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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TM DECEMBER, 1881.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 40 of 1884.
CREWS OF VESSELS WRECKED IN THE CORAL SEA.
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Notice is hereby given, that the Crews of Vessels which may be wrecked in the more northern part of the Coral Sea ay make for the Murray Islands without hesitation. The Islands are the site of a large Mission Station, and shipwreked
is will there be kindly treated and taken on to Thursday Island.
Department of Ports and Harbours, Brisbane, 29th October, 1884.
G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N.,
Portmaster.
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.
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NOTICE TO MARINERS.
[ No. 179.]
EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO.
JAVA-NORTH COAST,
Revolving Light at Samarang.
The Netherlands Government has given Notice, dated 30th August 1884, that a light is now exhibited from a light- house erected at Samarang, north coast of Java :--
The light is a revolving light, showing a white flash every half minute, elevated 105 feet above high water, and should be visible in clear weather from a distance of 17 miles.
The illuminating apparatus is dioptric, or by lenses, of the fourth order.
The lighthouse, 103 feet high, consists of a twelve-sided iron tower, painted white. Position, lat. C° 58′ S., long. 110° 25′ E.
By Command of their Lordships,
W. J. L. WHARTON,
Hydrographer.
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 10th September, 1884.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts :--Indian ocean, No. 718b; Eastern archipelago, western portion, No. 941a; Samarang Bay, No, 932: Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, &c., 1884, No. 187,
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. 197.]
CHINA SEA.
PULO CONDORE GROUP.
(1) Intended Fixed Light on Haon Bai Kan Island.
The French Government has given Notice, dated 12th September 1884, of the intended exhibition of a light from s house in course of construction on the eastern point of Haon Bai Kan island, Pulo Condore group :---
In Hght will be a fired white light of the first order, visible through an are of 264°, or between the bearings of N. 1. and S. 98? E., except where obscured by Haon Cao islet through a sector of 179, or from S. 43° W. to S. 60° W.; will be elevated 698 feet above the sea, and should be seen in clear weather from a distance of about 27 miles.
Position, lat. 8° 40′ N., long. 106° 41′ E.
JAPAN.
KIUSIU-EAST COAST.
(2) Oshima-Revolving Light on Kura Saki Hana.
The Japanese Government has given Notice, that on 15th August 1884, a light was exhibited from a lighthouse pected on Kura Saki Hana, the south extreme of Oshima, approach to Aburatsu harbour:-
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The light is a revolving white light of the first order, showing a bright flash every thirty seconds, and visible through are of 315°, or between the bearings of S. 344° E. and S. 10° W.; it is elevated 287 feet above the sea, and should be a in clear weather from a distance of 24 miles.
The lighthouse, 32 feet high, is constructed of concrete and painted white. Position on chart, lat. 31°31′ N., long. 131° 25′ E.
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(The bearings are Magnetic. Variation
(Westerly} in 1881.)
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 22nd October, 1884.
By Command of their Lordships,
W. J. L. WHARTON,
Hydrographer.
The Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts ---China Sea, southern portion, No. 2060a (1); Gulf of Siam. No. 2414 (1); Pulo Condore So tuos (D); Pacific ocean, No. 781 (2); North-west Pacific ocean, No. 2459 (2); Nipon island, &c., No. 2847 (2); Formosa and Japan, 25 4078een, Nu. 2112 (2); western coasts of Kinsiu and Nipon, No. 358 (2); Aburatsu harbour, No. 626 (2): Also, Admiralty List of Lights
Auga, &e, 1881, pages 22, 32; China Sea Directory, vol. II., 1879, age 71; and China Sea Directory, vol. IV., 1884, page 245.
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