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Owners of sheep crossing this Ferry are hereby required to give assistance at the following rate, viz.:—For any number of sheep not exceeding 200, one man; above 200 and not exceeding 700, two men; above 700 and not exceeding 1500, three men. When the number exceeds 1500 either party may employ extra labour, not in any case to exceed 20s., to be equally borne by the Owner of the Sheep and the Lessee of the Ferry. In every instance the Lessee shall provide two men, one of whom may be the Lessee himself. Owners of Horned Cattle and Horses to give assistance at the following rate, viz.:—When over 10 in number, two men; 50 and under 150, three men; 150 and upwards, four men. The notice dated 12th August, 1862, published in the Southland Gazette No. 25, vol. 1, is hereby revoked.

J. A. R. Menzies,
Superintendent.

Superintendent’s Office,
Southland, 16th December, 1864.

Harbour Office,
Invercargill, 19th December, 1864.

As no attempt is being made to get the following mentioned wrecks removed, viz.—the wreck of the Guiding Star, lying in this Harbour; the wreck of the Wanderer, lying in Riverton Harbour; and the wreck of the Pearl, also in Riverton Harbour. Notice is hereby given, that unless within seven days from this date the owner or owners of the above-mentioned vessels, or any of them, do not communicate with this office, and undertake, within a given time, to remove, in conformity with Clause 23 of the “Harbour Regulations,” the wreck of which he is, or they are, the owners, as the case may be, each wreck and all its appurtenances so disowned, shall be dealt with as the Government shall direct.

J. B. Garne,
Harbour Master.

(From the New Zealand Gazette, November 20, 1864.)

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

General Post Office,
Auckland, 8th December, 1864.

THE following Notices, issued by the Marine Board, relative to the Lights to be exhibited on various parts of the Coast of New Zealand, viz., on

Tairo’s Head, entrance to Otago Harbour;
Godley Head, entrance to Port Lyttelton; and Maria Island, Cook’s Straits;

are published for general information.

J. L. C. Richardson,
Postmaster-General.

Dog Island, Foveaux Straits, Lighthouse.

Dog Island Lighthouse is situated on a small island of that name in Foveaux Straits, off the entrance to the 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.

Cilas. Sharpe,
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.