MAR. 10.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
813

against the person accused, as if charged under sec- quire to make during the week following the close of
tion 198 of the Western Pacific Order in Council, the financial year, requisitions for the amount re-
1877. quired are to be made in such time as to enable them
5. The Court may in all cases accept of deposi- to reach Wellington not later than the 24th March,
tions, or detailed information from respectable British so that the funds requisite may be placed at the
subjects, even when not on oath, if the information disposal of the officer on the 1st April.
comes from parties at a great distance, as a sufficient H. A. ATKINSON,
ground for the issue of a summons or warrant, without Colonial Treasurer.
any other charge, where it has reason to believe that
an offence, which, according to the practice and pro-
cedure of the Supreme Court of Fiji, would amount
to an indictable offence, has been committed against
the provisions of the Orders in Council by a person
subject to the jurisdiction of the Court, and that the
opportunity for the investigation of such offence
would be lost were such summons or warrant not
issued forthwith.

6. Where a summons or warrant has been so issued,
   every officer commanding any of Her Majesty's ships
   or schooners shall have authority to bring such person
   so summoned, or against whom such warrant has been
   issued, to the Court whence such summons or warrant
   has been issued, and the witnesses in support of the
   charge, or shall have authority to arrange for their
   conveyance to such Court, at the cost of the funds at
   the disposal of the High Commissioner, should such
   officer himself be unable to bring them to such Court.

Dated this third day of March, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one.

Given under my hand and official seal.

(L.S.) ARTHUR H. GORDON,
High Commissioner.

Given under my hand.
JOHN GORRIE,
Chief Justice of Fiji.

SCHEDULE.

In Her Britannic Majesty's)
High Commissioner's Court
for the Western Pacific.
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CRIMINAL JURISDICTION.

Dated the day of , 188 .

To [This may be directed to an officer or petty officer of the
ship].

WHEREAS it has been made known to me that a charge of
[Here state in general terms the charge of which the accused is
supposed to be guilty] may justly be laid against A.B., of [Insert
residence and additions, if any], a person within the jurisdiction
of the Western Pacific Orders in Council of 1877 and 1879:

I [Here insert name of Commander of ship or schooner], being
in command of Her Majesty's ship [or schooner] [Name of ship
or schooner], in virtue of the rules dated the day of
, A.D. 1881, issued under section 152 of the Western
Pacific Order in Council of 1877, do command you, in Her
Majesty's name, forthwith to apprehend the said A.B., and
bring him on board of H.M. ship [schooner] [name], to be dealt
with in the manner required by the said rules.

(Signature of Officer.)

Notice to Imprestees under "The Public Revenues
Act, 1878."

Treasury,
Wellington, 25th February, 1881.

OFFICERS holding advances of Public Money are
hereby required to pay to the Public Account
at the nearest branch of the Bank of New Zealand
the total unexpended balances in their hands on or
before Thursday, the 31st day of March instant,
so as to close absolutely all Advance Accounts on
that date, and forthwith to transmit the Bank
Receipt for such repayments to the Treasury at
Wellington.

As respects disbursements which officers may re-
Notice to Mariners.—No. 6 of 1881.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 8th March, 1881.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from
the Wanganui Harbour Board, is published for
general information.

H. A. ATKINSON.

WANGANUI RIVER.

ON and after the 1st day of April, 1881, the tem-
porary lights on the training-walls, notified in Gazette
No. 127, of December, 1879, will be discontinued,
and the following lights substituted :-

On the south wall, on the 1st, 2nd, and 4th beacons,
a white and red light showing up and down the river,
and a red light towards the channel, both colours
being shown from the same lantern.

Vessels entering the port should keep the lights on
the starboard side, and on arriving opposite to the
third light should steer direct for a white and red
light on the southern end of the bridge.

THOMAS LOW,
Harbourmaster.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 7 of 1881.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 8th March, 1881.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from
the Superintendent of the Marine Survey, Cal-
cutta, is published for general information.

H. A. ATKINSON.

INDIA—BAY OF BENGAL—RIVER HOOGHLY
SAND-HEADS.

Light Regulations for Pilot Brigs.

THE Port Officer, Calcutta, has notified that, on and
after the 1st day of July, 1881, the pilot brigs at the
Hooghly Sand-heads will, when under weigh and
cruising about, show the usual red and green side-
lights. When they are hove-to, engaged in supplying
or taking out a pilot, and thus not under command,
the side lights will be obscured, and the bright mast-
head light exhibited according to the regulations of
the Board of Trade. On the near approach of a
vessel, a white light will be shown over the brig's
stern.

2. While pilot brigs are at anchor, the usual
   anchor light will be hoisted at the starboard fore-
   yard-arm.

3. The maroons, or flare-up lights, will, as hereto-
   fore, be burnt by the brigs every quarter of an hour,
   whether under weigh or at anchor, from sunset to
   sunrise, in accordance with the aforesaid regulations.

By direction of the Government of India.

A. DUNDAS TAYLOR,
Comdr. (late I.N.),
Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.

Marine Survey Department,
Calcutta, 8th January, 1881,