THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7TH APRIL, 1883.
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The substance of this Notice 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 and Light-list to which it relates.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
FOREIGN LIGHTS, &c.
[No. 11 of 1883.]
CHINA-YANGTSE RIVER-KIUKIANG DISTRICT.
(38.) Eagle island beacon light. (N. M. 11-83.)
Information has been received that on October 28, 1882, the Eagle island beacon light was shifted 250 yards farther up the river on account of the sudden washing away of the river bank.
(Chinese Notice to Mariners, No. 155, Shanghai, 1882.)
AMOY DISTRICT-DODD ISLAND.
(39.) Fog-signals. (N. M. 11-283.)
Also that the following fog-signals were established at Dodd island light-house on November 10, 1882.
During foggy weather the keepers, on hearing a bell, fog-horn, steam-whistle, or other sound indicating the proximity of a vessel, will fire two guns with an interval of half a minute between them, and, if the vessel's fog-signal is still heard, will repeat the firing after an interval of 15 minutes.
(Chinese Notice to Mariners, No. 157, Shanghai, 1882.)
FORMOSA-WEST COAST-AMPING ANCHORAGE.
(40.) Light on Fort Zelandia. (N. M. 11-’83.)
With reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 68 (344) of 1882, the light at Fort Zelandia is visible over an are of 45o, and not of 315°, as therein stated.-(Hydrographic Office.)
This Notice affects the following Charts, &c.:
Hydrographic Office:
(40.) No. 798, China Sea, Northern portion.
British Admiralty:
(39 and 40.) Nos. 1262 and 1968, Formosa Island and Strait.
(38.) No. 2678, Nanking to Tun-lin.
(39.) No. 1760, China, Sheet IV.
(40.) Nos. 781, 26616, and 2409, West Coast of Formosa.
Sailing Directions, &c.:
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China Sea Directory,” Vol. III, 1874, page 395 (38); page 178 (39); page 238 (40). "Sailing Directory for the Indian Archipelago, &c.," page 1021 (39); page 1039 (40).
U. S. Light-list No. 2 of 1881.
Number.
Page.
N. M. 11-83.
(38.)
153
.32
(39.)
194...Col. Rem. 39
(40.)
201a
64
66 41
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By order of the Bureau of Navigation:
J. C. P. de KRAFFT,
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Commodore, U. S. N., Hydrographer to the Burean.
U. S. HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE, Washington D. C., January 11, 1883.
The substance of this Notice 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 and Light-list to which it relates.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
FOREIGN LIGHTS, &c. [No. 12 of 1883.]
ENGLAND-BRISTOL CHANNEL.
(41.) Wreck off Sully island, (N. M. 12-'83.)
Information has been received that a green buoy, marked "Wreck," has been placed 30 fathoms SW. by W. W. from the wreck of the S. S. Raglan, sunk 600 yards off Sully island.
The buoy lies in seven fathoms at low-water spring tides, on the following bearings:
Flat Holm light-house
Lavernock point ....
Peak of Sully island ...........
.SE. E. .E. by N. & N. .NE. N.
The smoke-stack shows 10 or 12 feet at low water, and stump of fore-mast and anchor davits just awash.
A wreck-marking vessel has been placed 60 fathoms SW. by S. from the wreck, exhibiting marks by day and lights by night, in accordance with the regulations indicating that she should be passed on that side on which two balls or two lights are shown,
(Bearings magnetic. Variation, 19° 30′ westerly in 1883.)
(Trinity House Notice to Mariners, No. 225, London, 1882.)
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