NRS-4709 | Log books [Newcastle Signal Station]

This series is an hourly log of the Signal Station recording: wind and weather conditions; vessels liable to pilotage - name, bearing and distance, and time; time of signalling pilot steamer to proceed; movements of pilot steamer - times of departing from and returning for mooring; position where pilot was shipped and time; times and movements of pilot steamer in respect of outward-bound vessels; and remarks. 1 Nov 1897-7 Jan 1940, 22 Feb 1942-17 Nov 1943, 1 Dec 1944-8 Dec 1961 (X1994-2027, X4, 34/3111-30). 55 vols. Note:This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.