Dec. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1513

facturer, has applied to register, under "The Trade Marks Act, 1866," the trade mark of which the following is a description, viz.:-

Description of Trade Mark.

The figure of Britannia, seated, with a trident in her hand, and a lion, a shield, and an anchor beside her. Above this design is the name "A. W. Armistead," and below the word "Registered," and name, "Auckland, N.Z."

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

Brooms and brushware.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
Colonial Secretary and Registrar of Trade Marks.

Special Commissioner (Acting) for Protected Territory, New Guinea.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th December, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been informed by HUGH HASTINGS ROMILLY, Esq., that he has assumed charge of the Protected Territory, New Guinea, on the decease of the Special Commissioner His Excellency Sir P. H. Scratchley, as provided in paragraph four of the commission appointing the late Special Commissioner. The said paragraph is republished for general information. The commission was published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 14, of the 5th March, 1885.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

NEW GUINEA.

COMMISSION passed under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet, appointing Major-General Peter Henry Scratchley, R.E., C.M.G., to be Her Majesty's Special Commissioner for the Protected Territory in New Guinea.

IV. And We do hereby appoint that in the event of your death, incapacity, or absence, the powers and authorities hereby conferred shall, until our further pleasure be signified, become vested in our trusty and well-beloved Hugh Hastings Romilly, Esquire, or if he be absent or for any other reason be unable duly to exercise such powers and authorities, then in such person as our High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, or the person for the time discharging the function of such High Commissioner, shall appoint by an instrument under his hand and seal.

Notice to Mariners, No. 48 of 1885.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 22nd December, 1885.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief, Australian Station, Sydney, are published for general information.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
(for the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.)

HYDROGRAPHICAL NOTICE.-TOMMAN OR URU ISLAND, NEW HEBRIDES.

H.M.S. "Nelson," at Sydney, 5th December, 1885.

INFORMATION has been received from Lieut. and Commander Cross, H.M.S. "Undine," of the discovery of several shoal patches, in addition to those already known, in the passage between Mallicolo and Tomman or Uru Islands, New Hebrides.

2. The 2-fathom patch on the Chart No. 856, 2 cables north of the N.W. point of Tomman or Uru Island, is of much larger extent than shown, and has only 1½ fathoms over it on the north and west sides. The new patches fixed by Lieut. and Commander Cross have from 1½ to 2 fathoms over them, and are situated respectively W. ¾ S., 1 cable; S. ½ W., 1½ cables; and N.E. ½ N., 2 cables, from the 2-fathom patch.

3. The 2-fathom patch on the N.W. side is of larger extent than shown; and there is another shoal patch of 2 fathoms on the spot marked "6 c.r.l," between it and the shore.

4. The N.E. portion of the bay is described as foul and uneven, and Lieut. and Commander Cross adds: "This anchorage has nothing to recommend it, as it is bad holding ground and badly sheltered from wind and sea. It is within ten miles of the very good harbour of South-West Bay, Mallicolo Island."

5. This notice affects plan on Charts Nos. 856, anchorages in the New Hebrides, and No. 1380, New Hebrides, New Caledonia, and Loyalty Islands. Bearings given are magnetic.

G. TRYON,
Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.

HYDROGRAPHIC INFORMATION WITH REFERENCE TO THE VICINITY OF Su-a-u (Stacey Island, South Cape).-All bearings are magnetic.

H.M.S. "Lark," July, 1885.

Sunken Barrier Reef.-To the southward of Su-a-u the Sunken Barrier Reef extends in patches, in an E. ½ S. direction, at a distance of from four to five miles from the coast. The least water obtained on it, when reduced to low-water springs, was 5½ fathoms, coral; with from 40, decreasing to 20, fathoms between the barrier and the shore.

Deep Channel.-A convenient channel, with 40 and 50 fathoms between two patches, lies S. ½ W. from the highest point of Su-a-u, which point is at the eastern end of the island, and not the western, as shown on Chart No. 2123 (corrected to June, 1885).

