THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Public Offices, to be delivered at the several
Public Offices.

W. GISBORNE,
Under Secretary.

NOTICES TO MARINERS.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 8th Feb., 1859,

THE following copy of a letter from the
Harbour Master, Auckland, respecting
the bearing of Takatou Point, is published for
general information.

W. GISBORNE,
Under Secretary.

Harbour Master's Office,
Auckland, 21st Jan., 1859.

SIR,-My attention having been directed by
the Master of the barque "Mousam," arrived
this morning from Hobart Town, to an error
which appears in the "New Zealand Pilot"
respecting the bearing of Takatou Point from
Point Rodney, viz., S.W. S., instead of the
correct one S.E & S., as laid down at page 54,
and as such error may seriously mislead
strangers in the night time, having no chart, I
have the honor to request that the matter may
be brought under the notice of His Excellency's
Government.

I have, &c.,
(Signed) I. J. BURGESS,
Harbour Master.

His Honor the Superintendent,
Auckland.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 8th February, 1859.

THE following Notice, received from the
Government of South Australia, is re-
published for general information.

W. GISBORNE,
Under Secretary.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
MACDONNELL LIGHTHOUSE, CAPE NORTHUM-
BERLAND.

The Bearings are Magnetic. Variation 5º E.

The Master and Wardens of the Trinity
House, Port Adelaide, hereby give notice that
the "Macdonnell Light," on Cape Northum-
berland, in lat. 38º 3' 0" S., long. 140º 37'
45" E., will be Exhibited Nightly on and after
the 1st of January, 1859, from Sunset to
Sunrise.

The Lighthouse Tower, which is 28 feet in
height, stands on a rocky headland elevated
103 feet above high-water mark.

The Light which is catoptric and revolving,
consists of three faces, and exhibits alternately
every minute a White, Red, and Green Light,
on an arc visible from seaward from N. 74º E.
to N. 66º W. round by south (by compass).

The White Light may be seen from the deck
of a moderate sized vessel about 18 miles, and

from aloft at a distance proportionate to the
elevation attained.

The Red Light will not be seen, under the
most favourable circumstances, at a greater
distance than 15 miles.

The Green Light will not generally be dis-
tinguished beyond a range of 8 miles.

During hot weather and N.E. Winds, when
there is often much refraction, the White Light
will frequently be observed at a great distance.

Vessels approaching from the eastward should
not bring the White or Red Light to bear to
westward of W.N.W., and when the Green
Light becomes visible on that bearing should
steer more southerly, in order to give the reef,
which stretches to the eastward of Cape Nor-
thumberland, a wide berth.

Vessels from the northward should never
sight the White or Red Light on a bearing
more southerly than E J S., and on distinguish-
ing the Green Light should immediately alter
the course so as to give the outlying reefs, to
the westward of the Cape running parallel to
the coast a mile from the shore, an offing.

In bad weather with the wind hanging from
the southward, it will be advisable to give the
Cape such an offing as will enable a ship to
pass the Lighthouse without sighting the Green
Light, and should the weather, which is oc-
casionally the case, be thick, or it be blowing
hard, it will be prudent not to sight the Red
Light, which under such circumstances, would
not be seen at the distance first given.

The coast to the north-westward of the Cape
soon becomes low, and owing to the heavy
ocean swell, which sets directly on the shore,
should be very carefully avoided.

To the eastward of the Cape is a deep bight,
which offers no shelter from the prevailing
winds and swell, or inducement to enter.

The Lightkeepers are provided with a nine-
pounder carronade, and a code of Marryat's
Signals, which will be used to warn vessels if
observed to be standing into danger.

B. DOUGLASS,
Master of the Trinity House, South Australia.

Trinity House, Port Adelaide,
South Australia, 30th Nov., 1858..

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 8th Feb., 1859.

THE following Notification received from
the Government Resident at Moreton
Bay, is published for general information.

W. GISBORNE,
Under Secretary.

Government Resident's Office,
Brisbane, 13th December, 1858.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

A DANGEROUS ROCK nearly midway be..
tween the Lighthouse at Cape Moreton and
Flinders' Rock, has been discovered by the
officers of H.M.S. Herald, the relative position
of which is-1.97 miles N. 28º E. true, or N.
by E. E. (easterly) from the Lighthouse; or
1.7 miles from the nearest part of land under
the Lighthouse; and 1.3 miles from Flinder's