246
Charts affected.--Admiralty Chart No. 2923--Hope Islands to Turtle Group.
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51
2764-Coral Sea, Sheet 2.
780--Pacific Ocean, South-Western Sheet. 2759a--Australia, Northern portion.
JOSHUA F. RAMSBOTHAM,
Director of Lighthouses.
Department of Trade and Customs,
MELBOURNE, 26th April, 1917.
By Direction,
STEPHEN MILLS, Comptroller-General of Customs.
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA,
1917. No. 14.
The Astronomical positions are only approximate unless seconds are given. The bearings 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 abore high water.
AUSTRALIA- WEST COAST.
Gantheaume Point-Intended alteration in characteristics.
MARINERS and others are hereby notified that the White Occulting Light on Gan- theaume Point will be replaced by a Group Flashing White Light on or about 1st. September, 1917.
Position.-Lat. 17° 58′ S.; Long. 122° 10′ E.
Character-White group flashing, showing two flashes in quick succession every six seconds, thus:-
Flash
Eclipse
Flash
Eclipse
3
9.
To Sec.
To Sec.
sec. 10
secs.
Power. 1,400 candles.
Note. The Light will be unwatched, the telephone discontinued, and the keeper withdrawn.
Remarks.The other details of the Light will remain unaltered. No further notice. will be given.
Charts affected.-Admiralty Chart No.
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33
19
$58-Roebuck Bay.
475--North West Coast of Australia. 3774-Lacepede Islands to Roebuck Bay. 1018 - Buccaneer Archipelago to Bedout
Island.
2759a Australia, Northern portion.
Publications affected. -Australia Pilot, Vol. V., 1914, page 348,
Admiralty List of Lights, Part VI., 1917.
By Direction,
JOSHUA F. RAMSBOTHAM,
Director of Lighthouses.
Department of Trade and Customs,
MELBOURNE, 28th April, 1917.
STEPHEN MILLS, Comptroller-General of Customs.