THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
APRIL 15.] 507

Royal (Rangitikei) Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant William Morrison. Date of resignation,
29th March, 1880.

Waitara West Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant William Thomas Oxenham. Date of
resignation, 22nd March, 1880.

Nelson College Cadets.
Captain Joseph Mackay. Date of resignation, 18th
March, 1880.
JOHN BRYCE.

Appointment of Certificated Accountant in Bankruptcy
revoked.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th April, 1880.
HIS Honor the Chief Justice has revoked the
appointment of
WILLIAM BERRY
as a Certificated Accountant in Bankruptcy.
H. A. ATKINSON.

Clerk of Courts dismissed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 9th April, 1880.
HIS Excellency the Governor in Council has been
pleased to dismiss
HERBERT EDWARD ALFRED CROSS,
Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's, Warden's, and
Licensing Courts, at Charleston, from the public
service.
WM. ROLLESTON.

Governor under "The Auckland College and Grammar
School Act, 1877," re-elected.

Board of Education,
Auckland, 5th April, 1880.
IN accordance with "The Auckland College and
Grammar School Act, 1877," and the regulations
thereunder for the election of Governors by the
Board of Education for the District of Auckland, I
hereby notify that
THEODORE MINET HAULTAIN
was, at a meeting of the said Board, held this day,
duly re-elected a Governor of the Board of Governors
constituted by the said Act.
J. LOGAN CAMPBELL,
Chairman of the Meeting.

Authorities to Frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 14th April, 1880.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize
The DEPUTY PROPERTY-TAX COMMISSIONERS
for the Auckland, Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Nelson,
Canterbury, Otago, and Southland Districts, a noti-
fication of whose appointments appeared in the New
Zealand Gazette of the 6th instant, to frank and
receive, also
The CHIEF CLERK in the PROPERTY-TAX
DEPARTMENT,
whose appointment was also notified in the same
Gazette, to frank, free from prepayment of
postage, letters and parcels posted on the public
service.
JOHN HALL,
Postmaster-General.

Authorities to Frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 14th April, 1880.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize
The REGISTRARS appointed under "THE RE-
GISTRATION OF ELECTORS ACT, 1879,"
a notification of whose appointments appeared in the
New Zealand Gazette of the 4th March, 1880, to frank,
free from prepayment of postage, letters and parcels
posted on the public service.
JOHN HALL,
Postmaster-General.

Designation of Post Office changed.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 9th April, 1880.
IT is hereby notified for general information that
the designation of the Post Office in the Postal
District of Christchurch, formerly known as Winch-
more, has been changed to
LAURISTON.
By order of the Postmaster-General.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Designation of Post Office changed.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 14th April, 1880.
IT is hereby notified for general information that
the designation of the Post Office in the Postal
District of Napier, formerly known as Sherwood,
has been changed to
WARGRAVE.
By order of the Postmaster-General.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 16 of 1880.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 9th April, 1880.
THE following Notices to Mariners, received from
the Marine Board of New South Wales and
South Australia, are published for general infor-
mation.
H. A. ATKINSON.

PERMANENT LIGHT, SOLITARY ISLANDS.
ON and after the night of Monday, the 15th March
next, the temporary light referred to by notice
from this office of the 15th August, 1878, will be
discontinued, and the permanent light exhibited from
the tower erected on the summit of the South Solitary
Island.
This light will be of the first order dioptric, white,
revolving every thirty seconds. It will be visible all
round the horizon at a distance of about nineteen
miles from an ordinary ship's deck. It is situated
in lat. 30° 12′ S., long. 153° 17′ E., and is elevated,
including tower 40 feet, 192 feet above high-water
mark.
FRANCIS HIXSON,
President.
Office of Marine Board of New South Wales,
24th February, 1880.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA—GULF OF ST. VINCENT.
REFERRING to Notices Nos. 6 and 9, issued from this
office on the 11th June and the 14th July, 1879,
mariners are now hereby informed that, on and after