675601-1883-Hydrographic-Notices- — Page 11

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7TH APRIL, 1883.

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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. 13 of 1883.]

MEDITERRANEAN SEA-ITALY-LIPARI ISLANDS.

(45.) Submarine telegraph cable. (N. M. 13-'83.)

Information has been received that the submarine telegraph cable between the islands of Lipari and Salina is in working order. The eable leaves Acqua Calda beach, on the north coast of Lipari, about half-way between Acqua Calda and Oda del Mosche, and runs N. 11° W. for a distance of about 875 yards. It leaves the east coast of Salina about half-way between Pozzo d'Agnello and Santa Marina church, and runs about 1,150 yards S. 37° 30' E., then S. 50° 30′ W. to unite with the Lipari.

Approximate positions of landing points:

Lipari island, Latitude 38° 31' 10" N.; Longitude 14° 56′ 05′′ E. Salina island, Latitude 38° 33′ 15′′ N.; Longitude 14° 52′ 00′′ E.

NOTE.-It is forbidden to anchor or fish in the neighborhood of the cable. The Telegraph office at Salina is near Lamie point.

(Bearings magnetic. Variation 10° 35′ westerly in 1883.)

(Avviso ai Naviganti No. 383, Genova, 1882.)

LIPARI.

(46.) Submarine cable buoy, (N. M. 13-'83.)

Information has been received that a buoy has been moored near the city of Lipari (Lipari island) to mark the point of departure of the submarine cable for Milazzo.

Anchoring or fishing in the vicinity of this buoy are prohibited.

(Avviso ai Naviganti No. 437, Genova, 1882.)

TARANTO.

(47.) Buoys in Mare Grande. (N. M. 13-'83.)

The following information relative to buoys in Mare Grande di Taranto has been received:

1. The buoy on Tarantola shoal is a red cask, in eight fathoms water, on the following bearings:

San Paolo light-house

San

Vito light-house.....

Tower on Rondinella point

San Cataldo

S. 35° 10′ W.

S. 83° 20′ W. N. 41° 40′ W.

N. 10° 30′ E.

2. The buoy on San Vito shoal is a red cylinder with conical ends, planted in six fathoms water, on the following

bearings:

San Vito light-house....

San Paolo light-house

Tower on Rondinella point..

San Cataldo

3. The buoy marked as on Sirena bank does not exist.

4. The mooring buoy is a red cask, on the following bearings:

San Vito light-house.....

San Paolo light-ouse

Tower on Rondinella point San Cataldo

(Bearings magnetic. Variation, 9° westerly in 1883.)

This Notice affects the following Charts, &c. :

Hydrographic Office :

(Avviso ai Naviganti No. 384, Genová, 1882.)

(45 and 46.) No. 289, Mediterranean Sea, Sardinia to Malta.

(47.) No. 782, Mediterranean, Harbors on the South Coast of Italy.

British Admiralty:

(45 and 46.) Nos. 165 and 172, Lipari Islands.

(46.) No. 173, Plan of Lipari.

(47.) Nos. 198 and 1643, Italy, South Coast, Taranto Harbor.

Sailing Directions, &c. :

"Coasts and Islands of the Mediterranean Sea," Part III, 1879, page 101 (45 and 46). "General Examination of the Mediterranean Sea," page 25 (45 and 46).

By order of the Bureau of Navigation:

S. 13° 50′ E.

N. 44° 40′ W. N. 2° 15′ W. N. 39° 10′ E.

S. 21° 50′ W. S. 52" W. N. 74° 50′ W. N. 88° 20′ E.

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

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