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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7TH APRIL, 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. 14 of 1883.]
MEDITERRANEAN SEA-ALGERIA.
(48.) Extension of breakwater and planting of a buoy at the port of Tenez. (N. M. 14-'83.)
Information has been received that, owing to the extension of the breakwater at the port of Tenez, the passage between the two white buoys marking the extremities of the breakwater is no longer safe. Vessels entering should pass outside of one or the other of these buoys.
The rock situated in the harbor of the port of Tenez is marked by a buoy surmounted by an iron staff and a pennant of sheet-iron painted red.
Information has been received
(Annonce Hydrographique, No. 171 (992), Paris, 1883.)
ALGERIA.
(49.) Buoyage of Algeria road. (N. M. 14-'83.)
that the bell-buoy at the north extremity of the port of Algiers has been removed for repairs and its place is temporarily occupied by a sheet-iron box surmounted by a red beacon,
(Annonce Hydrographique, No. 157 (916), Paris, 1882.)
AFRICA-NORTH COAST-TRIPOLI.
(50.) Leading marks, buoy removed. (N. M. 14-'83.)
With reference to Notice to Mariners No. 95 (539) of 1882, further information has been received that the North buoy has been removed, and the South buoy, instead of being red is white, but is very rusty.
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The leading mark of the South minaret in line with the red mark on the Pasha's castle is now about S. 84° W., the change in the variation apparently not having been taken into account when the chart (B. A., No. 248) was corrected..
(Hydrographical Note, Navigating Officer H. B. M. S. "Bittern" September, 1882.) EGYPT-ALEXANDRIA.
(51.) Buoys. (N. M. 14-'83.)
Information has been received that the outer entrance of Boghaz, or Central pass, at the port of Alexandria, is marked by a buoy painted white and black in horizontal stripes and carrying a spherical iron cage. Also that,
On one of the 23-fathoms patches N. 50° 35′ E. from El Fara beacon is moored a small red buoy. Also that,
In the outer harbor of Alexandria a mooring-buoy has been planted and lies in 74 fathoms water on the following bearings:
Point Eunostos light-house Breakwater light-house.......
(Bearings magnetic. Variation 5° 30′ westerly, in 1883,)
This Notice affects the following Charts, &c. :
Hydrographic Office :
(49.) No. 808, Port of Algier.
British Admiralty:
(Avviso ai Naviganti, No. 419, Genova, 1882.)
(48 and 49.) No. 1766, Algeria, Cape Ferrat to Cape Bougaroni.
(49.) Nos. 2555 and 808, Port of Algiers and Approaches,
(50.) No. 248, Harbor of Tripoli,
(51.) Nos. 2630, 374 and 243, The Port of Alexandria.
Sailing Directions, &c, :
"Coasts and Islands of the Mediterranean Sea," Part I, page 322 (48); page 330 (49),
N. 28° 25' W.
S. 64° 35′ W.
"Coasts and Islands of the Mediterranean Sea," Part III, pages 229 and 232 (50); pages 303, 304, 806, and 307 (51),
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 16, 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. 15 of 1883.]
NOVA SCOTIA-CROUCHER'S ISLAND,
(52.) New light. (N. M. 15-'83.)
Information has been received that a light-house, erected by the Government of, Canada on Croucher's island, St. Margaret's bay, in the county of Halifax and province of Nova Scotia, would be put in operation on January 1, 1883.
Latitude 44° 38′ 24′′ N.; Longitude 63° 57′ 20′′ W.
The light will be fixed white, dioptric, of the 6th order, elevated 90 feet above high-water mark, and should be visible 15 miles all around the horizon.
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