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No. 16.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 15TH JANUARY, 1881.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.
By Command,
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th January, 1881.
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 and 313,
NOTICE TO MARINERS. (No. 197.)
CHINA SEA-PHILIPPINE ISDANDS.
LUZON-WEST COAST.
(1) Telegraph Cable in Port Bolinao, Lingayen Gulf.
The Spanish Government has published the following information relative to the telegraph cable laid between Luzon and the adjacent coast of China :-
The terminus of the cable in port Bolinao is near a small building situated close to the west shore; it is thence laid in a N. 631 E. direction nearly 2 cables to a buoy (painted red) moored in 10 fathoms water, thence to seaward in a N. 1640 W. direction.
Mariners are cautioned not to anchor northward of this buoy when it bears between S.E. and S. W.-nor westward or southward of the buoy when it bears between East and N.E.4 N.
RUSSIAN TARTARY.
PETER THE GREAT BAY-PORT VLADIVOSTOK.
(2) Cape Goldobin-Alteration in Fog Signal.
With reference to Notices to Mariners, No. 6 (2), of 10th January 1880, and No. 140 (3), of 7th August 1880, on the establishment of a fog signal at cape Goldobin, eastern entrance point of port Vladivostok :-
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The Russian Government has given further Notice, that in lieu of one bell, the fog signal now consists of one large bell and one small bell.
During thick or foggy weather, the large bell will be sounded in slow succession-but in answer to signals from seaward, both bells will be sounded in quick succession.
(The bearings are Magnetic. Variation 10 Easterly in 1880.)
By Command of their Lordships,
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 28th October, 1880.
FREDK J. EVANS,
Hydrographer.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:---
(1) Luzon island, northern portion, No. 2454: Also China Sea Directory, vol. II., 1879, page 268.
(2) Tumen-ula river to Strelok Bay, No. 2432; Eastern Bosporus strait, No. 2407: Also Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, &c., 1880, No. 219; and China Sea Directory, vol. IV., 1873, page 92.
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 See Admiralty Instructions, Navigation and Pilotage, pp. 312 margin, or otherwise in the page, of the Sailing Directions to which it relates. and 313.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
(No. 211.)
EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO.
SUMATRA-APPROACH TO SUNDA STRAIT.
(1) Particulars of Flat Cape Light.
With reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 164, of 10th September, 1880, on the exhibition of a flashing light on Flat cape (Vlakken hook or Pamantyoss point):-
The Netherlands Government has published the following additional particulars The light shows three flashes in quick succession every twenty seconds.
CHINA-GULF OF PECHELI. MIAU-TAU ISLANDS.
(2) Temporary Light on Houki Island.
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The Chinese Government has given Notice, that on 28th August, 1880, a temporary light was exhibited from a little southward of the summit of Houki (Howki) island, Miau-tau islands :-
The light is a fixed white light, elevated 300 feet above the sea, and should be visible in clear weather from a distance of 10 miles.
The illuminating apparatus is dioptric, or by lenses of the sixth order.
Position approximate, lat. 38° 3′ 30′′ N., long. 120° 39′ 0′′ E.
NOTE. This light is obscured through a small arc in a northerly direction by the lighthouse buildings in course of
construction.