1162 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 41 of 1879.

LIGHTS ON AKAROA HEAD AND CAPE SAUNDERS.
PRELIMINARY NOTICE.

Marine Department,
Wellington, New Zealand, 16th August, 1879.

NOTICE is hereby given that Lighthouses are now
in the course of erection at Akaroa Head and
Cape Saunders. It is anticipated that the lights will
be ready for exhibition early in 1880.
The following is a description of Lights that will
be exhibited:—

AKAROA HEAD LIGHTHOUSE
Is situated on Akaroa Head, at the eastern side of
the entrance to Akaroa Harbour, Banks Peninsula,
East Coast of Middle Island. The Light will be a
Second Order Flashing White Light, visible all round
seaward as far as the land admits, and will show a
flash every ten seconds.

CAPE SAUNDERS LIGHTHOUSE
Is situated on the cape of that name on the East
Coast of the Middle Island. The Light will be a
Second Order Revolving White Light, visible all
round seaward as far as the land admits, obtaining its
greatest brilliancy once every minute.

Due notice will be given of the exact date when
these Lights will be first exhibited.
G. GREY.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 42 of 1879.

EXHIBITION OF A FIXED WHITE LIGHT AT
HOKITIKA.

Marine Department,
Wellington, New Zealand, 16th August, 1879.

IT is hereby notified that, on and after the twenty-
second day of September next, a Harbour Light
will be exhibited from the Lighthouse which has been
erected at Hokitika, the position and characteristics
of which are as follow:—

The Hokitika Lighthouse is situated on the Gaol
Hill, about 1 mile 13 chains north of the Flagstaff,
entrance to the Hokitika River, West Coast of the
Middle Island of New Zealand.

The tower is 18 feet in height, is built of timber
and painted white. The Light will be a Fifth Order
Fixed White Light, and will be visible all round
seaward. The Light is elevated 122 feet above the
level of the sea, and, allowing 15 feet for the height
of the observer's eye, will be seen at a distance of
16 miles in clear weather, and at lesser distances ac-
cording to the state of the atmosphere.

On the same night that this Light is exhibited, the
White Light at present shown from the Flagstaff
will be discontinued.
G. GREY.

Victorian Drawback Regulations.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 18th August, 1879.

THE following Gazette notice, received from the
Department of Trade and Customs in Mel-
bourne respecting drawback of duty, is published
for general information.
G. GREY.

DRAWBACK REGULATIONS.

It is hereby notified for general information that
His Excellency the Governor in Council has been

pleased to direct that hats (except straw) shall be
added to the list of articles specified in Schedule I..
to the Drawback Regulations of 4th December, 1878,
which came into force on the 1st January, 1879; and
that the rate at which drawback of duty paid on the
exportation thereof shall be 13 per cent.

PETER LALOR,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Melbourne, 18th July, 1879.

Immigration Officer appointed.

Immigration Office,
Wellington, 20th August, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN JAMES WINSBURY WHITE, Esq.,
to be Immigration Officer for the Provincial District
of Marlborough, vice Cyrus Goulter. Appointment
to date from the 1st September, 1879.

W. GISBORNE,
Minister for Immigration.

Additional Nominated Immigration Regulations.

Immigration Office,
Wellington, 14th August, 1879.

THE following regulations, in addition to those
which are published in the New Zealand Gazette
No. 49, of the 2nd September, 1875, are made for
the conduct of Immigration to New Zealand on the
nomination of Immigrants by persons resident
therein:—

1. The sum of five pounds will be required to be
   paid in cash, in advance, for each male adult, whether
   married or single at the time of making the nomi-
   nation.

2. Single women suitable for domestic service will
   receive free passages and free conveyance by railway
   or steamer to the port of embarkation in the United
   Kingdom, and they will not be required to pay any
   sum towards their expenses of outfit.
   W. GISBORNE.

Receiver of Gold Revenue and Mining Registrar
appointed.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 18th August, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint
MILLAR EYES, Esq.,
to be a Receiver of Gold Revenue and Mining
Registrar under "The Mines Act, 1877," for Stafford
and Goldsborough, in the Westland Mining District,
as from the 13th May, 1879.

W. GISBORNE,
Minister of Mines.

Receiver of Gold Revenue appointed.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 19th August, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

HERBERT EDWARD ALFRED CROSS, Esq.,
to be a Receiver of Gold Revenue, under "The
Mines Act, 1877," for Charleston, in the Nelson
South-West Gold Fields, as from this date.

W. GISBORNE,
Minister of Mines.