Coast-line.-From Guna (Rugged Point) the coast-line runs generally in an E.N.E. direction, with Monoli Point one mile distant, between which and the point one mile farther again to the eastward is a bay, with the small village of Naguna on its shores. Trending N.E. by E. from the second point for nearly another mile, it passes the villages of Saspouri and Garihi, and then bears northerly, forming the west side of the Arotau Channel, to Bertha Lagoon.

This channel is barely a quarter of a mile wide, and very little longer, when soundings cease just as the lagoon (skirted with mangroves, and one vast mud-flat at low water) commences to open out.

On the eastern side of the channel the coast-line runs southerly (with a bay about the centre) for half a mile, and then easterly for a quarter of a mile to Magilion Point, the northern side of the pass between the mainland and Su-a-u. There is a rock always above water, with 2 and 3 fathoms to its N.E. in the anchorage ground off this coast. It lies 1½ cables off shore, and 4½ cables to the westward of Magilion Point. From this point the coast-line runs N.E. by E. and E.N.E. for three miles towards Catamaran Bay.

Coast Hills.-Behind Guna the land rises abruptly for 1,000 feet; which thence it nearly maintains close to and in a direction parallel with the coast-line to Hadahada Hill, whence it falls gradually towards the lagoon. On the other side of the channel it rises again to Lalieta Peak, 1,200 feet above sea-level; it then falls at once, the land along the coast to the eastward being low.

Su-a-u (Stacey Island, South Cape).-Lies off this coast; it is somewhat in the form of a crescent, with the horns pointing S.E., two miles long, and narrow, except in its easterly portion, where it rises to an elevation of nearly 800 feet, the western end being 400 feet in height.

Fringing Reef.-It stands on a slightly fringing reef. The bay in the crescent is foul ground. Here also the fringing reef grows farther off the shore than anywhere else.

Vehi or Wedge Island.-Of small extent and 120 feet high, lies half a mile W.S.W. from the south point of Su-a-u.

Rock.-There are two rocks W.N.W. of Vehi. The outer one, which is always above water, is 3 cables distant from Vehi. There is also a 3½-fathom patch within a quarter of a mile of the western shore of Su-a-u.

The channel between Su-a-u and the mainland is one mile and a quarter broad abreast Monoli Point, with three rocky patches right in the centre.

Stapleton Patches.-The easternmost of these, with 3 fathoms water, is very small, and lies half a mile north of the north-western point of Su-a-u. The other two, with 3½ and 3¼ fathoms, are S.E. by E. of Monoli Point, distant 4½ and 7 cables respectively.

The channel gradually contracts to the north-eastward to a width of only 1½ cables between the fringing reefs of the mainland and the northern point of Su-a-u Island.

Current.-A current sets through this channel; in July it was almost continuously to the westward, and at a rate of ½ to 1½ knots in the narrows.

Anchorage.-A good berth for small vessels in the S.E. monsoon is to the eastward of the rock in the anchorage, in 10 fathoms mud, with the Mission Flagstaff on the north point of Su-a-u bearing S.E. by E., and the extreme of Mangilion Point N.E. ¼ E. For large vessels and for the N.W. monsoon the best anchorage is to the westward of the rock with the extremes of Su-a-u bearing E. by S. ½ S. and S.W. by W. ½ W., the depth being 10 fathoms, mud.

Cawston Rock.-With only 1 fathom on it, lies mid-way between the mainland and the eastern point of Su-a-u. It bears north from the latter, distant 8 cables.

Baibesika or Tissot Island.-With two prominent peaks, the westernmost of which is 530 feet above sea-level, lies E.S.E. of Su-a-u, the channel between them being 8 cables wide in the narrowest part. A lengthened search failed to find or give any indication of the sunken danger reported to exist half a mile N.W. of this island.

Ship Patches.-The easternmost of these patches, with 3½ fathoms, lies half a mile N.E. by N. of the N.E. point of Baibesika, and they extend thence three quarters of a mile to the W.N.W., 3½ fathoms being the least water, and the bottom rocky.