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ANNEXED STATEMENT.
Name of
Kind
To Westward-bound
Signal Station.
of Signal,
Vessels.
OHAMA-SAKI.
J.
II.
III.
To Eastward-bound Vessels.
Remarks.
There are one or more East- ward-bound vessels between Kone-jima and Kosagi- shima.
There are one or more East- ward-bound vessels between Kosagi-shima and Hoso- shima.
There are a number of sailing vessels close together East of Kosagi-shima.
There are one or more West- ward-bound vessels East of Sotokaji-saki.
There are one or more West- ward-bound vessels West of Sotokaji-saki.
There are a number of sailing vessels close together at Mckari-seto.
At night no light will be shown in the are of the bearings from about S. 4° E., through S., to about S. 85° W., in order to show the changing limit of signals to West- ward-bound Or East- ward-bound vessels.
KONE-JIMA.
1.
There are one or more East- ward-bound vessels East of Okuno-shima.
II.
There are one or more East- ward-bound vessels East of Noji-tai.
There are a number of sailing.
vessels close together bc- tween Kone-jima and Oku- Do-shima.
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There are one or more West- ward-bound vessels be- tween Hoso-shima and Kosagi-shima.
There are one or more West- ward-bound vessels West of Kosagi-shima.
There are a number of sailing vessels close together be- tween Hoso-shima and Kone-jiina.
At night no light will be shown in the arc of the bearings from about S. 72° E., through S., to about S. 18° W., in order to show the changing limit of signals to West- ward-bound or East- ward-bound vessels.
N.B.-1. The "Westward-bound vessels" mentioned in this statement means vessels entering Mihara- seto from Bingo-nada, or making towards Aki-nada from the same sete, while the "East- ward-bound vessels" refers to those entering Mihara-seto from Aki-nada, or making towards Bingo-nada from the same seto,
2.
"West" or "East" mentioned in the statement (the "remarks" column excepted) means the
direction indicating the course of a Westward-bound or Eastward-bound vessel.
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3. The bearings mentioned in the "remarks column are the magnetic bearings taken from
seaward towards the middle tower,
No. 484.
CHINA SEA.
ALTERATION IN CHARACTER OF FOG-GUN SIGNALS,
NOTICE is hereby given that, from the under-mentioned dates, the character of the responding Fog-gun Signals from Light-stations will be altered as described in the following instructions to Lightkeepers :-
"The Keeper on hearing a bell, fog horn, steam whistle or siren, or any other sound, during foggy or thick weather, which shall indicate the proximity of a vessel, will immediately fire one gun, and after a lapse of five minutes. will fire two guns with the Station's distinguishing interval between them; and this distinguishing signal of two guns will be repeated every five minutes, if the vessel's fog signal-showing that she is under way-con- tinues to be heard."
The distinguishing intervals of the several Light-stations and the dates from which the change will be effected are--
From the 15th April 1910.
Steep Island, West Volcano,
2 minutes.
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