Australia — East Coast — Queensland. 
ItcvolthiK: liirSit on Siimly C apo. 
The Colonial Government of Queensland 
has given Notice, that probably in the month 
of January 1870, a light will be exhibited 
from a lighthouse recently erected on Sandy 
Cape. 
Die light will be a revolving light, at 
taining its greatest brilliancy every two mi 
nutes, elevated 385 feet above the level of 
the sea, and in clear weather should be seen 
from a distance of 26 mil 's, being six miles 
beyond the end of Breaksea spit. 
The illuminating apparatus is dioptric or 
by lenses, of the iirst order. 
The tower is 97 feet high, and is painted 
white. 
Note: — Vessels should not attempt to 
make the light on a southerly bearing except 
in very line weather. 
Also, that due notice will be given of 
the date of the exhibition of the light, and 
the necessary directions published for its use 
in rounding Breaksea spit. 
j^llldiflr von 3uflrülifn. — Cumiolanti. 
ITreftfeiicr auf Obäfje. 
> Januar b. V v feilte auf bem fürjlid) er> 
bauten Peiidütburm ju Santo Gapc ein T'reb» 
feuer anejejünbet werben, welches feinen größten 
GHanj alle 2 SDlimiten evveid't, 385' über ber 
SReeree fickte [iocb ift unb in ftarem SBetter 25 See* 
ineiten, alfr t> Seemeilen über bie "}iu?läufet rrn 
'Breaffea fpit binau?, fiditbar fein feil, l'infen* 
apparat elfter Crbmmg. Cer 1*7' (wbc Slnirm 
ift n-eifi gemalt. 3!uv in febr gutem ©etter frll* 
ten Schiffe biefe? Jener cett ÜSorben ber in Siebt 
fegein. 
73. Killing up of (lie \orth rlinuiirl, 
I'orl II eiaison. 
The Nortli channel, Port Denison, has 
silted up 2 feet, there being now only 14 
, at low water springs, instead of 1G feet, 
as formerly. 
The South channel still retains a depth 
of 22 feet. 
Mariners are cautioned accordingly. 
(72. 73. Not. to Mar. No. 16. 8th February 1870.) 
^crfladiiutf^ bee ttorblicbeit ÎÇabr* 
(Baffere ;ii fliort 'î'citifou. 
t'a? nërbliée Jabrtraffer Bon 'fieri tenifon 
bat fìtb um 2 ierflactt. (S? fttib barin jefit nur 
14’ Jiefe bei Sîiebrigtrafïer Springreit. aiiftatt, 
nie trüber, lf>’. t)a? füblid'e Jalmraffer bat поф 
?2' iiefe. 
■J4. Torres Strait — Western channels. 
The Portmaster of Brisbane, Queensland, 
has forwarded the following information re 
lative to a small sunken rock of East Strait 
Strafe. — №r|tlict)f iatirioafTer. 
Cèbrourbo 9tocf. 
Sine fleine blinbe «lippe, „Gbwarbi 8 ¡Rod* be- 
nannt, if! burcb Gapitain Gbwarb? bom Schiffe 
„SMelanie* bei Gaft Strait 4 f?lanb in ber 'Hübe