The Australia directory. Vol.1. 5th-10th ed. [With]

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Page 260 - The pyrotechnic light, commonly known as a blue light, every fifteen minutes ; or 2. A bright white light, flashed or shown at short or frequent intervals, just above the bulwarks, for about a minute at a time.
Page 524 - Wales ; or for the removal of the same from one place of anchorage or mooring to another, not being for the purpose of leaving the port ; vessels registered in Sydney, under 50 tons, or while employed in the coasting trade from one port of New South Wales to another, excepted : — For every vessel under 100 tons, 5s.
Page 526 - The existence of gales which are likely to endanger shipping will be signalled at the principal telegraph stations on the coast of New South Wales, in the following manner, viz. :— The signal...
Page 273 - A fixed white light is exhibited at an elevation of 50 feet above the level of the sea, and is visible at a distance of 10 miles.
Page 92 - GOVERNMENT LAND MEASURE. A township— 36 sections each a mile square. A section — 640 acres. A quarter section, half a mile square — 160 acres. An eighth section, half a mile long, north and south, and a quarter of a mile wide — 80 acres. A sixteenth section, a quarter of a mile square — 40 acres.
Page 542 - Northumberland to west entrance of Bass strait, in October, November, and December, when south-westerly breezes mostly prevail, a current may be expected to run to the eastward. In January, February, and March a westerly current may be expected ; but as these currents do not appear to be at any time continuous, they cannot with certainty be allowed for. They will be found stronger as the coast is approached, and strongest off the various headlands, such as capes Bridgewater and Nelson, Moonlight...
Page 251 - Bank) ; it is raised 98 feet above the sea, and should be visible in clear weather from a distance of 11 miles.
Page 372 - Launceston, and flows through a valley betwixt two irregular chains of hills, that shoot out north-westward from the great body of inland mountains. In some places these hills stand wide apart, and the river then widens to a considerable extent ; in others, they nearly meet, and contract it to narrow limits. Of the two chains of hills which bound the valley, the eastern one terminates at Low head ; the other descends to Badger point, SW by W.
Page 3 - With a southwesterly wind it ceases to rise and begins to fall. It falls with west, northwest, and northerly winds; with northeasterly winds it ceases to fall and begins to rise.
Page 467 - ... vessels of all nations outfitting for or refitting from the fisheries, and all vessels arriving and sailing in ballast, or which may not break bulk, or only to such an extent as may be necessary...

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