THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 565

Deputy Examiner of Titles appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 7th August, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint
JAMES MEACHAM BATHAM, Esq.,
to be Deputy Examiner of Titles for the District of
Hawke's Bay.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th August, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to make the under-mentioned promotion and
appointment, viz.,

In the Dunedin Naval Volunteers.
Lieutenant George Roberts Smith to be Captain.
Date of commission, 13th July, 1876.
Sub-Lieutenant Alexander Grant to be Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 20th July, 1876.
Godfrey Jacobs to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 20th July, 1876.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Resignation of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th August, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commission
held by
Lieutenant J. T. Hornsby, Arrow Rifle Volunteers.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Receiver of Land Revenue, Taranaki, retired and
appointed.

Treasury,
Wellington, 4th August, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN BARLEYMAN, Esq.,
to be Receiver of Land Revenue for the Province of
Taranaki, vice Richard Chilman, Esq., retired, as from
the 1st instant.
JULIUS VOGEL.

Receiver of Land Revenue for Canterbury appointed.

Treasury,
Wellington, 8th August, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
GEORGE ALLAN READE, Esq.,
to be Receiver of Land Revenue for the Province of
Canterbury, vice W. J. W. Hamilton, Esq., on leave
of absence.
JULIUS VOGEL.

Receivers of Gold Revenue on Nelson South-West
Gold Fields appointed.

Treasury,
Wellington, 2nd August, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM CLARK
to be Receiver of Gold Revenue at No Town, vice
James Dorris;

HENRY HUNTER
to be Receiver of Gold Revenue at Cobden, vice
Henry McArdle, transferred; and
HENRY MCARDLE
to be Receiver of Gold Revenue at Charleston, vice
William Stephenson.
These appointments to take effect on 1st September
proximo.
JULIUS VOGEL.

Certificates suspended.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 7th August, 1876.
IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Go-
vernor has been pleased to confirm the sentence
of the Court of Enquiry into the wreck of the "Lady
Franklin," and that the Victorian Certificate of Com-
petency as Master, No. 83, held by
JOHN EATON PAYNE,
and the New South Wales Certificate of Service as
Master, No. 213, held by
WILLIAM JAMES CARLESS,
are therefore suspended for a period of one month
from the 24th July last.
GEO. MCLEAN.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 19 of 1876.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 1st August, 1876.
THE following Notice to Mariners, furnished by
Captain Leech, Harbour Master at Westport,
is published for general information.
GEO. MCLEAN.

SNAG ON BULLER BAR.
SHIPMASTERS visiting the Buller River, Westport,
are requested to pay particular attention to the
leading marks for crossing the bar, which are as
follows:--

During the Day.
The white Beacon surmounted by a red flag and
the Flagstaff in one, bearing at present S. by E. E.
(magnetic) leads over the bar from seaward.

During the Night.
A red light on the Beacon kept in one with the
bright white light on Flagstaff leads over the bar, on
same bearing as above (S. by E. E). Those marks
are placed to clear the snag, hence the necessity of
keeping them in one as nearly as possible until the
bar is passed, which may be known by the water
deepening. The semaphore arm on Flagstaff should
also be attended to if moved by the Signalman. As
far as can be ascertained at present from soundings
taken, the snag seems to have some ten feet on it at
high-water neap tides, and the trunk appears to be
only a foot to eighteen inches above the bottom.
Westport, 18th July, 1876.
S. A. LEECH,
Harbour Master.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 1st August, 1876.
The following Notice, received from the Marine
Board of New South Wales, is published for general
information.
GEO. MCLEAN.