THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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• Rangikaheki.
• Mauparaoa, Ngatimanawa.
• Morihi, Ngatirungitiki.
• Paru Titana Taitimu.
• Huni Tonganui.
• Pehira Turei.
• Eroiti Kepa, Gascoigne's Scouts.
• Te Poari, Native Contingent.
• Utiku, Native Contingent.
• Keraiteana, Native Contingent.
• Tamehana, Native Contingent.
• Te Karena Te Rua Taniwha.
• Ruhana Ikatahi.
• Kuranama Mahiuka.
• Raihana.
• Tamati Te Hopu.
• Mihaka Te Kiangiroa, Native Contingent.

ROLL D.

NOMINAL RETURN of Officers and Men of the Colo-
nial Forces whose relatives have made application
for the New Zealand War Medal, and whose claim
has been admitted by the Commissioners.
Calvert, Silvester D., Private, Wairoa Rifle Volunteers.

Gardener to Public Domains, Wellington, appointed.

Public Works Office,
(Colonial Architect's Branch,)
Wellington, 11th December, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
Mr. GEORGE PEGDEN
to be a Gardener to the Public Domains, Wellington,
from the 18th November.

JOHN BATHGATE,
(in absence of Minister for Public Works).

Action of Iron Sand, &c., on Vessel's Compasses.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 13th December, 1873.

IT having transpired, from evidence tendered in the
course of inquiries into wrecks, that several ship-
wrecks on the coasts of this Colony have been
attributed to the action of iron sand, fog, or elec-
tricity upon vessels' compasses, the following extracts
from the "Admiralty Manual for the Deviations of
the Compass" are published for general informa-
tion:-

"It has been sometimes supposed that fogs and
peculiar states of the atmosphere affect the compass.
There appears, however, to be no ground for this
supposition. No ordinary meteorological phenome-
non appears to have any appreciable effect on the
compass; from this, of course, must be excepted the
occasional effect of lightning in reversing the poles
of the needle, or, indeed, rendering it useless."

"It is also sometimes supposed that when a ship
is near land, the nature of the land affects the direc-
tion of the compass. The effect of particular rocks
on the direction of the needle is very perceptible
when a compass is taken on shore, and is in close
proximity to volcanic and other igneous rocks; but
there seems no ground for believing that this influence
is perceptible on board ship."

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS.

Licensing Officers under "Arms Act, 1860,"
appointed.

Office of the Commissioner of Customs,
Wellington, 11th December, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint
ROBERT BULLEN, Esq., and
JOHN BELL THOMSON, Esq.,
Inspectors of Armed Constabulary in the Province
of Auckland, to be Licensing Officers under "The

Arms Act, 1860." These appointments to take effect
from the 1st January, 1874.

JOHN BATHGATE,
(in the absence of Mr. Reynolds).

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 23 of 1873.
Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 11th 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).

SUNKEN ROCK, NORTHUMBERLAND GROUP.
CAPTAIN HANNAH, of the schooner "Young Aus-
tralian," reports having passed over, and got a
sounding of 4 fathoms upon, a small patch of rock
lying in the following position, viz. :-

Western point of No. 1 Percy Island...N.W. westerly.
The north-east Islet and peak of south-west Island
of 4th Group in line.

G. P. HEATH, Commander, R.N., Portmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 13th November, 1873.

Money Order Office opened in Victoria.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 10th December, 1873.

IT is hereby notified, that information has been
received from the General Post Office, Melbourne,
that a Money Order Office has been opened at

MORANG SOUTH,
in the Colony of Victoria.

By order.
W. GRAY,
(for the Secretary).

Additional Money Order Offices.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 16th December, 1873.

IT is hereby notified, that information has been
received from the General Post Office, Sydney,
that Money Order Offices have been opened at the
following places in the Colony of New South Wales :

• Botany.
• Hoskin's Town.
• Cow Flat.
• Michelago.
• Guyong.
• Ophir.
• Vegetable Creek.

By order.
W. GRAY,
(for the Secretary).

Member of House of Representatives elected.

Clerk of the Writs' Office,
Wellington, 16th December, 1873.

THE Clerk of the Writs has received a Return to
the Writ issued by him on the 17th day of No-
vember, 1873, for the Election of a Member to serve
in the House of Representatives of New Zealand for
the Electoral District hereinafter specified; and by
the indorsement on such Writ it appears that the
under-mentioned gentleman has been duly elected
Member for such District, viz.,-

For the District of Collingwood.
WILLIAM GIBBS, Esq.

ALEX. C. P. MACDONALD,
Deputy Clerk of the Writs.