58884-1918-Supplementary-Notices-to-Mariners — Page 3

Charts affected:-

Admiralty Chart No. 1095

366

-Clarence Strait.

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Publications affected :-

613

1044

-Melville Island and Dundas and Clarence Straits.

Groote Eylandt to Cape Ford. 2759A--Australia, Northern portion.

Australian Pilot, Vol. V., 1914, page 103.

By Direction,

R. McK. OAKLEY,

Acting Comptroller-General of Customs.

JOSHUA F. RAMSBOTHAM,

Director of Lighthouses.

Department of Trade and Customs,

MELBOURNE, 12th July, 1918.

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

1918. No. 11.

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 elevation given is the height of focal plane above high water.

AUSTRALIA NORTH COAST.

Clarence Strait.

East Vernon Island-Light Buoy to be established off the South-Western extremity of Island.

MARINERS and others are hereby notified that a Light Buoy, showing a flashing white light, will be established off the South-western extremity of East Vernon Island, on or about 20th August, 1918.

Position The Light Buoy will be moored in about 15 fathoms of water at a distance of about 1 cables from the extremity of the spit on the South-western end of East Vernon Island. Position will be approximately :--

Lat. 12° 04' S.; Long. 131° 03′ E. on Chart 1095.

Description. A cylindrical Light Buoy with framework superstructure painted red and numbered "4," exhibiting a flashing white light showing one flash every six seconds, thus:-

Flash

sec.

Eclipse

5 secs.

Power.--1,300 candles.

Visibility.-Eight miles.

Remarks. Further notice will be given. Charts affected:-Admiralty Chart No.

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1095

613

Clarence Strait.

-Melville Island and Dundas and

Clarence Straits.

1044 Groote Eylandt to Cape Ford. 2759A-Australia, Northern portion.

Publications affected: -Admiralty Pilot, Vol. V., 1914, page 192.

By Direction,

R. McK. OAKLEY, Acting Comptroller-General of Customs.

JOSHUA F. RAMSBOTHAM,

Director of Lighthouses.

Department of Trade and Customs,

MELBOURNE, 12th July, 1918.

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