✨ Patriotic Fund Receipts and Notice to Mariners
for thirty-two pounds fifteen shillings and
ninepence in favour of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury,
on account of
British Income Tax, the other for thirty-
four pounds one shilling and tenpence in
favour of the Royal Patriotic Fund on ac-
count of subscriptions raised in Otago and
Auckland.
The first of those Certificates has been
sent to the Treasury, and the second to
the Commissioners for the above Fund,
whose receipt, together with a copy of the
letter which accompanied it, is now an-
exed.
I have, &c.,
E. B. LYTTON,
Governor Gore Browne, C.B.,
&c., &c., &c.,
New Zealand.
Royal Commission of the Patriotic Fund,
19, New Street, Spring Gardens,
5th July 1858.
Sir—I have the honour to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of the 2nd inst.,
transmitting by direction of Secretary Sir
E. Bulwer Lytton, a Commissariat Cer-
tificate for thirty-four pounds one shilling
and tenpence from the Governor of New
Zealand, a Receipt for which I have the
honour to enclose; of which amount thirty-
two pounds ten shillings and tenpence have
been collected at Otago, and the remaining
one pound eleven shillings is the balance
of the Auckland contributions; and I am
further directed to request the favour of
the Governor conveying to all engaged in
this act of benevolence the best thanks of
the Royal Commissioners.
I have, &c.,
(Sd.) E. GARDINER FISHBOURNE,
Honorary Secretary.
H. Merivale, Esq.
&c., &c., &c.
ROYAL COMMISSION OF PATRIOTIC FUND,
16A, Great George Street.
No. 126. 1858.
Received, this day, through the Colonial
Office, the sum of Thirty-four pounds one
shilling and ten pence, being £32 10s. 10d.
from Otago, and £1 11s. balance from
Auckland on account of the Patriotic Fund.
E. GARDINER FISHBOURNE,
Hon. Secretary.
32 10 10 Otago
1 11 0 Auckland
£34 1 10
SUM COLLECTED BY THE CHURCHES IN OTAGO.
Presbyterian Church—
Per Rev. Thos. Burns, Dunedin... £11 0 4
Per Rev. Wm. Bannerman, Clutha
and Tokomairiro... 6 0 0
Per Rev. Wm. Will—
East Taieri... £3 17 0
West Taieri... 0 14 0
£21 11 4
Episcopal Church—
Per Rev. J. A. Fenton, Dunedin... 10 19 6
£32 10 10
Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 7th December 1858.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
PENCARROW LIGHT HOUSE.
NOTICE is hereby given that on and after
the first day of January next, a new
light will be exhibited on Pencarrow Head
at the entrance of Port Nicholson, (Wellington)
Cook’s Strait, New Zealand.
The new light will be of the second order,
(Catadioptric system) with eclipses at inter-
vals of two minutes; it will be 420 feet above
high water mark, and visible in ordinary
weather at a distance of thirty English
miles.
The following are the magnetic bearings
and distances of the site of the new Light
House:—
From Baring Head, N.W. by N., 3 ¼ miles.
From Sinclair Head, E. by N. ½ N., 6 ¾
miles.
From Outer Rock of Barrett’s Reef, S.E. by
E. ½ E., 1 mile.
From Steeple Rock, S.S.E., 2 miles.
From Cape Campbell, N.N.E. ¼ E., 33
miles.
The Lighthouse is in Latitude 41° 22’ 0” S.
Longitude 174° 51’ 15” E.
Printed for the Provincial Government by DANIEL CAMPBELL, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
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Otago Provincial Gazette 1859, No 79
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💰 Receipt of Funds for Patriotic Fund
💰 Finance & Revenue5 July 1858
Patriotic Fund, Donations, Otago, Auckland, Receipt
- E. Gardiner Fishbourne, Honorary Secretary
💰 Acknowledgement of Patriotic Fund Contributions
💰 Finance & Revenue5 July 1858
Patriotic Fund, Donations, Otago, Auckland, Receipt
- E. Gardiner Fishbourne, Honorary Secretary
💰 Summary of Collections by Churches in Otago
💰 Finance & RevenueChurch Collections, Presbyterian, Episcopal, Otago, Donations
- Thomas Burns (Reverend), Collected funds for Presbyterian Church
- William Bannerman (Reverend), Collected funds for Presbyterian Church
- William Will (Reverend), Collected funds for Presbyterian Church
- J. A. Fenton (Reverend), Collected funds for Episcopal Church
🚂 Notice to Mariners: Pencarrow Lighthouse
🚂 Transport & Communications7 December 1858
Lighthouse, Pencarrow, Port Nicholson, Wellington, Maritime