THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH AUGUST, 1892.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 354.
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The following are published.
By Command,
G. T. M. O'BRIEN, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th August, 1892.
Government of China.
NOTICE TO MARINERS,
No. 256.
CHINA SEA.
SHANGHAI AND NINGPO DISTRICTS.
BONHAM STRAIT. Wreck of the S.S. Peking.
Notice is hereby given that the wreck of the S.S. Peking lies in a straight line drawn from the summit of Napier Island (368 feet hill) to the south-western extreme of Gutzlaff Island, and with Bonham Island Lighthouse bearing S. 33° 25' E. true, distant 6 miles.
The Button islet open its own length to the eastward of Pirie Island leads clear, to the westward, of the wreck; and the castern extreme of The Button in line with the eastern extreme of Pirie Island leads clear, to the eastward, of the wreck.
CAUTION.
Vessels having to pass the wreck by night should pay careful attention to the bearings of Bonham Island and Gutzlaff Lights and to the set of the tides, which are very strong in this vicinity.
By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS,
A. M. BISBEE,
Coast Inspector.
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 25th July 1892.
NOTICE TO MARINERS,
No. 257.
CHINA SEA.
NEWCHWANG DISTRICT.
LAO-TIEH-SHAN PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE.
Notice is hereby given that the works for the establishment of a First Order Revolving Light showing double flashes at intervals of half a minute have been commenced on the Lao-t'ieh-shan Promontory (the Liau-ti-shan Promontory of the British Admiralty Charts), at the entrance to the Gulf of Pechili, and distant a little more than 6 miles from the Port Arthur Lighthouse.
During the progress of the works a temporary dioptric fixed red Light of the sixth order, and visible all round except where cut off by the land, will be exhibited on a wooden stand on the south-western slope of Lao-t'ieh-shan Promontory, at an elevation of about 300 feet above the level of the sea, and in clear weather it should be visible at a distance of nautical iniles.
By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS,
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 25th July 1892.
A. M. BISBEE,
Coast Inspector.
NOTICE TO MARINERS, No. 258.
CHINA SEA.
YANGTZE RIVER-KIUKIANG DISTRICT.
CHRISTMAS ISLAND BEACON LIGHT.
Notice is hereby given that the Christmas Island Beacon Light has been shifted 240 feet N. 13° W. 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, 25th July 1892.
A. M. BISBEE,
Coast Inspector.