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Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 20th June, 1844.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to direct that the following No-
tice respecting a Beacon erected on Pencarrow
Head, at the entrance to the Harbour of Port
Nicholson, be published for general information.

By Command,

ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

The Beacon erected on Pencarrow Head, at
the eastern side of the entrance to Port Nichol-
son, bears, from observations taken on board
H. M. Colonial Brig Victoria, S.E. by E. E.,
from the outer rock of Barrett's Reef.
The Beacon is thirty-seven feet high, painted
white, and surmounted by a red flag.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 25th June, 1844.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to direct the publication of the
following notice of the exhibition of a new light
on the Light House erected at Madras.

By Command,

ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

NOTICE.

Marine Board Office,
Madras, 9th October, 1843.

NOTICE is hereby given, that on and after
the 1st day of January 1844, a light will
be exhibited on the New Light House erected at
Madras immediately to the northward of the
Walls of Fort St. George; and that on and
after the said 1st day of January 1844, the light
heretofore and now exhibited on the old Light
House within the walls of Fort St. George, will
be discontinued. The new light (to be exhibited)
will be elevated 128 feet above the mean level
of the Sea,—and may be seen from the deck of
a ship at the distance of 20 miles. The light is
of the "Flashing Description" and the duration
of the flashes to that of the eclipse or dark pe-
riods is in the ratio of 2 to 3,—but as the nature
of the motion is reciprocating instead of rota-
tory, the above ratio merely expresses the aver-
age proportion of the light and dark intervals
which are themselves variable according to the
position of the spectator. The rapidity of move-
ment is so adjusted, that the duration of the
flashes will vary from 0" to 48", and that of the
eclipse from 0" to 72", the sums of the dura-
tion of light and darkness bearing however, in
every position, the constant ratio of 2 to 3.

From the South Eastern extremity of the Pulicat
Shoal the new Light House bears S. 23° W.,
and is distant 13 miles; but no ship or vessel
when hauling in from the Northward for the
Madras Roadstead should bring the light to bear
to the Southward of S. 28° W., or S. S. W.
W.,—unless her position is well ascertained.
Commanders of vessels are hereby warned of the
serious risk they incur by incautiously approach-
ing the dangerous vicinity of the Pulicat Shoal,
as hazy weather or other causes may obscure the
light,—true soundings therefore and a vigilant
look out are imperatively called for. The limits
of the Madras Roadstead (in 8 or 9 fathoms) are
comprised within the following bearings, viz.
from the Northward the Light House will bear
S. 56° W., and from the Southward N. 81° W.
or from S. W. by W. to W. N.

The new Light House
At Madras is in Latitude 13° 5' 10" North,
And in.. Longitude 80° 20' East of Greenwich,

Published by order of the Marine Board at
Fort St. George.

J. R. BOYSON,
Acting Secretary.

COUNTY COURT.

NOTICE is hereby given, that a Sitting of
this Court, for the dispatch of Criminal
business, will be held at the Court House, at
Russell, in the Bay of Islands, at 10 o'clock in
the forenoon, on Tuesday, the 16th day of July
next; at which time and place, all persons
bound by recognizance to appear as prosecutors,
defendants, or witnesses, are required to give
their attendance.

The Court will sit on the following day for
the dispatch of civil business.

County Court Office,
May 29th, 1844.

WILLIAM DONNELLY,
Clerk of County Court.

Auckland—Printed and Published at the Government
Press.