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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH AUGUST, 1905.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 542.
The following Notice to mariners is published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th August, 1905.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
HONGKONG.
T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Colonial Secretary,
PINNACLE ROCKS OFF N.E. POINT OF STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.
Two Pinnacle Rocks have been discovered on a line between the N.E. point of Stone Cutters' Island and the Trocas Rock, forming part of a ridge of rocks now covered with mud extending from that point to the mainland.
The outermost of these two rocks is one cable from the point, and has this day been marked on its North Eastern side with a white NUN BUOY with the word ROCKS painted thereon in Black letters.
There are 3 fathoms of water on each of the Pinnacles at L. W. O. S.
The Channel for vessels of 15 feet draught and above is between this buoy and the “Trocas” Rock Buoy, 890 feet wide, with 4 to 5 fathoms of water in it.
Harbour Department, Hongkong, 23rd August, 1905.
BASIL TAYLOR,
Harbour Master, &c.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 543
The following Notices to mariners are published.
By Command,
T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th August, 1905.
CANTON DISTRICT.
LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS, No. 77.
Cambridge and Whampoa Barriers, widening of channels through.
NOTICE is hereby given that the channels through the Cambridge and Whampoa Barriers in the Front Reach approach to Cantou have been widened and deepened as follows :--
Cambridge Barrier.- A length of 112 feet of the Southern end of the central section of this Barrier has been removed and the channel through it has now a width of 440 feet with a least depth of 16 feet at Low Water of Spring Tides.
Whampoa Barrier.-A length of 150 feet of the Southern end of the central section of this Barrier has been removed and the channel through it has now a width of 400 feet with a least depth of 9 fect at Low Water of Spring Tides.
Approved:
F. J. MAYERS,
Acting Commissioner of Customs. CUSTOM HOUSE, Canton, 21st August 1905.
J. HOWELL MAY,
Harbour Master.