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No. 46.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20TH MARCH, 1875.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notice to Mariners, received from the Government of Mauritius, is published for general information.
By Command,
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary,
Colonial Secretary's Office, IIongkong, 16th March, 1875.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
The adopted Latitude of the New Observatory at Pamplemousses, from which the Time Ball on the Signal Mountain at Port Louis is dropped at 1 P.M., mean solar time, is 20° 6′ 6′′ South, and the adopted Longitude: 3h. 50m. 12.6s. East of Greenwich.
Observatory Pamplemousses, Mauritius, 20th January, 1875.
C. MELDRUM, Government Observer.
NOTICE.
The Owners of Dogs are warned that, on and after the 1st proximo, any Dog which shall be found straying or wandering about during the day time without any Owner, and not wearing a Collar with the name and address of the Owner inscribed thereon, may be destroyed; and further, any Dog may be destroyed which shall be found straying or wandering about between the hours of ten o'clock at night and gunfire in the morning (Ordinance 14 of 1845, § IV.)
Central Police Barracks, 17th March, 1875.
NOTICE.
W. M. DEANE, Captain Superintendent of Police.
HONGKONG.
Cape d'Aguilar Light.
Notice is hereby given that a light will be exhibited on Cape d'Aguilar on and after the 16th of April next.
The illuminating apparatus is fixed Dioptric of the First Order showing a white light on the follow- ing bearings, which are magnetic and taken from Seaward.
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1. From S. 45°W. to N. 53° W. Between these bearings the light is obscured by the islets
of the Nine Pins, and the islet just South of Waylan.
The light is then obscured by Soonkong Island,
2. From N. 21°W. to N. 42° W.
The light is then obscured by the Lema Islands, and the Islands to the Southward of them. 3. From N. 33° E. to N. 69° E. Between these bearings the light is obscured to vessels to the
South Westward of Ling Ting Island, and the Islands of the Samoun Group.
4. The Tathong Channel with the exception of a small portion obscured by Shicko Head.
The focal plane of the light is 200 feet above mean sea level, and in clear weather it should be seen at a distance of 23 Nautical Miles.
The Tower is round, of stone, 30 feet high, with a total height from its base to the lantern vane of 57 feet.
The dwellings and boundary walls are painted white,
The Lighthouse is in Latitude 22° 12′ 14′′ N. Longitude 114° 15′44′′ E.
Harbor Department, Hongkong, 19th March, 1875.
No. 39.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
H. G. THOMSETT, R.N., Harbor Master, &c.
It is hereby notified that M. A. COLLAÇO, First Clerk in the Police Department, has been dis- missed the Government service for fraud and embezzlement.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, IIongkong, 11th March, 1875.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
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