THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 171

Australia that a Money Order Office has been
opened at
PORT DARWIN,
in the Northern Territory.
By order.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Where Forms of Application for Civil Service
Examinations can be obtained.

Office of the Civil Service Examination Board,
Wellington, 7th March, 1873.

COPIES of the "Regulations for Examination of
Candidates for the Civil Service," and "Forms
of Application to be Examined," can be obtained
from the following officers :--
Auckland-Clerk of the Bench.
New Plymouth-Clerk of the Bench.
Napier-Clerk of the Bench.
Wellington-Secretary to the Board of Examiners.
Nelson-Clerk of the Bench.
Blenheim-Clerk of the Bench.
Christchurch-Clerk of the Bench.
Dunedin-Clerk of the Bench.
Invercargill-Clerk of the Bench.
Hokitika-Clerk of the Bench.
Greymouth-Clerk of the Bench.
Westport-Clerk of the Bench.

W. GISBORNE,
Chairman.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 5 of 1873.
Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 8th March, 1873.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from
the Government of the Cape of Good Hope,
and from the Postmaster, Brisbane, are published for
general information.

JOHN BATHGATE,
(in absence of Commissioner of Customs).

TORRES STRAITS.
Mr. JARDINE, the Harbour Master at Somerset,
reports the existence of the following dangers in
Torres Straits, viz.:--

A reef about 150 or 200 yards in diameter, lying
in the fairway between the Brothers Hills Island and
the pearl fisheries at Banks and Mulgrave Islands.
This reef dries at low water springs, and from it--
Cap Island (highest point) bears ... E. $\frac{1}{2}$ N.
Brothers Hills Island (west point) ... N.E. $\frac{1}{2}$ N.

A sand-bank lying a short half-mile N.N.W. from
Albany Rock, near the position of the 5-fathom
sounding marked on the plan of Port Albany. The
bank is about 200 yards long east and west, very
narrow, steep to, and nearly awash at low water
springs.

Also, that the shoal ground marked on the Ad-
miralty Charts as lying about one mile to the west-
ward of the Northern Mount Adolphus Island,-but
with no sounding less than 4 fathoms,-has very
little water on it at low water springs, the "ripples"
being caused by rocky and foul ground. A deep
channel, however, exists between this danger and the
West point of the Island.

G. P. HEATH, Commander, R.N.,
Portmaster.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 28th January, 1873.

CHANGE IN LIGHT AT THE BIRD ISLANDS, CAPE
OF GOOD HOPE.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a fixed White Light of
the Third Class, Dioptric, will be substituted for the
present Double Lights at the Bird Islands early in
the year 1873, of which further notice, with Sailing
Directions prepared by Mr. Skead, the Harbour
Master at Port Elizabeth, will be published, when
the precise date of change is known.

M. R. ROBINSON,
Chief Inspector of Public Works.
Public Works Department, Cape of Good Hope,
1st November, 1872.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND.

DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES JURISDICTION.

NOTICE is hereby given, that three or more of the
Judges of the Supreme Court of New Zealand
will sit at the Supreme Court House, Wellington, on
Monday, the 19th day of May next, to hear and
determine Petitions for the Dissolution or for a
Sentence of Nullity of Marriage, under section 60 of
"The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1867;"
and also for the despatch of all other business accru-
ing under the said Act.

Dated at Auckland, this 3rd day of March, 1873.
GEORGE ALFRED ARNEY,
Chief Justice.

Sale of Confiscated Lands.
Confiscated Lands Office,
Patea, 8th February, 1873.

NOTICE. It is hereby notified for public infor-
mation, that the under-mentioned rural sections
in the Whenuakura Block, which includes part of the
Provinces of Wellington and Taranaki, will be offered
for sale by auction on Thursday, the tenth day of
April next, at the upset prices named in the Schedule
hereunto attached.

The Sale will be held at the Court House, Carlyle,
and will commence at 11 o'clock a.m.

C. A. WRAY,
In charge of Confiscated Lands, West Coast.

SCHEDULE.
RURAL SECTIONS-WHENUAKURA BLOCK.

*Part only.

Terms of Payment.
One-fourth of the purchase money in cash on the
fall of the hammer; the remainder at or before the
expiration of three calendar months from the day of
sale, to be paid at the office of the Officer in Charge
of Confiscated Lands, Patea.
By clause 18 of the Confiscated Land Regulations,
under which the sale is to take place, "in the event