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Return showing the Number of Notices to Mariners relating to Matters within the Colony issued by the Marine Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1899.

Descriptive Return of New Zealand Coastal Lighthouses.

Port or Place. Subject of Notice. Auckland Harbour Dredging operations, Hobson Street Wharf. Practice, mine-fields. Position of rock on which s.s. " Tutanekai " touched. Preliminary notices as to exhibition of light. Position and description of bank (two notices). Barrytown Gold-mining Company's arc lights at Barrytown. Leading-beacons re-erected and mark-buoys placed off Tory Shoal. Further extension of Tory Shoal. Extension of bank in Otamatea Channel. Alteration in colour of leading-lights. Alteration in position of bar-buoy. Day and night signals for port. „ „ new dredged channel. Leading lights and beacons. Spar-buoy on Kainoke Rook. Fog-signal at Pencarrow Head. Mine-fields off Steeples Rock. Discontinuance of beacons. Bell on fairway buoy, and more powerful light on Kopu Wharf. Temporary flagstaff erected on South Spit. Warning signal for use at night: flashing or sound signal. # • ■ Daggs Sound East Cape Island French Pass Greymouth Kaipara Harbour Manawatu River.. Nelson Harbour New Plymouth Harbour .. Otago Harbour Pelorus Sound Port Nicholson Raglan Harbour Thames Harbour.. Waimakariri River General

Name of Lighthouse. Orderof Apparatus. Description. Period ofEevolv- 0o io Ur of Light. . Light. Tower Dwelling! built of j built of J ! Date first lighted." : Cape Maria van J Diemen 1 1st order dioptric Revolving Fixed V White .. Bed, to show over Columbia Reef. White White, with red arc over Flat Rock White and red White Timber ! Timber 24 Mar., 1879 Moko Hinou Tiri-Tiri.. 1st order dioptric 2nd „ Flashing Fixed 10" Stone Iron I Timber 18 June, 1883 1 Jan., 1865 Ponui Passage Cuvier Island - .. East Cape.. Portland Island -I ■5th 1st 2nd 2nd Revolving Flashing Revolving Fixed 30" 10" 30" Timber Iron Timber i 29 July, 1871 22 Sept., 1889 Building. ■ 10 Feb., 1878 Red, to show over Bull Rock. White Iron Timber 27 Oct., 1897 1 Jan., 1859 1 Aug., 1881 1 Sept., 1874 1 Dec, 1884 24 Sept., 1877 Cape Palliser Pencarrow Head .. Cape Egmont Manukau Head Kaipara Head Brothers .. j 2nd order dioptric 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd Revolving Fixed * Timber Flashing10" 10" Fixed Red, to show over Cook Rock. White Timber Stone Timber Timber Stone Timber Capa Campbell Godley Head Akaroa Head Moeraki Taiaroa Head Cape Saunders Nugget Point Waipapapa Point .. Dog Island 2nd order dioptric 2nd ' „ 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 1st oilier catadioptric ! 1st order dioptric Revolving Fixed Flashing Fixed 1' . io" . 1 Aug., 1870 1 April, 1865: 1 Jan., 1880 22 April, 1878 2 Jan., 1865 1 Jan., 1880 4 July, 1870 1 Jan., 1884 1 Aug., 1865 Revolving Fixed Flashing Revolving i , ' Red '.'. '.'. White Stone Timber Stone Timber Stone Stone Timber Stone Timber Stone 10" 30" Centre Island Fixed White, with red arcs overinshore dangers White Timber Timber 16 Sept., 1878 Puysegur Point Cape Foulwind Farewell Spit 1st 2nd 2nd Flashing Revolving 10" 30" 1' White, with red arc. over Spit end White, with red arc to mark limit of anchorage Red and white, with white light on beacon White .. Iron 1 Mar., 1879 1 Sept.,-1876 17 June, 1870 Nelson 4th Fixed 4 Aug., 1862 French Pass ■ 6th " „ ; 1 Oct., 1884 Stephens Island L ■ ' I 1st Group flaebiagt 29'ian., 1894 ever; * Flashing twice every half-mimite, witl half-minute. interval of tHree seconds between flashes. t Two flashes in quick sycceseiou