THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 8TH JULY, 1876.
Government of India.
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE, AND COMMERCE.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
(No. 10.)
INDIA, WEST COAST-KATTYWAR,
Fixed White Light at Bet or Beyt ( Gulf of Cutch),
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Information has been received from the Agent to the Governor-General at Baroda, that a light has been exhibited from a light-house recently erected on a rocky eminence at the north-east end of Sainia or Sayáni Island.
The light is a faced white light at an elevation of 35 feet above high-water, and in clear weather is visible, through an are of 180, from a distance of 12 miles.
The illuminating apparatus is dioptric, or by lenses, of the fourth order.
The light-house, 18 feet high, is of stone masonry, and situated in lat. 22° 29′ 0′′ N., long. 69° 4′ 30′′ E.
By Direction of the Government of India,
JOHN HENRY ELLIS, Staff Comdr., R. N.,
Deputy Superintendent, Murine Survey of India.
MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, 22nd May 1876.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Beyt harbour, No. 47; Sind and Cutch Coast, No. 42; Cutch Gulf, No. 43; Sheet 1, Cutch Gulf to Viziadroog. &e., No. 2736; Indian Ocean, Sheet 2, Northern Portion, No. 748b: also, Admiralty list of lights in South Africa, East Indies, &c., 1875; Admiralty West Coast of Hindoostan Pilot, page 196; and Taylor's Sailing Directory, Vol. I, page 349.
If this Notice is received on boardship, the substance of it should be inserted on the Charts affected by it, and introduced into the Sailing Directions to which it relates.
Government of India.
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE, AND COMMERCE.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
[No. 11.]
INDIA, WEST COAST-KATTYWAR.
Fixed White Light at Porbandar.
Information has been received from the British Political Agent at Kattywar, that the light hitherto displayed at Por- bandar has been replaced by a more powerful one.
The light is a fixed white light, exhibited from a tower in the town wall, at an elevation of 85 feet above high-water, and visible in clear weather from a distance of 15 miles.
The illuminating apparatus is dioptric, or by lenses, of the fourth order. Position, lat. 21° 37′ 10′′ N., long, 69° 35′ 0′′ E.
By Direction of the Government of India,
A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr. (late I. N.),
Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.
MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, 30th May 1876.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts: Sind and Cutch Coast, No. 42;'Sheet 1: Catch Gulf to Viziadroog, &c., No. 2,736; and Indian Ocean, Sheet 2: No. 748b: also, Admiralty list of lights in South Africa, East Indies, &c., page 8; Admiralty West Coast of Hindoostan Pilot, page 191; and Taylor's Sailing Directory, Vol. I, page 355.
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.
NOTICE.
The Owners of Dogs are warned that, any Dog found straying or wandering about during the daytime without an Owner, and not wearing a Collar with the name and address of the Owner inscribed thereon, is liable to be destroyed, and further, any Dog may be destroyed which shall be found straying or wandering about between the hours of 10 o'clock at night and gunfire in the morning, (Ordinance No. 14 of 1845, § IV).
Central Police Barracks, Hongkong, 8th July, 1876.
No. 125.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. M. DEANE, Captain Superintendent of Police.
His Excellency the Governor in Council has been pleased to approve of the following Scale of Fares for Public Chairs proceeding to Victoria Peak and Gap, within the limits comprised from the Dock Yard Gate to the Harbour Master's Office.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st July, 1876.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretury.