THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1757

HENRY THOMSON, Esq.,
GEORGE BOOTH, Esq.,
WILLIAM MONTGOMERY, Esq., M.H.R.,
JOHN EVANS BROWN, Esq., M.H.R.,
JAMES SOMERVILLE TURNBULL, Esq., M.D., and
The MAYORS of CHRISTCHURCH and LYTTELTON
(for the time being),
to be Members of the Temporary Hospital and
Charitable Aid Board for the Canterbury District.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Cadet in Colonial Secretary's Office appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th December, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned appointment to the
Civil Service :--

EDWARD CAMPBELL RAIKES
to be a Cadet in the Colonial Secretary's Office.
Appointment to date from 1st December, 1878.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Justice of the Peace and Resident Magistrate resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 5th December, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept resignation by
HERBERT JOSEPH WILLIAMS, Esq.,
of Wairoa, of his appointments as a Justice of the
Peace and Resident Magistrate.
ROBERT STOUT,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Gaoler appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 5th December, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint Constable THOMAS WHELAN
to be Gaoler to the Prison at Tauranga, vice Sergeant
White.
ROBERT STOUT,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Accountant and a Clerk to the Treasury appointed.

Treasury,
Wellington, 10th December, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor in Council has been
pleased to make the under-mentioned appoint-
ments :--

JAMES BARNES HEYWOOD, Esq.,
to be Accountant to the Treasury, from the 1st
instant; and

EDWARD MILLER, Esq.,
to be a Clerk in the Treasury, from the 9th instant.
J. BALLANCE.

Resignation of Volunteer Officer.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd December, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commission held by
the under-mentioned officer :--

Captain J. B. Poynter,
J Battery, New Zealand Regiment of Artillery Volun-
teers.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th December, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned appointments :--
In the New Zealand Regiment of Artillery Volunteers,
J Battery.
Captain Thomas William Porter (New Zealand
Militia) to be Captain. Date of commission, 31st
October, 1878.
Sub-Lieutenant Thomas U'Ren to be Lieutenant.
Date of commission, 31st October, 1878.
G. S. WHITMORE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 33 of 1878.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 9th December, 1878.
THE following Notice to Mariners, received from
the Marine Board, Port Adelaide, South Aus-
tralia, is published for general information.
J. BALLANCE.

INVESTIGATOR STRAIT, ALTHORPE ISLAND.
REFERRING to notices issued from this department
on the 27th July, 1877, and 25th January, 1878, and
the 6th June, 1878, mariners are now hereby in-
formed that, on and after the 14th day of February,
1879, a Revolving Light of the First Order, flashing
every fifteen seconds, will be exhibited from a Light
Tower, painted white, and 40 feet in height, erected
on the large Althorpe Island. The colour of the
light will be white, except between the bearings,
from the lighthouse, of N. 25° W., and N. 61° W.,
where a RED arc of light will be shown, leading half
a mile to the eastward of Emmes Reef, and nearly
half a mile southward of the S.W. Rock.
The focal plane of the light will be at an elevation
of 350 feet above the sea level. In ordinary weather,
the bright portion of the light should be observed
from a ship's deck about 25 miles distant, and the
red arc of light about 17 miles.
When much refraction exists both lights may be
seen at a greater distance.
R. H. FERGUSON,
President, Marine Board.
Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 7th November, 1878.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 34 of 1878.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 10th December, 1878.
THE following Notices to Mariners, received from
the Portmaster, Brisbane, are published for
general information. J. BALLANCE.

NEW LIGHT, NORTH REEF, CAPRICORN CHANNEL.
ON and after this date, a Fixed and Flashing Light
will be exhibited from the Lighthouse recently
erected on North Reef.
The tower, which is circular, is painted white, and
is 80 feet in height.
The illuminating apparatus is dioptric, of the
second order, showing two flashes in succession, at an
interval of one minute, followed by two minutes of
fixed light, the series of changes occupying four
minutes.