THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th April, 1869.
THE following Notice, issued by the Government
of Natal, is published for general information.
E. W. STAFFORD.

GOVERNMENT NOTICE, No. 23, 1869.
His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor directs it
to be notified that two vessels have arrived in the
Harbour of Port Natal from Australia, conveying a
number of passengers, who have informed certain
officers of this Government, at Durban, that they
have come to Natal under a misapprehension which
is widely spread in Australia, that what are there
termed "payable gold-fields" exist, either in Natal,
or the country of the Chief Moselikatse, at a
distance of upwards of eight hundred miles in the
interior of Africa, and beyond the territories of the
Transvaal, or South African Republic.

The Lieutenant-Governor therefore deems it
advisable to inform the public generally, both in
Natal and elsewhere, that this Government is not in
possession of evidence of the existence of gold in
remunerative quantities, either in Natal or in the
territories referred to, although auriferous spots have
been discovered in both.

The Lieutenant-Governor deems it expedient also
to caution persons at a distance against being misled
by individual impressions of imperfect information,
and against supposing that there exists at present in
Natal such a demand for labour as would supply by
its profits, to persons without capital, the means of
proceeding into the interior.

By His Excellency's command,
D. ERSKINE,
Colonial Office, Natal,
9th February, 1869.
Colonial Secretary.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1869.
IN virtue of the powers delegated to the Post-
master-General by His Excellency the Governor,
the following appointments have been made in the
Postal Service of the Colony.
By order,
G. ELIOTT ELIOTT,
Secretary.

AUCKLAND.
Name. To be Postmaster at From
William Harrison ... Mangapai ... 1 Jan., 1869.
Robert Menzies ... St. John's 14 Feb., 1869.
College

TARANAKI.
J. Stephenson Smith New Plymouth ... 8 Jan., 1869.

HAWKE'S BAY.
Abraham Skillicorn ... Marakakaho ... 1 Jan., 1869.
Stephen F. Prentice... Wairoa ... 1 Jan., 1869.
John Bray Clive ... 1 April, 1869.

CANTERBURY.
George Renner Temuka ... 1 Feb., 1869.
Wm. Adams Windwhistle ... 1 April, 1869.
House

OTAGO.
John Blair Caversham ... 1 Jan., 1869.
Edward Ings Warepa ... 12 Feb., 1869.
James Oliver Awamoko ... 1 Mar., 1869.
Andrew Southberg Skippers ... 15 Feb., 1869.
Angus McKay Wyndham ... 12 Mar., 1869.
James Eccles Waimakaka ... 12 Mar., 1869.

SOUTHLAND.
Richard Roche Riverton ... 1 April, 1869.

COUNTY OF WESTLAND.
Thos. Stevenson Greenstone ... 1 April, 1869.
Creek

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
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NEW LIGHTHOUSES IN COURSE OF ERECTION
ON THE COASTS OF NEW ZEALAND.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1869.

SEVERAL new Lighthouses being in course of erec-
tion in New Zealand, the following preliminary
description of them is published for general infor-
mation; more exact and detailed descriptions will be
published when the works are more advanced.

It is anticipated that the lights will be ready for
exhibition early in 1870.

JAMES M. BALFOUR,
Colonial Marine Engineer.

1.-Lighthouse on Farewell Spit, Cook Strait.
The lighthouse is to be erected in the immediate
vicinity of "Bush End," on Farewell Spit, at the
western entrance to Cook Strait.

The light is intended to show all round, and is to
be a revolving white light, of the second order
dioptric, attaining its greatest brilliance once a
minute.

Over the Spit end it is intended to make the light
show red instead of white as elsewhere, in order to
caution mariners of their approach to that danger.

The light will be elevated about 120 feet above the
sea level, and will be visible in clear weather about
17 nautic miles, allowing 15 feet for the height of
the observer's eye, and at lesser distances according
to the state of the atmosphere.

The tower is to be an open-framed structure of
timber, and will be 118 feet in height from the
ground to the top of the lantern.

2.-Lighthouse on Cape Campbell, Cook Strait.
The lighthouse will be erected on a knoll at the
northern extreme of the high land of Cape Campbell,
on the south side of the eastern entrance to Cook
Strait.

The light will show all round where not inter-
cepted by the land, and is to be a revolving white
light of the second order dioptric, attaining its
greatest brilliance once a minute.

The light will be elevated about 155 feet above the
sea level, and will be visible in clear weather about
19 nautic miles, allowing 15 feet for the height of
the observer's eye, and at lesser distances according
to the state of the atmosphere.

The tower is to be an open-framed structure of
timber, and will be about 73 feet in height from the
ground to the top of the lantern.

3. Lighthouse on Nugget Point, Molyneux Bay.
   The lighthouse is to be erected on a well-defined
   knoll, about 240 feet high, at the outer extremity of
   Nugget Point, the southern limit of Molyneux Bay
   (in 46° 27' South latitude, and 169° 51' East longitude,
   as measured on the Admiralty chart).

The light will show to seaward over an arc of
about 225°, and will be a fixed white light of the
first order dioptric.

The light will be elevated about 252 feet above the
sea level, and will be visible in clear weather about
23 nautic miles, allowing 15 feet for the height of
the observer's eye, and at lesser distances according
to the state of the atmosphere.

The tower will be of stone, and painted to suit the
background. It will be 31 feet in height from
the ground to the top of the lantern.

4. Temporary Light at Manukau Heads.
   A small fifth order apparatus has been ordered
   from England, and will be erected on one of the
   beacons on the South Head of Manukau Harbour, on
   its arrival.

The light will be a fixed white light of moderate
power, though from the great elevation of the land