deemed Infected Districts, within the meaning, and for the purposes of the "Diseased Cattle Act, 1861 :" And that I do hereby rescind the Proclamations of the Superintendent of the Province of Otago, bearing date the 5th day of June, 1862, and the 2nd day of June, 1863, so far as the same relate to the District of South Australia, and the before-mentioned portion of the District of Gipps’ Land.

SCHEDULE.

Commencing at a point on the sea coast on the south side of Lake Reeves, and bearing north-westerly to the south-east angle of Lake Wellington, near Seacombe Township; thence bounded on the north by the south side of Lake Wellington, bearing westerly to the junction of Lake Wellington and La Trobe River; thence bounded on the north-east by the La Trobe River, bearing westerly to the junction of the La Trobe and M’Alister Rivers; thence bounded on the north-east by the M’Alister River, bearing north-westerly, and by a line bearing north-westerly to a mountain range between Mount Bullet and Jamieson Township; thence bearing south-westerly along the summit of the said range to the northern boundary of the County of Evelyn; thence bounded on the west by the County of Evelyn, and bearing south-easterly and westerly to the junction of the Counties of Evelyn and Mornington; thence bounded on the west by the County of Mornington, bearing southerly to the sea coast; thence bounded by the sea coast and Corner Inlet, bearing south-easterly, northerly, and north-easterly to the point of commencement.

Given under my hand and the Seal of the Province, at Dunedin, this eleventh (L.S.) day of July, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

JOHN HYDE HARRIS,
Superintendent.

By His Honor’s Command,

THOMAS DICK,
Provincial Secretary

SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR ENTERING THE PORT OF INVERCARGILL.

Vessels bound for New River should steer for the north end of Point Island, around which, to within a cable’s length, there is not less than five fathoms water. A small patch is said to exist about a quarter of a mile off in a westerly direction, but the pilots have not been able to find less than five fathoms on it; hard sand bottom. Outside the bar, in six fathoms, is moored a spiral-shaped black buoy, bearing from the north end of the Island north half a mile. Steer for this buoy, and as you approach it, the leading beacons, painted white, will come on with each other bearing from you E. ¼ S. Keep the beacons in one, leaving the black buoy on your port hand, which will lead you over the bar in fifteen feet at low water, spring tides. The breadth of the bar is about a good cable’s length, and inside of it, in four fathoms, is a spiral-shaped white buoy, marking the south side of the channel.

The course from this buoy, to about two cables’ length above the Pilot Station, is E. ¼ N., and from thence, to about Star cables’ farther up, E. by N. The channel then gradually bends to the northward until past the Bombay Rock.

The Pilot Station is situated between the leading beacons, and, except in heavy gales, a Pilot will board the vessel abreast of the station; but, should the wind and sea be too strong for him to put off, the Shipmaster, by attending to the following directions, may be able himself to conduct his vessel to a place of safety:—

The channel is marked by white buoys on the starboard or south side, and by black buoys on the port or north side. Keep midway between the black and white buoys.

About three cables’ length below the Bombay Rock lies a small rock called the Guiding Star Rock, with only four feet water over it. A white buoy has been placed on the west side of this rock, in twelve feet water. The Sand Spit, on the opposite side of the channel, has been advancing into it during the last six months, and at present the breadth of the passage between the Spit and the rock is so narrow, that it would not be prudent for a stranger to run through.

It would be safer to anchor abreast of the second black buoy, above the Pilot Station, where a vessel with good ground tackle could ride in comparative safety.

The leading mark to pass midway between the rock and the spit is:—Keep the high hummock on the extreme end of Sandy Point a sail’s breadth open to the eastward of the iron white beacon on Bombay Rock, bearing N.E. ¼ N. When abreast of the white buoy, keep off a little, so as not to shave the point of the Spit too close; a N. by E. half E. course will then lead you through between the Bombay Rock and the black buoy on the opposite side of the channel.

On the west side of the Bombay Rock is placed an iron beacon, surmounted by a barrel, painted white. The top of the beacon is fifteen feet above low-water mark, and the rock projects from the beacon twenty feet W.N.W. into the channel; immediately beyond there is eighteen feet water. The course from abreast of this beacon to the second white buoy, as you proceed upwards, is N.E. by N., and from thence to the third white buoy N.E., but allowance must be made for the set of the tide, which runs through the blind channel and strikes across the ship channel between the Bombay Rock and the first white buoy above it.

The flood setting east, the ebb west.

The best anchorage for a stranger to take is abreast of the third white buoy from the Bombay Rock, letting go the anchors nearest to the S.W. side, as it is pretty steep, too. The depth of water near the shore is three, and, in mid-channel, five fathoms—good holding ground.