THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 469

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd August, 1871.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
direct that the commission of
Inspector WILLIAM CHARLES LYON,
of the New Zealand Armed Constabulary, be dated
from 27th October, 1867.

DONALD MCLEAN.

goods under bond: Now, in exercise of the authority
in me for this purpose vested, I, the Commissioner of
Customs, do by this order under my hand, revoke and
annul the order aforesaid, and do now hereby approve
and appoint the said building according to the under-
mentioned description thereof, namely:-

Port of Dunedin.

A stone building with slate roof, situate in Rattray
Street, Sections 48 and 55 of Block IX., and known as

BAXTER'S BOND,

to be a warehouse for the reception of goods under
bond.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this
nineteenth day of August, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-one.

HENRY SEWELL,
Commissioner.

Government Annuities Office,
Wellington, 14th August, 1871.

N OTICE is hereby given, that the following Offices
have been opened as Government Life Insur-
ance and Annuity Offices:---
Post Office, TEMUKA.
Post Office, WAIMATE.
Post Office, NASEBY (Mount Ida).

W. GISBORNE,
Commissioner.

Commissioner's Order, No. 50.]

Office of Registrar of Joint Stock Companies,
Auckland, 28th July, 1871.

I, JOHN MUIR WAYLAND, Registrar of Joint
Stock Companies for the Provinces of Auckland
and Hawke's Bay, in the Colony of New Zealand, do
hereby notify that I have registered a Memorandum
of Association, with Articles of Association, establish-
ing a Company with limited liability of the shareholders
therein, entitled

"The Thames Steam Navigation Company, Limited."

The objects for which the Company is established
are-"The conveyance of passengers and goods in
ships or boats between such places as the Company
may from time to time determine, and the doing all
such other things as are incidental or conducive to
the attainment of the above objects."

And that, in pursuance of the provisions of "The
Joint Stock Companies Act, 1860," I have issued a
Certificate of Incorporation of the said Company,
bearing date this twenty-eighth day of July, 1871.

JOHN M. WAYLAND,
Registrar of Joint Stock Companies.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 13 of 1871.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 18th August, 1871.

T HE following Notice to Mariners, received from
the Department of Ports and Harbours, Queens-
land, is published for general information.

HENRY SEWELL.

ANCHORAGE OFF PIONEER RIVER.

DURING steady south-easterly or southerly weather,
vessels from the southward intending to enter the
Pioneer River, and having to wait for tide, will, if
not drawing more than eight or nine feet, find better
shelter under Hay's Point, which lies eighteen and
a half miles to the north-westward of Cape Palmerston,
and seven miles south-south-east from Round Top
Island, than at the anchorage now in use between
Round and Flat Topped Islands; vessels under Hay's
Point lying in smooth water, and out of the tide way.

Off Hay's Point, a detached reef, which dries at
half tide, and extends to a distance of about three-
quarters of a mile to the northward, affords shelter
to the anchorage. On the west side of the bay is a
round hill, about 100 feet high, having a bluff face to
seaward, faced with patches of sandstone, which show
white to the eastward, but have a reddish colour when
seen from the northward.

To round the point, and the outlying detached
reef, bring the bluff on the western side of the bay
to bear south-west by west before hauling up for
the anchorage. The water shoals from three to two
fathoms, muddy bottom, at a distance of about
three-quarters of a mile from the shore.

The best anchorage for small craft is with Hay's
Point bearing south-east, and the bluff west-south-
west.

When standing from this anchorage towards the
entrance to the Pioneer River, a vessel will be clear
of the shoal extending off Sandy Creek and the
mainland, while Slade Islet is open to the eastward
of Flat Topped Island.

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

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 12th July, 1871.

C USTOMS.-Whereas a portion of a stone building,
situate in Rattray Street, at the Port of Dunedin,
and heretofore known as

YOUNG AND ROBERTSON'S BOND,

was by an order dated on the 4th day of March, 1869,
appointed to be a warehouse for the reception of

Office of Registrar of Joint Stock Companies,
Auckland, 28th July, 1871.

I, JOHN MUIR WAYLAND, Registrar of Joint
Stock Companies for the Provinces of Auckland
and Hawke's Bay, in the Colony of New Zealand, do
hereby notify that I have registered a Memorandum
of Association establishing a Company, with limited
liability of the shareholders therein, entitled

"The North Pacific Gold Mining Company,
Limited.'

The object for which the Company is established
is-"For the purpose of mining for gold on the
Thames Gold Field, in the Province of Auckland, in
the Colony of New Zealand, and on such portion or
portions thereof as the Company may from time to
time determine, and doing all such things as are
incidental or conducive to the attainment of the
above object."

And that, in pursuance of the provisions of "The
Joint Stock Companies Act, 1860," I have issued a
Certificate of Incorporation of the said Companay,
bearing date this twenty-eighth day of July, 1871.

JOHN M. WAYLAND,
Registrar of Joint Stock Companies.

Office of Registrar of Joint Stock Companies,
Auckland, 1st August, 1871.

I, JOHN MUIR WAYLAND, Registrar of Joint
Stock Companies for the Provinces of Auckland
and Hawke's Bay, in the Colony of New Zealand, do
hereby notify that I have registered a Memorandum
of Association, with Articles of Association, establish-