COMMUNICATED.

New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 29, 8 November 1842, Page 2

COMMUNICATED.

4-: ■ -v. v-q w ■; We havehad ourattentidnjdiffeetedto the, making; in jen|| this harbour, are reported froM' the- signfq tion at Somes’ Island. It is, at most ti very difficult to ascertain whether even abe hoisted, and even when the flag itse visible, no information is afforded whether vessel in sight be defect in signals is most oiameable,;, the J especially, that in harbours very little frequfe on the Western coait; Sdme been adopted <?for dheanformation of the ! dents, anajd|!P.4fpr ,qf-cpptaj| vessels entering the faj stance, is <me. A signal -pdstf is'’e&thiifljj shewing the bpst time for tlie direction to be taken, depth Grwate|| the course to be observed after enteiing the hour. A common Semaphore pik;ht witfr-fai be erected on the-, island where tne flag stafi stands* and a plain code of affording information, be djegend§d upofl lieu of the useless .method,, now-pursited. most every vess>el possesses code signals, and Very little trouble would be f eqa to establish a station'from which useful ins( of useless intelligence .might be telegraphed;