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Lot No. 85, containing 74 acres, 2 roods,
and 0 perches, more or less,
Lot No: 86, containing 77 acres, 0 roods,
and 0 perches, more or less,

Given under my Hand, and issued
under the Public Seal of the
Colony, at Government House,
(L. S.) Auckland, this twenty-second day
of October, in the year of Our
Lord One thousand eight hundred
and forty-four.

By Command,
ROBERT FITZROY.
Governor.

ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

ERRATA -P. 180, Section No.26-Section
No. 30, has been substituted for this
Section. Section No. 27, withdrawn.

NOTICE.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 26th December, 1844.

ON and after the first day of January, 1845,
the Flags, indicating a Vessel's character
or description, will be hoisted at the Signal
Station, in the following manner-a ball being
shewn as usual:—

A Ship, at the Mast head.
A Brig, " East yard arm.
A Schooner " West "
A Cutter, " East " half up.
A Steamer, " West " "
A Vessel in distress or on shore-flags half
mast.

By Command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 26th December, 1844.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to direct the following Remarks
on the Roadstead of New Plymouth, together
with the Table of authorised Charges for the
use of the Government Boats at that settlement,
to be published for general information.

By Command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Authorised Scale of Charges for the use of the
Government Boats at New Plymouth.
£ s. d.
Cargo Boat with Crew, if hired for a
whole day by one person . . . . . . . . . 3 9 0
Ditto ditto, if employed for
a whole day by various persons,
for every ton of cargo landed . . . . . 0 5 6

£ s. d.
Cargo Boat with Crew, if hired for a
single trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 10 0
Passage to, or from, a vessel, in a
Cargo Boat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 2 6
Small Boat with Crew, to mooring
distance, per trip. . . . . . . . . . . . 0 15 0
Ditto ditto, to vessels lying
within one mile of the shore, per
ditto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 7 6
Luggage of Cabin and Steerage Passengers
will be charged as Cargo.

No Boat will be launched to convey Passen-
gers to vessels lying within one mile of the shore
later than one hour, or to the mooring distance
later than two hours, before sunset.

N. B.-Mooring distance is about two miles
and a half from the town landing place.

New Plymouth lies in latitude 39° 2' S., and
longitude 174° 15' E; two miles N. E. of the
Sugar Loaf Islands, which are good land marks
for vessels in making the place, and serve as a
breakwater to the roadstead in south-westerly
gales. The coast line in front of the settlement
extends from the Islands to Mokau, a distance
of forty miles, and lies N. E. and S. W. The
prevailing winds are from W. to S. W. The
N. W. winds, to which the roadstead is open,
are more frequent during the months of April
and May, September and October, than in the
winter months of June, July, and August. They
are indicated by a long swell setting in from the
northward, and a dirty appearance of the atmos-
phere in that quarter-giving ample time for
ships to prepare for it, or go to sea. During
the summer months these gales are unknown,
nor do they blow home at any season of the
year; therefore, the danger in riding out a
northwester, (which rarely lasts more than
twenty-four hours), arises more from the heavy
swell than the strength of the wind.

The anchorage off the town, in places, is
foul, but it is clearer towards the Sugar Loaf
Islands. As the Government Pilot boards, when
practicable, (which is five days in the week
on an average during the year), all vessels
coming into the roadstead, large ships had
better not anchor till so visited; should a ship,
however, anchor before being boarded, open
ground will be found when the Town Flag Staff
bears E. S. E., and the outer Sugar Loaf Island
S. W. W., in about 16 fathoms water, over
sandy clay.

South-easterly gales are not frequent, but are
generally violent and of short duration; as they
blow off the shore, they are of little consequence.

Northerly and north-west gales come on gra-
dually, always giving ample warning by an
overcast sky, a swell from the northward, a
falling barometer, and moderate breeze from the
north-east to north-usually with rain. At the
height of the gale, or after a short lull, the wind
generally shifts to the westward, if not to the
south-west, in a strong, sometimes in a heavy,
squall-after which, the sky begins to clear, and
the weather improves. If the wind backs from