Notice to Mariners.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1323, 14 May 1872, Page 4

Notice to Mariners.

Customs Department (Marine Branch), Wellingfpn,~ June, The foltawing' Notice to Mariner*, s announcing the exhibition of a-Harbour Light at Napiefj th'e provincial Engineerj isr pubhshedr for merel information'. .... ' Sewbll, PORT AHURIRI HA&BGUR LIGHT. ThU shows Red oh the Pania Mod. On and after therlstdayof July; 1871, afixed'Ked HudWhiterXiightiwill.be exhibited frota 'a' mast' on' the of the, JfosterpnSpiti EorfcAhuriri, and will,be .seen on the following bearings from seaWard!:—'" •"• ' ;! •' Bed From S.E. bySi to S. by E.fE. White ... FrbmS.- by;E;|E: to S.W. by S.AS. Bed Erom:&W.byS ! 4S..toS.W.sS. The t light will be about 27 feet above high water, and should be visible, jri clear weather, about 9 nautieal fer'seye.: The Pania Book, is inibe centre of the south-western ted light, which will be seen one quarter of a mile (nautical) on each side of the rock. Vessels approaching from the.forth ward should keep in the white light. Masters .of vessels coming from the southward will find this light no guide for them, and must use all pretentions as heretofore to avoid the rocky patch called Jie Auckland Rock, which has only 14 feet on some portions of it at low water springs. This patch extends at least one cable to the southward of the black ouoy which is moored off the northern edge of the i patch, and which lies in 5f fathoms at low water iprings. All bearings are magnetic. j