Thix lighthouse is situated in the southern entrance to the Yangtze fon the eastern commit of Elgar Island and was first lighted in 1921, The light can be seen for 20 miles.
Now, who does tend these lights, repair' them, replace and re-gas buoys, take supplies to the men on out-of-the-way and exposed islands and rocks, and attend to the hundred and one things which have to be done to ensure safe navigation to port? It is dene by the revenue cruisers Haihsing,—Pingching, Liuhsing, Chuentiao, and Likin, all which are under the contro of the Coast Inspector, Tillman, nese Maritime Customs, who, turn, is subject to the jurisdiction of the Inspector-General of Customs.
The next question which inevitably arises is: "How can these revenue cruisers satisfactorily and ally visit lights in waters which extend from Pakhoi (south of Canton) to Harbin, when ports situated between these two points are governed by various political and military factions often opposed to the seat of the Inspector-General of Gustoms and to the Chinese Government Peking to which he is responsible? One answer is that, irrespective of government, there cruisers carry out their-inspection trips according: to the programme laid down, and it is a significant fact that, not-
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