H. R. CARLETON. LXXXV. 



Green way was the Architect. The tower was completed in 1817, 

 but it was found necessary to repair it in 1822, as the construction 

 was considered faulty. The light is said to have been of the third 

 order catoptric. 



The second light erected appears to be the Beacon Light at 

 Newcastle, the earliest record of which is 1828. The third is the 

 floating lightship at the entrance to Port Jackson in 1836, and 

 the fourth Gillibrands Point or Williamstown, Port Phillip, in 

 1812. 



The Superintendent of Port Phillip selected Cape Otway as a 



site for a lighthouse on 21st April, 1846, and Mr. C. J. Tyers was 



sent to select sites for lighthouses at Cape Howe or Gabo Island 



in 1846. 



Administration. 



The first lighthouses appear to have been directly under the 

 control of the Colonial Secretary's Department. 



In 1825 an Act was passed authorising the payment of tonnage 

 rates into the hands of the Naval Officer for the use and main- 

 tenance of the Port Jackson (Macquarie) Lighthouse. In 1832 

 a similar Act was passed but directing that the payments should 

 be made to the Collector of Customs for the maintenance of the 

 Lighthouse. 



In 1843 Her Majesty was pleased to appoint Herion Marshall 

 Moriarty, Esquire, Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, to be Port- 

 master in the colony of New South Wales, and this gentleman's 

 predecessor appears to be the Officer referred to in the 1825 

 Act. ' 



The date of the appointment of the first Pilot Board is un- 

 certain, but in 1862 there existed a Department of Harbours, 

 Lighthouses and Pilots. This Pilot Board consisted of W. A. 

 Duncan, Chairman; Captain T. Watson, Captain R. Towns, 

 Captain Rountree, Captain Vine Hall and W. F. Norrie. This 

 Board resigned their appointments 26th November, 1862, and the 

 new Board appointed comprised — Pilot Board: — F. Hixson, R.N., 

 John Crook, C. Harrold, for issue of certificates only. Superin- 

 tendent of Pilots, Lighthouses and Harbours: — F. Hixson, R.N. 



