Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1857 – No. 5

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✨ Licensing Meeting, Lighthouse Notice



Resident Magistrate’s Court,
Wellington, 7th March, 1857:

NOTICE is hereby given that the General Annual Licensing Meeting of the Justices for the District of Wellington will be holden at this Court on Tuesday, the 21st day of April next, at 12 o’clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of considering applications for Licenses for the Sale of Fermented and Spirituous Liquors, in compliance with the provisions of the Licensing Ordinance, 5 Victoria, Session II. No. 12.

All applications must be lodged with the Clerk to the Bench on or before Tuesday the seventh day of April next.

ROBT. S. CHEESMAN,
Clerk to the Bench.

[CIRCULAR.]
Downing-street,
25th September, 1856.

Sir,

I transmit herewith, with the view of its being published in the Colony under your Government, copies of a Notice which has been issued by the Board of Trade, notifying that the Lighthouse on Cape Race, Newfoundland, will be ready for exhibition on the 15th of December next.

I have, &c.,
H. LABOUCHERE.

Governor Gore Browne,
&c., &c.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

CAPE RACE LIGHT, NEWFOUNDLAND.

The Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade give Notice—
That the Lighthouse recently erected upon Cape Race (Newfoundland) will be lighted, and will continue to exhibit

A FIXED WHITE LIGHT,

from sunset to sunrise, on and after the 15th of December, 1856.

The light will be visible to seaward from N. E. by E. round by the S. E. and South to West.

The light is elevated 180 feet above mean water level of the sea, and may be seen in clear weather 17 miles from a ship’s deck. The tower is striped red and white vertically. It stands close to the old beacon, which has been cut down.

The lighthouse is in
Latitude ... 46° 39' 12" N.
Longitude ... 53° 2' 38" W.

[All bearings are Magnetic. Var. 24° W.]

Board of Trade,
September, 1856.

N.B.—A Toll will be levied upon all vessels benefiting by this light.




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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

⚖️ Annual Licensing Meeting for Sale of Liquors

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
7 March 1857
Licensing Meeting, Sale of Liquors, Wellington, Licensing Ordinance
  • ROBT. S. CHEESMAN, Clerk to the Bench

🚂 Circular Regarding Cape Race Lighthouse

🚂 Transport & Communications
25 September 1856
Lighthouse, Cape Race, Newfoundland, Notice to Mariners
  • H. LABOUCHERE

🚂 Notice to Mariners About Cape Race Lighthouse

🚂 Transport & Communications
Lighthouse, Cape Race, Newfoundland, Notice to Mariners, Toll
  • Board of Trade