70
341. Sunken rock* in Bay
of Plenty.
Also, that a dangerous rocky patch with
about ft feet on it at low water springs has
been discovered in the fairway of vessels
passing between Motiti island and Astrolabe
reef, hound to or from Tauranga.
The patch extends about 200 feet, and
from it Mongonui hill bears S. W. by W. '/«
W., 9 3 / 4 miles, and north point of Motiti
island E. by S. 2'/ 4 miles.
Also, a rock about three quarters of a
mile N. by E. ’/ 4 E. from Schooner rocks,
has been seen breaking.
( All Bearings are Magnetic. Variation
14 s /« 0 Easterly in 1870.)
Not. to Mar. No. 80.
XI.
Untiefe in 6er ^Menttt S8ai.
(Sitte gefährliche Stippe, 5 Juf unter S?affcr bei
©pringgettWiebrigWaffer, ift in bem gabriBaffer grob
{eher, ¿er Jupel Wotitt unb bem Slftrobalc iltiff auf
bem Surfe nach Tauranga entbccft roorbeit.
33on biefem 9tiff, baS fief) ungefähr 200 fjuf}
auSbehnt, peilt:
Saerg SDiongoitui ©SOJjSB'/i'®, 9 s / 4 ©ccm. entfernt.
Siorbfpihe ber jmfelWotitiOg©, 2'/4 Seem. entfernt.
Ungefähr 3 / 4 Seemeile HgO'/rO Bon ben ©cboo«
ner Reifen fab man eine Untiefe, auf luelcfjer
Sranbung ftanb.
(fleil. mijsro., Wifro. 14 3 /* 0 Oft 1870.)
><•« Zealand Hhldle islam!.
343. R«‘vol\¡nip ligflit «11 Cape*
Campbell.
With reference to Notice to Mariners,
No. 61, dated 26th August 1869, respecting
the proposed establishment of a light on Cape
Campbell, south side of the eastern entrance
to Cook strait, —
The Government of New Zealand has
given Notice, that from the 1st day of August
1870, a light would be exhibited from a light
house recently erected on the cape.
The ligt is a revolving white light, at
taining its greatest brilliancy every minute,
elevated 155 feet above high water, and in
clear weather should be seen from a distance
of 19 miles.
The illuminating apparatus is dioptric or
by lenses, of the second order.
The tower, 73 feet high, is a wooden
structure, painted with alternate bands of
red and white. Is it situated on a knoll at
the extremity of Cape Campbell, in lat. 41 0
43' 15" S., long. 174° 18' 30" E.
Not. to Mar. No. 118.
XI.
tlcii-SerlaiiD Hlittlm ¿Infclit.
XU-cbfciicv auf l*ay Gampb.ll.
Wit 3?ejug auf bic iVfanntmacfnmg 'Hr. 198
com 3<il) rc 1869, betreffenb bie Errichtung eines
Veudfttf)urmçs auf Cap Campbell, an ber ©itbfeite
beS öftlicfjen Eingangs ber Coot Strafe, wirb au«
gegeigt, baf ber Seiidjtthurm auf bem Eap erbaut
ift uub feit bem 1. Sluguft er. ein loeifcS Tretp
feuer geigt, baS feinen gröften ©lang j - be Winute
erreicht: eS ift 155' über .’pecljwaffer uub bei fla«
rer îuft 19 ©ccm. roeit fidjtbar.
iinfenapparat 2. ¡Crbii.
®er Thurm beftept aus einem .fjolgbau, ift
73' poch uub mit abioechfclnb roll) uub tceifen
©(reifen gemalt.
Er fteht auf einem fleineu .V)iigel beS UforfprungS
Bon Gap Campbell in 41° 43' 15" ©iib iVite,
174° 18' 30" Cft Hänge Bon Wrecmo.