Dog Island (Foveaux Straits) Lighthouse.

Dog Island Lighthouse is situated on a small island of that name in Foveaux Straits, off the entrance to Bluff Harbour, in 46° 39’ 35” south latitude, and 168° 26’ east longitude, as measured on the Admiralty Chart.

The light will show all round, and will be a Holophotal Dioptric Revolving White Light, of the first order, attaining its greatest brilliancy every half minute.

It will be elevated about 150 feet above the level of the sea, and will be visible in clear weather about eighteen nautical miles, allowing fifteen feet for the height of the observer’s eye, and at lesser distances according to the state of the atmosphere.

The Tower is built of native stone of a grey colour, and will be 118 feet in height from the ground to the top of the lantern.

This light is expected to be ready for permanent exhibition not later than April, 1865.

CHAS. SHARP,
President Marine Board.

Marine Board Office,
Wellington, 24th November, 1864.

Mana Island (Cook’s Straits) Lighthouse.

Mana Island Lighthouse is now in course of erection, on the north-western promontory of Mana Island, off the entrance to Porirua Harbour, on the eastern shore of Cook’s Straits, in 41° 5’ south latitude, and 174° 48’ east longitude, as measured on the Admiralty Chart.

The light will be a Fixed Dioptric White Light of the second order, and will be seen in every direction where not intercepted by land.

The light will be elevated about 450 feet above the sea, and will be visible in clear weather about 29 nautical miles, allowing fifteen feet for the height of the observer’s eye, and at lesser distances according to the state of the atmosphere.

The Tower will be seventy feet in height, from the base to the vane.

This light is expected to be ready for permanent exhibition in March, 1865.

CHAS. SHARP,
President Marine Board.

Marine Board Office,
Wellington, 24th November, 1864.

Godley Head (Banks’s Peninsula) Lighthouse.

Godley Head Lighthouse is situated on Godley (or Cachalot) Head, forming the north-western entrance of Port Lyttelton, Banks’s Peninsula, in 43° 35’ 32” south latitude, and 172° 49’ 30” east longitude, as measured on the Admiralty Chart.

The light will be a Fixed Dioptric White Light, of the second order, is elevated about 450 feet above the level of the sea, and illuminating an arc of 200°. It will be visible from seaward, in clear weather, about 29 nautical miles, and at lesser distances according to the state of the atmosphere, from E. ¼ S., round by the north to about N.N.W. ¼ W.

The Tower will be thirty feet in height from base to vane.

This light is expected to be ready for permanent exhibition about March, 1865.

CHAS. SHARP,
President Marine Board.

Marine Board Office,
Wellington, 24th Nov., 1864.

Taiaroa’s Head Lighthouse.

Taiaroa’s Head Lighthouse is situated on the headland bearing that name, on the east or seaward side of the entrance to Otago Harbour, in 45° 47’ south latitude, and 170° 45’ east longitude, as measured on the Admiralty Charts.

The Light will be a Fixed Dioptric Red Light of the 3rd order, and will be seen to seaward from about E. ¼ N., round by the North to about N.W.; and up the Harbor it will show from about W. ¼ S. to about E. ¼ N., round by the north to about N.W.; and up the harbour it will show from about W. ¼ S. to about S.W. ¼ W., the latter line indicating the turning-point of the Cross Channel.

The light will be elevated about 196 feet above the level of the sea, and will be visible in clear weather about 20 nautical miles, allowing 15 feet for the height of the observer’s eye, and at lesser distances according to the state of the atmosphere.

The Tower, which, together with the dwelling houses, will be painted white, will be 39½ feet high from the ground to the top of the lantern.

This light is expected to be ready for permanent exhibition on and after the night of Monday, January 2nd 1865.

Note — All the bearings given in the above notice, are compass bearings from the Lighthouse.

CHAS. SHARP,
President Marine Board.

Marine Board Office,
Wellington, Nov. 24, 1864.

(From New Zealand Gazette, No. 46, Nov. 24, 1864.)

Private Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 24th November, 1864.

THE Governor having accepted the resignation of The Honorable FREDERICK WHITAKER, holding the Office of Attorney-General, with first seat in the Ministry, and a seat in the Executive Council,

The Honorable WILLIAM FOX, holding the Office of Colonial Secretary, and a seat in the Executive Council,

The Honorable READER GILSON WOOD, holding the Offices of Colonial Treasurer and Commissioner of Customs, and a seat in the Executive Council,

The Honorable THOMAS BANNATYNE GILLIES, holding the Office of Postmaster-General, and a seat in the Executive,

The Honorable THOMAS RUSSELL, holding the Office of Minister for Colonial Defence, and a seat in the Executive Council,

His Excellency has been pleased this day to appoint

The Honorable FREDERICK ALOYSIUS WELD to be Colonial Secretary,

The Honorable HENRY SEWELL to be Attorney-General,

The Honorable WILLIAM FITZHERBERT to be Colonial Treasurer and Commissioner of Customs,

The Honorable JOHN LARKINS CHEESE RICHARDSON to be Postmaster-General,

The Honorable HARRY ALBERT ATKINSON to be Minister for Colonial Defence.

By Command,
SPENCER M. MEDLEY,
Private Secretary.

Executive Council Chamber,
Auckland, 24th November, 1864.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased this day to appoint

The Honorable FREDERICK ALOYSIUS WELD,

The Honorable HENRY SEWELL,

The Honorable WILLIAM FITZHERBERT,

The Honorable JOHN LARKINS CHEESE RICHARDSON,

The Honorable HARRY ALBERT ATKINSON, to be Members of the Executive Council; and His Excellency directs it to be notified that these gentlemen have this day taken the necessary oaths.

By Command,
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of Executive Council.

Printed for the Provincial Government by DANIEL CAMPBELL, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.