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No. 48.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th March, 1878.

Government of India.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

(No. 3.)

EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO-SUNDA STRAIT-SUMATRA.

(1.)—Intended Light on Flat Point.

The following has been published by the Hydrographer to the British Admiralty.

The Netherlands Government has given notice of the intended establishment of a light on Flat Point (Pamantyass), north-west entrance point of Sunda Strait.

The light will be a flashing light of the first order, showing three flashes in quick succession every half minute, followed by a short eclipse.

BALY ISLAND-NORTH COAST.

(2.)— Harbour Light at Sangsit.

Also, of the establishment, probably on 20th September 1877, of a fixed red harbour light at Sangsit (Pabejan), Baly

Island."

CELEBES ISLAND-EAST COAST. (3.)-Proposed Light at Gorontalo.

Also, that it is proposed to establish a harbour light at Gorontalo, Celebes Island. The light will be a fixed red light, shown from an iron post 26 feet high. The illuminating apparatus will be dioptric, or by lenses, of the sixth order.

TIMOR ISLAND-WEST COAST. (4.)—Intended Light at Koepang. Also, of the intended establishment of a harbour light at Koepang, Timor Island. The light will be a fixed red light, shown from an iron post 39 feet high. The illuminating apparatus will be dioptric, or by lenses, of the sixth order.

By Direction of the Government of India,

MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, 4th February 1878.

This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:—

A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr., (late I. N.),

Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.

(1.) Indian Ocean, No. 748 b; Eastern Archipelago, No. 941 a; Sunda Strait, &c., No. 2,056; and Tying-kokh Bay to Sunda Strait, &c., No. 2,761: also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, East Indies, &c., 1877, page 18; China Sea Directory, Vol. I, 1867, page 21; and Taylor's Sailing Directory, Vol. 1, page 623.

(2.) Indian Ocean, No. 748 b; and Eastern Archipelago, No. 941 b: also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, &c., 18·7, No. 123 a; and Seaman's Guide round Java, 1852, page 168.

(3.) Eastern Archipelago, No. 942 a; and anchorages in the Celebes Islands, No. 931: also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, &c., 1877, page 20.

(4.) Eastern Archipelago, No. 942 a; Baly and Timor Islands anchorages, No. 935: also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, &c., 1877, page 20; and Australia Directory, Vol. III, page 40.