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Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 49, 29 February 1864, Page 5 (Supplement)

. DiscovE&Y of i ; New IsiiAiro^The j following commmication has,.';" been; transmitted fo" Earl .Eusseil, by Her Majesty/s>'agent and L consul-generalrin; Tunis^ respecting the appearance of a small island on the Cherki Kdcks, sup- 1 ppsed to have been, raised by volcanic agency. The letter was sent to the agent at Tunis by the vice-consul ■at G;Plefl^l^l-^oletta/' j Oct. liG.—tyEri Consul G-eneral— Captain "Mohammed Aonn, of the brig Wansour^ '.6£ Tunis, arrived at Leghorn, having announced tome that he has discovered a new island from the masthead, some 120 metres in length, situated in lon. B*3o E., and latitude 3750 IST., exactly on 1 the Cherki Reefs.' 'I fulfiTthe duty of making- known to you this discovery. The movements ,of, the, earth, of which we have experienced strong shocks at Tunis/ may have occasioned that volcanic eruption. Ido not doubt, that the. statement of the captain of the Wansour may be a fact, the importance of which will be great both for science and navigation, more- particularly/ if, from the rocks and of the soil produced by -volcanic eruptions upon the- Cherki Reefs, the new island-' remains permanent. Yours, &c, Cn. 1 Cubisol. To M. R. Wood, &c."