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No. 548.
CHINA SEA.
YANGTZE RIVER-CHINKIANG DISTRICT.
Silver Island Crossing Beacons.
HIGH POLE DISCONTINUED.
NOTICE is hereby given that the high (rear) ple of the Silver Island Crossing Beacons has been discontinued.
By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,
THE MARITIME CUSTOMS,
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 14th April, 1913.
W. FERD. TYLER,
Coast Inspector.
TRANSLATION.
Notification No. 333 of Department of Communications.
CANDLE POWER AND VISIBILITY OF LIGHT CHANGED.
NOTICE is hereby given that the candle power and the visibility of light of Kwannon- zaki Lighthouse on Kwannon-zaki, Gulf of Tokyo, have been changed as follows:---
Power-9,000 candles.
Visibility: 20 nautical miles in clear weather.
TOKYO, April 5th, 1913.
MOTODA HAJIME, Minister of State for Communications.
TRANSLATION.
Notification No. 335 of Department of Communications.
OKADOBANA LIGHTHOUSE ESTABLISHED.
NOTICE is hereby given that the under described lighthouse has been erected on Okado- bana, Southeast point of Shodo-shima (Inland Sea), Sanuki province, which will be lighted on and after April 15th, 1913.
OKADOBANA LIGHTHOUSE.
Position :-Lat. 34° 25′ 57′′ N., Loug. 134° 19′ 54′′ E. (According to Japanese Ad-
miralty Chart No. 137 A.)
Description :-Hexagonal iron tower, painted white.
Height:-About 23ft. from the base and about 195ft, above the water.
Character:-Fourth order acetylene gas occulting white light; light 2 seconds, eclipse
2 seconds.
Illuminated arc:-Froin S. 34° W. through W., N. and E. to S. 59° E.
On the direction of W. S. W. from the lighthouse there may be some area in which the light is invisible within the illuminated are, owing to the obstruction of Funokoshima. (Magnetic bearings taken from seaward.)
Power :--2,000 candles.
Visibility:-20 nautical miles in clear weather.
TOKYO, April 15th, 1913.
MOTODA HAJIME,
Minister of State for Communications,
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