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the resurvey of the southern portion of the West
Channel, are published for general information.

1. Royal George Bank.—This bank has shoaled
   one foot, and moved four hundred (400) feet outwards
   towards the Heads.
2. Swan Island is gradually washing away, but the
   sand from this place is going (apparently) towards
   filling up the Queenscliffe bight, and not in any great
   degree towards the formation of banks in the West
   Channel.
3. Swan Spit.—A shoal is forming south of the
   Swan Spit Pile Light; at present the depth at a dis-
   tance of three hundred (300) feet from the light is
   twelve feet. There is another shoal forming to the
   northward of the light, at a distance of one and
   three-quarters (1¼) cable; upon this there is as little
   as six feet.*
4. The most dangerous shoal is that known to exist
   (and marked with a black buoy) lying N.E. by E.
   three and one-half (3½) cables from Pile Light, with
   thirteen (13) feet of water on it. There is a good
   channel to the northward of the shoal, with not less
   than eighteen (18) feet, and a probability of not
   getting less than twenty (20) feet of water. The
   black buoy marking the shoal is in sixteen (16) feet
   of water; the shalest depth—thirteen (13) feet—lies
   nearly three hundred (300) feet to the north-
   westward.

Queenscliffe Bight.—Great changes have taken
place since 1864. Six (6) banks with three and four
feet of water have been found, and four of the six
are each nearly a cable in extent. The outer two of
these banks are in a line between Queenscliffe High
Light and Swan Spit Pile Light, the south-west one
being nine (9) cables from the Queenscliffe High
Light, and the other nine (9) cables from the Pile
Light, the two being distant from each other four
(4) cables.

Notice is hereby given, that in consequence of the
above changes,—

1. A chequered buoy will be immediately placed
   on the dangerous shoal to the N.E. of the Swan Spit
   Pile Light, in lieu of the present black buoy, to allow
   vessels to pass on either side of it. The channel
   recently formed between it and the Swan Spit Pile
   Light is one and one-half (1½) cable wide.
2. A small black cask buoy will also be placed on
   the shoal to the southward of the Swan Spit Pile
   Light until it is removed.
   The old sailing directions cautioning vessels not to
   approach within sixty (60) fathoms of Lighthouse
   will still keep ships clear of this recently formed
   shoal to the southward of the Pile Lighthouse.
3. The recently formed banks in the Queenscliffe
   bight being out of the navigable channel, the old
   clearing marks—viz. Lonsdale Lighthouse open of
   Shortland’s Bluff—will clear the edge of the bank
   referred to.
4. Plans of the recent changes will be posted at
   the Custom House and all the Harbour Offices for
   general information, and can also be obtained at this
   office.

CHARLES B. PAYNE,
Chief Harbour Master.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 18th February, 1874.

• This shoal bears nearly due north (magnetic), and is one
  and one-fourth (1¼) cable distant from Pile Lighthouse, and is
  out of the channel.—C. B. PAYNE, C.H.M.

Warehouses under "The Customs Regulation Act
Amendment Act, 1858," approved.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for
this purpose vested by "The Customs Regula-
tion Act Amendment Act, 1858," I, the Commissioner

of Customs, do hereby approve and appoint the under-
mentioned Warehouses, viz.,—

Port of Poverty Bay.
A corrugated iron building situate on Section 28
Custom House Street, in the Township of Gisborne,
at present occupied by Mr. Andrew Graham, and
known as
GRAHAM'S BOND,
and a portion of a wood and corrugated iron building
situate on the Native Reserve, near the mouth of
the Turanganui and contiguous to the Public Wharf
in the Township of Gisborne, at present occupied by
Mr. George Edward Read, and known as
READ'S BOND.

Port of Napier.
A building situate on Sections No. 519 and 520,
Waghorn Street, Spit, at present occupied by Mr.
John Stuart, and known as
STUART AND CO.'S BOND.

Port of Wanganui.
A wooden building situate on Taupo Quay and
Victoria Avenue, at present occupied by John Duthie
and Co., and known as
DUTHIE'S BOND.

Port of Wellington.
A portion of the ground floor of a building situate
at the corner of Panama Street and Featherston
Street, at present occupied by John Johnston and
Co., and known as
JOHNSTON'S BOND.

Port of Nelson.
A brick and wooden building situate on the south
side of the Haven Road, in the occupation of Mr.
Alexander Sclanders, and known as
SCLANDERS' BOND.

Port of Greymouth.
A wood and iron building situate in Hospital
Street, in the occupation of Mr. Martin Kennedy,
and known as
KENNEDY'S BOND.

Port of Hokitika.
A wood and iron building situate on Section
No. 276, Tancred Street, in the Town of Hokitika,
occupied by Mr. Daniel Cullen, and known as
CULLEN'S WAREHOUSE.
Christchurch.
A brick building with galvanized iron roof, lower
and upper floor, situate in Hereford Street, south
side, at present occupied by Mr. Thomas James
Maling, and known as
MALING'S BOND

A brick building with slate roof situate in Oxford
Terrace, in the occupation of Mr. James Shand, and
known as
THE AVON BOND.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this
nineteenth day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-four.
WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS,
Commissioner of Customs.

Commissioner's Order, No. 63.]

Warehouse for Examination of Goods under " The
Customs Regulation Act Amendment Act, 1868,"
approved.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for
this purpose vested by "The Customs Regula-
tion Act Amendment Act, 1868," I, the Commissioner
of Customs, do hereby approve and appoint the under-
mentioned Warehouse, viz.,-