1897.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH NOVEMBER, 1897. 963
Government of China.
NOTICE TO MARINERS,
No. 313.
CHINA SEA.
NEWCHWANG DISTRICT.
PORT ARTHUR LIGHTHOUSE.
Notice is hereby given that the Port Arthur Light was re-established and its character changed on the 20th October
The illuminating apparatus is now of the Sixth Order Dioptric, occulting, showing a fixed light varied by two eclipses every 20 seconds, thus:-
Light
Light
Eclipse.......
Eclipse...
.14 seconds.
2
95
2
93.
*9
The Light shows white between N. 13° E. and N. 55° W.; red inshore of N. 13° E. and between N. 55° W. and N. 81° W.; and white between N. 81° W. and S. 40° W.
The bearings are magnetic and from seaward.
The Light is elevated 87 feet above the level of the sea, and in clear weather the red light should be visible at a distance of 5 nautical miles, and the white light at 8 nautical miles, where not obscured by the land.
The Light-building, which is 7 feet high and painted white, stands close to the south-eastern side of the old Lighthouse, which is painted in white and black horizontal bands.
The Keepers' dwelling and the boundary wall are white. Approximate position :-
Customs.
Latitude Longitude
38° 47′ 26" N. ..121° 15′ 26′′ E.
Note.-The Port Arthur Lighthouse is in the Newchwang Customs District, but it is under the control of the Chefoo
By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS,
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
A. M. BISBEE,
Coast Inspector.
SHANGHAI, 25th October 1897.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 453.
The following Lot of Crown Land at Mong-Kok-Tsui will be sold by Public Auction on Monday, the 8th day of November, 1897, at 3 p.m.
Kowloon Inland Lot No. 761.
For Particulars and Conditions of Sale see page 881 of the Government Gazette for 1897.
By Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Coloniul Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd October, 1897.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 454.
The following Lots of Crown Land at Taipingshan Street will be sold by Public Auction on Tuesday, the 9th day of November, 1897, at 3 p.m.
Inland Lots Nos. 1,434, 1,454, 1,455, 1,456, 1,457 and 1,458.
For Particulars and Conditions of Sale see page 882 of the Government Gazette for 1897.
By Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colorial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd October, 1897.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 462.
The following Lot of Crown Land at Matheson Street, East Point, will be sold by Public Auction on Monday, the 15th day of November, 1897, at 3 p.m.
Inland Lot No. 1,459.
For Particulars and Conditions of Sale see page 927 of the Government Gazette for 1897.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th October, 1897.
J. H. STEWART Lockhart,
Colonial Secretary.