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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

of Tokomairiro, Otago, to be a Coroner for the
Colony.
W. GISBORNE.

Native Office,
Wellington, 24th November, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

CHARLES HEAPHY, Esq., V.C.,
to be a person to ascertain the assent of the Natives
to their Reserves being brought under the operation
of "The Native Reserves Act, 1856."
DONALD MCLEAN.

INCORPORATED AND JOINT STOCK COMPANIES.

Office of the Commissioner of Stamp Duties,
Wellington, 21st November, 1871.
NOTICE. - The attention of Managers of In-
corporated Companies, and of Joint Stock
Companies (exclusive of Mining and Flax Com-
panies), carrying on business in New Zealand, is
called to the provisions of "The Stamp Duties Act
Amendment Act, 1871," which requires that all such
Companies, whether incorporated in this Colony or
elsewhere, shall take out annually a license in the
form prescribed by the Act, and imposes penalties
for non-compliance.
By command.
C. T. BATKIN,
Secretary for Stamps.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd November, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to make the under-mentioned appointments,
viz.:-

In the New Zealand Militia.
Petruccio Grieve Wilson to be Captain. Date of
commission, 26th October, 1871.
Lieutenant Stephen Smith to be Captain. Date of
commission, 4th November, 1871.
Thomas McGuiness to be Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 26th October, 1871.
Frank Stephenson Smith to be Ensign. Date of
commission, 26th October, 1871.

In the Forest Rifle Volunteers.
Heywood Crispe to be Ensign. Date of commission,
6th January, 1871.

In the Pokeno Rangers Rifle Volunteers.
Antonio Diviani to be Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 25th March, 1871.

In the Manukau Rifle Volunteers.
William Douglas to be Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 14th November, 1870.

In the Carlyle Light Horse Volunteers.
George Beamish to be Lieutenant. Date of commis-
sion, 8th April, 1871.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd November, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers, viz. :-

Captain G. S. Cooper (unattached), New Zealand
Militia.
Honorary Lieutenant J. Fleming, Canterbury Yeo-
manry Cavalry Cadet Volunteers.
Honorary Assistant-Surgeon M. Morris, No. 3
Company, Canterbury Rifle Volunteers.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd November, 1871.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
divide
The No. 1 Company, Pukekohe Rifle Volunteers
into two Companies, to be called "The No. 1
and No. 3 Companies, Pukekoke Rifle Volun-
teers," respectively.
And to disband
The Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry Cadet Volunteers.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1871.
THE Rules and Regulations for the Competition for
the General Government Prizes have been pub-
lished, and can be obtained from the Officers Com-
manding the several Militia Districts.
DONALD MCLEAN.

NOTICES TO MARINERS.

No. 15 of 1871.
Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 17th November, 1871.
THE following Notices to Mariners, received from
the Department of Ports and Harbours, Queens-
land, are published for general information.
JULIUS VOGEL.

BRISBANE RIVER.
Upper and Eagle Farm Flats.
THE cutting through the Upper Flats being com-
pleted to a width of one hundred feet, the shoalest
water that will now be found in the Channel below
Brisbane is on the Eagle Farm Flats, where there is
seven feet at low water.
The centre of the cutting at the Upper Flats is
marked by two triangular red beacons placed on the
shoal abreast the Quarries, and by two triangular
white beacons on the south side of the river, above
the Flats. The beacons have a black stripe painted
down the centre, and those which stand furthest
back from the Channel have the apex of the triangle
inverted.
As the cutting is narrow, vessels, while passing
through it, must be careful to keep the points of the
triangular beacons, and the black stripes, exactly in
line, and should enter and leave the upper end of the
cutting, where a line drawn from Cairncross' house
through the outer end of the jetty cuts the channel.
All vessels, and especially steamers, when crossing
the Upper Flats, are to keep the line of beacons as
nearly as possible, so as to avoid injury to the sides
of the cutting.
While the dredge is at work at the Eagle Farm
Flats, vessels are to pass on that side of her from
which a red flag is exhibited by day, and a white light
by night.
G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N.,
Portmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 12th October, 1871.
ALTERATIONS IN CHANNELS OVER WIDE BAY BAR.
In consequence of the gradual shifting northwards
of the main channel over White Bay Bar, the relative
position of the leading Beacons on Inskip and Hook
Points is now altered so as to give a line of direction
for crossing the bar on a S.W. by S. course, with a
depth of not less than three fathoms at low water
springs.
From the main channel over the Bar trending so
far northwards, the West channel has again deepened