THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 517

Crown Prosecutor appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th August, 1875.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM JOHNSTON, Esq.,
Barrister, to be Crown Prosecutor for the District
of Otago Gold Fields.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Visiting Justice appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th August, 1875.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM NICHOLAS SEARANCKE, Esq., R.M.,
to be a Visiting Justice of the Prison at Newcastle.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Members of Licensing Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th August, 1875.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JAMES EDMUND HODSON, Esq., J.P.;
JOHN MACK HUTCHESON, Esq.; and
THOMAS REDWOOD, Esq.,
to be Members of the Licensing Court for the
Licensing District of Awatere, vice G. R. Keene,
Esq., J.P., W. Smith, Esq., J.P., and G. F. Bullen,
Esq.; and
THOMAS WEARE, Esq.,
to be a member of the Licensing Court for the
Licensing District of Mahurangi, vice J. M. Murray,
Esq.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Justices of the Peace appointed under "The Otago
Municipal Corporations Empowering Act, 1865."

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th August, 1875.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
LOUIS WILLIAM BUSCH, Esq., Mayor of Naseby;
WILLIAM JOHN DYER, Esq., Mayor of Milton;
MICHAEL FRAER, Esq., Mayor of Lawrence;
DAVID ANDERSON JOLLY, Esq., Mayor of Crom-
well;
ANDREW MCKINNON, Esq., Mayor of Port Chal-
mers;
BENJAMIN NAYLOR, Esq., Mayor of Clyde;
JAMES SAMSON, Esq. Mayor of Alexandra; and
JOHN SMITH, Esq., Mayor of West Hawksbury,
to be Justices of the Peace under "The Otago
Municipal Corporations Empowering Act, 1865."
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 15 of 1875.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 27th July, 1875.
THE following Notices to Mariners are published
for general information.
WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS.

MASTERS of vessels trading to the Clarence River are
hereby informed that the old crossing ground inside
the entrance has shoaled up; and that a new channel
has broken out round the north spit, with 14 feet of
water in it. The new channel has been temporarily
buoyed.

FRANCIS HIXSON,
President.

Office of Marine Board of New South Wales,
Sydney, 29th June, 1875.

SHOAL OFF MONKHOUSE POINT, INNER ROUTE TO
TORRES STRAITS.

On the edge of the 3-fathom line off Monkhouse
Point, as shown on the chart, a Shoal Patch exists,
with not more than 9 feet upon it at ordinary low
water springs. The Pilot at the Endeavour River
places it in the following position, viz.,—

Mount Cook (Summit), W. by S. S.
Grassy Hill (Lookout House), N. W. by W. W.
Rocky Islet, S.E. by S. S. southerly.

The water for some distance in-shore is from 3 to
6 feet deeper than on the shoal, and to the eastward,
the bank extends from it about 1½ cables, carrying
from 15 to 18 feet of water, which then deepens to
4, 6, and 7 fathoms, as shown on the chart.
Vessels will be clear of this danger and of the edge
of the bank while keeping Rocky Islet open of
Walker Point, and of the rocky point to the south-
ward.

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

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 11th June, 1875.

WIDE BAY BAR.

In consequence of the growth of the Middle Bank to
the North-westward, the Square Beacons leading
through the Middle Channel have been shifted, and
now lead over the Bar on an East and West bearing,
in not less than 16 feet at low water springs.

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

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 23rd June, 1875.

BEACONS—INNER ROUTE AND TORRES STRAITS.

THE following is a list of the Beacons erected in
Torres Straits and the Inner Route thereto. Those
which are red and triangular are to be left on a
vessel's starboard hand, when bound southwards;
and those which are black and square, on her port
hand.