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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24TH MARCH, 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 relates.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
FOREIGN LIGHTS, &c.
[No. 16 of 1883.]
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA-MAINE,
(56.) Change of characteristics of the Portland Head light. (N. M. 16-'83.)
Information has been received that on and after June 1, 1883, the light displayed at Portland Head light-station, Portland harbor, Maine, will be of the 4th order, with the focal plane 80 feet above sea-level, instead of a 2d order light 101 feet above sea level as now shown.
(Light-house Board Notice to Mariners, No. 2, Washington, 1883,).
CONNECTICUT-BRIDGEPORT HARBOR.
(57.) Removal of buoy. (N. M. 16-'83.)
Information has been received that black buoy No. 1, which marked the western side of the channel, near the steam-boat dock, Bridgeport, Connecticut, has been discontinued.
(Office Light-house Inspector, 3d District, Tompkinsville, N. Y., Jan, 15, 1883,)
This Notice affects the following Charts, &c.:
Hydrographic Office, Nos. 21 and 18, Buzzard's Bay and Martha's Vineyard Sound.
(56.) No. 15.
(57.) No. 238, East Coast of North America.
Coast Survey, No. A, Atlantic Coast, Cape Sable to Cape Hatteras.
(56.) Nos. 315, 106, 107 and 325, Portland Harbor, Maine.
(57.) Nos, 8 and 116, Long Island Sound.
British Admiralty, Nos. 2670, 2059 and 26606, North Atlantic Ocean, Western Portion.
(56.) Nos. 249, 2490, 2492 and 2488, North America, East Coast of Maine, Portland Harbor.
(57.) Nos. 2755, 2479, 2480 and 2455, America, East Coast.
Sailing Directions, &c. :
"Atlantic Coast Pilot," Division A, Eastport to Boston, page 470 (56). "Atlantic Coast Pilot," Division B, Boston to New York, page 459 (57),
"List of Light-houses, Lighted Beacons," &c., (U. S. Light-house Board), 1882, page 16, No. 48 (56). "List of Beacons, Buoys, Towers," &c., 3d Light-house District, (U. S. Light-house Board), 1881, page 42 (57).
By order of the Bureau of Navigation :
J. C. P. de KRAFFT, Commodore, U. S. N., Hydrographer to the Bureau.
U. S. HYDROGRaphic Office, Washington, D. C., January 18, 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 relates.
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NOTICE TO MARINERS.
FOREIGN LIGHTS, &c. [No. 17 of 1883.]
FRANCE-WEST COAST-VILAINE RIVER.
(58.) Beacon. (N. M. 17-'83.) ›
Information has been received that a masonry tower, painted red, has been placed on the extremity of the rocks on Pointe de l'Ile, at the mouth of the Vilaine river. The beacon is elevated 12 feet above high water.
Position: Latitude, 47° 29′ 30′′ N.; Longitude, 2° 30′ 19′′ W.
(Annonce Hydrographique, No. 166 (967), Paris, 1882.)
BIARRITZ,
(59.) Condition of the Port Neuf. (N. M. 17-'83.)
Information has been received that the northern jetty or mole at the Port Neuf of Biarritz has never been constructed, and that, as a matter of fact, there is no shelter in the ports of Biarritz for any vessels except the local fishing boats.
(Annonce Hydrographique, No. 178 (1032), Paris, 1882.)
SPAIN NORTH COAST-BILBOA.
(60.) Semaphore on Galea point. (N. M. 17-'83.)
Information has been received that an electric semaphore, elevated 330 feet above the sea, has been erected 270 yards NW. from Galea light, and has been working since November 10, 1882.
(Annonce Hydrographique, No. 167 (971), Paris, 1882.) SOUTHEAST COAST-GROSA ISLAND.
(61.) Bell-buoy. (N. M. 17-'83.)
With reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 104 (634) of 1881, information has been received that a new bell-buoy, shaped like a boat, and painted red, has been planted on the rockey shoal outside of Grosa island.
(Aviso a los Navegantes, Num. 128, Madrid, 1882.)
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