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The Centaur Upper Buoy has been moved and its navigating colour changed from red to black. It is now moored in about 28 feet of water on the southern side of the channel and the northern edge of the shoal, and from the Buoy Mason Point Beacon bears N. 81° E., distant 6'15 miles.
All bearings given are magnetic, and depths are those of low water of spring tides.
CAUTION.
As rapid changes are apparently taking place in this section of the river, it should be navigated with caution.
By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,
THE MARITIMe Customs,
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
· SHANGHAI, 30th August, 1917.
TRANSLATION.
W. FERD. TYLER,
Coast Inspector.
(No. 654)
Notification No. 654 & 688 of Department of Communications.
Shimonoseki Strait.
NOTICE is hereby given that the character, candle power and visibility of the light of Omoji-iwa Beacon Light, on N. of Aino-shima, W. entrance to Shimonoseki Strait, have been changed (see Notification No. 597 of Department of Communications July 1917) on the 5th of August, 1917.
TOKYO, August 10th, 1917.
(No. 688)
Inland Sea.
NOTICE is hereby given that the newly established Ryujin-jima Lighthouse, on Ryujin-jima, E. entrance to Kurushima Strait, Inland Sea, will be shown as follows at the beginning of September, 1917-
Ryujin-jima Lighthouse.
Position. Lat. 34° 6' 8" N., Long. 133° 1' 22" E. (According to the Japanese
Admiralty Chart No. 132.)
Description.--Lower part concrete, upper part iron lattice work, painted black. Height of light.--224 shakn above the base, 40 shaku above the water.
Character of light.-Acetylene gas occulting white, duration of light 2 seconds,
eclipse 2 seconds.
Illuminated are. -The whole horizon.
Power :--150 candles.
Visible distance :---1.1 nautical miles in clear night.
The light being unwatched, should the light go out by accident there may be some delay in relighting it.
Further notice will be given after the above light has been effected.
TOKYO, August 25th, 1917.
BARON KENJIRO DEN, Minister of State for Communications.