TIME BALL. LYTTELTON.
The time ball is dropped daily, Bundav and holidays excepted, at 1 o'clock p.m. New Zealand mean time, which is equiva lent to 13.30 Greenwich mean time of the previous day, being calculated for the 170' 30/ East Longitude, and llhr SOmin fast of Greenwich mean time. The ball will be raised at about 2min to Ip.m., and will be ac the top about lmin to Ip.m. When taking the time be careful to note the exact moment the ball leaves the top of the mast. Should the b&ll not drop at the proper time, it wiil be kept at the top for at least wo minutes, and tben lowered slowly.
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Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7868, 20 May 1891, Page 4
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