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The Buoy is moored in 8 fathoms of water, and from the Buoy, Riversdale Rock bears N. 53° W., magnetic, distant 2'8 miles.
By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,
THE MARITIME CUSTOMS,
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, Sth July, 1915.
No. 591.
W. FERD. TYLER,
Coast Inspector.
CHINA SEA.
SHANGHAI DISTRICT.
Yangtze River South Channel Entrance.
Tungsha Lightship: Alteration in Characteristics of Light of.
REFERRING to Special Notice to Mariners No. 442, notice is hereby given that the Tungsha Lightship was replaced in her advertised position on the 5th July, 1915.
The new illuminating apparatus is Dioptric, Group-flashing, of the Fourth Order, showing three white lightning flashes in quick succession every 30 seconds.
The approximate power of the flash is 21,000 candles.
The Light, which will be exhibited from a lantern carried by a steel tower, is 34 feet · above the sea, and should be visible in clear weather at a distance of 11 nautical miles.
In other respects the characteristics of the Tungsha remain unchanged.
By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,
THE MARITIME CUSTOMS,
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 9th July, 1915.
TRANSLATION.
No. 56.
W. FERD. TYLER,
Coast Inspector.
Russian Coast.
THE enclosing of Sakhalin Channel of the Amour Estuary has been completed on 6th (19th) June and of Nevelsky Channel on 10th (23rd) June.
TRANSLATION,
No. 57.
Russian Coast.
In view of the commencement of dredging with the purpose of taking off the reef near Cape Egerskiold the buoy enclosing the said reef has been removed on 15th (28th) June.
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