THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 123

Office of the Commissioner of Customs,
Wellington, 5th March, 1870.

THE following Proclamation from the Victorian
Government Gazette of 4th February, 1870,
respecting Colonial Flags of Victoria, is published
for general information.

W. GISBORNE
(in the absence of the Commissioner
of Customs).

PROCLAMATION

By His Excellency the Right Honorable John
Henry Thomas Viscount Canterbury, of the
City of Canterbury in the County of Kent,
and Baron Bottesford, of Bottesford in the
County of Leicester, in the Peerage of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Knight Commander of the Most Honorable
Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over the Colony of Victoria,
&c., &c., &c.

In accordance with the provisions of a Despatch
received from Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of
State for the Colonies, I, the Governor of Victoria,
do hereby direct that all vessels belonging to or
permanently in the service of the Government of
Victoria shall wear the Blue Ensign, having in the
fly thereof the distinctive badge of the Colony, viz.,
Five white stars, representing the constellation of the
Southern Cross. I also direct that, subject to the
approval of Her Majesty the Queen, the Red Ensign
having the badge of the Colony similarly emblazoned
in the fly, may be worn by merchant vessels registered
in Victoria.

Given under my hand and the Seal of the
Colony, at Melbourne, this third day of
February, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy, and
in the thirty-third year of Her Majesty's
reign.

(L.S.) CANTERBURY.

By His Excellency's command.
EDWARD COHEN,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 3 of 1870.

Office of the Commissioner of Customs,
Wellington, 5th March, 1870.

THE following Notice from the Victorian Govern-
ment Gazette, of 11th February, 1870, is published
for general information.

W. GISBORNE
(in the absence of the Commissioner
of Customs).

GASPAR STRAIT.

THE following particulars of a rock in Gaspar Strait,
furnished by Captain Quayle, master of the "Francis
Henty," are published for general information.

EDWARD COHEN,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Department of Trade and Customs,
Melbourne, 7th February, 1870.

In the middle of last October, at 2 a.m., the ship
"Pare Joie," from Hong Kong to Buenos Ayres,
whilst standing to the eastward on the starboard tack,
with the wind from the southward, struck on a rock
at the entrance of Gaspar Strait, and remained there
for twenty-four hours. The Peak of Gaspar Island
bore South half East, distant five (5) miles. This
rock is marked " doubtful" on the Admiralty Charts,
and in a position four and a half (4½) miles to the
westward of where the "Pare Joie" struck.

The Admiralty Sailing Directions for the China
Seas mention that it is doubtful whether such a rock
exists.

(Signed) W. T. QUAYLE,
Master, barque "Francis Henty."

General Post Office,
Wellington, 1st March, 1870.

NOTICE is hereby given, that His Excellency the
Governor has been pleased to appoint the
under-mentioned Post Office to be a Money Order
and Savings Bank Office for the transaction of
Money Order and Savings Bank business, viz. :-

Palmerston, Province of Otago.

By order.
G. ELIOTT ELIOTT,
Secretary.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 9th March, 1870.

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
Thos. N. Baird ... Aratapu ... 1 Sep., 1869
John Hogan ... Panmure ... 1 Oct., 1869
R. O. Stewart ... Churchill ... 20 Nov., 1869
William Clark ... Whakahara ... 1 Feb., 1870
J. H. Graham ... Tairua ...
James McFarlane ... Henderson's
Mill
Wm. Sharp ... Pakekohe East 1 Jan., 1870
Wm. Murray ... Tuakau ... 1 Jan., 1870
Thos. Moore ... Pakekohe West 2 Feb., 1870
James Davies ... Waimate ... 1 April, 1870
G. A. Linstrom ... Alexandra ... 1 Feb., 1870
J. Taylor ... Onehunga ... 1 Feb., 1870
J. F. McKinlay ... Waipu ... 1 Feb., 1870

HAWKE'S BAY.
W. F. Hargreaves ... Woodthorp ... 18 Aug., 1869

NELSON.
Thos. Oxley ... Hope ... 24 Aug., 1869
Jas. McLaughlin ... Napoleon Hill 1 Jan., 1870
Henry Young ... Nga Timoti ... 1 Feb., 1870
E. de Saunais ... Appleby ...
Henry Day ... Brighton ... 1 Feb., 1870

MARLBOROUGH.
John Mills ... Homewood ... 1 Sep., 1869
John Allan ... Picton ... 1 Oct., 1869

WELLINGTON.
John Woolston ... Paikakariki ... 1 Oct., 1869
Arthur Nichols ... Te Nui ... 16 Nov., 1869
John McIlvride ... Wai-nui-o-mata 1 Jan., 1870