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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH AUGUST, 1883.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 284.
The following Hydrographic Notices are published for general information:
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th August, 1883.
W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary.
Government of Queensland.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 15 of 1883.
MIDDLE CHANNEL, MORETON BAY.
Notice is hereby given, that with the Leading Lights in line there is at low water a depth of only 14 feet over the Venus Bank Spit.
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Vessels are, therefore, cautioned to round the Venus Bank with the Lights open to the Northwards, a space equal to of the difference between their height.
G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N.,
Portmaster.
Department of Ports and Harbours, Brisbane, 29th June, 1883.
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.
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CHINA SEA—FORMOSA ISLAND.
Fixed Light and Fog Signals on South Cupe.
With reference to Notice to Mariners, No 105 (2), of 6th June 1882, on the exhibition of a provisional light, pending the completion of a lighthouse, on South Cape or Nan-sha, the southern extremity of Formosa island:-
The Chinese Government has given Notice, that on 1st April 1883, the permanent light was exhibited:-
The light is a fixed light, showing white between the bearings of S. 85° E. through north and S. 55 W., and red from S. 85° E. to S. 28° E.; it is elevated 180 feet above the sea, and should be visible in clear weather from a distance of 20
miles.
The illuminating apparatus is dioptric, or by lenses, of the first order.
Between the bearings of S. 55° W. and S. 8630 W., the visibility of the light will depend on the distance from it, owing to the height of the land eastward of the lighthouse. With the light bearing S. 55° W., a vessel must be between 15 and 20 miles distant to see it; but as it is brought to bear more to the westward, the arc of visibility is increased, until, on the bearing S. 8640 W., it is visible at all distances to the extreme limit of its range.
To the westward and north-westward of South-west point, the light is entirely obscured by the land between the bearings of S. 804° E. and S. 28° E.
The lighthouse, 71 feet high, of iron, and circular in shape, is situated about 550 yards due north from high-water mark at the southern extremity of the cape.
The tower, dwellings, and boundary wall, are painted white,
Position, lat. 21° 55′ 00′′ N., long. 120° 50′ 40′′ E.
Also, that the following fog signals have been established at South cape lighthouse:—
During thick or foggy weather-should a bell, fog horn, steam whistle, or other sound be heard, indicating the proximity of a vessel, two guns will be fired with an interval of three minutes between them; and if the vessels' fog signal is still heard, the firing will be repeated after an interval of eight minutes.
(The bearings are Magnetic. Variation 10 Westerly in 1883.)
By Command of their Lordships,
FREDK. J. EVANS,
Hydrographer.
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 1st June 1883,
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Hongkong to Liau-tung Gulf, No. 1262; China sea, northern portion, No. 2661b; Luzon island, northern portion, No. 2454; Formosa island and strait, No. 1968: Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, &c., 1883, No. 257a; and China Sea Directory, vol. III., 1874, page 223.