DEC. 7.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1837

Copies of the form of statutory declaration may be
obtained on application to the Secretary for Educa-
tion, Wellington, or to the Secretary of any Educa-
tion Board.
THOMAS DICK.

Notice to Mariners. No. 35 of 1882.

HAURAKI GULF, NORTH ISLAND, N.Z.—EXHIBITION
OF LIGHT ON MOKO HINOU ISLAND, AND ALTERA-
TION TO TIRI TIRI LIGHT.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 6th December, 1882.

NOTICE is hereby given that a lighthouse is in
course of erection at Moko Hinou Islands, and
it is anticipated that the light will be ready for
exhibition about the month of April next.
The following is a description of the light that will
be exhibited :—

The lighthouse is situated on Burgess Island, one
of the Moko Hinou Group, at the entrance to Hauraki
Gulf, North Island, New Zealand; lat. 35° 55′ 15″
S., long. 175° 8′ 47″ E. The light will be a first
order flashing white light, visible all round seaward,
and will show a flash every ten seconds. Further
particulars will be published in a future notice.

On the same night that the Moko Hinou light is
exhibited a section of the Tiri Tiri light will be altered
to show red over an arc of about 23° from over Flat
Rock on to Kawau Island, the rest of the light
remaining white as at present. The exact bearings
will be given in a future notice.

Due notice will be given of the exact date when
these lights will be exhibited.
H. A. ATKINSON.

Transfer of Post Offices from Auckland to Thames
Postal District.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 4th December, 1882.

IT is hereby notified for general information that,
from and after the 1st January next, the Sub-
Post Offices within the County of Tauranga will be
transferred to the Thames Postal District. Follow-
ing this decision, the under-mentioned offices will be
under the control of the Chief Postmaster, Thames :—

Aongatete.
Lake Tarawera.
Maketu.
Matata.
Ohinemutu.
Ohiwa.
Opotiki.
Oropi.
Tauranga.
Te Puke.
Te Teko.
Waterford.
Whakatane.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Application for Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 6th December, 1882.

PATENT for Improvements in Disc Harrows.

GEORGE LYMAN SISE, of Dunedin, in the
Colony of New Zealand, Merchant, has deposited at
this office a specification of the said invention; and
I have appointed Friday, the 9th day of February
next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at this office, to
hear the said application and all objections thereto;
and I require all persons having an interest in op-
posing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on
or before the 25th day of January next, at this office,
particulars in writing of their objections to the said
application, otherwise they will be precluded from
urging the same.

No. 736.
C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 1st December, 1882.

THE Prebbleton Lodge, No. 33, situated at Preb-
bleton, is registered as a branch of the Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows of New Zealand
Friendly Society, under "The Friendly Societies
Act, 1882," this 1st day of December, 1882.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Notification of Vacancy of Seat in the House of Repre-
sentatives for the Electoral District of Peninsula.

IN compliance with the provisions of the sixty-first
section of "The Regulation of Elections Act,
1881," I hereby notify that James Seaton, Esquire,
a Member of the House of Representatives for the
Electoral District of Peninsula, died on the 18th day
of November, 1882, and that the seat in the House
of Representatives for the said electoral district is
vacant by reason of such death.

Dated at Auckland, the 28th day of November,
1882.
G. MAURICE O'RORKE,
Speaker.

Institution for the Deaf-and-Dumb, Sumner.

APPLICATIONS for appointment to the office of
Assistant-Master in this institution will be
received at this office up to the 31st December next.
The salary at first will be either £110 with board,
&c., or £150 without board. Applications must be
accompanied with testimonials, and particulars as to
age, &c. No previous training in the method of
instruction here adopted is required. A teacher
holding a certificate of Class D from the Education
Department would be preferred. The person ap-
pointed will be required to enter on his duties about
the end of January.
WM. JAS. HABENS,
Inspector-General of Schools.

Education Department,
Wellington, 20th November, 1882.

Crown Lands Notices.

Lease of Forest Sections in the Thermal-Springs
District, Rotorua.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 3rd November, 1882.

I HEREBY notify that the right for a term of
seven years to cut and remove Timber from the
parcels of land enumerated in the Schedule here-
under will be offered, at a premium or foregift, for
sale by public auction, at this office, on Monday, the
18th day of December, 1882, at the hour of 11 o'clock
in the forenoon.

D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.
BUSH SECTIONS IN THE MARAEROA-OTUROA BLOCK,
THERMAL-SPRINGS DISTRICT, NEAR LAKE ROTORUA.