✨ Proclamation and Notice to Mariners
SOUTHLAND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
Vol. I.] WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1862. [No. 26.
PROCLAMATION,
By JAMES A. R. MENZIES, Esquire,
Superintendent of the Province of Southland.
WHEREAS his Excellency the Governor in Council has been pleased to delegate, under the "Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," to the Superintendent of the Province of Southland, the several powers vested in the Governor by the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th, and 10th Sections of the said Act, subject to the Regulations contained in the Order in Council of 1st October 1861;
And whereas by a Proclamation given under my hand, dated 14th February 1862, it was declared that the Inspector of Cattle was thereby prohibited from granting a certificate to land in the Province of Southland any Cattle coming from Stewart’s Island, the Island of Ruapuke, or any of the other islands adjacent thereto; And whereas it is expedient to revoke the same:
Now, THEREFORE, I, the said Superintendent, in virtue of the powers vested in me, do hereby proclaim that the said Proclamation, dated 14th February 1862, is hereby revoked.
Given under my hand this 31st day of July 1862.
J. A. R. MENZIES.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
NEW ZEALAND, PROVINCE OF NELSON—FIXED LIGHT ON BOULDER BANK, BLIND BAY.
HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified, that on the night of Monday, the 4th day of August next and every night thereafter, from the going away of daylight in the evening to the return of daylight in the morning, a light will be exhibited from the undermentioned lighthouse, the position and characteristics of which have been specified by John Blackett, Esq., engineer, and James Smith Cross, harbor master, of the Province of Nelson, as follows:—Nelson Harbor Light, Blind Bay.—Nelson Lighthouse is situated on the S.W. end of the Boulder Bank, ten miles S.S.W. of Pepin Island, and half a mile N. and by E. of the Powder Magazine. 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 lat. 41° 15′ 5″ south. Long. 173° 17′ 7″ east, with the following bearings:—Compass bearings to light, which illuminates an arc of 119°. The light will be visible from W. by S. westerly, round by north to N. and by E. ¾ E.
From off Croiselles Harbor—S. 19¼° W., or S. and by W. ¾ W.
From off extreme end of the sand spit off Cape Farewell—S. 26¼° 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. Six fathoms low water.
CAUTION.—Masters of vessels are cautioned not to shut the light in, nor to approach within one (1)
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Southland Provincial Gazette 1862, No 26
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🌾 Revocation of Proclamation under Diseased Cattle Act
🌾 Primary Industries & Resources31 July 1862
Diseased Cattle Act, Proclamation, Revocation, Stewart’s Island, Ruapuke
- James A. R. Menzies, Superintendent of the Province of Southland
🚂 Notice of Fixed Light on Boulder Bank
🚂 Transport & CommunicationsLighthouse, Navigation, Boulder Bank, Nelson Harbor, Maritime Safety
- John Blackett, Engineer
- James Smith Cross, Harbor Master