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No. 553.
CHINA SEA.
SHANGHAI DISTRICT.
Change in Character of Shaweishan Light.
REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 544, notice is hereby given that on or about the 15th July, 1913, the character of the Shaweishan Light will be changed.
The new illuminating apparatus will be Group Flashing of the Second Order, showing two white lightning flashes in quick succession every 15 seconds.
The approximate power of the flash will be 400,000 candles.
In all other respects the particulars of this Light-station will remain as before.
The temporary Lights, notified in Notice to Mariners No. 544, will be discontinued when the new Light is exhibited.
By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,
THE MARITIME CUSTOMS,
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 12th June, 1913.
W. FERD. TYLER,
Coast Inspector.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
No. 9 of 1913.
WEST COAST, STREAKY BAY.-WARBURTON CHANNEL.
MASTERS of Vessels, Pilots, and others are hereby informed that a Red Perch Buoy has been placed, in four fathoms at L.W.S., on the N.W. extreme of the North Bank, Streaky Bay, to mark the S. side of Warburton Channel.
Approximate position.-Lat., 32° 32′ S.; Long., 134° 8′ E.
CARAWA JETTY LIGHT.
Also, that a Fixed Light is now exhibited from the end of the Carawa Jetty, at an elevation of 28ft. above H.W. The light shows white between the bearings of 84° (N. 81° E. Mag.) and 78° (N. 75° E. Mag.) an arc of 6°, i.e., along the deep water of Warburton Channel; red between 78° (N. 75° E. Mag.) and 343° (N. 20° W. Mag.) over the North Bank; and white between 343 (N. 20° W. Mag.) and 264° (S. 81° W. Mag.) inside the North Bank and over the land. The white light should be visible in clear weather at a distance of nine nautical miles, and the red five miles.
Approximate position.-Lat., 32° 31' S.; Loug., 134° 12' E.
This affects Admiralty Chart No. 1061.
ARTHUR SEARCY,
President of the Marine Board
and Controller of Harbors.
Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide, April 15th, 1913.