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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 10 of 1877.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 3rd April, 1877.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from
the Portmaster at Brisbane, are published for
general information.
GEO. MCLEAN.

REPORTED ROCK, FLINDERS PASSAGE, TORRES
STRAITS.

CAPTAIN SCOTT reports the existence of a dangerous
rock, with four feet of water over it at low water
springs, lying in the following position :—
Channel Rock ... ... West.
Peak of Wednesday Island ... N. by W.

G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N.,
Portmaster.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 6th March, 1877.

SINGAPORE ROCK — L 1 ISLES — CUMBERLAND
ISLANDS.

THE rock on which the "Singapore" struck has its
outer edge awash at low water springs, gradually
deepening towards L 1 Island. This danger is of
very small extent, and lies in the following position,
viz. :—
N. W. point of western L 1 Island, N W.
S. W. " E. by S S.
There is a deep passage between the rock and the
island.

G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N.,
Portmaster.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 26th February, 1877.

FREEMAN'S CHANNEL, MORETON BAY.

NOTICE is hereby given that the available depth at
low water springs in Freeman's Channel is now only
nine feet.

Vessels should still pass at a ship's length south of
the buoys.

G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N.,
Portmaster.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 26th February, 1877.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 11 of 1877.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 4th April, 1877.

THE following letter and its enclosure from Cap-
tain E. H. Murray, H.M.S. "Sapphire," is
published by His Excellency's command for general
information.
GEO. MCLEAN.

Position of Point Hanson.
H.M.S. "Sapphire,"
Wellington, 26th March, 1877.

MY LORD,—I have the honor to forward, for the
information of your Government, the corrected
position of Point Hanson, Chatham Islands, as ascer-
tained by Mr. Dennys, Navigating Lieutenant of this
ship.

I have the honor to be,
My Lord,
Your obedient servant,
E. H. MURRAY,
Captain.

His Excellency the Marquis of Normanby,
K.C.M.G., &c.

HYDROGRAPHICAL NOTE.
H.M.S. "Sapphire," 17th February, 1877.-Australian Station.

(Signed) E. H. MURRAY,
Captain.
A. C. DENNYS,
Navigating Lieutenant.

Member of Timaru Harbour Board appointed.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 28th March, 1877.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the
Governor has been pleased to appoint
ARTHUR ORMSBY, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Member of the Timaru Harbour Board, vice
Herbert Belfield, Esq., resigned.
GEO. MCLEAN.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND.

DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES JURISDICTION.

NOTICE is hereby given, that three or more of the
Judges of the Supreme Court of New Zealand
will sit at the Supreme Court House, Wellington,
on Monday, the twenty-first day of May next, at
eleven o'clock in the forenoon, to hear and determine
petitions for the dissolution or for a sentence of
nullity of marriage, under section sixty of "The
Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1867," and
also for the despatch of all other business accruing
under the said Act.

Dated at Hokitika, this twenty-seventh day of
March, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
seven.
JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Chief Justice.