. Province de Natal : guide descriptif et manuel officiel . o fin, environ 4,150 pieds, et le coût £177,500. Le chenal entre le wharfage de Bluff et le quai de réparation du côté de point, immédiatement à l'intérieur des jetées, atteint une largeur de 1,100 pieds. Phare de Bluff et station de signalisation le sommet de Bluff, proprement dit, est à 211 pieds au-dessus du niveau de la mer.le phare de Bluff, une tour de fer peinte en blanc, est à 81 pieds de hauteur, et montre une lumière blanche tournante (dioptrique) à une altitude de 282 pieds au-dessus du niveau de l'eau élevée. Il atteint son plus grand éclat une fois par minute et est visiblein

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. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . o end, isabout 4, 150 feet, and the cost £177, 500. The channel between the Bluff wharfage and the repairing quay on thePoint side, immediately inside the piers, attains a breadth of 1, 100 feet. Bluff Lighthouse and Signal Station The summit of the Bluff, proper, is 211 feet above the level of the sea.The Bluff lighthouse, an iron tower painted white, is 81 feet in height, andshows a white revolving light (dioptric) at an altitude of 282 feet above high-water level. It reaches its greatest brilliancy once every minute and is visiblein clear weather at 24 miles distant. A watch is kept at the Bluff signal stationday and night, and all communications by signal with vessels outside theharbour are made through that channel, whence they are transmitted to thePort Office look-out signal station on the other side of the harbour channel, and viee versa. The time ball is situated about 750 feet back from the lighthouse anddrops at one oclock p.m. Natal uniform mean time (corresponding exactly to. Pauls W/iarf, Central (shewing 50-ton hydraulic crane) 35 eleven oclock a.m. Greenwich mean timi / day pi wireless telegraph station has been placed in close proximil i the time ball hi id h; is been in operation since the end of June, 1910. II. is not until wo reach the inner end of the entrance channel thatcomprehensive view of Durban is ured, then it, size, comp. charming situation arc beheld, while the near prospeel of the Bluff and W<worth hills, the broad expanse of the beautiful bay, and the Peland movement on terra firma, produce an effect wholly irpriiagreeable. The Bay The Bay, which lies tranquilly before us, next invites our attention.This magnificent sheet of water has an area of some eight square miles.Naturally it is a favourite resort for yachting, boating, and fishing, whileBluff and island also attract many visitors. Casting a glance to the left asour boat reaches the end of the channel will be seen the

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