Влплле.--Еағтіу Reclamations and Harbour-works of Wellington. ТОТ 
lighted. By using a better oil a superior light would be produced and kept 
up till morning ; and by removing the present conductor, which is placed far 
too low, and making two apertures iri the highest part of the ceiling, one at 
each corner, to act alternatively in case of a change of wind, the smoke would 
be got rid of, and the same or nearly the same brilliancy kept up till morning 
which is now seen only in the early part of the night. There is no doubt 
but that the conflicting testimony respecting the light has arisen from the 
different appearances presented to individuals in those different hours of 
the night in which they have had an opportunity of seeing it. The only 
other alteration the Committee recommend would be to place the present 
apparatus for producing the light upon a revolver which might be erected 
and worked in the present building at a small additional expense, thereby 
giving the light a distinctive character and preventing its being mistaken 
for a casual fire, without diminishing its force by the intervention of any 
coloured medium. 
“ The Committee also recommend that a supply of oil, &c., for the light, 
equal to one month's consumption, should be always kept on hand, as they 
are sometimes, under present arrangements, without oil, and, should the 
weather be tempestuous, might be so for weeks, to the great danger of ships 
frequenting the harbour. 
“The house appears to be strongly built but quite unfinished, being 
neither wind or water-tight, and, as it is so exposed, something should 
done to make it more habitable before the winter." 
In the Wellington and Coast Almanac of 1855 it is stated that at night 
a light is shown but it is not seen at more than two or three miles. The 
New Zealand Pilot of 1856 ignores the light. i 
During the fourth session of the Provincial Council, 1856-57, it was 
decided to erect a permanent light. The sum of £10,000 was voted for the 
duplicated. The sum of £3,500 was fixed as a limit to cost. The contractor 
was to erect the building and fix apparatus, and if the person sent out was 
a lightkeeper he could be appointed to take charge of the light. The tenders 
received ranged froni £2,435 to £2,823, the successful contractors being 
ssrs. Cochrane and Co. In opening the fifth session (2nd June, 1857) the 
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for the disallowance of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1842, by the Colonial 
Office was, “ by the sixth clause the Corporations are authorized to erect 
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