✨ Waikato River Sailing Directions
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 539
Bring the Fairway beacons in line when
the Sandy Cliff is about to open itself, and
proceed across the bar. Keep the marks on
until Oruaranghi Point is well open, when
you are clear of the breakers at the entrance.
The least water on the Bar with the Fair-
way Beacons in line is 12 feet 6 inches at
low water spring tides; but there is 10 feet a
short distance to the Northward, and 11 feet
the same to the Southward, so that the marks
should not be opened much.
The Beacons when in line are in the middle
of an easily recognised gully, as shown in the
view.
The Eastern Beacon is on White-shell
summit. The Western one 1/4 mile S.W. by
W. W. from it on a little mound.
The Spits at the entrance appear to have
shifted since Capt. Drury surveyed the Wai-
kato, as the present Fairway magnetic bear-
ing differs 4° or nearly half a point from
the old one.
JNO. G. BOULTON, R.N.,
Master's Asst., and Asst. Surveyor.
Printed and published by ROBERT J. CREIGHTON and ALFRED SCALES, for the New Zealand Government,
at the Printing Office, O'Connell-street.
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NZ Gazette 1863, No 64
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🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works14 December 1863
Waikato River navigation, Fairway beacons, Sandy Cliff, River entrance, Magnetic bearing, Survey
- JNO. G. BOULTON, R.N., Master's Asst., and Asst. Surveyor