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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH JANUARY, 1895.
NOTICE TO MARINERS,
No. 289.
CHINA SEA.
AMOY DISTRICT.
Notice is hereby given that Captain H. W. Hoce, of the S.S. Taisang, reports that at 8.16 A.M. on the 15th instant and low water of a spring tide, the wind N.E., force 7, sea very rough, his ship touched some danger with Chapel Island bearing S. 67° E., true, distant 41⁄2 miles, where the Admiralty Chart No. 1,760 shows between 10 and 11 fathoms.
By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS,
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 26th December 1894.
A. M. BISBEE,
Coast Inspector.
KIUNGCHOW DISTRICT.
LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS,
No. 5.
CAPE CAMI LIGHT.
Notice is hereby given that the Light at Cape Cami was exhibited for the first time at sunset on the 1st January. The illuminating apparatus is Revolving Dioptric of the Fourth Order, showing double white flashes at intervals of half a minute.
The Lighthouse stands about 83 yards north of high-water mark on the southernmost point of the islet marked on the charts as Cape Cami; and the Light, which is elevated 67 feet above the level of the sea, should be visible in clear weather at a distance of 13 nautical miles in all directions where it is not obscured by land.
The tower is an iron screw pile structure, 55 feet high, with a total height from its base to the lantern vane of 67 feet. The tower and dwellings are painted white.
Approximate position :-
Latitude Longitude
CAUTION.
... 20° 13′ 20′′ N.
..109° 55′ 5′′ E.
A
On account of the outlying reefs about Cape Cami, vessels are recommended not to round it at any less distance than two miles from the Lighthouse.
APPROVED:
F. S. UNWIN,
Acting Commissioner of Customs.
Custom House,
KIUNGCHOW, 2nd January, 1895.
C. J. PRICE, Acting Harbour Master.
Government of Japan.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
(The bearings are Magnetic, and those concerning the visibility of lights are given from seaward.)
No. 689.
JAPAN.
SETOUCHI—AKI SEA.
(1794) EXISTENCE OF SUNKEN REEF AND SHOAL SPOT.
The undermentioned sunken reef and shoal spot have been found in the approaches to the east entrance of Hiroshima bay, Setouchi, during our recent survey.
1. A reef (named Hiyama-iso) with 53 fathoms on it at low water springs, lies eastward of Kajima, or approximately
in Lat. 34° 03′ 45′′ N.; Long. 132° 33′ 20′′ E. on Naval chart No. 50.
2. The spot, marked 5 on the chart, close to the south end of Hajima, has a least depth of 2 fathoms on it at low
water springs.
This Notice affects the following Naval chart :--No. 50.