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THE HONGKONG 'GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7TH FEBRUARY, 1885. 125
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.~No. 61.
The following Hydrographic Notices are published for general information.
By Command,
W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary.
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Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 7th February, 1885.
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 otherwise in the page, of the Sailing Directions to which it relates. See Admiralty Instructions, Navigation and Pilotage, pp.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
[ No. 247. ]
COCHIN CHINA.
(1) Saigon River Entrance--Alteration in Lights.
The French Government has given Notice, dated 22nd November 1884, that the following alteration has been made
hts at Saigon river entrance :-
A pile lighthouse has been erected in the position formerly occupied by Cangio light-vessel; the lighthouse is com- 3. but the illuminating apparatus will not be established until January 1885; a fixed white light, visible in clear her from a distance of 7 miles, is temporarily exhibited.
Position, lat. 10° 20′ 50′′ N., long. 106° 56′ 45′′ E.
The buoy on the north-east end of Cangio bank, has been replaced by a light-vessel, exhibiting a fixed red light, in clear weather from a distance of 7 miles. This light-vessel will be replaced by a pile lighthouse, now in course struction, the illuminating apparatus will be established in the year 1885. Position, lat. 10° 24′ 40′′ N, long, 107° 1' 0" E.
EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO.
MOLUCCA ISLANDS.
(2) Shoal Northward of Pisang Island—Existence Confirmed.
Information has been received, that the existence-hitherto doubtful--of the shoal lying about 10 miles northward of an island, is confirmed by a report made by Mr. Anderson, Master of the British vessel Archear, who gives the
in particulars :
The shoal (now named Archear shoal), composed of coral, extends in an east and west direction a distance of nearly miles, with a breadth of about one cable, and has an estimated depth of 2 fathoms; it lies with the following Bearings :-
The Western Boe island......... Pisang island...
Pesition, hat. 1° 12 $., lòng. 128° 53
E.
.E. by N. .South.
(The bearings are Magnetic. Variation 2o Easterly in 1884.)
By Command of their Lordships,
W. J. L. WHARTON,
Hydrographer.
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 11th December, 1884.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-
1 sdgon river to Flan-rang bay, No. 1261: Saigon or Don-nai river, No. 1269: Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, &c., 1884, No 245: and China Sea Directory, vol. 11., 1879, pages 334, 335.
(2) Eastern Archipelago, eastern portion, No. 912a.
stance 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 or otherwise in the page, of the Sailing Directions to which it relates. Ste Admiralty Instructions, Navigation and Pilotage, pp.
12 & 313.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
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CEYLON-WEST COAST.
Colombo Principal Light-Intended Alteration in Character.
The Government of Ceylon has given Notice, that on 1st January 1885, the following alteration will be made in the
for of the principal light, shown from the clock tower at that place :-
Fight will be a group flashing white light, showing three flashes in quick succession every thirty seconds, each two seconds, separated by an eclipse of three seconds, and followed by an eclipse of eighteen seconds; the light gated 135 feet above high water, and should be visible in clear weather from a distance of about 17 miles. Ae linminating apparatus will be dioptric, or by lenses, of the first order.
H ̧bographic Office, Admiralty, London, 13th December, 1884.
By Command of their Lordships,
W. J. L. WHARTON,
Hydrographer.
betion affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Indian ocean, No. 7486; bay of Bengal, No. 70; cape Comorin to Cocanada, No. 828 ; and Matudar gulf No, 687; Ceylon, south coast, with plan of Colombo, No, 813: Alo, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, &c.,
No. 19%; 2nd West Coast of Hindostan Pilot, 1880, page 55,