THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 381.

Copy of the application made and plan annexed
may be seen at the Warden's Office at Greymouth.

SCHEDULE.
CHARLES JOHNSON and PARTY. Style under which
it is intended to conduct the business: "Anstadal and
" Three acres, Westland Mining District.
Given under my hand, at Wellington, this
twenty-seventh day of March, one thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
J. MACANDREW,
Minister.

Gold-Mining Lease to be granted.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

IN conformity with the thirty-seventh section of
"The Mines Act, 1877," and with the regulations
made under that Act for the granting of leases for
gold-mining purposes, it is hereby notified that it is
intended to grant a lease for gold-mining purposes of
Crown lands to the applicant specified in the annexed
Schedule, unless there shall be valid objections against
such lease.

Objections to granting such lease, stating the
grounds of objection, must be made in writing, and
lodged with the Warden at Collingwood, on or before
the 3rd day of May, 1878.
Copy of the application made and plan annexed
may be seen at the Warden's Office at Collingwood.

SCHEDULE.
JOHN ROSS and PARTY. Style under which it is
intended to conduct the business: "Sphinx Gold-
Mining Company." Sixteen acres, in the Golden
Bay Mining District.
Given under my hand, at Wellington, this
twenty-seventh day of March, one thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
J. MACANDREW,
Minister.

Revising Officers appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th March, 1878.

IT is hereby notified that His Honor Mr. Justice
Gillies has reported that he has appointed
HENRY CHARLES LAWLOR, Esq.,
to be Revising Officer for the Electoral Districts of
Mongonui and Bay of Islands, Marsden, Rodney,
Waitemata, City of Auckland East, City of Auckland
West, Parnell, Newton, Town of Onehunga, Eden,
Franklin, Waikato, Waipa, and Thames; and
WILLIAM HALSE, Esq.,
for the Electoral Districts of Town of New Plymouth,
Grey and Bell, and Egmont.

J. BALLANCE,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

Notice by Mayor of Masterton under Section 145,
"Municipal Corporations Act, 1876."

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th March, 1878.

THE following notice received from His Worship
the Mayor of Masterton is published for general
information, in accordance with section 145 of "The
Municipal Corporations Act, 1876."

J. BALLANCE,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

BOROUGH COUNCIL OF MASTERTON.
Wairarapa, Wellington,
23rd March, 1878.

SIR,-I have the honor to notify, in accordance with
clause 145 of "The Municipal Corporations Act,
1876," that a poll was taken in due form, on Satur-
day, 29th December, 1877, in the Town Hall, Mas-
terton, on the proposal of the Borough Council to
raise the sum of £8,000 by way of special loan, of
which the principal and interest shall be secured on
the general rates of the borough, for the under-
mentioned public works:-

Estimated Cost
of Works.

1. For purchase of land for street-widen-
   ing purposes ... ... ... £ 1,000
2. For forming, metalling, and extending
   streets, and constructing culverts ... 4,000
3. For constructing footpaths and widen-
   ing bridges ... ... ... 1,000
4. For Corporation buildings... ... 1,000
5. For a temporary water supply, and
   assisting a fire brigade ... ... 1,000

Total estimated cost ... ... £8,000

And I have the honor to notify that the proposal to
raise the said special loan was carried by a majority
of 85 votes, as follows:-

For the proposal ... ... ... 98
Against ... ... ... 13
—
Majority for ... ... ... 85

I have, &c.,
R. G. WILLIAMS,
Mayor.

The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington.

Appointment of Assessor, Native Land Court.

Native Office,
Wellington, 26th March, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
HORI NGATAI,
of Tauranga, to be an Assessor of the Native Land
Court of New Zealand.

J. BALLANCE,
(in the absence of the Native Minister.)

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 10 of 1878.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 25th March, 1878.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from
the Portmaster, Brisbane, are published for
general information.

J. BALLANCE.

SHOAL, TRINITY BAY.

THE position of the shoal reported by Captain
Saunders, of the s.s. "Alexandra," and of which a
notice was published from this office on the 16th
November last, having been examined by Lieut.
Connor, R.N., the officer in charge of the Admiralty
Survey, the supposed danger has been found to be
the north-east extremity of the main reef, which lies
in the following position, viz.,—

the extremity of Island Point, N.W. by W. W.
Round Hill ... ... S. by W. westerly.

Vessels passing along the coast will be clear of this
danger while keeping the two remarkable hills denoted
on the chart as 2,652 and 2,710 feet in height respec-