THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26TH DECEMBER, 1891.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 536.
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The following are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th December, 1891.
·W. M. GOODMAN,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
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ALACRITY," AT SHANGHAI, 8th December, 1891.
HYDROGRAPHICAL MEMO. No. 8.
SOURABAYA STRAIT.-The Government of Batavia has given Notice, dated 23rd September, 1891, that the following alterations have been made.
A second white gas buoy has been placed with Eastern top Zadelberg Kemiri N. 234 E.-Kendjeran Noord S. 86 W. Light visible 5 miles.
The white buoy surmounted by a ball, between this gas buoy and the first one, has been replaced N.N.W. W. at a distance of 3,300 yards of the place of the gas buoy above mentioned.
The red and white chequered Conical buoy, Westward of Kali Mas, has been withdrawn.
To the Commodore and the respective Captains, Commanders, and
Officers Commanding Her Majesty's Ships and Vessels employed on the China Station.
Chart 934.
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FRED. W. RICHARDS, Vice-Admiral.
the
Government of Japan.
NOTIFICATION No. 276 oF DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
ISHIKARI LIGHT,
WEST COAST OF HOKKAIDO.
hereby given that, on and after the night of the 1st January, 1892, a FIXED WHITE LIGHT will be from a Hexagonal Wooden Tower erccted at the mouth of ISHIKARI RIVER, Province of Ishikari,
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be visible through an are of 180 degrees between the bearings of S. 43° 10′ W. and N. 43° 10′ E. It will t above the Sea, and, in clear weather, will be seen from a distance of 6 Nautical Miles. served from the Light.
The bearings
is painted with BLACK and WHITE HORIZONTAL BANDS, and is 40 feet high from the base to the centre of The portion of the Light, according to the Japanese Admiralty Chart No. 93, is approximately :—
Latitude Longitude
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43° 16' 0" North. .141° 21' 30" East of Greenwich.
COUNT GOTO SHOJIRO, Minister of State for Communications.
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-Pokyo, 9th December, 1891.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. -No. 514.
Notice is hereby given that Sealed Tenders will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, till 3 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, the 29th day of December, 1891, for the purchase of the entire privileges known as the Opium Farm established under The Prepared Opium Ordinance, 1891, for three years from March 1st, 1892.
Full information as to conditions of tendering, &c. can be obtained from the Colonial Treasurer.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th December, 1891.
W. M. GOODMAN, Acting Colonial Secretary.