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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24TH NOVEMBER, 1894.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 453.

The following is published.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th November, 1894.

Government of China.

KIUNGCHOW DISTRICT.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Acting Colonial Secretary.

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LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS,

No. 4.

LAMKO LIGHTHOUSE.

Notice is hereby given that the Light at Lamko was exhibited for the first time at Sunset on the 15th November. The illuminating apparatus is a two-sided Dioptric one, of the Fourth Order, showing white flashes at intervals of 20 seconds.

The Lighthouse stands about 253 yards to the southward of high-water mark on Lamko Point, and the Light, which is elevated 63 feet above the level of the sea, should be visible in clear weather at a distance of 13 miles in all directions where it is not obscured by land.

The tower is an iron screw pile structure, 55 feet high, with a total height from its base to the lantern vane of 67 feet. The tower is painted white with two red horizontal bands; the dwellings are white.

Approximate position :-

Latitude Longitude

CAUTION.

20° 0′ 30′′ N. ...109° 42′ 15′′ E.

As there are extensive reefs to the northward and westward of Lamko Point, vessels are recommended to pass the Lighthouse at a distance of not less than two miles.

APPROVED:

F. S. UNWIN,

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Acting Commissioner of Customs.

Custom House;

KIUNGCHOW, 16th November, 1894.

C. J. PRICE,

Acting Harbour Master.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 422.

Tenders will be received at this Office till Noon of Thursday, the 6th December, 1894, for the renting of the Cattle Depôt at Kennedytown, for the year 1895.

For specification, period of Contract and full particulars apply at the Office of the Secretary to the Sanitary Board,

No tender will be received unless the person tendering produces a receipt to the effect that he has deposited in the Treasury the sum of $75 as a pledge of the bona fides of his tender, which sum shall be forfeited to the Crown if such person refuses to enter into the usual bond should the tender be accepted.

For form of tender apply at this Office.

The Government does not bind itself to accept the highest or any

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th November, 1894.

tender.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Acting Colonial Secretary.