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Cape Pembroke

on the 1st of December last,
(1856.)

The Light stands at a height of 110 feet above the mean level of the sea, and is visible in ordinary weather at a distance of 14 miles. It shows a bright fixed light in every direction seaward, but is dark towards Port William, between the bearings N. 16° W. and West.

The tower is 60 feet high, it is circular and of iron, and at present painted black.* It stands in Lat. 51° 40' 42" S., 57° 41' 4" West of Greenwich. The illuminating apparatus is catoptric, or reflecting and of the first order.

Cape Pembroke, on which a beacon has hitherto stood, forms the Easternmost point of the Falkland group, and also the South headland of Port William, within which, on its south side, is Stanley Harbour.

From the Uranie Rock (which lies East one mile from the outer rock of Volunteer Point,) the lighthouse bears S. 18° E. or S. by E. ½ E. nearly, distant 9½ miles. From the centre of the large Wolfe rock to the Southward, the lighthouse bears, N. 7° E.

A vessel entering Port William will leave the Light on the Port hand; and the Master should be careful to observe that as the flood tide sets strongly to the Northward, and the ebb to the Southward, in passing Cape Pembroke, he should not pass between this Cape and the Seal rocks (which lie N.E. of it about ¼ mile) unless the ship is under steam or has a good commanding breeze; in light winds or much swell it is better to pass outside.

(All bearings are magnetic, variation 16½° E. in 1856.)

By command of their Lordships,

John Washington,
Hydrographer.

Hydrographic Office,
Admiralty, London,
5th February, 1856.

Stanley is a Free Port. Good water, fresh provisions, vegetables, and supplies of all sorts are procurable. Ships can also be repaired.

• In another part of the Chart, from which the above notice is extracted, the tower is stated to be painted in white and red bands.

DISTRICT COURT.

NOTICE is hereby given that a Sitting of the District Court of Wellington, for the dispatch of business, will be holden at the Supreme Court House, at Wellington, on Wednesday, the 15th day of February, next, at ten o’clock in the forenoon, when all parties concerned are required to give their attendance.

Notice is hereby also given that said Court will be finally adjourned till the following Wednesday, the 22nd day of February, to the School House at Grey Town, Wairarapa, in the said District of Wellington, at ten o’clock in the forenoon, should the business of the Court require it;—when the parties concerned are required to give their attendance.

Applications for Summons, and other proceedings of the District Court are to be made to the Clerk of the Court, at the District Court Office, Wellington, between the hours of 10 and 4 daily: except on Saturdays, when the Office will close at 2 o’clock; excepting the days from Christmas day to the 2nd January, inclusive,—and excepting the week ending on the 25th February.

John S. Dixon,
Clerk of the Court.

District Court, Wellington,
1st December, 1859.

Crown Land’s Office,

Wellington, 22nd November, 1859.

I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that I shall hold a Court at the Crown Land’s Office, Wellington, on Tuesday, the 13th day of December, 1859, at 1 o’clock, in the afternoon, for the purpose of hearing and deciding on the conflicting Applications of James McManamin and George Hunter, for Runs in the Terawiti District.

William Fitzherbert,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,

Wellington, 25th November, 1859.

SEALED TENDERS, in duplicate, will be received at this Office, on or before Tuesday, the 20th of December, at noon, from persons desirous of contracting with the Provincial Government for the supply of Prisoners’ Rations, Wellington Gaol, for the six months ending 30th June, 1860:

• Ration No. 1, at per Ration
• Ration No. 2, at per Ration
• Ration No. 3, at per Ration

Particulars of which can be obtained on application at the Gaol, or at this office.

The Rations to be delivered daily at the Gaol, and subject to the approval of the Warden.

LUNATIC ASYLUM.

Rations, at per ration.

• Oil, at per gallon.
• Cotton Wick, at per lb.

RATIONS TO PAUPERS.

Rations, at per ration.

The Government or the Contractor will be at liberty to terminate any of the above-mentioned Contracts, by giving three months’ notice of their desire to do so.

William Fitzherbert,
Provincial Secretary.