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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST DECEMBER, 1872.
This was done at a meeting at the Board of Trade, consisting of Captains Were and Weller, Elder Brethren of the Trinity House; Mr. J. Hart, of the Pilotage Department of the Trinity House; Captain Simpson, Superintendent of Pilotage at Liverpool, and Captain. Wilson, of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board; and Admiral Bedford and Mr. Gray, of the Board of Trade.
At this meeting it was unanimously agreed that it would be well if rules were made as given below. It was proposed that these rules should be printed in draft and circulated at an early convenient opportunity, with a view to careful consideration and subsequent embodi- ment in the Merchant Shipping Code Bill.
The draft rules agreed to were,—
That the Signals be-
1. Signals to be made by Ships wanting a Pilot.
(a.) In the daytime.-To be hoisted at the fore, the Jack or other National Colour usually worn by Merchant Ships, having round it a white border, one-fifth of the breadth of the flag.
(b.) At night,—
A blue-light every 15 minutes; or
(2) A bright white light, flashed or shown at short or frequent intervals, just above the bulwarks, for about a minute at a time.
2. As regards Signals of Distress.
(a.) In the daytime. The following signals, numbered 1, 2, and 3, when used or displayed together or separately, shall be deemed to be signals of distress in the daytime:-
1. A gun fired at intervals of about a minute.
2. The Commercial Code signal of distress indicated by N. C.
3. The distant signal, consisting of a square flag having either above or below it a ball or anything resembling a ball.
(The Ensign Union down has been advisedly ommitted, because many foreign flags are the same whether right side or wrong side up; and because it is hoped that the signals now suggested may become international.)
(b.) At night. The following signals, numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4, when used or displayed together or separately, shall be deemed to be signals of distress at night:-
1. A gun fired at intervals of about a minute.
2. Flames on the ship (as from a burning tar barrel, oil barrel, &c.)
3. Rockets of any colour or description, fired one at a time at intervals of about five (5) minutes.
4. Blue-lights, burned one at a time at intervals of about five (5) minutes.
THOMAS GRAY.
No. 236.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notice to Mariners, received from the Admiralty, is published for general information.
By Command,
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 19th December, 1872.
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. 85. ]
CHINA-EAST COAST.
Fixed Light at the Entrance of Wusung River.
With reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 17, dated 10th February 1872, on the establishment of a light at the entrance of Wusung River:-
The Marine Commissioners Office at Shanghai has given Notice, that the light is now exhibited.
The light is a fixed white light over the navigable channel at the entrance to the Wusung river from the Yangtsze, and a fixed red light on each side of the navigable channel; it is elevated 50 feet above the level of the sea, and in clear weather should be seen from a distance of 12 miles.
The illuminating apparatus is dioptric or by lenses, of the fourth order.
The tower, built of brick, is square, 45 feet high, with a total height of 58 feet. Position, lat. 31° 23′ 22′′ N., long. 121° 29′ 35′′ E.
The light when seen from the centre of the navigable channel bears S. W. by W. W.
Discontinuance of Light-Junk, River Wusung.
Also, that on the 1st September 1872, the Light-Junk moored close to the "Lismore" wreck at the entrance of Wusung river would be removed.
FOOCHOW.
Fixed and Flashing Light on Middle Dog Island.
Also, that from the 12th July 1872 a light would be exhibited from a lighthouse recently erected on the north-east end of the Middle Dog island near the entrance to the Min river.
The light is a fized white light, varied by a bright flash every half minute, visible from seaward between the bearings of E. by S. S., through south and west to N. E. N. The light is obscured when bearing from E. by S. 2 S., round by east to N. E. N., by the Tongsha and Middle Dog islands, except between the bearings of East, and E. & N., and of N. E. by E. E., and N. E. by E.; it is elevated 257 feet above the sea, and in clear weather should be seen from a distance of 22
miles.
The illuminating apparatus is dioptric or by lenses, of the first order.