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paces and lighthouses, a power which properly belongs solely to the 
Cro The directors of the New Zealand Company protested against 
the до тапс. and, in respect to the above objection, submitted that 
there did not seem to be any objection, upon principle, to allowing the 
representatives of the community to execute publie works of that Wes 
respecting the call for which, the proper sites of their erection, and t 
best means for compassing that end, the representative of the Nh 
residing at a distance, must be comparatively ill-informed. 
Also out of chronological order, but very interesting and opportune, 
is the following extract from the Evening Post of the 13th July, 1923 :— 
PaRLIAMENT.—To-DAY's PROCEEDINGS. 
Legislative Council. 
ME ignem Council to-day Sir Thomas Mackenzie asked the Attorney- 
€— pes the time had not arrived for the erection of an automatic light on 
Way at the entrance to Wellington ‘Harbour, "d order that greater safety 
given to navigation. He said that some forty masters of steamers had peti- 
toad to have a light placed on the reef. The reef was саса dangerous in foggy 
weather. 
In reply, Sir Francis Bell, Attorney- General, said Barrett's Reef was within the 
limits of Wellington Harbour, ed ^s vef т of placing a light on the reef was a 
matter for the Harbour Board to d 
ording to a return dated 15th May, 1858, the total cost up to that 
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date, саа the salary and passage of Mr. Edward Wright, who had 
been sent out to superintend the erection, amounted to £2,554. Mr. 
Wright reported on the same date that the cost of erecting the lighthouse, 
if landed at Fitzroy Bay, would be £750; if landed inside the harbour, 
two miles and three-quarters from Pencarrow, the cost would be £2,000, 
exclusive of landing the material on the beach at the selected point. In 
a return to the General Assembly, 1867, the total cost of Pencarrow to 
date was stated to be £6,422. The light was exhibited from the Ist 
January, 1859. It was described as being of the second order, catadioptric 
it was probably some trouble with the mechani The first keeper of 
the light was Mrs. Bennett, widow of the first koeba of the temporary 
light, with W. Lyell as assistant. In the 1865 report of the Marine Board 
Engineer, Mr. Balfour, Pencarrow is referred to: “ While engaged in a 
light was very poor, we landed to examine it. We found everything in 
good order except the light, which, though very white and clear, was 
miserably low, being only 14 in. from the burner to the top, whereas the 
standard height i is from 32 іп. to 4in." Не suggested that the services of 
the trained light-keeper who had been brought out by the Provincial Council 
of Otago should be secured in order to examine and adjust the apparatus 
and instruct the keepers. In 1867 the Engineer reported that the roof 
of the keepers’ cottage had been blown off during a gale. Не also 
suggested that a better path to the lighthouse be formed, and that a store 
be erected on the beach, also one on the hill, which could be used as а 
workshop. During that year £298 was expended, so probably his suggetti 
were agreed to. A new set of lamps were installed during the year 
1869-70. The Marine Engineer, on the 18th June, 1869, reported that 
the buildings were much decayed. During the е following year new due 
for the keepers were erected at a cost of £764 
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