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Description. A cylindrical Light Buoy with framework superstructure painted black and numbered "2," exhibiting a group flashing red light showing three flashes in quick succession every twenty-two and a-half seconds, thus :-
Eclipse Flash
Flash
sec.
1 sec. Flash
į sec. Eclipse
! sec.
19 secs.
Eclipse
1 sec.
Power. —-1,300 candles.
Visibility-Eight miles.
Remarks. Further notice will be given.
Charts affected.--Admiralty Chart No. 1095
-Clarence Strait.
613
Melville Island and Dundas and
Clarence Straits.
1044
""
Groote Eylandt to Cape Ford.
2759A-Australia, Northern portion.
942B-Eastern Archipelago, Eastern por-
tion, part 2.
Publications affected.--Australia Pilot, Vol. V., 1914, page 96.
By Direction,
R. McK. OAKLEY, Acting Comptroller-General of Customs.
JOSHUA F. RAMSBOTHAM,
Director of Lighthouses.
Department of Trade and Customs,
MELBOURNE, 12th July, 1918.
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA,
1918. No. 14.
The Astronomical positions are only approximate unless seconds are given. The bearings are given both True and Magnetic, and those relating to lights are from seaward. The visibility of lights is that in clear weather. Fog signals are sounded only in thick or foggy weather. The elevation given is the height of focal plane above high water.
AUSTRALIA-NORTH COAST.
Van Diemen Gulf.
Light Buoy to be established off Cape Keith.
MARINERS and others are hereby notified that a Light Buoy showing a group flashing white light will be established off Cape Keith on or about 1st September, 1918.
Position. The Light Buoy will be moored in about 15 fathoms of water at a distance of about 14 miles South-eastward of Cape Keith. Position will be approximately :--
Lat. 11° 46′ S.; Long. 131° 36′ E. on Chart 613. Description.—A Cylindrical Light Buoy with framework superstructure painted red and numbered "1," exhibiting a group flashing white light showing four flashes in quick succession every thirty seconds, thus:-
Flash
Eclipse Flash
1 sec.
1 sec. Power.-1,300 candles.
sec.
Visibility-Eight miles.
Eclipse
Eclipse Flash Eclipse Flash
1 sec.
sec.
1 sec.
sec.
25 secs.
Remarks. Further notice will be given. Charts affected.-Admiralty Chart No.
19
"1
"
1)
613-Melville Island and Dundas and.
""
1044
2)
Clarence Straits.
Groote Eylandt to Cape Ford. 2759A-Australia, Northern portion.
942B-Eastern Archipelago, Eastern por--
tion, Part 2.
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