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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 39 of 1879.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 8th August, 1879.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from
the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, Mel-
bourne, is published for general information.

G. GREY.

PORT PHILLIP BAY.—NORTH SHORE, BETWEEN
WERRIBEE AND LITTLE RIVERS.

PILOTS, masters of vessels, and others are informed
that a fourth-class overend black buoy has been placed
4½ cables off, and due south of, the end of the spit
running off the north shore, midway between the
Werribee and Little Rivers.
The buoy is 1½ miles off shore, is in 16 feet at low
water, and is 6 cables length inside a fairway course
between Point Cook and the Point Wilson's steam-
boat buoys.
All bearings are magnetic.

CHARLES B. PAYNE,
Chief Harbourmaster.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 10th July, 1879.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 40 of 1879.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 9th August, 1879.

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

G. GREY.

PRINCE OF WALES CHANNEL, TORRES STRAITS.

To avoid during flood tide the sunken 3-fathom
patch to the W.S.W. of D Reef, vessels are recom-
mended to follow the S.W. by W. course one mile
further than shown by the track laid down on the
chart, and until the west point of Goode Island
bears S.E. by E.
There is not more than 16 feet on this danger at
low-water springs.

G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N.,
Portmaster.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 15th July, 1879.

Appointment in the General Survey Department.

General Survey Office,
Wellington, 4th August, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

PATRICK CHARLES STANLEY RUFF, Esq.,
to be an Assistant Draughtsman in the Survey
Department of New Zealand. Appointment dating
from 1st August, 1879.

JAMES W. THOMSON,
Minister of Lands.

Money Order and Savings Bank Office opened.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 13th August, 1879.

IT is hereby notified for general information that a
Money Order and Savings Bank Office will be
opened at

NEWTON (Chief Office, Auckland),
from and after the 15th August instant.

By order.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Public Valuers appointed under "The Friendly
Societies Act, 1877."

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 7th August, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be
Public Valuers under "The Friendly Societies Act,
1877," until the 30th June, 1880.

Name. Address.
GEORGE LESLIE ... Russell Street, Dunedin.
PETER BLACK ... London Street, Dunedin.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

OFFICIATING MINISTERS FOR 1879.—NOTICE No. 15.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 12th August, 1879.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the
the eighteenth year of the reign of Her Majesty
Queen Victoria, and intituled "The Marriage Act,
1854," the following name of an Officiating Minister
within the meaning of the said Act is published for
general information:—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend Alexander McLean Wright, M.A.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Notice to Coroners.

"THE REGULATION OF MINES ACT, 1874."

Mines Department,
Wellington, 13th August, 1879.

THE attention of Coroners throughout the colony
is directed to section 38 of "The Regulation of
Mines Act, 1874," relating to notices of inquests
on deaths caused by accidents in mines.

By order.

OLIVER WAKEFIELD,
Under Secretary for Mines.

Notice of Time and Place for Hearing Objections
to Valuations under "The Land-Tax Act, 1878."

VALUATION FOR NEW ZEALAND.

Land-Tax Office, Wellington,
13th August, 1879.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance of the pro-
visions of "The Land-Tax Act, 1878" (section
32), the objections to the valuation list, and claims
for exemption from land-tax for the County of
Coromandel, will be heard at the Resident Magis-
trate's Courthouse, Coromandel, on Thursday, the
28th of August, at 10 a.m.

JOHN SPERREY,
Commissioner.