New Zealand Gazette – 1856 – No. 31

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indeed to find the natives vieing with our | reef; 5. Microscopic examination of soundings;
missionary friends of Mbau and Levuka to greet | 6. Surgeon Rayner's natural history of Norfolk
us. | Island; 7. Assistant Surgeon Macdonald's do. of
10. The community at Levuka now comprises | Conway reef; and descriptive paper on sounding;
30 British subjects, 470 converted natives, 2,9 | 8. Mr. Milne (gardener), list of trees and vegetables
school attendants; it is the central trading station | at Norfolk Island.†
in Fiji, with an accessible harbour for any sized | 14. With our new rates under this our Fiji
ship, a plan of which and of the island (which | standard meridian, I purpose occupying the next
numbers a population of 4,650) was forwarded on | six weeks of the sun being within measure by-
the 24th February, 1855. | sextant and artifical horizon for circum-meridians
11. You will congratulate me on having been | (night observations not being always practicable
able to convey from Sydney and Norfolk island to | amongst savages) to determine the relative posi-
this place, in promising condition, one bull, three | tions of Mbau, the extremes of Kandavu, Matuka
cows, two rams, four ewes, with geese and ducks, | Totoia, and Turtle island, thence with the easterly
and a large supply of flower, fruit, and vegetable | slant to take the salient features of the Eastern
seeds, and plants, whereby our resident country- | Group, back to Ovalau, for test or verification,
men and future voyagers will be able to enjoy | and then devote the remainder of the year to a
Christmas and Michaelmas fare, notwithstanding | detailed survey of Mbau Waters, &c. In this
the temperature may never be below 70°. | programme, with what we have already done, I
12. The still waters of Levuka have been taken | anticipate a respectable annual progress.
advantage of to swing ship again, so that our | H. M. DENHAM,
azimuths and amplitudes between this and Sydney | Captain R.N. in charge of the Survey.
will be properly corrected for local deviation. | * Forwarded to Sir Roderick I. Murchinson, Director-General
13. I find I am enabled to forward herewith the | of the Museum of Practical Geology.
following tracings:-1. Norfolk Island; 2. Its | † Forwarded to Sir William J. Hooker, Director of the Royal
south aspect; 3. Plan of settlement; 4. Conway | Botanical Gardens at Kew.—ED.

LIST OF POSITIONS IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN.

Name of Place. Exact Spot. Latitude. Longitude. Variation.
Port Jackson Lighthouse 33 51 34 S 151 18 57 E 10 0 E
Lord Howe Island, Middle N.E. Bay.. 31 31 38 S 159 6 0E 12 35 E
Balls Pyramid Peak 31 45 10 S 159 16 11 E 12 30 E
Middleton Reef W. Elbow 29 27 40 S 159 4 18 E 10 54 E
Elizabeth Reef Centre 29 55 20 S 159 4 30 E 11 0 E
Port Albert, S. side, Isle of Pines Observatory I. 22 42 30 S 167 28 35 E 0 E
Matthew Rock Peak 22 20 12 S 171 21 0E 10 4 E
NEW HEBRIDES—
Aneiteum Harbour, S.W. side Observatory I. 20 15 17 S 169 44 44 E 10 3 E
Futuna N.W. Point 19 31 20 S 170 11 13 E 9 45 E
Tanna Port Resolution 19 31 17 S 169 28 10 E 10 0 E
Mari South Point 21 42 0 S 168 2 E 10 5 E
SOLOMON ISLAND—
San Christoval Cape Phillip 10 31 23 S 161 26 35 E 8 40 E
Guadalcanar Makeira Harbour.. 10 25 23 S 161 26 39 E
" Cape Henslow 9 58 42 S 160 34 55 E 8 40 E
" Wanderer Bay 9 41 47 S 159 39 34 E
NEW ZEALAND—
Auckland Depôt Point 36 49 58 S 174 49 34 E 13 54 E
KERMADEC GROUP—
Sunday Island Centre of West Bay 29 15 30 S 177 54 52 W 11 18 E
FRIENDLY ISLAND—
N. Minerva Reef North Elbow 23 37 19 S 178 48 58 W 10 47 E
S. Minerva Reef Centre 23 56 22 S 179 4 16 W
FIJI GROUP—
Moala Island, N. Point Harbour 18 32 45 S 179 57 38 E 9 0 E
Angau Harbour Western Aspect 17 59 32 S 179 13 45 E 8 42 E
Mumbolithe Reef, 5 8-10 m. S. 18° W. from One Tree Islet, off S.E. end of Angau 18 14 36 S 179 17 50 E
Levuka, Ovalau Missionary Seh. Ho. 17 40 45 S 178 49 45 E 10 17 E
NEW CALEDONIA—
Fairway Reef, between Belona Shoals and New Caledonia 21 0 15 S 161 45 9 E 10 7 E

H. M. DENHAM,
Captain H.M.S. Herald, 9th April, 1855.
Auckland:-Printed by Williamson and Wilson, for the New Zealand Government.




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🏛️ Continuation of Hydrographic Notice No. 2 regarding Pacific reefs and survey plans (continued from previous page)

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
9 April 1855
Hydrographic survey, Fiji, Levuka, soundings, navigation, Mbau, Kandavu, Eastern Group, Norfolk Island
  • H. M. Denham, Captain R.N. in charge of the Survey

🏛️ List of geographical positions and magnetic variations in the South-Western Pacific Ocean

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
9 April 1855
Magnetic variation, Latitude, Longitude, Port Jackson, Lord Howe Island, New Hebrides, Solomon Islands, New Zealand, Kermadec Group, Friendly Islands, Fiji
  • H. M. Denham, Captain H.M.S. Herald