THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD SEPTEMBER, 1893. 1015
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 348.
Information has been received from the Military Authorities that Artillery Practice will take place from the Battery at Lyecmun in North-Westerly, Easterly and South-Easterly directions, from the 2nd to 31st October, 1893, (Sundays excepted), between the hours of 8 A.M. and 5 P.M. daily.
All Ships, Junks and other vessels are cautioned to keep clear of the ranges.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd September, 1893.
G. T. M. O'Brien, Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 349.
The following is published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd September, 1893.
Government of China.
NOTICE TO MARINERS,
No. 275.
CHINA SEA.
TAMSUI DISTRICT.
TAMSUI BAR SIGNALS.
G. T. M. O'BRIEN, Colonial Secretary.
Notice is hereby given that on and after the 1st December next the following Code of Signals for indicating the depth
of water on the Tamsui Bar will be substituted for the Code now used for that purpose :—
北
NORTH
DEPTH OF WATER ON BAR.
YARD-ARM.
橫
SOUTH
YARD-ARM.
杆
10 feet
11
12
";
13"
14
15
"
་་
南橫杆
尺英照均深水
尺十
尺一十
尺二十
:
尺三十
:
尺四十
:
:
尺五十
Half feet will be shown by a ball at the half north yard-arm. Rising tide will be shown by a ball at the mast-head.
The symbols will be painted white, and hoisted on the flagstaff at the Custom House.
Flag signals by the Commercial Code will be answered on the flagstaff at the Custom House.
By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS,
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 13th September 1893.
A. M. BISBEE,
Coast Inspector.
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