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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Justice of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 29th October, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

GEORGE BOOTH, Esq.,
Mayor of Sydenham, to be a Justice of the Peace
under "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876."
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Member of Licensing Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 29th October, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM EDWARD FARRER, Esq.,
to be a Member of the Licensing Courts for the
Districts of Town of Balclutha, Kaitangata, Matau,
South Molyneux, Clutha, Clinton, Popotuna, Clyde-
vale, and Catlin's, vice R. Grigor, Esq., resigned.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

Auditor of Trust Accounts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 31st October, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint

CLARENCE RENNELL, Esq.,
to be Auditor of the Courts of Law Trust Accounts
for the District of New Plymouth, vice R. Chilman,
Esq., deceased.
JOHN SHEEHAN.

NOTICES TO MARINERS.

No. 34 of 1877.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 26th October, 1877.
THE following Notices to Mariners, received from
the Portmaster at Brisbane, are published for
general information.
G. GREY.

NORTHUMBERLAND ISLANDS.

THE following information has been received from
Lieutenant Connor, R.N., the Assistant Admiralty
Surveyor:-

Edwards' Shoal is a narrow sand-bank, steep to,
upon which the sea breaks occasionally. It lies in
the following position, viz.,-
North end 2.6 miles N.E. by N. } from the summit
South end 1 miles N.E. by E. } of Ridge Island.
At about the middle of the shoal there is at low-
water springs a depth of about 7 feet, with 9 feet on
either side for a distance of a mile.

Yaralla Shoal is a long narrow shoal of fine sand,
steep to.
North end 6.5 miles N. W. } from summit of
South end 4.1 miles N. W. } Ridge Island.
It has 11 feet on it shoalest part, which lies 4
cables from its northern extremity.

The summit of Constance Islet (100 feet high)
kept just open of Granite Island-which is shown on
the chart as being 465 feet high-bearing N. W.,
leads in mid-channel between the Yaralla and Pearl
Shoals.

Another shoal, on the south end of which there
is a depth of 15 feet, lies N. W., 9 miles from the
summit of Ridge Island. The position of its northern
extremity and the least water upon it have not yet
been determined.

Pearl Shoal, which is of sand, narrow and steep to,
extends 2.5 miles S. W. S. from Wallace Islet. Its
shoalest part, upon which there is only 3 feet of
water, is at a distance of 1.3 miles from the shore.

Rocket Spit, of sand and steep to, with a depth of
from 12 to 15 feet over it, extends to the south-
westward from h. 1. Islet, from the summit of which
its extremity lies S.W. by W., 1 miles. With the
flood tide there is a heavy rip over the spit.

Unless thoroughly acquainted with the navigation,
vessels of heavy draught are recommended not, to
pass to the westward of the Beverley Group.

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

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 29th September, 1877.

LIGHT ON CAPE BOWLING GREEN.

In pursuance of a notice issued from this office on
the 7th October, 1875, relative to the probable neces-
sity for shifting the position of the Lighthouse at
Cape Bowling Green, notice is hereby given, that on
and after the 20th instant, whilst the Lighthouse is
being shifted, the Revolving Light will be discon-
tinued, and will be replaced by a temporary fixed
light exhibited from the flagstaff, distant 150 yards
south of the present position of the Lighthouse.
The light will be visible from a distance of about
10 miles.

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

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 11th October, 1877.

Entrance to Kaipara Harbour.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 35 of 1877.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 31st October, 1877.
THE following report, by Captain Johnson, of this
department, containing amended sailing direc-
tions for entering Kaipara Harbour, is published for
general information.
G. GREY.

Marine Office,
Wellington, 30th October, 1877.
SIR,-From the recent survey I made of the ap-
proaches to Kaipara Harbour, I have the honor to
report that I found that the Galatea Channel was
the only one to be recommended as being the most
safe and easiest to navigate. The bar on this channel
has shifted 1 miles further seaward than is shown
in the Admiralty chart, and is 8 miles distant from
the green hillocks on North Sand Heads, and 1
miles in width at its entrance, with 15 fathoms close
up to it, and 5 fathoms on it at low-water springs,
carrying from 6 to 7 fathoms in for 14 miles, when it
gradually deepens, the greatest depth of 23 fathoms
being found between Tory Shoal and North Head.
Considerable alteration in the line of banks has also
taken place since last surveyed. Tory Shoal has
greatly increased towards North Head, narrowing
this part of Galatea Channel to only of a mile, with
deep water steep to on both sides.

The tides between Tory Shoal and North Head are
very strong, both ebb and flood set partly on to the
North Head; great care should therefore be exer-
cised in beating or during light winds.

The tides have worked an indentation or bight in
the North Head seaward of the hillocks, and have
extended the North Spit or flats of a mile further
seaward than is shown in chart.