NOTICE TO MARINERS.

West Coast Times, Issue 2299, 27 May 1876, Page 2

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

Exhibition or Revolvtko White Light on Cape Fodlwikd, West Coast ot Middle Islamd. Pxaldohakt Notice. Customs Department (Marine Branch), Wellington, N.Z., 10th May, 1876. Notice is hereby given, tbat about the month of August next a light will be exhibited from a lighthouse, which has been erected on Cape Foulwind, the .position and characteristics of which are as fpllows:— The Cape Foulwind Lighthouse is situated on the Cape of that name, on the West Coa«t of the Middle Island of New Zealand. The light will be shown from a dioptric holophotal apparatus of the second order, and will De a revolving white light, giving a flash every half-minute. The light will be elevated 190ftabove high watermark, and, allowing 15ft feet for the height of the eye, will be seen 'where the coat line permits, at a distance of about 19£ nautic miles in clear weather, and at lesser distances according to the state of the atmosphere. The lighthouse tower is 53ft in height from the base to the top of the. lantern, and is constructed of timber and jointed white. Due notice of the exact date when the light will be first exhibited will be giv,en. Edward Richardson, (In absence of the Comrniasioner'of Customs.)