THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 56

the highest obelisk erected on the hill above the
City, will be nearly on with the Signal Station
about S. W. W. The rocks lying N. E. of
Nobby's, one cable's length, may be passed at
one cable's distance. The Lighthouse on with
the Signal Station about S.W. by S. marks
their line of extension. Having passed these
rocks, vessels must be prepared to haul up sharp
to S.W. by S. to avoid being set on to the
Oyster Bank or North Western Sands, the
deep water channel being here little more
than one cable in width, and the set of the ebb
tide being directly accross these sands. Care
should be exercised in coming in that both
anchors and cables and boats and warps should
should be ready for any emergency, as in the
event of being baffled, and having to anchor
warps may be run out to the mooring Buoys
which are laid in mid-channel for that purpose.

Having rounded the Rocks to the N.E. of
Nobby's, two obelisks will be observed on the
high land above the City; these two must be
kept in one, which will lead in, in not less than
23 feet water, sandy bottom, when the first red
Buoy, a mooring Buoy, will be seen. This
Buoy lays in 24 feet mid-channel, the Light-
house bearing S. 66° E. from it, and may be
passed on either side, preference being given to
the weather gage. When past this Buoy
another red Buoy, almost on the line of the two
obelisks in one, will be observed, which Buoy
marks the western edge of a small shoal with
12 feet water on it, affording a passage on
either side, but the deepest and widest, and
therefore recommended to strangers, is that to
the westward, to secure deep water in which it
is only necessary to give the Buoy a berth on
the port hand of a few yards. The Lighthouse
bears from this Buoy N. 73° E. After pass-
ing this, the next will be a black Buoy, nearly
on the same line of bearing, which marks the
extremity of a projecting ledge of rocks ex-
tending from the eastern shore nearly abreast
the two beacons, which will be seen on the
eastern side. This Buoy lays in 14 feet water
with the Lighthouse bearing N. 53° E.; and
to secure 4 fathoms in passing, it should have a
berth of 100 yards on the port hand, from
whence good anchorage can be had in 5 fathoms
water, two or three cables length S.W. by W.
W. of this black Buoy. It is presumed that
no vessels will have arrived even thus far with-
out obtaining a Pilot, consequently, any di-
rections for navigating the channels of the
River will be superfluous, and even if the
channels were beaconed off, the marks and
bearings would not long continue to be true
guides, as the sands are liable to, and indeed
are at present in course of assuming a new di-
rection.

ROBERT F. POCKLEY,
Superintendent of Lights, Pilots, and
Navigation, New South Wales.

NOTE:-All Bearings herein are Magnetic; Sound-
ings are at low water Spring tides.

APPENDIX.

The following extract from the Pilotage Act
will shew what vessels are exempt.

" Vessels of all nations outfitting to or refit-
"ting from the fisheries, and all vessels arriving
" and sailing in ballast or which may not break
"bulk or only to such an extent as may be
" necessary to provide funds for the repairs, re-
"fitting, or refreshment required. All ships,
" vessels, and steamers, employed in the coast-
"ing trade, all ships or vessels trading between,
any Port of New South Wales, and any of
"the other Australian Colonies, or New Zea-
"land, and vessels under twenty-five tons of
"Register measurement, are exempt from
" pilotage unless the services of a Pilot have
"been actually required and received. 7 Vic-
"toria, No. 12, Schedule A. and 8 Victoria,
" No. 16, Sections 9, 10, and 11.

"Vessels above twenty-five but under fifty
"tons burthen are not required to take Pilots,
" but, unless exempt as above, though they de-
"cline taking them they are chargeable with
"half pilotage. 7 Victoria, No. 12, Schedule
"A."

Every vessel that actually takes a Pilot must
pay full pilotage, 7 Victoria, No. 12, Schedule
A.

Treasury,
Auckland, April 12th, 1858.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

The Honble. C. W. RICHMOND,
W. GISBORNE, Esq.,
T. H. SMITH, Esq.

to be Commissioners of Native Reserves for
the Manukau District, in the Province of
Auckland, under the "New Zealand Native
Reserves Act, 1856."

G. CUTFIELD, Esq.,
HENRY HALSE, Esq.,
R. PARRIS, Esq.,
Rev. J. WHITELEY.

to be Commissioners of Native Reserves in
the Province of New Plymouth, under the
"New Zealand Native Reserves Act, 1856."

H. ST. HILL, Esq.,
S. CARKEEK, Esq.,
R. R. STRANG, Esq.,
Rev. T. B. HUTTON,
TAMAHANA TE RAUPARAHA,
MATENR TE WHIWHI,
RAWIRI PUAHНА,

to be Commissioners of Native Reserves in
the Province of Wellington, under the "New
Zealand Native Reserves Act, 1856."

W. J. W. HAMILTON, Esq.,
C. C. BOWEN, Esq.,
T. CASS, Esq.,

to be Commissioners of Native Reserves in
the Province of Canterbury, under the "New
Zealand Native Reserves Act, 1856."

C. W. RICHMOND: