THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH MAY,
1876.
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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. 25.] CHINA.
PESCADORES ISLANDS-FISHER ISLAND.
(1) Fixed Light in Litṣitah Point.
With reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 99, dated 5th July 1875, on an intended light on Litsital point, south-west extremity of Fisher island :-
The Customs Department at Amoy has given further Notice, that the light was exhibited on the 20th December 1875. The light is a fixed white light, elevated 205 feet above the level of the sea, and in clear weather should be seen from a distance of 15 miles.
The illuminating apparatus is dioptric or by lenses, of the fourth order.
The tower, 33 feet high, is round, built of iron, and painted black; the keeper's dwelling and boundary wall will be white. Position, lat. 23° 32′ 50′′ N., long. 119° 28′ 10′′ E.
AMOY HARBOUR.
(2) Fixed Light on Tsing-seu Island.
With reference to Notices to Mariners, Nos. 84 and 99, dated respectively 15th June and 6th July 1875, on the intend- ed establishment of a light on Tsing-sen island, Amoy harbour :-
The Customs Department at Amoy has given further Notice, that the light was exhibited on the 13th December 1875. The light is a fixed red and white light showing red between the bearings of North and N. W. by W.; white over the entrance and up the harbour between the bearings of N. W. by W. and S. E. E.; und red when hearing from S. E. E. to East; it is elevated 130 feet above the level of the sea, and in clear weather the white light should be seen from a distance of 15 miles and the red light, 8 miles.
The illuminating apparatus is dioptric or by lenses, of the fourth order.
The tower, 33 feet high, is octagonal in shape, built of stone and brick, and painted in red and white vertical stripes. The dwellings are white. Position, lat. 24° 22′ 15′′ N., long. 118° 7′ E.
[All Bearings are Magnetic. Variation 01 Westerly in 1876.j By Command of their Lordships,
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 25th February 1876.
FREDк. J. EVANS, Hydrographer.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:--
(1) China sea, No. 2661 b; Hongkong to Liau-tung, No. 1262; Chaun bay to Port Matheson, No. 1700; Pescadores islands, No. 1961; and Formosa strait, No. 1968: Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, China, &c., 1876, No. 161 ; and China Sea Directory, Vol. III., page 201.
(2) Hongkong to Liau-tung, No. 1262; Chaun bay to Port Matheson, No. 1760; Formosa strait, No. 1968; and Amoy harbour, No. 1767 : Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, China, &c., 1876, No. 162 «; and China Sea Directory, Vol. III., page 168.
No. 101.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notice to Mariners, received from the Government of India, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th May, 1876.
Government of India.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE,
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
(No. 8.)
INDIA, WEST COAST-KATTYWAR
Fixed White Light at Verúmal.
Information has been received from the British Political Agent at Kattywar, that the light hitherto displayed from a kerosine lamp at Verawal has been replaced by a more powerful light which was exhibited on the 5th March 1876.
The light is a fixed white light at an elevation of 56 feet above high-water, visible through an are of 180° from a distance of 13 miles.
The illuminating apparatus is dioptrie, or by lenses, of the fourth order.
The lighthouse, 40 feet high, is built of masonry and situated on the pier head on the north-west side of the harbour. Position, lat. 20° 53′ 30′′ N., long. 70. 22′ 0′′ E.
By Direction of the Government of India,
JOHN HENRY ELLIS, Staff Comdr., R. N.
Deputy Superintendent, Marine Survey of India,
MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT CALCUTTA, 11th April 1876.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Chart: Sheet 1, Kutch Gulf to Viziabroog, &c., No. 2730:—also, Admiralty list of lights in South Africa, East Indies, &c., page 8; and Taylor's Sailing Directory, Vol. I, page 356.
If this Notice is received on board ship, the substance of it should be inserted on the Charts affected by it, and introduced into the Sailing Directions to which it relates.