THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 357

Offices will be established and opened at the follow-
ing Stations:-
Brighton,
Evandale,
Glenorchy,
Hamilton,
Latrobe,
Richmond.

I have, &c.,
A. C. DOUGLAS,
Secretary.

NOTICES TO MARINERS.

No. 18 of 1869.
Marine Department,
Wellington, 21st July, 1869.

THE following Notice to Mariners, with regard
to recent changes in the Channel across the Outer
Bar of Otago Harbour, which has been received from
the Harbour Master, is published for general infor-
mation.

The channel is showing a strong tendency to return
to its usual and more permanent position, but any
further changes will be duly advertised.

JAMES M. BALFOUR,
Colonial Marine Engineer.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
Otago Harbour.

OWING to the continued, and recently sudden,
changes of the channel across the outer bar, it has
been considered necessary, in the meantime, to dis-
continue the use of the leading marks for the same;
and Mariners are hereby informed that the red beacon
on the Sandspit has been taken down, and Masters
of vessels are cautioned, when crossing the bar without
having a pilot on board, to follow carefully the direc-
tions given by the semaphore at the flagstaff on
Taiaroa Head.

WM. THOMSON,
Harbour Office, Port Chalmers,
25th June, 1869.
Harbour Master.

No. 19 of 1869.
TRUE POSITIONS OF STATIONS ON THE WEST COAST,
MIDDLE ISLAND.

THE following true positions of certain Stations on
land, which have been supplied by the Colonial
Marine Surveyor and the Chief Surveyor of West-
land, are published for general information.

JAMES M. BALFOUR,
Colonial Marine Engineer.

It is hereby notified for general information, that
the geographical positions of the following Stations
have been determined geodesically from those found
by the Colonial Marine Surveyor, the data being
supplied by the Chief Surveyor of Westland:---
First Series.

G. A. WOODS,
Colonial Marine Surveyor.
MALCOLM FRASER,
Chief Surveyor of Westland.

No. 20 of 1869.
ALTERATION OF CHANNEL, SOUTH ENTRANCE,
MORETON BAY.

THE following Notices to Mariners with regard to
an important alteration in the Channel, South
Entrance, Moreton Bay, are published for general
information.

JAMES M. BALFOUR,
Colonial Marine Engineer.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
South Entrance, Moreton Bay.

In consequence of the growth, southwards, of the
North Spit, vessels, after crossing the Bar, should
open the beacons to the southward sufficiently to
clear the broken or discoloured water extending off
that Spit; and when abreast of the Break, should
haul up to get the beacons again in line, being care-
ful not to open them to the southward again until
the vessel is past the South Break.

G. P. HEATH, Lieut. R.N.,
Portmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 14th June, 1869.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
South Entrance, Moreton Bay.

In consequence of the growth, southwards, of the
North Spit, and the opening out of what is, at pre-
sent, a shoal channel through the North Bank, the
action of the tidal streams has been so far altered as
to have caused the Bar to shoal to a depth of thirteen
feet at low water.

Masters of vessels must therefore exercise in-
creased caution in taking this passage, when there is
any swell on the coast.

The directions to be followed at present are those
published on the 14th ultimo, care being taken not
to cross the Bar to the southward of the line of
beacons.

G. P. HEATH, Lieut. R.N.,
Portmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
2nd July, 1869.

I, the undersigned CHARLES FREDERIC EVANSON
KISSLING, hereby make application to register
"The Sylvia Gold Mining Company, Registered,"
under the provisions of "The Mining Com-
panies Limited Liability Act, 1865;" and I do
solemnly and sincerely declare that the following
statement is, to the best of my belief and knowledge,
true in every particular, namely:-

1. The name and style of the Company is "The
   Sylvia Gold Mining Company, Registered."
2. The place of operation is at Karaka Creek,
   Thames Gold Field, in the Province of Auckland.
3. The nominal capital of the Company is three
   thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight pounds, in
   twelve hundred and ninety-six shares of three pounds
   each.
4. The amount already paid up is one thousand
   two hundred and ninety-six pounds.
5. The name of the manager is Charles Frederic
   Evanson Kissling.
6. The office of the Company is at Shortland
   Street, Auckland.
7. The names and several residences of the share-
   holders, and the number of shares held by each at
   this date, are as follows, namely:--

No. of
Shares.
William Tully, Shortland ... ... 162
Thomas Young, Shortland ... ... 162
Thomas Milsop, Shortland ... ... 162
Alexander Milsop, Shortland ... ... 162