THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 595

Fields District, from the 1st proximo, vice F. Guin-
ness, Esq., R.M., transferred.

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

Resident Magistrate appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 25th April, 1879.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

FRANK GUINNESS, Esq., R.M.,

to be Resident Magistrate for the Districts of Ash-
burton and Geraldine, with jurisdiction to £100,
from the 1st proximo, vice A. Le G. Campbell, Esq.,
transferred.

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

Accountants in Bankruptcy appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th April, 1879.

I T is hereby notified that His Honor Mr. Justice
Gillies has appointed

Mr. DENNIS GILMORE MACDONNELL, of Auck-
land;

that Mr. District Judge Ward has appointed

Mr. WILLIAM RICHARDSON BOYLE, Of Ashburton,
and

Mr. GEORGE ALLEN, of Ashburton;

and that Mr. District Judge Harvey has appointed

Mr. REGINALD BREE, of Gore,

to be Certificated Accountants in Bankruptcy under
"The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876."

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

Appointments in Treasury.

Treasury,

Wellington, 29th April, 1879.

I T is hereby notified that His Excellency the
Governor has been pleased to make the follow-
ing appointments to the staff of the Treasury :—

ERNEST CALVERT WILKINSON, Esq.,
HUBERT NEWMAN WIGMORE CHURCH, Esq., and
HENRY DAVID YOUNG, Esq.,

to be Clerks, and

FRANCIS HENRY TUCKEY

to be a Cadet, as from the 1st instant.

J. BALLANCE.

Resignation of a Clerk in the Treasury.

Treasury,

Wellington, 30th April, 1879.

I T is hereby notified for public information that

WALTER HERBERT KAY, Esq.,

has resigned his appointment as a Clerk in the
Treasury, as from the 25th instant.

J. BALLANCE.

Member of Moeraki Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,

Wellington, 24th April, 1879.

H IS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of
the provisions of section 23 of "The Harbours
Act, 1878," been pleased to appoint

Mr. DAVID MUNRO

to be a Member of the Mocraki Harbour Board.

J. BALLANCE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 20 of 1879.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 24th April, 1879.

T HE following Notices to Mariners, received from
the Marine Board at Sydney, and the Portmaster
at Brisbane, are published for general information.

J. BALLANCE.

FIXED WHITE LIGHT ON TACKING POINT.

ON and after the night of Friday, the 4th of April, a
fixed white light will be exhibited from sunset to
sunrise on Tacking Point, near Port Macquarie,
which will be visible from seaward within a range of
ten or twelve miles during ordinary weather.

FRANCIS HIXSON,
President.

Office of the Marine Board of New South Wales,
29th March, 1879.

MIDDLE CHANNEL, ENTRANCE TO MORETON BAY.

THE small knoll reported as having formed in the
Middle Channel having been washed away, there is
now not less than 16 feet at low water with the
leading lights in line.

Vessels entering must be careful not to go to the
northward of the line of lights until approaching the
Venus Bank, when the lights must be opened to the
northward, a distance equal to half the difference
between their heights, and the spit rounded as pre-
viously directed.

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

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 4th April, 1879.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 21 of 1879.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 29th April, 1879.

T HE following Notices to Mariners, received from
the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, Mel-
bourne, are published for general information.

J. BALLANCE.

MIDDLE BANK, WESTERN PORT.

PILOTS, masters of vessels, and others are informed
that the middle bank in Western Port, to the north-
westward of Phillip Island, and between it and the
mainland, has extended to the south-west about
half a mile. High land near Barker's Point, open of
West Head W. by S. S. until Tortoise Head bears
N.E. E., will still clear the S.W. edge of the bank.

CHARLES B. PAYNE,
Chief Harbourmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 28th March, 1879.

PORT PHILLIP.—SOUTH CHANNEL.

PILOTS, masters of vessels, and others navigating
the South Channel are hereby informed that a shoal
has been found between Nos. 1 and 3 buoys; it bears
S.E. by E. E. from No. 1 buoy, and nearly due
west from No. 3 buoy.

The shoal lays about due north and south, and is
a cable in length and a half a cable in breadth, with
21 feet over it at low water.

The shallowest part is a cable and a half south of a
line between Nos. 1 and 3 buoys, and two and a
quarter cables from the fairway up South Channel—
viz., two lights in one, E. S.