THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 881

Interpreter appointed.
Native Office,
Wellington, 29th December, 1874.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint
WILLIAM H. WALLIS, Esq.,
of Raglan, to be an Interpreter under the twelfth
section of "The Native Land Act, 1873."
DANIEL POLLEN,
(in the absence of the Native Minister).

NOTICES TO MARINERS.
No. 29 of 1874.
Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 23rd December, 1874.
THE following Notices to Mariners, received from
the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, Mel-
bourne, are published for general information.
EDWARD RICHARDSON,
(for the Commissioner of Customs).

THE accompanying Notice to Mariners, respecting
the Warrnambool Lights and the West Channel
Lightship is published for general information.
ROBERT S. ANDERSON,
(for and in the absence of the Commissioner
of Trade and Customs).
Department of Trade and Customs,
Melbourne, 3rd December, 1874.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
Warrnambool Lighter
REFERRING to the Notice to Mariners published on
this subject on the 26th April, 1871, viz. that the low
light exhibits a fixed red light, and is visible seaward
between the bearings S. 1° 30′ W. and S. 11° 30′ E.:
Notice is hereby given, that it has been decided to
open out the red light so as to show across the five-
fathom bank, and that, on and after the 1st of
January, 1875, the low light will exhibit a fixed red
light, which will be seen from the ship between the
N. 1° 30′ E. and N. 45° W.

West Channel Lightship.
PILOTS, Masters, and others navigating the West
Channel, are informed that, on and after the 1st of
January, 1875, the Lightship in the West Channel
will exhibit only one light at the mainmast head.
The light on the foremast will be discontinued.
CHARLES B. PAYNE,
Chief Harbour Master.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 2nd December, 1874.

Revocation of a Bonded Warehouse.
CUSTOMS.—Whereas a portion of a brick and
stone building situate in High Street at the
Port of Auckland, and known as
CRUICKSHANK, SMART, AND Co.'s WAREHOUSE,
was by an Order dated the 2nd January, 1865, ap-
pointed to be a Warehouse for the reception of Goods
under Bond: Now, in exercise of the authority in
me for this purpose vested, I, the Minister for the
time being acting for the Commissioner of Customs,
do by this Order under my hand revoke and annul

the appointment of the said building as such Ware-
house as aforesaid.
Given under my hand at Wellington, this
twenty-ninth day of December, one thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy-four.
EDWARD RICHARDSON,
(for the Commissioner of Customs).
Commissioner's Order No. 78.]

Approving and appointing Bonding Warehouses.
CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for
this purpose vested by "The Customs Regula-
tion Act, 1858," I, the Minister for the time being
acting for the Commissioner of Customs, do hereby
approve and appoint the under-mentioned Ware-
houses, viz.,—
Port of Auckland.
A scoria building with an iron roof situate in
Mechanic's Bay, on part of Allotment 2, Section 12,
in the plan of the City of Auckland, and known as
GOODHUE'S KEROSINE BOND,
to be a Warehouse for the reception and storage of
Kerosine and other Oils under Bond.

A stone cellar situate in Queen Street, and the
upper portion of a store built of brick with iron
roof, situate on part of Allotment 3 of Section 2, and
in a public lane between Custom House Street and
Fort Street, in the City of Auckland, and known as
CRUICKSHANK'S BOND,
to be a Warehouse for the reception of Goods
under Bond.

Given under my hand at Wellington, this
twenty-ninth day of December, one thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy-four.
EDWARD RICHARDSON,
(for the Commissioner of Customs).
Commissioner's Order No. 79.]

Clerk in the Office of Commissioner of Stamps
appointed.
Office of the Commissioner of Stamp Duties,
Wellington, 22nd December, 1874.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint
JOHN ELLIS, Esq.,
to be a Clerk in the Office of the Commissioner of
Stamp Duties, Wellington, vice William Withers,
transferred.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Reserve for Agricultural Exhibitions.
WHEREAS by the regulations for the sale and
disposal of lands taken under the authority
of "The New Zealand Settlements Act, 1863," and
"The New Zealand Settlements Amendment and
Continuance Act, 1865," contained in the Schedule
to an Order in Council made and issued, bearing
date the 11th day of May, 1871, it is provided that
reserves for roads, and all other public purposes
whatever, and for education, and the sites for
churches and chapels or other places of worship for
different religious denominations, may be made by
Government out of any confiscated lands, and that
notices of all such reserves shall be published in the
New Zealand Gazette: It is hereby notified, that
the land specified in the Schedule hereunder written
shall be reserved for the purpose therein mentioned
and set opposite the description of the said parcel of
land.
H. A. ATKINSON,
Secretary for Crown Lands.