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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

NOTICES TO MARINERS.

No. 19 of 1870.
Customs Department,
(Marine Branch,)
Wellington, 8th November, 1870.

THE following information on the navigation of
the approaches to the Swan River, Western
Australia, received from the Hydrographical De-
partment of the Admiralty; and Notice to Mariners
received from the Government of Ceylon, are pub-
lished for general information.

HENRY SEWELL
(in the absence of the Commissioner).

AUSTRALIA DIRECTORY, VOL. III.
Notice No. 3.
ROTTNEST ISLAND.

THE following information on the navigation of the
approaches to the Swan River, Western Australia, is
from the Remark Book of Staff Commander William
H. Bradley, of H.M.S. "Galatea," 1869.
[All Bearings are Magnetic. Variation 5° 30'
Westerly in 1870.]

The Pilots report Roe Reef, with a depth of 24
feet, to extend farther to the westward than shown
on the charts.*

A 15-feet patch is also reported to exist on the
northern extreme of the bank outside the Transit
Rocks; Bare hill well open northward of Ropeyarn
Rock (the rock westward of Duck Rock), W. by S.
S., is the mark given to clear it.

A 19-feet rock is said to have been found on the
tail of the bank that extends E.S.E. from Phillip
Point. A vessel coming in from the southward may
pass between it and the Pilot Reef by keeping the
knob of Parker Point touching the south end of
Direction Island until the Pilot House on Bathurst
Point is open northward of Phillip Beacon, when
she may haul to the north-east until the Winding
Sheet (a bare sand-patch on the mainland) bears
E. S. and then steer in for it. These directions
lead over the bank in not less than 5 fathoms, and
clear some patches of 21 feet which lie to the east-
ward of the 19-feet rock.

Another bank, with 15 feet water extending north
and south one third of a mile long, is reported to lie
W. by N., about 1 mile distant from the Winding
Sheet sand-patch.

The Challenger Pass, between Garden and Carnac
Islands, is not recommended for any class of vessels.
The Success Beacon has been removed from the
southern edge of the Success Bank.
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London,
18th June, 1870.

BAY OF BENGAL.
Sand-banks off Mullaittivu on the North-east Coast of
Ceylon.

As there is reason to believe that the Sand-banks off
Mullaittivu, on the North-east Coast of Ceylon, have
extended further seaward than they are marked in
the Admiralty Chart of the East Coast of Ceylon.
Mariners are hereby cautioned, when in the vicinity
of that part of the Ceylon Coast, to be careful and
not come under 20 fathoms water until they are cer-
tain of having passed the danger, as the water shoals
rapidly from 20 fathoms a few miles outside of the
sand ridges to 15, 12, and 9 fathoms close on their
outer edge. On some of these ridges there are not
more than 12 feet of water.

By His Excellency's command.
HENRY T. IRVING, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Colombo, 27th September, 1870.

• The Pilots are of opinion that great changes have taken
  place in this locality, and they are suspicious of the accuracy of
  the soundings given in the charts.

TENDERS are invited for Furniture required in
the new Government House at Wellington.
General Conditions and Specifications may be seen
at the Offices of the Colonial Architect, Wellington;
the Offices of the General Government, Auckland; at
the Post Office, Christchurch; and at the Custom
House, Dunedin.
Tenders will be received by the undersigned up to
Noon on Monday, the twelfth day of December
next. The lowest or any Tender not necessarily
accepted.

16th November, 1870.
W. H. CLAYTON,
Colonial Architect.

TENDERS are invited for the erection of a Post
Office and Telegraph Station at Foxton, in the
Province of Wellington.
General Conditions, Specifications, and Drawings,
may be seen at the Office of the Colonial Architect,
Wellington, and at the Post Office, Wanganui.
Tenders will be received by the undersigned up to
Noon on Thursday, the first day of December next.
The lowest or any Tender not necessarily accepted.

W. H. CLAYTON,
Colonial Architect.

16th November, 1870.

Office of Registrar of Joint Stock Companies,
Christchurch, 14th September, 1870.

I, EDWARD DENHAM, Registrar of Joint Stock
Companies, do hereby certify that I have regis-
tered a Memorandum of Association, with Articles
of Association annexed, establishing a Company,
with limited liability of the Shareholders therein,
intituled

"The Charles Jackson Reef Gold Mining Company,
Limited."

The objects for which the said Company is estab-
lished are-"The working of Gold Mines at or near
Collingwood, in the Province of Nelson, and the
extracting the gold from the quartz, and for doing
all such things as may be necessary or expedient to
carry out the above objects."

And I hereby further certify, that, in pursuance of
"The Joint Stock Companies Act, 1860," I have
issued a Certificate of Incorporation of the said
Company, bearing date this fourteenth day of Sep-
tember, 1870.

EDWARD DENHAM,
Registrar of Joint Stock Companies.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

Superintendent's Office,
Auckland, 26th October, 1870.

THE following By-laws for Standing Orders pro-
posed by the Mining Board of the Province of
Auckland, have been assented to by me, and are
published for general information.

THOMAS B. GILLIES,
Superintendent.

BY-LAWS FOR STANDING ORDERS OF THE MINING
BOARD OF AUCKLAND, THAMES GOLD FIELDS.

1. On the assembling of the Board after every
   election, the Returning Officer's intimation, setting
   forth the names of the persons who have been elected
   as Members of the Board, shall be read.

2. The sittings of the Board shall be open to the
   public.

3. On a quorum being present, the business of the
   Board shall commence at the time fixed; but should
   there be no quorum within thirty (30) minutes after
   that time, the Board shall stand adjourned until the