THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH JUNE, 1875.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
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With reference to Government Notification No. 106, the Undersigned is prepared to receive any communications from Crown Lessees regarding the Rents payable by them on Crown Lands, which they may wish shall be considered by the Commission.
Attorney General's Office, Hongkong, 4th June, 1875.
No. 79.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
JOHN BRAMSTON.
The following Order made by His Excellency the Administrator in Council under "The Hongkong Lighthouses Ordinance, 1873," is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th April, 1875.
"THE LIGHTHOUSES ORDINANCE, 1873."
No. 17 OF 1873.
ORDER
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Made by His Excellency J. GARDINER AUSTIN in Council, this 27th day of April, 1875.
By virtue of the provisions of Section VI of the above mentioned Ordinance, it is ordered,-
1. That every Ship which enters the Waters of the Colony on and after the 27th day of
April, 1875, shall pay the following Light Dues, that is to say :-
One cent per ton.
2. It is further ordered, by virtue of Section VIII of the same Ordinance, that such Steamers of the Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steam-Boat Company, Limited, as enter the Waters of the Colony by day, and all Chinese Junks, be exempt from payment of Light Dues.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Administrator.
H. ERNEST WODEHOUSE,
Clerk of Councils.
NOTICE.
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.
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.
H. G. THOMSETT, R.N., Harbor Master, &c.
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