Gazette Notices.
[Pee Pumrs Associations! WELLINGTON, Oct. 26. The following notice to mariners appears in to-night's Gazette : — Captain W. M'Donald, o£ the ketch Gratitude, reports that Macquarie Island ia not in the position shown on the Admiralty chart. He Btates that as the result of repeated observations taken in fine and clear weather whilst lying at anchor in Luetiania Say, and at the north, end of the island, he found the position of the island to he as follows :— North end, latitude 51*25 south, longitude, 15841 east} south end, latitude, 54*46 south, longitude, 158*49 east. A return published in to-night's Gazette shows that the postal revenue for the quarter ended Sept. 30 amounted to £47,962, as against £45,749 for the corres ponding period of the previous year. The telegraph revenue for the same period amounted to £24,239, as compared with £22,354 for the September quarter of last year. The value of Government telegrams sent last quarter was £6472. The return of Savings Bank business shows that for the last quarter the deposits were in excess of the withdrawals by £103,398, as compared with £29,122 for the corresponding quarter of the previous year. The appointment of Henry William Northcroft to be Resident Magistrate for the district of Auckland and of Harry Ejre Kenny to be Resident Magistrate and Warden for the district of Hauraki, both with extended -jurisdiction up to £100, are gazetted.
