THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 55

Given under my hand, at Christchurch, and
issued under the Public Seal of this
Province, this Twenty-fifth day of Janu-
ary, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-five.
S. BEALEY,
Superintendent.

By His Honor's command.
WM. ROLLESTON,
Provincial Secretary.

PROCLAMATION.
By CHARLES BROWN, Esquire, Superintendent
of the Province of Taranaki.

WHEREAS, by Warrant dated 1st October, 1861, the
Governor, with the advice and consent of the Execu-
tive Council of New Zealand, delegated to Charles
Brown, Esquire, so long as he shall hold the office
of Superintendent of the Province of Taranaki, the
several powers vested in the Governor by the
second, fourth, fifth, seventh, ninth, and tenth sec-
tions of "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," subject
to be rescinded as in the said Act provided, and
subject to the Regulations of even date therewith,
and to any other Regulations to be from time to time
duly made.

Now, therefore, I, the said Charles Brown, by
virtue of such powers in me vested, do hereby pro-
claim and declare that from and after the date
hereof, the several Colonies of Australia, that is to
say, Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South
Australia and Western Australia, as well as the
Colony of Tasmania, and the Colony of the Cape of
Good Hope, and the Islands of Great Britain and
Ireland, shall be deemed to be infected districts
within the meaning and for the purposes of the said
Act, and that no Cattle shall be allowed to be im-
ported from such districts; provided that the Super-
intendent may allow any Cattle to be landed from
vessels from the Islands of Great Britain and Ireland,
subjects to such conditions and restrictions as he
may deem expedient, and the circumstances of the
case require.

And I do further proclaim and declare that the
Provinces of Otago and Southland in the Colony of
New Zealand, shall be deemed to be infected districts
within the meaning and for the purposes of the said
Act, and that no Cattle shall be allowed to be im-
ported from the said Provinces.

Given under my hand at New Plymouth,
this sixteenth day of January, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
CHARLES BROWN,
Superintendent.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th March, 1865.

THE following Notice to Mariners received from
the Government of the Cape of Good Hope is
published for general information.
FRED. A. WELD.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
TABLE BAY NEW LIGHTS AND FALSE BAY BEACON.

Robben Island Light.

A Lighthouse has been erected on the Southern-
most (and highest) hill of Robben Island, Minto
Hill, at an elevation of 154 feet above the sea, a
light from which will be exhibited on the 1st of
January, 1865.

The Lighthouse is in latitude 33° 48' 52" S.,
longitude 18° 22' 33" E.

The building is a cylindrical shaft, 60 feet high,
painted in horizontal Red and White bands, exhibiting
a White fixed light of the 1st order, dioptric. It
is visible all round the horizon, and can be seen
from a ship in clear weather 19 or 20 miles.

Changes in the Green and Mouille Point Lights.

The two fixed lights in the Green Point square
tower will be abandoned on the above date, and a
White light of the 3rd order dioptrip, flashing at
intervals of 10 seconds, substituted. It is 65 feet
above the sea, and can be seen in clear weather from
a ship 13 miles.

Mouille Light.

The old pyramidal building which carried this
light will be demolished, and replaced by a cylindrical
shaft, 30 feet high, painted in alternate Black and
White bands, and carrying a Red light of the 4th
order dioptric. It stands at an elevation of 44 feet
above the sea, and can be seen about 10 miles in
clear weather.

Sailing Directions.

Ships bound for Table Bay from the southward
should not shut in the Cape Point light with the
land at Slangkop Point until the Robben Island
light—which will be seen before the one on Green
Point—bears N.E. 3/4 E, when they may steer for it;
and when the Green Point light bears east, an E.
N.E. course may be followed until the red light on
Mouille Point comes open to the northward of Green
Point light, bearing S.E. by S. This course will lead
clear of the Vulcan Rock and the reefs that lie to
the northward of it. The course may now be altered
to S.E. by E. 1/2 E., which will carry them one mile
outside Mouille Point, and within this distance no
stranger should round the point at night. When
the Mouille light bears S.S.W., a S. by E. course
for the anchorage may be shaped, anchoring as soon
as the Green Point light is shut in with the hillocks
near Mouille Point, or with Mouille Point light
bearing N.W. about one mile off, in from 6 to 8
fathoms. Small vessels may steer S. by E. 1/2 E. for
the anchorage in 4 or 5 fathoms, and anchor with
the Mouille light bearing about N.W. by N.

Ships bound for Table Bay from the northward
must not take too great liberty with Robben Island
on account of its light, for the island is low, and the
dangerous Whale Rock lies S. 17 W., only 1 4-10ths
mile from the lighthouse, and 9-10ths of a mile from
the nearest point of the island.

Having sighted the Robben Island light, a ship
should haul to the S.W., if the light bear anything
to the westward of south, until the flashing light on
Green Point bears S. by E. or S.S.E., when she may
steer for it until Robben Island light bears N.E.,
when she may steer S.E. by E.; and when Mouille
light bears S.S.W. steer, as before directed, for the
anchorage.

With the light upon Robben Island and the Green
Point or Mouille Point light, a vessel may readily
determine her position by cross bearings; but the
safest and easiest plan to adopt is, whilst the Green
and Mouille lights are open of each other, to tack
when the Robben Island bears N. by W. 3/4 W., and
when they approach each other and become in line
to tack when the Robben Island light bears N. by
W. This will prevent accidents from the lowness of
the Blaauwberg beach and its deceptive appearance
at night. Little, if anything, can be lost in thus
beating in by giving up the smooth water near the
shore, as the constant northerly current that sets
out between Robben Island and the main land more
than destroys the seeming advantage; added to
which, the wind blows with greater violence from the
S.E. on the east side of the bay than it does more to