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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7 DECEMBER, 1895.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. —No. 521.

The following are published.

By Command,

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 7th December, 1895.

Government of Japan.

NOTIFICATION No. 176 OF DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

WEST COAST OF JAPAN.

BUOY AT FUNAKAWA ANCHORAGE.

Notice is hereby given that a Buoy has been placed by Akita Kencho to mark the position of the sunken rock which lies to E. S. E. of FUNAKAWA LIGHT-HOUSE.

The cross bearings taken from the Buoy are as follows:-

Funakawa Lighthouse,..

Chausu-yama..

Oyehana-saki,

..N. 76° 50′ W. true,

.N. 13° 15′ E. true,

....N. 36° 0′ E. truc.

The Buoy is a Pyramidal Wooden Framework painted White and is surmounted by a triangular top-mark standing 14 feet above the sea. It is moored in 4 fathoms of Water at Low Water Spring Tides.

SHIRANE SENICHI,

Tokyo, Nov. 16th, 1895.

Minister of State for Communications.

Government of Straits Settlements.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

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SINGAPORE.

SALAT SINKI. WESTERN APPROACH TO NEW HARBOUR.

On the 1st January, 1896, the temporary lights exhibited from a hulk alongside the Sultan Shoal will be replaced by a Revolving Catoptric Light 60 feet above high water mark, showing a bright flash every 30 seconds, visible all round with a range of 13 miles.

The Light-house on the Sultan Shoal consists of a Tower surrounded by the Keeper's dwelling-house, two stories in height and reaching to within 18 feet of the Lauteru.

C. Q. G. CRAUFURD,

MASTER ATTENDANT'S OFFICE,

Master Attendant, S.S.

Singapore, 22nd November, 1895.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 490.

The following Lot of Crown Land at Morrison Hill Road will be sold by Public Auction, on Monday, the 9th day of December, 1895, at 4 P.M.

Inland Lot No. 1,357.

For l'articulars and Conditions of Sale see page 1173 of the Government Gazette for 1895.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd November, 1895.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary.