Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1867.

THE following Notice to Mariners, issued by the Government of Natal, is published for general information.

WILLIAM FITZHERBERT,
(For the Colonial Secretary).

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

A Lighthouse has been erected on the Bluff at the south side of the entrance of Port Natal, at an elevation of 292 feet above high water, a light from which will be exhibited on the 23rd January, 1867.

The Lighthouse is in latitude 29° 52’ 50" S., and longitude 31° 3’ 35" E.

The building is an iron tower, in the form of a frustrum of a cone, 81 feet high, painted white; centre of light being 70 feet above the base, exhibiting a revolving white light of the second class (dioptric), attaining its greatest brilliancy once every minute.

It is visible in all directions from North (round by East and South) to S. 59° W.; and can be seen from a ship’s deck 24 miles in clear weather.

The above light is not visible from the Aliwal Shoal, which is 25 miles S., 53° W., from the Lighthouse; vessels should not, therefore, when coming from the southward and westward, approach the shore nearer than 4 miles, or shoal their water under 40 fathoms, using the lead freely until they make the light well out from the deck, when they may stand in until it bears N. 59° E.,—which bearing will keep them outside all known danger—until they are abreast of the Umlazi River (about 9½ miles below the Lighthouse), when they must keep it more to the northward, as the land trends more to the eastward, giving the shore a good berth of a mile, and when the light bears about E.N.E., they can haul in to the northward for the anchorage, anchoring in 8½ to 10 fathoms, with the Lighthouse bearing S.W. to S.W. half S., distant 1 mile.

W. E. ARCHDEACON,
Master R.N., Admiralty Surveyor.

CATTLE RETURNS.—The following Clause of the “Cattle Ordinance, 1864,” is published for general information:—

"15. Every Owner of Cattle shall, in the month of February in each year, deliver in writing to the Registrar of the District in which the Cattle shall be depasturing, or be, a Return of the Cattle above three months old owned by him, or under his charge within such District, and shall append thereto a declaration that such Return is true to the best of his belief; and every such person neglecting to make such Return and Declaration shall forfeit and pay a penalty of not under Ten or not more than Fifty Pounds, and the Return and Declaration shall be in the form set forth in the Schedule hereto annexed."

Schedules may be obtained from the Registrar in Dunedin, or from the Deputy Registrars at the undermentioned Police Stations:

Caversham Alexandra Waipori
Blueskin Cromwell Waikouaiti
Port Chalmers Nevis Hampden
West Taieri Molyneux Ferry Oamaru
Clyde Waipahi Queenstown
Hamilton Naseby Arrow River
Tokomairiro Glenore Arthur’s Point
Tuapeka Waitahuna Maori Point.

GEORGE THOMSON,
Registrar of Brands.

WE hereby give notice that we intend to erect a Dividing Fence between Sections 33 and 48, Block XI., Oamaru District; also, between Sections 36 and 45, Block I., Oamaru District; said fence to be posts, top rail, and five wires.

C. AND J. M. TODD.
Oamaru, Feb. 3, 1867.

In the Supreme Court of New Zealand,
Otago and Southland District.

NOTICE is hereby given, that a Sitting of the said Court in its Insolvency Jurisdiction will be held at the Court House, Dunedin, on Monday, the 18th day of March next, at ten o’clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of transacting all business arising under the Debtors and Creditors’ Acts.

ROBERT CHAPMAN,
Registrar.
Supreme Court Office,
Dunedin, 7th February, 1867.

In the Supreme Court of New Zealand,
Otago and Southland District.
In the matter of the Petition of ANN JOHNSTON, of the Hogburn, in the Province of Otago, formerly a Licensed Victualler, but now out of business, a Debtor; and in the matter of “The Debtors and Creditors’ Act, 1862,” “The Debtors and Creditors’ Act Amendment Act, 1865,” and “The Debtors and Creditors’ Act Amendment Act, 1866.”

NOTICE is hereby given, that his Honor Mr. Justice Chapman has this day appointed Monday, the 18th day of March next, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, at the Supreme Court House, Dunedin, for the hearing of the matters of the above-mentioned Petition.

Dated this 5th day of February, 1867.

HAGGITT & HAGGITT,
Solicitors for the Bankrupt.

In the Supreme Court of New Zealand,
Otago and Southland District.
In the matter of the Petition of WILLIAM HENRY FOLEY, a Debtor; and in the matter of the Debtors and Creditors’ Acts.

NOTICE is hereby given, that his Honor Mr. Justice Chapman has appointed Monday, the 18th day of March, 1867, at 10 A.M., at the Supreme Court House, Dunedin, for the hearing of the above Petition.

Dated at Dunedin, the 8th day of February, 1867.

EDWARD FRANCIS WARD,
Solicitor for the Insolvent.

In the Supreme Court of New Zealand,
Otago and Southland District.

In the matter of the Petition of VINCENT PYKE, of Dunedin, in the Province of Otago, debtor, and the Commercial Bank of New Zealand (Limited) in the Province of Otago aforesaid, Creditors of the said Vincent Pyke, to the extent of not less than fifty pounds; and in the matter of “The Debtors and Creditors’ Act 1862” and “The Debtors and Creditors’ Act Amendment Act, 1865.”

NOTICE is hereby given that in the matter of this Petition coming on this day for the second hearing thereof: Upon reading the said Petition and the affidavits filed in these matters, and upon hearing Mr. Kenyon, of Counsel for the Bankrupt above-named, it is ordered that George Brodie, of Dunedin, in the Province of Otago, Inspector in Bankruptcy for the said Province, be and he is hereby appointed sole Trustee of the Estate and Effects of the said Bankrupt: And it is further ordered that all the real and personal estate of the said Bankrupt shall vest in the said Trustee by virtue of his said appointment, and shall be held by him, his heirs, executors, and administrators (except the wearing apparel of the Bankrupt, his wife and children, which shall be retained by them), upon and for the following trusts and purposes, namely:—

1. To sell, collect, and get in such real and personal estate, and receive the monies arising therefrom, and execute all necessary conveyances thereof.