THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH APRIL, 1879.
ENDEAVOUR RIVER ENTRANCE-COOK HARBOUR,
(4) Leading Lights at Cook Town.
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Also, that on 14th September 1878, two leading lights would be exhibited from above the sheds on Nos. 1 and 2 wharves, at, Cook town, Endeavour river entrance:
The lights are fixed red lights, and kept in line lead over the bar in the deepest water, and through the channel towards wharf, No. 1.
Approximate position of outer light, lat. 15° 27′ 30′′ S, long. 145° 15′ E.
NOTE.-Vessels entering Cook harbour at night, should steer with the leading lights in line, until near wharf, No. 1, when any available berth at the wharves will be seen.
Burnett river 91° The bearings are Magnetic. Variation Pioneer river 7
By Direction of the Government of India,
} Easterly in 1879.
R. C. CARRINGTON, Chief Civil Assistant, for A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr. (late I. N.),
Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.
MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA 7th March 1879.
This Notice affects the following British Admiralty charts, &c.
(1). Nos. 2759a; 2763; 1068; 945; 412: Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, Australia, &c., 1879, and Australia Directory, vol, II., 1864, page 82.
(2). Nos. 2759a; 2763; 347: Also, Admiralty List of Lights, 1879, and Australia Directory, vol. II., 1864, page 120. (3). Nos. 2759a; 2764; 2350: Also, Admiralty List of Lights, 1879, and Australia Directory, vol. II., 1864, page 160.
(4). Nos. 2759a; 2764; 2351; 1072: Also, Admiralty List of Lights, 1879, and Australia Directory, vol. II., 1864, page 163.
If this Notice is received on boardship, the substance of it should be inserted on the Charts affected by it, and introduced into the Sailing Directions to which it relates.
Government of Tasmania.
GOVERNMENT NOTICE. (No. 250.)
Colonial Treasury, 26th October, 1878.
The Governor directs the publication of the following Notice to Mariners respecting the Lighthouse in course of erection at Currie Harbour, West Coast of King's Island, Tasmania, for general information.
By His Excellency's Command,
PRELIMINARY NOTICE TO MARINERS.
LIGHTHOUSE AT CURRIE HARBOUR ON WEST COAST OF KING ISLAND.
W. R. GIBLIN.
Marine Board, Hobart Town, 26th October, 1878.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a lightnouse now in the course of erection at Currie Harbour, on the West Coast of King Island, will be ready for exhibition in 1879.
The following is a description of the tower, and the light that will be exhibited :---
Tower.-Is an iron tower 70 feet high, supported by 6 cast-iron columns, the lower ends terminating in screw piles. It has a wrought-iron light room and central tube for staircase; it will stand on an eminence about 70 feet high, on the south side of Currie Harbour, in lat. 39° 56′ 45′′ south, long. 143° 57′ E.
Light is of the first order, dioptric holophotal revolving, with flashes every 12 seconds; viz.-5 flashes and eclipses alternately in a minute, will illuminate 180° of the horizon, and will be 150 feet above the sea level.
Due notice will be given of the exact date when this light will be first exhibited.
EDW. K. BARNARD, Master Warden, Hobart Town 'Marine Board.
Government of New Zealand.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
[No. 3 of 1879.]
EXHIBITION OF FLASHING WHITE LIGHT ON PUYSEGUR POINT, SOUTH-WESTERN EXTREMITY OF MIDDLE ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND.
Marine Department,
Wellington, New Zealand, 24th January, 1879. With reference to the preliminary notice issued by this Department, dated the 22nd day of October, 1877, it is hereby notified that, on and after SATURDAY, the 1st day of MARCH next, a Light will be exhibited from the Lighthouse which has been erected on Puysegur Point, the position and characteristics of which are as follow:-
The Puysegur Point Lighthouse is situated on the point of that name, at the south-western extremity of the Middle Island, New Zealand.
The Tower is 40 feet in height, built of timber and painted white. The Light will be a FIRST ORDER FLASHING WHITE LIGHT, visible all round as far as the land will allow, and showing a flash every TEN SECONDS.
The Light is elevated 180 feet above the sea, and, allowing 15 feet for the height of the eye, will be seen at a distance of about 193 nautic miles in clear weather, and at lesser distances according to the state of the atmosphere.
G. GREY.
N.B.-This Notice will affect the following Admiralty Charts of New Zealand, viz.: General and Sheet XII.
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