THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Works are clearly defined bearing E. by N., when
that course may be shaped for the anchorage; taking
care not to come under six (6) fathoms, unless the
commander is sufficiently well acquainted with the
Bay to take the ship in, or the pilot has taken charge.
The tides in the vicinity of the reef and Long and
Elizabeth Points, are irregular and rapid; care must
therefore be exercised to guard against the influence
of the tides when in the stream of the reef, or near
the points referred to.
It is high water at Port Wallaroo at 5h. 45m. F. &
C.; rise and fall four (4) feet eight (8) inches at
ordinary springs.
To pass inside Tipara Reef give Elizabeth Point a
berth of a mile and a half (1½), to avoid the shoal
rocky patch which extends nearly a mile from the
Point in a north-westerly direction.
With the Point bearing S.E., distant a mile and a
half (1½), steer due N., which course will lead through
the inner passage in not less than four (4) fathoms.
In beating through, keep the lead going, and do
not, in a vessel drawing more than seventeen (17)
feet, when standing in shore, bring Long Point Buoy
to bear to the westward of W.N.W.
In standing off, when to the southward of the north
end of the reef, do not bring the Long Point Buoy
to bear to the eastward of N.N.E., by which the
eastern part of the reef will be avoided.
Small vessels may pass inside the Long Point Buoy,
taking care not to bring Elizabeth Point to bear
to the westward of S. by W., so as to avoid the
Walrus Rock. With the above bearing a vessel will
be in two (2) fathoms at low water, spring tides, with
the Walrus Rock distant about half a mile.
The Walrus Rock lies nearly a mile off Long Point,
when bearing S.E. by S., and is nearly dry at low
water.
N.E. a mile and a half (1½) from the Walrus Rock
lies the Bird Reef, which is awash at low water.
Coasters should give this danger a wide berth, not
bringing the Long Point Buoy to bear to the west-
ward of S.W. With this bearing a vessel will be in
two (2) fathoms at low water.
In the bay there is excellent anchorage in four (4)
fathoms, with the jetty end bearing E.S.E., distance
about two (2) cables' lengths.
Small vessels can anchor in three (3) fathoms, with
the end of the jetty bearing S.S.E. to S.
Alongside the jetty will be found good berths, from
eight (8) to fourteen (14) feet, shoaling towards the
shore.

B. DOUGLAS,
President of the Marine Board
of South Australia.

Marine Board Office,
Port Adelaide, Feb. 23rd, 1865.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th April, 1865.
ENQUIRIES having been made respecting a person
named
JAMES O'NEIL,
formerly of Helston, County of Cornwall, England,
who is now supposed to be in New Zealand, it is
requested that any one who may have any knowledge
of the person in question will communicate with this
office.

W. GISBORNE,
Under Secretary.

Tender accepted.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th April, 1865.
NOTICE is hereby given that the following Tender
has been accepted by the General Government :--

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ARCHIBALD SCOTT, for the Excavation of a piece of
Earthwork at the rear of the Government Build-
ings, according to the original specification, for
the sum of fifty-nine pounds five shillings
(£59 5s.), and for any extra excavation, for the
sum of one shilling and twopence (1s. 2d.) per
yard.

W. GISBORNE,
Under Secretary.

Tender accepted.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1865.
NOTICE is hereby given that the following Tender
has been accepted by the General Government:—
JAMES LOCKIE, for the erection of a Gardener's
Lodge, for the sum of four hundred and forty
pounds sterling (£440).

W. GISBORNE,
Under Secretary.

J. E. Smith, Esq., appointed to be District Registrar
of Land at Wellington.

Attorney General's Office,
Wellington, 18th February, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN ELISHA SMITH, Esq.,
of Wellington, in the Province of Wellington, to be
District Registrar of Land of the District of Wel-
lington.

HENRY SEWELL.

Justice of the Peace appointed.
Attorney General's Office,
Wellington, 14th March, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
MAILLARD NOAKE, Esq.,
of Wanganui, in the Province of Wellington, to be a
Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

HENRY SEWELL.

M. Noake, Esq., J.P., appointed to be a Resident
Magistrate.

Attorney General's Office,
Wellington, 14th March, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
MAILLARD NOAKE, Esq., J.P.,
of Wanganui, in the Province of Wellington, to be a
Resident Magistrate.

HENRY SEWELL.

Justices of the Peace appointed.
Attorney General's Office,
Wellington, 3rd April, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM HUNTER, Esq.,
of Parangahau, in the Province of Hawke's Bay,
PAUL FREDERICK DE QUINCEY, Esq.,
of Auckland, in the Province of Auckland, and
JAMES BOOTH, Esq.,
of Wanganui, in the Province of Wellington, to be
Justices of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

HENRY SEWELL.

James Booth, Esq., J.P., appointed to be a Resident
Magistrate.

Attorney General's Office,
Wellington, 3rd April, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint