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Character of light :---Acetylene gas flashing red light, showing one flash every
4 seconds.
Illuminated are: -The whole horizon.
Power :--300 candles.
Visible distance :--111⁄2 nautical miles in clear night.
Kobe Ko East Breakwater South Lighthouse,
Position-Lat. 34° 40′ 42" N., Long. 135° 12' 16" E. (According to Japanese
Admiralty Chart No. 101.)
Description:-Iron lattice work, painted white.
Height of light :—35 shaku above the base, 394 shaku above the water. Character of light :-Acetylene gas flashing green light, showing one flash every
4 seconds.
Illuminated are:-The whole horizon.
Power :--200 candles.
Visible distance :--114 nautical miles in clear night,
The lights being unwatched, should the lights go out by accident there may be some delay in relighting them.
TOKYO, May 8th, 1918.
BARON KENJIRO DEN, Minister of State for Communications.
SPECIAL NOTICE TO MARINERS, No. 505,
CHINA SEA.
SHANGHAI DISTRICT---YANGTZE RIVER.
North Channel Entrance Tsungming Crossing.
Buoys to be moved Caution.
NOTICE is hereby given that a re-sounding of the Tsungming Crossing, North Chan- nel Entrance to the Yangtze River, shows considerable changes in the northern portion of the Crossing. In consequence, the following Buoys will be moved on or about the 20th May, 1918 :--
The Crossing Buoy will be moved about 11⁄2 cables S. 22 E. from its present
position. Its characteristics will not be changed.
The East Entrance Buoy will be moved about 14 miles S. 82° E. from its pre- sent position and its navigating colour will be changed from red and black horizontal stripes to red.
The Middle Island Buoy will be moved about 73 cables N. 88° E. from its pre-
sent position. Its characteristics will not be changed.
Caution,
The re-sounding of the Crossing shows that the shoal to the westward of the present position of the Middle Island Buoy has extended to the northward, and until the above alterations have been made vessels should navigate this vicinity with caution.
All bearings given are magnetic.
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 13th May, 1918.
T. J. ELDRIDGE,
Deputy Coast Inspector
(for Coast Inspector).
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