THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
811

Clerks in Treasury appointed.

Treasury,
Wellington, 9th December, 1875.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned appointments to the
Civil Service:-

THOMAS STAMFORD ROSCOE, Esq., and
JAMES PRICE KENNEDY, Esq.,
to be Clerks in the Colonial Treasury, as from the
1st November, 1875.

H. A. ATKINSON.

License under "The Oyster Fisheries Act Amendment
Act, 1869," lapsed.

Secretary for Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 14th December, 1875.

IT is hereby notified that a license issued on the
8th day of November, 1872, under the hand of
His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, under
"The Oyster Fisheries Act Amendment Act, 1869,"
in the form of the Schedule thereto, to Coll
McDonnell, William Vine, and John Smith, over a
certain piece of land at or near White Bluff, in the
Province of Marlborough, has lapsed, and the power
to exercise all rights thereunder expired, in conse-
quence of the failure of the licensees to pay the rent
reserved in the said license.

H. A. ATKINSON,
Secretary for Crown Lands.

Money Order Offices opened.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 13th December, 1875.

THE following Notice, received from the General
Post Office, London, is published for general
information.

By order.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.

MONEY ORDER OFFICES.
On the 1st of October the following alterations
will be made, viz.,-

ENGLAND.

1. Money Order Offices will be opened in London
   and the Suburbs at-

Lynton Road, Bermondsey ... ... ... Postal
South Hill Park, Hampstead ... ... ... District.
S.E.
N.W.

2. The Money Order Office at Columbia Market,
   E., will be abolished.

East Budleigh ... ... Budleigh Salterton, Devon.
Llanfyrnach ... ... Cardigan ... ... Pembroke.
Ruspidge ... ... Newnham ... ... Gloucester.
St. Helen's R.O. ... ... Swansea ... ... Glamorgan.
St. Thomas R.O. ... ... Swansea ... ... Glamorgan.
South Church ... ... Bishop Auckland ... Durham.
The Beach R.O. ... ... Littlehampton ... Sussex.
Tydd ... ... Wisbeach ... ... Cambridge.

3. The Money Order Office at West Dean
   (Chichester) will be abolished.

4. The Railway Sub-Office at Jarrow will be made
   a Head Office.

SCOTLAND.
5. Money Order Offices will be opened at-

Gairloch ... ... Dingwall... ... Ross.
Lenzie ... ... Glasgow ... ... Dumbarton.

General Post Office,
London, 27th September, 1875.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 28 of 1875.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 13th December, 1875.

THE following Notices to Mariners are published
for general information.

DANIEL POLLEN,
(for the Commissioner of Customs).

NORTHERN TERRITORY, HOWARD'S PASSAGE,
VERNON ISLANDS.

NOTICE is hereby given, that a cheese-shaped Buoy,
surmounted with triangle and ball, painted red, has
been placed off the east end of the Middle Vernon
Island, in 5 fathoms at low water.

A similar Buoy to the above, and surmounted in
the same manner, also painted red, has been placed
on the west spit of the Middle Vernon Island, in 7
fathoms at low water.

The following sailing directions are recommended
for vessels coming from the north-eastward :-
Give the red buoy on the east end of the island a
berth of one-sixth of a mile, continuing a southerly
course until the red buoy on the west spit shows well
open to the south of Middle Island; then shape a
course through the passage, a good look-out being
kept for the Henry Ellis Reef, just awash at low
water.

On no account should vessels attempt to go be-
tween the Middle and North Vernon Islands.

1st November, 1875.

R. H. FERGUSON,
President, Marine Board,
South Australia.

BANKS STRAIT.

THE accompanying Notice to Mariners is published
for general information.

ROBERT S. ANDERSON,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Department of Trade and Customs,
Melbourne, 15th November, 1875.

SUNKEN ROCK IN BANKS STRAIT.

A ROCK with only 10 feet water on it has been dis-
covered by H.M. surveying steamer "Victoria" off the
Black Reef, from which it lies E. by S. S. 3 miles.
For the guidance of mariners, it may be stated that
the rock will take the place of a "14 fathoms" upon
the Admiralty charts of Banks and Bass Strait, mark-
ed as "breaking heavily in southerly gales." As this
rock is at the turning point in Banks Strait, its posi-
tion is one of great danger.

H. J. STANLEY,
Staff Commander in charge of Survey.

Depositaries of Stamp Duties appointed.

Head Office (Stamp Department),
Wellington, 13th December, 1875.

IT is hereby notified for public information, that
MR. F. DOHERTY,
Postmaster at Ashburton, in the Province of Canter-
bury; and

MR. JOSEPH FABIAN,
Postmaster at Castlepoint, in the Province of Wel-
lington, have been appointed Depositaries of Duties
Stamps.

R. C. HAMMERTON,
Secretary for Stamps.