THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD MAY, 1873.
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National Colours of the Republic the old Flag of Spain-a horisontal stripe of yellow between two -tripes of red, but without the Royal Cross, which was previously inserted on the yellow ground.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st May, 1873.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
No. 74.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency The Governor has been pleased to recognize provisionally, and until Her Majesty's Pleasure may be known, ERNEST BEHRE, Esquire, as in charge of the Austria-Hungary Consulate General, vice GUSTAV VON OVERBECK, Esquire, during his absence from the Colony.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st May, 1873.
No. 75.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
His Excellency The Governor is pleased to recognize provisionally, and until further notice, T. G. LINSTEAD, Esquire, as Acting Consul for Belgium, vice H. NICAISE, Esquire, during his absence from the Colony.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st May, 1873.
No. 76.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
CECIL C. SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Notice is hereby given that the Officers in charge of the Gaol, Stone-cutters' Island, have strict Orders not to allow any Person to enter that Building without a written permission from this Office.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st May, 1873.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
No. 77.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notices to Mariners, received from Shanghae, are published for general information.
By Command,
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st May, 1873.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
[No. 18.]
CHINA SEA.
FOOCHOW DISTRICT.
Turnabout Lighthouse.
Notice is hereby given that the Light on Turnabout Island was exhibited for the first time at sunset on the 10th April, 1873. The illuminating apparatus is Dioptric of the First Order, showing a fixed white light visible all round.
The Light is elevated 257 feet above the level of the sea, and, in clear weather, it should be visible from a distance of 23 nautical miles.
The tower is round, built of stone and 25 feet high. The total height from base to vane of this lighthouse is 54 feet. The tower is painted black, but the dwellings and boundary wall are painted white.
Position:-Latitude 25°26'0" N., Longitude 119°58′42′′ E., and about 44 nautical miles S. 67° E. of Hai Head.
River Min.-Spiteful Island Buoys.
Also, that, from the 1st of May next, the red and white striped buoy, marking the rocks off Spiteful Island, on the port side of the channel, will be replaced by a black nun buoy 6 feet in diameter at the water line. The red nun buoy on the starboard side of the channel will remain as at present.
By order of the Inspector General of Customs.
CUSTOM HOUSE, Fооснow, 12th April, 1873.
DAVID M. HENDERSON, Engineer-in-Chief,
MANAKESKUKSIANUM SYMOT
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