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No. 707.
CHINA-EAST COAST.
Chefoo District Pechili Strait.
HOWKI ISLAND LIGHT TO BE RE-EXHIBITED-PROVISIONAL LIGHT TO BE DISCONTINUED.
REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 700, notice is hereby given that on or about the 20th July, 1920, the Howki Island Light, Pechili Strait, will be re-exhibited and the provisional Light discontinued.
By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,
THE MARITIME CUSTOMS,
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 24th June, 1920.
II. E. HILLMAN, Acting Coast Inspector.
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA,
LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE.
1920. No. 9.
The Astronomical positions are only approximate unless seconds are given. The bearings are given both True and Magnetic, and those relating to lights are from seaward. The visibility of lights is that in clear weather. Fog signals are sounded only in thick or foggy weather. The elevation given is the height of focal plane above high water.
AUSTRALIA EAST COAST.
Crowdy Head Light Intended Alteration in Characteristics. Signal station to be discontinued.
MARINERS and others are hereby notified that the Fixed White Light with Red Sector on Crowdy Head will be replaced by a Group Flashing White Light with Red Sector (U), and, further, that the signal station will be discontinued, on or about 1st September, 1920.
Position. Lat. 31° 51' S.; Long, 152° 46′ E. on Chart No. 1024.
Details.-The Fixed White Light with Red Sector will be replaced by a New Light having the under-mentioned characteristics:-
Character-Group Flashing White Light, with Red Sector, showing two
flashes in quick succession every six seconds thus :-
Flash
sec.
Eclipse
1 sec.
Flash
Eclipse
sec.
4 secs.
Visibility.-White, 12 miles. Red, 6 miles.
Power-White, 1,500 candles. Red, 600 candles.
Remarks. The Light will be unwatched.
The signal station will be discontinued and the Lightkeeper withdrawn. The other details of the light will remain unchanged.
Note. No further notice will be given.
Charts affected.-Admiralty Chart No. 1024-Port Stephens to Tacking Point with
plan of Crowdy Head.
3622 Port Jackson to Cape Byron. 2759p-Australia, Southern portion.
Publications affected. Admiralty List of Lights and Time Signals, Part VI., 1919,
No. 2573.
Australia Pilot, Vol. III., 1916, page 73.
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MELBOURNE, 4th May, 1920.