706 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 45

Notice to Mariners. No. 15 of 1883.

POSITION OF WHALE ROCK BUOY, ENTRANCE TO BAY OF
ISLANDS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 26th May, 1883.

NOTICE is hereby given that a large buoy, painted white,
has been placed 60 fathoms W.N.W. of the Whale Rock,
at the entrance to the Bay of Islands.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Notice to Mariners. - No. 16 of 1883.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 29th May, 1883.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Hydro-
grapher to the United States Hydrographic Office, Wash-
ington, is published for general information.

NEW CALEDONIA.

H. A. ATKINSON.

SHOAL. According to the New South Wales Government
Gazette, No. 439, Captain James Simpson, master of the
schooner "Mabel White," discovered a shoal south-east of
New Caledonia on September 4, 1882, on a voyage from Suva to
Richmond River. Soundings could not be obtained, but at
noon the shoal was rendered distinct by breakers. The vessel
passed the shoal about three-quarters of a mile off. Position:
Latitude, 23° 30′ S.; longitude, 168° 50′ E.

J. C. P. DE KRAFFT,
Commodore U.S.N.,
Hydrographer to the Bureau.

U.S. Hydrographic Office,
Washington, D.C., 27th February, 1883.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 30th May, 1883.

THE following lists of successful and unsuccessful tenders are
published for general information.

WALTER W. JOHNSTON,
Minister for Public Works.

TE AROHA BRIDGE CONTRACT. - WAIKATO-
THAMES RAILWAY.

Accepted.
£ s. d.
H. Reid, Kamo 4,924 0 0

Declined.
Mercer and Marshall, Hamilton 5,223 5 4
Alexander Watson, Auckland 5,681 5 0
Foughey and Darrow 6,505 13 10
Alexander Sutherland 7,190 0 0
Hunt and White 8,260 7 0
J. J. O'Brien 8,461 0 0
Wells and Gardner (withdrawn).

WAIHOU CONTRACT (FORMATION ONLY).-WAI-
KATO-THAMES RAILWAY.

Accepted.
£ s. d.
Hunt and White, Auckland... 12,648 10 8

Declined.
Martin Danaher, Auckland 13,996 9 8
Mercer and Marshall, Hamilton 14,279 10 0
Brett and Mullayer, Auckland 15,566 0 0
Isaac Coates, Auckland 16,101 0 0
Foughy and Darrow, Auckland 16,424 5 0

Designation of Cadet Volunteer Corps altered.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th May, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of
the designation of the Arrow Rifle Cadet Volunteers
being altered to

The Arrow School Rifle Cadet Volunteers.

JOHN BRYCE.

Services of Cadet Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th May, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the
services of the under-mentioned cadet corps from the
dates specified:-

The Wanganui High School Rifle Cadet Volunteers. Date
of acceptance, 13th April, 1883.
The Carterton School Rifle Cadet Volunteers. Date of
acceptance, 25th April, 1883.
The Tuamarina School Rifle Cadet Volunteers. Date of
acceptance, 28th April, 1883.

JOHN BRYCE.

Persons authorized to grant Exemption Certificates to Chinese.

Treasury,
Wellington, 31st May, 1883.

THE Colonial Treasurer directs it to be notified for public
information that, in accordance with the power vested in
him by the fourteenth section of "The Chinese Immigrants
Act, 1881," he has authorized the persons undermentioned to
grant exemption certificates to Chinese under the provisions of
the said section:-

James Hackworth, Collector of Customs, Dunedin.
John Borrie, Collector of Customs, Invercargill.
Alexander Rose, Collector of Customs, Christchurch.
Edwin Francis Rich, Collector of Customs, Hokitika.
James Garland Woon, Collector of Customs, Greymouth.
William James Rodgerson, Collector of Customs, Westport.
Wilson Heaps, Collector of Customs, Nelson.
Henry Scott McKellar, Collector of Customs, Wellington.
Thomas Hill, Collector of Customs, Auckland.
Edward Falconer Tizard, Collector of Customs, Thames.
Edward Patten, Collector of Customs, Napier.
David Lundon, Collector of Customs, Wanganui.
Robert Thompson, Collector of Customs, New Plymouth.
Charles Edward Cooper, Collector of Customs, Timaru.
Henry Blunt Farquhar, Collector of Customs, Oamaru.

JAMES C. GAVIN,
Secretary to the Treasury.

Missing Friend. Thomas Brown Restarick.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th May, 1883.

INFORMATION is requested as to the whereabouts of
THOMAS BROWN RESTARICK, formerly of Davenport,
England, who sailed from England in the ship "Helen Denny,"
for Otago, in June, 1877. His age was then about forty-three
years. Any person who can give any information as to his
death or otherwise is requested to communicate with the
Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington.

G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.

Branches of Friendly Society registered.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 25th May, 1883.

THE under-mentioned Lodges are registered as branches of
the North Canterbury District of the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows (Manchester Unity) Friendly Society, under
"The Friendly Societies Act, 1882," this 25th day of May,
1883:-

Name. Where situated.
Loyal Leeston Lodge Leeston.
Loyal Papanui Lodge Papanui.
Loyal Coleridge Lodge Glentunnel.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Officiating Ministers for 1883.-Notice No. 14.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 29th May, 1883.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand, passed in the forty-fourth year
of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and intituled
"The Marriage Act, 1880," the following names of Officiating
Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for
general information:--

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend David Rodger.
The Reverend David Fulton.
The Reverend Alexander McLean, B.D.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

New Zealand Company's Commissioner's Report.

JOSEPH GODFREY HOLDSWORTH, a Commissioner duly
appointed by virtue of the Ordinance No. 15, Session XI.,
of the Legislative Council of the Islands of New Zealand, to
hear and decide claims to land by persons claiming title thereto,