THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH MAY, 1895.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 209.
The following are published.
By Command,
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Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th May, 1895.
Government of Japan.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
(The bearings are Magnetic, and those concerning the visibility of lights are given from seaward,)
No. 721.
CHINA.
(1866) PESCADORES ISLANDS-EXISTENCE OF A SUNKEN
REEF SOUTHWARD OF PA CHAŲ.
Information has been received from H. I. M. Flagship Matsushimu, dated 22 March 1895, that she has found an uncharted sunken reef with a depth of about 2 fathoms on it, and 3 to 5 fathoms close around, lying southward of Pa chau I., in a position with Pa chan Island's S. W. extreme bearing N. W., and Tsiang I. N. E. by N. This reef, about half cable in extent, is named Yoshino.
Also; having found a sunken reef with a depth of 51⁄2 fathoms on it, lying about 5 cables, N. W. by W. W. from the Yoshino reef. Exact extent of this reef has not been known, though there may possibly be more water than 6 or 7 fathoms close around it.
From this reef,
S. W. extreme of Pa chau 1.
E. extreme of Tsiang I.
.N. W. N. .N. E. ¿E. .S. 4 W.
E. extreme of Steeple I.
This Notice affects the following Naval charts :-Nos. 48, 257, 301, 307.
No. 728.
CHINA.
(1872) PESCADORES ISLANDS-FISHER ISLAND-LITSITAH
POINT LIGHT RE-EXHIBITED.
Litsitah point light, temporarily suspended, has been re-exhibited by the Imperial Japanese Government from 27th March 1895.
This Notice affects the following Naval charts :-Nos. 48, 207, 290, 301, 307.
Hydrographic office, Tokyo, Japan, 12 April 1895.
Captain K. KIMOTSUKI, I.N. Hydrographer.
No. 724.
JAPAN. SETO-UCHI.
(1873) AKI-NADA-EXISTENCE OF SUNKEN REEFS.
The first Hydrographic engineer Y. Chiga reports that, he has discovered the undermentioned sunken reefs off Okubi shima, Aki-nada, Seto-uchi :-
(1) A reef consists of three rocks drying 14 to 6 feet at low water, and the easternmost of them lies with the east extreme of Okubi shima bearing N. E. & E., distant 8 cables, in line of the S. W. extreme of this island with the south extreme of Taishi jima.
(2) A reef lies with the east extreme of Kami-kama-gari shima in line with the centre of Koshiba jima, and with
Taishi jima's south extreme and Kawano zaki in line, and dries about 4 feet at low water.
This Notice affects the following Naval chart:-No. 163.
SETO-UCHI.
(1874) AKI-NADA-POSITION OF A SUNKEN REEF OFF ITSUKI SHIMA.
Above officer reports that, he has discovered a sunken reef which dries about 7 feet at low water, lying about 18 cables W. S. from the S. E. point of Itsuki shima, and depths of 11 fathoms were obtained where 1 fathom has hitherto been charted near the S. W, extreme of Itsuki shima.
This Notice affects the following Naval chart :-No. 163,
Captain K. KIMOTSUKI, 1.N., Hydrographer.
Hydrographic office, Tokyo, Japan, 15 April 1895.