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West Coast Times, Issue 85, 19 December 1865, Page 1

D ISAACS AND CO., • AUCTIONEERS, Valuators and Commission Agents, OPPOSITE THE CAMP RESERVE. Liberal advances made on all merchandise sent to the roomß for sale. 47 NOTICE TO MARINERS. OKARITA IJAR. A LL the Headlands between tho Rivers Wanganui and Okarita should bo approached with great caution in • fine weather, as tho rocks apparently run a considerable distance out to seaward* Tho lagoon, commonly known as the Okarita, is situate about 30 miles to tho southward of tho Wanganui ; tho coast, line for 6 miles to the north is a low sandy bank, covered with coarse grass and flax ; whereas about half a milo. to tho southward of the entrance there is a high rocky headland (Hohuhamaru), from which a foul bottom apparently extends some distance in a north-westerly direction. The river Okarita empties itself into the eastern side of this extensivo lagoon, into which tho sea flows and obbs with great velocity, fdrming a regular tidal harbor, almost entirely free from any fresh. The present channel ovor tho bar runs N.W. and S.E., with a depth of 14 feot, high water, spring tides ; the flood continues to run in for one hour after it is high water in tho offing. High water, full and change 11.20;' rise and fall about 9 feet. Vessels entoring should keep well ovor ■to tho south shore until abroast the north spit, whon they ought to stand straight across for tho opposito side to avoid tho current sweeping them upon a middle shingle bank ; — this turn in the channelis not moro than 200 foot in ridth at low water, and renders the Okarita' unfit for vossels of a great longth to entor. A quarter of a mile from tho entrance the channel is divided, by an island, into two branches, the northern one being navigable for nearly two miles, with an avcrago depth of from four to six feet at low water ; whilo the southern arm has the same depth of water, to a distance of about the eighth of a milo only. There is very bad holding ground ; so masters' of vossels cannot trust thoir anchors and cables, if moored in tho tidoway. Fbedk. D. Gibson, Port Officer. Hokitika, Deeoinber Bfcli, 1865. 257 HARBOR DEPARTMENT. NOTICE.— <Thero will be an anohor and chain, and Hue attached, on tho South Spit, and boat and boat's orew in readiness at high water, every tide, to assist any vessel coming ovor tho bar. When the bar is only fit for steamers to take, a red flag will bo hoisted on the north flagstaff. When for sailing vessels, a red flag and ball. Masters of vessels are particularly requested to attend to the small tidal flag on tho spit, as the small tidal flag and the large fl«.g in one takes them over the bar By order, THOMAS TURNBULL, 184 Harbor Master. NOTICE TO MARINERS AT THE GREY. lIHE outer flagstaff has been discon- . tinued, and a skeleton beacon placed on the beach, which in a line with tho flagstaff", will cross the bar in the deopest water. Attention is to be paid, as herotofore, to tho movements of tho soma* phoro. Tho lower mast, has boon boarded to seaward, showing aflat surface of 17 in., painted whito to make it more conspicuous. Tho skeleton beacon is 15 ft* high abovo tho upper part of tho bank, and a flag-pole 6 ft. abovo that showing a rod flag. Tho signals in uso at the Groy are tho same as those at tho port of Hokitika. Thomas Tubndull, 200 Harbor Mastor for Westland. T ANDING, PER KENNEDY— 42 kogs now Wellington butter 20 casos and tierces York hams 10 casos bacon Spicod beef, in cloth. Joiin Solomon and ' Co., 258 Rovoll street.