58788-1918-Supplementary-Notices-to-Mariners — Page 1

No. S. 174.

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NOTICES TO MARINERS.

TRANSLATION.

Notification No. 715 of Department of Communications.

Shimonoseki Strait.

NOTICE is hereby given that, owing to the withdrawal of Naru Se Beacon Light in. near future, the following Temporary Light was established on Yamozoko no Hana, W. entrance to Shimonoseki Strait and the Lighted Buoy moored on S.W. of Naru Se Reef. They have been shown since the 22nd of May. 1918.

Yamazoko no Hana Temporary Light.

Position : Lat. 33° 54′ 57′′ N., Long. 130° 55′ 13′′ E. (According to Japanese

Admiralty Chart No. 135.)

Description: Wooden post painted white.

Height of light : -30 shaku above the base, 40 shaku above the water.

Character of light: Pintsch gas occulting white light, duration of light 4

seconds and of eclipse 2 seconds.

Hluminated are: An are 244°, from S. 14° W. through W. and N., to N. 78o

E. (Magnetic bearings taken from seaward.)

Power:

200 candles.

Visible distance-11 nautical miles in clear night.

The light being unwatched, should the light go out by accident there may be some delay in relighting it.

Naru Se Lighted Baoy,

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, duration of light d

seconds and of eclipse 2 seconds.

Illuminated are:-The whole horizon.

Visible distance :-4 nautical miles in clear night.

Depth of water:---- About 35 fathoms at L. W. S. T.

Magnetic bearings taken from the buoy:-

The large chimney of Dairi Sugar Refinery The Summit of Kirigatani Yama

Akasaka Warning Signal Station

N. 81 35 E.

S. 31° 50′ E.

S. 29° 15′ E.

BARON KENJIRO DEN, Minister of State for Communications.

TOKYO, May 27th, 1918.

SPECIAL NOTICE TO MARINERS, No. 513.

CHINA SEA.

SHANGHAI DISTRICT.

Yangtze River North Channel Entrance.

Drinkawater Point Light-ressel to be Mored.

NOTICE is hereby given that on or about the 17th July, 1918, the Drinkwater Point Light-vessel, moored in the North Channel Entrance to the Yangtze River, will be moved about 2 miles N. 75° W., magnetic, from its present position.

This alteration, when effected, will place the Drinkwater Point Light-vessel in the middle of the fairway.

T. J. ELDRIDGE,

Acting Coast Inspector.

COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,

SHANGHAI, 5th July, 1918.

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