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the transference of the dioptric apparatus and lantern
from Cape d' Aguilar, as suggested
below by their
Engineer, the Cape d' Aguilar light might safely be
dispensed with, and then vessels keeping Cape Collinson and
Ngan Shun Wan Lights ahead and astern would
pass through mid channel and four cables from the nearest
danger.
The Elder Brethren would therefore recommend
the improvement of Cape Collinson Light and the discontinuance
of the Light on Cape d'Aquilar.
The Engineer-in-Chief reports that the
intensity of the existing white light on Cape Collinson does
not exceed about 500 candles, and that
of the red sectors
about 200 candles, but that the improvement of Cape Collinson
light could be effected at a comparatively small cost by
transferring