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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Clerk of Warden's Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 31st March, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint

HERBERT EDWARD ALFRED CROSS, Esq.,
to be Principal Clerk at Charleston of the Warden's
Court for the Nelson South-West Gold Fields. This
appointment dates from the 1st of January, 1878.

JOHN SHEEHAN.

Members of Licensing Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd April, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint

SEYMER M. TANCRED, Esq.,
to be a Member of the Licensing Court for the
District of Wairoa, vice F. Y. Goring, Esq.; and
ROBERT FARMER, Esq.,
to be a Member of the Licensing Court, for the
District of Ngaruroro, vice W. Couper, Esq., de-
ceased.

JOHN SHEEHAN.

Interpreter under "The Native Land Act, 1873," appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 27th March, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint

JOSEPH EDWIN DALTON,
of Ohinemutu, to be an Interpreter under the twelfth
section of "The Native Land Act, 1873."

JOHN SHEEHAN.

Inspector of Telegraphs appointed.

New Zealand Telegraph Department,
Wellington, 25th March, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint

EDWARD HENRY BOLD, Esq.,
to be an Inspector of Telegraphs, vice W. H. Floyd,
Esq., resigned. The appointment to date from the
1st of February, 1879.

J. T. FISHER,
Commissioner of Telegraphs.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 13 of 1879.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 21st March, 1879.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from
the Portmaster, Brisbane, is published for general
information.

J. BALLANCE.

SOUTH ENTRANCE TO MORETON BAY.

WITH the leading beacons in line, there is now not
more than 11 feet at low-water springs on the bar at
the South Entrance.

With the beacons open to the northward about five
times their own width, the bar may be crossed with
15 feet at low water, but, immediately the outer ridge
is crossed, a vessel entering should—to clear a spit
extending off the north bank—haul up to the south-
westward for the northern shoulder of the high land
near Amity Point, until the beacons are not more
than one width apart. A course may then be steered
up the channel, gradually opening the beacons to the
southward as the north break is neared.

On the southern portion of the spit referred to
there is not more than 11 feet at low water.

As the channel has begun to change, probably
further alterations will take place, necessitating due
caution before taking the bar.

G. P. HEATH,
Commander, R.N.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 26th February, 1879.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 14 of 1879.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 28th March, 1879.

NOTICE is hereby given that, during the existence
of a heavy south-east sea, a very heavy break
has been observed between the Lighthouse on Port-
land Island and Bull Rock, about three-fifths of the
distance from the island to the rock.

J. BALLANCE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 15 of 1879.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 28th March, 1879.

CAPTAIN KENNEDY, of the s.s. "Hawea,"
reports that, when entering Poverty Bay on the
12th instant, his vessel touched on a rock or shoal,
the bearings of which are as follow:--

Pa Hill, N.E. N., magnetic.
End of Island, E. S. "

Pa Hill is a conical hill about half-way up the
bay on the north side, and these bearings place the
danger about a mile and a quarter from the land.

J. BALLANCE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 16 of 1879.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 28th March, 1879.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from
the Marine Board of South Australia, is pub-
lished for general information.

J. BALLANCE.

INVESTIGATOR STRAIT, ALTHORPE ISLAND.

Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 21st February, 1879.

MARINERS navigating in Spencer Gulf are hereby
informed that they will, in ordinary weather, observe
the bright portion of the Althorpe Island light over
the low land of the south end of Yorke Peninsula,
on the following bearings from the lighthouse, viz.:

From N. E. round northerly to N. W.; and
from N. W. round westerly to N. by W. W.
All bearings magnetic.

R. H. FERGUSON,
President, Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide,
21st February, 1879.