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No. 95.
The Hongkong Government Gazette.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
[OCTOBER 16, 185.
The subjoined Notice relative to the establishment of a Lighthouse, designated "FLINDER'S LIGHT,” .... Capo Borda, the North-western extremity of Kangaroo Island, is published for the information of Ship-masters.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 11th October, 1858..
SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
CAPE BORDA LIGHTHOUSE.
KANGAROO ISLAND.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
FRED. FORTII, Acting Colonial Secretary.
The Master and Wardens of the Trinity House of South Australia hereby give Notice, that the LIGHT on Cape Borda was first exhi bited on the evening of the 13th July, 1858, and will continue to be exhibited every Night from Sunset to Sunrise.
Cape Borda lies in lat. 35° 45′ 20′′ South, long. 136° 38′ 0′′ East, and is a bold cliffy headland 480 feet above the sea level.
The Lighthouse is a square stone tower, and stands thirty (30) fect from the ground, on the summit of a small mound, about five hund. ! (500) yards from the edge of the cliffs. The total height of the Lantern is therefore five hundred and ten (510) feet above the level of the
The Light, which is on the catoptric principle, exhibits a Bright and Red Flash alternately every half-minute (1-minute), and may be so on an are extending from N. 60° E. to S. 35° W. (round by west). The Bright Flash may be seen at a distance of Thirty (30) Milm, M. clear weather; but the Red Light will not be visible more than about Half that distance, therefore, when the Red Light is not distinguishable, the Bright Light only will appear at intervals of One Minute.
Vessels approaching Cape Borda from the Southwest should keep the Light well open of the high land to the southward of the Cape, 1 avoid the Reef off Cape Bedout, the western extremity of the Island. Vessels bound up Investigator's Straits, after having rounded C Borda, should keep the Light quite clear of the high land to the eastward of it, on a S.W. by W. bearing until Cape Forbin is passed, wik it may be shut in with the high land.
Vessels bound down Investigator's Straits, should not bring the Light to bear to the westward of S.W. by W. The above Bearings are magnetic, the Variation being 6° East.
Trinity House, Port Adelaide, South Australia, 15th July, 1858.
B. DOUGLAS,
Master of the Trinity House, South Australia,
Notice is hereby given, that His Excellency the Governor-in-Chief has been pleased to name the Lighthouse erected at Cape Borda, the "FLINDER'S LIGHT," in honour of the first discoverer of Spencer's Gulf and the adjacent parts of the Colony.
No. 96.
By Command,
WM. YOUNGHUSBAND, Chief Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notice, is published for the information of Ship-masters.
By Order,
FRED. FORTH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 14th October, 1858.
-THE OFFICE OF THE STEAM NAVIGATION AND PILOT BOARD,
SYDNEY, 4th August, 1858.
LIGHTSHIP “ROSE,”
MORETON BAY, NEW SOUTH WALES.
Notice is hereby given, that on the 1st January, 1859, the Lightship Rose, moored in the Ship Channel at Moreton Bay, and bearing W. N. from Cape Moreton Lighthouse, will be removed, and a Beacon or Buoy, (to be described hereafter,) will be established there instead of the Lightship.
W. J. WILSHIRE,
Secretary.
No. 97.
H. H. BROWNE,
Chairman.
JOHN CROOK,
Harbour Master.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The subjoined Notice to Mariners, is published for the information of Ship-masters and others concerned.
By Order,
FRED. FORTH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 14th October, 1858.
PORT ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
The deepening operations, lately carried on by the Harbour Trust at the Outer Bar of this Port, having been completed for this Season Notice is hereby given, that depths of Fourteen (14) feet at Low Water, and Twenty-two (22) at High Water, Spring Tides, have been attained.
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