APRIL 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 707

Notice to Mariners, No. 17 of 1900.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 9th April, 1900.

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

WM. HALL-JONES.

VICTORIA.

Port of Port Phillip.—Point Gellibrand Light-vessel.

REFERRING to General Notice to Mariners, Victoria, dated 1st June, 1898, p. 78, it is hereby notified that the Point Gellibrand light-vessel has been shifted 200 ft. south-east of its former position, the end of the Williamstown Breakwater Pier bearing north 7¾ cables distant.

This notice affects Admiralty Chart No. 624.

Harbour Office, Customs, C. W. MACLEAN,
Melbourne, 10th March, 1900. Port Officer.

QUEENSLAND.

Moreton Bay.—Amendment of Directions for entering the North Channel by Night.

Notice is hereby given that vessels navigating the entrance to the North Channel, Moreton Bay, by night should, after running down the red sector of Yellow Patch Light until Comboyuro Light is opened out, steer W. by S. until Tangaluma Light is open to the westward of Cowan Cowan Light, a distance equal to at least three times the difference of their heights, or until Cowan Cowan Light bears S. 18½° E. Mag.; then haul up, keeping the leading-lights in that position until the Yellow Patch Light is obscured, when haul sharp to the eastward, bringing the leading-lights into line.

Chart affected: 1670A; Australia Directory, Vol. ii.

Marine Department, T. M. ALMOND,
Brisbane, 15th March, 1900. Portmaster.

Commissioner’s Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 9th April, 1900.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Hon. the Commissioner of Trade and Customs has decided to interpret the Customs and Excise Duties Acts in relation to the under-mentioned articles as follows:—

NOTE.—“Not otherwise enumerated” appears as n.o.e.; “other kinds” as o.k.; “articles and materials suited only for, and to be used solely in, the fabrication of goods in the colony” as a. & m.s. Articles marked thus * are revised decisions.

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.
Commissioner’s Order No. 634.]

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of March, 1900. Altitude above the sea, 140 ft. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

• Means, &c. † Same month previous years.

NOTE.—Fine early part of the month; between the 23rd and 26th, heavy rains from the south—the maximum fall recorded on the 25th, 2·33 in.; prevailing N.W. winds, and frequently strong. Maximum temperature in shade, 75°; minimum, 46°; mean temperature of dew-point, 50·4°; mean humidity, 68. Thunder on the 24th.

R. B. GORE, Observer.

Officiating Ministers for 1900.—Notice No. 14.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 6th April, 1900.

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 name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Presbyterian Church of Otago and Southland.

The Reverend James Branksome Hall.

GEO. DRURY,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Notice under “The Victoria College Act, 1897,” and the Regulations made by Virtue thereof.

Wellington, 6th April, 1900.

I HEREBY notify that the under-mentioned persons were duly nominated for vacancies on the Council of the Victoria College, and, as the number nominated did not exceed the number of vacancies, I hereby declare the said persons to be duly elected members of the said Council, viz.:—

CHARLES WILSON, as parliamentary representative;
JOHN RUTHERFURD BLAIR, as Education Boards’ representative;
Sir ROBERT STOUT, K.C.M.G., as graduates’ representative; and
CLEMENT WATSON, B.A., as teachers’ representative.

CHAS. P. POWLES,
Returning Officer.