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The recent surveys, so far as yet completed, have only embraced the coast line from Jack-
son’s Head (which is correct on the charts) to Grey River, and the whole of the coast
line between these points is more or less out in the public charts. It may consequently be
inferred that the coast line north of the Grey is to some extent inaccurate, and mariners are
therefore cautioned, and warned to exercise great care in approaching or coasting the land
at night.
As an additional incentive to caution, it may be stated that it has several times been
reported by officers commanding steamers on the coast, that it is necessary to steer half a
point to the westward of the course indicated by the charts, in shaping a course from Per-
pendicular Point, in order to clear Cape Foul-
wind.
The above notice, published at the request
of Commodore Rowley Lambert, C.B., Senior
Officer on the Australian Station, will affect
Sheets 13 and 14 of the New Zealand Charts
(Admiralty Nos. 2590 and 2591); also pp.
260, 261, and 289 of the third (1864) edition
of "The New Zealand Pilot."
JAMES M. BALFOUR,
Colonial Marine Engineer.
Marine Department,
Wellington, New Zealand,
6th May, 1869.
Printed by Joseph Philip Klein, authorized Printer for the time being of the "County of
Westland Gazette."
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Notice to Mariners: Geographical Errors in Charts
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🚂 Transport & Communications6 May 1869
Maritime Navigation, Chart Errors, West Coast, Middle Island, Jackson's Head, Grey River, Perpendicular Point, Cape Foulwind
- James M. Balfour, Colonial Marine Engineer