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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

and the No. 3 Company Hauraki Rifle Volunteers to
The No. 2 Company, Thames Scottish Rifle Volun-
teers.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd July, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the services of the under-mentioned
corps, viz.:-

Greytown Rifle Volunteers. Date of acceptance,
20th June, 1878.
Riverton Rifle Volunteer Cadets. Date of accept-
ance, 7th June, 1878.
Sandy Mount (Dunedin) Rifle Volunteer Cadets.
Date of acceptance, 17th June, 1878.

G. S. WHITMORE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 15 of 1878.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 1st July, 1878.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from
the Marine Board, Port Adelaide, South Aus-
tralia, are published for general information.
J. BALLANCE.

RIVOLI BAY, PENGUIN ISLAND.

NOTICE is hereby given that a circular buoy painted
black has been moored sixty-six (66) fathoms N. 60°
E. from the two-fathom patch in Batticaloa Roads,
eastern coast of Ceylon, and that in future the buoy
will be moored in this position from the 15th
February till the 31st October.

R. H. FERGUSON,
President Marine Board, South Australia.
Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 6th June, 1878.

INVESTIGATOR STRAIT, ALTHORPE ISLAND.

REFERRING to the notices issued by this depart-
ment on the 27th July, 1877, and the 25th January,
1878, mariners are hereby informed that, owing to
unforeseen difficulties, the exhibition of the Althorpe
Island Light will be postponed until a date which
will be given in a further notice.

R. H. FERGUSON,
President Marine Board, South Australia.
Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 6th June, 1878.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 16 of 1878.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 1st July, 1878.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from
the Colonial Secretary, Ceylon, are published for
general information.
J. BALLANCE.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bright light is now ex-
hibited every night, from sunset to sunrise, at an ele-
vation of fifty (50) feet above the sea on the Flagstaff
near the mouth of the Batticaloa Lake, eastern coast
of Ceylon, and will be exhibited hereafter till further
notice, from the 15th February to the 31st October,
the time during which the port is open.

J. DONNAN,
Master Attendant.

NOTICE is hereby given that a circular buoy painted
black has been moored sixty-six (66) fathoms N. 60°
E. from the two-fathom patch in Batticaloa Roads,
eastern coast of Ceylon, and that in future the buoy
will be moored in this position from the 15th
February till the 31st October.

J. DONNAN,
Master Attendant, Colombo.

Master Attendant's Office,
Colombo, 24th April, 1878.

Authority to Frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 1st July, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize

The SECRETARY,
INVERCARGILL BOARD OF EDUCATION,
to frank, free from the prepayment of postage, letters
and parcels posted on the public service.

J. T. FISHER,
Postmaster-General.

Change of Purpose of Reserve at Burke's Pass,
Provincial District of Canterbury.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 29th June, 1878.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Go-
vernor intends, under the provisions of the one
hundred and forty-eighth section of "The Land Act,
1877," to change the specific purpose of the land
described in the second column of the Schedule hereto
for which the land was heretofore set apart as a
reserve, as specified in the first column of the said
Schedule, to the specific purpose specified in the third
column of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

| Description and
Purpose of
Reserve. | Area of which the Purpose is
intended to be Changed. | Intended Purpose. |
|---|---|---|
| Section No.
1595 (in red),
50 acres in the
Timaru Dis-
trict, Provincial
District of Can-
terbury. For
recreation pur-
poses. Gazetted
in Provincial
Gazette No. 9,
Vol. xxi., page
35, 1874. | All that parcel of land in
the Provincial District of
Canterbury, situate at
Burke's Pass, containing by
admeasurement five (5) acres,
more or less, being part of
Section numbered one thou-
sand five hundred and ninety-
five (1595) (in red), now
known as Section two thou-
sand three hundred and
thirty-four (2334) (in red).
Bounded towards the South-
east by the McKenzie Country
Road for a distance of five (5)
chains; towards the South-
west by Reserve numbered
1264A (in red), for a distance
of ten (10) chains; towards
the North-west and North-
east by reserve 1595 (in red),
for distances respectively of
five (5) chains and ten (10)
chains: as the same is deli-
neated on the plans deposited
in the Provincial District
Survey Office, Christchurch. | As a school
site. |

J. T. FISHER,
(for Minister of Lands.)