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The period of eclipse is 7.5 seconds every 15 seconds.
A Fog Bell has also been installed.
HONGKONG, 6th November, 1913.
BASIL TAYLOR, Commander, R.N.,
Harbour Master, &c.
The following has been received from the Russian Consul :-
GULF OF TARTARY.
The enclosings of Sahalin and Revelsky Channel have been removed on 3rd of October and those of the Southern Channel on 7th of October.
HONGKONG, 7th November, 1913.
BASIL TAYLOR, Commander, R.N.,
Harbour Master, &c.
No. 560.
CHINA SEA.
YANGTZE RIVER-CHINKIANG`AND SHANGHAI DISTRICTS.
JOHNSON FLATS-LANGSHAN CROSSING.
Buoy Established; Upper Crossing Buoy moved.
NOTICE is hereby given that the following changes have been made in the buoyage of the eastern edge of the Johnson Flats:
A 6-foot conical Buoy, painted black, and named the Pagoda Buoy, is now moored in 33 feet of water at low water of spring tides, to mark the eastern edge of the Johnson Flats. From the Buoy, Langshan Pagoda bears N. 824° E., distant 3.9 miles.
The Upper Crossing Buoy has been moved 15 cables to the eastward of its former position, owing to the extension of the Johnson Flats. The Buoy is now moored in 28 feet of water at low water of spring tides. From the Buoy, Langshan Pagoda bears N. 56° E., distant 525 miles.
Caution.
A recent examination of the Langshan Crossing shows that in the vicinity of the Upper Crossing Buoy the channel has now a breadth of only 3 cables between the 5-fathom contours, and that the Crossing in general is in a state of rapid change.
All bearings given are magnetic.
By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,
THE MARITIME CUSTOMS,
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 28th October, 1913.
W. FERD. TYLER,
Coast Inspector.