THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH FEBRUARY, 1876. 87
POST OFFICE NOTICE.
The Marine Sorter who left in the Ceylon has not succeeded in getting on board the Lombardy to sort the English Mail.
His colleague at Singapore, upon whom reliance was placed to supply the deficiency, has tele- graphed that he is too ill to proceed.
The Mail will therefore be delivered from two-and-a-half to three hours after landing.
General Post Office, Hongkong, 8th February, 1876.
NOTICE.
HONGKONG.
Cape Collinson Harbour Light.
ALFRED LISTER,
Postmaster General.
Notice is hereby given, that a Harbour Light will be exhibited on Cape Collinson on and after March 1st next.
The illuminating apparatus is fixed Dioptric of the Sixth Order showing a white light on the following bearings, which are magnetic and taken from Seaward:
From N. 22° W. by East to S. 22° E.;
and showing a red light,——
From S. 22° E. by West to N. 22° W.
The focal plane of the light is 200 feet above mean sea level, and in clear weather it should be seen at a distance of 8 miles.
Ships making for Victoria Harbour, Hongkong, from the Northward and Eastward, by keeping the white light of Cape Collinson in sight, will avoid the Bokhara and Tathong Rocks, also the rocks outlying Sy Wan Bay.
Harbour Department, Hongkong, 12th February, 1876.
No. 31.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
H. G. THOMSETT, R.N., Harbour Master, &c.
Tenders will be received at this Office, until Noon of the 14th instant, for the erection of a Government Store or Godown.
The Specification and Plan can be seen on application at the Surveyor General's Office, where also a proper Form of Tender may be obtained.
The Government will not bind itself to accept the lowest or any Tender.
By Command,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th February, 1876.
NOTICE.
The undersigned hereby gives notice that, as the Signalman at Victoria Peak is seldom able to see vessels approaching Hongkong from the North, directions have been given to the Officer in Charge of Cape d'Aguilar Lighthouse to telegraph, to the Harbour Office, the position of any ships in the offing which may have their House Flags or official numbers flying.
The Masters of Vessels not provided with House Flags should signal the name of the Agent to whom they wish to be reported.
The bearing and distance of the Vessel from Cape d'Aguilar will be given. Cape d'Aguilar is nine nautical miles from the anchorage off Victoria.
Masters of ships should hoist their Signals as soon as they think the Flags can be distinguished from Cape d'Aguilar.
Harbour Department, Hongkong, 28th January, 1876.
H. G. THOMSETT, R.N., Harbour Master.