THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 463

with the use of tide, of about 18 inches, the
vessel was taken over the bank. The shock
in taking the ground was trifling but percep-
tible. Had no Pilot on board. Have fre-
quently taken the vessel both to Dunedin and
back without accident. Do not know whether
the Harbour Regulations require a Pilot to
be taken. Did not think any damage was
done to the vessel, having sounded all the
compartments and found the vessel tight.
Did not report the grounding of the vessel
to the Inspector of Steam Vessels, not know-
ing it was necessary, or there being the matter
of sufficient importance.
The log-book corroborates this statement
with the exception of calling the bank rocks.
The chief officer who wrote the log-book has
since left the vessel.

FREDERICK RENNER,
Master S. S. "Lady Bird."

Declared before me at
Wellington, 24th Aug.,
1863.

CHARLES SHARP,
M.W.C.M.B., J.P.

William Seymour, now Chief Officer of the
"Lady Bird," was second Officer on the 24th
July. When the vessel grounded on her
passage from Port Chalmers to Dunedin her
rate was about four knots per hour. The
shock was rather severe. Remember sounding
and having eight feet of water under the Port
Main Channel. The vessel lay aground about
an hour, and was taken off over the bank by
means of an anchor ahead and engine. Our
position when aground was about 230 feet
from the shore at a point called McAndrew's
Bay. Did not think the vessel had sustained
any injury, and she has not made any water
since. I was attending to Captain Renner's
directions at the wheel. The lead was not
kept going. It is not generally used.

WILLIAM SEYMOUR,
Chief Officer.

Captain Renner continued: -The lead is
not used excepting in thick weather. Do not
think it is a guide for steam vessels. There are
buoys and beacons, but not sufficient in my
judgment to indicate the Channel at all points.
Do not think the vessel would have been out
of the Channel had it been daylight. Was
misled by the glare of the moon on the water.

FREDERICK RENNER,
Master S. S. "Lady Bird."

Declared before me at
Wellington, 24th Aug.,
1863.

CHARLES SHARP,
M.W.C.M.B., J.P.

Randle Boardman, Chief Engineer of the
"Lady Bird," on the 24th July. Was in
charge of the engines on the 24th July. Re-
member the vessel grounding near Dunedin.

Had proceeded at half speed after leaving
Port Chalmers. Was going slow, quarter
of an hour before taking the ground. Felt
the vessel touching the ground but not a
severe shock. The engines were partially
stopped from three quarters of an hour to an
hour, when they were set in motion again at
half speed. Tried astern at the same rate.
After a while the vessel was got afloat, but
the steam was not used at more than half
power. The engines were not, in my opinion,
damaged. I went with the carpenter to sound
the compartments, and found the vessel did
not leak.

RANDLE BOARDMAN.

Declared before me at
Wellington, 24th Aug.,
1863.

CHARLES SHARP,
M.W.C.M.B. J.P.

General Post Office,
Auckland, 23rd October, 1863.

THE following Notice received from the
Chief Marine Board, is published for
general information.

READER G. WOOD.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

Rock off Long Look-out, on the Northern side
of Banks's Peninsula, Middle Island, New
Zealand.

The Barque "Catherine," from Hobart Town,
when about three quarters of a mile from the
Long Look-out, struck on a sunken reef, in-
juring the gudgeons of her rudder, so as to
disable her. She was towed into the Port of
Lyttelton by the "Gazelle."

CHARLES SHARP,
Master Warden, C. Marine Board.

Chief Marine Board Office,
30th September, 1863.

T. W. Parker, Esq., appointed Licensing Officer
at Oamaru.

Office of Commissioner of Customs,
Auckland, 23rd October, 1863.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

THOMAS WINDLE PARKER, Esquire,
Sub-Collector of Customs at Oamaru, in the
Province of Otago, to be a Licensing Officer
under the Provisions of the "Arms Act, 1860."

READER WOOD.

Registrar General's Office,
Auckland, 15th October, 1863.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act
of the General Assembly of New Zealand,
passed in the eighteenth year of the reign of
Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and intituled
"The Marriage Act, 1854," the following names