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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 27, 1906.
No. 644.
NOTICES TO MARINERS.
No. 428.
CHINA SEA.
SHANGHAI DISTRICT.
NORTH CHANNEL ENTRANCE TO THE YANGTZE.
ALTERATION IN LIGHTS.
NOTICE is hereby given that on the 1st July a steel Gas-lighted Lightship, 80 feet in length and 23 feet heam, painted red and bearing the words "DRINKWATER POINT" on her sides in white letters, was moored in 18 feet of water 3 miles N. 8330 W. of the Drinkwater Point Gas-lighted Buoy,
The Light, which is exhibited from a lantern carried by an iron column, is Dioptrie, Occulting, of the Fourth Order, showing a fixed white light varied by an eclipse every 10 seconds, thus :--
Light....
Eclipse,
5 seconds.
5 ""
The centre of the Light is 35 feet above the water, and the light should be visible in clear weather at a distance of 11 nautical miles,
During foggy or thick weather a Fog Bell is struck one blow every 15 seconds.
If the Lightship be driven from her station, the usual light will not be shown, but a fixed red light will be exhibited at each end of the vessel during the night and a red flag hoisted by day.
The Drinkwater Point Light and Gas-lighted Buoy have been discontinued. All bearings given are magnetic.
By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS,
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 17th July, 1906.
T. J. ELDRIDGE,
Acting Coast Inspector.