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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 8TH NOVEMBER, 1890.
Government of Japan.
NOTIFICATION No. 222 OF DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
KANABUSE ROCK, SHIMONOSEKI STRAITS.
Buoy withdrawn and Lighted Beacon established.
Notice is hereby given that a Beacon has been erected on the sunken rock Kanabuse, Shimonoseki Straits, and that the Buoy hitherto moored to mark the rock has been withdrawn.
The Beacon is built of Concrete, circular in Horizontal section, painted with White and Black horizontal bands and is surmounted by a small lantern, from which a Fixed White Light will be shown on and after the night of the 1st November, 1890.
The elevation of the Light above the level of High Water Spring Tides, will be 27 feet. It will illuminate the whole horizon, and in clear weather, will be seen from a distance of 3 nautical miles.
The cross bearings from the Beacon are as follows:
Moji-saki........ Hesaki Point, Kushisaki
.......S. 58 deg. 55 min. W. true. ...S. 68 deg. 35 min. E. true. ..N. 32 deg. 5 min. E. true.
NOTE: The Light will be kept burning day and night by self-feeding arrangement, without attendance of a keeper. Should the Light go out by accident, there may be some delay before relighting it.
COUNT GOTO SHOJIRO, Minister of State for Communications.
Tozio, 18th October, 1890.
NOTIFICATION No. 225 OF DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
AKKESHI HARBOUR LIGHT, HOKKAIDO.
Notice is hereby given that a Lighthouse has been erected on Daikoku-shima, at the entrance to Akkeshi harbour, Province of Kushiro, Hokkaido, the Light of which will be exhibited on the night of the 25th November, 1890, and every night thereafter from Suuset to Sunrise.
According to the Japanese Admiralty chart No. 27, the position of the Lighthouse is approximately in Latitude 42° 56' 52" North and in Longitude 144° 52′ 38′′ East of Greenwich.
The Lighthouse is a Hexagonal Wooden Tower painted White, and 181⁄2 feet high from the base to the centre of the lantern.
The Light will be a 5th Order Fixed White Light and will illuminate 270 degrees of the horizon between the bearings of N. 69° 12' E. and N. 20° 48′ W. The bearings are true and as observed from the Lighthouse.
The elevation of the Light above the sea will be 364 feet, and in clear weather, it will be seen from a distance of 10 nautical miles.
COUNT GOTO SHOJIRO, Minister of State for Communications.
TOKIO, 23rd October, 1890.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 473.
Tenders will be received at this Office until Noon of Thursday, the 20th instant, for the removal of Cast-iron Tanks from the City of Victoria to the Peak District.
For form of tender apply at this Office.
For specification and further particulars apply at the Resident Engineer's Office, Water and Drainage Department, Beaconsfield Arcade.
The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th November, 1890.
W. M. DEANE,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 474.
Tenders will be received at this Office until Noon of Thursday, the 4th December, 1890, for the purchase of Waste Food from Victoria Gaol, for the ensuing year commencing 1st January, 1891.
This consists of the kitchen refuse and waste Rice, Congee, Vegetables, Fish, &c., averaging 100 lbs. daily.
For form of tender apply at this Office.
For particulars apply at the Office of the Superintendent, Victoria Gaol.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th November, 1890.
W. M. DEANE, Acting Colonial Secretary.
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