THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 15

Clerk of Licensing Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th January, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
SAMUEL MEADE DALGLIESH, Esq.,
to be Clerk of the Licensing Courts for the Districts
of Cromwell, Town of Cromwell, and Teviot.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Resignation of Volunteer Officer.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th January, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commission held
by
Captain R. Johnston, Blenheim Cadets.
CHARLES C. BOWEN,
(in the absence of the Native Minister).

Auditor of Courts of Law Trust Accounts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th January, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
CHARLES BROAD, Esq.,
to be the Auditor of the Courts of Law Trust
Accounts for the District of Nelson South-West
Gold Fields, vice J. Giles, resigned.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Receiver of Gold Revenue at Cromwell appointed.

Treasury,
Wellington, 12th January, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
SAMUEL MEADE DALGLIESH, Esq.,
to be Receiver of Gold Revenue at Cromwell, in the
Province of Otago, from the 30th December, 1875.
EDWARD RICHARDSON,
(for the Colonial Treasurer).

Chairman of Licensing Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th January, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
CHARLES BROAD, Esq., R.M.,
to be Chairman of the Licensing Courts for the
Districts of Buller, Charleston, and Lyell.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Interpreter appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 11th January, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
GEORGE CORNELIUS REES,
of Waitotara, to be an Interpreter under the 12th
section of "The Native Land Act, 1873."
CHARLES C. BOWEN,
(in the absence of Sir Donald McLean).

Sheriff appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th January, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
CHARLES BROAD, Esq.,
to be Sheriff for the District of Westland North.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 11th, January, 1876.
THE following list of successful and unsuccessful
Tenderers is published for general information.
EDWARD RICHARDSON.

WANGANUI-MANAWATU RAILWAY.
RANGITIKEI CONTRACT.
Accepted.
James Lockie and Co., Wellington ... £ 14,955 0 0
Declined.
McNeil and Dunn, Palmerston North (informal) 14,630 12 0
Robert Daniel and D. J. Low, Wanganui ... 16,339 0 0
Walton Pell, Wanganui ... ... 17,646 4 0

Sheriff appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th January, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
HENRY MCCULLOCH, Esq.,
to be Sheriff for the District of Southland.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 1 of 1876.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 7th January, 1876.
Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th January, 1876.
THE following Notice to Mariners is published for
information.
EDWARD RICHARDSON,
(in the absence of the Commissioner of Customs).

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
viz.,-

In the Queenstown Rifle Volunteers.
Herbert Patrick Macklin to be Captain. Date of
commission, 8th August, 1874.

In the Arrowtown Rifle Volunteers.
Donald Murray Mackay to be Captain. Date of
commission, 20th November, 1875.

In the Union Company Rangitikei Rifle Volunteers.
William Morrison to be Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 12th February, 1875.
CHARLES C. BOWEN,
(in the absence of the Native Minister).

TORRES STRAITS.
A ROCK, awash at low water, is reported by Captain
Dudfield to exist in latitude 10° 30′ S., longitude 142°.
50′ E.
A Sand Bank, on which there is a Bêche-de-mer
Station, is reported by Captain Hannah to lie 7 miles
E. by N. N. from the S.E. Bourke Isle. The Sand
Bank is situated near the south-western end of a reef
4 miles long, and 2 to 2 wide, lying N.E. and S.W.
A series of reefs extend hence some 8 miles in the