James Melville Balfour ( 1831-1869)
Otago Provincial Council recognized the importance of lights so in 1863 appointed James Balfour as Provincial Marine Engineer.
Designed lighthouses:
Taiaroa Head (1864)
Dog Island (1865)
Farewell Spit (1870)
Nugget Point (1870)
Cape Campbell (1870)
Ponui Passage (1871)
Bean Rock (1872)
Cape Saunders (1880).
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