THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT-GAZETTE, 22ND DECEMBER, 1905.
- GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 851.
The following Notices to Mariners are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd December, 1905.
1853
T. SERCOMBE SMITH, Colonial Secretary.
No. 415.
CHINA SEA.
SHANGHAI DISTRICT.
SOUTHERN ENTRANCE TO THE YANGTZE.
KIUTOAN SURVEYING BEACON.
NOTICE is hereby given that, owing to the washing away of the bank, the Kiutoan Surveying Beacon has been shifted 5.4 cables S. 87° W. from its former position.
By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,
W. FERD. TYLER,
Coast Inspector.
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS,
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 29th November, 1905.
No. 416.
CHINA SEA.
YANGTZE RIVER-KIUKIANG DISTRICT.
SHANSI POINT AND TWO-FATHOM CREEK BEACONS SHIFTED.
NOTICE is hereby given that, owing to the washing away of the river bank, Shansi Point Beacon aud Two-fathom Creek Beacon have been shifted 350 yards N.E. and N.N.E, respectively from their former positions.
By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,
IMPERIAI. MARITIME CUSTOMS,
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 29th November, 1905.
W. FERD. TYLER, Coast Inspector.
No. 48 of 1905.
INDIA-EAST COAST-GULF OF MANAAR-TUTICORIN.
ALTERATION IN COLUMN.
IT is hereby notified for the information of Mariners, that from and after the 1st February, 1906, to enable the light- house to be easily located during hazy weather, the existing "Sandstone columu, coloured brown, lantern white" of the Gulf of Manaar-Tuticorin (Hare Island) light will be altered to “Masonry column with 4 alternative equal bands of white and black, white at the top."
W. MITCHELL,
Commander, R.I.M., Presidency Port Officer.
Presidency Port Office, Madras, 15th November, 1905. This notice affects the following Admiralty Charts :--
Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal, No. 70 and India (sheet 3) East Coast, Cape Comoriu to Cocanada, No. 828.