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SPECIAL NOTICE TO MARINERS, No. 538.
CHINA SEA.
SHANGHAI DISTRICT.
Yangtze River-North and South Channel Entrances.
"Drinkwater Point" and "Kiutoan" Light-vessels Replaced on their Stations.
REFERRING to Special Notices to Mariners Nos. 535 and 536, notice is hereby given that the Drinkwater Point and Kiutoan Light-vessels have been replaced on their respective stations in the North and South Channel Entrances to the Yangtze River and retain the characteristics given for them in the current issue of the “ List of Lights, Buoys, and Beacons."
T. J. ELDRIDGE,
Coast Inspector.
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 25th August, 1919.
NOTICE TO MARINERS, No. 686.
CHINA SEA.
Yangtze River-Chinkiang District.
Kiushan Bank Beacon Moved.
REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 675, notice is hereby given that the Kiushan Bank Beacon has, owing to the washing away of the river bank, been moved 1.5 cables S. 49° E., magnetic, from its former position. The characteristics of the Beacon remain unchanged, and from its new position, Pitman-King Island Surveying-beacon bears S. 38° E. and is distant 2.85 miles.
By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,
THE MARITIME CUSTOMS,
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 25th August, 1919.
T. J. ELDRIDGE,
Coast Inspector.
The Government of the Philippine Islands Department of Commerce and Communications BUREAU OF COMMERCE AND Industry MANILA.
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September 12, 1919.
NOTICE TO MARINERS, No. 563.
Guardia Shoal.
THE acetylene gas buoy formerly placed at Guardia Shoal, entrance to Manila Bay, has been replaced by a second class black can buoy.
(See No. 29, List of Buoys, Beacons, etc., 1918, and Notice to Mariners No. 555, dated July 26, 1919.)
FIDEL A. REYES,
Acting Director.