Details-
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(a) Light-
Character-Group Flashing White, showing three flashes every fifteen
seconds, thus :-
Flash
Eclipse
Flash
Eclipse
Flash
Eclipse
sec.
1 secs.
sec.
14 secs.
sec.
10 secs.
Elevation-32 feet.
Visibility-10 miles.
Power-1,500 candles.
Remarks The light is unwatched.
(b) Fog Signal-
Description--A bell sounded by motion of the vessel.
(c) Vessel-
Description-The vessel has one mast carrying the lantern. The hull is painted red and marked "CARPENTARIA " in black on the sides.
Note-No further notice will be given.
Charts affected-
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Admiralty Chart No. 447-Western approaches to Torres Straits.
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No. 2759A--Australia, northern portion.
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No. 780-Pacific Ocean, south-west sheet.
Publications affected-
Admiralty List of Lights and Time Signals, Part VI., 1924.
Australia Pilot, Volume III., 1924, page 205.
Sailing Directions and other information for the Ports and Harbours of
Queensland, 1925, pages 28 and 61.
By direction,
R. MCK. OAKLEY, Comptroller-General of Customs.
JOSHUA F. RAMSBOTHAM,
Director of Lighthouses.
DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND Customs,
MELBOURNE, 6th May, 1926.
HARBOUR NOTIFICATION.
No. 6 of 1926.
Taku Bar Signalled Depth of Water.
Shipmasters and Pilots are notified that the Signalled Depth of Water exhibited by the Customs Signal Station at Tangku has been adjusted so as to leave no margin on the North Line of the Taku Bar Channel.
Navigators are therefore warned to proceed across the Bar in strict accordance with the requirements of Article 3 of the Navigation Rules A operative on the Bar Channel.
ROBERT LONGWORTH,
Acting Harbour Master.
Approved:
A. WILSON,
CUSTOM HOUSE,
Commissioner of Customs.
TIENTSIN, 1st June, 1926.