THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 15

George Henry Giggs, to be Postmaster at
Selwyn, from the 1st January, 1864.
Thomas Copestake, to be Postmaster at
Tunukaka, from the 1st September,
1863.
Edward Badeley, to be Postmaster at Akaroa.

OTAGO.
William Hay, to be Postmaster at Hindon,
from the 1st November, 1863.
William Thomas Flynn, to be Postmaster
at Teviot Junction, from the 1st July,
1863.
James Scott, to be Postmaster at Pomahaka,
from the 16th November, 1863.
John Albert, to be Postmaster at Franktown,
from the 16th November, 1863.
Alexander Marshall, to be Postmaster at
Eldorado, from the 1st December, 1863.
James Hamilton Parker, to be Postmaster at
Linburn, from the 1st December, 1863.

AUCKLAND.
William R. Montgomery, to be Postmaster at
Lucas Creek, from the 1st December,
1863.
Lance Corporal Dawson, H.M. 70th regt.,
to be Postmaster at Paparata, from the
22nd December, 1863.
Private John Steele, 2nd Waikato regt., to
be Postmaster at Waikato Heads, from
the 1st January, 1864.

MARINE BOARD.

General Post Office,
Auckland, Jan. 14th, 1864.

THE following Notice received from the
Marine Board, relative to a sunken
rock near Napier, Hawke's Bay, is published
for general information.

WILLIAM FOX,
For the Postmaster-General.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

THE position of the sunken rock in Hawke's
Bay, upon which the steamship "Auck-
land" struck in August, 1863, has been as-
certained by Mr. Murray, Harbour Master
and Pilot of the Port of Napier. The fol-
lowing bearing and distance is given, viz. :-
"It is a shoal with four fathoms, having
numerous detached rocks extending North
and South, a quarter of a mile in length.
The Bluff 'Scinde Island' bears from the
northernmost end of the shoal, West by
compass, distant one mile, Cape Kidnappers
South East."

By direction of the Provincial Govern-
ment of Hawke's Bay, a buoy has been laid
down, half a cables' length from the North
end of the shoal.
(Signed.) THOMAS MURRAY,
Harbour Master and Pilot.

Marine Board Office,
Wellington, Jan. 2nd, 1864.
CHARLES SHARP,
Master Warden, Marine Board.

CUSTOMS.

Appointing a Bonding Warehouse at
Invercargill.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
Building hereinafter particularised and
described has been duly approved and ap-
pointed in accordance with the 11th Section
of "Customs Regulation Act, 1858," to be a
Warehouse for the securing of goods under
Bond for the payment of duties of Cus-
toms.

A wooden building belonging to Mr. John
Hamilton, situate in Section IV, Block II,
Town of Invercargill and fronting to Forth-
street.

Invercargill,
A. J. ELLES,
Deputy Commissioner.
December 17, 1863.

CUSTOMS.

Appointing a Bonding Warehouse at Nelson.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-
mentioned Warehouse has been duly
approved and appointed under the "Customs
Regulation Act, 1858, as a Warehouse for
the reception of Goods under Bond:-

Part of a brick and stone building situated
in Tasman-street, Nelson, known as
"Dodson's Bonded Warehouse."

D. JOHNSTON,
Deputy Commissioner.

Custom House, Nelson,
26th December, 1863.

H. S. McKellar, Esq., appointed Sub-Collector
of Customs at Christchurch.

Office of Commissioner of Customs,
Auckland, January 1st, 1864.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

HENRY SCOTT MCKELLAR, ESQUIRE,
to be Sub-Collector of Customs, at Christ-
church, in the Province of Canterbury.

READER WOOD.