THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH MAY, 1879.
Government of India.
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE, AND COMMERCE.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
[No. 18.]
INDIA-BAY OF BENGAL. RIVER HOOGHLY.
Longitude of the time Ball, Calcutta, and of Saugor lighthouse.
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It having been brought to the notice of this Department that misconceptions exist regarding the longitude of Saugor Light-house, at the Entrance to the River Hooghly, and of the Time Ball, Fort William, Calcutta, the following accepted positions are published for general information:-
Saugor Light-house: latitude 21° 38′ 43′′ N.; longitude 88° 2′ 0′′ E.
Time Ball, tower of Fort William, Calcutta: latitude 22° 33′ 25′′ N.; longitude 88° 19′ 40′′ E.
(Madras Observatory being in 80° 14′ 19′′ East of Greenwich.)
By Direction of the Government of India.
A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr. (late I. N.),
Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.
Marine Survey Department, Calcutta, 7th April 1879.
If this Notice is received on boardship, the substance of it should be inserted on the Charts affected by it and introduced into the Sailing Directions to which it relates.
Government of South Australia.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 1.-INVESTIGATOR STRAIT, ALTHORPE ISLAND.
Mariners navigating in Spencer Gulf are hereby informed that they will, in ordinary weather, observe the bright portion of the Althorpe Island light over the low land of the South end of Yorke Peninsula, on the following hearings from the lighthouse, viz.:--From N. E. round northerly to N. W.; and from N. W. round westerly to N. by W. W. All bearings magnetic.
R. H. FERGUSON,
President Marine Board.
Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide, 21st February, 1879.
Government of New Zealand.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 4 of 1879.
EXHIBITION OF REVOLVING WHITE LIGHT ON CAPE MARIA VAN DIEMEN, NORTH-WESTERN EXTREMITY
OF NORTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND.
MARINE DEPARTMENT,
Wellington, New Zealand, 6th March, 1879.
With reference to the preliminary notice issued by this department, dated the 9th day of September, 1877, it is hereby notified that, on and after Monday, the 24th day of March instant, a Light will be exhibited from the Lighthouse which has been erected on Cape Maria Van Diemen, the position and characteristics of which are as follow:--
The Cape Maria Van Diemen Lighthouse is situated on the small island which lies off the northern end of Cape Maria Van Diemen, at the north-western extremity of the North Island of New Zealand.
The tower is 20 feet in height, built of timber and painted white. The light will be a FIRST ORDER REVOLVING WHITE LIGHT, visible all round as far as the land will allow, attaining its greatest brilliancy ONCE EVERY MINUTE. The light is elevated 330 feet above the sea, and, allowing 15 feet for the height of the eye, will be seen at a distance of about 244 nautic miles in clear weather, and at lesser distances according to the state of the atmosphere.
From the lower part of the tower a FIXED RED LIGHT, having an are of about 20 degrees in azimuth, will be shown in the direction of Columbia Reef.
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G. GREY.
N.B.-This notice will affect the following Admiralty Charts of New Zealand, viz.: General and Sheet I.