After the Rover incident, the British Consul in Hsiamen requested that the Ching Court set up two artillery placements on the coast to protect victims of shipwrecks from being killed by the aborigines when they got to shore. But to get to the root of the problem it was necessary to put a lighthouse on the southern tip of the island.
「羅妹號」事件以後，李仙得要求清廷在龜山設立兩座砲台保護海上遭難者免受番人殺害，但要避免遇害事件的根本措施，則是在南端設置燈塔。