THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH JUNE, 1896.
NOTIFICATION No. 110 OF DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS,
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
EAST NAKANO-SU BUOY,
EAST OF SHIMONOSEKI STRAITS.
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Notice is hereby given that the BLACK BUOY moored on the eastern extremity of the shallow called NAKANO-SU, East of Shimonoseki Straits, has been REPLACED by a larger Buoy, the top of which stands 15 feet above the sea instead of ten feet as heretofore.
The colour and description of the Buoy and the bearings taken from it are same as before.
Tokyo, May 19th, 1896.
SHIRANE SENICHI, Minister of State for Communications.
Government of China.
NOTICE TO MARINERS,
No. 301.
CHINA SEA.
YANGTZE RIVER-KIUKIANG DISTRICT.
NORTH-EAST CROSSING BEACON LIGHT.
CHRISTMAS ISLAND BEACON LIGHT.
Notice is hereby given that the North-east Crossing Beacon Light has been shifted 214 yards N. 70° E., and the Christmas Island Beacon Light 174 yards N. 1° W., from their last positions, in consequence of the washing away of the
By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,
river bank.
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS,
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 28th May 1896.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-- No. 216.
The following is published.
By Command,
A. M. BISBEE,
Coast Inspector.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th June, 1896.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
The following extract from the finding of a Naval Court lately held at Amoy is published:----
"That at Low Water it is expedient that vessels entering and leaving Amoy should take
"the Eastern or Brown Channel."
"That no Master of a vessel over 15 feet draught except an experienced Coaster should
"enter or clear from the port without a Pilot."
Harbour Department, Hongkong, 6th June, 1896.
R. MURRAY RUMSEY, Retd. Comdr., R.N., Harbour Master, &c.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 200.
The following Lot of Crown Land at South Kennedy Road will be sold by Public Auction on Monday, the 15th day of June, 1896, at 4 P.M.
Inland Lot No. 1,379.
For Particulars and Conditions of Sale see page 454 of the Government Gazette for 1896.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th May, 1896.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.