THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1001

THE accompanying notice is published for general
information.

PETER LALOR,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Department of Trade and Customs,
Melbourne, 11th June, 1879.

NUN BUOY, OFF BRIGHTON.

REFERRING to a Notice to Mariners, dated the 20th
January, 1873, mariners are informed that the red
perch beacon placed on the outer patch of rocks
opposite the end of Park Street, Brighton, having
been carried away, it has been replaced by a white
nun buoy, moored 50 yards to seaward of the rocks,
10 feet at low water.

CHARLES B. PAYNE,
Chief Harbourmaster.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 7th June, 1879.

Sentence of Court of Inquiry into Wreck of
"Swallow" confirmed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 15th July, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to confirm the following sentence of the
Court of Inquiry into the wreck of the brigantine
"Swallow," of Newcastle, N.S.W., official number
3910, 298 tons register, George Frederick Davies,
master, holding a New South Wales certificate of
competency as master, No. 205. The vessel was
totally wrecked at the entrance to Tory Channel,
Cook Strait, on the 28th ultimo.

G. GREY.

THAT the loss appears by the evidence to have been
caused by gross neglect of the master, George
Frederick Davies, in not sufficiently studying the
tide; and our decision is that the certificate of
competency held by the said George Frederick
Davies, master of the said vessel, shall be suspended
three months; and that the said George Frederick
Davies do pay the costs of this inquiry, amounting to
two pounds twelve shillings."

Given under our hands this first day of July,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, at Picton, in the County of Marl-borough, New Zealand.

WILLIAM ADAMS,
HERBERT WESTMACOTT,
Justices of the Peace.

We concur in the above report.
J. HENRY DALTON,
L. MACNEILL,
Nautical Assessors.

Assistant Draftsman appointed.

General Survey Office,
Wellington, 10th July, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

ROBERT GEORGE BEGLEY, Esq.,
as an Assistant Draftsman in the Survey Depart-ment of New Zealand. Appointment dating from
1st July, 1879.

JAMES W. THOMSON,
Minister of Lands.

Gold-Mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 22nd July, 1879.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the
Governor has been pleased to pronounce the
under-mentioned gold-mining lease in the Nelson
South-West 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:—
Hugh Moran and others; 10 acres, District of
Buller. No. 150в.

W. GISBORNE,
Minister of Mines.

Gold-Mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 22nd July, 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:—
William Hayes and others (the Black Horse
Cement Company, Wetherstones); Section 6, Block
XIX., and Section 66, Block X., 1 rood 14 perches,
District of Tuapeka East. No. 42c.

W. GISBORNE,
Minister of Mines.

Commissioner of Crown Lands appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 21st July, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

HENRY GOSTLING CLARK
to be Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Provin-cial District of Marlborough. Appointment to date
from the 1st instant.

J. W. THOMSON,
Minister of Lands.

NOTE.—This notification supersedes that which appears in
Gazette No. 73, of the 10th July, 1879, page 942.

Post Offices opened.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 22nd July, 1879.

THE following list of additional Post Offices which
have been opened in the colony is published
for general information.

J. T. FISHER,
Postmaster-General.

| Name of Office. | In what Postal
District. | Circulating Office. |
|---|---|---|
| Blackwater | ... Greymouth. | ... Greymouth. |
| Fern Flat | ... Westport. | ... Westport. |
| Hunua ... | ... Auckland. | ... Auckland. |
| Kerry Town | ... Timaru. | ... Timaru. |
| Manaia ... | ... Auckland. | ... Auckland. |
| Mangakahia | ... Auckland. | ... Auckland. |
| Te Teko... | ... Auckland. | ... Auckland. |
| Trentham | ... Wellington. | ... Wellington. |