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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 9, 1909.
No. 429.
NOTICES TO MARINERS.
TRANSLATION.
Notification No. 574 of Department of Communications.
YA-SHIMA LIGHTHOUSE ESTABLISHED,
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NOTICE is hereby given that the following lighthouse has been established at the south end of Ya-shima, Iyo-nada, and the light will be shown on and after July 1st, 1909.
Name:-Ya-shima Lighthouse.
Position-Lat. 33° 42′ 42′′ N., and Long. 132° 7′ 45′′ E.
(according to the Japanese Admiralty chart No. 140)
Construction and painting :-Circular concrete tower painted white. Height of light-16 feet above the base, and 180 feet above the water.
Character of light :-Light of fifth order, flashing alternately red and white, every
15 seconds.
Illuminated are:-From S. 75° 13' W., through W. N. E., to S. 60° 25' E. (the
magnetic bearings taken from the sea).
Candle power:-2580.
Visible distance :-19 nautical miles in clear weather.
BARON GOTO SHIMPEI,
TOKYO, June 15th, 1909.
Minister of State for Communications.
TRANSLATION.
Notification No. 586 of Department of Communications.
HAYATOMO-SETO TIDAL OBSERVATION LIGHTBUOY DRIFTED. NOTICE is hereby given that Hayatomo-seto Tidal Observation Lightbuoy on the north side of Hayatomo-seto, Shimonoseki Strait, has drifted about 3 cables eastward.
TOKYO, June 22nd, 1909.
No. 471 of 1908.
BARON GOTO SHIMPEI, Minister of State for Communications.
CHINA SEA.
STORM REPEATING SIGNAL STATIONS DISCONTINUED.
NOTICE is hereby given that the system of Storm Repeating Signals from Light-stations inaugurated in 1907 not having proved a success, it has been decided, in consultation with Sicawei Observatory, to discontinue it.
The local Storm-warning Stations at Ningpo, Chinhai, Wenchow, and Sharp Peak, which use the Storm Repeating Code, will be continued for the benefit of native shipping.
By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS,
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 28th June, 1909.
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W. FERD. TYLER, Coast Inspector.
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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 9, 1909.
HARBOUR NOTIFICATION.
No. 3 of 1909.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Superintendent of Customs and the Doyen of the Consular Body have declared the Ports of HONGKONG and CANTON to be infected.
All vessels arriving therefrom on and after the 4th July are to abide by and be governed by the Sanitary Regulations for the Ports of Shanghai and Woosung.
Approved:
E. GORDON LOWDER,
Commissioner of Customs, Officiating.
CUSTOM HOUSE, SHANGHAI, 29th June, 1909.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
No. 10 of 1909.
SPENCER
GULF.
WM. CARLSON,
Harbour Master.
PORT LINCOLN.
Kirton Point.
MASTERS of vessels and others are notified that a fixed white light with two red sectors is now exhibited from an erection on the Kirton Point railway jetty.
The light, which is a three-wick Wigham lamp fixed on an open ironwork tower painted white, and erected on the sea end of the Kirton Point jetty, shows the following sectors:
White from N. 77° E. to S. 33° W., red from S. 33° W. to N. 73° W. (over Boston Island), white from N. 73° W. to N. 63° W., obscured from N. 63° W. to N. 77° E. All bearings from seaward.
The light, the focal plane of which is 28ft. above H.W., is an unattended light. This affects Admiralty Charts Nos. 784, 1061, and 2389B.
ARTHUR SEARCY, President of the Marine Board.
Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide, April 30th, 1909.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
No. 11 of 1909.
CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING AUSTRALIAN PORTS.
The following Notice, issued by the Naval Board, is published for the information of Mariners and others concerned.
Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide, May 12th, 1909.
ARTHUR SEARCY, President of the Marine Board.
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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 9, 1909.
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IN connection with periodical exercises or manoeuvres, or in the event of relations becoming strained between Great Britain and any naval power, an Examination Service may come into force at the ports or localities mentioned at the end of this notice.
Masters are warned that before attempting to enter any of these ports they must, in their own interests, strictly obey all instructions given to them by the vessels which will be charged with the duty of examining ships desiring to enter the ports, and allotting positions in which the ships shall anchor. In case of fog they should on no account attempt to enter before receiving permission from the Examination Officer.
The institution of an Examination Service at any port will never be publicly advertised, but at all times when the relations of Great Britain with foreign powers are known to be in a state of tension especial care should be taken in approaching the ports, by day or by night, to keep a sharp lookout for the Examination Steamer, and to be ready to "bring to at once when hailed by her or warned by the firing of a gun.
If the entrance to a port is closed, three Red Vertical Lights by night or three Red Balls by day will be exhibited in some conspicuous position in or near to its approach, and as far as possible notice of this fact will be given by lookout vessels in the offing.
If the Examination Service is in force, the Examination Steamer will be distinguished at night :-
(a.) When the port is closed, by thrce Red Vertical Lights; (b.) When the port is open, by three White Vertical Lights.
The Pilots attached to the ports will be acquainted with the regulations to be followed.
PORTS OR LOCALITIES REFERRED TO.
Port-Australia. Approximate Position.
Adelaide. Lat. 34° 50′ S., Long. 138° 30′ E. Albany.-Lat. 35° S., Long. 117° 55′ E. Brisbane. Lat. 27° 20′ S., Long. 153° 10′ E. Fremantle.-Lat. 32° S., Long. 115° 45' E. Melbourne. Lat. 37° 50' S., Long, 145° E. Newcastle.--Lat. 32° 55′ S., Long. 151° 45′ E. Sydney-Lat. 33° 50′ S., Long. 151° 10′ E.
Thursday Island.--Lat. 10° 35' S., Long. 142° 15′ E. Townsville.---Lat. 19° 15' S., Long. 146° 50′ E. Wollongong.-Lat. 34° 25′ S., Long. 150° 55′ E.
Tasmania.
Hobart.-Lat. 42° 55′ S., Long. 147° 20′ E.
EXAMINATION ANCHORAGES HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR
THE FOLLOWING PORTS.
Thursday Island.-Seaward (westward) of a line passing N. and S. through Black Rock. Brisbane.Moreton Bay, outside Pile Light.
Newcastle.No anchorage. Vessels will be examined before entering.
Sydney.-Quarantine Bay.
Port Phillip.-Seaward of the lines Queenscliffe-Pope's Eye Annulus-Observatory Point.
Adelaide.-S. of a line passing E. and W. through Wonga Shoal.
Fremantle.-N. of the line Straggler's Rocks-Hall Bank Buoy-Buckland Hill. Hobart.-S. of the line Mount Nelson-Gellibrand Point.
For the Naval Board,
Defence Department, Melbourne, March 20th, 1909.
W. R. CRESWELL,
Naval Director, Capt.
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