THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH AUGUST, 1888.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 994.
CHINA SEA.
YANGTZE RIVER-KIUKIANG DISTRICT.
Point Haines Beacon Light.
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Notice is hereby given that the Point Haines Beacon Light has been shifted 50 yards S. 13° E. from its last position, in consequence of the washing away of the river bank.
By Order of the Inspector General of Customs.
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS,
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 1st August 1888.
E. V. BRENAN,
Acting Coast Inspector.
Government of Japan.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
ÔYAMA LIGHTHOUSE.
Notice is hereby given that a Lighthouse has been erected by ISHIZAKA SHUZO and others at the village of OTTOMURA, at the foot of the hill known as OYAMA, on the coast of the Province of MIKAWA, the Light of which will be exhibited on the night of the 20th August, 1888, and every night thereafter from Sunset to Sunrise.
According to the Japanese Admiralty Chart No. 170, the position of the Lighthouse is in Latitude 34° 35′ 36′′ North, and in Longitude 137° 8′ 39′′ East of Greenwich.
The Lighthouse is a hexagonal, wooden tower, painted White, and 174 feet high from the base to the centre of the Lantern.
The Light will be a 6th Order, Fixed, Red Light, and will illuminate 178 degrees of the horizon from N. 73° 45′ E. to S. 71° 45′ W. The bearings are true and as observed from the Lighthouse.
The elevation of the Light above the sea, will be 813 feet, and in clear weather the Light will be visible at a distance of S nautical miles.
Tokio, July 26th, 1888.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
VISCOUNT ENOMOTO TAKEAKI,
Minister of State for Communications.
HONMOKU BUOY.
Notice is hereby given that it having been discovered from soundings recently taken that the Shoal off Honmoku extends further to the Southward than was formerly supposed, the HONMOKU BUOŸ has been SHIFTED 5 CABLES to the SOUTHWARD of its FORMER POSITION,
The Buoy is now moored in 10 Fathoms of water at Low Water Springs.
The Cross Bearings from the new position of the Buoy are as follows:-
Jiuniten Yama (Mandarin Bluff),
Hachioji Hana (Southern Extreme of Treaty Point), Koshiba Hana (Fillmore Point),
.N. 20° W.
.N. 45° W.
.S. 30° W.
Tokio, 1st August, 1888.
Bearings true.
VISCOUNT ENOMOTO TAKEAKI,
Minister of State for Communications,
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