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SPECIAL NOTICE TO MARINERS, No. 413.
CHINA SEA.
YANGTZE RIVER-CHINKIANG DISTRICT.
North Tree Light to be Moved.
NOTICE is hereby given that on or about the 1st March, 1914, the North Tree Light will be shifted about 2 miles north by west from its present position.
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 20th February, 1914.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
W. FERD. TYLER,
Coast Inspector.
No. 1 of 1914.
SPENCER GULF FRANKLIN HARBOUR.
REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 22 of 1913, Masters of vessels, Pilots, and others are hereby informed that the channel leading from seaward into Franklin Harbour is now marked at night by the following lights :-
No. 1. An unwatched white light, flashing every two (2) seconds, and showing all round the horizon, will be exhibited from an open ironwork tower, painted red, and sur rounded by timber fender piling placed in 12 feet at 0.L.W.S., about the centre of the two- fathom patch at the entrance to Franklin Harbour, and 2 cables N.N.E. from the fairway buoy. The focal plane of the light is thirty (30) feet above H.W., and it should be visible at a distance of about eight (8) miles in clear weather. The beacon is.to be kept on the starboard hand entering, and the deepest water in the channel (18 feet at L.W.S.) is about 100 feet from the buoy.
No. 2. Light buoy opposite Points Victoria and Germein on starboard hand in 16 feet L.W. and painted red. The light is an "AGA" Flashing White Light, flashing 60 per minute. Its focal plane is 6 feet above water level.
No. 3. Beacon (Front Leading) on port hand west of southern end of Entrance Island at L.W. mark. The beacon is an open lattice tower fixed on top of four wooden piles. The light is an "AGA" Flashing Green Light, flashing 60 per minute, its focal plane being 13 feet above H.W.
No. 4. Beacon (Back Leading) one cable distant from No. 3 beacon. The beacon is similar to that described for No. 3, and painted white. The light is an." AGA" Flashing White Light, flashing 120 per minute, its focal plane being 23 feet above H.W., and, in line with No. 3, indicates the centre of the channel.
No. 5. Beacon (Front Leading) on starboard hand opposite gap in Entrance Island in 9 feet at L.W. The beacon tower is similar to that described for No. 3, and painted red. The light is an "AGA" Flashing Red Light, flashing 60 per minute, its focal plane being 13 feet above H.W.
No. 6. Beacon (Back Leading) 3 cables distant from No. 5 in 3 feet at L.W. The beacon is similar to No. 4, and the light is an "AGA" Flashing White Light, flashing 120 per minute, its focal plane being 23 feet above II.W., and, in line with No. 5, indicates the centre of the channel.
No. 7. Beacon (Back Leading) 1 cable distant from No. 5 in 6 feet at L.W. The beacon is similar to No. 4, and the light is an "AGA" Flashing White Light, flashing 120 per minute, and, in line astern with No. 5, indicates the centre of the channel.
No. 8. Beacon (Front Leading) on starboard hand on edge of channel at last bend leading to jetty. The beacon is similar to No. 5, and the light is an "AGA" Red Light, flashing 60 per minute, and, in line astern with No. 6, indicates the centre of the channel.
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