Feb. 27. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 483

Registrar under “The Sale of Poisons Act, 1871,” District of Marlborough, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office.|
Wellington, 21st February, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint:

JOHN TERRY

to be a Registrar under “The Sale of Poisons Act, 1871,” for the Provincial District of Marlborough, vice J. Allen, Esq.

C. H. MILLS,
For Colonial Secretary.

Clerk appointed in Auckland Savings-bank.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 24th February, 1902.

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

DOUGLAS RICHARDSON

as a clerk in the Auckland Savings-bank.

R. J. SEDDON.

School Commissioner appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 25th February, 1902.

PURSUANT to “The Education Reserves Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1882,” His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

J. MACKENZIE, Esq.,

to be a School Commissioner for the Provincial District of Taranaki, vice J. Strauchon, Esq., resigned.

W. C. WALKER,
Minister of Education.

Volunteer Officer transferred.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th February, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under paragraph 256, Volunteer Regulations, of the transfer of

Captain WILLIAM STEWART LINDSAY

from the Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry Volunteers to the Unattached Active List, New Zealand Volunteers, as Captain, and with effect from the 8th February, 1902.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Defence.

Plants declared to be Noxious Weeds.—Notice No. 687.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 25th February, 1902.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the undermentioned local governing bodies have, by special order, declared the plants enumerated opposite the name of each to be noxious weeds within the meaning of “The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900,” in the district under the jurisdiction of each respectively :—

Local Bodies. Plants.
Queenstown Borough Council Bathurst burr, broom, giant burdock, gorse, hakea, ragwort, dock, burdock, thistles (stemless, common plume or Scotch, woolly-headed, star, and milk), lupin, pennyroyal, ox-eye daisy, wild turnip.

Kamo Town Board.. Gorse.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Notice to Mariners No. 11 of 1902.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 18th February, 1902.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Marine Board, Hobart, Tasmania; the Collector of Customs, Suva, Fiji; and the Harbour Department, Hongkong, are published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

PIERS AND WHARVES, HOBART.

Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the Marine Board of Hobart held on the 24th instant it was decided,—
(1.) That the large pier now being built at Hobart be named Alexandra Pier.
(2.) That the New Wharf be renamed Prince’s Wharf.
(3.) That Zeelan Wharf be renamed Hunter Street Wharf.
(4.) That the small pier between Hunter Street Wharf and the Victoria Dock entrance be named Kangaroo Pier.

Also, that the lights at the end of Alexandra Pier be three green, arranged triangularly; and the two red lights at the Victoria Dock entrance be replaced by two bright white lights: the approximate date for the exhibition of the above lights being 1st March next.

A. E. RISBY,
Master Warden.

Marine Board Office,
Hobart, 27th January, 1902.

LIGHTHOUSE ON CAPE WASHINGTON, KADAVU.

Preliminary Notice.

A LIGHTHOUSE is about to be erected at Cape Washington, the most westerly point of the Island of Kadavu.

The height of the building, when complete, will be about 180 ft. above high-water level.

The light will be a fourth-order white dioptric fixed light, visible round an arc of the horizon of 190° to the westward.

It is expected that the light will be exhibited on 1st March, 1902.

Due notice will be given before the light is installed.

WM. SUTHERLAND,
Acting Receiver-General.

Suva, 13th January, 1902.

LIGHTHOUSE ON KORO.

Preliminary Notice.

A LIGHTHOUSE is about to be erected at Vunaku, the most easterly point of the Island of Koro.

The height of the building, when complete, will be about 180 ft. above high-water level.

The light will be a fourth-order red dioptric fixed light, visible round an arc of the horizon of 180° to the eastward.

It is expected that the light will be exhibited on 1st March, 1902.

Due notice will be given before the light is installed.

WM. SUTHERLAND,
Acting Receiver-General.

Suva, 13th January, 1902.

WAILAGILALA LIGHT.

Notice is hereby given that during the first week of April, 1902, the present catoptric light at Wailagilala will be replaced by a fourth-order white dioptric fixed light, which will be visible round an arc of the horizon of 216°—namely, from N. 64° E. round by N. and W. to S. 42° W., mag.

WM. SUTHERLAND,
Acting Receiver-General.

Suva, 13th January, 1902.

HONGKONG.

On 1st January, 1902, two new harbour-lights will be exhibited as follows:—

On the 1½-fathom rock just inside Lyemun Pass, a red globular lantern, displayed on a concrete pillar with staff and globe, visible all round for a distance of about one mile.

On the shore, on eastern side of Lyemun Pass, close to joss-house to northward of Lyemun Point, a red globular lantern, displayed from an iron gibbet on rock close down to beach, visible all round for a distance of about one mile.

R. MURRAY RUMSEY, Ret. Com., R.N.,
Harbourmaster, &c.

Harbour Department,
Hongkong, 25th November, 1901.

Notice to Mariners No. 12 of 1902.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 21st February, 1902.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Board of Trade, London, are published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

INDIAN OCEAN.

Bay of Bengal.

BALASORE LT. — This F. white lt. (21° 26′ N., 87° 2′ E.) is now vis. in every direction seaward, from N. 35° E., through W., to S. 35° W. Jan.

CHINA SEA, ETC.

PE CHI LI GULF.—SHA LUI TIEN (TSAO-FEI-TIEN) ISL.—A sounding of 3 fms. has been obtained in approx. 38° 59½′ N., 118° 43¾′ E., in the nrn. approach to the Gulf