THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
305

Head Office. County.
Otterburn ... Newcastle Tyne Northumber- land.
Perran-ar-worthal ... Truro ... Cornwall.
Piccadilly, R.O.. ... Manchester ... Lancaster.
Portscatho ... St. Austell ... Cornwall.
Shillington ... Hitchin ... Bedford.
Skelton ... Marske by the Sea, York.
Tettenhall ... Wolverhampton Stafford.
Walsden ... Todmorden Lancaster
2. The Money Order Office at Westcott (Dorking)
will be abolished.

SCOTLAND.
3. Money Order Offices will be opened at—
Head Office. County.
Bonnington, R.O. Edinburgh ... Edinburgh.
Castle Street, R.O.... Do. ... Do.
Cellardykes, R.O. Leven ... Fife.
Clerk Street, R.O. Edinburgh ... Edinburgh.
Duke Street, R.O. Do. ... Do.
Duke Street (Leith) Do. ... Do.
R.O.
Elm Row, R.O. Do. ... Do.
Lauriston, R.O. Do. ... Do.
Sandport Street, R.O. Do. ... Do.
Wemyss Place, R.O. Do. ... Do.

from the Portmaster of Queensland, are published for
general information.

JAMES M. BALFOUR,
Colonial Marine Engineer.

Port Office,
Brisbane, 8th April, 1869.

SAILING DIRECTIONS, ENDEAVOUR STRAITS, INVESTI-
GATOR ROADS, AND GULF OF CARPENTARIA.

THE following directions for the navigation of Endea-
vour Straits and the Gulf of Carpentaria, and for
Investigator Roads, have been supplied by Captain
Chas. Edwards, of the "Melanie," and are published
for general information.

Sailing Directions for Endeavour Straits and the
Gulf of Carpentaria.

Small vessels from the east coast of Australia,
bound down the Gulf of Carpentaria, generally go
through Endeavour Straits, and pass to the south-
ward of Woody Wallis Island into the Gulf.

Of the several passages into Endeavour Straits,
the best is that betwen Possession and Meddler
Islands, as there are no mid-channel dangers, the
islands on either side being high, and the tides,
although strong, setting straight through.

4. During the past quarter the Sub Offices at
   Dalbeattie and Kirkcudbright have been made Head
   Offices.

IRELAND.
5. A Money Order Office will be opened at—
Head Office. County.
Balla ... Ballyglass Mayo.
6. The Money Order Office at Bangor Erris
(Ballina) will be abolished.
8. The Sub Office at Killyleigh is now served from
Lisburn instead of from Downpatrick.

General Post Office,
22nd March, 1869.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 18th June, 1869.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the
General Assembly Zealand, passed in
the eighteenth year of the reign of Her Majesty
Queen Victoria, and intituled "The Marriage Act,
1854," the following name of an Officiating Minister,
within the meaning of the said Act, is published
for general information :--

Baptists.
The Reverend STEWART WILSON.

I, JOHN B. BENNETT, Registrar-General of Births,
Deaths, and Marriages in New Zealand, do hereby
certify that the foregoing NAME an OFFICIATING
MINISTER within the meaning of "The Marriage
Act, 1854," has been sent in to me, in addition to
the names in Lists published in the New Zealand
Gazette, No. 4, of the 29th of January; No. 5, of
the 8th of February; No. 15, of the 19th of March;
No. 16, of the 25th of March; No. 18, of the 1st of
April; No. 22, of the 17th of April; No. 23, of the
27th of April; No. 25, of the 13th of May; No.
31, of the 3rd of June, and No. 32 of the 11th of
June, in the present year.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this
eighteenth day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-nine.

JOHN B. BENNETT,
Registrar-General.

NOTICES TO MARINERS.

No. 15 of 1869.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 9th June, 1869.

THE following sailing directions for Endeavour
Straits and the Gulf of Carpentaria, received

A vessel in mid-channel, between Possession and
Meddler Islands, should steer S.S.W. W. three and
a half miles, when she will be about a mile to the
westward of Dayman Islands; from thence eight
miles on a S.W.S. course will take her about three
miles to the westward of Barn Island, with Red
Island open to the southward of it. Be careful to
keep to the eastward of the Heroine Rock, which
may be ensured by keeping Meddler Island open to
the eastward of Quoin Islet. When Red Island is
open to the southward of Barn Island, steer W. by
S. S. for Woody Wallis Island, about fourteen miles
distant. On nearing Woody Wallis Island steer so
as to pass about half a mile to the south-west of it—a
midway course between it and the rock wash at
on the one fathom bank, to the south-
ward of Woody Wallis Island. Then steer about
W. by S., keeping on the Woody Wallis side of the
channel for about three miles until that island bears
N.E. by E.E., and Red Wallis N.N.E.; from thence
steer S.W., crossing over sundry banks with four
fathoms on them, and eight fathoms between, with
hard sand, until the soft bottom of the Gulf is reached;
but until then keep a good look-out for shoal water,
and heave the lead constantly, as unknown knolls of
sand may exist, the ground on the west side of Inskip
Banks not having been surveyed.

Large ships should take the Prince of Wales
Channel, and round Booby Island.

In sailing down the Gulf, the east coast should be
kept on board at all times of the year, except when
the north-west monsoon is blowing strongly. In the
early part of the year, from March until the middle of
September, the trade-wind on the east side veers and
hauls into land and sea breezes, whilst in the middle
of the Gulf trades blow constantly, and with a con-
siderable set to the north-west.

At this time of the year it is advisable to follow
the coast round, until well to the windward of Sweer's
Island (the port of entry of the Gulf), as just before
the full and change of the moon strong gales from
the south-east blow, with a heavy chopping sea, and
a vessel would be driven to leeward, unless under the
shelter of the land.

After the middle of September, vessels bound down
the Gulf to Caernarvon, Sweer's Island, or back to
the east coast via Torres Straits, should still keep
near the east coast of the Gulf, say from twenty to
forty miles, as they will find there a moderate or