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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH JULY, 1888.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 352.

The following Hydrographic Notices are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th July, 1888.

FREDERICK STEWART, Colonial Secretary.

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NOTICE TO MARINERS.

LIGHT ON JARMAN ISLAND, COSSACK, NORTH-WEST AUSTRALIA.

Notice is hereby given that from the 16th May, 1888, a fixed white light of the third order Dioptric will be exhibited ou Jarman Island, Cossack, N.W. Australia, on the spot where a beacon has hitherto been standing. The light will be shown from sunset to sunrise from a circular iron tower in Latitude 20° 39′ 06′′ South, Longitude 117° 13′ 21" East, and will be visible all round the horizon for a distance in clear weather of fifteen miles.

The tower is painted, the lower half red, and the upper half white, the centre of lantern being elevated ninety-six feet above high water. The height of the tower from base to vane being fifty-one feet. The light hitherto shown on Reader Head will be discontinued from the same date.

C. R. RUSSELL,

Chief Harbor Master.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

CEYLON, SOUTH COAST.

It is hereby notified that the Buoy marking Whale Reef off Galle has broken adrift. It will be replaced in position the first favourable opportunity offering. The Reef bears from the Lighthouse W. N., distance 25 miles.

Master Attendant's Office, Galle, June 15th, 1888.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 300.

The following is published for general information.

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By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th June, 1888.

J. TRUSCOTT, Acting Master Attendant.

FREDERICK STEWART, Colonial Secretary.

NOTICE.

The following revised Rates of Postage on Parcels despatched to the United Kingdom will come into force on 1st August, 1888.

1 lb.,

25 cents.

Each succeeding b. or fraction of a tb........

20

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GENERAL POST OFFICE,

HONGKONG, 30TH JUNE, 1888.

ARTHUR K. TRAVERS,

Acting Postmaster General.