THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD JANUARY,' 1891.
Government of Japan.
NOTIFICATION No. 268 OF DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
MASHIKE BEACON LIGHT,
WEST COAST OF HOKKAIDO.
Notice is hereby given that on and after the NIGHT of the 25th DECEMBER, 1890, a BEACON LIGHT will ba exhibited from a Square Wooden Tower erected at the TOWN of MASHIKE, Province of Teshio, Hokka
The Light will be a Fixed White Light visible through an arc of 207 degrees between the bearings of S. 80° 10′ W. and S. 72° 50′ E. It will be elevated 134 feet above the sea, and in clear weather will be seen from a distance of 6 nautical miles. The bearings true and as observed from the Light.
The Tower is painted White and is 16 feet high from the base to the centre of the lantern.
The position of the Beacon Light, according to the Japanese Admiralty Chart No. 93, is approximately
Lat.
43 deg. 50 min. North.
Long. 141 deg. 30 min. East of Greenwich.
TOKYO, December 10th, 1890.
COUNT GOTO SHOJIRO, Minister of State for Communications.
NOTIFICATION No. 271 OF DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
MOJI BAY SHOAL IN SHIMONOSEKI STRAITS.
ALTERATION IN BUOYAGE.
Notice is hereby given that owing to the accretion of the Shoal in Moji Bay, Shimonoseki Straits, 2 Iron Conical Buoys have been placed to mark the North-east and South-west ends of the shoal; and that the Red and Black striped Buoy hitherto moored on the shoal has been withdrawn.
The North-east end Ruoy is painted Red and is moored in 4 fathoms of water at Low Water Spring Tides. The cross bearings from the Buoy are as follows:
Yojibei Beacon..
Eifuku-ji (a temple)
8. 32 deg, W. true.
.S. 85 deg. W. true.
Extreme end of Moji-saki.
N. 27 deg. E. true.
The South-west end Buoy is painted Black and is moored in 4 fathoms of water at Low Water Spring Tides. The cross bearings from the Buoy are as follows:
Yojibei Beacon. Eifuku-ji (a temple) ... Extreme end of Moji-saki
.S. 25 deg. W. true.
N. 45 deg. W. true. .N. 38 deg. E. true.
The Buoys are surmounted by spherical cages whose tops stand 10 feet above the sea.
TOKIO, 11th December, 1890.
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COUNT GOTO SHOJIRO, Minister of State for Communications.