) vary irregularly from
three to seven fathoms, with patches of long kelp.
The sea breaks on it only in bad weather, and
most so when the wind is from the Northward
to the Eastward. I have passed very close to it
with a strong wind from the S. E., and a very
high sea, without observing any appearance of
breakers; consequently, a vessel may pass close
to the Reef a number of times without its being
seen.

The soundings along the Reef in-shore, were
found to vary very regularly from fifteen to
twenty-five fathoms, between the distances of
about three quarters of a mile, and one mile and
a quarter respectively.

The brig "Martha," struck on this Reef in
June, 1834, and lost part of her false keel.

N. B. High water at Poverty Bay on the full
and change of the moon, at 6 a.m., with a rise
of six feet at spring, and of five feet at neap tides.