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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Authorized Interpreter.

Native Office,
Wellington, 14th May, 1873.
HIS Excellency the Officer Administering the
Government has been pleased to authorize
L. M. GRACE, Esq.,
of Auckland, to act as an Interpreter under "The
Native Lands Act, 1865," and "The Native Lands
Act, 1867."

DONALD MCLEAN.

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th May, 1873.
HIS Excellency the Officer Administering the
Government has been pleased to make the
under-mentioned appointments, viz.: -

In the Canterbury Volunteers.
Captain Alexander Lean to be Major. Date of com-
mission, 16th May, 1873.

In the Taranaki Cavalry Volunteers.
Captain Francis Joseph Mace (New Zealand Militia)
to be Captain. Date of commission, 10th May,
1873.

In the No. 1 Company, Auckland Rifle Volunteer
Brigade.
Captain William Robert Robinson (New Zealand
Militia) to be Lieutenant. Date of Commission,
8th May, 1873.

In the Wellington Rifle Volunteer Cadets.
Honorary Sub-Lieutenant George Godber to be
Honorary Lieutenant. Date of Commission, 14th
May, 1873.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th May, 1873.
HIS Excellency the Officer Administering the
Government has been pleased to accept the
services of the
Hawera Light Horse Volunteers.
Date of acceptance, 13th May, 1873.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th May, 1873.
HIS Excellency the Officer Administering the
Government has been pleased to discontinue
the services of the
No. 1. Company Wellington Rifle Volunteers;
and to disband the
Fern Ground Rifle Volunteers
at their own request.

The under-mentioned gentlemen have therefore
ceased to hold the rank of officers, their commissions
having, under the provisions of "The Volunteer Act,
1865," lapsed: -

Nathaniel William Werry, Esq., late Lieutenant,
No. 1 Company, Wellington Rifle Volunteers.
George Michell Nation, Esq., late Ensign, No. 1
Company, Wellington Rifle Volunteers.
James Cruickshank, Esq., late Captain, Fern
Ground Rifle Volunteers.
Henry Burt, Esq., late Lieutenant, Fern Ground
Rifle Volunteers.
Frank Charsley Lindley Searancke, Esq., late
Ensign, Fern Ground Rifle Volunteers.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Authority to Frank Letters.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 27th May, 1873.
HIS Excellency the Officer Administering the
Government has been pleased to authorize
The CHIEF CLERK of the Geological Department
to frank, free from prepayment of postage, Letters
and Packets posted on the Public Service.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Postmaster-General.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 10 of 1873.
Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 22nd May, 1873.
THE following Notice to Mariners, received from
the Chief Harbour Master, Auckland, is pub-
lished for general information.

JULIUS VOGEL,
(in the absence of the Commissioner).

BEACONS AND BUOY, AUCKLAND HARBOUR.
NOTICE is hereby given that two Iron Perch Beacons
(painted Black) have been erected on the south side
of the Waitemata Channel, near Kauri Point.

The Upper Beacon is erected on the northern
extreme of the Boat Rock Reef, and is surmounted
by a Diamond-shaped Cage twenty-two feet above
the surface of the reef, and thirteen feet above high
water spring tides.

The Lower Beacon is erected on the outer end of
the reef, immediately opposite Kauri Point, and is
surmounted by a Circular-shaped Cage twenty-four
feet above the surface of the reef, and fifteen feet
above high water spring tide.

Also, that a Cask Buoy (painted Black) has been
placed on the south-western edge of the Sunken
Rock off the North of Hillyard's Creek, and lies in
two and a half fathoms at low water.

Masters of Vessels are cautioned not to pass to
the southward of the line of beacons, or within a
cable's length northward of them, as rocky patches
and uneven ground extend some distance out from
the Beacons.

I. J. BURGESS,
Chief Harbour Master.
Chief Harbour Master's Office,
Auckland, May 6, 1873.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 27th May, 1873.
THE following list of successful and unsuccessful
Tenderers is published for general information.

EDWARD RICHARDSON.

ROLLING STOCK (AUCKLAND).
Accepted:
A. and G. Price, Auckland-3 first class carriages,
7 second class carriages, 12 waggons (to be
completed within five months) ... 2,917 0 0

Declined:
Railey and Bell, Auckland-4 first class carriages,
6 second class carriages, 12 waggons (to be
completed within five months) ... 3,960 18 0
Cousins and Atkins, Auckland-4 first class car-
riages, 6 second class carriages, 12 waggons
(to be completed within six months) ... 4,962 0 0