THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH JANUARY, 1878.
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The substance of this Notice, as soon as it is received on hoard, 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 Instructions, Navigation and Pilotage, p. 172.
NOTICE TO MARINERS. (No. 105.)
CHINA. FORMOSA-NORTH COAST.
Position of Audacious Rock.
- With reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 157, of 6th December 1876, on the position of Audacious rock, near the entrance of Ke-lung harbour-
The following additional information, the result of further examination of the locality, by Captain B. W. Bax, H.M. Surveying vessel Sylvia, has been received :—
Audacious rock is a small pinnacle, with 21 feet over it, and 10 fathoms at the distance of 50 yards in all directions. From the shoalest part, the islet, 100 feet high, adjacent to the west side of Ke-lung island, bears E. § S., distant 1,5 miles; and the second peak west of Image point (293 feet high), S. by W. W., distant 24 miles.
Clearing Marks.-Petou point, just overlapping the south point of Ke-lung island, bearing S. E. by E. à E., leads about 2 cables north-estward of Audacious rock. The summit of the distant range of hills (southward of Ke-lung town) in line with the Saddle between the first and second peaks west of Image point, bearing S. W., leads about 2 cables westward of Audacious rock in 15 fathoms water.
[The Bearings are Magnetic. Variation 1° Westerly in 1877.]
By Command of their Lordships,
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 15th August 1877.
FREDк. J. EVANS,
Hydrographer.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Formosa island and strait, No. 1908 and Ke-lung harbour, No. 2018: Also, China Sea Directory, Vol. III., 1874, pages 252 and 253.
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 Dir ctions to which it relates. See Instructions, Navigation and Pilotage, p. 172.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
(No. 108.)
JAPAN-YEZŐ ISLAND.
Alteration i› Position of Cape Noyshap Light.
The Japanese Government has given Notice, that on 15th May 1877, a light was exhibited from a lighthouse erected on the eastern extreme of cape Noyshap, the easternmost point of Yezo island; instead of from a beacon as formerly:
The light is a fixed white light of the fifth order, elevated 74 feet above the sea, and should be visible from seaward in clear weather, through an arc of 282°, or between the bearings of N. 294o E. and S. 724 E., from a distance of about 10
miles.
The lighthouse, constructed of wood, is 35 feet high, hexagonal, and painted white.
This light will be exhibited from the 1st April to the 15th December; for the remainder of the year it will not be shown. Also, that on 15th May 1877, the Beacon light was discontinued, and the spherical wooden cage that surmounted the beacon removed.
[The Bearings are Magnetic. Variation 2° Westerly in 1877.]
By Command of their Lordships,
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 17th August 1877. .
FREDк. J. EVANS,
Hydrographer.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Kuril island, No. 2405: Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, Japan, &c., 1877, No. 217 c and China Sea Directory, Vol. IV. 1873, page 345.
Government of New Zealand.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
LIGHTS ON PORTLAND ISLAND, CENTRE ISLAND, AND PUYSEGUR POINT.
PRELIMINARY NOTICE.
Customs Department (Marine Branch), Wellington, 22nd October, 1877.
Notice is hereby given, that Lighthouses are now in the course of erection at Portland Island, Centre Island, and Puy- segur Point. It is anticipated that Portland Island Light will be ready for exhibition early in 1878, Centre Island and Puy- segur Point a few months later. The following is a description of the lights that will be exhibited :—
Portland Island Lighthouse
Is situated on the southern extremity of Portland Island, which lies off the southern end of the Mahia Peninsula, Hawke's Bay, on the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The Light will be a Second-Order Revolving White Light, visible all round seaward. It will attain its greatest brilliancy every thirty seconds. From the lower part of the tower a Fixed Red Light, having an arc of about 6o, will be shown over Bull Rock, which bears N. E. from the lighthouse distant four miles.
Centre Island Lighthouse
Is situated on the Island of that name in Foveaux Strait. The Light will be a First-Order Fixed Light, showing white from the bearing (from ship) of about W. by N. 3 N. round over a southern arc of 1970, to the bearing of about E. & S., and red over certain inshore dangers. Particulars of the bearings of the red arcs will be given in a future notice.
Puysegur Point Lighthouse
Is situated on the Point of that name, at the south-western extremity of the Middle Island of New Zealand. The Light will be a First-Order Flashing White Light, visible all round seaward, and will show a flash every ten seconds.
Due notice will be given of the exact date when these lights will be first exhibited.
G. GREY.
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