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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND DECEMBER, 1883.

The illuminating apparatus

The lighthouse, 30 feet high, with adjoining buildings, is enclosed.

catoptric, or by reflectors.

Position, lat. 45° 54′ N., long. 142° 2′ E.

Also, that a bell and gun for fog signals are established near cape Notoro lighthouse.

(The bearings are Magnetic. Variation 530 Westerly in 1883.)

By Command of their I ordships,

FREDK. J. EVANS,

Hydrographer.

Hydrogrphic Office, Admiralty, London, 28th September, 1883.

This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts-North-west Pacific ocean, No. 2459; Kuril islands, No. 2405; Yezo island with adjacent straits, No. 452: Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, &c., 1883, page 34; and China Sea Directory, vol. 1-,,

Government of China.

NOTICE TO MARINERS,

No. 179.

CHINA SEA.

CHEFOO DISTRICT.

South-east Shantung Promontory Lighthouse.

Notice is hereby given that the Light on the South-east Shantung Promontory was exhibited for the first time at sunset on the 28th ultimo.

The illuminating apparatus is Revolving Dioptric of the First Order, showing white flashes at half-minute intervals. The Lighthouse stands on the south-eastern elbow of the island known as the South-east Promontory, and the light, which is elevated 964 feet above the level of the sea, should be visible in clear weather at a distance of 15 nautical miles.

The tower is round, of iron, 50 feet high, with a total height from its base to the lantern vane of 77 feet. The tower is painted in red and white horizontal bands; the keepers' dwellings and the boundary wall are white. Approximate position :

Latitude...... Longitude.....

Fog Signal.

36° 54′ N. 122° 31′ 45′′ E.

A first-class siren, giving a blast of about 4 seconds duration at intervals of 1 minutes, will be sounded during thick or foggy weather.

Caution.

Regarding the island which forms the South-east Promontory, the "China Sea Directory," vol. III, 1874, p. 463, states that:- Extensive reefs, some detached, border the whole shore, which is of the most dangerous character and should not be passed at less than a mile, except off the western bluff, nor in less than 9 fathoms water.

By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,

IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS,

COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,

SHANGHAI, 5th December, 1883.

NOTICE TO MARINERS,

No. 180.

A. M. BISBEE,

Coast Inspector.

CHINA SEA,

Fog Signals at Fisher Island Lighthouse and other Stations.

Notice is hereby given that on and after the 1st January 1884 the Fog Signal at Fisher Island Lighthouse, which at present is two guns with an interval of ten minutes between them, will be two guns with an interval of five minutes between them, and that when the signal has to be repeated, a space of ten minutes will be allowed to elapse between the last gun of one signal and the first gun of the next.