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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9т¤ JUNE, 1883.
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2. As regards steam ships; that merchant ships belonging to the said United States of America, which are propelled by steam or any other power requiring engine room, the measurement whereof shall, after the said 5th day of August, 1882, have been ascertained and denoted in the registers and other national papers of such steam ships, testified by the dates thereof, shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in such registers or other national papers in the same manner, and to the same extent, and for the same purpose in, to, and for which the tonnage denoted in the certificates of registry of British ships is deemed to be the tonnage of such ships. Provided, nevertheless, that if the owner or master of any such American Steam Ship desires the deduction for engine room in his ships to be estimated under the rules for engine room measurement and deduction applicable to British Ships, instead of under the American rule, the engine room shall be measured, and the deduction calculated, according to the British rules.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 206.
The following Hydrographic Notices are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th June, 1883.
Government of China.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 167.
CHINA SEA.
SHANGHAI AND NINGPO DISTRICTS.
Steep Island Lighthouse.
C. L. PEEL.
W. H. MARSII,
Colonial Secretary.
Notice is hereby given that the Light on Steep Island was exhibited for the first time at sunset on the 27th instant. The illuminating apparatus is Revolving Dioptric of the Third Order, showing white flashes at intervals of half a
minute.
Between the bearings N. 29° 54′ E. and N. 41° 17′ E. the Light is obscured by Tripod Island, and to the eastward and south-eastward of Video and the Fisherman's Group it is not visible between N. 88° 39′ W. and N. 57° 41′ W.
To the westward and north-westward of Hall Island and Hewett Islands it is also obscured between S. 89° 13′ E. and S. 63° 35′ E., with the exception of a ray between the bearings S. 65° 53′ E. and S. 64° 39′ E.
The bearings are magnetic and from seaward.
The Light is elevated 243 feet above the level of the sea, and in clear weather it should be visible at a distance of 22
nautical miles.
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The tower is round, of iron, 25 feet high, with a total height from its base to the lantern vane of 47 feet. The tower is painted black, and the dwellings and boundary wall white.
Approximate position
Latitude.... Longitude
..30° 12′ 27′′ N. 122° 36′ 13′′ E.
FOG GUN SIGNAL.
The keepers at this Lighthouse on hearing a bell, fog-horn, steam whistle, or any other sound, during foggy or thick weather, indicating the proximity of a vessel, will fire three guns with an interval of three minutes between the first and second and the second and third, and, if the vessel's fog signal is still heard, will repeat the firing after an interval of
By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,
ten minutes.
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS,
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 28th May, 1883.
A. M. BISBEE,
Coast Inspretor.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 168.
CHINA SEA.
YANGTZE RIVER-KIUKIANG DISTRICT,
Christmas Island Beacon Light.
Notice is hereby given that the Christmas Island Beacon Light has been shifted 130 yards further down river, in consequence of the washing away of the river bank.
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS,
By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
Shanghai, 30th May, 1883
A. M. BISBEE,
Coast Inspector,
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