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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MARCH, 1893.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 3 of 1893.
INDIA, EAST COAST, MADRAS PRESIDENCY.
ALTERATION IN CHARACTER OF APPARATUS AND IN POSITION OF MADRAS LIGHT.
With reference to the previous Notices to Mariners on the subject, dated respectively the 2nd September 1892 and 23rd November 1892, it is now notified that the new light will be exhibited on the 1st July 1893.
2. Special attention is drawn to the following particulars regarding the light, and the main tower of the Law Courts from which it will be exhibited, viz.:—
(a) The light will be a 3rd order dioptric double flashing white light of half minute periods, giving two flashes of about two seconds, separated by an eclipse of about three seconds, followed by a long eclipse of 23 seconds, and should be visible at a distance of 20 miles in clear weather from N. by E. through West to S. by W., or from all directions seaward.
(b) The main tower of the Law Courts from which the light will be exhibited, is an octagonal structure of brick and stone. It will be surmounted by a stone dome having a cupola termination on which the lantern, which will have a gilded dome, will be placed. The tower is clearly distinguishable from seaward.
3. The approximate position of the tower is Latitude 13°-5'-13" N., Longitude 80°-16′-52′′ E.
4. The height above high water of the centre of the lantern will be 166 feet.
5. It is intended to dismantle the existing lighthouse as soon as possible after the exhibition of the new light.
H. A. STREET,
Commander, R.I.M., Presidency Port Officer.
Presidency Port Office, Madras, 19th January 1893.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 6 of 1893.
INDIA, EAST COAST, MADRAS PRESIDENCY.
HOPE ISLAND LIGHT.
In continuation of this office Notice to Mariners, dated Madras, 4th November 1892, it is now notified that the red sector of the Hope Island light in the direction of the Sacramento shoal will extend over an are of 40°, viz., from N. 35° W. through N. to N. 5° E. The bearings are from seaward, and magnetic.
2. The date of exhibition will be 1st March 1893 as already notified.
Presidency Port Office, Madras, 26th January 1893.
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CHARLES W. HEWETT, Commander, R.I.M., Acting Presidency Port Officer.
Government of South Australia.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 12 of 1892.
WEST COAST, SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
ENTRANCE TO STREAKY BAY, SOUTH CHANNEL.
A Red Buoy, with perch and ball, has been placed at the North End of the one fathom patch, in three fathoms of water, Eba Island E. by N., and Gibson Point S.E. by S.
Also, on the East edge of the Fairway Rock, a small perch buoy in two fathoms.
DENIAL BAY, YATALA CHANNEL.
On the Bird Rock a Black Beacon, with can-shaped head, 10ft. high, has been placed.
Also a Red Buoy, perch, and ball has been placed on the South edge of the Daphne Rock Shoal, in 9ft., off Cape Thevenard.
VENUS HARBOR.
A Red Cheese-shaped Buoy, on a one fathom patch, just within the entrance of the Harbor (to be left to starboard entering), and a Black Cheese-shaped Buoy, on a five-foot patch (to be left to port), 150 yards to the N.E. of the Red Buoy, have been placed to mark the channel (which here is only 7ft. deep) over the tail of the shifting sand bank at the entrance of this port.
WATERLOO BAY.
Two Beacons, painted black, with triangular-shaped heads, have been placed on the East Shore of Waterloo Bay, which, in line bearing N.E. by N., lead through the deepest water over the bar and up to the moorings in centre of the Bay.
All bearings magnetic, and depths of water L.W. Springs.
Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide, December 23rd, 1892.
ARTHUR SEARCY, Secretary to the Marine Board,
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