THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH MARCH, 1878.
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE, AND COMMERCE.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
(No. 4.)
BAY OF BENGAL-COAST OF BURMA.
Corrected Position of Krishna Shoal Light-vessel.
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With reference to Notices to Mariners, No. 22 of 1877 and No. 2 of 1878, issued by this Department, respecting the light-vessel marking the Krishna Shoal:-
Telegraphic information has been received from Rangoon, that the light-vessel Stur has now been placed in latitude 15° 36' 15" N., longitude 95° 34′ 30′′ E.
By Direction of the Government of India,
A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr., (late I. N.),
Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.
MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, 4th February 1878.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Gulf of Martaban, No. 823; Bay of Bengal, No. 700; Indian Ocean, No. 748b; also, Admiralty List of Lights, East Indies, &c., No. 96, page 16; Marine Survey of India Light List, No. 87; and Taylor's Sailing Directory, Vol. I., page 498.
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.
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE, AND COMMERCE. NOTICE TO MARINERS. (No. 5.)
BAY OF BENGAL-CHITTAGONG COAST.
(1.)-Colour of Beacons at the Entrance to Chittagong or Kornafuli River.
With reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 23 of 1877, issued by this Department, stating that the beacons at the entrance to Chittagong or Kornafuli river were painted white, further information has since been received announcing that tlie beacons have not been so painted, but allowed to remain as formerly, viz., the tripod or inner beacon, black, the mast red.
HINDOSTAN-WEST COAST-BOMBAY HARBOUR.
(2.)-Intended Alteration in Dolphin Rock Light.
The Bombay Port Trustees have notified the following intended alteration in the light apparatus of the Dolphin rock light-house-
From the 1st March 1878, the present light will be replaced by an improved dioptric light of the 5th order, and will appear green between the bearings of S. S. E. E., and S. W. by W. W., and also from North to West.
Between the bearings from West to S. W. by W. W., the light will show white to indicate the anchorage for the English Mail steamers at night; and from S. S. E. E., through east, to North, or towards Colaba, the light will be masked. [The Bearings are Magnetic and from Seaward. Variation 1o Easterly in 1878.] By Direction of the Government of India,
A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr., (latė I. N.),
Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.
MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, Calcutta, 11th February 1878.
(2.)-This Notice affects the following Admiralty Chart:-Bombay Harbour, No. 2621: also, Admiralty List of Lights, East Indies, &c., for 1877, page 10; Admiralty West Coast of Hindostan pilot, pages 132 and 136, and Taylor's Sailing Directory, Vol. I, pages 377 and 379.
If this Notice is received on board ship, the substance of it should be inserted on the Charts affected by it, and introduced into the Sailing Directions to which it relates.
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE, AND COMMERCE.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
(No. 6.)
INDIA-WEST COAST.
Intended Alteration of Light at Malwan.
The Collector of Salt Revenue, Bombay, has given notice that on the 1st March 1878, the light at present exhibited from a post close to the white stone cross on the sandy beach at the port of Malwan will be discontinued.
In lieu thereof, a green light, at an elevation of 20 feet above the level of high-water, will be exhibited from the beach, 230 yards to the northward of the present position.
"Also, that a red light will be exhibited from a boat moored to the south-east of the rock at the entrance, which is at present marked by a beacon.
Directions.--A vessel running into the port should keep the green light just to the right, or open south, of the red light, passing close to southward of the red light, thereby avoiding the rock awash, the Malwan and Johnston Castle rocks, and should anchor with Vingorla rock light in line with the small fort bearing about S. 4 W. .
By Direction of the Government of India,
MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, 13th February 1878.
A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr., (late I. N.,)
Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.
This Notice will affect the following Admiralty Charts:-West Coast of India, Áchira river to Cape Ramas, No. 740; Sheet 1, Kutch Gulf to Vizia- droog, No. 2736; Sheet 2, Viziadroog to Cochin, No. 2737; Indian Ocean, No. 748b; Indian Marine Survey Chart, No. 826-also, Admiralty West Coast of Hindostan Pilot, page 114; Light List for South Africa, China, &c., for 1877, page 10; Indian Marine Survey Light List, No. 34 a, and Taylor's Sailing Directory, vol. I, page 390.
If this Notice is received on board ship, 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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