No. 510.
CHINA SEA.
SHANGHAI DISTRICT.
STEEP ISLAND LIGHT-STATION.
Fog Siren Established.
NOTICE is hereby given that a First Class Fog Siren has been established at Steep Island Light-station.
The Siren, which, on and after the 7th June, will be sounded during foggy or thick weather, is elevated about 147 feet above sea level, and will give a long and short blast of equal pitch in quick succession every 14 minutes, thus :-
Long blast,
Silence,
Short blast,
Silence,
-
6 seconds.
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3
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A test of this Siren showed that it was ineffective to the southward. On the track of shipping to the northward, it was audible for a distance of 6 miles.
l'ending other arrangements, the existing Responding Fog Gun Signals will continue to be made to vessels approaching from the southward, but will be discontinned as regards vessels approaching from the northward.
By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS,
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 5th June, 1911.
W. FERD. TYLER,
Coast Inspector.
No. 511.
CHINA SEA.
FOOCHOW DISTRICT.
ENTRANCE TO MIN RIVER.
Kimpui Buoy Established.
NOTICE is hereby given that a red Buoy, to be known as the Kimpai Buoy, has been placed in position in 15 feet of water at low water of spring tides, to mark the southern edge of the Middle Ground, immediately above Kimpai Pass.
From the Buoy, the point forming the northern side of the Kimpai Pass bears N. 69° E. (magnetic), distant 64 cables. (See Plan of the Middle Ground embodied in Notice to Mariners No. 509.)
By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS,
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 5th June, 1911.
W. FERD. TYLER,
Coast Inspector.
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