administrators and assigns, of Letters Patent, under the seal of the said Colony, for the exclusive use, enjoyment and advantage within the said Colony, of a new invention or improvement for raising "Washdirt" from the auriferous beds of lakes, rivers and creeks. And Notice is hereby further given, that any person who may wish to prefer any objection to the granting of such Letters Patent is hereby required within four months, from the date hereof, to send to the office of Charles Knight, of Auckland, in the Province of Auckland, in the Colony aforesaid, Esquire, M. D. (being the person appointed for that purpose, under the provisions of the "Patents Act, 1860,") a statement in writing, setting forth the grounds of such objection and subscribed with the proper name and address of the person so objecting.

Dated at Dunedin, in the Province of Otago aforesaid, this sixth day of March, 1864.

GILLIES & TURTON,

Solicitors for the said Robert Atkinson.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

Otago Harbour, New Zealand.

Buoys and Beacons.

In order to their being more easily distinguished at night, it has been deemed necessary to arrange the Buoys and Beacons in the Channel from the First Anchorage to Dunedin Bay as follows:—

Black—The Port side of the Channel.

Red—The Starboard.

Striped—That there is a passage on either side.

Thomas Dick,

Provincial Secretary.

Dunedin,

10th May, 1864.

INVERCARGILL PUBLIC POUND.

Impounded 1 light grey mare, no brands to be seen.

If not released to be sold at the Pound here on the fifth day of July next, at 12 o’clock noon.

Jas. T. Petrie,

Poundkeeper.

JOHN HARE, Returning Officer,

appointed by His Honour the Superintendent of the Province of Southland to preside at a meeting of the Electors entitled to vote for members for the Town of Invercargill, in the Provincial Council of Southland, assembled on Monday, the 6th day of June, 1864, at 12 o’clock noon, in the office of the Town Board, Invercargill, for the purpose of electing three persons to be members of the Town Board at Invercargill, hereby certify that the following persons were duly elected:—

WILLIAM JOHN MOFFETT,

CHARLES HENRY REYNOLDS,

DAVID SMITH.

Given under my hand at Invercargill, this 6th day of June, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.

John Hare,

Returning Officer.

BLUFF HARBOUR.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

The S.S. SCOTIA is lying on Starling Point about thirty (30) fathoms east of the flag-staff and fifty (50) fathoms inside the outer part of the Reef. Masters of vessels are cautioned against mistaking her for a vessel riding at anchor, and thereby shaping a course close to or inshore where there is no passage.

Between sun-set and sun-rise there is a red light hoisted on the above mentioned flag-staff, thirty feet above the sea level shows all round to seaward, and can be seen about 3 miles in clear weather (See Sailing Directions for Bluff Harbour, Gazette No. 16, 10th May, 1864.)

Thos. Thomson,

Harbour Master.

Bluff Harbour,

9th June, 1864.

The following scale of fees and expenses will be paid to qualified medical Practitioners when called in by the Police to render Medical Assistance.

Visit to patients, by day, 10s. 6d.

... by night, 21s. 0d.

Mileage, per mile (1 way) 3s. 0d.

Theophilus Heale,

Deputy Superintendent.

Superintendent’s Office,

Southland, June 4, 1864.