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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH JANUARY, 1890.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 38.
The following Hydrographic Notices are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th January, 1890.
F. FLEMING, Colonial Secretary.
IMPERIEUSE, AT HONGKONG,
13th January, 1890.
HYDROGRAPHICAL MEMO: No. 51.
SOUTH CHINA.
CANTON RIVER.-As the Admiralty plan of the land in the vicinity of Whampoa is very incomplete, ships visiting Canton are to furnish me with any information which may be useful in the navigation of that part of the Canton River, especially as to the situation of the principal parts of the town, and of the British Consulate &c. &c. and the soundings on the passage up.
Erratum in Hydrographical Memo. No. 48 of 1889.
NOMI HARBOUR.—For West entrance of Hey Sima S.W. by S. Southerly, read West extreme of Hey Sima S. 33° W. distant 78 cables.
N.B. The bearing W. by N. N. Northerly, refers to North extreme of Point, Kadoya, and not the mountain of the
China Sea Directory Vol. IV. p. 255, and not Vol. II. as stated.
same name.
To the Commodore and the respective Captains, Commanders, and
Officers Commanding Her Majesty's Ships and Vessels employed on the China Station.
NOWELL SALMON,
Vice-Admiral.
NOTICE TO MARINERS, No. 232.
CHINA SEA.
NINGPO DISTRICT.
Loka Island Light.
Notice is hereby given that on or about the 12th January a Light will be exhibited from the tower on the north point, of Loka Island, which will take the place of the temporary Light advertised in Notice to Mariners No. 229 of this Series.
The apparatus of the new Light is fixed dioptric of the fourth order, and is arranged to show sectors of white and red light between the following approximate bearings:
White from N. 15° W. to N. 85° 30′ W.
Red from N. 85° 30′ W. to S. 82° W.
White from S. 82° W. to S. 24° W.
Red from S. 24° W. round by south to S. 87° E.
White from S. 87° E. to N. 82o E.
From N. 82° E. round by north to N. 15° W. the light will be entirely obscured by Loka Island.
The bearings are magnetic and taken from seaward; and until a further Notice is issued, the sectors are subject to
alteration.
The Light will be clevated 128 feet above the sea, and in clear weather the white light should be visible from a distance of 15 miles.
The tower is round, built of stone, with a total height from the base to the crown of the lantern of 29 feet. The tower and lightkeeper's dwellings are painted white.
The approximate geographical position is—
Latitude, Longitude,
29° 58′ 15′′ N. .122° 27′ 20′′ E.
N.B. This Light will be exhibited mainly in the interests of Chinese junks and fishing boats, and the provision of
the red sectors is experimental. Until further notice, therefore, vessels of Foreign type are warned not to make use of it.
By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS, COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 1st January 1890.
E. V. BRENAN, Acting Coast Inspector.
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