THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MARCH, 1893.
Government of China.
NOTICE TO MARINERS,
No. 25 (SPECIAL).
CHINA SEA.
SHANGHAI DISTRICT.
SOUTHERN ENTRANCE TO THE YANGTZE.
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Fairway Bell Buoy.
Notice is hereby given that on or about the 15th proximo a Fairway Bell Buoy will be moored off the Southern entrance to the Yangtze on the following bearings:
Gutzlaff Lighthouse
Tungsha Lightship
South-Magnetic. ..N. 60° W.
The buoy will be painted in red and black horizontal bands and surmounted by a black spherical cage.
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS,
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 22nd February, 1893.
A. M. BISBEE,
Coast Inspector.
NOTICE TO MARINERS,
No. 263.
CHINA SEA.
YANGTZE RIVER-CHINKIANG DISTRICT.
COOPER BANK BEACON LIGHT.
Notice is hereby given that the Cooper Bank Beacon Light has been shifted 1,064 yards S. 42o E. from its last position, in consequence of the washing away of the river bank.
By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS,
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 24th February 1893.
A. M. BISBEE,
Coast Inspector.
Government of Japan.
NOTIFICATION No. 56 or DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
SHIWOKUBI-MISAKI FOG SIREN,
TSUGARU STRAITS.
Notice is hereby given that a Steam Fog Siren has been erected at Shiwokubi-misaki (Capo Blunt), Tsugarn Straits, and that ou and after the 1st March, 1893, during foggy or thick weather, it will be sounded at the rate of one blast per minute; the sound of which will be 6 seconds duration and in calm weather will be heard about 4 nautical miles.
The position of Shiwokubi-misaki, according to the Japanese Admiralty chart No. 10, is:
Latitude... Longitude.........
41° 43' North. .140° 58' East of Greenwich.
Tokio, 17th February, 1893.
COUNT KURODA KIYOTAKA, Minister of State for Communications.