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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.

(26.)

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

FOREIGN LIGHTS, &c.

[No. 9 of 1883.]

GULF OF BOTHNIA-RUSSIA.

Beacon on Kajakari island. (N. M. 9-'83.)

Information has been received that a quadrangular wooden beacon, elevated 42 feet above the sea and 12 feet above the ground, and whose NW. and SW. faces are painted white, has been erected on Kajakari island to indicate the entrance to the port of Räfsö, near the city of Björneborg.

Position: Latitude 61° 37′ 10′′ N.; Longitude 21° 22′ 42′′ E.

(Annonce Hydrographique, No. 167 (968), Paris, 1882,

BALTIC SEA,

(27.) New semaphore at Daghérort. (N. M. 9-'83.)

With reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 176 (824) of 1880, further information has been received that the semaphore on the gallery of the lower light-house at Daghérort (Dager Ort) has been removed and a new semaphore, composed of a mast and yard, has been erected 93 yards west of the light-house, on which signals will be made as heretofore.

(Annonce Hydrographique, No. 158 (918), Paris, 1882.) GERMANY-JADE RIVER.

(28.) Gas-buoy adrift. (N. M. 9'83.)

With reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 65 (310) of 1882, further information has been received that the gas buoy in Wangerooger channel, at the mouth of the Jade river, has gone adrift, and that it will not be replaced during the winter.

(Nachrichten für Seefarer, No. 47 (1366), Berlin, 1882.)`

ELBE RIVER.

(29.) Change in lights. (N. M. 9-'83.)

Information has been received that Mielstacks leading light, heretofore lighted from December until March, has been discontinued owing to changes in the channel. In the place of this light a fixed green and white light will be exhibited until further notice from the western landing-pier at the mouth of the Lühe river. It will show fixed white in the channel between Schulau light-vessel and the white buoys 2 A and 2 B, and fixed green on the north side of the white sector.

(Nachrichten für Seefahrer, No. 47 (1365), Berlin, 1882.)

This Notice affects the following Charts, &c,:

British Admiralty:

•

(28-29.) No. 1875, Elbe, Weser, and Jade Rivers.

(26.) Nos. 2252 and 2298, Gulf of Bothnia, Sheet III.

(27.) No. 2241, Gulf of Finland and Northern Entrance to Gulf of Riga.

Sailing Directions, &c.:

"Bothnia Pilot," pages 30 and 80 (26).

"Bothnia Pilot Supplementary Sailing Directions," page 11 (26.) "Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland Supplement," page 29 (27). "North Sea Pilot," Part IV, 1878, page 193 (28), and page 212 (29),

U. S. Light-list, No. 5 of 1882.

Number.

Page.

N. M. 9-'83.

(27.)

456 ....Col. Rem. 87

(28.)

14

61 9

(29.)

86.................. 20

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 10, 1883.

86 Lühe river

86

Western landing-pier at

mouth of river.

(N. M. 9-'83.)

F. with

green sector.

Fixed WHITE in the channel between Schulau light- vessel and the white buoys 2 A and 2 B, and fixed GREEN on the north side of white sector.