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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 24

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th February, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make
the under-mentioned appointment:—

Alexandra Cavalry Volunteers.
Philip George Smith to be Lieutenant. Date of commission,
20th February, 1884.

H. A. ATKINSON,
(for the Defence Minister.)

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th February, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept
the resignation of the commission held by the under-
mentioned officer:—

Auckland City Guards Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant John William Robinson. Date of resignation,
19th February, 1884.

H. A. ATKINSON,
(for the Defence Minister.)

Commission of Volunteer Officer cancelled.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th February, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
cancel the commission held by

JOHN WATT
as Sub-Lieutenant in the Clutha Rifle Volunteers.

H. A. ATKINSON,
(for the Defence Minister.)

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1884.

NOTICE is hereby given that ARTHUR BRISCOE AND
COMPANY, of Dunedin, in the Colony of New Zealand,
Merchants, have applied, on behalf of CURTIS'S AND HARVEY,
of 74, Lombard Street, London, England, to register, under
"The Trade Marks Act, 1866," the trade mark of which the
following is a description, viz.:—

Description of Trade Mark.

A paper label for affixing to tins, canisters, cases, or any
packages containing gunpowder, having a narrow white
border, a circular white centre, and the intervening space
dark blue. Upon the white centre appears a landscape, with
trees in the background and rabbits feeding and playing in a
meadow in the foreground. A sportsman stands near the
centre of the picture, with his gun raised to his shoulder in
the act of shooting a rabbit. On the dark-blue space are
printed in white letters the words "Special Gunpowder for
Rabbit Shooting," and twining round the letters of these
words are delicately-shaped white-coloured fern leaves.

Nature of the Article to which it is intended such Trade
Mark shall apply.

Gunpowder.

THOMAS DICK,
Colonial Secretary and Registrar of Trade Marks.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th January, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue
Letters of Naturalisation, under "The Aliens Act,
1880," in favour of the under-mentioned persons, viz.:—

THOMAS DICK.

Additional Special Rule under "The Regulation of Mines
Act, 1874," for the Westport Coal Company's Coal Mine,
Westport.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 27th February, 1884.

THE under-mentioned special rule is published in
accordance with the provisions of sections 31 and 32
of "The Regulation of Mines Act, 1874," to be observed at
the Westport Coal Company's Coal Mine, Westport, as an
additional special rule to the special rules relating to this
mine published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 93, of the
4th September, 1879, to be incorporated with them, and
numbered 31A.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Mines.

The penalties for the violation of any special rules esta-
blished under "The Regulation of Mines Act, 1874," and for
offences against the Act, are provided for in sections 22 to 28,
in Part VI.

ADDITIONAL SPECIAL RULE.
Riding on Trucks.

31A. All persons, whether workmen or otherwise, are
strictly prohibited from riding in or on the trucks on any
portion of the company's incline.

Notice to Mariners, No. 6 of 1884.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 20th February, 1884.

THE following Hydrographic Notice and Notices to
Mariners, received from the Hydrographer to the Ad-
miralty, London, are published for general information.

H. A. ATKINSON.

PACIFIC OCEAN.—WESTERN PART.

THE following information, relating to islands in the Ellice,
Gilbert, and Marshall Groups, is derived from reports received
from officers of Her Majesty's ships, and other sources.
1879–1882.

All bearings are magnetic. Variation 9° easterly in 1883.

ELICE ISLANDS.*

Funafuti (Ellice Island).—Vessels bound for the anchorage
in the lagoon of Funafuti by the south channel should,
when inside the lagoon, steer N.W. by N., to avoid a reef
situated upon the starboard hand. When the north extreme
of the second island westward of Funafuti bears E.S.E., a
course about N.E. ¼ E. may be shaped for the anchorage.
South channel is about 3 cables wide, and 4½ fathoms
was the least water obtained over an uneven bottom during
an examination by the German Imperial corvette "Ariadne,"
1878.
Native pilots reside upon the south part of Ellice Island.
When their assistance is required the usual signal should be
accompanied by firing a gun.
The observations taken from the "Ariadne" place the
church on Ellice Island in lat. 8° 35′ 50″ S., long. 179°
10′ 40″ E.†
Oaitupu (Tracy Island).—This island is oval-shaped,
densely wooded, and surrounded by fringing reef clear of
outlying dangers upon the south and western sides.
A village is situated upon the south-west side of the island,
and the inhabitants state that there is anchorage in 11
fathoms in a bight of the reef off the village; also that there
is anchorage off the north-west extreme of the island, where
the fringing reef extends farther from the shore. This island
is reported to lie six miles westward of the hitherto accepted
position.†
The population in 1873 numbered 490, among whom one
white man resided as agent for Messrs. Godeffroy.

GILBERT ISLANDS.†

Apamama (Hopper Island).—The passage into the lagoon
of Apamama may be readily recognized from the southward,
by Entrance Island, which forms the eastern side of it.
The channel, 3 cables wide, carries an average of 5½
fathoms, having some knolls of 3½ fathoms and possibly less
water on them; the western side of the channel shoals
gradually to the main reef, rendering it difficult to distin-
guish the shallow water, especially upon the ebb tide, when
the water is much discoloured.

• See Admiralty charts—Pacific Ocean, general, No. 2683; Pacific
  Ocean, South-west Sheet, No. 730; Ellice Islands, South-eastern
  Group, No. 763. Also Hydrographic Notices, 1873, page 90; No. 3 of
  1876, No. 15 of 1877, No. 22 of 1882.

† Berlin, Annalen der Hydrographie, Heft 6, 1879.

‡ Berlin, Annalen der Hydrographie, Heft 6, 1879. See Admiralty
charts—Pacific Ocean, Nos. 2683, 730, and 781; Gilbert Islands, Nos.
731 and 732. Also Hydrographic Notices, 1873, pages 109 and 117;
No. 3 of 1876, No. 15 of 1877.