THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 723

Waikouaiti Rifle Volunteer Cadets. Date of acceptance, 14th May, 1877.

H. A. ATKINSON,
(for the Native Minister).

Appointment of Volunteer Officer.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th July, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the under-mentioned appointment,—

In the Napier Artillery Volunteers.

Frederick Irvine de Lisle to be Honorary Assistant Surgeon. Date of commission 22nd March, 1877.

H. A. ATKINSON,
(for the Native Minister).

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th July, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the services of

The Clutha Yeomanry Cavalry Volunteers. Date of acceptance, 28th April, 1877.

H. A. ATKINSON,
(for the Native Minister).

Member of Waimakariri Harbour Board appointed.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 9th July, 1877.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of the third section of “The Waimakariri Harbour Board Act, 1876,” been pleased to appoint

GEORGE HERBERT WEARING, Esq.,

to be a member of that Board, vice Edward George Kerr, Esq., resigned.

GEO. McLEAN.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 25 of 1877.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 9th July, 1877.

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

GEO. McLEAN.

ALTERATION OF LIGHT, BURNETT RIVER HEADS.

On and after this date the Temporary Light at the South Head of the Burnett River will be replaced by a Fixed Catoptric Light of the 5th Order, which will be seen from seaward between the bearings of N.W. by W. and S.E. by E. The lense is placed at an elevation of 37 feet above the mean sea level, and will be visible from a distance of 10 or 11 miles. The tower from which the light is exhibited is hexagonal and painted white, and stands near the extreme point of the South Head.

The leading lights for crossing the bar will also, after this date, be exhibited every night between sunset and sunrise.

Vessels from the northward, intending to enter the Burnett, should not approach within three miles of the shore abreast the Burnett Banks until the light bears W.S.W., when they should steer for it and bring the leading lights into line for crossing the bar.

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

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 2nd June, 1877.

Appointments (Constructed Railways).

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 11th July, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments in the Constructed Railways Branch of the Public Works Department, viz.,—

ALEXANDER HENRY McLEAN, Clerk, from 17th April, 1877 ;

THOMAS ALEXANDER PETERKIN, a General Manager, from 19th June, 1877 ;

ALEXANDER ARMSTRONG, a Resident and Locomotive Engineer, from 1st July, 1877 ;

WILLIAM ROSS CARRUTHERS, an Assistant Resident and Locomotive Engineer, from 1st July, 1877 ;

CHARLES NICHOLLS, Clerk, from 6th July, 1877 ;

GEORGE HENRY DONALDSON, Clerk, from 9th July, 1877.

J. D. ORMOND.

Appointments in the Surveyor-General’s Department.

General Survey Office,
Wellington, 10th July, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the under-mentioned appointments in the department of the Surveyor-General :—

D. REID,
Secretary for Crown Lands.

Statement of Account of the Provincial District of Nelson for the Quarter ended 31st December, 1876.

Treasury,
Wellington, 4th July, 1877.

THE following Statement of Account of the Receipts and Expenditure of the Provincial District of Nelson for the Quarter ended the 31st December, 1876, is published for general information.

H. A. ATKINSON.

ABSTRACT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE OF THE PROVINCE AND PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF NELSON FOR THE QUARTER COMMENCING ON THE FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER AND ENDING ON THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER, 1876.

RECEIPTS.

Capitation ... ... £2,518 12 1
Land Fund ... ... 3,999 11 0
Gold Fields Revenue ... ... 100 17 10
Publicans’ Licenses ... ... 140 16 0
Education Rate ... ... 655 5 0
Scab Act ... ... 340 0 1
Harbours ... ... 317 8 2
Rents of Reserves ... ... 37 3 0
Miscellaneous ... ... 128 13 3
Government Wharves ... ... 133 6 8
Interest, Water Works Loan (Transfer from Water Works Account) ... ... 400 0 0
Dog Nuisance Act ... ... 3 16 0

Total Receipts ... ... £8,775 9 1