4782 THE LONDON GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 2, 1890.

The Main channel, northward of Middle Bank, Charts:—Gulf of Bothnia, No. 2252 ; South is much wider and deeper than the South channel; Quarken to Hornslandet, No. 2296. Also, but owing to the bar, on which the depth is Admiralty List of Lights on the Eastern Shores fathoms at low water, being exposed to the pre- of the , 1890, No. 775 ; and, Baltic vailing westerly winds, the Main channel cannot Pilot, 1888, page 284. be used except in the finest weather. By command of their Lordships, Vessels signalled to take Main channel are W. J. L. Wharton, Hydrographer. navigated in and out from the signal station on Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London^ South Head by the semaphore arm; therefore a 16th to 23rd August, 1890. careful look-out should be kept, and prompt attention given to the signals. CAUTION.—The approaches to the Manukau are constantly changing, and no one, unless NOTICE TO MARINERS. thoroughly acquainted with the local signals, (No. 475 of the year 1890.) should attempt to enter Manukau Harbour with- [The bearings are magnetic, and those concern- out a pilot. ing the visibility of lights are given from seaward.] This Notice affects the following Admiralty —EAST COAST.—RIVER THAMES Chart:—Manukau Harbour, No. 2726. Also, ENTRANCE. New Zealand Pilot, 1883, pages 218-221 ; and Sunken Wreck North Eastward of the North Revised Supplement, 1887, relating to New Foreland. Zealand Pilot, page 7. INFORMATION has been received from the Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, that on the morning of the 30th August, 1890, H.M.S. No. 449.—ALL STATIONS TEMPORARILY- " Northampton," reports having passed a sunken ENGLAND—SOUTH COAST. wreck north-eastward of the : — Needles Channel—Intended Experimental This wreck, with one mast showing about 6 Electric Lights. feet above the water at half tide, is situated with WITH reference to Notice to Mariners, No. North Foreland bearing S.W., S'ly, 207 of 1890, on the exhibition of experimental distant 3f miles ; and East Buoy, N.W. electric lights from points visible in Needles Channel on any night throughout the month of Position, lat. 51° 25' 45" N., long. 1° 29' 30" E. June and the first half of July, 1890 :— [Variation 17° Westerley in 1890.] Further information has been received that This Notice temporarily affects the following these experiments will be resumed at intervals Admiralty Charts:—North Sea, No. 2182a; during the month of September, 1890. British Islands to Mediterranean Sea, No. 1 ; The positions of the lights will be as follows :— Warden Point. , Nos. 1598 ; 2675c ; Dover and Calais to Orfordnebs, &c., No. 1406 ; Dungeness Cliff End, near south part of fort. to the Thames, No. 1895 ; North Foreland to Cliff End, near north part of fort. Orfordness, No. 1610; River Thames Entrance, West Battery, westward of Hurst Lights. No. 1607. Also, Channel Pilot, Part I, 1886, Mariners are cautioned accordingly. page 278 ; and North Sea Pilot, Part III, 1889, This Notice temporarily affects the following page 322. Admiralty Charts :—Owers to Christchurch, No. By command of their Lordships, 2045; Needles Channel, No. 2219; the Solent, W. J. L. Wharton, Hydrographer. No. 2040. Also, Channel Pilot, Part I, 1886, Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, pages 162, 163. 2nd September, 1890. ERRATUM.—In Notice to Mariners, No. 366 of 1890, paragraph 2, for, with Bournemouth Pier bearing N.E. •§• E., read, with Poole entrance high lighthouse bearing N. by W. £ W". OTICE is hereby given, that a separate N building, named Wesleyan Chapel, situate at Scunthorpe, in the parish of Frodingham, in No. 450.—BALTIC STATION. the county of Lincoln, in the district of Glan- GULF OF BOTHNIA—SWEDISH COAST. cord Brigg, being a building certified according GESXE BIGHT. to law as a place of religious worship, was, on Eggegrundet Light—Exhibition of Light in ;he 23rd day of August, 1890, duly registered for new Position. solemnizing marriages therein, pursuant to the WITH reference to notice to Mariners, No. Act of 6th and 7th Wm. 4, cap. 85, being substi- 383 of 1890, on intended alteration in position of tuted for the Wesleyan Chapel, Scunthorpe, now Eggegrundet Light, Gefle Bight, west side of Gulf disused.—Witness my hand this 27th day of of Bothnia : — August, 1890, The Swedish Government has given notice, ROSLIN HETT, Superintendent Registrar. that on 1 st August, 1890, the permanent light was exhibited from a lighthouse recently erected on "TVTOTICE is hereby given, that a separate the east end of Eggegrundet Islet:— vl_N building, named Primitive Methodist Eggegrundet Light is a fixed white light, visible Jhapel, situate at Church-lane, in the parish of seaward in every direction, except in a small arc Ratby, in the county of Leicester, in the district over Lofgrund, where it is obscured. It is elevated of Market Bosworth, being a building certified 61 feet above the sea, 45 feet above the ground, according to law as a place of religious worship, and should be seen in clear weather from a distance was, on the 25th day of August, 1890, duly of 12 miles. registered for solemnizing marriages therein, pur- The lighthouse, circular in shape, has sloping suant to the Act of 6th and 7th Wm. 4, cap. 85. sides, with the keeper's dwelling attached. —Witness my hand this 28th day of August, Position, lat. 60° 43' 45" N., long. 17° 33' 50" E. 1890. Also, on the same date, the provisional light on THOS. B. FITCH, Superintendent Registrar. Eggegrundet Islet was discontinued. This Notice affects the following Admiralty