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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
No. 4.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 22ND JANUARY, 1876.
VOL. XXII.
No. 15.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Notice is hereby given that Wednesday, the 26th instant, being the Chinese New Year's Day, will be observed as a Holiday throughout the Government Departments.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd January, 1876.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
No. 16.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notice to Mariners is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd January, 1876.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 53.
CHINA SEA.
TAKOW DISTRICT.
Fisher Island Lighthouse, Pescadores.
NOTICE is hereby given that the new Light on the S. W. extremity of Fisher Island near Litsitah Point was exhibited for the first time at sunset of the 20th December,
The new Tower has been erected near the old stone one, which has since been removed.
The illuminating apparatus is fied Dioptric, of the Fourth Order, showing a white light visible all round except where obscured by the islands.
The Light is elevated 205 feet above the level of the sea, and, in clear weather, it should be visible at a distance of 15 nautical miles.
The Tower is round, of iron, 20 feet high, with a total height from its base to the lantern vane of 33 feet. The Tower is painted black, and the dwellings and boundary wall will be painted white.
Approximate position :-Latitude, N. 23° 32′ 58′′.
Longitude, E. 119° 28′ 7′′.
By order of the Inspector General of Customs,
ENGINEER'S OFFICE, CUSTOM HOUSE, AMOY, 30th December, 1875.
DAVID M. HENDERSON, Engineer-in-Chief.