THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 53

CERTIFICATE.

I, THOMAS HITCHINGS, the Medical Officer in at-
tendance at the Execution of Kereopa at the Gaol
of Napier, do hereby certify and declare that I have
this day witnessed the Execution of the said Kereopa
at the said Gaol; and I do further certify and declare
that the said Kereopa was, in pursuance of the
sentence of the Supreme Court, hanged by the neck
until his body was dead.

Given under my hand, this fifth day of January,
in the year 1872, at the Gaol of Napier.
THOMAS HITCHINGS,
Provincial Surgeon.

DECLARATION.

WE do hereby testify and declare that we have this
day been present when the extreme penalty of the
law was carried into execution on the body of
Kereopa, convicted at the Criminal Session of the
Supreme Court held at Napier on the twenty-first
day of December last, and sentenced to death; and
that the said Kereopa was, in pursuance of the said
sentence, hanged by the neck until his body was
dead.

Dated this fifth day of January, in the year 1872,
at the Gaol of Napier.
J. T. Tylee, Deputy Sheriff.
W. Miller, Gaoler.
C. Moloney, Turnkey.
J. D. Canning, J.P.
Edwin Rich, J.P.
E. Withers, Major, Commanding Militia
District.
H. M. Hamlin, Government Interpreter.
Thomas Scully, Inspector of Police.
J. M. Wood, Clerk.
M. E. Hayes, Reporter.
H. Holloway, Journalist.
Wm. Baker, S.-Major, A.C.F.
George Worgan.
William W. Carlile, Reporter.
G. E. G. Richardson.

I hereby certify that the above are true copies of
the original Certificate and Declaration filed in my
office in pursuance of "The Execution of Criminals
Act, 1858."

Dated this fifth day of January, 1872.
JOHN HARE,
Registrar, Supreme Court, Napier.

Native Office,
Wellington, 26th January, 1872.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
Major CHARLES HEAPHY, V.C.,
of Wellington, to be a Trust Commissioner under
"The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act, 1870,"
for the Wellington District, as proclaimed in the
New Zealand Gazette, No. 1, of the 5th January,
1872.

W. GISBORNE
(in the absence of the Native Minister).

General Post Office,
Wellington, 18th January, 1872.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize
IMMIGRATION OFFICERS,
appointed under the Immigration and Public Works
Act, to frank and receive free from prepayment of
postage, Letters or Packets on the Public Service.
W. GISBORNE
(for the Postmaster-General).

General Post Office,
Wellington, 24th January, 1872.
IT is hereby notified for general information, that
the name of the Post Office in the Province of
Wellington lately called "Rangitikei" has been
changed to
"BULL'S."
By order.
G. ELIOTT ELIOTT,
Secretary.

New Zealand Telegraph, Head Office,
Wellington, 24th January, 1872.
IT is hereby notified for general information, that
the name of the Telegraph Station in the Pro-
vince of Wellington lately called "Rangitikei" has
been changed to
"BULL'S."
By order of Telegraph Commissioner.
C. LEMON,
General Manager.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 3 of 1872.
Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 17th January, 1872.
THE following Notice to Mariners, relative to the
Bean Rocks Light, Auckland Harbour, is pub-
lished for general information.
W. GISBORNE
(in the absence of the Commissioner).

AUCKLAND HARBOUR.
Light on Bean Rocks, and Beacon on Bastion Reefs.
NOTICE is hereby given, that since the 1st December
last, a fixed Red, White, and Green Light, of the 5th
Order Dioptric, has been exhibited between sunset
and sunrise from a Lighthouse erected on the Bean
Rocks.

The Lighthouse is an open-framed structure, sur-
mounted by keeper's dwelling and lantern, painted
White, and elevated 50 feet above high water level.
The Light will be seen in clear weather a distance
of ten nautical miles, allowing ten feet for the height
of the observer's eye, and will show Red, White, and
Green, respectively, between the following bearings,
all of which are given towards the light, viz. :-

Red—Between the bearings of W.S., and
S.W. by W.W.; that is, red in the Tehmaki
Strait, and on the south side of Koreho
Channel, covering the reef north of Koreho
Island.

White.—Between the bearings of S.W. by
W.W., and S.W. W.; i.e., white in the
fairway of Koreho Channel and the south-
eastern side of the Hich Channel.

Green—Between the bearings of S.W. W., and
S.S.E. E.; i.e., green on the north-western
side of the Koreho and Hieh Channels, and
on the eastern side of Rangitoto Channel,
covering Rangitoto Reef.

White—Between the bearings of S.S.E. E., and
S.E.S.; i.e., white in the fairway of Rangitoto
Channel.

Red—Between the bearings of S.E.S., and
E. by N. N.; i.e., red on the western shore of
Rangitoto Channel covering the Rough Rock,
and on the northern shore of the Harbour
covering the Sandspit Buoy and Depôt Point.

White—Between the bearings of E. by N.N.,
and N.E.E.; i.e., white in the fairway of the
Harbour, and over its southern shore above
Oraki or Hobson's Bay.