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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH JANUARY, 1892.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 36 of 1891.
CAIRNS HARBOUR, TRINITY BAY.
FAIRWAY BUOY.
Notice is hereby given, that the black and red checkered buoy, marking the outer end of the dredged channel into Cairns Harbour, has been replaced by a single colour buoy-red.
Department of Ports and Harbours, Brisbane, 13th November, 1891.
T. M. ALMOND,
Portmaster.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 37 of 1891.
TORRES STRAIT.
BEACON ON BRAMBLE CAY.
Notice is hereby given, that the Beacon on Bramble Cay has been re-erected, its height now being 15 feet above high
water.
Department of Ports and Harbours, Brisbane, 23rd November, 1891.
T. M. ALMOND,
Portmaster.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 38 of 1891.
INNER ROUTE, TORRES STRAIT.
REEF EXTENDING FROM TERN ISLET, NORTH-EAST COAST OF QUEENSLAND.
Lieutenant and Commander Pirie, H.M.S. "Paluma," reports that a reef which dries 3 feet in places at low water spring tides extends about three-quarters of a mile N.E. by N. from Tern Island.
The outer extreme lies in the following position :—
*
Shadwell Peak, S. 65° W.
4.
...........................................1 miles.
X Reef Beacon N. 10° W.......
"
By keeping the point marked on Chart No. 2354, “Remarkable Red Cliffs" near Left Hill, just open of No. II point S. by E., a vessel will pass nearly half a mile outside this danger.
Bearings are magnetic.
Chart affected, No. 2354.
Department of Ports and Harbours, Brisbane, 30th November, 1891.
T. M. ALMOND,
Portmaster.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. --No. 2.
With reference to Government Notification No. 514 of the 9th December, 1891, notice is hereby given that the time for receiving sealed tenders for the purchase of the Opium Farm has been extended to the 19th January, 1892, the tenders already received not being considered satisfactory.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 31st December, 1891.
W. M. GOODMAN, Acting Colonial Secretary.