"~The director of Siccawei Observatory informs us of a new arrangement of night signals on the Bund at the semaphore station, and thanks to the kindness of the French Municipal Council these night signals will in future be repeated by means of small electric lamps at the foot of the time-ball tower.
When the lamps are shown on the mast on top it is, at present, somewhat difficult to make out' their arrangement and understand their meaning, when on shore, except. a considerable distance. Starting to-morrow all these warnings will be repeated in a frame out side the window on the first floor and facing the Bund. Thus, when a signal is observed st the mast-head, it will be readily explicable at a short distance under this new arrangement.
In view of the fact that ships leaving harbour during tha night are practically always in the river about 9 p.m., it is intended to extinguish the lights at midnight. Consequently those interested the meaning of the signals are _requested to make their observations between 9 and 11.80 p.m.
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