are situated point approxi lightning flashes in quick succession every 16 seconds and is visible all round. During foggy or thick weather siren, elevated 190 feet above sea level is sounded giving three blasts of equal pitch in quick succession every one and a half minutes, To the southward the intensity of the sound of the siren is lessened, owing.
its being obstructed by the high part of the island, North Saddle Light that Shaweishan Island, Tungsha Lightship, Gutzlaff Island the hherst Roche practically form a di mond.
Situated on the northeastern extremity of North Saddle Island, this Tight can' be seen in clear weather for 24 miles and was first will be remembered that the last vessel to become a total loss as a result of piling up on these rocks, was the German steamer Ditmarkoel, chartered by the Kai lan fining Administration and carrying a cargo of coal from Chit wangtao to Shanghai. This disaster occurred in October last year, while in 1926, the palatial '1.-C. coaster Lienshing slowly slid off into deep water to become a total lighted in 1870 and altered in 1916, The illuminating power is equal to 500,000 candle power und the duration between the flashes is 15 seconds. It is visible from northwest round by west and south to north, but the remaining angle is ly obscured by the Saddle and Parker groups of islands. A mechanical fog diaphone situated 247 feet above sea level, giving one last of two and a' half seconds'
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