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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
sions of the Nineteenth Clause of the first
hereinbefore recited Act of Parliament, but
the said Governor (unless he shall refuse his
Assent to such Bill) shall reserve the same
for the Signification of Her Majesty's Pleasure.

6. So much of the Two first hereinbefore
   recited Acts of Parliament as is inconsistent
   with the Provisions of this Act is hereby
   repealed.

7. Subject to the Provisions of this Act,
   and of the said New Provinces Act, the said
   Two first hereinbefore recited Acts of Parlia-
   ment shall apply to all Provinces at any Time
   existing in New Zealand, in like Manner and
   subject to the same Conditions as the same
   apply to Provinces established by the first
   hereinbefore recited Act of Parliament.

8. And whereas it is expedient to enable
   the General Assembly of New Zealand to
   repeal the Seventy-third Section of the first
   hereinbefore recited Act of Parliament: Be
   it further enacted as follows (that is to say):
   It shall be lawful for the said General As-
   sembly to alter or repeal all or any of the
   Provisions contained in the said Section, and
   no Act passed by the said General Assembly,
   nor any Part of such Act, shall be or be
   deemed to have been invalid by reason that
   the same is repugnant to any of the said
   Provisions.

9. In the Construction of this Act the Term
   "Governor" shall mean the Person for the
   Time being lawfully administering the Go-
   vernment of New Zealand.

Downing Street,
26th August, 1862.

SIR,-I have the honor to transmit to you,
in order that it may be circulated for general
information in the Colony under your Govern-
ment, copies of a notice which has been issued
by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
respecting a new Coral Reef in the inner
passage of Torres Straits which has been
discovered by Captain Norman of Her Ma-
jesty's Steam Sloop "Victoria," and containing
also some further particulars which Captain
Norman has furnished in respect of the exact
position of the Chilcott Rocks in the same
vicinity.

Copies of this notice have been forwarded
to the Governors of the other Australian
Colonies.

I have, &c.,
NEWCASTLE.

Governor Sir George Grey, K.C.B.,
&c.,
&c.,
&c.

Hydrographic Notice.
[No. 10.]

AUSTRALIA.
NORTH EAST COAST.

The bearings are Magnetic. Variation 51°
East in 1862.

Information has been received from the

Colonial Government of Victoria, Australia,
dated 23rd May, 1862, that Commander
Norman, of Her Majesty's Colonial Steam
Sloop "Victoria," on his passage through the
Inner route of Torres Strait, discovered a
dangerous rock about 8 miles northward of
Cape Sidmouth; also that he has verified the
existence of the Chilcott rocks which have
hitherto been considered doubtful.*

The Norman rock is about 30 yards broad,
of coral formation, and has only 2 feet on it
at low water. It lies about one-third of a
mile off the west side of No. VIII. island, in
a position which passing vessels might choose
for anchorage with easterly winds.

The Chilcott rocks, lying off the eastern
side of the same island, near the fair way of
the Inner route, were found at low water, the
southern one in the position marked in the
Admiralty chart, and the northern one bearing
North from it, it is stated at 150 yards apart
(Lieut. Woods' plan which accompanied
Commander Norman's report places them
one-third of a mile apart); they are both flat
toppped, about 20 to 25 yards in extent, steep
to all round, with 7 fathoms water between
them; a small lump of coral was dry 1½ feet
on the southern rock. The safest course to
avoid them is to borrow to the eastward
towards the Barrier reefs rather than towards
No. VIII. island, until well north or south of
the island.

Hydrographic Office, Admiralty,
London, 7th August, 1862.

• See Admiralty Charts:-----Australia, Coral
  Sea, and Great Barrier Reefs, Sheet 2, No.
  2,764; Australia, East Coast, sheet 20, No.
  2,353; and Australia, Northern portion, No.
  2,759a, on which these rocks are inserted.
  Also, Australia Directory, Vol. II, page 160.

MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS.
Appointment and resignation of Officers.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 1st November, 1862.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to make the following appoint-
ments in the "Canterbury" Rifle Volunteers-

WILLIAM SMART,
to be Lieutenant No. 5 Company.
Date of Commission, 1st November, 1862.

SYDNEY EVELYN WRIGHT,
to be Ensign No. 3 Company.
Date of Commission, 1st November, 1862.

F. D. BELL,
For the Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 4th November, 1862.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to accept the resignation of
Ensign WILLIAM A. FITZHERBERT,