NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 4.—St. Vincent Otilf. Treasury, Adelaide, April 14,1863. The following Nautical Description, by Commander Hutchison, E.N., of the Red Buoy placed on the north end of the Semaphore Spit is published for general information. _ _ Abthub Blsth, Treasurer. RED BUOY, SEMAPHORE SPIT. The red buoy placed on the north end of the Semaphore Spit Ib in eighteen feet low water springs. Its position is as follows:—Jetty end E. S.E one and one third miles, touching north side of hotel Light vessel N. i E., two miles. The jetty end con be approached within half-a-mile in seventeen feet water, taking care not to bring it to bear to the eastward of E.S.E. Vessels passing to the southward should keep the buoy a little to the eastward of the bearing of light vessel [The bearings are magnetic]. John Hutchinson, Commander, RN., Admiralty and Colonial Surveyor. Adelaide, April 11,1863. **.
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Wellington Independent, Volume XVIII, Issue 1872, 23 May 1863, Page 2
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148NOTICE TO MARINERS. Wellington Independent, Volume XVIII, Issue 1872, 23 May 1863, Page 2
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