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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

"An Act to authorise the Superintendent to
purchase Crown Lands and convey the same
as compensation to persons giving Land for
Roads in the Province of Nelson,"

"An Act to authorise the Superintendent to
purchase Crown Lands for certain persons
as compensation for damages sustained by
them by reason of the non-fulfilment of
certain contracts made by the New Zealand
Company,"

which Bills were reserved for the signification
of the Governor's pleasure thereon, having
been laid before the Governor in conformity
with the provisions of the Constitution Act, his
Excellency has been pleased to withhold His
assent from the same.

HENRY JOHN TANCRED,
For the Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 5th October, 1859.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint the undermentioned
gentlemen to be Registration Officers under
The "Provincial Elections Act, 1858," for the
formation of Electoral Rolls for the election of
the Superintendent, and of the Members of
the Provincial Council, of the Province
set opposite their names respectively,—

L. O'BRIEN, Esq., ...................Auckland
JAS. RITCHIE, Esq., .................Taranaki
B. A. FERARD, Esq., .............Wellington
JNO. CURLING, Esq., ...........Hawkes' Bay
JNO. SHARP, Esq., ...................Nelson
W. J. W. HAMILTON, Esq., ......Canterbury
JNO. GILLIES, Esq., .................Otago.

H. J. TANCRED,
For the Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 5th October, 1859.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

B. A. FERARD, Esq.,

to be Principal Returning Officer for the Pro-
vince of Wellington, vice H. St. Hill, Esq.,
absent on leave.

H. J. TANCRED,
For the Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 5th October, 1859.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

B. A. FERARD, Esq.,

to be Returning Officer for the election of
Members of the House of Representatives for the
City of Wellington, the Wellington Country,
the Hutt, and Wairarapa Districts, in the Pro-
vince of Wellington, vice H. St. Hill, Esq.,
absent on leave.

H. J. TANCRED,
For the Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 5th October, 1859.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

B. A. FERARD, Esq.,

to be Returning Officer for the election of
Members of the Provincial Council of Welling-
ton, for the City of Wellington, the Welling-
ton Country, the Hutt, and the Wairarapa Dis-
tricts, vice H. St. Hill, Esq., absent on leave.

H. J. TANCRED,
For the Colonial Secretary.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

Colonial Secretary's office,
Auckland, 5th October, 1859.
HIS Excellency the Governor directs the
publication for general information o
the following Notice giving details of the
position of, and other matters relating to, the
Lighthouses at Portland Bay, Port Fairy,
Warrnambool and Port Albert respectively, in
the Colony of Victoria.

HENRY JOHN TANCRED,
For the Colonial Secretary.

COAST AND HARBOUR LIGHTS, VICTORIA.
Department of Ports and Harbors,
Williamstown, 1st September, 1859.

FOUR NEW HARBOR LIGHTHOUSES, VICTORIA.
In accordance with the intimations contained
in two notices to mariners issued from this
office, dated respectively 7th May, 1858, and
28th May, 1859: Notice is hereby given that
lights were last night exhibited from the under-
mentioned new lighthouses.

These lights are fourth class catadioptric,
and will continue to be exhibited every night
hereafter from sunset to sunrise.

1. PORTLAND BAY HARBOR LIGHT.
   The lighthouse at Portland Bay is situated
   on Battery Hill; its approximate position is
   lat. 38° 22' S., long. 141° 39' E.

The light is a fixed red light, elevated one
hundred and sixteen (116) feet above the mean
level of the sea, and may be seen in clear
weather at the distance of about thirteen (13)
nautical miles, allowing ten (10) feet for the
height of the eye, and at lesser distances
according to the state of the atmosphere.

The light will be visible to seaward from
N. by W. round easterly to S.E.

The lighthouse is built of stone, and co-
lored grey.

The light hitherto shown at the seaward end
of the jetty was also last night altered in color
from red to green.

Caution.-Vessels from the westward bound
to Portland Bay must be careful in rounding
the Lawrence Rocks not to bring the light
to bear to the northward of N.W. by W. W.

After passing the Lawrence Rocks a course
may be shaped for the light, keeping it on the