1840 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH NOVEMBER, 1899.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 667.
Tenders will be received at this Office until noon of Friday, the 15th December, 1899, for the maintenance and repair of Waterworks inside the City of Victoria during the year 1900.
No work will be permitted on Sundays.
For Form of tender, specification and further particulars apply at the Public Works Office. The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th November, 1899.
J. H. Stewart Lockhart,
Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 668.
Tenders will be received at this Office until noon of Friday, the 15th December, 1899, for the maintenance and repair of Waterworks outside the City of Victoria including Tytam, Pokfulam, the Peak, Aberdeen, Shaukiwan and Kowloon during the year 1900.
No work will be permitted on Sundays.
For Form of tender, specification and further particulars apply at the Public Works Office. The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th November, 1899.
J. H. STEWART Lockhart; Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 669.
The following is published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th November, 1899.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
FOOCHOW DISTRICT.
LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS No. 75.
Shoal between Tintao and Tunui, Min River of smaller size than previously notified etc.
Notice is hereby given that a detailed examination of the shoal patch reported as existing between Tintao (4) and Tunui (Ý|] *) [Admiralty chart No. 2400. The Bar and its approaches Min River] prove it to be about two and a half cables in a north-east and south-westerly direction and about one and a half cables in width, instead of as previously notified in Foochow Local Notice to Mariners No. 74. The centre and shoalest part of the patch is situated about three cables south of Rocky Point () and carries a depth of from eight to nine feet at low water of spring tides.
Vessels entering can use either of two channels:-the new channel passing near Rocky Point, or the chanuel with the fort (whitewashed) on Couding Island (1) just open of the east point of Mingan Pass (#) S. W. by S. S. A depth of from 15 to 16 feet at low water springs will be found in the first passage, and from 12 to 13 feet at low water springs in the second.
Approved:
:
WALTER LAY,
Commissioner of Customs.
Custom House,
Foochow, 8th November, 1899.
EDWARD STEVENS,
Harbour Master.