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thereafter, from the going away of daylight in the evening, till the return of daylight in the morning.

The following is a Specification of the Lighthouse, and the Appearance of the Light, by Mr. David Stevenson, Engineer to the Commissioners—

The Temporary Lighthouse is erected on Muckle Flugga, being one of the group of rocks called the Bruna, Erogs Holms, which lie off the headland of Hermaness, being the northern extremity of the Island of Unst. The Lighthouse is in N. Lat. 60° 51’ 20”, and W. Long. 0° 53’ 3”.

The small rock called the “Out Stack,” which is the most northern rock of the Shetland Isles, bears from the Lighthouse about E. b. N. ½ N. by compass, and is distant about half a nautical mile.

The NORTH UNST LIGHT will be known to Mariners as a FIXED LIGHT, of the natural colour. It is elevated about 165 feet above the level of high-water of ordinary spring-tides, and may be seen at the distance of about 19 nautical miles, and at lesser distances, according to the state of the atmosphere.

THE COMMISSIONERS further give notice, that by Order in Council, dated the 3rd day of July last, the following Tolls are authorised to be levied in respect of the said Lighthouse, viz:—

For every Vessel belonging to the United Kingdom (the same not belonging to Her Majesty, her heirs or successors, nor being navigated wholly in ballast), and for every Foreign Vessel privileged to enter the Ports of the United Kingdom upon paying the same Duties of Tonnage as are payable by British Vessels which may pass or derive benefit from the Light, the Toll of Two-Sixteenths of a Penny per Ton of the burthen of every such Vessel for every time of passing or deriving benefit therefrom, if on a Coasting Voyage.

For each time of passing or deriving benefit on an Oversea Voyage, One Penny per Ton for every such Vessel.

For every Foreign Vessel not navigated wholly in ballast, and not privileged in manner before specified, double the respective Tolls above set forth.

Which Tolls are liable to the following abatements on payment:— For a Coast-ing Voyage, Ten per cent; for an Oversea Voyage, Twenty-five per cent.

By Order of the Board,
(Signed) ALEX. CUNINGHAM, Secy.
NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE OFFICE,
EDINBURGH, 20th September, 1854.

Amount of the Notes in Circulation at the Office of the Colonial Bank of Issue at Wellington, 6th January, 1855.

Amount of Notes in Circulation on the 6th day of January, 1855, being the close of the preceding four weeks, viz:—

£5 and upwards ... £16,670
Under £5 ... 20,896

Total ... £37,566

Total Amount of Coin held by the same office on the same day, viz:—

Gold ... £17,010
Silver ... 566

... £17,576

I, Henry St. Hill, Manager of the said Bank, do hereby certify, that the above is a true account of the Notes in circulation, and of the Coin held by the said office, as required under Ordinances No 16, Session 8 and No 14, Session 11.

HENRY ST. HILL,
Manager.

Colonial Bank Issue,
Wellington, 6th January, 1855.

The sum of Twenty Thousand Pounds (20,000) Sterling has been invested under the Warrant of His Excellency the Governor, in the Public Funds in England, through the Commissariat Department by arrangement made through the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury.

HENRY ST. HILL,
Manager.

NOTICE is Hereby Given, that

CHARLES FRANCE, Esq.,
of Wellington, has duly qualified as a Medical Practitioner, under the Ordinance of the Provincial Council passed on the 14th of January, 1854, entitled “An Act to establish a Medical Board, and to declare who shall be deemed a qualified Medical Practitioner within the Province.”

JOHN DORSET,
President of the Medical Board for the Province of Wellington.