474 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH NOVEMBER, 1875.
No. 205.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Return, received from Mr. JOHN JACK, of the quantity of Spirits distilled at the Hongkong Distillery, is published for general information.
Proof Gallons.
Spirits manufactured during the Quarter ending the 11th November, 1875,......53,852.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd November, 1875.
No. 206.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
By Command,
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
The following Notices to Mariners, received from the Admiralty, are published for general information.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd November, 1875.
The substance of this Notice, as soon as it is received on board, is to be inserted in red ink on the Charts affected by it; and introduced into the
or otherwise in the page, of the Sailing Directions to which it relates. See Instructions, Navigation and Pilotage, p. 172.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
[No. 133.]
CHINA-YANG-TSE-KIANG.
Light at the Entrance of Wusung River.
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With reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 104 of 1875, on the intended exhibition of a light near the Lismore wreck, east side of the entrance to Wusung river:-
The Customs Department of Shanghai has given Notice, that the light is now exhibited.
The light is a fixed red light; it is elevated 30 feet above high water, and in clear weather should be seen from a distance of 5 miles.
The illuminating apparatus is dioptric, or by lenses of the sixth order.
The building consists of iron screw piles placed in 11 feet at low water, supporting a dwelling room, which is surmounted by the light. The piles are painted black, and the dwelling room white.
The lighthouse is situated on the east side of the entrance, E. by N. & N. from Wusung lighthouse, and 130 yards N.N.W. W. from Lismore wreck.
Alteration in Wusung Light.
Also, that the red sector of light formerly shown from Wusung lighthouse has been changed to white.
[The Bearings are Magnetic. Variation 210 Westerly in 1875.] By Command of their Lordships,
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 23rd September, 1875.
FREDк. J. EVANS,
Hydrographer.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Wasung river, No. 1601; Yang-tse-kiang entrance, No. 1602; Yang-tse-kiang to Nanking, No. 1480; Yang-tse-kiang, No. 2209: Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, East Indies, China, &c., 1875, Nos. 176 and 178; and the China Sea Directory, Vol. III., pages 359, 360.
The substance of this Notice, as soon as it is received on board, is to be inserted in red ink on the Charts affected by it; and introduced into the margin, or otherwise in the page, of the Sailing Directions to which it relates. See Instructions, Navigation and Pilotage, p. 172.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
[No. 134. ]
JAPAN.
KIUSIU-NORTH-WEST COAST.
Fixed Light on Yebosi Sima.
The Japanese Government has given Notice, that on and after the 1st of August 1875, a light would be exhibited from a lighthouse recently erected on the summit of Yebosi island.
The light is a fixed white light; it is elevated 182 feet above the level of the sea, and in clear weather will be visible from a distance of 20 miles.
The illuminating apparatus is of the second order,
The tower is of iron, 44 feet high, octagonal in shape, and painted white. Position, lat. 33° 41′ 30′′ N.; long. 129° 58′ 50′′ E.
By Command of their Lordships,
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 23rd September, 1875.
FREDK. J. EVANS, Hydrographer.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Japan, No. 2347; Kiusiu and Nipon, western part, No. 358; Hirado-ro-Seto (Spex strait) to Simonoseki strait, No. 127: Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, East Indies, China, Japan, &c., 1875, page 26, and the China Sea Direc- tory, Vol. IV., page 303.
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