THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24TH MARCH, 1883.
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The substance of this Notice is to he inserted in red ink on the Charts affected by it, and introduced into the margin, or otherwise in the page, of the Sailing Directions and Light-list to which it relates..
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
FOREIGN LIGHTS, &c.
[No. 1 of 1883.]
(The last Notice to Mariners for 1882 was No. 124.)
NORWAY-NORTHWEST COAST.
(1.) Light on Flad island. (N..M..1-'83.)
Information has been received that on November 15, 1882, a light would be exhibited from the southwestern end of Flad island, about 600 yards from the beacon erected there.
The light is fixed and flashing, red and white, giving one flash every 30 seconds. It is elevated 42 feet above the ground and 154 feet above the level of the sea.
It will be white between the bearings NE. E. and N. 2 W., over an are of 302°, and red between the bearings N. W. and NE. E., over an arc of 58°.
The fixed light will be visible 11 miles, the flashes 20 miles. It will be lighted annually from August 15 to April 30. Approximate position :-
Latitude, 67° 54′ 40′′ N.; Longitude, 14° 47′ 45′′ E.
(Bearings magnetic. Variation 11° 40′ westerly in 1883.) (Bekjendtgjørelse fra Fyrdirektoren, Kristiania, 1882.)
SOUTH COAST.
(2.) New harbor light at Lillesand. (N. M. 1-'83.)
Information has been received that the new harbor light at Lillesand would be exhibited November 20, 1882.
The light is of the 4th order, and is exhibited from the southeast corner of the keeper's dwelling, which latter is erected on Saltholm island, on the western side of the entrance to Lillesand.
It is visible over an are of 55°, from S. 36° E., about 100 yards west of Malmgrund shoal, to S. 19° W., about 200 yards east of Beierski shoal and Urholm island.
Nebgrund shoal, with four fathoms, lies within the are of visibility.
The light is flashing white, giving one flash every second, between the bearings S. 16° E. and S. 13° W., over an are of 29°, across Nordboernc and Langboer shoals, and about 200 yards on either side of these, but the light is fixed white in the channel between Reierski and Langboer shoals, and also in the channel between Nordboerne and Malmgruid shoals.
The light also shows in the direction of Lillesand harbor.
The height of the building above the ground is 36 feet, the light is elevated 46 feet above the level of the sea, and will be visible 10 miles..
Position: Latitude, 58° 13′ 55′′ N.; Longitude, 8° 24′ 15′′ E.
At the time of lighting this new light a red light, shown from a lantern on the custom house bridge at Lillesand, was also to be exhibited.
(Bearings magnetic.
Variation 14o westerly in 1883.) (Bekjendtgjørelse fra Fyrdirektøren, Kristiania, 1882.)
This Notice affects the following Charts, &c.:
Hydrographic Office:
(1.) No. 318, The Arctic Ocean, between Greenland and Nova Zembla, (2.) Nos. 22 and 291, The North Sea, Sheet H..
British Admiralty:
(1.) No. 2311, Norway, Sheet IX.
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(2.) Nos. 2339, 2842a, 2182b, 2289 and 2328, Norway, South Coast, Sheet II.
Sailing Directions, &c. :
The Norway Pilot," Part 1, 1854, page 36 (2).. "The Norway Pilot," Part 2, 1880, page 329 (1).
U. S. Light-list No. 5 of 1882.
No.
Page.
N. M. 1-83.
(1.) (2.)
857.
156
735
134
By order of the Bureau of Navigation:
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J. C. P. de KRAFFT, Commodore U. S. N., Hydrographer to the Bureau.
U. S. HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE, Washington, D. C., January 2, 1883.
The substance of this Notice 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 and Light-list to which it relatos.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
FOREIGN LIGHTS, &c.
[No. 2 of 1883.]
MEDITERRANEAN SEA—AUSTRIA-CAPE PROMONTORE,
(3.) Low light on Porer rock. (N. M. 2-'83.)
With reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 112 (633) of 1882, further information concerning the low light on Porer rock has been received, and is as follows:
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