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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Populous. Arai, a low island, at its S.W. ex-
treme, passage between dry at low water.

North Rocks, or Rowa.
A chain of small sand islands joined at low
water, only 50 feet high, with a reef extend-
ing 2 or 3 miles to S.W., but leaving a good
channel of 5 miles between it and Vanua
lava.
At night, work on the Vanua lava side, for
it is a bold shore.

Bligh Island, or Uruparapara.
High and steep, say 1500 feet, with a deep
horse shoe bay on its weather side.

Small Island, or Vatu.
From 100 to 200 feet high.

Channels.
Amongst all these Islands, the Channels are
safe, the North Rocks and Low Island (Port
Patteson South Head) being the only places
where there is anything like an offlay of $\frac{1}{4}$
mile; nevertheless, in these comparatively
unexplored waters, the judicious mariner
would naturally keep a good look-out-man
aloft.

Torres Island, or Ababa.
Named after Quiro's Lieutenant, form a
group of two largish coral islands, with three
small ones between them. The large ones
raised to a height of 300 feet with safe chan-
nels next them.
The group extends N.N.W. and S.S.E.
about 25 miles, and there is a shoal perhaps
one mile in extent from N. point which is in
Lat. $13^{\circ} 05^{\prime}$ S. Lon. $166^{\circ} 33^{\prime}$ E.
Natives unaccustomed to strangers.

New Hebrides.
Are high and wooded like the Banks Is-
land, Lepers Island, Aurora, Pentecost and
Ambrym are upwards of 2000 feet high, water
is easily found running from the cliffs on the
Wide of Aurora and Pentecost, and they are
safe to approach, the sea being very smooth.

Water.
Ambrym, has an active volcano on its north
side, it is extremely populous, as is Apu on
its South side.
From Apu, which is 1500 feet high, with
fine bays on its N. side, where, as well as under
Namuka Island, on its south side there is
good landing, from Apu as much as 40 tons
of yams have been obtained at one time by a
trader.

Shepherd's Islands.
Are from 100 to 800 feet high, and consist
of 3 largish islands, with 4 smaller ones and
3 patches of rock.
The islands are inhabited.

Three Hills, or Mai.
Well named by Cook, its highest peak is
1000 feet and the lowest (the middle one)
about 700 feet. There is a short offlay from
both the N.E. and S.W. points of Mai.

Cook's Reef.
Perhaps 3 miles in extent, always breaking,
lies from W.S.W. to W.N.W. about 2 miles
from the S.W. point of Mai.

Two hills, or Mataso.
High hill 600 feet, low one 100 feet to
East of high.

Monument.
A high rock perhaps 300 feet, about two
miles East of Iwo hills.

Solomon Islands, San Cristoval, or Bauro.
Hilly, and wooded, rising to the
height of 3000 feet, a good watering place at
Kada reef, midway between west points of
island (P. Recherche and P. Achard), it is
the first bay S. from P. Recherche, whalers
water to the N. E. of this point in a deep bay;
about 9 miles N.E. from the point at Tawo-
tana, are 3 Englishmen engaged in the manu-
facture of cocca nut oil.

General Post Office,
Auckland, March 5th, 1861.

IN accordance with the terms of a Procla-
mation issued by His Excellency the
Governor, on the 29th of Dec., the following
names of Colonies and Foreign Countries to
which registered letters and Book Packets may
be sent through the United Kingdom,-on
payment of additional Postage Fees,-having
been notified by lawful authority in England,
are published for general information.

HENRY JOHN TANCRED.

1.—Additional Colonies to which letters
may be registered through the United King-
dom, on payment of an additional fee of six-
pence.
Barbadoes
Canada
Cape of Good Hope
Gold Coast
Natal
New Brunswick
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
St. Helena
Sierra Leone
Trinadad
Turk's Island.

2.—Additional places in Turkey, Syria, and
Egypt, where France maintains Post Offices,
to which letters can be registered through the
United Kingdom, on payment of an additional
fee equal to the amount of the combined Bri-
tish and Foreign Postage.
Alexandretta
Galatz
Ilraila
Ineboli
Kerasoun
Salonica
Samsonu
Sinope
Sulina
Trebizona
Tultcha
Varna
and Volo.

3.—Book Packets may be sent to the under-
mentioned British Colonies upon payment of
the additional rates specified in the following
table.

• But only to Cape Town, Morsel Bay, and Port
  Elizabeth.