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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

NOTICES TO MARINERS.

No. 22 of 1874.
Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 5th October, 1874.
THE following Notices to Mariners received from
the Portmaster, Brisbane, are published for
general information.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
(in absence of Commissioner of Customs).

CUMBERLAND ISLANDS.
THE Master of the ship "Lady Douglas" reports the
existence of a coral reef, drying at low water, and
extending from the westward of the southernmost
"Sand P. D." to K 4½ Isle, and "Sand and Rocks"
to the eastward, and thus connecting the islet and
sandbanks.

REEF, WALKER BAY—BETWEEN WALKER AND
MONKHOUSE POINTS.
MASTERS of Vessels are cautioned. that in Walker
Bay, rocks dry at low water extend out to the edge
of the shoal water shown upon the chart, their outer
extremity bearing S.E. by S. S. from Monkhouse
Point, and their south-western limit W. N. from
the rocky point forming the south-east headland of
the bay.
Small craft intending to get shelter under this
point should round it at a distance of and at not less
than one cable, and then haul up and anchor in 10
feet low water springs, about three cables from the
point.

SUNKEN REEF, HALIFAX BAY.
MR. J. H. MAYER, Master of the schooner "Mar-
chioness of Lorne," reports the existence of a sunken
reef lying about 1½ or 2 miles W.S.W. from the
north-west point of Rattlesnake Island. The reef
lies east and west, is of small extent, and is covered
by about 2 feet of water at low water springs.

G. P. HEATH, Commander, R.N.,
Portmaster.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 24th August, 1874.

SUNKEN REEF, NEW HEBRIDES.
CAPTAIN GOODALL, of the schooner "May Queen,"
reports the existence of a sunken coral reef—upon
which he got a cast of 18 feet at low water—in lati-
tude 13° 46′ 30″ S., longitude 167° 19′ 30″ E., 1½
mile from the western side of Vanua Lava, and
bearing from the North Cascade S.E. by S. S. The
reef is about ⅓ of a cable in extent, and has 12
fathoms water all round it.

G. P. HEATH, Commander, R.N.,
Portmaster.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 24th August, 1874.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 5th October, 1874.
THE following list of successful and unsuccessful
Tenderers is published for general information.

EDWARD RICHARDSON.

DUNEDIN AND CLUTHA RAILWAY.
CLUTHA BRIDGE CONTRACT.
Accepted.
Watson Brothers, Dunedin ... ... £ 15,652 13 9
Declined.
John Brogden and Sons, Wellington ... 17,738 0 0
W. D. Morrison, Dunedin ... ... 27,117 0 0

CLUTHA AND MATAURA RAILWAY.
MATAURA CONTRACT.

Accepted.
McMenamin and Co., Invercargill ... 19,588 16 9

Declined.
J. A. Ross and Co., Invercargill ... 23,187 3 0
Brogden and Sons, Wellington ... 24,008 0 0
W. F. Oakes, Wanganui ... 25,918 10 0
J. and N. Campbell and Co., Invercargill ... 26,648 17 0
Matheson Brothers, Dunedin ... 27,703 13 4
Wm. P. Pearce, Dunedin ... 27,922 0 0
T. M. Hardy Johnston, Wellington ... 28,607 5 0
David Proudfoot, Dunedin ... 29,423 0 0
A. Hunt, Tokomairiro ... 29,734 3 0
Chas. Abbott, Dunedin ... 31,367 0 0
A. F. Dawson, Invercargill ... 34,000 0 0

Traffic Returns.

WELLINGTON-MASTERTON RAILWAY.
RETURN of Traffic for Month ending 31st Septem-
ber, 1874.

COACHING.
No. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers 7,888 ... 328 14 7
Parcels, &c. ... ... 8 8 0 337 2 7

MERCHANDISE.
Freight Tons. £ s. d.
... 183 ... 38 19 4 38 19 4

Total ... ... £376 1 11

1st October, 1874.
ANTHONY GARSTIN,
Traffic Manager.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICE.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the several parcels
of land hereinafter described will be brought
under the provisions of "The Land Transfer Act,
1870," unless caveat in the meantime be lodged for-
bidding the same.
Sections 951, 952, 1707, and 1708, Town of
Hokitika, in the Province of Westland.—Applicant,
GERARD GEORGE FITZGERALD, as Vice-
President of the Hokitika Savings Bank. (Broker,
G. S. W. Dalrymple.)
Caveat may be lodged at this office within one
calendar month after the date of the Gazette con-
taining this notice.
Diagrams may be inspected at this office.
Dated this 25th day of September, 1874, at the
Lands Registry Office, Hokitika.
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J. M. BATHAM,
District Land Registrar.

PORT GORE GOLD MINING COMPANY,
REGISTERED.
AN Extraordinary Meeting of Shareholders in
the above-named Company, held at the Com-
pany's Office, Wellington Street, Picton, on Saturday,
the 15th day of August, 1874, at which Meeting more
than two-thirds of the value and number was repre-
sented, a resolution was carried for the voluntary
winding-up of the said Company. Now, all the
debts having been paid, I declare it dissolved, in
accordance with the 112th section of "The Mining
Companies Act, 1872."

WILLIAM CLARK,
Manager.
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Picton, 23rd September, 1874.

By Authority: GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.