675601-1883-Hydrographic-Notices- — Page 10

326

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7TH APRIL, 1883.

MERSEY RIVER.

(42.) Light-vessel in connection with Mersey tunnel. (N. M. 12-'83.)

Information has been received that the Mersey Railway Company have moored a vessel in the river, to be employed in making borings at several stations along the line of their intended tunnel between the Manchester basin, Liverpool, and Woodside landing-stage, Birkenhead; and have signified their intention to exhibit therefrom three red lights, placed vertically, as prescribed in Article 5 of the "Rules for preventing collisions at sea."

NOTE.-The boring vessel is intended to be moored head and stern at the several stations successively, and as she, cannot therefore swing with the tide, mariners navigating or anchoring in her vicinity are cautioned accordingly.

(British Admiralty Notice to Mariners, No. 248, London, 1882.)

COAST OF LANCASHIRE.

(43.) Light-vessel, Selker rocks. (N. M. 12-'83.)

Information has been received that, with a view of facilitating the navigation of this coast, a light-vessel will be moored off the Selker rocks about the end of March or beginning of April, 1883, from which a double flashing light will be shown, giving one white and one red flash in quick succession every half-minute.

Further particulars will be published in due course.

(Trinity House Notice to Mariners, No. 226, London, 1882.)-

SCOTLAND-EAST COAST-FRASERBURGH.

(44.) A fixed green light on breakwater, (N. M. 12-'83.)

With reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 54 (223 and 224) of 1880, further information has been received that on October 9, 1882, a light would be exhibited from the light-house at the seaward end of the break-water, near the entrance to Fraserburgh harbor.

The light is fixed green, visible from seaward between the bearings N. † E. and S. W., and should be seen in clear

weather about five miles.

(Bearings magnetic, and from seaward. Variation, 20° 30′ westerly in 1883.).

(British Admiralty Notice to Mariners, No. 249, London, 1882.)

This Notice affects the following Charts, &c.:

Hydrographic Office:

(41 and 42.) No. 6576, English Channel, Sheet II.

(43.) No. 536a, Irish Channel, Northern portion.

(44.) No. 291, North Sea, Sheet II.

British Admiralty:

(41, 42 and 43.) No. 1824a, Ireland, Sheet I.

(41.) Nos. 26756, 1179 and 2682, Bristol Channel.

(42.) Nos. 11706 and 1951, Liverpool Bay.

(43.) Nos. 1825a and b and 1826, Fleetwood to Firth of Solway.

(44.) Nos, 21826, 1409, 1439 and 2397a, Scotland, North and East Coast.

Sailing Directions, &c.:

"Bristol Channel," (1879), page 115 (41).

"West Coast of England," (1876), page 164 (42); page 192 (43), "North Sea Filot," Part II (1875), page 113 (44).

U. S. Light-list, No. 6 of 1882.

2 Number.

Page,

N. M. 12-'83.

(41.)

103a

32

(13.)

282

50

(44.)

602

,104

By order of the Bureau of Navigation:"

J. C. P. de DRAFFT, Commodore, U. S. N., Hydrographer to the Bureau-

U. S. HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE, Washington, D. C., January 12, 1883.

163a LIGHT-VESSEL

60 fathoms SW. by S. from wreck of S. S. Raglan.

282

SELKER ROCKS....

Light-vessel.......

163al

Two balls by day

282

2

F.

1

Fl. red and Every minute

white al- ternately.

1882 Light vessel must be passed on the side on which two lights or two balls are shown. Bearings of wreck Flat Holm light-house SE. E.; Laver- nock point E. by N. § N.

(N. M. 12-'83.)

Proposed. To give one WHITE and one RED flash

in quick succession every 30 seconds.