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Only probationer and permanent staff are included; not temporary, relieving, or acting staff.

The new lighthouse, which still operates, is an “Un-watched Automatic Light” flashing white every thirty seconds; has an elevation of 225 feet and a visibility of 21 miles. It is a white concrete tower 30 feet in height. On 18 June, 1877, the schooner Reward, 41 tons, Thomas Richard Westlake being master, with a crew of four, was partially wrecked off the Cape. The road over the Cape ended at the north end of Tauranga Bay, where the coaches pulled up at the Half Way House Hotel to enable passengers and teams to refresh.