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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD NOVEMBER, 1883.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 362.
The following notices from the Registrar General, under the Contagious Diseases Ordinance, 1867, are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd November, 1883..
THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867.
.W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary.
It is hereby notified that the part of the house hereinafter mentioned, that is to say, the First Floor of No. 47, Hollywood Road, of which, Li Yik-chi is the registered Landlord, was, on the 31st day of October, 1883, pursuant to Section 23 of the above Ordinance, declared by me under my Hand and Seal of Office to be an Unlicensed Brothel.
L.S.
FREDERICK STEWART, Registrar General.
Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 1st November, 1883.
THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867.
It is hereby notified that the part of the house hereinafter mentioned, that is to say, the First Floor of No. 49, Hollywood Road, of which, Li Yik-chi is the registered Landlord, was, on the 1st day of November, 1883, pursuant to Section 23 of the above Ordinance, declared by me under ny Hand and Seal of Office to be an Unlicensed Brothel.
L.S.
FREDERICK STEWART, Registrar General.
Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 1st November, 1883.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 363.
The following Hydrographic Notices are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd November, 1883.
W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary.
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. 217. ]
CHINA-EAST COAST.
CHUSAN ARCHIPELAGO-FISHERMANS GROUP.
Revolving Light on Steep Island-Fog Signal.
The Chinese Government has given Notice, that on 27th May 1883, a revolving light was exhibited from a lighthouse recently erected on Steep island, Fishermans group, Chusan Archipelago
The light is a revolving light, showing white flashes at intervals of thirty seconds, elevated 243 feet above the sea, and should be visible in clear weather from a distance of 22 miles.
The light is obscured by Tripod island, between the bearings N. 21° E. and N. 41° E.; also, to the east and south-east of Video and the Fishermans group, between the bearings N. 58° W. and N. 8840 W.
To the westward of Hall and Hewett islands, the light is obscured between the bearings S. 633° E. and S. 82° E., with the exception of a ray between the bearings S. 66° E. and S. 644° E.
The illuminating apparatus is dioptric, or by lenses, of the third order.
The lighthouse is a circular iron tower, 47 feet high, and is painted black; the dwellings and boundary wall are coloured white.
During thick or foggy weather, should the keeper hear a bell, fog-horn, steam whistle, or any sound indicating the proximity of a vessel, three guns will be fired in succession, with an interval of three minutes between the first and second, and between the second and third; and if the vessel's fog signal be still heard, will repeat the firing after an interval of ten
minutes.
Position, lat. 30° 12′ 30′′ N., long, 122° 36′ 0′′ E.
(The bearings are Magnetic. Variation 2° Westerly in 1883.)
By Command of their Lordships,
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 30th July, 1883.
FREDк. J. EVANS,
Hydrographer.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Pacific ocean, No. 2459; islands between Formosa and Japan, No. 2412; Nipon island, &c., No. 2347; Hongkong to Liau-tung gulf, No. 1262; Hieshan islands to Yang-tse-Kiang, No. 1199: Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, &c., 1883, page 24; China Sea Directory, vol. III., 1874, page 323,