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No. 92.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 31ST MAY, 1873,
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notification, received from the Government of India, is published for general information.
By Command,
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th May, 1873.
MARINE DEPARTMENT.
NOTIFICATION.
Fort William, the 28th March 1873.
No. 4 of 1873.-The following Notice received from the Colonial Secretary, Cape of Good Hope, is published for general information:—
GOVERNMENT NOTICE.-No 634, 1872.
Office of the Commissioner of Crown Lands and Public Works, 23rd December, 1872.
The following Notice by the Harbour-Master of Port Elizabeth respecting the blinking of the existing Light on the Bird Islands is published for general information.
C. ABERCROMBIE SMITH,
NOTICE TO MARINERS. Bird Island Lights.
Commissioner.
Notice is hereby given that a new Lighthouse is in the course of erection at the Bird Islands, and that the new Building having reached the height of the upper Light, the Light will be blinked between the bearings of S. and S. by W. W. by compass from a ship.
Vessels passing inside the Islands at night are therefore warned of this until the new Light is exhibited.
PORT OFFICE, PORT ELIZABETH,
9th December 1872.
F. SKEAD,
Harbour-master.
H. K. BURNE, Colonel,
Secy, to the Govt. of India.
No. 93.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notice to Mariners, received from Shanghai, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th May, 1873.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
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CHINA SEA.
YANGTSZE RIVER.
KIUKIANG DISTRICT.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Notice is hereby given that a red fixed light is now exibited from the wreck of the S. S. "Kiangloong" off Hen Point- The lantern is suspended from a pole 9 feet long attached to the walking beam of the engine. The light, with the river in its present state, is about 40 feet above the water.
Mariners are cautioned not to depend too much upon this light as in boisterous weather the keepers may not be able to get off to the wreck and hoist the lantern.
The following bearings were taken by Lieutenant Webb of the U. S. S. “Palos.”
Wreck bears S. 321° W. from Tai-tsu-chi.
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and is 510 yards from the left bank of the river.
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N. 68 W.
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Hen Point.
N. 63° W.
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Joss House. Point of Reef.
By order of the Inspector General of Customs.
ENGINEERS' OFFICE, CUSTOM HOUSE, Shanghai, 16th May, 1873.
DAVID M. HENDERSON,
Engineer-in-Chief.