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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH FEBRUARY, 1895.
OMOJI IWA BEACON LIGHT.
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Also that on and after the same date, a FIXED WHITE LIGHT with a RED SECTOR will be EXHIBITED from a Stone Beacon erected on Omoji Iwa, North of Northern end of Ainoshima, Northwest of Shimonoseki Straits.
The Light will be visible through an arc of 299 degrees between the bearings of N. 30° 40′ W. and N. 30° 20′ E. The Red Sector will extend over an arc of 16 degrees from N. 30° 40′ W. to N. 46° 40′ W. covering Koshiki Rock.
The elevation of the light above the Sea will be 45 feet, and in clear weather it will be seen from a distance of 6 Nautical Miles.
The Beacon is Conical in shape and is painted with Black and White Horizontal Bands.
There is a SUNKEN ROCK called Okinokuri which bears from the Beacon N. 35° 30′ W., distant about 6 cables, and also another SUNKEN ROCK with 23 fathoms of water on it, bearing from the Beacon S. 64° 25′ E., distant about 54 cables.
The cross bearings taken from the Beacon are as follow:-
N. end of Mutsure-shima
The tall rock at North end of North Shiroshima Shirasu Lighthouse
..S. 56° 30′ E. ..N. 81° 30′ W. ..S. 33° 45′ W.
The bearings are all true, and those relating to the visibility of light are given from seaward.
NOTE: These 2 lights will be kept burning day and night by self-feeding arrangement. Should the lights go out by
accident, there may be some delay before relighting them.
WITHDRAWAL OF AINOSHIMA BUOY.
Also that on the same date, AINOSHIMA BUOY marking Northern extremity of the shoal running in a North-westerly direction from the North end of Ainoshima, North-west of Shimonoseki Straits, will be WITHDRAWN.
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Tokyo, January 24th, 1895.
COUNT KURODA KIYOTAKA, Minister of State for Communications.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 58.
The following Notice is published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th February, 1895.
NOTICE.
J. H. STEWArt Lockhart, Acting Colonial Secretary.
The Cape of Good Hope having entered the Universal Postal Union on the 1st January, 1895, the Rates of Postage from Hongkong to that Colony (including Basutoland) will in future be the same as for other countries of the Union.
ARTHUR K. TRAVERS,
Postmaster General.
POST OFFICE NOTICE.
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