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NOTICE TO MARINERS, No. 689.
CHINA SEA.
Shanghai District Yangtze River.
Langshan Crossing to be Abandoned: Buoys to be Removed.
NOTICE is hereby given that on or about the 15th November, 1919, the buoyage of the Langshan Crossing and the channel southward of the Langshan Flats to Plover Point, Yangtze River, will be discontinued.
The abandonment of this channel is consequent on the continued rapid shoaling of the Langshan Crossing, which now has only a depth of 14 feet at low water of spring tides.
The Buoys that will be removed are as follows :---
North Bank Buoy.
Langshan Buoy.
Vine Point Lower Buoy.
Waterman Bank Buoy.
Vine Point Buoy.
Waterman Bank Upper Buoy. Lower Crossing Buoy.
So soon as the above Buoys have been removed the Tungchow Channel will be the only officially buoyed fairway between Plover Point and Vine Point.
By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,
THE MARITIME Customs,
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 22nd October, 1919.
T. J. ELDRIDGE,
Coast Inspector.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 284. The following description and terms of the proposed lease of certain Crown Land at Hok Un, Kowloon, East of Kowloon Marine Lots Nos. 52, 53 and 67, comprising portions of the Foreshore and Sea Bed, are published under the provisions of the Foreshores and Sea Bed Ordinance, 1901.
DESCRIPTION OF THE LOTS PROPOSED TO BE LEASED.
As shewn on plan signed by the Director of Public Works, which can be seen at the Office of the Public Works Department.
PROPOSED TERMS OF THE SALE AND CROWN LEASE.
1. In consideration of the terms agreed upon and upon completion of the reclama- tion of the Lots to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works, it is proposed to grant a Crown Lease of the whole of the area edged red on the said plan and having an area of about 138,150 square feet for the term of 75 years, (renewable on the usual terms) commencing from 25th September, 1899.
2. The lease will be subject to and contain all Exceptions, Reservations, Covenants, Clauses, and Conditions usually inserted in the Crown Leases of Marine Lots in the Colony of Hongkong; the lease will also specify the purposes for which the land is leased (i.e., whether for the purpose of reclamation, building dwelling houses, factories, or godowns for the storing of coal or other goods, or whether for any other purpose) and shall contain a provision that in the event of the lessees, their executors, administrators, and assigns, or successors and assigns (as the case may be) failing, at any time during the continuance of the term of the said lease, to use the demised land for the purpose so