DEC. 16.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

1755

Formation of Regiment of Cavalry Volunteers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th December, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
form the Te Awamutu, Cambridge, and Hamilton
Volunteer Corps into a regiment, under the title of
The Waikato Cavalry Volunteers;
the several troops of which to be designated as
follows:-

Te Awamutu, or A Troop.
Cambridge, or B Troop.
Hamilton, or C Troop.
Date of formation, 13th July, 1880.

JOHN BRYCE.

Formation of Regiment of Cavalry Volunteers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th December, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
form the various detachments of the Southland
Hussar Volunteer Corps into a regiment, under the
title of
The Southland Hussars;
the several troops to be designated as follows:-

A Troop.
B Troop.
C Troop.
Date of formation, 2nd December, 1880.

JOHN BRYCE.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th December, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
disband
The No. 2 Company Inglewood Rifle Volunteers.
Date of disbandment, 7th December, 1880.
The under-mentioned gentlemen, therefore, cease
to be officers in the Volunteer force, their com-
missions having lapsed under the provisions of "The
Volunteer Act, 1865:"-

Walter Bewley, late Captain.
William Peattie, late Sub-Lieutenant.

JOHN BRYCE.

Resignation of Volunteer Officer.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th December, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commission held
by the under-mentioned officer:-

Wanganui City Rifle Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant James John Crawford. Date of
resignation, 24th November, 1880.

JOHN BRYCE.

Native Assessor resigned.

Native Office,
Wellington, 26th November, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to accept the resigna-
tion by
IENI TAPIHANA,
of Maketu, of his appointment as Native Assessor,
from the 19th October, 1880.

JOHN BRYCE.

Resignation of H. Baker, Esq., as Commissioner of
Crown Lands.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 15th December, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of
HORACE BAKER, Esq.,
as temporary Commissioner of Crown Lands for the
Hawke's Bay Land District, during the absence on
leave of Mr. Tylee, as from the 15th December,
1880.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 51 of 1880.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 11th December, 1880.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from
the Superintendent of Marine Surveys at Cal-
cutta, are published for general information.

H. A. ATKINSON.

HINDOSTAN.—WEST COAST.—BOMBAY.
Kenery (Kundari) Island Light.—Intended Alteration.

NOTICE is hereby given that, on and after the 1st
April, 1881, a red ray will be shown from the Kenery
(Kundari) Island light. This ray will cover the
dangers lying seaward of Alibagh and Choul, as also
the Choul Kádu rocks; and will be visible between
the bearings of N. and N.N.W. ¼ W.

Bearings are magnetic and from seaward. Varia-
tion 1º easterly in 1880.

EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO.—SUNDA STRAIT.—SUMATRA.
Flashing Light on Flat Cape.

WITH reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 3 (1),
issued from this department on the 4th February,
1878, on the intended establishment of a light on
Flat Cape (Vlakken Hook or Pamantyoss Point),
north-west entrance point of Sunda Strait, the
Netherlands Government has given further notice
that the light is now exhibited.

The light is a flashing light, elevated 205 feet
above high water, visible seaward between the bear-
ings of S. 42° E. and N. 58° W., except where it is
obscured by Little Fortune (Klein Fortuin or Batoe
Ketyil) Islet, between S. 72° E. and S. 76° E. It
should be seen in clear weather from a distance of
twenty-one miles.

Position, approximate, lat. 5° 58′ 50″ S., long.
104° 30′ 40″ E.

The bearings are magnetic. Variation ½ easterly
in 1880.

CHINA SEA.—CARIMATA STRAIT.
Position of Gwalia Reef.

WITH reference to the existence of a shoal reported
in lat. 1° 12′ S., long. 108° 43′ E, on which the
British ship "Gwalia" was totally wrecked on 15th
February, 1880, the British Hydrographic Office has
notified that the following further particulars have
been received from Lieutenant and Commander
W. H. J. Nowell, H.M. ship "Foxhound," resulting
from an examination of the locality made in May,
1880:-

This danger (Gwalia Reef) is of coral formation,
nearly circular in shape, and about half a mile in
diameter; the general depths over it are from 3 to 4
fathoms, but there are two patches, breaking at low
water, on which the least depth found was 4 feet.
The reef lies with the following bearings, viz.;