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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD JANUARY, 1897.
CAUTION.
The Kiutoan Lightship bas sustained numerous collisions through vessels-most of them steamers-undertaking to cross her bow without making due allowance for the strength of the tide; and those on board of her complain that their lives are frequently imperilled through steamers passing dangerously near when there is nothing to prevent them keeping a safe distance from the lightship.
The warning given in Notice to Mariners No. 55 (Special) that vessels should not pass between the Tungsha Lightship and the South-east Spit is repeated. This locality has not yet been re-surveyed, but a shoal patch has been found there with a depth of only 6 feet over it at low water where the latest chart shows 3 fathoms.
AIDS TO NAVIGATION.
The positions of the two Lightships and of the Middle Ground Lower, and South-east Knoll Buoys remain unchanged. The Middle Ground Upper Buoy will shortly be removed and a conical red buoy surmounted by a black inverted frustum eage, to be known as the Blockhouse Shoal Buoy, will be moored on the edge of the Shoal, between the South-east Knoll Buoy and the Kiutoan Lightship.
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS,
A. M. BISBEE, Coast Inspector.
COAST INSPECtor's Office,
SHANGHAI, 28th December, 1896.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 66 (SPECIAL).
CHINA SEA.
SHANGHAI DISTRICT.
North Channel Entrance to the Yangtze.
Notice is hereby given that systematic sweeping operations having been carried on in the North or Shaweishan Channel for a period of four months, this entrance to the Yangtze is now considered free of all artificial obstructions to navigation, and the following mentioned buoys have been laid down to mark the channel,
Drinkwater Point Buoy:—A conical, 10-foot, red and black horizontally striped fairway buoy, surmounted by a black spherical cage. From the buoy Shaweishan Lighthouse bears N. 86° E., distant 124 miles.
Chi-Yao Bank Buoy:-A conical, 6-foot, red buoy, with a black spherical cage, moored off the south-eastern elbow of Ch'i-yao Bauk, to mark the starboard side of the Channel entering from sen. From the buoy Drinkwater Point Surveying Beacon bears N. distant 24 miles.
Middle Island Buoy:-A conical, 6-foot, red and black horizontally striped fairway buoy, with a black inverted frustum eage, moored in position to guide vessels clear of the bank, which lies to the northward of Middle, and Blockhouse Islamls. From the buoy Middle Island Surveying Beacon bears S. 84° W. distant 4 miles.
Tsung-ming Bank Buoy:-A conical, 6-foot, red buoy, with a black spherical cage, moored off the eastern cud of Tsungming Bank, to mark the Starboard side of the Channel entering. From the buoy Middle Island Surveying Beacon bears S. 54 E, distant 3 miles.
DIRECTIONS.
At the present time and with the buoys in the positions above described, a vessel may round the western end of Bush Island at about 2 cables and steer to make an E. by N. N. Course till abreast of Tsungming Bank Buoy, after which she may steer to make direct courses from buoy to buoy, passing each according to its colouring. The narrowest part of the Channel and the locality where it appears most liable to change is between the Tsungming Bank and Bush and Middle Islands and their outlying banks, where, for a length of 5 miles, it varies in width from 1 to 4 of a mile between the 18-feet
contours.
All bearings are magnetic, and distances in nautical miles.
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS,
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 11th January, 1897.
A. M. BISBEE, Coast Inspector.
Chin Kim Tye.
Chiongky.
Cheongky.
Dongseng,
Fook.
Frugir.
Hoaking.
Kongtiongtye.
Lobinsak.
Pun.
List of unclaimed Telegrams lying in the Joint Telegraph Companies'
Offices at Hongkong.
Hongkong Station, 23rd January, 1897.
Robinson
Suwhing,
Sunhing.
Tancuanco Quisinleong Alayque,
Tobias.
Wing Yee Woh,
Wing Kee.
Yuo Siongo.
Yuyokequan e/o Tamchunhin.
W. BULLARD, Acting Manager in China.