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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMEN GAZETTE, 27TH SEPTEMBER, 1884.

CAUTION.-Vessels are prohibited from anchoring near the cable, but should such a necessity arise, the anchor is to be weighed as soon as practicable, without making sail. In the event of hooking the cable, it must be carefully cleared and allowed to sink.

(The Bearings are Magnetic. Variation 2o Easterly in 1884.)

By Command of their Lordships,

FREDк. J. EVANS,

Hydrographer,

Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 23rd July, 1884.

This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Eastern archipelago, with plan of Sunda strait, No. 941a; Sunda strait, No. 2056: Also, China Sea Directory, vol. I., 1878, page 157.

The substance of this Notice, as soon as it is received on board, is to be inserted in red ink on the Charts affected by it; and introduced into the margin, or otherwise in the page, of the Sailing Directions to which it relates. See Admiralty Instructions, Navigation and Pilotage, pp.

312 & 313-

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

[ No. 133. ]

JAPAN.

SIKOK-SOUTH COAST.

(1) Fixed light exhibited on Riudou-Saki,

Information has been received from the Japanese Government, that a light is exhibited from saki, south point of entrance to Wurato (Urado) harbour, south coast of Sikok island:-

lighthouse on Riudsu-

The light is a fixed white light, visible between the bearings S. 363 E., through south, west, and north, to N. 31° E., except where obscured by the land between S. 24° W. and S. 29° W.; it is elevated 102 feet above high water, and should

be seen in clear weather from a distance of 10 miles.

The lighthouse, 31 feet high, is a six sided wooden structure, painted white.

The illuminating apparatus is of the fifth order.

Position, lat. 33° 30′ N., long. 133° 36′ E.

KIUSIU-HAKOSAKI-NO-URA.

(2) Fixed light exhibited at Fukuoka ( Hakata).

Also, that a light is exhibited from a lighthouse erected at Fukuoka (Hakata), Hakosaki bay, north-west coast of Kiusiu island:-

The light is a fixed white light, visible through an arc of 180°, or between the bearings N. 37° E., through east and south to S. 37° W.; it is elevated 40 feet above high water, and should be seen in clear weather from a distance of 10

miles.

The lighthouse, 36 feet high, is a hexagonal wooden structure, painted white, and is situated 175 yards north-east of the former lighthouse at the mouth of Nakagawa river.

The illuminating apparatus is of the fifth order. Position, lat. 33° 36′ 30′′ N., long 130° 24′ 0′′ E.

(The bearings are Magnetic.

Variation 4° Westerly in 1884.)

By Command of their Lordships,

FREDк. J. EVANS,

Hydrographer.

Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 23rd July, 1884.

This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Japan, No. 2347; western coasts of Kinsiu and Nipon, No. 358 (2); Hirado-no-Seto to Simonosaki strait. No. 127 (2): Also, China Sea Directory, vol. IV., 1884, pages 255 and 534; Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, China, &c., 1881, page 30.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 350.

The following Notices from the Acting Registrar General, under the Contagious Diseases Ordinance, 1867, are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th September, 1884.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867.

It is hereby notified that the part of the house hereinafter mentioned, that is to say, the First Floor of No. 55, Hollywood Road, was, on the 26th day of September, 1884, pursuant to Section 23 of the above Ordinance, declared by me under my Hand and Seal of Office to be an Unlicensed Brothel.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Acting Registrar General.

L.S.

Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 26th September, 1884.