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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
of Invercagill, Appleby, Campbelltown, and Township, longitude; latitude appears to be correct by chart
of Campbelltown, vice G. Lumsden, M.G.A., Esq.,
resigned.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th August, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to make the under-mentioned appointments
viz.,-

In the Cromwell Rifle Volunteers.
Stephen Noble Brown to be Captain. Date of com-
mission, 27th July, 1876.
Cyril Edwin Gudgeon to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 27th July, 1876.
David Anderson Jolly to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date
of commission, 27th July, 1876.
Robert Wright Sterling, L.R.C.S.I., &c., to be Hono-
rary Assistant Surgeon. Date of commission, 27th
July, 1876.

In the Arrow Rifle Volunteers.
John Bowden Lake to be Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 31st July, 1876.

In the Riverton Rifle Volunteers.
Francis Alexander Monckton to be Honorary As-
sistant Surgeon. Date of commission, 10th July,
1876.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Resignation of Volunteer Officers accepted.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th August, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers, viz.,-
Sub-Lieutenant T. Nutsford, Bruce Rifle Volun-
teers.
Honorary Assistant Surgeon A. J. Ferguson, Bruce
Rifle Volunteers.
DONALD MCLEAN.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 24 of 1876.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 28th August, 1876.
THE following Hydrographic memorandum, re-
ceived from the Commodore Commanding the
Australian Station, is published for general informa-
tion.
GEO. MCLEAN.

SAVU SAVU BAY, VANUA LEVU, FIJI.
"Pearl," at Sydney,
24th July, 1876.

Hydrographical Memorandum No. 9.
THE accompanying hydrographical information, rela-
tive to the Fiji group, is promulgated for general
information.
A. H. HOSKINS,
Commodore.

The respective Captains and Officers
Commanding Her Majesty's Ships on the
Australian Station.

EXTRACT FROM REMARKS OF LIEUT. W. U. MOORE
IN CHARGE OF SURVEYING SCHOONER "ALACRITY."
Savu Savu Bay, Fiji.-Incorrectly placed as regards
(2691).
Longitude N.W. extreme Savu Savu Point, by
officers of H.M. schooner "Alacrity," is 179° 16′
54" E., assuming Levuka to be in 178° 49' 45" E.
In Mr. Barrack's sketch, Savu Savu Bay (No. 727),
the reef of Savu Savu Point is not sufficiently extended
to the westward; it appears to be more correctly laid
down in Chart No. 2691. The extreme is certainly
not less than one mile from the point.

Passage through Direction Island Reef.-In going
from Savu Savu Bay to the westward, small sailing
vessels gain time by passing through a break in the
Direction Island Reef abreast of Direction Island.
The following are the directions:-
Steer, in approaching the long reef, with right
extreme Direction Island just open left extreme
Makongai Island. Pass within a few yards of Direc-
tion Island, and take the most weatherly of three
breaks in the western side of the barrier.
This course will, if the prevailing trade be blowing,
save a tack to weather the south point of Direction
Island Reef.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 25 of 1876.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 28th August, 1876.
THE following Notice, received from the Marine
Board at Sydney, is published for general in-
formation.
GEO. MCLEAN.

DISCOVERY OF A BANK OFF THE COAST OF NEW
SOUTH WALES.
CAPTAIN Largie, of the barque "Jerusalem," reports
the discovery, on the 22nd ultimo, of an extensive
bank off the coast of New South Wales, in latitude
34° 20′ S., longitude 151° 54′ E.
Several soundings were obtained, the least water
found was 20 fathoms.
A gale was blowing from the southward, and there
was a very high confused sea when this discovery
was made.
FRANCIS HIXSON,
President.
Office of the Marine Board of New South Wales,
Sydney, 9th August, 1876.

Lands set apart in Otago for Educational Institutions.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 30th August, 1876.
IT is hereby notified that a Proclamation under the
hand of His Honor the Deputy Superintendent
of Otago, bearing date the seventh day of August,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, set-
ting apart, under the provisions of "The Otago
Reserves Act, 1874," certain lands specified in the
Schedule hereto as Endowments for Educational Insti-
tutions, has been approved by the Governor in
Council, as provided by the twenty-seventh section
of "The Abolition of Provinces Act, 1875."
H. A. ATKINSON,
Secretary for Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.
ALL that parcel of land in the Province of Otago,
containing by estimation two hundred and eight
thousand (208000) acres, more or lesss, situate in
the South-Eastern Pastoral District, being Runs
numbered respectively 193, 194, 202, 254в, 326, 327,
and part of Run numbered 175B, on the map of the