MAY 19.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

As it is necessary to haul up immediately after
crossing the outer edge of the bar, vessels are
cautioned against using this channel when there is a
heavy sea.

G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N.,
Portmaster.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 19th April, 1881.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 18 of 1881.

PORT NICHOLSON OR WELLINGTON HARBOUR.
Marine Department,
Wellington, 17th May, 1881.
THE Wellington Harbour Board reports that a
patch of rocks with only 15 feet on it at low-
water, and from 10 to 15 fathoms all round, has been
found about two cables' length from the south-west
point of Somes Island; the centre of the patch bears
from the lighthouse W. by S. S., and from the
northern detached rock above water off the north
end of the island S. by W. W. (magnetic).
H. A. ATKINSON.

Resignation of a Manager of the Havelock Cemetery.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 18th May, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of
JOHN STABLES, Esq.,
as a Manager of the Havelock (Otago) Cemetery.
WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Post Offices opened.

Post Office and Telegraph Department,
Wellington, 16th May, 1881.
THE following list of additional Post Offices which
have opened in the colony is published for
general information.
WALTER W. JOHNSTON,
Postmaster-General.

Post Offices closed.

Post Office and Telegraph Department,
Wellington, 16th May, 1881.
THE following list of Post Offices within the colony
which have been closed is published for general
information.
WALTER W. JOHNSTON,
Postmaster-General.

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Notification of Resignation of Seat in House of
Representatives, City of Nelson.
IN compliance with the provisions of the thirteenth
section of "The Regulation of Elections Act,
1870," I hereby notify that William Acton Blakeway
Adams, Esq., has resigned his seat in the House of
Representatives for the Electoral District of City
of Nelson, and that his letter of resignation was
received by me on the 16th day of May, 1881, and
that the said seat is vacant by reason of such
resignation.
Dated at Auckland, this 17th day of May, 1881.
G. MAURICE O'RORKE, Kt.,
Speaker.

Notification of Resignation of Seat in House of
Representatives, Grey Valley.
IN compliance with the provisions of the thirteenth
section of "The Regulation of Elections Act,
1870," I hereby notify that Edward Masters, Esq.,
has resigned his seat in the House of Representatives
for the Electoral District of Grey Valley, and that his
letter of resignation was received by me on the 16th
day of May, 1881, and that the said seat is vacant
by reason of such resignation.
Dated at Auckland, this 17th day of May, 1881.
G. MAURICE O'RORKE, Kt.,
Speaker.

Post Offices opened as Government Life Insurance
Offices.

Government Insurance Department,
Wellington, 13th May, 1881.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Post Offices at
the under-mentioned places have been opened
as Government Life Insurance Offices:-
TAKAKA, Nelson.
PUKEKOHE, Auckland.
D. M. LUCKIE,
Commissioner.

Branches Registered under "The Friendly Societies
Act, 1877."

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 16th May, 1881.
THE under-mentioned Lodges are registered as
branches of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand
of the Independent Order of Good Templars, under
"The Friendly Societies Act, 1877," this 16th day of
May, 1881:-