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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th October, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to make the under-mentioned promotion and
appointments, viz.,-

In the No. 1 (City Guards) Company, Otago Rifle
Volunteers.
Ensign John Torry Douglas to be Lieutenant. Date
of commission, 9th August, 1875.
George Wilson to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 29th May, 1873.

In the Wellington Artillery Cadets.
Harry Best to be Captain. Date of commission,
25th September, 1876.

In the Queenstown Rifle Cadets.
George William Brodrick to be Captain. Date of
commission, 1st September, 1876.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Resignation of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th October, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers, viz.,-
Captain F. Stevens, Wellington Artillery Cadets.
Sub-Lieutenant G. Wilson, Port Chalmers Naval
Volunteers.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th October, 1876.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to accept the services of
The Dunedin Naval Volunteer Cadets. Date of
acceptance, 7th September, 1876.
The Taranaki Rifle Volunteer Cadets. Date of
acceptance, 22nd September, 1876.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Land reserved as a Site for a School.

WHEREAS by 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
eleventh day of May, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-one, 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.

H. A. ATKINSON,
Secretary for Crown Lands.

Wellington, 28th September, 1876.

SCHEDULE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 28 of 1876.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 28th September, 1876.
THE following Notices to Mariners, received from
the Government of Queensland, are published
for general information.

GEO. MCLEAN.

FREEMAN'S CHANNEL, MORETON BAY.

As in the Middle Channel, during strong easterly
and south-easterly winds, a short breaking sea runs,
which, from the present direction of the channel, is
at times nearly abeam and liable to break on board
vessels while entering; two red buoys, which are to
be passed on the starboard hand at about a ship's
length, are again laid down in Freeman's Channel.
There is not less than 10 feet in this channel at
low-water springs, so that most of the coasting
steamers can make use of it in safety in bad weather,
when the other channels into Moreton Bay are more
or less dangerous.
The depth in this channel at low water will be kept
posted up at the Port Office, and any change will be
duly notified.

G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N.,
Portmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 25th August, 1876.

LIGHTSHIP AT NO. VI., CLAREMONT ISLAND, INNER

ROUTE TO TORRES STRAITS.
ON and after this date, a Light will be exhibited from
a Lightship moored in 12 fathoms, the Beacon on the
centre of Heath Rocks bearing W. by N. N., dis-
tant 2 miles.
The Light, which is dioptric, is at an elevation of 35
feet above the water, and will be visible from the
deck of a small craft about 10 miles.

G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N.,
Portmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 5th September, 1876.

LIGHTS AT LITTLE SEA HILL, KEPPEL BAY.

Two small lights, which, when in line, cut the posi-
tion of the Timandra Bank Buoy, are now exhibited
at Little Sea Hill, for the purpose of assisting vessels
in rounding the Timandra Bank, and reaching the
anchorage under Sea Hill Point at night.