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Hino Misaki Lighthouse.
Power:---350,000 candles.
TOKYO, October 5th, 1917.
(Nos. 826 & 834)
Gulf of Tokyo.
NOTICES are hereby given that Fort No. 2 Staff Light, and Ashika Jima Beacon Light, Gulf of Tokyo, have been destroyed by the hurricane which occured on the 1st of October, 1917.
Further Notices will be given after the rebuilding of the above Light.
BARON KENJIRO DEN, Minister of State for Communications.
TOKYO, 'October 5th and 6th, 1917.
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.
1917. No. 20.
The Astronomical positions are only approximate unless seconds are given. The bearings are given both True and Magnetic, and those relating to lights ure from seaward. The visibility of lights is that in The elevation given is the height clear weather. Fog signals are sounded only in thick or foggy weather. of focal plane abore high water.
AUSTRALIA-EAST COAST.
Outer Barrier Reef.
One-and-Half-Mile Opening-Beacon Established.
WITH reference to Notice No. 13 of 1917, Mariners and others are hereby notified that the beacon near the One-and-Half-Mile Opening has been established.
Position.--About 14 miles West of the outer end of the Opening.
Latitude, 14° 22' S.; Longitude, 145° 23′ E.
Description. A red triangular beacon. The top of the beacon is 30 feet above high
water.
Charts affected.--Admiralty Chart No. 2923 --Hope Islands to Turtle Group.
2764 --Coral Sea, Sheet 2.
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Pacific Ocean, South-west Sheet. 2759A---Australia, Northern portion.
Publications affected. Australia Directory, Vol. II., 1907, page 385.
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Sailing Directions, Ports and Harbours of Queensland, 1917,
page 70.
By Direction,
JOSHUA F. RAMSBOTHAM,
Director of Lighthouses.
Department of Trade and Customs,
MELBOURNE, 4th September, 1917.
STEPHEN MILLS,
Comptroller-General of Customs.