THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 317

The Palmerston (South) Rifle Volunteers. Date |
of acceptance, 15th November, 1876.
The Richardson (Otago) Rifle Volunteers. Date
of acceptance, 3rd February, 1876.
The Taranaki Rifle Volunteers. Date of accept-
ance 23rd March, 1876.
The Dunedin Normal School Cadets. Date of
acceptance, 4th February, 1876.

H. A. ATKINSON,
(in the absence of Sir D. McLean).

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st May, 1876.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
disband the under-mentioned corps at their own
request:-

The Hawera Light Horse Volunteers.
The Wairoa, (Patea) Rifle Volunteers.
The under-mentioned gentlemen have therefore
ceased to hold the rank of Officers in the Volunteer
Force; their commissions having, under the pro-
visions of "The Volunteer Act, 1865," lapsed :-
W. A. G. Winchcombe, Esq., late Lieutenant,
Wairoa Rifle Volunteers.
J. Wink, Esq., late Sub-Lieutenant, Hawera
Light Horse Volunteers.
G. S. Bridge, Esq., late Sub-Lieutenant, Wairoa
Rifle Volunteers.

H. A. ATKINSON,
(in the absence of Sir D. McLean).

Reserve for Educational Purposes.

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 Continu-
ance 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.

29th April, 1876.

H. A. ATKINSON,
Secretary for Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

Description of Reserve. | Purpose
of Reserve.
---|---
PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND. |
All that parcel of land situate at Rangiao- | Site for a School.
hia in the Parish of Puniu, containing by |
admeasurement one (1) acre, more or less, |
being south-eastern portion of Lot No. 194. |
Bounded towards the North by other portion |
of Lot No. 194, four hundred links; towards |
the East by a road one hundred links wide, |
two hundred and fifty links; towards the |
South by Lot No. 195, four hundred links; |
and towards the West by other portion of |
Lot. No 194 aforesaid, two hundred and |
fifty links. |

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 9 of 1876.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 3rd May, 1876.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from
the Superintendent of Marine Surveys, Calcutta,
is published for general information.

H. A. ATKINSON.

BAY OF BENGAL—COROMANDEL COAST—MADRAS.
Prohibited Anchorage near the British Indian
Submarine Telegraph Cable.

THE Madras Government has given notice, with a
view to the prevention of damage to the British
Indian Submarine Telegraph Cable, and under the
provisions of the "Indian Conservancy Act," that all
vessels are strictly prohibited from anchoring in any
part of the Madras Roadstead to the southward of the
Lighthouse. Vessels arriving from the colonies with
horses should anchor in not less than 7 fathoms
water, with the Lighthouse bearing from West to
W. by S., and nothing to the southward of the former
bearing. Commanders infringing these directions
will be prosecuted under the provisions of Act XII.
of 1875.

By direction of the Government of India.
A. DUNDAS TAYLOR,
Superintendent, Marine Surveys.

Marine Survey Department,
Calcutta, 3rd February, 1876.

This notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:
—Bay of Bengal, Coromandel Coast, No. 71 c and d;
also Taylor's Sailing Directory, Vol. I., page 437.

NOTICES TO MARINERS.

No. 10 of 1876.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 2nd May, 1876.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from
the Portmaster, Brisbane, are published for
general information.

H. A. ATKINSON.

SMALL LIGHT AT BUSTARD HEAD.

On and after the 3rd proximo, the two small leading
lights which point out the position of the Outer
Rock off Bustard Head will cease to be exhibited.
On and after that date the too near approach of
vessels to the Rock will be shown by a single light
exhibited from a square tower, 18 feet high, placed
500 yards S.E. by S. from the principal light, and
280 feet above high water level.

Between the bearings of S. by E. 3/4 E. and S.W. 3/4 S.
the light will be of the 5th order, though the
direct flame of the lamp may be also seen as far
southwards as a S.W. by W. 1/2 W. bearing, and also
from the westward between the bearings of S.E. and
E.S.E.

The light is so shut off by a screen as to be ob-
scured between the bearings of S.S.W. and S. by E.
to a distance, at half tide, of 1 mile outside the rock
—the northern line of eclipse running in a W. by N.
N. direction. If, therefore, a vessel while passing
the headland shuts out this light between the bear-
ings of S. by E. 3/4 E. and S.W. 3/4 S., and before the
beam of red light from the principal Lighthouse is
passed, she will be approaching the danger too closely,
and should at once haul out and open the light.

As the plane of the eclipsed light passes about 50
feet above the top of the Rock, the greater the height
of the eye above the water level, the proportionately