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site of the Light-house now at. Cape d'Aquilar.
13.
It will be observed
that, according to Commander elboore, 100 feet is regarded by the Trinity Brethren as the proper height for a Light-house
in connection with the islands
of Great Britain and Ireland and that in his opinion the for this judgment-
reasons.
apply cqually to these seas.
144.
As the Gap Rock is
itself 96 feet high, the Light
if
if a fixed one might thus be
placed
on
the
roof of
the
necessary Keeper's house, while
flashing Light would
a
require
the building of a tower about 30 feet high for the wrights of : the necessary revolving apparatus.
Since writing
the
15.
above I have ascertained from the Surveyor-General, that in consequence of the great saving
of
cost which would be
effected by the substitution of a fixed for a flashing Light
1
at