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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH MAY, 1879.
The tower-built of timber and painted white- is 40 feet high.
The illuminating apparatus is of the 1st order.
Position: Latitude 46° 10′ S.; longitude 166° 38′ E. (Admiralty Chart).
By Direction of the Government of India,
A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr. (late I. N.),
Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.
MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, 29th March 1879.
This Notice affects the following:-British Admiralty charts, Nos. 1212, and 2589. Sailing Directions. New Zealand Pilot (3rd edition), page 233. Light List for 1879.
If this Notice is received on boardship, the substance of it should be inserted on the Charts affected by it, and introduced into the Sailing Directions to which it relates.
Government of India.
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE, AND COMMERCE.
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NOTICE TO MARINERS.
[No. 16.]
INDIA-BAY OF BENGAL. ANDAMAN ISLANDS.
Dangerous Rocks N. N. W. and S. E. of the Southernmost of the Brothers Islands
Mr. F. W. Allen, Commanding the Indian Government Schooner Constance, reports dangerous rocks, sunken and awash, extending in a N. N. W. direction to a distance of 1 to 2 miles, and in a S. E. direction to about 12 miles, from the southernmost of the Brothers Islands which lie to the north-east of Little Andaman Island.
Great care is therefore necessary when navigating in this neighbourhood.
By Direction of the Government of India,
A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr. (late I.N.),
Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.
MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, 29th March 1879.
This Notice affects the following:-British Admiralty Charts, Nos. 825, 830, and 706. Indian Marine Survey Chart, No. 15d; also Taylor's Sailing Directory, Vol. I, pages 516 and 517.
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If this Notice is received on boardship, the substance of it should be inserted on the Charts affected by it, and introduced into the Sailing Directions to which it relates.
Government of India.
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE, AND COMMERCE,
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
[No. 17.]
AUSTRALIA-SOUTH COAST. GULF OF ST. VINCENT.
(1) Prohibited anchorage near Telegraph Cable.
The Government of Victoria has given notice, that to afford protection to the Telegraph cable laid between Kingscote harbour, Kangaroo island, and Yankalilla bay, on the mainland; Mariners are cautioned not to anchor in the vicinity.
Should a vessel be observed at anchor near the cable, a square blue flag will be shown from the telegraph station at Kingscote, or from the flagstaff at Yankalilla, signifying that her position must be immediately shifted.
PORT PHILLIP.
(2) Buoys marking battery practice range at Williamstown.
Also, that three buoys, painted red, have been placed in an east and west direction, 3 cables apart, from the batteries at Williamstown. Vessels are cautioned not to come within these buoys whilst firing is going on.
The eastern buoy is moored 2 cables from the shore.
EAST COAST-CAPRICORN CHANNEL.
(3) Fixed and flashing light on north reef.
The Government of Queensland has given notice, that on 14th November 1878, a light would be exhibited from a lighthouse recently erected on North reef, Capricorn channel:-
The light is a fixed and flashing light, showing fixed for two minutes, followed by two flashes in succession at an interval of one minute, the series of changes occupying four minutes; it is elevated 72 feet above high water, and should be visible in clear weather from a distance of about 13 miles.
The illuminating apparatus is dioptric, or by lenses of the second order. The lighthouse, 80 feet high and circular in shape, is painted white. Position, latitude 23° 10′ 50′′ S., longitude 151° 56′ 10′′ E.
By Direction of the Government of India,
MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, Calcutta, 3rd April 1879.
A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr. (late I. N.),
Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.
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This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts :-(1) Nos. 27596, 2389a: Also, Australia Directory, Vol. I, 1876, pages 186 and 189; (2) Nos. 11716, 624: Also, Australia Directory, Vol. I, 1876, page 291; (3) Nos. 780, 2759a, 345, 346: Also, Admiralty List of Lights, 1879, page 44; and Australia, Directory, Vol. II, 1864, page 96.
If this Notice is received on boardship, the substance of it should be inserted on the Charts affected by it, and introduced into the Sailing Directions to which it relates.
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