THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 30 of 1879.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 23rd June, 1879.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from
the Portmaster at Brisbane, are published for
general information.

G. GREY.

SHIP CHANNEL, MORETON BAY.

IN furtherance of a Notice to Mariners published on
the 3rd instant, reporting changes in the Ship
Channel, the following information is now given :—
The present position of B Buoy is W. by S. ¾ S.,
4 cables from that given on the chart of Moreton Bay,
1670a.
N. ½ E., 2¼ cables from the present position of the
buoy, on a ridge running E.S.E. and W.N.W., and
extending west-north-westerly across the channel,
there is not more than 16 feet at low-water springs.
Also E. ¼ S., 5 cables from the buoy, on another
ridge lying south-easterly and north-westerly, there
is only 15 feet at low water.
Between B Buoy and the shoal edge of the East
Banks there is not more than 18 feet at low water.
Vessels entering by this channel must now keep
the northern edge of the East Banks on board, and
pass to the northwards of B Buoy at a distance not
exceeding ½ a cable. By following this course a
vessel may carry 20 feet at low water, but, from the
radical changes now going on, these directions can-
not be depended upon for any time. Any further
alterations will be duly notified.
B Buoy, when relaid about two months since,
was in 4½ fathoms; at this spot there is now only
19 feet at low water.
G. P. HEATH, Commander, R.N.,
Portmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 19th May, 1879.

MIDDLE AND NORTH, OR HOWE CHANNELS, MORE-
TON BAY.

NOT more than 16 feet at low-water springs can at
present be depended upon in the Middle Channel.
The North Channel is now the best entrance to the
port, the depth not being less than 19 feet at low-
water springs.

ONE-FATHOM CORAL PATCH, TRINITY BAY.

CAPTAIN WEBBER, of the s.s. "Egmont," reports
having touched on a coral patch, with about 1 fathom
of water on it at low-water springs, lying in the
following position :—
Low Island Lighthouse, N. ½ W.
Island Point, N.W. by W. ½ W.
A depth of 7 fathoms was found close alongside
the shoal.
G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N.,
Portmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 20th May, 1879.

Gold-Mining Lease cancelled.

Gold Fields Department,
Wellington, 30th June, 1879.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the
Governor has been pleased to pronounce the
under-mentioned gold-mining lease in the Otago
Gold Fields cancelled, and that the ground is now
open for application as if no lease of the said ground
had ever been applied for.
Robert Brown and others ; Section 13, Block I.,
St. Bathans District.
J. BALLANCE,
(for the Minister of Lands.)

Clerk in the Survey Department appointed.

General Survey Office,
Wellington, 12th June, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN HUGH BOSCAWEN, Esq.,
to be a Clerk in the Survey Department of New
Zealand. Appointment to date from 17th April,
1879.
J. BALLANCE,
(for the Minister of Lands.)

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 30th June, 1879.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful
tenderers is published for general information.
J. MACANDREW,
Minister for Public Works:

NELSON-FOXHILL RAILWAY (NO. 2 PORT
CONTRACT).

Accepted.

W. Patterson, Nelson ... ... ... £ 1,762 18 6

Declined.

Atkinson and Wise, Nelson ... ... 1,763 7 6
J. Gilbertson, Nelson ... ... 1,770 15 0
J. B. Blair, Nelson ... ... 1,991 0 0
G. Pollita, Nelson ... ... 2,240 0 0
T. Riordan, Nelson ... ... 2,561 16 0
W. Lloyd, Nelson (informal) ... ... 1,494 13 0

Designation of Post Offices changed.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 1st July, 1879.

IT is hereby notified for general information that
the designations of the Post Offices at Huntly
Lodge, in the Postal District of Auckland, and
Maerewhenua, in the Postal District of Oamaru, have
been changed respectively to
HUNTLY and
LIVINGSTONE.
By order of the Postmaster-General.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Governors of Whangarei High School appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 1st July, 1879.

PURSUANT to section 3 of "The Whangarei
High School Act, 1878," the Education Board
of the District of Auckland has elected
RICHARD SISSONS, Esq., M.D., J.P., and
JAMES WHITELAW, Esq., J.P.,
to be Governors of the Whangarei High School.
JOHN HISLOP,
Secretary.

OFFICIATING MINISTERS FOR 1879.—NOTICE NO. 9.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 1st July, 1879.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in
the eighteenth year of the reign of Her Majesty
Queen Victoria, and intituled "The Marriage Act,