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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH APRIL, 1883.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 142.
HYDROGRAPHIC NOTICE.
The following Notice to Mariners is published
for general information.
By Command,
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Colonial Secretary's Office,
W. H. MARSH,
Hongkong, 14th April, 1883.
Colonial Secretary,
Government of China.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 166.
CHINA SEA.
TAKAO DISTRICT.
South Cape of Formosa Lighthouse.
Notice is hereby given that the Light on the South Cape of Formosa was exhibited for the first time at sunset on the 1st instant.
The illuminating apparatus is Fixed Dioptric of the First Order, showing a white light from S. 54° 55′ W. round by west and north to S. 85° E., and a red light from S. 85° E. to S. 28° E.
Between the bearings S. 549 55' W. and S. 86° 28 W., the visibility of the. Light, owing to the height of the land to the eastward of the Lighthouse, will depend upon the distance of the observer from it. With the Light bearing S. 54° 55′ W., a vessel will need to be between 15 and 20 miles distant in order to see it; but as
it is brought to bear more to the westward, it illuminates. more of the sea until, on the bearing S. 86° 28' W., it is * visible at all distances between the extreme limit of its range and the shore.
To the westward and north-westward of the south-west point of Formosa, the Light is entirely obscured by the land, between the bearings S. 80° 13′ E. and S. 28° E.
The bearings are magnetic, and taken from seaward.
The Light is elevated 180 feet above the level of the sea, and in clear weather it should be visible at a distance of 20 nautical miles.
The tower is round, of iron, 50 feet high, with a total height from its base to the lantern vane of 711⁄2 feet, and
it is situated about 550 yards due north from high-water mark at the extreme south part of the Cape.
The tower, dwellings, and boundary wall are painted chite.
Approximate position :-
Latitude,
Longitude,
.21° 55′ 00′′ N.
.120° 50′ 38′′" E.
FOG GUN SIGNAL.
The keepers at this Lighthouse on hearing a bell, fog- horn, steam whistle, or any other sound, during foggy or
thick weather, indicating the proximity of a vessel, will
fire two guns with an interval of three minutes between
them, and, if the vessel's fog signal is still heard, will repeat the firing after an interval of eight minutes.
By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
A. M. BISBEE, Coast Inspector.
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS,
SHANGHAI, 5th April, 1883.
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