PORT OF HOKITIKA SIGNALS.

West Coast Times, Issue 35, 24 August 1865, Page 2

PORT OF HOKITIKA SIGNALS.

1. Ball and red flag at tho mast head . high water, take the bar. 2. Ball and blue flag, bait' mast : Half flood, wait for tide. Whon the bar may safely be attempted at half tide, whether flood or ebb, the red flag will be at the mast head over the ball, denoting the state of tide. 3. Ball on the tower mast cap, and white flag : _ Ebb tide, bar dangerous. 4. No' signal : Do not attempt the bar. 6. Red painted arm, pointed to the right-hand, entering from seaward : More to the south. 6. The other arm, pointed to the left hand, entering from seaward : More to the north. 7. The arms up aud down with the mast : As you go. When more than ono vessel is crossing the bar, the foremost vessel will be piloted in, the others following in her wake. On a movable pole in front of the signal mast, the two in ono showing the fairway, will be hoisted (if necessary) to show the set of the current on the bar, thus :— A red and white pendant— to the Northward ; A square yellow flag— to the Southward. On the flagstaff not in use for the piloting signals, at high water tho depth in feet on tho bar wiN be denoted by Marryatt's codo. A red light is hoisted on the signal mast on the south spit each night, visible at from three to four miles. There will bo an anchor and chain, and lino attached, on the South Spit, and boat and boat's crew in readiness at high water, every tide, to assist any vessel coming over the har. When the bar is only fit for steamers to take, a red flag will be hoisted on the north flagstaff. When for sailing vessels, a red flag and ball. Masters of vessels are particularly repuested to attend to the small tidal flag on the spit, as tho smiill tidal flag and the large flag in one takes them over tbe bar.