✨ Miscellaneous Notices
PROVINCE OF OTAGO, NEW ZEALAND.
The light will be Catadioptric of the fourth order, a fixed White Light, and will be exhibited from an Octagonal Tower of Iron, painted white, erected on the Boulder Bank. The Light will be about sixty (60) feet above high water of spring tides, and will be seen in clear weather at the distance of about twelve and a half (12½) nautical miles, allowing ten (10) feet for the height of the eye, and at lesser distances according to the state of the atmosphere.
The Lighthouse is situated in Latitude 41° 15' 5" S. Longitude 173° 17' 7" E., with the following bearings.
Compass Bearings to Light, which illuminates an arc of 119½°.
The Light will be visible from W. by S. westerly, round by north to N. and by E. ¼ E.
From off Croixelles Harbor—
S. 19½° W., or S. and by W. ¼ W.
From off Extreme End of the Sand Spit off Cape Farewell—
S. 26½° E. or S.S.E. ¼ E. Easterly.
From Waimea West—
N. 80° E., or E. and by N. Easterly.
The Outer Anchorage—The Light bearing East South East, 6 fathoms low water.
CAUTION.—Masters of Vessels are cautioned not to shut the Light in, nor to approach within one (1) mile of the point upon which the Lighthouse is erected.
The Bearings are Magnetic. Variation 15° East in 1856.
HENRY ADAMS,
For ALFRED DOMETT,
Provincial Secretary.
Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Nelson, July 30, 1862.
METEOROLOGICAL TABLE.
| July 1862 | THERMOMETER. | BAROMETER. | DEPTH OF RAIN. | DIRECTION OF THE WIND. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max. | Min. | Mean. | 8 A.M. | 5 P.M. | |
| 1 | 43.0 | 31.5 | 37.25 | 29.300 | 29.444 |
| 2 | 44.0 | 32.0 | 38.00 | 29.574 | 29.600 |
| 3 | 47.0 | 28.0 | 40.00 | 29.524 | 29.500 |
| 4 | 47.0 | 39.5 | 43.25 | 29.510 | 29.500 |
| 5 | 35.0 | 30.0 | 32.50 | 29.560 | 29.716 |
| 6 | 37.5 | 31.0 | 34.00 | 29.862 | 29.932 |
| 7 | 37.0 | 31.0 | 34.00 | 29.972 | 29.930 |
| 8 | 35.0 | 32.0 | 33.50 | 29.916 | 29.930 |
| 9 | 38.0 | 27.5 | 32.75 | 29.952 | 29.884 |
| 10 | 38.0 | 27.0 | 32.50 | 29.850 | 29.800 |
| 11 | 39.0 | 27.0 | 33.00 | 29.820 | 29.908 |
| 12 | 38.5 | 30.0 | 34.25 | 29.962 | 30.054 |
| 13 | 37.5 | 26.5 | 32.00 | 30.042 | 30.010 |
| 14 | 38.0 | 28.5 | 33.25 | 29.932 | 29.852 |
| 15 | 44.0 | 29.5 | 36.75 | 29.810 | 29.804 |
| 16 | 40.0 | 29.5 | 34.75 | 29.924 | 29.988 |
| 17 | 40.0 | 36.0 | 38.00 | 30.010 | 30.034 |
| 18 | 43.0 | 34.5 | 38.75 | 30.100 | 29.802 |
| 19 | 45.0 | 36.5 | 40.75 | 29.438 | 29.370 |
| 20 | 44.0 | 35.0 | 39.50 | 29.326 | 29.314 |
| 21 | 46.0 | 35.5 | 40.75 | 29.374 | 29.436 |
| 22 | 49.0 | 35.5 | 42.25 | 29.108 | 29.330 |
| 24 | 48.5 | 37.0 | 41.75 | 29.446 | 29.300 |
| 25 | 50.5 | 42.5 | 43.75 | 29.110 | 29.034 |
| 26 | 55.5 | 37.0 | 49.00 | 28.976 | 28.980 |
| 27 | 55.0 | 41.0 | 46.00 | 29.284 | 29.338 |
| 28 | 47.0 | 35.0 | 44.00 | 29.330 | 29.310 |
| 29 | 52.0 | 41.0 | 43.75 | 29.224 | 29.210 |
| 30 | 47.5 | 38.0 | 42.75 | 29.120 | 29.200 |
| 31 | 40.0 | 33.0 | 36.50 | 29.196 | 29.190 |
| | 55.5 | 25.5 | 41.00 | | | 3.14 | |
The height of the Barometer is reduced to the Sea level at a temperature of 32° Fahrenheit. The observatory is about 3 miles from the centre of Dunedin.
A. H. ROSS,
Registrar.
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Lighthouse, Nelson Harbor, Boulder Bank, Blind Bay, Navigation
- Henry Adams, For Alfred Domett, Provincial Secretary
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