THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH OCTOBER, 1890.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. —No. 434.
The following Hydrographic Notices are published for general information.
By Command,
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W. M. DEANE, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th October, 1890.
Government of Japan.
NOTIFICATION No. 196 OF DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
YESAN-SAKI LIGHTHOUSE.
East entrance to Tsugaru Straits.
Notice is hereby given that a Lighthouse has been erected on Yesan-saki, Eastern extremity of the Province of Oshima, Hokkaido, the Light of which will be exhibited on the night of the 1st November next 1890, and every night thereafter from Sunset to Sunrise.
According to the Japanese Admiralty chart No. 10, the position of the Lighthouse is approximately in Latitude 41 degrees 49 minutes 5 seconds North and in Longitude 141 degrees 10 minutes 50 seconds East of Greenwich.
The Lighthouse is built of Iron, Ilexagonal in cross section, painted White and 50 feet high from the base to the centre
of the lantern.
The Light will be a Second Order Catoptric Revolving Light showing alternately a Red flash and a White flash every 15 seconds. Its are of illumination will be 186 degrees 40 minutes from North 19 degrees 40 minutes West to South 13 degrees East. The bearings are true and as observed from the Lighthouse.
The elevation of the Light above the sea will be 144 feet and, in clear weather, the Light will be visible from a distance of 17 nautical miles.
TOKIO, 29th September, 1890.
COUNT GOTO SHOJIRO, Minister of State for Communications.
Government of Queensland.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 26 of 1890.
MORETON BAY.
POSITION OF BLACK BUOY AT ENTRANCE TO NORTH-WEST CHANNEL.
Notice is hereby given, that a Black Buoy has been placed to mark the Northern Extreme of the North-west Banks, and lies in 8 fathoms at low-water springs, with the South-east Glasshouse a little open to the Southward of the Beacon on Bribie Island, and with the following compass bearings :-
Caloundra Head
Beacon on Bribie Island
.N. 19° W. .S. 60° W.
The best line to enter the North-west Channel from seawards will be found by keeping the beacon on Bribie Island on with the Southern end of the South-east Glasshouse, and on entering the Channel the buoy will be passed on the port hand.
T. M. ALMOND, Portmaster.
Department of Ports and Harbours, Brisbane, 26th August, 1890.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 435.
The following Returns of Deaths for the Month ended 30th September, 1890, are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th October, 1890.
W. M. DEANE, Acting Colonial Secretary.