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Certificated Accountants in Bankruptcy appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th February, 1877.
IT is hereby notified, that His Honor the Chief
Justice has appointed
JOHN MATTHEW TAYLOR, of Wellington,
HARMOOD ARTHUR BANNER, of Napier, and
CHARLES BONFIELD HOADLEY, of Napier;
that His Honor Mr. Justice Williams has appointed
MATTHEW WILLIAM HAWKINS, of Dunedin;
and that Mr. District Judge Harvey has appointed
FRANZ WILLIAM FREDERICK GEISOW, of
Queenstown, and
JAMES FRANCIS TULLY, Of Queenstown;
to be Certificated Accountants in Bankruptcy.
D. REID,
(for the Minister of Justice).

Member of Timaru Harbour Board elected.
Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 21st February, 1877.
IT is hereby notified that the Mount Peel Road
Board has elected
Sir THOMAS TANCRED, Bart.,
to be a Member of the Timaru Harbour Board.
D. REID,
(in absence of Commissioner of Customs).

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 4 of 1877.
Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 14th February, 1877.
THE following Hydrographical Memorandum, re-
ceived from the Commodore Commanding the
Australian Station, is published for general informa-
tion.
GEO. MCLEAN.

Dundas Straits, Clarence Straits, Port Darwin,
Cartier Island, Howard's Passage, Investigator's
Straits; also Spring Bay, East Coast of Tasmania.

"Wolverene," at Sydney,
26th January, 1877.

Hydrographic Memo. No. 14.
THE accompanying Hydrographic information relative
to parts of the Australian Station is promulgated for
general information.
A. H. HOSKINS,
Commodore.
To the respective Captains and Officers
Commanding Her Majesty's Ships on
the Australian Station.

Hydrographical information furnished by Officers of
H.M. Ship "Barracouta," 30th September, 1876.
DUNDAS STRAIT. Chart 1044; Aust. Dir., vol. iii.
pp. 85, 89, 90.
The shoal ground between the eastmost point of
Melville Island and Cape Keith extends much farther
towards Cape Keith. With Cape Keith bearing
S. 60° W. mag. about 5' or 6', the "Barracouta"
passed over a patch of 4 fathoms. In the Strait,
owing to the water being so thick, the shoals are not
discernible, and all through the Clarence and Dundas
Straits the soundings are very irregular.

VERNON ISLAND, CLARENCE STRAITS. Chart 1044;
Chart 18, Port Darwin; Aust. Dir., vol. iii. pp. 90,
96-97.
The following information was received from the
Harbour Master at Port Darwin by the "Barra-
couta":-
Between New Year's Island and McCluer Island
is very patchy.
The tides and currents off Port Essington and
along the coast are very irregular, more particularly
towards the change of the monsoon. It is extremely
dangerous to navigate at night near the coast, and
there are many patches of foul ground from New
Year's Island round by Port Essington, Trepang
Bay, and Blue Mud Bay (Aust. Dir., vol. iii. p. 84),
next west of it and through Dundas Straits. I should
strongly recommend that no vessel should voyage
along the coast except with good daylight, and never
at night unless compelled.

PORT DARWIN. Chart 18.
Port Darwin.-W. S. off Tale Head is a rock
which is awash at very low tides.
A small black buoy has been placed near the north
end of the sandspit, north of Emery Point. It will
shortly be replaced by a much larger one.

SHOAL WATER NEAR CARTIER ISLAND, Lat. 12° 32′ S.
Long. 124° 8' E. Aust. Dir., vol. iii., Edu. 1863,
p. 150; Charts 1047, 2759 A.
Shoals. 24th Sept., 9.20 a.m. Sounded in 10
fathoms, ran along to the westward about one mile
in 10 to 12 fathoms, then got no soundings for about
a mile, then 10 fathoms again for about a mile. Tide
ripples. Bottom, white sand and coral and black
rocks. Running from eastward to westward, it ap-
peared to extend-including the channel-about 3',
and to the northward and southward it could be seen
about an equal distance, viz. about 1 mile on each
side of the ship.

SAND ISLET, NEAR POSITION OF CARTIER ISLAND,
ditto, ditto.
By very good morning and afternoon sights, "Bar-
racouta" passed Sand Islet (which may be Cartier
Island out of position) at 5.30 p.m. By sight and
bearing at that time, islet N. 10° E. mag., makes the
islet to be in lat. 12° 28′ S., long. 123°37′ S. Nothing
was seen of Cartier Islet at noon. Heavy breakers
on W.N.W. side of islet.

Copy of Notices to Mariners received from the Presi-
dent of the Marine Board, South Australia.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA-NORTHERN TERRITORY, HOW-
ARD'S PASSAGE, VERNON ISLANDS.
That a cheese-shaped buoy, surmounted with tri-
angle and ball, painted red, has been placed off the
east end of the middle Vernon Island in 5 fathoms
at low water.
A similar buoy to the above, and surmounted in
the same manner, also painted red, has been placed
on the west spit of the middle Vernon Island, in
7½ fathoms at low water.
The following sailing directions are recommended
for vessels coming from the north-eastward.
Give the red buoy on the east end of the island a
berth of one-sixth of a mile, continuing a southerly
course until the red buoy on the west spit shows
well open to the south of middle island, then shape
a course through the passage, a good look-out being
kept for the Henry Ellis Reef, just awash at low
water. On no account should vessels attempt to go
between the middle and north Vernon Islands.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA-INVESTIGATOR'S STRAITS.
That on board the steamer "Governor Musgrave,"
during a passage from Wedge Island towards Inves-
tigator's Straits, a very heavy break was observed
about one mile W. by N. mag. from Emmes Reef.
At the time a moderate S.W. gale was blowing, with
a high sea from the same quarter. As this break