THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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the person elected to be the Mayor of the Borough | to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court at
of Hokitika, to be a Justice of the Peace under Lowther, and Clerk of the Licensing Courts for the
the one hundred and thirty-third section of "The Districts of Te Anau, Taringatura, and Wakatipu;
Municipal Corporations Act, 1867."
and

HUGH NICKLE
Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Most Honorable George Augustus Con- to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court at
stantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of Campbelltown.
Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and Baron
Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the County
of York, in the Peerage of the United
Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave of New
Ross, in the County of Wexford, in the
Peerage of Ireland; a Member of Her
Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Coun-
cil; Knight Commander of the Most
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael
and Saint George; Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief inand over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its Depend-
encies, and Vice-Admiral of the same;
at the Government House, at Wellington,
this twenty-fourth day of August, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-six.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Appointments in Customs Department.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 21st August, 1876.

IN pursuance of the powers delegated to the Com-
missioner of Customs by His Excellency the
Governor, the following appointments have been
made in the Customs Department:---
JOHN BARLEYMAN
to be Collector and Surveyor at the Port of New
Plymouth. Appointment to date from 1st August,
1876.
EDWARD WILLIAM PASLEY
to be Collector and Examining Officer at the Port of
Wairau. Appointment to date from 1st August,
1876.
GEO. MCLEAN,
Commissioner of Customs.

Mayor elected.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1876.

IT is hereby notified, that, in conformity with clause
133 of "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1867,"
the name of the under-mentioned person has been
sent in to this office by the Town Clerk as having
been elected Mayor for the borough set opposite his
name :-
MCLEAN WATT JACK—Hokitika.
DANIEL POLLEN.

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

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1876.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
re-appoint
DAVID ANDERSON JOLLY, Esq., Mayor of Crom-
well;
JAMES SAMSON, Esq., Mayor of Alexandra; and
JOHN SMITH, Esq., Mayor of West Hawkes-
bury; and to appoint
GEORGE MITCHELL, Esq., Mayor of Maori Hill;
to be Justices of the Peace under "The Otago Mu-
nicipal Corporations Empowering Act, 1865."
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Member of Licensing Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 22nd August, 1876.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JAMES COLE, Esq.,
to be a Member of the Licensing Courts for the Dis-
tricts of Wataroa, Town of Okarito, Weheka, and
Haast.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Clerks of Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 22nd August, 1876.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM NEWTON MEREDITH

NOTICES TO MARINERS.

No. 22 of 1876.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 22nd August, 1876.

THE following Notice, received from the Portmaster
at Brisbane, is published for general information.
GEO. MCLEAN.

REPORTED DANGER, TORRES STRAITS.

CAPTAIN Hovell reports the existence of a Shoal
Patch (Hovell Shoal) about 24 yards in extent, and
with not more than two fathoms over it at low water,
lying 3 to 4 miles to the south-westward of Mount
Ernest, with Pole Island in line with the western
extremity of that island.
G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N.,
Portmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 2nd August, 1876.

No. 23 of 1876.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 23rd August, 1876.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from
the Auckland Harbour Board, is published for general
information.
GEO. MCLEAN.

BUOY ON SUNKEN ROCK IN RANGITOTO CHANNEL,
NORTH ENTRANCE TO AUCKLAND HARBOUR.

NOTICE is hereby given of the existence of a Sunken
(pinnacle) Rock near Rangitoto Reef, having four
feet water only over it at low-water spring tides with
3 fathoms close to and around it; and that, to mark
the position of the said rock, a Black Buoy has been
placed westward of it, and lies in 3 fathoms at low
water, with the following compass bearings, viz.,---
Bean Rock Lighthouse and Green Light, S.S.E.
Northern Cone Peak of Rangitoto, N.E. by E.
E..
Beacon on Rangitoto Reef, N. by W. W.