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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17TH MAY, 1890.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 212.
The following Hydrographic Notices are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 17th May, 1890.
Government of China.
NOTICE TO MARINERS,
No. 235.
CHINA SEA.
NINGPO DISTRICT.
Loka Island Light.
W. M. DEANE, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Notice is hereby given that the new Light on the north point of Loka Island was exhibited for the first time on the 10th January 1890.
The illuminating apparatus is fixed dioptric of the fourth order, showing white and red light between the following magnetic bearings, which are taken from seaward :---
White from N. 14° 30′ W. to N. 86° W. In this sector there are two small obscurations caused by islands to
the S.S.E. of Loka; the light being invisible between N. 17° 30′ W. and N. 19° 50′ W., and between N. 23° W. and N. 26° W.
Red from N. 86° W. to S. 78° 30′ W.
White from S. 78° 30′ W. to S. 25° W.
Red from S. 25° W. round by south to S. 89° 45′ E.
White from S. 89° 45′ E. to N. 77° E.
From N. 77° E. round by north to N. 14° 30′ W. the light is entirely obscured by Loka Island.
The Light is elevated 128 feet above the sea, and in clear weather the white light should be visible from a distance of 15, and the red light from a distance of 7, miles.
The tower and lightkeeper's dwellings are painted white.
The approximate geographical position is-
Latitude,
Longitude,
29° 58′ 15′′ N.
.122° 27′ 20′′ E.
This Notice is issued to supplement the information given in Notice to Mariners No. 232 of this Series, dated the 1st January 1890.
By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS, COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE.
SHANGHAI, 2nd May, 1890.
NOTICE TO MARINERS,
No. 236.
E. V. BREN AN,
Acting Coast Inspector.
CHINA SEA.
YANGTZE RIVER-CHINKIANG DISTRICT.
Mud Fort Beacon Light.
Notice is hereby given that the Mud Fort Beacon Light has been shifted 720 feet N. 70° 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, 7th May, 1890.
E. V. BRENAN, Acting Coast Inspector,