THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 2ND JUNE, 1894.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 216.
The following are published.
By Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
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Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 2nd June, 1894.
Government of Macao.
(Translation.)
HARBOUR DEPARTMENT MACAO.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
LOCAL.
APPROACHES TO MACAO.
Notice is hereby given that the Pedra Areca buoy in latitude 22° 10′ 25′′ N. and longitude 113° 33′ E. Gw. was lost on the night of 27th to 28th instant, and was provisionally re-placed by a small cylindrical Buoy painted white with the letters C.P.
ALBANO ALVES BRANCO, Captain of the Port.
Captain of the Port's Office, Macao, 28th May, 1894.
HYDROGRAPHICAL MEMORANDUM No. 33.
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CENTURION," AT HONGKONG,
25th April, 1894.
The following information has been received from H.M. Ships Egeria and Peacock.
PENANG, SOUTH CHANNEL.
No. 9 Red buoy now lies S. 50 W. 18 miles from Rimau Island lighthouse, No. 10 White buoy lies S. 20 W. 23 miles from the lighthouse and is on the 3 fathom line on the East side of the Channel. South Eastward of Rimau Island the 3 fathom limit of the Flat on the South-East side of the channel has extended to within 5 cables from the Island and its general trend is S. W. S. The flat on the North-West side has receded about mile and its general trend is S. W. by W. from Rimau lighthouse. The channel abreast Rimau Island has deepened to 8 and 9 fathoms.
Chart 1366. Supplement to Sailing Directions Vol. I, Page 90.
The following information has been received from H.M.S. Imperieuse.
BANKA STRAITS.
Shoal water between City of Carlisle Bank and Hippogriffe Rocks S. S. E. of Banka Straits..
7 fathoms in 3° 35′ 40′′ S.
8 fathoms in 2° 38′ 00′′
7 fathoms in 3° 39′ 30′′
106° 38′ 00′′ E.
106° 39′ 30′′ .106° 40′ 40′′
Charts 2149, 941 (a) China Sailing Directions Vol. I, Page 331.
NEMESIS BANK, BANKA STRAITS.
The buoy which marks the 3 fathoms patches near the North-West end of Nemesis Bank is not shown in Chart 2597.
Chart 2597. China Sailing Directions Vol. I, Page 317.
The following information has been received from British Consul, Saigon.
COCHIN CHINA, PULO KAMBIR.
A reef composed of 3 rocky heads least water 3 feet at low water springs exists off the South-West point of Pulo Kambir in latitude 13 35 50 N. longitude 109 19 40 E. It is connected with the Island by a chain of rocks.
Charts 1342, 2661 (a) Sailing Directions Vol. II, Page 453.
NAGASAKI, TATEGAMI ROCK.
By information received from H. M. S. Caroline, the depth of 21 feet reported on this rock is at low water ordinary spring tides, but it is stated that occasionally as little as 18 feet exists over it. The buoy now marking east side of rock is not well moored.
Chart 2415. Sailing Directions Vol. IV. Page 507, and Supplement to Vol. IV. Page 95.
JAPAN INLAND SEA.
A wreck, 2 masts, 15 feet above water, lies off Sozu Sima.
Latitude Longitude
34° 24′ 40′′ N. 134° 19' 0" E.
Chart 2875.
E. R. FREMANTLE, Vice-Admiral.