THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1023

Registrar of Dogs appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th July, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JOHN CAMERON,
Town Clerk of the Borough of Caversham, to be
a Registrar of Dogs under "The Otago Dog Nui-
sance Ordinance, 1862," within the Borough of
Caversham, and also to appoint the Town Clerk's
Office at Caversham to be the place where the fees
for registration shall be received.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 17th July, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be
Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths,
and also Vaccination Inspectors, for the districts set
opposite their names:----

Name. District.
THOMAS DOLLMAN Charleston.
JAMES HENRY STEPHENS Manuherikia.
WILLIAM SMITH Temuka.
ROBERT SMELT BUSH Raglan.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Clerk of Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th July, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

HASTINGS M. LEE, Esq.,
to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Courts
at Leeston and Southbridge, and Clerk of the
Licensing Court for the District of Ellesmere, from
the 1st proximo, vice W. G. Lunn, Esq., resigned.

G. S. WHITMORE,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Clerk of Court resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th July, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by

THOMAS FREDERICK GOOCH, Esq.,
of his appointment as Clerk of the Resident Magis-
trate's Court at Te Kopuru, from the 31st instant.

G. S. WHITMORE,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Justice of Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th July, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by

FREDERICK EDWARD MANING, Esq.,
of Hokianga, of his appointment as a Justice of the
Peace for the Colony.

G. S. WHITMORE,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 17 of 1878.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 15th July, 1878.

THE following Hydrographic memorandum, the re-
ceived from the Commodore Commanding the
Australian Station, is published for general informa-
tion.

J. T. FISHER,
(for Commissioner of Customs.)

BAY OF ISLANDS, AUCKLAND HARBOUR, RURICK
ROCK, PD, TASMANIA, BAMPTON REEF.
"Wolverene" at Sydney,
27th June, 1878.

Hydrographic Memorandum No. 22.

THE accompanying Hydrographic information rela-
tive to parts of the Australian Station is promul-
gated for general information and guidance.

A. H. HOSKINS,
Commodore.

To the respective Captains and Offi-
cers Commanding Her Majesty's
Ships on the Australian Station.

INFORMATION FURNISHED BY H.M.S. "WOLVERENE."

Chart 1090, Bay of Islands.-Bird Rock, which
is given in chart as 2 feet above high water, is at
least 25 feet.

Chart 1090, Bay of Islands. - The Twins, which are
given as 3 feet, are about 13 feet above high water.

Chart 1896, Auckland Harbour. --Shoal Water.--
Between a line drawn from the beacon on Rangitoto
Reef and the black buoy, about eight cables S.S.E.
from it, extending off W.S.W. about two and a half
cables, the water has shoaled considerably, 4 fathoms
having been found W.S.W., two and a half cables
from the beacon at low water.

FURNISHED BY H.M.S. "SAPPHO," MARCH, 1878.

Rurick Rock (PD), Tasmania. -Captain Largie,
of the ship "Pericles," reports that on coming round
the south coast of Tasmania from the westward, on
the evening of 30th November, 1877, wind light from
North-west at the time, a rock was sighted on the
starboard bow. It was made out to be the Rurick
Rock, and was clearly seen from the deck. It would
be about sixteen miles from Eddystone Rock and
twenty-six miles from Cape Bruny. The rock seemed
to be about 10 feet above the horizon, and about 40
feet long. Captain Largie says that he has never
seen it before; that it is right in the way of vessels
rounding there; is placed on the charts and men-
tioned in the books of directions as being doubtful.

FURNISHED BY H.M.S. "SAPPHIRE."

Volcanic Islands, Hapai Group, Friendly Islands,
Chart 2421.-A small island, about 200 yards long
and 110 feet high, was passed by H.M.S. "Sap-
phire" on 16th April, 1878, in lat. 19° 11' S., long.
174° 49' W., S. 17 W., 23 miles from Lette Island.
It ejected a quantity of white smoke, and is covered
with sulphur.

Reef (PD) and Home Shoal (PD). -The position
of reef marked PD, in lat. 19° 18' S., long. 174° 59'
W., was passed within three miles, and that of the
reported rock, 27 feet high, said to have been seen
by a Dutch ship, within four and a half miles; also
the position of the Home Shoal was passed over, and
in no case was there any appearance of a reef or