Nomogis hereby given that the Light on Dodd Istand was exhibited for first time at sunset on the 18th instant, The illuminating apparatus is First Order Dioptric Ocoulting; the Light showing alternately for twenty-siz seconds, and suddenly disappearing for four seconds, Te shows white from S. 51° W. round by west to N. 62° E.; red from N. 62° E, to N. 74° E.; white from N. 74° E. round by id red from 8. 31° W. they approach the are magnetic and The Light ted 147 feet above the level of the id in clear weather it should be visible at a di nautical mail The tower is round, of brick with atone dressings, 60 feet high, with a total height from its base to the lantern vane of 79 feet.
The tower and dwellings are painted white.
Shanghai, 2ud December, 1882,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.