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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH AUGUST, 1882.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 332.

The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.

FREDERICK STEWART,

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By Command,

Acting Colonial Secretary,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 19th August, 1882.

Government of Queensland.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

(No. 16 of 1882.)

SHOAL PATCH, TRINITY BAY.

Captain Lowrie, Master of the ss. "Corea," reports having touched on a shoal patch, in the following position, viz.:-

Island Point,.....

Summit, Mount Harris,

White Cliffs,....................

.N.W. W.

.S.W. by S. ..S. by E. E.

The shoal was apparently about 200 yards in extent, and the depth upon it would not exceed 5 or 6 feet at low-water springs.

Department of Ports and Harbours, Brisbane, 21st June, 1882.

G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N.,

Portmaster.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

(No. 20 of 1882.)

ADDITIONAL RED LIGHT, BURNETT RIVER.

On and after this date, a Red Light will be exhibited from the end of the Boat Jetty, at the Pilot Station, inside the South Head of the Burnett River. Its position during the day will be marked by a small white beacon.

Directions-Cross the Bar with the leading beacons or lights in line, and keep them in this position until the small white beacon, or the red light, is brought in line with the Lighthouse, on an East and West bearing; steer with them in line until the first white steering mark is reached, and then proceed up the river as usual.

G. P. HEATH, Commmander R.N.,

Portmaster.

Deparment of Ports and Harbours, Brisbane, 13th July, 1882.

The substance of this Notice, as soon as it is received on board, 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 to which it relates. See Admiralty Instructions, Navigation and Pilotage, pp. 312

and 313.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

(No. 105.)

EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO.

JAVA NORTH COAST.

(1) Harbour Light at Joana.

With reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 59 (2), of 11th May 1877, on the proposed establishment of a harbour light at Joana (Djoewana), north coast of Java:-

The Netherlands Government has given further Notice, dated 25th March 1882, that the light is now exhibited:- The light is a fixed white light, elevated 49 feet above high water, and should be visible in clear wheather from a distence of about 8 miles; it is shown from an iron post, with keeper's dwelling square in shape and constructed of iron; situated about one mile inland, and not visible from the road.

The illuminating apparatus is dioptric, or by lenses, of the sixth order. Position, lat. 6° 40′ 55′′ S., long. 111°‍10′ 20′′ E.

CHINA SEA-FORMOSA ISLAND.

(2) South Cape---Provisional Light Exhibited, Intended Fixed Light.

Information has been received, that since December 1881, a provisional light has been exhibited, pending the comple- tion of a lighthouse, on South cape or Nan-sha, the southern extremity of Formosa island:-

The light is a fixed red and white light, visible in clear weather from a distance of about 6 miles; the illuminating apparatus is dioptric, or by lenses of the sixth order.