1752 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 86

Nelson Savings-bank.—Resignation of Two Trustees.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 1st October, 1897.

IT is hereby notified that Messrs. OSWALD CURTIS and JAMES WILSON have resigned their appointments as Trustees of the Nelson Savings-bank.

R. J. SEDDON.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 30th September, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

WILLIAM EDWARD CULLEN, Esq.,

of Masterton, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

T. THOMPSON.

Issue of New Zealand War Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd September, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the issue of a New Zealand War Medal to

JOSEPH SCHOLES,

late No. 219, private, Taranaki Military Settlers, whose claim has been investigated and found correct.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officer transferred.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th September, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the transfer of

Surgeon-Captain ALBERT MARTIN

from the Heretaunga Mounted Rifle Volunteers to the Wellington Naval Artillery Volunteers, and with effect from the 20th September, 1897.

T. THOMPSON.

Cancellation of Volunteer Regulation.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st October, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the deletion of paragraph 252, Volunteer Regulations, 1895.

T. THOMPSON.

Member of Local Examination Board resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th September, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

Major WILLIAM NORRIS FRANKLYN,

Unattached Active List, New Zealand Volunteers, of his appointment as a member of the local Examination Board for the Nelson Militia and Volunteer District. Date of resignation, 3rd September, 1897.

T. THOMPSON.

Notice to Mariners, No. 15 of 1897.

LIGHT ON QUAY STREET JETTY NO. 3, AUCKLAND HARBOUR.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 4th October, 1897.

THE Auckland Harbour Board have notified that a bright light is exhibited 7 ft. 8 in. from the centre of the extreme end of Quay Street Jetty No. 3, Auckland Harbour. The light is elevated 14 ft. 3 in. from the surface of the jetty, and sheds a uniform light all round the horizon.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Notice to Mariners, No. 16 of 1897.

NORTH COAST OF MARIA PENINSULA, NORTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND.—POSITION OF WRECK OF SUNKEN S.S. "TASMANIA."

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 6th October, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that Mr. Armstrong, Government Surveyor, reports the accurate position of the sunken steamship "Tasmania," as she now lies, to be as follows:—

Latitude, 39° 2′ 41″ S.
Longitude, 177° 59′ 50″ E.
From the wreck Table Cape bears S. 30° E.; distant 3½ miles.
Entrance to Wangawai River (or Happy Jack's), S. 13° W.; distant 2¾ miles.
Mahanga (Native village), N. 81° W.; distant 4¾ miles.
The wreck lies in an upright position on an even sandy bottom, in 15 fathoms of water, and is well inshore of the usual track of vessels. The tops of the masts are just below the surface of the water, and a mark-buoy has been attached to each mast.

Caution.—Mariners navigating in the vicinity of the wreck should not approach it within a distance of one mile, or place any reliance on the mark-buoys being seen, because, owing to their exposed position, they are liable to be washed away at any time, particularly in bad weather.

Note.—All bearings are correct magnetic, and the soundings are calculated for low-water springs.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 2528; New Zealand Pilot, Chapter iii., pages 155 and 156.

WM. HALL-JONES.

*Settlement of Claims for Compensation under "The Mining Act, 1891."

Mines Department,
Wellington, 30th September, 1897.

IN pursuance of the provisions of the 153rd section of "The Mining Act, 1891," it is hereby notified that the claims for compensation enumerated in the Schedule hereto, in respect to a Proclamation issued under the hand of His Excellency the Governor and the Public Seal of the Colony on the 20th day of September, 1897, declaring that the Nile or Waitakere and Aorere Rivers and Hauhau or Three-mile Creek, with their tributaries, in the Provincial Districts of Nelson and Westland, shall be watercourses into which tailings, &c., may be discharged, have been settled by agreement, as provided by the said Act.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

SCHEDULE.