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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, 1902.

Descriptive Return of New Zealand Coastal Lighthouses.

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■on or [ace. ieo iioe. Kaipara Harbour Nugget Point Timaru Harbour Hauraki Gulf Poverty Bay Otago Harbour Nugget Point French Pasa Poverty Bay Hauraki Gulf and Rangitoto Channel Manukau Harbour Wellington Harbour Hauraki Gulf Napier Cook Strait Lyttelton Harbour Gisborne Poverty Bay West Coast, South Island.. Cape Foulwind Wellington Harbour Extension of shoals at entrance. Establishment of Lloyd's signal-station. Light on eastern extension of breakwater. Rook off Tiritiri Island. Positions of Tokomaru and Tomoana Rooks. Position of buoy off Boiler Point. Weather-signals exhibited. Alteration of position of Middle Bank buoy. Removal of buoys, Tokomaru and Tomoana Rooks. Sandbank in Rangitoto Channel and rook off Tiritiri Island. Leading-lights for main channel. Lights on Glasgow Wharf. Telegraph cable between Motuihi and Waiheke Islands. Alteration of position of signal-station. Caution as to passages off Jackson's Head. Dredging operations. Alteration of oolour of bank leading-light. Positions of rooks, and depths of water thereon. Rocks off Hunt's Beaoh and Makawiho Point. Height of light above sea-level. Extension of Falcon Shoal.

Name of Lighthouse. Order ot Apparatus. Period Description. ofl^ n v g olv - Light. Colour of Light, Towelbuilt of -ower Dwellings Date tirst uilt of built of lighted. Dwelling! built of Cape Maria van j Diemen ,,„„, !,,„„; f 1st order dioptric Cape Mana van j r Revolving 1' Fixed White Red, to show over Columbia Reef. White White, with rod arc over Flat Rock White and red White ; Timber imbcr Timber 24 Mar., 1879 Timber Diemen Moko Hinou Tiri'iri .. Moko Hinou .. 1st order dioptric Tiri'iri .. .. 2nd Flashing 10" Fixed Stone Iron tone Timber 18 Juno, 1883 on „ 1 Jan., 1865 Timber Ponui Passage .. Cuvier Island East Cape Portland Island i Ponui Passage .. 5th Cuvier Island .. 1st East Cape .. 2nd ( 2nd T>~,.4-l.,v*/l T.,!.,.,/! Revolving 30" Flashing 10" Revolving' 30" Fixed Timber Iron tmber „ 29 July, 1871 on „ 22 Sept., 1889 9 Aug., 1900 imber „ 10 Feb., 1878 Red, to show over Bull Rock. White Timber Portland Island j Cape Palliscr Pencarrow Head.. Cape Egmont Manukau Head .. Kaipara Head Brothers .. J { Cape Palliscr .. 2nd order dioptric Pencarrow Head.. 2nd „ Cape Egmont .. 2nd „ Manukau Head .. 3rd „ Kaipara Head .. 2nd f 2nd ...... Revolving * Fixed Iron on Timber 27 Oct., 1897 1 Jan., 1859 1 Aug., 1881 mber „ 1 Sept., 1874 1 Dec, 1884 24 Sept., 1877 Timber Timber Flashing 10" 10" Fixed Red, to show over Cook Rock. White Brothers .. J Cape Campbell .. Godley Head Akaroa Head Moeraki Taiaroa Head Cape Saunders .. i Nugget Point .. 1 Waipapapa Point Dog Island \ Llape Campbell .. 2nd order dioptric o-odley Head .. 2nd Akaroa Head .. 2nd Moeraki .. 3rd „ Taiaroa Head .. j 3rd Gape Saunders .. I 2nd „ Nugget Point .. i 1st Waipapapa Point 2nd Dog Island .. 1st order catadioptric Oentro Island .. 1st order dioptric Revolving 1' Fixed Flashing 10" Fixed Timber Stone Timber mber Timber 1 Aug., 1870 one Stone 1 April, 1865 mber Timber 1 Jan., 1880 22 April, 1878 one Stone 2 Jan., 1865 mber Timber 1 Jan., 1880 one Stone 4 July, 1870 mber Timber 1 Jan., 1884 one Stone 1 Aug., 1865 Timber Stone Timber Revolving 1' Fixed Flashing 10" Revolving 30" Red .! .' '. White Stone Timber Stone Timber Stone Stone Timber Stone Timber Stone Centre Island Fixed White, with red arcs over inshore dangers White Timber mber Timber 16 Sept., 1878 Timber Puysegur Point .. Cape Foulwind .. Farewell Spit Puysegur Point .. 1st Dape Foulwind .. ; 2nd Farewell Spit .. 2nd Flashing 10" Revolving 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 >n „ 17 June, 1870 Nelson Sielson .. .. 4th Fixed 4 Aug., 1862 French Pass French Pass .. 6th „ 1 Oct., 1884 Stephens Island . .' Stephens Island ..' I 1st Group f flashing 29 Jan. 1894 * Plashing twice every half-minute, wi svery half-minute. ;h interval of three sei 1 Two flashes in quick succession :onds between flashes.