1879.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1441

Resident Magistrate appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 15th October, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
CALEB WHITEFOORD, Esq., R.M.,
to be a Resident Magistrate for the District of Poverty
Bay, with jurisdiction to £100.

W. ROLLESTON.

Prison Surgeon appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 15th October, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
DAVID PHILIP JAMES, Esq., M.R.C.S.E.,
to be Surgeon to the Prison at Hokitika, vice Dr.
Dermott, deceased.

W. ROLLESTON.

Certificated Accountant in Bankruptcy appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 15th October, 1879.
IT is hereby notified that Mr. District Judge Kenny
has appointed
GEORGE THOMAS CROSS,
of Napier, to be a Certificated Accountant in Bank-
ruptcy.

W. ROLLESTON.

Appointment of Volunteer Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th October, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned promotions and
appointments:-

B Battery of Artillery.
Lieutenant Sydney Nimmo Muir to be Captain, vice
Hill-Jack, promoted.
Second Lieutenant William Lambert to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Muir, promoted.
Date of commissions, 1st July, 1879.

K Battery of Artillery
Second Lieutenant Frederick Charles Raif Evans to
be Lieutenant.
Mulliss Amos Ashenden to be Second Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 24th September, 1879.

Riverton Rifle Volunteers.
Henry Hirst to be Captain.
Septimus Solyman Myers to be Lieutenant.
Robert Acheson to be Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 5th June, 1879.

Wanganui City Rifle Volunteers.
Henry Donaldson to be Honorary Assistant Surgeon.
Date of commission, 22nd September, 1879.

Torpedo Corps.
Andrew Thomas Maginnity to be Captain.
Brabazon Disney O'Halloran to be Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 3rd October, 1879.
JOHN HALL.

Resignation of Volunteer Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th October, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers:-
Spring Creek Rifle Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant Charles Reeves. Date of resigna-
tion, 21st May, 1879.
Tokomairiro Grammar School Cadets.
Captain William Malcolm. Date of resignation,
30th September, 1879.

JOHN HALL.

Designation of Corps altered.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th October, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
alter the designation of the Tokomairiro
Grammar School Cadets to
The Bruce Rifle Cadet Volunteers.

JOHN HALL.

Services of Cadet Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th October, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the services of the under-mentioned
Cadet Corps :--
The Gisborne Artillery Cadet Volunteers.
The Masterton Rifle Cadet Volunteers.
The Patea Rifle Cadet Volunteers.
Date of acceptance, 6th October, 1879.

JOHN HALL.

Appointment of Constabulary Officer.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th October, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned appointment in the
New Zealand Armed Constabulary Force:-
Percival Trosse Fortescue, late 24th Foot, to be
Sub-Inspector. Date of commission, 11th Octo-
ber, 1879.

JOHN HALL.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 50 of 1879.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 9th October, 1879.
THE Bluff Harbour Board reports that a small
vessel, on which a WHITE LIGHT showing all
round is exhibited, has been placed at the narrowest
part of Bluff Harbour, on what is called the "Black
Buoy Rock," with the following bearings from the
vessel :-
Burial Point, S. by E., two cables' length.
Red light on east end of the jetty, W., three
cables' length.
Triangle Rocks (sunk), S.S.E., three-quarters of a
cable's length.
The vessel is moored with four anchors (quarterly),
and swings in her own length. Care should be taken
by vessels dropping past not to hook the moorings,
which extend 20 fathoms from the vessel.