THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH JANUARY, 1894.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 34.
The following Notice is published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th January, 1894.
G. T. M. OBRIEN, Colonial Secretary.
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NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that on and after the 1st day of March next, legal proceedings will be commenced in the Supreme Court of Hongkong in its Summary Jurisdiction in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance No. 13 of 1875, for the recovery of all Crown Rents due for the half year ended 25th December, 1893, which may then be unpaid and in arrear without further notice being given.
Dated this 26th day of January, 1894.
N. G. MITCHELL-INNES, Colonial Treasurer.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 35.
The following is published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th January, 1894.
Notice to Mariners, No. 49 of 1893.
G. T. M. OBRIEN, Colonial Secretary.
EXHIBITION OF A GROUP FLASHING WHITE LIGHT ON STEPHENS ISLAND, WESTERN ENTRANCE TO COOK STRAIT, NEW ZEALAND.
Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 15th December, 1893.
With reference to preliminary notice No. 35, of 1893, issued by this department on the 18th August last, it is hereby notified that on and after Monday, the 29th day of January, 1894, a light will be exhibited from the lighthouse which has been erected on Stephens Island, the position and characteristics of which are as follows:—
The lighthouse is situated at the northern end of Stephens Island, western entrance to Cook Strait, New Zealand. The tower is 50ft. in height from base to top of the lantern, is built of iron, and painted white.
The light will be a first-order group flashing white light, showing two distinct flashes in quick succession every half-minute, and will show over an are of 293° all round seaward as far as the land will allow.
The light is elevated about 600ft. above the sea, and, allowing 15ft. for the height of the eye, it will be visible at a distance of about thirty-two nantic miles in clear weather, and at lesser distances according to the state of the atmosphere.
P. A. BUCKLEY,
For Minister having charge of Marine Department.
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