1088 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 17, 1909.
TRANSLATION.
Notification No. 1193 of Department of Communications.
RO-KO-BI LIGHT AND HAKU-GYOKU-ZAN LEADING LIGHTS TO BE SHOWN.
NOTICE is hereby given that Ro-ko-bi Light on the bluff at the west side of the entrance to Ryojun-ko (Port Arthur), and Haku-gyoku-zan Leading Lights on the southern slope of Pei-yue-shan, Ryojun-ko, Kwang-Tung Peninsula, will be shown on and after December 1st, 1909.
Ro-ko-bi Lighthouse :
Position :-Lat. 38° 47' 37" N., Long. 121° 14′ 44′′ E., approximately (according to the Japanese Admiralty Chart No. 358).
Construction and painting :-Iron rectangle, painted white.
Height of light :-8.7 feet from the base, and 83.3 feet above the water.
Character of light :-Group occulting white light with the following characteristic:-
Light
Eclipse
Light Eclipse
In every
..10 secs.
2 secs.
2 secs.
2 secs.
.16 secs.
Illuminated are :-) From S. 41° 30′ W., through W. and N., to N. 41° 30' E.
Red rays between the bearings of N. 85° W. and N. 55° W., and between the bearings of N. 12° 30′ E. and N. 41° 30′ E., cover the dangers lying along the both sides of the port entrance. (The magnetic bearings taken from the sea.) Candle power-White, 40, and red, 16.
Distance visible * White, 7 nautical miles, and red 5 nautical miles, in clear weather. Remark-Moju-gan Beacon is distant about 1 mile 2 cables and about S. 62° E., from
the lighthouse.
:-
Haku-gyoku-żan High Light:
Position Lat. 38° 48′ 22" N., Long. 121° 14' 47" E., approximately (according to the Japanese Admiralty Chart No. 358).
Construction and painting :-Stone frustum pyramid, painted white.
Height of light--153 feet from the base, and 147 feet above the water.
Character of light :-Fixed red light.
-22.
Candle power :-)
Distance visible :- 6 nautical miles in clear weather.
Haku-gyoku-zan Low Light:
Position-Lat. 38° 48' 19" N., Long. 121° 14' 47" E., approximately (according to the
Japanese Admiralty Chart No. 358).
Construction and Painting :-Stone frustum pyramid, painted white.
Height of light :-301 feet from the base and 111'1 feet above the water.
Character of light :-Fixed red light.
Candle
power
: -22.
Distance visible :-- -6 nautical miles in clear weather.
Remarks:- In entering or leaving Ryojun-ko, vessels should keep Haku-gyoku-zan high and low lights in one line to avoid the shoals lying along the west coast of Ogon-zan and along the east coast of Ro-ko-bi.
The leading line between the high and low lights lies on the bearing of N. 30' E.
The leading lights are unwatched. Should they go out by accident there may be some delay in relighting them.
BARON GOTO SHIMPEI, Minister of State for Communications.
TOKYO, November 29th, 1909.
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