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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
ance of a small grant in certain cases to an aged
servant or dependant, or to persons who may give
information about the deceased's effects.
Transmit copy of this Minute to the Queen's
Proctor for his information and guidance.
Transmit copy of this Minute to the Solicitor for
his information and guidance, and also to the Queen's
and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer, N.B., and to
the Crown Solicitor, Dublin, for their information
and guidance.
Transmit copy to Mr. Herbert for the information
of the Earl of Kimberley, and to the Controller-
General of the National Debt Office, the Board of
Trade, and the Admiralty and War Office for their
information.
Transmit also copy to the India Office for the
information of the Duke of Argyll.
Transmit a copy also to the Secretary to the
Duchy of Lancaster for the information of the
Chancellor and Council.

Appointment of Coroner cancelled.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th December, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
cancel the appointment of
FRANCIS GOLD, Esq.,
as a Coroner within the Colony.
JOHN BATHGATE.

Clerk appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 5th December, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
FREDRIC SAMUEL, Esq.,
to be a Clerk in the Secretary for Crown Lands
Department.
JOHN BATHGATE,
Acting Secretary for Crown Lands.

Master's Certificate suspended.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 5th December, 1873.

IT is hereby notified, that His Excellency the
Governor having confirmed the sentence of the
Court in the case of
ROBERT DANIEL,
who was convicted of a breach of Section 241 of
"The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," his Certificate
of Competency as Master, No. 26770, issued by
the Board of Trade, is therefore suspended for twelve
months from the 10th September last.
JOHN BATHGATE,
(in the absence of Mr. Reynolds).

Master's Certificate cancelled.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 5th December, 1873.

IT is hereby notified, that
NIEL BEATON
having been convicted of larceny as a bailee, His
Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of the
provisions contained in Section 242 of "The Mer-
chant Shipping Act, 1854," cancelled the New
Zealand Certificate of Service, No. 2045, held by the
said Niel Beaton.
JOHN BATHGATE,
(in the absence of Mr. Reynolds).

Master's Certificate suspended.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 5th December, 1873.

IT is hereby notified, that His Excellency the
Governor has been pleased to confirm the
sentence of the Court of Inquiry into the wreck of
the "Rose of Eden," and that the New Zealand
Certificate of Service as Master, No. 2071,
held by
JOHN GRIEVE,
together with his certificate as Second Mate, issued
by the Board of Trade, No. 20977, are therefore sus-
pended for six months from the 13th November last.
JOHN BATHGATE,
(in the absence of Mr. Reynolds).

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 21 of 1873.
Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 3rd December, 1873.

THE following additional Local Signals authorized
to be used at the Port of Wanganui are pub-
lished for general information.
JOHN BATHGATE,
(in the absence of Mr. Reynolds).

ADDITIONAL LOCAL SIGNALS FOR THE PORT OF
WANGANUI.

A SHIFTING Beacon has been erected on the North
Head, seaward of signal mast; this Beacon bears a
Red Flag by day, and a Red Light at night, when the
tide serves and the Bar is safe.

Masters of vessels crossing the Bar by day should
keep the Beacon and signal mast in one, and also
pay particular attention to the semaphore arm, on
account of the curves taken by the channel inside the
Bar.

Masters of vessels crossing the Bar at night should
keep the Red Light on the Beacon in one with the
Bright Light on the signal mast, and pay particular
attention to the Green Light, which will be used like
the Semaphore Arm for guiding vessels through the
channel inside the Bar. This Green Light travels on
a yard under the Red Light, and vessels must be
steered in the direction in which the Green Light is
moved.

Masters of vessels should, on arriving off the Bar
at night, burn flash or blue Lights, to make their
positions known to the look-out at the Pilot Station,
who will answer this Signal with a torch or flare-up
Light.

Sailing vessels should not attempt to cross the Bar
at night, as the wind generally dies away or draws off
the land.

These signals will be used on and after the 1st
January, 1874.
JOHN HOLLIDAY,
Chief Harbour Master, Wellington.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 22 of 1873.
Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 9th December, 1873.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from
the Portmaster, Brisbane, is published for
general information.
JOHN BATHGATE,
(in the absence of Mr. Reynolds).

MIDDLE CHANNEL, MORETON BAY.

THE Venus Bank having extended still further north-
ward, masters of vessels are cautioned that, with the
Lighthouse at the Cape open to the northward of the
Yellow Patch Light, a distance equal to the difference