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Topaze arrives from Chile ,
Caution to Mariners
Notice to Mariners about the new light being exhibited in the Light House recently erected on Great Race Rock and cautioning about the strong tides at Race Rocks to Mariners of Lighthouse on Race Island , Strait of Juan de FucaFeb.1
1861Directions for Fisgard and Race Rocks — Notice to Mariners;
False Alarm .. two heavy guns heard in direction of Race Rocks
Beacon on Race Rocks was lighted for the first time
Two lanterns for the lighthouses arrive from England
Letter from an Old Sailor about Coast Pilots
On whether the Home Government, British Columbia or Vancouver Island had to pay for the lightkeepers.
Home government appropriates 7000 pounds for the construction of the two lighthouses
” Mr. Morris , Civil Engineer now erecting the lighthouse at Race Rocks—Home government appropriates 7000 pounds for the construction of the two lighthouses.— 3500 to be paid by the Imperial government, , the other half by this colony and British Columbia– “In that case we ought to have had the right to select the lightkeepers as there are many persons her just as well qualified as any that can be imported from England“