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Descriptive Return of New Zealand Coastal Lighthouses.

Return showing Number of Fishing-boats registered and licensed at each Port during Year ended 31st December, 1905.

Name of Lighthouse. Period of Revolving Light. Tower built of Dwellings built of Date first; lighted, iim Order of Apparatus. Description. Colour of Light. Cape Maria van I Diemen 1st order dioptric Revolving Fixed 1' White .. ..a Red, to show over Columbia Reef. White .. .. S White, with red arc I over Flat Rock White and red .. 1 White .. ..I Timber Timber Stone Iron Timber Iron Timber Timber 24 Mar., 1879 1st order dioptric 2nd Flashing Fixed 10" Stone Iron Timber 18 June, 1883 1 Jan., 1865 Timber Moko Hinou Tiritiri Ponui Passage .. Cuvier Island East Cape Portland Island • 5th 1st 2nd 2nd Revolving Flashing Revolving Fixed 30" 10" 30" Timber Iron 29 July, 1871 22 Sept., 1889 9 Aug., 1900 10 Feb., 1878 n .. 1 Red, to show over Bull Rock. White .. ..I Timber limber Iron 2nd order dioptric 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd Revolving Fixed * Iron Timber 27 Oct., 1897 1 Jan., 1859 1 Aug., 1881 1 Sept., 1874 1 Dec, 1884 24 Sept., 1877 Timber Cape Palliser Pencarrow Head.. Cape Egmont Manukau Head .. Kaipara Head .. Brothers .. \ Flashing icV' 10" T • • T Timber 1*1 m Vi/m* Timber Fixed Red, to show over Cook Rock. White .. .. 1 o Timber 24-H.HH., Cape Campbell .. Godley Head Akaroa Head Jack's Point Moeraki Taiaroa Head Cape Saunders .. Nugget Point Waipapapa Point Dog Island 2nd order dioptric 2nd 2nd 4th 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 1st order catadioptric 1st order dioptric Revolving Fixed Flashing Fixed V Timber Stone Timber Iron Timber Stone Timber Stone Timber Stone Timber 1 Aug., 1870 Stone 1 April, 1865 Timber 1 Jan., 1880 1 July, 1904 22 April, 1878 Stone 2 Jan., 1865 Timber 1 Jan., 1880 Stone 4 July, 1870 Timber 1 Jan., 1884 Stone 1 Aug., 1865 Timber Stone Timber i6" .. s Stone T Timber ..I T Iron Revolving Fixed Flashing Revolving "i' .. 1 Red .. .. S White .. .. T Q Timber 3tone Timber Stone Timber Stone Timber Stone io" 30" .. S T 3 tone Pimlior . . 1 Timber ai-^viH. .. S stone Centre Island Fixed White, with red arcs T over inshore dangers White Timber Timber Timber Timber 16 Sept., 1878 Puysegur Point .. Cape Foulwind .. Kahurangi Point.. 1st 2nd 2nd Flashing Revolving Fixed .. 10" 30" 1 Mar., 1879 1 Sept., 1876 30 Nov., 1903 Farewell Spit Nelson 2nd 4th Revolving Fixed i' White, with red sec- I tor to show over Stewart Breaker 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 Iron 17 June, 1870 4 Aug., 1862 Frenoh Pass 6th 1 Oct., 1884 Stephen Island .. 1st Group flashing t 29 Jan., 1894 * Flashing twic< every half-minute. every half-minute, w: ith interval i if three sc jconds between flashes. i Twi flashes in quick succession

Port. Number Number registered, licensed. Port. Number Number registered. licensed. Auckland Blenheim Bluff Dunedin and Port Chalmers Gisborne Greymouth Hokianga Hokitika Inveroargill Kaipara Lyttelton Mangonui Napier Carried, forward .. 205 5 86 92 2 6 8 4 49 25 184 8 27 701 191 5 86 92 2 6 8 4 49 25 184 8 27 687 Brought forward.. Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Patea Pioton Russell Tauranga Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport 701 687 48 48 17 17 46 46 25 25 54 54 3 3 46 46 10 10 4 1 110 110 21 21 1,085 1,068