THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD JUNE, 1894.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 255,
The following are published.
By Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
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1894.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd June, 1894.
Government of China.
KIUNGCHOW DISTRICT.
LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 2.
HOIHOW HARBOUR LIGHT.
Notice is hereby given that the Hoihow Harbour Light was exhibited for the first time at sunset on the 15th June,
The illuminating apparatus is a four-sided Dioptrie one of the Sixth Order showing three white flashes in rapid succession every forty-five seconds and between each group of three white flashes a single red flash.
The Lighthouse stands 464 yards South of high water mark on the Southern shore of Hoihow Bay, and the Light, which is elevated 73 feet above the level of the sea, should be visible in clear weather at a distance of 10 miles in all directions where it is not obscured by land.
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The tower is round, of iron, with a total height from its base to lantern vane of 22 feet.
The tower, dwellings and boundary wall are white.
Approximate position :-
Latitude Longitude
20° 1' 15" N.
.110° 16′ 10′′ E.
C. J. PRICE, Acting Harbour Master.
APPROVED:
F. S. UNWIN,
Acting Commissioner of Customs.
Custom House, Kiungchow, 16th June, 1894.
NOTICE TO MARINERS,
No. 284.
CHINA SEA.
SHANGHAI DISTRICT.
MIDDLE ISLAND SURVEYING BEACON.
Notice is hereby given that, on account of the washing away of the eastern shore of Middle Island, the Surveying Beacon No. 45 in the published List for 1894, has been shifted 63 cables S. 84° W., magnetic, from its former position.
By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS,
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 4th June 1894.
A. M. BISBEE,
Coast Inspector.
NOTICE TO MARINERS,
No. 285.
CHINA SEA.
YANGTZE RIVER-KIUKIANG DISTRICT.
KIUKIANG ROCKS LIGHT-BOAT ESTABLISHED; KIUKIANG ROCKS LIGHT AND KIUKIANG ROCKS BEACON LIGHT DISCONTINUED.
Notice is hereby given that a Light-boat has been moored abreast of Kiukiang Rocks and close to the upper end of Oliphant Island, where it marks the starboard side of the channel for vessels entering from seaward.
The illuminating apparatus is fixed, Dioptric, of the Sixth Order, showing a red light, which should be visible in clear weather at a distance of 4 nautical miles.
The Light-boat is painted red, and its mast is surmounted by a black ball.
The Kiukiang Rocks Light and the Kiakiang Rocks Beacon Light, Nos. 86 and 87 respectively in the published List for 1894, have been discontinued.
By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS,
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 5th June 1894.
A. M. BISBEE,
Coast Inspector.
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