Hokitika Signals.—The following is the new •ode as it i* given in the West Coast Times oi July 29: — 1. Ball and red flag at the mast-head: high water; take the bar. 2. Ball and blue flag, half-mast: half flood; wait for tide.
When the bar may safely be attempted at half tide, whether flood or ebb, the red flag will be at the mast-head over the ball, denoting the state oi tide.
8. Ball on the to'.ver-mast cap, and white flag: ebb tide; bar dangerous. 4 No signal: do not attempt the bar. 6. Bed painted arm, pointed to the right-hand, entering from seaward: more to the south. 6. The other arm, pointed to the left-hand, entering from seaward: More to the north. 7. The arms up and down with the mast: As y»u go. When more than one vessel is crossing the bar, }he foremost vessel will be piloted in, the others following in her wake. On a moveable pole in front of the signal mast the two in one showing the fairway, will be hoisted (if necessary) to show the set of the current on the bar, thus: —

A red and white pennant—to the northward.
A square yellow flag—to the southward. On the flagstaff not in use for the piloting sig nals, at high-water, the depth in feet on the bar mil be denoted by Marryatt's code. A red light is hoisted on the signal-mast on the •outh spit each night, visible at from three to four ■ules.
