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NOTICES TO MARINERS.
No. 251/1941.
OFF NORTH ENTRANCE TO THE YANG TSE KIANG.
Survey Buoys Laid.
Details. The Japanese Authorities have laid six unlighted red buoys with globular cage topmarks on triangular mountings between Lat. 31° 30′ N. and Lat. 32° 30' N. and approximate long. 122° 18′ E.
Remarks. These buoys are apparently laid for surveying purposes and constitute
a danger to night navigation.
Authority.-Naval Authorities.
HONG KONG, 25th October, 1941.
No. 253/1941.
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS-LUZON-ENTRANCE TO MANILA BAY.
Submarine Mine Operations.
Details.-(a) There will be submarine mine operations at the fortified islands at the entrance to Manila Bay, throughout the month of November, 1941.
(b) There will be sea-coast gun, and anti-aircraft gun and machine gun firing, from the fortified islands at the entrance to Manila Bay daily, except Sundays and holidays, during the period from the 1st to the 30th November, 1941.
(c) The danger area will be any point within fifteen kilometers (9.32
miles) of any of the fortified islands.
(d) Vessels in the danger areas should conform strictly to the current instructions to shipping for entering and departing from Manila Bay as contained in Notice to Mariners of September 15th, 1941, issued by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Manila, or any subsequent modifications for operation of vessels in these areas, and also the Hong Kong Notice to Mariners No. 205/1941 of the 15th September, 1941, and any subsequent issues.
Authority.-U.S. Naval Authorities.
HARBOUR OFFICE,
HONG KONG, 27th October, 1941.
J. JOLLY, Harbour Master.