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Gomiyose Su Lighted Buoy.

Description-Iron frustum of cone, painted black, surmounted by a lattice-work

supporting a lantern.

Height of light :--10 shaku above the water.

Character of light :---Pintsch gas occulting green, light 4 seconds, eclipse 4 seconds, Illuminated are: The whole horizon.

Visible distance :--4 nautical miles in clear night.

Depth of water:--About 5 fathoms at L. W. S. T.

Magnetic bearings taken from the buoy :--

Wakamatsu Lighthouse,

Shira Su Lighthouse,

The stone post of Maiko Jima,

N. 88° 30′ W.

N. 51° 30′ W.

N. 5° 5' E.

BARON KENJIRO DEN, Minister of State for Communications.

TOKYO, March 6th, 1917.

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

1917. No. 1.

The Astronomical positions are only approximate unless seconds are given. The bearings are given both True and Magnetic, and those relating to lights are from seaward. The visibility of lights is that in clear weather. Fog signals are sounded only in thick or foggy weather, The heights given are heights of focal plane above high water.

TASMANIA WEST COAST.

West Point-Light Established.

WITH reference to Notice No. 1 of 1916, Mariners and others are hereby notified that the new light on West Point is now permanently established.

Position.—About 200 yards from the South Western extreme of the Point.

Lat. 40° 57' S.; Long. 144° 38' E.

Structure.-Steel framed tower 62 feet with lantern 13 feet high, painted white. Character.--Single Flashing White Light showing one flash every five seconds,

thus:

Flash

sec.

Eclipse 4 secs.

Elevation,-118 feet.

Visibility-Seventeen miles.

Power.---5,000 candles.

Remarks.-The Light is unwatched.

Charts affected.---Admiralty Chart No. 1079-Tasmania.

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1695B-Bass Strait, Western Sheet.

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2759b-Australia, Southern Portion.

788-Melbourne to Cape Horn, Wes-

tern Sheet.

Publications affected.—Admiralty List of Lights and Time Signals, Part VI.

Australia Directory, Vol. I., 1907, page 632.

By Direction,

STEPHEN MILLS, Comptroller-General of Customs.

JOSHUA F. RAMSBOTHAM,

Director of Lighthouses,

Department of Trade and Customs,

MELBOURNE, 23rd January, 1917.

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