NOTICE TO MARINERS.
[From the New Zealand Government Gazette.] H. M. Surveying Vessel Pandora, Auckland, Dec. 11, 185 L Sir—l hasten to report, for the interest of navigation, the existence of a dangerous bank in the direct course of vessels bound to the West coast of this Island round Cape Maria Van Diemen, on which her Majesty’s surveying vessel, under my command, had a favourable opportunity of anchoring and sounding. The magnetic bearings from Cape Maria Van Diemen are from S. % E. to S.S.W. to outer edge 8 miles, and from Motu Pea, E. by N. 1 N. to E. 1 S., to the outer edge 10 miles; has from sto 7 fathoms on it; coarse sandy bottom. This bank covers three square miles, and has hitherto been considered only as a tide race, but would be dangerous at most seasons from the heavy westerly swell prevailing on the west coast. I have, &c., (Signed) Byron Drury, Commander. N.B.—The Island of Motu Pea (not in the existing charts) is S. E. 11 miles from Cape Maria Van Diemen, and is 2 miles from off the long sandy beach. The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Auckland.
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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VIII, Issue 676, 24 January 1852, Page 3
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194NOTICE TO MARINERS. New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VIII, Issue 676, 24 January 1852, Page 3
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