The friction must be continued under
the blanket, or over the dry clothing.
Promote the warmth of the body by
the application of hot flannels, bottles,
or bladders of hot water, heated bricks,
&c., to the pit of the stomach, the arm-
pits, between the thighs, and to the soles
of the feet.

If the patient has been carried to a
house after respiration has been restored,
be careful to let the air play freely about
the room.

On the restoration of life, a tea spoon
full of warm water should be given; and
then, if the power of swallowing has re-
turned, small quantities of wine, warm
brandy and water, or coffee should be ad-
ministered. The patient should be kept
in bed, and a disposition to sleep encour-
aged.

GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.

The above treatment should be per-
severed in for some hours, as it is an
erroneous opinion that persons are irre-
coverable because life does not soon make
its appearance; persons having been
restored after persevering for many hours.

APPEARANCES WHICH GENERALLY ACCOM-
PANY DEATH.

Breathing and the heart’s action cease
entirely; the eyelids are generally half-
closed; the pupils dilated; the jaws
clenched; the fingers semi-contracted;
the tongue approaches to the under edges
of the lips, and these, as well as the nos-
trils, are covered with a frothy mucus.
Coldness and pallor of surface increase.

CAUTIONS.

Prevent unnecessary crowding of per-
sons round the body, especially if in an
apartment.
Avoid rough usage, and do not allow
the body to remain on the back unless
the tongue is secured.

Under no circumstances hold the body
up by the feet.

On no account place the body in a
warm bath, unless under medical direc-
tion, and even then it should only be
employed as a momentary excitant.

By order of the Committee,

RICHARD LEWIS, Secretary,
Royal National Life-Boat Institution,
London, May, 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

Dog Island, Foveaux Straits;
Tairoa’s Head, entrance to Otago
Harbour;
Godley Head, entrance to Port
Lyttelton; and
Mana Island, Cook’s Straits;
are published for general information.

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

Dog Island, Foveaux Straits, Light-
house.

Dog Island Lighthouse is situated on a
small island of that name in Foveaux
Straits, off the entrance to the Bluff Har-
bour, 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 dis-
tances according to the state of the atmos-
phere.

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, 21th November, 1864.

Mana Island, Cook’s Straits, Light-
house.

Mana Island Lighthouse is now in
course of erection, on the North-western
promontory of Mana Island, off the en-
trance 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 in-
tercepted 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.