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CHINA STATION HYDROGRAPHICAL MEMORANDA.

93. Hainan Straits.

Believed Existence of Shoal.

Position-Latitude 20° 03′ N., Longitude 109° 36′ E.

Page 32.

Remarks-A shoal of 24 fathoms appears to exist in a position 290° 6 miles

from Lambo Point Lighthouse, Hainan Island.

Charts affected – 876, 2062.

Publication affected- China Sea Pilot, Vol. III, page 297. Authority-Harbour Master, Hongkong.

94. Malacca Strait-Port Swettenham.

Buoys Removed.

The three buoys marking the closed Helenus Channel were removed on Thursday, 4th March, and will not be replaced.. This channel is to be considered permanently closed.

Charts affected-2153, 3453.

Publication affected-Malacca Strait Pilot, page 149.

Authority-Harbour Master, Port Swettenham.

95. Cancellations.

The following China Station Hydrographical Memoranda are cancelled :-

No. 80.-By Admiralty Notice to Mariners, No. 68 of 1926. No. 85.-By Admiralty Notice to Mariners, No. 103 of 1926.

13th March, 1926.

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