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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 44

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 12th August, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by
JAMES COLEMAN, Esq.,
of Blenheim, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the colony.
W. R. RUSSELL.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 11th August, 1890.

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

W. R. RUSSELL.

Notice to Mariners, No. 29 of 1890.

OAMARU HARBOUR.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 13th August, 1890.

THE Oamaru Harbour Board have given notice that vessels of over 15ft. draught, bound into the inner harbour, Oamaru, the masters of which hold pilotage-exemption certificates, must remain outside until signalled to stand in, which signal will be: By day—M.P.L. of the International Code, shown from the signal-mast south of the breakwater; by night—two red lights hoisted horizontally, 10ft. apart, on the lower flagstaff.

THOS. FERGUS,
(For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.)

Notice to Mariners, No. 30 of 1890.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 13th August, 1890.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Portmaster, Brisbane, Queensland, and the Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, are published for general information.

THOS. FERGUS,
(For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.)

WIDE BAY BAR.—DIRECTIONS FOR NEW NORTH CHANNEL.

NOTICE is hereby given that, on and after the 20th July, the new north channel may be used for crossing Wide Bay Bar in the daytime, by keeping the two square beacons on Hook Point in a line bearing N. 70° W. (true magnetic) until the two triangular beacons on the western side of the houses on Inskip Point come in line bearing S. 64° 30' W. (true magnetic), then haul up and keep them in that line until past the red buoy marking the spit off Hook Point, when proceed as usual.

By night, keep the two white lights on the square beacons on Hook Point in a line bearing N. 70° W. (true magnetic) until the red and white lights on the triangular beacons on Inskip Point come in line bearing S. 64° 30' W. Keep them in line until well between the two points. Vessels must not open this line to the westward until past the Hook Point Spit.

By following the above directions the bar may be crossed at present with a depth of 16ft. at low-water spring-tides; but, as the channels are constantly changing, the lead should not be neglected, as probably, after the next heavy weather, further alterations may take place.

After crossing the bar, the present directions for proceeding through Great Sandy Strait may be followed.

The lights at present exhibited in the South Channel will be discontinued after the 20th instant.

T. M. ALMOND,
Portmaster.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 18th July, 1890.

Fog Signal, Point Lonsdale, Victoria.

With reference to notice to mariners published on the 9th June, 1886, it is notified that on and after the 25th July,

1890, either the fog-horn at Point Lonsdale will be sounded in foggy weather every two minutes, as heretofore, or fog-signal rockets will be fired from Point Lonsdale at intervals of five minutes.

This provision is made in the event of the fog-horn being, from some unexpected cause, incapacitated from giving the desired warning to mariners navigating in the vicinity of the lighthouse.

A. W. MUSGROVE,
Secretary, Trade and Customs.

Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 21st July, 1890.

Officiating Ministers for 1890.—Notice No. 17.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 7th August, 1890.

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 James Ronaldson.

Wesleyan Methodist Church.
The Reverend Edward Armstrong.

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

Will accepted by the Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 6th August, 1890.

In the matter of the will of Robert Rainey, late of German Hill, Black's district, deceased.

IT is hereby notified that the above will has been finally accepted, in accordance with the provisions of "The Public Trust Office Act, 1872," and that the Public Trustee is the Executor appointed under the said will.

R. C. HAMERTON,
Public Trustee.

Working-men's Club registered.

Friendly Societies' Registry Office,
Wellington, 8th August, 1890.

THE Blenheim Working-men's Club, situated at Blenheim, is registered as a working-men's club under "The Friendly Societies Act, 1882," this 8th day of August, 1890.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Te Makarini Scholarships, held at Te Aute College, Hawke's Bay.

THREE scholarships of the yearly value of £35, tenable for two years, are offered for competition. One of these scholarships is open to all Maoris that have regularly and continuously attended a Native school during the previous year, and are under sixteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination; the other two scholarships are open to all Maoris that are under fifteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination, and that have attended a Native village school regularly and continuously during the previous twelve months. These scholarships are offered for competition among Maori boys, on the conditions laid down in the regulations of the Trustees of the Te Makarini Scholarships Fund, as printed in the Native Schools Code, 1886, and in the supplementary regulations that have been sent out to all teachers. The examination will be held at convenient centres on the 15th and 16th December, 1890.

Candidates must, either directly or through their teachers, send notice to the Inspector of Native Schools, Education Department, Wellington, of their intention to present themselves for examination. Such notice must be posted not later than the 31st October next.

Copies of the regulations and forms of notice may be obtained from teachers of Native schools and boarding institutions, the Secretaries to Education Boards, or the Secretary for Education.

JAMES H. POPE,
Inspector of Native Schools,
Wellington, 13th August, 1890.