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No. 52.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH MARCH, 1875.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notices to Mariners, received from the Admiralty, are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th March, 1875.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
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. 5.]
MALACCA STRAIT.
(1) Red Pier Light at Malacca.
The Master Attendant at Singapore has given Notice, that from the 7th November 1874 a red light would be exhibited on the pier head at Malacca. In clear weather it should be seen from a distance of 6 miles.
JAPAN-NIPON-STRAIT OF TSUGAR.
(2) Harbour Light at Awomori.
The Japanese Government has given Notice, that from the 1st November 1874 a fixed white harbour light would be exhibited from a staff placed about 100 yards from the high water mark, in front of the town of Awomori, Strait of Tsugar. The light is elevated 45 feet above the sea, and in clear weather should be seen from a distance of 6 miles. Position, lat. 40° 51′ 45′′ N., long. 140° 45′ 15′′ E.
By Command of their Lordships,
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 12th January 1875.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-
FREDк. J. EVANS, Hydrographer.
(1) North Sands to Singapore, No. 1355; and Malacca Strait, No. 795 b: Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, East Indies, China, &c., 1875, page 14.
(2) Nipon island, &c., No. 2347; Tsugar Strait, No. 2441; and Awomori anchorage, No. 101: Also Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, East Indies, China, Japan, &c., 1875, page 28, and China Sea Directory, Vol. IV., page 326,
Agent for the Sale of Admiralty Charts, Mr. J. D. POTTER, 31, Poultry, London, E.C.
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. 12. 1
JAPAN-NIPON, EAST COAST. Revolving Light on Inuboye Saki.
The Japanese Government has given Notice, that from the 15th November 1874 a light would be exhibited from a lighthouse recently erected on Inuboye Saki, east coast of Nipon.
The light is a revolving white light, showing a bright flash once every half minute, elevated 168 feet above the level of the sea, and in clear weather should be seen from a distance of 19 miles.
The illuminating apparatus is of the first order.
The lighthouse, 105 feet high, is a circular brick building painted white. Position, lat. 35° 43′ 30′′ N., Iong. 140° 53′ 30" E.
The light is obscured towards the land over an arc of 104° or between the bearings of E.N.E. and S. 3 E.
[All Bearings are Magnetic. Variation 3° Westerly in 1875.]
By Command of their Lordships,
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 16th January 1875.
FREDK J. EVANS,
Hydrographer.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Nipon island, &c., No. 2347; and Kamchatka to Chusan islands, No. 2459: Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, East Indies, China, Japan, &c., 1875, page 28, and China Sea Directory, Vol. IV., page 197.
No. 53.
Agent for the Sale of Admiralty Charts, Mr. J. D. POTTER, 31, Poultry, London, E.C.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Report of the Harbor Master, with Returns annexed, for the Year 1874, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th March, 1875.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
HARBOR DEPARTMENT, HONGKONG, 25th February, 1875.
SIR,I have the honor to forward the Annual Returns of this Department for the year ending the 31st December, 1874, together with some remarks which suggest themselves on a perusal of these Statistics of the Trade of the Colony.