No. 108.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH MAY, 1878.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.
By Command,
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J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th May, 1878.
Je 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 Instructions, Navigation and Pilotage, p. 172.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
[No. 19.]
CHINA-EAST COAST.
YANGTSE-KIANG-WUSUNG RIVER ENTRANCE.
(1) Intended Alteration in Lismore Wreck Light.
The Chinese Government has given Notice, of the following intended alteration in Lismore wreck light, the removal of the screw pile lighthouse being necessitated, through the water deepening around its foundation:-
The light fixed red) will be shown from the lighthouse as long as possible; but on its discontinuance, two lights placed vertically will be exhibited from a small junk moored N.N.E., about 130 yards from the lighthouse.
The upper light will be a fixed red light; the lower, a fixed white light.
(2) Intended Alteration in Wusung Light.
Also, that on the removal of Lismore wreck lighthouse, the following alteration will be made in the light exhibited on the west side of Wusung river entrance :-
The light (fixed) will then show white from the river bank north-west of the lighthouse, to the bearing of S. 3 E.; green between the bearings of S. 31° E. and S. 534° W.; white over the navigable channel of the entrance between S. 5830 W. and S. 70 W.; and red from S. 701° W. to the left bank of the river.
JAPAN.
NIPON-WEST COAST.
(3) Fixed Light at Fushiki, Toyama Bay.
Information has bort a Bived, that on 10th October 1877, a light was exhibited from a lighthouse on the north-west side of the river entran CognsFushiki (Honotsu), Toyama bay :-
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from a distance of 10 m
The lighthouselin NOTE. Good anchor
ite light of the fifth order, elevated 38 feet above the sea, and should be visible in clear weather
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of wood, is painted white. Position lat. 36° 47′ N.. long. 137° 5′ E. itu elle guthouse bearing
Il about inree quarters of a mile.
(The Aarings are Magnetic. Variations Westerly in 1878.)
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By Command of their Lordships,
FREDK. J. EVANS,
Hydrographer.
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 7th February, 1878.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-
(1) and (2) Formosa and Japan, islands between, No. 2412; Shanghai to Nanking, No. 2809; Yangtse-kiang to Nanking, No. 1480; Hieshan islands to Yangtse-kiang, No. 1199; Yangtse-kiang entrance, No. 1602; and Wusung river, No. 1601: Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, China, &c., 1878, Nos. 175a and 176; and China Sea Directory, Vol. III., 1874, pages 359 and 360,
(3) Nipon island, &c., No. 2347: Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, Japan, &c., 1878, page 30; and China Sea Directory, Vol. IV., 1875, page 320.
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 Instructions, Navigation and Pilotage, p. 172.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
[No. 22.]
JAPAN-NIPON ISLAND. TSUGAR STRAIT.
Fog Signal at Siriya Saki.
The Japanese Government has given Notice, that a fog signal has been established at Siriya Saki, the north-east extremity of Nipon island :—
During thick or foggy weather, a bell attached to the ligthouse will be rung by machinery, continuously at the rate of fifteen strokes in every minute.
NOTE. Rattler rock (awash at low water) has been ascertained to bear No. 70° E., distant about 14 miles from Siriya Saki lighthouse.
(The bearing is Magnetic. Variation 33 Westerly in 1878.) By Command of their Lordships,
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 7th February, 1878.
FREDк. J. EVANS,
Hydrographer.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Nipon Island, No. 2347; and Tsugar strait, No. 2441: Alo, Admiralty List of Lights in South. Africa, Japan, &c., 1878, No. 217*; and China Sea Directory, Vol. IV., 1873, page 199.