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Position.--Lat. 37° 34' S.; Long. 149° 55′ E.

Character.-Group Flashing, with white and red sectors, showing three flashes in quick succession every fifteen seconds, thus :----

Flash

sec.

Eclipse

1 sec.

Flash

sec.

Eclipse

1 sec.

Flash

sec.

Eclipse

11 secs.

Remarks. The other details of the light remain unchanged.

Note. No further notice will be given.

Charts affected:Admiralty Chart No. 1017 --Gabo Island to Montagu Island.

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1211

1

25

3169

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19

29

11

11

Publications affected:-

-Gabo Island to Port Jackson.

-Port Phillip to Gabo Island. 2759B-Australia, Southern portion.

788-Melbourne to Cape Horn, Western

Sheet.

780 -Pacific Ocean, South-west Sheet.

Admiralty List of Lights and Time Signals, Part VI., 1918, No. 2508. Australia Directory, Vol. I., 1907, page 546. .

MELBOURNE, 29th August, 1918.

1918. No. 23.

TASMANIA NORTH COAST.

Emu Bay Light (U).—Intended alteration in Position and Charactistics.

MARINERS and others are hereby notified that the Occulting White Light on the Old Breakwater will be replaced by a Flashing White Light with Red Sector on the New Breakwater, on or about 14th October, 1918.

Position. On the parapet of the New Breakwater, 25 feet from the seaward end, and approximately 750 feet E.N.E. from the position of the existing Occulting White Light.

Lat. 41° 03′ S.; Long. 145° 57′ E. approx.

Details.-The new light will have the undermentioned characteristics:

Character-Flashing White Light with Red Sector, showing one flash every

three seconds, thus:-

Flash

sec.

Eclipse 23 secs.

Sectors. Red from 111° (S. 78° E. Mag.) through South to 201° (S. 12° W. Mag.). White from 201° (S. 12° W. Mag.) through West and North to 21° (N. 12° E. Mag.). Obscured elsewhere.

Elevation.-39 feet.

Visibility. White, 10 miles.

Power.--White, 300 candles.

Red, 5 miles.

Red, 100 candles.

Structure. Former steel framework tower, painted white. Height, 30 feet.

Remarks. The light will be unwatched.

No further notice will be given.

Note. The existing Occulting White Light will be extinguished from 30th Septem- ber, 1918, in order that the necessary alterations may be carried out. In the interval, the temporary fixed Red light on the Titan Crane on the New Breakwater will continue to be exhibited as heretofore, but will be extinguished on the establishment of the new Flashing White Light with Red sector.