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NOTICES TO MARINERS.
Ceylon. North Coast.
Latitude : 9° 5′ N.; Longitude : 79° 42′ E.
REFERRING to my notice to mariners dated October 14, 1914, notice is hereby given that the 4th order occulting red light at the Talaimannar South Pier will be removed from June 1, 1918, and will not be replaced.
Charts affected, Admiralty Charts:
2197, Point Pedro to Delft island.
68a, Palk Strait and Gulf of Mannar sheet 1.
828, Cape Comorin to Coconada. 70, Bay of Bengal.
Publications: Admiralty list of lights, etc., Part VI., No. 529. supplement, 1916, to Bay of Bengal Pilot, 4th Edition 1910. supplement No. 2, 1916 to West Coast of India Pilot, 5th Edition
Page 21 of the revised Page 17 of the revised 1909.
C. E. STAINER, Lieut-Commander, R.N.,
MASTER ATTENDANT'S OFFICE,
COLOMBO, May 2, 1918.
Master Attendant.
SPECIAL NOTICE TO MARINERS, No. 510.
CHINA SEA.
SHANGHAI DISTRICT--YANGTZE RIVER.
Confucius Channel South-Eastern Entrance.
Direction of Channel to, be Changed-Buoys to be Mored.
NOTICE is hereby given that on or about the 13th June, 1918, the under-mentioned Buoys marking the lower end of the Confucius Channel, Yangtze River, will be moved as follows:
The South-east Spit Buoy will be moved about 17 miles S. 86° E. from its pre-
sent position, its characteristics remaining unchanged.
The Dove's Nest Lower Buoy will be moved about 22 miles S. 64° E. from its
present position, its characteristics remaining unchanged.
The Dove's Nest Upper Buoy will be moved about 14 miles S. 42° E. from its
present position, its characteristics remaining unchanged.
These alterations, when effected, will place the entrance to the Confucius Channel to the northward of the shoal that is located in the river about 6 cables to the north- eastward of the present position of the South-east Spit Buoy.
The channel to the southward of the shoal, which is at present buoyed, has been found to have narrowed considerably, and until the above alterations have been made, vessels navigating this vicinity should keep carefully to the buoyed channel.
All bearings given are magnetic, and depths are those of low water of spring tides.
W. FERD. TYLER,
Coast Inspector.
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 30th May, 1918.