1879.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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NOTICE TO MARINERS.

ROLL A.
NOMINAL RETURN of Officers and Men of the Colonial
Forces who have made Application for the New
Zealand War Medal, for Services prior to the 31st
December, 1866, and whose Claims have been
admitted since the publication of the Commis-
sioners' last Report, 19th June, 1879.
Anderson, Thomas Henry, Private, Auckland Volunteers.
Bilton, Francis, Private, Taranaki Military Settlers.
Blackmore, Henry G., Ensign, 4th Waikato Regiment.
Brooking, William, Corporal, Taranaki Volunteers.
McClelland, Thomas, Hospital Sergeant, 2nd Waikato Regiment.
Morrison, Thomas, Private, Napier Volunteers.
Pope, John N., Private, Taranaki Volunteers.
Smith, Alfred, Private, 3rd Waikato Regiment.

ROLL B.
NOMINAL RETURN of Officers and Men of the Colonial
Forces who have made Application for the New
Zealand War Medal, for Services subsequent to the
31st December, 1866, and whose Claims have been
admitted since the publication of the Commis-
sioner's last Report, 19th June, 1879.
Drew, James, Constable, Armed Constabulary.
Leslie, Charles, Private, Wellington Rifles.
Rutherford, Walter, Constable, Armed Constabulary.

Resignation of Volunteer Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st October, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers :--

K Battery of Artillery.
Lieutenant Neil Ferguson. Date of resignation,
17th September, 1879.

No. 1 Company, Taranaki Rifle Volunteers.
Honorary Assistant-Surgeon Patrick Joseph O'Neil
O'Carroll.

No. 3. Company, Taranaki Rifle Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant Albert Cracroft Fookes. Date of
resignation, 16th September, 1879.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st October, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make under-mentioned appointments:---

Taranaki Mounted Rifles.
Patrick Joseph O'Neil O'Carroll to be Honorary
Assistant-Surgeon. Commission to bear date
13th October, 1876, under clause 14, "Volunteer
Regulations, 1874."

Picton Rifle Rangers.
Courtenay William Aylmer Thomas Kenny to be
Captain. Date of commission, 4th September,
1879.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st October, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the services of the under-mentioned
corps :-
The New Zealand Torpedo Corps. Date of accept-
ance, 1st September, 1879.
The Mount Cook Rifle Cadet Corps. Date of accept-
ance, 16th September, 1879.
The Oamaru North School Rifle Cadet Corps. Date
of acceptance, 25th September, 1879.
G. S. WHITMORE.

No. 47 of 1879.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 19th September, 1879.
THE following Notices to Mariners, received from
the Marine Board, Port Adelaide, are published
for general information.
G. GREY.

INVESTIGATOR STRAIT.-NEPEAN BAY.-KANGAROO
ISLAND.
NOTICE is hereby given that a large cheese-shaped
buoy with cylindrical framework, surmounted by a
ball, and painted red, has been moored off the end of
the sandspit in lat. 35° 41′ 30″ S., and long. 137° 42′
35" E., for the purpose of marking the submarine
cable between Kingscote and Yankalilla.
Masters of vessels when running into Kingscote
Harbour for shelter are requested to anchor to the
southward or well to the westward of the buoy, in
order to avoid the cable.
Masters of coasters or small craft, using the inside
anchorage, are informed that two beacons have been
erected on Bear Point; when in line they mark the
position of the cable, and bear from each other N.
67° W. and S. 67° E. It is particularly requested
that masters will keep well to the north or south of
this line before anchoring.
R. H. FERGUSON,
President, Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 13th August, 1879.

SPENCER GULF.-GERMEIN BAY.-PORT PIRIE.
THE following remarks are published for the informa-
and guidance of masters of vessels bound to the
anchorage in Germein Bay or to Port Pirie :-
The south side of the channel is marked by a pile
beacon surmounted by a ball, painted red, and erected
on the north end of eastern shoal, in lat. 33° 4′ 50″
S., and long. 137° 41′ 45″ E.
The course from the above beacon to a cheese-
shaped buoy, surmounted by cylindrical framework
and ball, painted red, is E. by N. N., distant six
miles. This buoy is moored in 4 fathoms at
low water, on the N.W. or outer edge of the Cockle
Spit. From this buoy a course of E. by N. will lead
to pile beacon, surmounted by a ball painted red,
distant one mile. From the beacon a course of E. by
S., distant three-quarters of a mile, will lead to a
cheese-shaped buoy, surmounted by cylindrical frame-
work and ball, painted red. This buoy is moored on
the northern or outer edge of the Cockle Spit, in
3 fathoms at low water.
Proceeding on a course of E. by S. from the last-
mentioned buoy, and distant from it one mile, another
cheese-shaped buoy, surmounted by staff and ball,
painted red, will be observed; it is moored in 15 feet
at low water. From thence a course S.E. by S.,
distant two and three-quarter miles, will lead to the
fairway buoy, which is cheese-shaped, surmounted by
cylindrical framework and ball, painted in black and
red chequers. This buoy marks the entrance to Port
Pirie Harbour and can be passed on either side; it is
moored in 10 feet at low water.
The north side of the channel is marked as
follows:-
A cheese-shaped buoy, surmounted by staff and
ball, painted black, is moored in 12 feet at low
water on the south-west edge of Ward Spit: lat.
33° 2′ 40″ S., long. 136° 49′ 45″ E. A short half-mile
to the eastward of this buoy will be observed a pile
beacon with square head, painted black; it is in 10
feet at low water. From this beacon a course of