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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH MAY, 1884.
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, Navigation and Pilotage, p.
312 & 313.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
[No. 51.]
CHINA SEA.
TONG-KING GULF-DELTA OF THE SONG-KA.
Light-Vessel at Song-Kinh-Thai River Entrance.
The French Government has given Notice, that on 21st December 1883, a light was exhibited from a light-vessel placed on the east side of Kua Kam channel, Song-Kinh-Thai river entrance, approach to Haï-phong :
The light is a fixed white light.
The light-vessel (a junk), painted red, is moored with Do-son point bearing S. 19° E., distant 17th miles.
(The bearing is Magnetic. Variation 2° Easterly in 1884.)
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 5th March, 1884.
By Command of their Lordships,
FREDK. J. EVANS,
Hydrographer.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Chart:-Delta of the Song-ka, No. 875; Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, &c.. 1884, page 22; and China Sea Directory, vol. II. 1879, page 373.
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, Navigation and Pilotage, pp.
312 & 313.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
[No. 54.]
CHINA SEA.
GASPAR STRAIT-PULO MENDANAO.
Fixed Light on Ajer Lantjoe.
The Netherlands Government has given Notice, dated 23rd February, 1884, that a light is now exhibited from a lighthouse erected on Ajer Lantjoe (West point), Pulo Mendanao or Long island, eastern side of Stolze channel, Gaspar
strait:-
The light is a fixed white light, elevated 204 feet above high water, and should be visible in clear weather from a distance of 21 miles.
The illuminating apparatus is dioptric, or by lenses, of the first order.
The lighthouse, 88 feet high, constructed of iron and twelve-sided, is painted white. Position approximate on Admiralty chart, lat. 2° 53′ S., long. 107° 21′ E.
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 7th March, 1884.
By Command of their Lordships,
FREDк. J. EVANS,
Hydrographer.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Indian occan, No. 748b; Eastern archipelago, No. 941a; Gaspar and Banka straits. No. 2149; Gaspar strait, No. 2137: Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, &c., 1884, No. 214b; and China Sea Directory, vol. 1. 1878 page 280.