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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH FEBRUARY, 1895.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 57.
The following are published.
By Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Acting Colonial Secretary,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th February, 1895.
Government of Japan.
NOTIFICATION No. 9 OF DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
SHIMONOSEKI STRAITS.
MOJI BAY, SOUTHWEST BUOY.
Change of Colour and Position Effected.
Notice is hereby given that the change of the colour and position of the Buoy marking the Southwestern extremity of the shoal in Moji Bay, Shimonoseki Straits, which was notified under the date of January 7th, 1895, has been effected.
The cross bearings taken from the Buoy are as follows:
Yojibei Beacon
Shimonoseki Storm Signal post.. Extreme end of Moji saki.....
Tokio, January 18th, 1895.
.S. 25 deg. 30 min. W. true.
.N. 56 deg. W. true. ..N. 39 deg. E. true.
COUNT KURODA KIYOTAKA, Minister of State for Communications.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
In the Notification No. 170 of Department of Communications relating to the establishment of Odate-shima and Shirase Lighthouses, West coast of Kiushu, published under the date of August 27th, 1894, the bearings given for the illuminating are of Odate-shima Light and its height above the sea were incorrect, "S. 56° 50′ E. and S. 31° 50′ E." having been error for “S. 65° 10′ E. and S. 40° 10′ E.," and "200 feet above the sea" for "264 feet above the sea."
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Tokyo, January 21st, 1895.
BY ORDER.
NOTIFICATION No. 15 OF DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
LIGHTS IN INLAND SEA AND WEST ENTRANCE TO SHIMONOSEKI STRAITS, AND WITHDRAWAL OF AINOSHIMA BUOY.
HABUSHI IWA BEACON LIGHT.
Notice is hereby given that on and after February 15th, 1895, a FIXED WHITE LIGHT will be EXHIBITED from
a Stone Beacon erected on Habushi Iwa, South of Hiroshima, Inland Sea,
The elevation of the Light above the Sea will be 33 feet, and in clear weather it will be seen all round from a distance 6 Nautical Miles.
The Beacon is Conical in shape and is painted with Red and Black Horizontal Bands.
The cross-bearings taken from the Beacon are as follow:-
N.W. end of Takami-shima
S.W. end of Hiroshima
N. end of Ushishima.......
S. 64° 45′ W.
.N. 59° 15′ W. .N. 69° 15′ E.
The bearings are true.