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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
published by Authority.
No. 38.
No. 99.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 21ST SEPTEMBER, 1861.
VOL. VII.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified that, by virtue of a Warrant under the Royal Sign Manual, HENRY G. THOMSETT, Esquire, R.N., has been appointed Harbour Master, Marine Magistrate, and Emigration Officer of Hongkong, in the place of Mr. INGLIS, retired.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 21st September, 1861.
No. 100.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. -
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
The Honorable W. H. RENNIE, Esq., M.L.C., has this day resumed his duties as Auditor General of Hongkong.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 21st September, 1861.
No. 101.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
The following Notice received from the Government of the Cape of Good Hope, relative to a "New Light" on the "Roman Rocks" at the entrance of Simon's Bay, is published for the information of Mariners and others whom it may concern.
By Order,
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 21st September, 1861.
GOVERNMENT NOTICE.---No. 183, 1861.
COLONIAL OFFICE, CAPE OF GooD HOPE, 17th June, 1861.
His Excellency the Governor has directed the publication of the following notice of the new Roman Rock Light, at the entrance of Simon's Bay, which will be exhibited on the 16th of September, 1801.
By command of His Excellency the Governor,
RICHARD SOUTHEY, Acting Colonial Sterntary,
NOTICE TO MARINERS.-ROMAN ROCK LIGHT, FALSE BAY, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
The bearings are by Compass and the distances in Nautical Miles.
It wil
Notice is hereby given, that a light will be exhibited from the new Light-house on the Roman Rocks on the 16th September next, which will supersede that shown at the light-vessel now moored a cable's length north of the rocks. be a recolcing white light, showing a bright face for the space of twelve seconds twice every minute, which will serve to dis- tinguish it from the Cape Point light in thick weather, as that light revolves only once every minute. The light will be fifty- four feet above the sea, and visible in clear weather from a ship's deck thirteen miles distant.
The light-tower is forty-eight feet high, the lower half of which will be painted black and the upper half white. From the light-house, Noak's Ark beurs S. 50', W, 7, miles, and the Dock-yard clock W. by N. 1.65 miles.