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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST DECEMBER, 1905.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 801.
Telegraphic information has been received to the effect that the Government of Burma has declared Hongkong to be an infected port.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st December, 1905.
T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.No. 802.
The following Notices to Mariners are published.
By Command,
T. SERCOMBE SMITH, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st December, 1905.
NOTICES TO MARINERS.
INDIA EAST COAST-MADRAS.
SOUTH BREAKWATER END LIGHT.
MASTERS of Vessels, Pilots and others are hereby informed that, on and after 1st January, 1906, the present red fixel light at the South Breakwater end will be exhibited at an elevation of 45 feet instead of 37 feet above high water, and visible in clear weather 8 miles instead of 6 miles all round the compass,
G. J. BAUGH, Commander, R.I.M.,
Deputy Conservator.
Madras Port Office, 9th October, 1905.
No. 26 of 1905.
GULF OF ST. VINCENT.
NOTICE is hereby given that a cheese-shaped buoy, painted red, has been placed on the cast side of St. Vincent Gulf, to mark the supposed position of a rock which has been reported, having on it 5ft. at L.W.S., with 9ft. all around it.
The position of the buoy is as follows :--
Port Parham houses bearing E. by S., distant three miles, in 9ft. at L.W S. tide.
Approximate lat., 34° 26' 10" S.; long., 138° 19′ 10′′ E.
This affects Admiralty Chart No. 23898.
Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide, September 28th, 1905.
ARTHUR SEARCY, President of the Marine Board.
No. 27 of 1905.
GULF OF ST. VINCENT.
PORT ADELAIDE RIVER.
LIGHT'S PASSAGE HARBOR WORKS.
REFERING to Notices to Mariners, Nos. 20 and 21 of 1905, and the Chart of Port Adelaide River published in con- nection therewith, further notice is hereby given that, during the progress of Dredging Operations between the Occulting Light Buoy and No. 1 Lead, the Contractors will exbibit from the Framework of the near Lights of No. 1 Lead a White Light, lower than the Two Red Lights, and a further White Light at a distance of 50ft, N. W. of the far Lead. This will also be lower than the Two White Lights of No. 1 Lead.
Both the above Lights will be of less power than those of the Lead. The above Lights will be shown only when the Dredger is working. This affects Admiralty Charts 23393 and 3, 1750, and 1752.
Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide, October 4th, 1905.
ARTHUR SEARCY, Fresident of the Marine Board.