TIME BALL, LYTTELTON.
The time ball is dropped daily, Sundays <nd holidays excepted, at 1 o'clock p.m., Saw Zealand mean time, which is equivalent to 13.30 Greenwich mean time of the {irevious day, being calculated for the 72" 30* East Longitude, and Hhr 30mu_ fast of Greenwich mean time.
The ball will be raised at about 2min to Ip.m., and will be at the top about lmin to 1 p.m. When taking the time be careful to note the exact moment the ball leaves the top of the mast. Should the ball not drop at the proper time, it will be kept at the top for at least two minutes, and then lowered slowly.
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Press, Volume XLVII, Issue 74518, 6 February 1890, Page 4
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