Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 8th March, 1844.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it
to be notified that

ROBERT ST. AUBYN, Esquire,
Superintendent of Police at Hokianga,
has been appointed "an Officer of Customs,"
under the 2nd and 103rd clauses of the Cus
toms Ordinance, Sess. 1, No. 3.

By Command,

ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 12th March, 1844.

AN error having occurred in notifying Mr.
Grimstone's recent appointment, in the
Gazette of the 20th of January last ;-

The Governor desires it to be notified that
His Excellency has been pleased to appoint

SAMUEL EDWARD GRIMSTONE, Esquire,
to be Secretary to His Honor the Superinten-
dent, and Registrar of Deeds, in the Southern
Division of New Zealand,

By Command,

ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 14th March, 1844.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

JOSEPH DIXON, Esquire,
to be Sheriff for the Northern District of New
Ulster, vice Beckham resigned. Date of ap-
pointment, 14th March, 1844.

By Command,

ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 4th March, 1844.

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN B.
WILLIAMS, Esquire, Consul for the Uni-
ted States of America, being about to leave
this Colony, has appointed WILLIAM MAYBEW,
Esquire, to be Vice-Consul, and has further
appointed Mr. HENRY GREEN SMITH to act as
Vice-Consul during the temporary absence of
Mr. Mayhew.

By Command,

ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 8th March, 1844.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to direct the publication, for
general information, of the following "Notice
to Mariners," having reference to the approaches
to Auckland by sea, submitted by the Harbour
Master of this Port.

By Command,

ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

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NOTICE TO MARINERS.

Harbour Master's Office,
Auckland, 7th March, 1844.

A BUOY painted Red, with a White Head,
has been placed about a ship's length to
the Northward of a Sunken Rock lying about
one mile and a quarter to the Eastward of the
Island "Tiri Tiri Matangi."

This Rock lies nearly in a line between the
Peaks of Rangitoto and the little Barrier Island,
and has about two feet water over it at low
water.

A similar Buoy has also been placed over the
Rock lying to the N. N. Eastward of the North
Head of this Harbour.

This Rock has six feet of water over it at the
lowest spring tides, and can easily be avoided
by keeping towards mid-channel between the
North Head and Rangitoto, or with a fair wind
passing about mid-way between the Buoy and
the North Head.

DAVID ROUGH,
Harbour Master.

COUNTY COURT.

NOTICE is hereby given, that a Sitting of
this Court, for the dispatch of Criminal
business, will be held on Tuesday, the 19th
instant, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at the
Court House, in Auckland; at which time and
place, all persons bound by recognizance to
appear either as prosecutors, defendants, or
witnesses, are required to give their attendance.

The Court will sit on the following day for
the dispatch of civil business.

WILLIAM DONNELLY,
Clerk of County Court.

County Court Office,
March 4th, 1844.

NOTICE.

ANNUAL LICENSING MEETING.

A GENERAL MEETING of the Justices
for the Town and District of Auckland
will be held at the Police Office, Auckland, on
Tuesday the 16th day of April next, at the hour
of Ten o'clock, to take into consideration Ap-
plications for Licenses for the Sale of Spirituous
and Fermented Liquors, for the year commenc-
ing 1st July following, in accordance with the
Ordinance 5 Victoria, Session 2, No. 12.

All applications must be sent in to the Clerk
of the Magistrates on or before Tuesday the
2nd of April next.

RICHARD RIDINGS,
Clerk to the Magistrates..

Police Office, Auckland,
7th March, 1844.