THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TM FEBRUARY, 1889.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 63.
The following Hydrographic Notice is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th February, 1889.
FREDERICK STEWART, Colonial Secretary.
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The substance of this Notice, as soon as it is received on board, is to be inserted in red ink on the Charts affected
by'it; and introduced into the margin, or otherwise in the page of the Sailing Directions to which it
relates. See Admiralty Instructions, 1887, Navigation and Pilotage, p. 368.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
[No. 404 of the year 1888.]
RED SEA-STRAIT OF JUBAL.
FLASHING LIGHT ON SHADWAN ISLAND.
With reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 179 (3), of 28th June 1888, and previous Notice; on the intended exhibition of a light from a lighthouse to be erected by the Egyptian Government on the south-cast point of Shadwan island, western side of southern entrance to the strait ofiJubal :-
The Egyptian Government has given Notice, that on 15th January 1889, the light will be exhibited :--
The light will be a flashing light, showing red and white flashes alternately every thirty seconds, visible through an are of 278° or from the bearing of S. 74° E., through west, to S. 8° W. It will be elevated 120 feet above the sea, and should be seen in clear weather from a distance of 20 miles.
The illuminating apparatus will be dioptric, or by lenses, of the second order.
The lighthouse.is constructed of stone, and circular in shape.
Position, lat. 27° 26′ 55′′ N., long. 34° 2′ 20′′ E.
(The bearings are Magnetic, and are given from seaward.
By Command of their Lordships,
Variation 4 Westerly in 1888).
W. J. L. WHARTON, Hydrographer.
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 27th December 1888.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts: Red sea, Nos 2523, 8a; gulf of Suez, No. 757; strait of Jubal, No. 2838: Also, Admiralty List of Lights in the Mediterranean, 1888, page 178; List of Lights in South Africa, &c., 1888, page 20; and Red Sea Pilot, 1883, pages 14, 56.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 35.
The following Lot of Crown Land at Rutter Street Taip'ingshan, will be sold by Public Auction, on Monday, the 11th day of February, 1889, at 4 P.M.
Inland Lot No. 1,215.
For Particulars and Conditions of Sale see page 116 of the Government Gazette for 1889.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th January, 1889.
FREDERICK STEWART, Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 37.
The following Lot of Crown Land at Sing Wong Street, will be sold by Public Auction, on Wednesday, the 13th day of February, 1889, at 4 P.M.
Inland Lot No. 1,214.
For Particulars and Conditions of Sale see page 118 of the Government Gazette for 1889.
By Command,
FREDERICK STEWART, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th January, 1889.