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HARBOUR NOTIFICATION.
NOTICE is hereby given that the lighter "K. No. 6" has sunk in the Harbour about 75 feet off the lower wharf at Wat Phya Krai. Both the masts are above water. During night time a red light will be shown from each mast.
By order of His Excellency the Minister of Local Government,
PHYA VISUTR SAGORADITH,
Harbour Master General.
SPECIAL NOTICE TO MARINERS, No. 436.
CHINA SEA.
SHANGHAI DISTRICT.
Langshan Crossing.
Alteration in Buoyage.
NOTICE is hereby given that on or about the 23rd February a 6-foot Buoy, painted black-to be known as the Lower Crossing Buoy--and surmounted by a black shape, will be laid in the following approximate position: S. 42° W., magnetic, distant 14 miles, from the Upper Crossing Buoy.
The best water between this Buoy and the Upper Crossing Buoy will, by an upward- bound steamer, be obtained by passing the Lower Crossing Buoy at a distance of 14 cables on her port side and steering for the Langshan Pagoda until the Upper Crossing Buoy bears about N.W., when the usual course up river should be followed.
An examination of this locality, with a view to further alteration in buoyage, should such prove necessary, is in progress.
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 22nd February, 1915.
W. FERD. TYLER, Const Inspector.
The Government of the Philippine Islands Department of Finance and Justice
BUREAU OF CUSTOMS MANILA
February 23, 1915.
No. 401.
Manucan Island, Sulu Sea.
Ax automatic acetylene gas light, showing a short white flash every five (5) seconds, was established February 21, 1915, on Manucan Island, Sulu Sea. The light is dis- played from the top of a 50-foot steel framed tower, painted black, and is visible within a radius of fourteen (14) miles.
B. HERSTEIN,
Insular Collector of Customs.
HARBOUR NOTIFICATION.
No. 1 of 1915.
Steam and Motor Vessels Prohibited from Running in Fog within Harbour Limits: Regulations concerning.
NOTICE is hereby given that on and after the 15th March 1915 the following rules concerning the regulation of traffic during fog within the harbour limits will come into operation :--
(1) During fog, that is to say when an object is not clearly visible at a distance of 600 feet (for the sake of illustration the distance across the Front Reach abreast the new
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