THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 225

of the rocks running out from Stoney Point,
so as to be visible at high water.
Secondly. A Buoy of about fifty-gallon
capacity, to be placed in position A, as
shown in accompanying plan. This latter I
consider to be of the greatest importance, as
it is the place on which both H.M. ships
'Esk' and 'Falcon' grounded, owing to the
ebb tide setting strongly in towards the
shore, and the shoal extending much farther
out than is shown in chart, "nearly as far
from high-water mark as Stoney Point
itself."
These two marks I consider to be suffi-
cient for vessels, "more particularly if
steamers," entering the Harbour. For pro-
ceeding up towards Maketu Mound, stakes
from sixteen to twenty feet in length might
be driven in at the positions B, C, and E.
And to mark the anchorage above Maketu
Mound, a buoy might be placed at position
D, where the channel branches off towards
Otumoiti, as the anchorage here is difficult
to distinguish, owing to the low sandy beach,
and the sameness of its appearance. Should
it be thought necessary to mark the channel
up to Te Papa, in addition to the Buoys
already laid down, and marked in the chart
of this anchorage lately completed, stakes
might be driven in on either side in shoal
water.

I have, &c.,
FRANCIS C. CORBET,
Acting Master,
H.M.S. 'Miranda.'
Commodore Sir William Wiseman, C.B., Bart.,
Commanding the Australian Station.

MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS.

Colonial Defence Office,
Auckland, 12th May, 1864.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to make the following appoint-
ments, viz.:--

In the Auckland Militia.
Captain Alfred W. East to be Adjutant.
Date of Commission, 5th May, 1864.

In the Wanganui Militia.
Ensign James Duff Hewitt to be Captain.
Date of Commission, 3rd May, 1864.
Henry Ireson Jones to be Lieutenant.
Date of Commission, 3rd May, 1864.

In the Wellington Militia.
Harry Bowler to be Ensign. Date of
Commission, 5th May, 1864.

In the Napier Militia.
Lieutenant Donald Gollan, to be Captain.
Date of Commission, 4th May, 1864.
Ensign James Davis Canning to be
Lieutenant. Date of Commission, 4th May,
1864.
Ensign Alexander Grant to be Lieutenant.
Date of Commission, 5th May, 1864.
Boswell Danby Danvers to be Ensign.
Date of Commission, 4th May, 1864.
Sydney Johnston to be Ensign. Date of
Commission, 5th May, 1864.

James Wilson to be Ensign. Date of
Commission, 6th May, 1864.
T. RUSSELL.

THE undermentioned Officers are to be
considered on the unattached list :----
Captain John Curling-Napier Militia.
Ensign Charles Durie-Wanganui Militia.
T. RUSSELL.

Colonial Defence Office,
Auckland, 12th May, 1864.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to accept the following Resigna-
tions, viz:--
Lieutenant Walter L. Martin-Welling-
ton Militia.
Ensign James Kirwan-Wellington Mili-
tia.
T. RUSSELL.

ERRATUM.-In Gazette No. 16, of the 6th
May, folio 189, in the appointment in the
Howick Troop Royal Cavalry Volunteers,
read Cornet "Charles Roberts," instead of
Cornet "James Robertson."

POSTAL.

Appointment of Postmasters.

General Post Office,
Auckland, 12th May, 1864.

IN virtue of the powers delegated to me by
His Excellency the Governor, the fol-
lowing Appointments have been made in the
service of the Colony.
FREDK. WHITAKER,
For the Postmaster-General.

Auckland.
Duncan McKenzie, to be Postmaster at
Waipu, from 1st April, 1864.
Sergeant Roger Hunt, H.M. 50th Regiment,
to be Postmaster at Head Quarters, Camp,
from 18th March, 1864.
William Polkinhorne, to be Postmaster at
at Wade, from 22nd March, 1864.
Sergeant Bartholomew Callaghan, to be
Postmaster at the Queen's Redoubt.
John Jones, to be Postmaster at Muddy
Creek, from 11th April, 1864.
John Evans Baines, to be Postmaster at
Mauka, from 1st April, 1864.

Canterbury.
John Daniell, to be Postmaster at Akaroa.
William Blackford, to be Postmaster at the
School House, Head of the Bay, Port
Lyttelton, from 1st July, 1864.
George Fitzmaurice, to be Postmaster at the
Railway Terminus, Heathcote Valley Sta-
tion, from 1st July, 1864.
James Turnbull, to be Postmaster at Gorge
of the Rakaia, "Windwhistle House,"
from 1st July, 1864.
William White, to be Postmaster at Weeden,
from 1st April, 1864.