New Zealand Gazette – 1858 – No. 25

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✨ Tidal Signal Tables

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

TIDAL SIGNALS.
VICTORIA.

Tidal Signals for River Yarra,
Gellibrand's Point.
Feet.
Black ball, yard arm 8
Ball over blue flag 8½
Red flag 9
Ball under blue flag 9½
Blue flag, yard arm 10
Blue flag, half-mast 10½
Red flag at mast-head .. 11

The number of Vessels
coming up the Bay is
denoted by Marryatt's
signals hoisted at the
mast-head.
Overland mail, red ensign
at the mast-head.
Steamers, red flag; if more
than one, the number
hoisted underneath.
Tidal Signals hoisted at
western yard-arm.
Communications to ships,
eastern yard-arm.

Tidal Signals, Geelong Bar.
Feet.
One blue flag 10
One ball 10
One ball, with blue flag 11
over
One ball, blue flag under 11
Two balls 12
Two balls with blue flag 12½
under
Two balls, with blue flag 13
over
Two balls, red flag under 13
Two balls, red flag over 14
Two balls, red flag be- 14½
tween 15
One red flag ..

Tidal Signals, Point Lonsdale.
Flood.
Blue flag, half mast 1st qr.
Blue flag, mast-head 2nd qr.
Red flag, half-mast 3rd qr.
Red flag, mast head last qr.
Ebb.
Blue flag, half-mast, with 1st qr.
ball under
Blue flag, mast head, 2nd qr.
ball under
Red flag, half-mast, with 3rd qr.
ball under
Red flag, mast-head, last qr.
with ball under

Tidal Signals, Port Albert.
Feet
One black ball 8
One red flag 9
One white flag 10
One ball, with white 11
flag over
Two balls 12
Two balls, with white 13
flag under

The new commercial Code of Signals for the use of all nations are (in addition to Marryatt's signals) in use at all the signal stations within Victoria.

Printed and Published by W. C. WILSON, for the New Zealand Government, at the Printing
Office, Shortland Crescent, Auckland.

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Parliament sat at General Assembly House (nicknamed the 'Shedifice') in Auckland from 1854-1864, sharing the building with the Auckland Provincial Council.

Ironically the Upper House met on the lower story, and the Lower House on the upper story.

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🏗️ Tidal Signal Codes for Victorian Ports and Rivers

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