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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. 7TH JULY, 1883.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 245. The following Hydrographic Notices are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 7th July, 1883.
W. H. MARSH.
Colonial Secretary.
Government of Japan.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 2 of the 16th Year of Meiji ( 1883 į
MIKOMOTO LIGHT.
EXHIBITION OF PERMANENT LIGHT.
The Government of Japan hereby gives notice that the First Order Fixed White Light on MIKOMOTOSIMA, Province of Insu, which has been discontinued during the exccution of the work in the Lighthouse as notified by Notice to Mariners No. 1 of the present year (March 6th, 1883), is now exhibited every night as heretofore, the work having been completed ; and that the Temporary Light is discontinued.
Toke, June 8th, 1883.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 3 of the 16th Year of Meiji
1883 1.
YAMAGATA ARITOMO,
Acting Minister of Public Works.
ROKKOSAKI LIGHT.
(CAPE NOTO.)
The Government of Japan hereby gives notice that a Lighthouse has been erected on ROKKOSAKI, the North Eastern extreme point of the Province of Noto, the Light of which will be exhibited on the night of the 10th July next, 1883, and every night thereafter, from Sunset to Sunrise.
According to the Japanese Admiralty Chart No. 95 and the British Admiralty Chart No. 2347, Rokkosakı lies in latitude 37° 30′ North; longitude 137° 19' East of Greenwich.
The Lighthouse is built of stone, painted white, and 26 feet high from the base to the centre of the lantern.
The Light will be a Second Order Fixed White Light, and will illuminate 215 degrees of the horizon, being eclipsed between the true bearings from it, of S. 49° F. and N. 84° 30′ W.
In clear weather the Light will be seen at the distance of 18 nautical miles. Its total elevation above the level of the sea will be 1521⁄2 feet.
Tokei. June 12th, 1883.
YAMAGATA ARITOMO,
Acting Minister of Public Works,
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 199.
Tenders will be received at this Office until noon of Wednesday, the 1st of August next, for :-
1. The public scavenging of the City of Victoria and the removal of waste products. 2. The removal of Excretal matters from the City of Victoria.
3. The General Scavenging and sweeping of the Village of Yau-ma Ti.
For form of tender, specifications, and full particulars of these three separate services, apply at the Office of the Sanitary Inspector.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 2nd June, 1883.
W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary,