898 "THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20TH NOVEMBER, 1880.
No. 282.
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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.
By Command,
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th November, 1880.
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. 113.)
CHINA SEA.
Sunken Rock Eastward of Hainan Strait.
The Commander of the French mail packet Oxus, M. Rapatel, reports having recently seen a rock in lat. 20° 9′ N., long.
111° 56' E.
It is further stated that this rock had been seen in 1878 by the English steam vessel Minerva in the same position, and that her Master, Captain Peacock, hau passed it within the distance of 14 miles, that the sea broke on it, and that for about one mile around, the water was disturbed and appeared of a greenish colour.
The position of this reported danger is 67 miles E. S. from Hainan head, and near the fairway of approach to Hainan strait from Hong Kong.
(The bearing is Magnetic. Variation 1o Easterly in 1880.)
By Command of their Lordships,
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 5th July, 1880.
FREDк. J. EVANS,
Hydrographer.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts :-China sea, northern portion, No. 2661a; Hainan island to Macao, No. 1246: Also, China Sea Directory, vol. II., 1879, page 84.
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. 212
and 313.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
(No. 125.) JAPAN.
KIUSIU-WEST COAST-SIMABARA GULF.
(1) Fixed Light at Futsinotsu.
With reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 61, of 17th April, 1880, on the intended exhibition of a light at Futsinotsu (Kutchinotsu):-
The Japanese Government has given further Notice that on the 10th May, 1880, the light would be exhibited from a lighthouse erected on the western entrance point of Futsinotsu harbour, south side of Simabara gulf.
The light is a fixed white light, visible through an arc of 248°, from the bearing of E.N.E. round to South; it is elevated 126 feet above the level of the sea, and in clear weather should be seen from a distance of 8 miles.
The tower is 16 feet high, built of brick, and painted white.
The illuminating apparatus is of the 6th order.
Position, lat. 325 36′ 17′′ N., long. 130° 12′ 20′′ E.
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
LUZON-MANILA BAY.
(2) Alteration in the Light of Corregidor Island.
The Spanish Government has given Notice that the light of Corregidor island, Manila bay, instead of performing one revolution with flashes every thirty seconds, now completes the revolution every fifteen seconds, as a mean period; the. intervals between the revolutions varying from ten to twenty seconds.
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By Command of their Lordships,
FREDк J. EVANS,
Hydrographer.
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 15th July, 1880.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-
(1) Kiusiu and Nipon, western part, No. 358; Nipon, Kiusiu and Sikok islands and part of the Korea, No. 2347: Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, East Indies, Japan, &c., 1880, page 30; and China Sea Directory, vol. IV., 1873, page 275.
(2) Philippine islands and adjacent seas from Molucca passage to Manila, No. 943; St. Bernardino strait and parts adjacent, No. 2577; Manila bay, No. 976; Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, East Indies, &c., 1880, No. 151; and China Sea Directory, vol. II., 1879, pages 260, 263, 264.
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