THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1147

Certificated Accountant in Bankruptcy appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 30th November, 1877.
IT is hereby notified that Mr. District Judge Ward
has appointed

FRANK SLEE, Esq.,
of Waimate, and

FREDERICK NUTTER, Esq.,
of Invercargill, to be Certificated Accountants in
Bankruptcy.

JOHN SHEEHAN.

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th December, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to make the under-mentioned promotions and
appointments, viz.,-

In the New Zealand Volunteer Force.
Major William Stavely to be Lieut.-Colonel. Date
of commission, 21st November, 1877.
Captain James Ewart Hannah, Invercargill Artillery
Volunteers, to be Major, and to command the
Volunteers in the Invercargill and Riverton
District. Date of commission, 1st December,
1877.
Captain Donald Murray Mackay, Arrow Rifle Volun-
teers, to command the Volunteers in the Arrow,
Queenstown and Cromwell District. From the
1st December, 1877.

In the Riverton Rifle Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant Joseph Robinson to be Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 12th November, 1877.

In the Arrow Rifle Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant William Jenkins to be Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 5th November, 1877.
James Frederick Healey to be Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 5th November, 1877.

In the Gisborne Rifle Volunteers.
George John Winter to be Captain. Date of com-
mission, 29th June, 1877.
Charles William Ferris to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 20th September, 1877.
William Daly to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 1st November, 1877.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Interpreter under "The Native Land Act, 1873,"
appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 29th November, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

CHARLES D. LITCHFIELD, Esq.,
of Opotiki, to be an Interpreter under the 12th sec-
tion of "The Native Land Act, 1873."

JOHN SHEEHAN.

Authority to Frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 3rd December, 1877.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize

The CHIEF CLERK, CONSTRUCTED RAILWAYS
OFFICE, Christchurch,
to frank, free from prepayment of postage, letters
and parcels posted on the public service.

J. T. FISHER.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 37 of 1877.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 4th December, 1877.
THE following Notice to Mariners, received from
the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, Mel-
bourne, is published for general information.

G. GREY.

SOUTH CHANNEL LIGHTS.

PILOTS, masters of vessels, and others are informed,
with the view of affording vessels leaving Melbourne
or Geelong for sea by the South Channel greater
facilities for picking up more rapidly the eastern or
shore light under Arthur's Seat, that—

A White Light will, on and after the 11th Novem-
ber next, be exhibited from the shore lighthouse, in
addition to the present red light.

This white light will be placed 40 feet below the
red light, and will only be seen between the same
bearings as the red light from the shore lighthouse—
viz., between S. by W. 1/2 W. and S.E. 1/4 E.

The white light should be seen in ordinary clear
weather at from 8 to 10 miles distant.

CAUTION.—Vessels, when to the northward of the
Middle Ground, will, by keeping the red and this
white in sight, be clear of danger. The previous
sailing directions for the South Channel Lights are
still to be strictly adhered to.

CHARLES B. PAYNE,
Chief Harbourmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 1st November, 1877.

New Zealand Railways.—Onehunga Branch Railway.
Onehunga Wharf Rates.

IN accordance with the By-laws for the New Zea-
land Railways fixed by Order in Council dated
the seventeenth day of April, 1877, the following
rates for the Onehunga Wharf are hereby declared
to be fixed in lieu of those published in the New
Zealand Gazette No. 35, of the nineteenth of April
last, and shall be paid by persons using the said wharf
on and from the fourteenth instant until altered.

ONEHUNGA BRANCH RAILWAY.—ONEHUNGA WHARF
RATES.
Tolls.
s. d.
Each vessel lying at the wharf per day, or part thereof,
per ten gross register up to 150 tons ... 0 4
For each ton above 150 tons per day, or part thereof... 0 0
Minimum charge per day, or part thereof ... 2 6
For every wagon using the wharf, drawn by one horse,
each time ... 1 0
For each additional horse ... 0 6
For each express, cart, or other vehicle drawn by horse 0 6
For every barrow or hand-truck, each time ... 0 2

Wharfage.
(Tonnage as per Ship's Bill of Lading.)
All merchandise and goods not otherwise specified, per
ton ... 2 6
Barrows or hand-trucks, each ... 0 3
Four-wheel vehicles, each ... 5 0
Two-wheel vehicles, each... ... 2 6
Horses and cattle, per head ... 0 6
Sheep, pigs, and goats, per head ... 0 1
Timber, per 100 feet superficial ... 0 1
Australian timbers, per 100 feet superficial ... 0 2
Palings, per hundred ... 0 2
Shingles, per thousand ... 0 6
Hay, straw, and chaff, pressed, per ton ... 2 0
Ditto, do., unpressed, double rates.
Firewood, per cord ... 1 6
Rough stone, lime, and coal, per ton ... 1 6

Dated at Wellington, this first day of December,
1877.

G. S. WHITMORE,
Minister acting for the Minister for
Public Works.