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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH JULY, 1883.
The Lighthouse is situated on the southern shoulder of the island, and the light, which is elevated 237 feet above the sea, should be visible in clear weather at a distance of 22 nautical miles.
The tower is round, of iron, 25 feet high, with a total height from its base to the lantern vane of 47 feet. The tower is painted in red and white horizontal bands; the dwellings are white.
Approximate position:-
Latitude,
Longitude,
FOG GUN SIGNAL.
30° 37′ 21′′ N.
122° 25′ 44′′ E.
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 one minute between them, and, if the vessel's fog signal is still heard, will repeat the firing after an interval of eight minutes.
CAUTION.
Vessels should pass half a mile outside of the small islet represented on British Admiralty Chart No. 1,199 as lying a little more than 1 cables to the westward of Bonham Island, in order to avoid its out-lying rocks, which are covered from one to two fathoms at low water.
By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS,
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 13th July, 1883.
A. M. BISBEE,
Coast Inspector.
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. 110.]
MEDITERRANEAN.
SICILY-SOUTH COAST.
(1) Occasional Light at Pozzallo.
Information has been received, that a light is now exhibited from the Custom-house at Pozzallo, when the mail steamers are expected:-
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The light is a fixed red light.
Position approximate, lat. 36° 43′ N., long. 14° 51′ E.
NORTH COAST.
(2) Light on Cape Zaffarano.
Also, that a light is now exhibited from a lighthouse erected on cape Zaffarano, eastern şide of Palermo bay:-- Position approximate, lat. 38° 6′ N., long. 13° 321⁄2′ E.
BLACK SEA-KRIMEA.
(3) Fog Signal near Cape Tarkhan Lighthouse.
The Russian Government has given Notice, dated 1st March 1888, that a fog signal is established 300 yards south-east cape Tarkhan (Tarkan or Tarxan-kute) lighthouse, west coast of the Krimea:-
The signal is a steam Siren, which, during thick or foggy weather, will give a loud blast of two seconds duration every thirty seconds.
By Command of their Lordships,
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 25th April 1883.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts-
FREDK. J. EVANS,
Hydrographer.
(1) and (2) Sardinia to Malta, No. 165; Palma to Catania, No. 187 (1); Cefalù to Mazzara, No. 170 (2): Also, Admiralty List of Lights in the Mediterranean, 1883, page 32, No. 349a; and Mediterranean Pilot, vol. I., 1873, pages 328, 379,
(3) Black sea, No. 2214; Odessa to Sevastopol, No. 2232; Also, Admiralty List of Lights in the Mediterranean, &c., 1883, No. 705; and Black Sea Pilot, 1871, page 40.
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, Sec Admiralty Instructions, Navigation and Pilotage, pp. 312 & 313,
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
[No. 111.]
CHINA SEA-SOUTHERN PORTION.
Unsuccessful search for danger reported southward of Pulo Sapatu.
With reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 130, of 24th July 1880, on the existence of a sunken danger, reported by the French ship Veteran to lie S.S.E. of Pulo Sapatu, distant 13 miles-close to the usual track of vessels from Singapore to Hongkong:-