List of Beacons, Buoys, Stakes, and other Day-marki in each
Light-house District, corrected to the first of July of each year.
These lists are furnished free of charge to shipmasters on appli-
cation to the Board.
The Light-house Board, at this date,* is constituted as follows: —

Hon. Charles S. Fairchild, Secretary of the Treasury, ex-officxo
President of the Board ; Vice- Admiral Stephen C. Rowan, U. S. N.»

1 December, 1888.
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Cliairman ; Brigadier-General Thomas Lincoln Casey, Chief of En-
gineers, U. S. A. ; Mr. Walter S. Franklin ; Commodore David B.
Harmony, U. S. N. ; Colonel John M. Wilson, Corps of Engineers,
U. S. A. ; Commander Robley D. Evans, U. S. N., Naval Secretary ;
Major James F. Gregory, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A., Engineer
Secretarv.
There is a vacancy on the Board not yet filled.
D. P. HEAP.
APPENDIX.
APPENDIX A.
From Longfellow's Journal I make the following extracts, men-
tioning his visit with Sumner to Minot's Ledge Light-house : — ^

" Aug. 22, 71. The steam-tog oomes for us, and Somner, Mr. James Emset«
and myself go to meet the rerenae-eatter In the harbor, find on board the
Collector, with Agatslz and a yonng Japanese prince, and we steam away for
Minot's Ledge. Dinner (on board) ended, we find onrselres at the base of the
light-house, rising sheer out of the sea like a huge stone cannon, mouth upward.
