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NOTICE TO MARINERS.

General Post Office,
Auckland, 16th November, 1864.

THE following Notices, issued by the Marine Board relative to the Light to be exhibited on the Island of Tiri Tiri Matangi, and the Buoy in the Shearer’s Rock, are published for general information.

REEDER WOOD,
For the Postmaster-General.

Lighthouse, Tiri Tiri Matangi, Hauraki Gulf.

The Lighthouse in course of construction on the S.E. end of Tiri Tiri, in latitude, 36° 36' 30" S., longitude 174° 55' 15" E., will be lit from sun set to sun rise, from and after 1st January, 1864.

The Tower is of iron 48 feet high, painted light red colour, and the focal plane of the lantern is 300 feet above high-water mark.

The illuminating apparatus is Dioptric of the second order, showing a fixed white light all round the horizon, which may be seen from the deck of a vessel in clear weather at a distance of 23½ nautical miles.

Buoy on Shearer’s Rock.

Notice is also given that a red buoy has been laid in 14 fathoms N.W. by W. and close to, the Shearers’ Rock, distant from the Lighthouse about one mile, with the following magnetic bearings:—Southern extreme of Tiri Tiri, S. 52° W.; Northern extreme of Tiri Tiri, N. 72° W.; Lighthouse Tower, S. 67° W.

R. JOHNSON,
Warden.

Marine Board Office,
Auckland, 12th Nov., 1864.

Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland 16th Dec., 1864.

THE following notices are published for general information.

ROBERT GRAHAM,
Superintendent.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

General Post Office,
Auckland, 8th Dec., 1864.

THE following Notices, issued by the Marine Board, relative to the Lights to be exhibited on various parts of the Coast of New Zealand, viz., on

• Dog Island, Foveaux Straits;
• Tairoa’s Head, entrance to Otago Harbour;
• Godley Head, entrance to Port Lyttelton;
• and Mana Island, Cook’s Straits;

are published for general information.

J. L. C. RICHARDSON,
Postmaster-General.

Dog Island, Foveaux Straits, Lighthouse.

Dog Island Lighthouse is situated on a small island of that name in Foveaux Straits, off the entrance to the Bluff Harbour, in 46°39' 35" South latitude, and 168° 26' East longitude, as measured on the Admiralty chart.

The light will show all round, and will be a Holophotal Dioptric Revolving White Light, of the first order, attaining its greatest brilliancy every half minute.

It will be elevated about 150 feet above the level of the sea, and will be visible in clear weather about eighteen nautical miles, allowing fifteen feet for the height of the observer’s eye, and at lesser distances according to the state of the atmosphere.

The Tower is built of native stone of a grey colour, and will be 118 feet in height from the ground to the top of the lantern.

This light is expected to be ready for permanent exhibition not later than April, 1865.

CHAS. SHARP,
President Marine Board.

Marine Board Office,
Wellington, 24th November, 1864.

Mana Island, Cook’s Straits, Lighthouse.

Mana Island Light-house is now in course of erection, on the North-western promontory of Mana Island, off the entrance to Porirua Harbour, on the Eastern shore of Cook’s Straits, in 41° 5' South latitude, and 174° 48' East longitude, as measured on the Admiralty Chart.

The light will be a Fixed Dioptric White Light of the second order, and will be seen in every direction where not intercepted by land.

The light will be elevated about 450 feet above the sea, and will be visible in clear weather about 29 nautical miles, allowing fifteen feet for the height of the observer’s eye, and at lesser distances according to the state of the atmosphere.

The tower will be seventy feet in height, from the base to the vane.

This light is expected to be ready for permanent exhibition in March, 1865.

CHAS. SHARP,
President Marine Board.

Marine Board Office,
Wellington, 24th Nov. 1864.

Godley Head (Banks’ Peninsula) Lighthouse.

Godley Head Lighthouse is situated on Godley (or Cachalot) Head, forming the north-western entrance of Port Lyttelton, Banks’ Peninsula, in 43° 35' 32" south latitude, and 172° 49' 30" east longitude, as measured on the Admiralty Chart.

The light will be a Fixed Dioptric White Light, of the second order, is elevated about 450 feet above the level of the sea, and illuminating an arc of 200°. It will be visible from seaward, in clear weather, about 29 nautical miles, and at lesser distances, according to the state of the atmosphere.