NOTICE TO MARINERS

Wellington Independent, Volume XVII, Issue 1750, 7 August 1862, Page 2

NOTICE TO MARINERS

NEW ZEALAND, PROVINCE OF NELSON FIXED LIGHT ON BOULDER BANK, BLIND BAY.

His Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified, that on the night of Monday, the Fourth day of August next, and every night thereafter, from the going away of daylight in the evening to the return of daylight in the morning, a Light will be exhibited from the undermentioned Lighthouse, the position and characteristics of which have been specified by John Blacketfc, Esq., Engineer, and James Smith Cross, Harbour Master, of the Provinoe of Nelson, as follows : —

NELSON HARBOUR LIGHT, BLIND BAY.

Nelson Lighthouse is situated on the S.W. end of tiie Boulder Bank, ten miles S.S.W. of Pepin Island, and half a mile N. and by E. of the Powder Magazine. The Light will h© Catadioptric of the fourth order, a fixed White Light, and will be exhibited from an octagonal Tower of Iron, painted white, erected on the Boulder Bank. The light will be about sixty (60) feet above high water spring tides, and will be seen in clear weather at the distance of ahout twelve and a half ( 12iV) nautical miles, allowing ten ( 10) feet for the height ofthe eye, and at lesser distances according to the state of the atmosphere. The Lighthouse is situated in Latitude, 41 ° 15' 5" South, Longitude, 173 ° 17' 7" i East, with the following beamings. Compass Bearings to Light which illuminates an arc of 1 1 9:j ° . The light will be visible from W. by S. wes. terly, round by north to N. ancl by E, f E. From off Croixelles Harbour — S. 19.;®. W., or S. and by W.f W. From off Extreme End of the Sand Spit off Cape Farewell. S. 26£ ° E„ or S.S.E. \ E. Easterly. From v aimea West — N. 80 o e„ or E. and by N. Easterly. The Outer Anchorage — The Light bearing East South East. 6 fathoms low water. Caution. — Masters of vessels aye cautioned not to shut the Light in, nor to approach within one (1) mile of the point upon which the Lighthouse is erected. The Bearings are Magnetic. Variation, 15 ° East in 1856. Henby Adams, For Alfred Domett, Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, Nelson, July 30, 1862.