1624
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Clerk in Resident Magistrate's Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 18th November, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
Constable JAMES PRATT
to be Clerk at Gore of the Resident Magistrate's
Court for the District of Southland.
ROBERT STOUT,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Members of Licensing Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 18th November, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOSEPH DURHAM BRACE, Esq.,
to be a Member of the Licensing Courts for the
Districts of Collingwood and Aorere, vice H. O.
Ledger, Esq., resigned;
JOHN TRENNERY, Esq.,
to be a Member of the Licensing Courts for the
Districts of Inangahua and Town of Reefton, vice A.
D. Bayfield, Esq.;
SAMUEL MEGGITT MACKLEY, Esq.,
to be a Member of the Licensing Court for the
District of Grey Valley, vice R. H. J. Reeves, Esq.;
and
CHARLES MCLAURIN, Esq.,
to be a Member of the Licensing Court for the
District of Stewart Island, vice William Barclay,
Esq.
ROBERT STOUT,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Inspector of Volunteers appointed.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th November, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
Major WILLIAM GORDON
(New Zealand Militia) to be Inspector of Volunteers
for the Colony of New Zealand. Date of appoint-
ment, 1st July, 1878.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Inspector and Surveyor appointed under "The Ship-
ping and Seamen's Act, 1877."

Marine Department,
Wellington, 19th November, 1878.
IT is hereby notified that the Minister having charge
of the Marine Department has appointed
ROBERT JOHNSON
to be an Inspector and Surveyor for the purposes
of "The Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1877."
G. GREY.

Inspectors and Surveyors and Engineer Surveyors
appointed under "The Shipping and Seamen's Act,
1877."

Marine Department,
Wellington, 19th November, 1878.
IT is hereby notified that the Minister having charge
of the Marine Department has appointed
HENRY ALEXANDER MCGREGOR,
WILLIAM JAMES JOBSON,
GEORGE CROLL, and

ALEXANDER CRAWFORD,
to be Inspectors and Surveyors and Engineer Sur-
veyors for the purposes of "The Shipping and Sea-
men's Act, 1877."
G. GREY.

"Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1877."
NOTICE TO MASTERS, OWNERS, AND AGENTS OF
VESSELS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 15th November, 1878.
THE attention of masters and owners of vessels is
drawn to the provisions of "The Shipping and Sea-
men's Act, 1877," which has been assented to by
Her Majesty.
All correspondence in connection with this Act,
and all other Acts relating to merchant ships and
seamen, should be addressed to

The Secretary,
Marine Department,
Wellington.

G. GREY.

"Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1877."
CABLES AND ANCHORS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 15th November, 1878.
THE attention of dealers in anchors and chain
cables is drawn to the provisions of section one
hundred and sixty-five of "The Shipping and Sea-
men's Act, 1877," which reads as follows:--
"After the commencement of this Act, a maker of
or dealer in anchors and chain cables shall not sell
or contract to sell, nor shall any person purchase or
contract to purchase, for the use of any ship, any
chain cable or any anchor exceeding in weight one
hundred and sixty-eight pounds which has not been
previously tested and stamped in accordance with
the Acts of the Imperial Parliament intituled 'The
Chain Cables and Anchors Acts, 1864 to 1874.'
Any person who acts in contravention of this section
shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanour."
G. GREY.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 29 of 1878.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 14th November, 1878.
THE following Notice to Mariners, received from
the Colonial Secretary, Cape Town, Cape of
Good Hope, is published for general information.
G. GREY.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Cape of Good Hope, 19th August, 1878.
THE subjoined despatch received from the Commo-
dore Commanding, Simon's Bay, enclosing the report
of Captain Wharton, H.M.S. "Fawn," of a recent
survey of the coast in the neighbourhood of the wreck
of the mail steamer "Kafir," is hereby published for
general information.
J. GORDON SPRIGG,
Colonial Secretary.

"Active," in Simon's Bay, 10th June, 1878.
SIR,-I have the honor to forward herewith a report
from Commander Wharton, of Her Majesty's Sur-
veying Ship "Fawn," enclosing a tracing showing the
result of his survey of the coast in the neighbourhood