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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7TH APRIL, 1883.
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The building is of wood, painted white, and consists of a square tower 40 feet high from its base to the vane on the lantern, with keeper's dwelling attached.
The light-house stands upon the highest part of the island, about 250 feet from its southernmost point, and the light is intended as a general guide up St. Margaret's bay.
(Dominion of Canada Notice to Mariners, No. 23, Ottawa, 1882.),
UNITED STATES-MAINE.
(53.) Buoy in Moose-a-Bec reach. (N. M. 15-'83.)
Information has been received that a black spar-buoy has recently been placed in the western part of Moose-a-Bec reach, eastward of Shabbit island, in four fathoms, low water, on the following bearings:
Spindle on Fessenden's ledge.. Duck island, dry part....................
This buoy is to be left on the port hand in coming to the westward.
.NE. by E. E. .................SW. by S.
(Bearings magnetic. Variation, 17° 15′ westerly in 1883.)
(Office of Light-house Inspector, First District, Portland, January 9, 1883.) (54.) Spar-buoy, Staples ledge. (N. M. 15-'83.)
Also, that a spar-buoy, with red and black horizontal stripes, has been placed in Placentia sound, near Burnt Coat island, to mark Staples ledge. The buoy is in five fathoms, low water, on the following bearings:
Spindle on ship and barges
North point of Gott's island
..N. by W. W. ..E. & N.
The ledge marked by this buoy is about 50 feet from the buoy, from N. to W., and is dry at low water.
(Bearings magnetic. Variation, 17° 15′ westerly in 1883.).
(Office Light-house Inspector, First District, Portland, January 9, 1883.)
(55.) Change of characteristics of the Cape Elizabeth lights. (N. M. 15-'83.)
With reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 108 (602) of 1882, further information has been received that on July 1, 1883, the light to be displayed at Cape Elizabeth, Maine, will be a flashing white light of the 1st order, with intervals of 10 seconds between flashes.
The light on the western tower will be discontinued on the same date, as heretofore ordered.
(Light-house Board. Notice to Mariners, No. 1, 1883.)
This Notice affects the following Charts, &c.:
Hydrographic Office:
(62, 53 and 51) No. 21, North Atlantic Ocean, Sheet I.. (52 and 55.) No. 15, River and Gulf of St. Lawerence, &c. (53 and 54.) No. 17, Northeast Coast of North America, Sheet II.
(52.) Nos. 17 and 524, southeast Coast of Nova Scotia, Sheet I.
(55.) Nos. 21 and 18, Northeast Coast of North America, Sheet III.
Coast Survey
(53 and 54.) No. 4, Cape Sable to Cape Hatteras.
(53.) No. 304, Moose-a-Bec Reach.
(55.) Nos. 4, 107, 106, 325 and 327, Richmond island Harbor..
British Admiralty :
(52 and 55.) No. 2870, Halifax to Delaware.
(52.) Nos. 2666, 730 and 343, Nova Scotia, Southeast Coast. (55.) Nos. 2492 and 2490, Pemaquid Point to Fletcher's Neck.
Sailing Directions, &c.:
"Southeast Coast of Nova Scotia, &c." (1875), page 106 (52).
"Atlantic Coast Pilot," Eastport to Boston (1879), page 68 (53); page 148 (54); pages 482 and 485 (55). List of Light Houses, Lighted Beacons, &c., U. S. Light-house Board, 1882, page 16, Nos. 46 and 47 (55).
U. S. Light-list, No. 1 A of 1881.
Number. Page,
N. M. 15-'83.
(52.)
473. ...........90
By order of the Bureau of Navigation:
J. C. P. de KRAFFT, Commodore, U. S. N., Hydrographer to the Bureau.
U. S. HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE, Washington, D. C., January 17, 1883.
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CROUCHER'S ISLAND...... St. Margaret's bay.
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Square tower; wood; white; keeper's dwelling attached.
40 D., 6th ord. 1883
(N. M. 15-'83.)
A gene-
Visible all around horizon.
ral guide up St. Margaret's bay.