No. 84.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST MAY, 1875.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
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The Right Honorable the Secretary of State for the Colonies has been pleased to approve of the recognition of M. I. PLICHON as in Charge of the French Consulate at this Port.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st May, 1875.
No. 85.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
The Right Honorable the Secretary of State for the Colonies has been pleased to approve of the provisional recognition of Señor Don ENRIQUE GUINARD as Consul for Spain.
By Command,
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st May, 1875.
POST OFFICE NOTICE.
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General Post Office, Hongkong, 29th April, 1875.
NOTICE.
HONGKONG.
Cape d'Aguilar Light.
ALFRED LISTEr, Acting Postmaster General.
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.
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 Waglan.
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.
H. G. THOMSETT, R.N.,
Harbor Master, &c.
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