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The Government of the Philippine Islands Department of Finance and Justice BUREAU OF CUSTOMS
NOTICE TO MARINERS No. 474.
Nogas Island.
MANILA
January 18, 1917.
The sixth order occulting white light on Nogas Island, south-western coast of Panay, was replaced January 17, 1917, by an automatic acetylene gas light, showing one white flash every 10 seconds. Position, height, arc and range of visibility remain the same.
(See No. 117, List of Lights, etc., 1916.)
J. S. STANLEY, Insular Collector of Customs,
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.
1916. No. 11.
The bearings are given
The Astronomical positions are only approximate unless seconds are given. both True and Magnetic, and those relating to lights are from seaward. The visibility of lights is that in clear weather. Fog signals are sounded only in thick or foggy weather. The heights given are heights of focal plane above high water.
AUSTRALIA-EAST COAST.
Inner Barrier Route.
Ar (r) and Pea (p) Reefs-Beacons re-established.
WITH reference to Notice to Mariners No. 4 of 1916, Mariners and others are hereby notified that the beacons on Ar (r) and Pea (p) reefs which were recently destroyed, are now re-established.
(a) Position.--On the northern side of Ar (r) reef. Lat. 14° 32' South; Long..
144° 55' East.
Description.-A red triangular beacon.
(b) Position.-On the eastern end of Pea (p) reef. Lat. 13° 32' South; Long..
143° 391 East.
Description.--As in (a).
Charts affected.-
(a) Admiralty Chart No. 3088--Howick Island anchorages.
2922--Turtle Group to Claremont Point.
2764-Coral Sea and Great Barrier Reefs--Sheet 2.
(b) Admiralty Chart No. 3762---Hay Island to Bow Reef.
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3.
2921--Claremont Point to Cape Direction.
2764--Coral Sea and Great Barrier Reefs-Sheet 2.
Publications affected.--Australia Directory, Vol. II., 1907, pp. 366 and 410.
Sailing Directions and other information for the Ports and
Harbours of Queensland.
JOSHUA F. RAMSBOTHAM,
Director of Lighthouses.
Department of Trade and Customs,
MELBOURNE, 27th November, 1916.
By Direction,
STEPHEN MILLS, Comptroller-General of Customs.