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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
No. 44.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 23RD OCTOBER, 1875.
VOL. XXI.
No. 186.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th October, 1875.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 49.
CHINA SEA.
YANGTSZE RIVER.-CHINKIANG DISTRICT.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Notice is hereby given that a Junk, whose mast shows above water, is sunk in midstream of the northern Pin-sin-chau Channel. The wreck lies in 5 fathoms of water, and about two-thirds of the way up the channel.
Bethune Point Beacon bears W. by S. S. Pin-sin-chau Beacon bears E. by S.
By order of the Inspector General of Customs,
ENGINEER'S OFFICE, CUSTOM HOUSE, SHANGHAI, 6th September, 1875.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 50.
CHINA SEA,
YANGTSZE RIVER.-SHANGHAI DISTRICT. 1.-Lismore Wreck Light.
DAVID M. HENDERSON, Engineer-in-Chief.
Notice is hereby given that a 3 cwt. Fog-bell has been fixed on the Screw-pile Tower recently erected near the "Lismore" wreck, which, from this date, in foggy weather, will be sounded at six second intervals.
FOOCHOW DISTRICT. 2.—Ockseu Island Lighthouse.
The temporary fixed Light now exhibited on Ockseu Island will shortly be replaced by a First Order Revolving one, showing white flashes at one minute intervals.
AMOY AND TAKOW DISTRICTS. 3.-Tsing-seu and Fisher Island Lighthouses.
The works on Tsing-seu and Fisher Island are now nearly completed and the Lights will shortly be exhibited.
By order of the Inspector General of Customs,
This Notice affects:-
DAVID M. HENDERSON,
Engineer-in-Chief.
Notices to Mariners Nos. 34, 42, 43 and 48, and the 1875 Admiralty List of Lights for China, No. 164. ENGINEER'S OFFICE, CUSTOM HOUSE, SHANGHAI, 13th October, 1875.