Nagasaki Saibansho, is about to be relieved by Mr. Oshima, lately a judge of the Tokio Saibansho, who left Tokio for this place on 6th Feb.
Lieut. N. N. Rossel, second flag-officer to Admiral Lessofsky, died of apoplexy on board H.I R.M.S. Europe, on the even-fog of the 16th Feb, Deceased was only 81 years of age, and his death was deeply deplored by his fellow officers throughout the fleet. The funeral took place on the 18th, when the coffin was escorted ashore by a procession of boats, including one of H.M.S. Comus and two from the U.S.S. Swatara, and after the funeral service had been read in the Protestant Church at Deshima, the party proceeded to the burying-ground at Masa, where the corpse was interred.
The Government of Japan have issued a notice to the effect that, on the night of the Ist day of the 3rd month of the 14th year of Meiji (Ist march, 1881), and every night thereafter, from sunset to sunrise, a fixed red light of the Gth Order will be exhibited from the tower built on the Northern point of Kageno Sima, at the entrance to the harbour of Nagasaki, in the province of Hizen.
Chaet Wo. 108, and the British Admicalty According to the Japanese Admiralty
Chart No. 2415, the lighthouse is situated in latitude 32 degrees 42 minutes 42 seconds North, and in longitude 129 degrees 49 minutes 37 seconds East of Greenwich.
The tower is built of stone, and is 15 feet 8 inches high from the base to the centre of the lantern The light will have an are of visibility of 206 deyrees, the cut off bearings being N, 81° 30' W. and S. 56° 30' E. bearings true.
The total elevation of the light above the sea will be 40 fect, and its range of visibility, in clear weather, about eight nautical miles.—Rising Sun,
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