THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH DECEMBER, 1889.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 530.

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Notice is hereby given that the Compañia General de Tabacos de Filipinas, carrying on business at Manila and Barcelona, Spain, as Tobacco Merchants and Manufacturers, have complied with the requirements of Ordinances 16 of 1873, and 8 of 1886, for the registration in this Colony of their Marks as applied to Tobacco, Cigars and Cheroots, and that the same have been duly registered.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th December, 1889.

A. LISTER, Acting Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 531.

The following Hydrographic Notices are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th December, 1889.

A. LISTER, Acting Colonial Secretary.

IMPERIEUSE, AT HONGKONG,

16th December, 1889.

HYDROGRAPHICAL MEMO: No. 49.

CHINA SEA.

The Commanding Officer of the Cockchafer reports :—

I.

EASTERN SHORE OF ST. JOHN'S ISLAND.-A reef in, approximately, Latitude 21° 27′ N. Longitude 112° 49′ E. extend- ing in an Easterly and Westerly direction, about 50 yards in extent, about half a mile from the shore.

II.

MOUTH OF SI-KIANG TO WEST RIVER.-15 feet of water, where 7 fathoms is marked on the Chart, between Sam Long Island and Montanha Island, after spring tides.

The shoal apparently extends from about a mile to a mile and a half further out than shewn on the Chart.

Latitude 21° 58' N. Longitude 113° 33′ E.

Chart No. 2212.

China Sea Directory Vol. II. p. 542. and Vol. III. page 67.

To the Commodore and the respective Captains, Commanders, and

Officers Commanding Her Majesty's Ships

and Vessels employed on the China Station.

NOWELL SALMON,

Vice-Admiral.

HYDROGRAPHIC NOTICE.

On and after the 1st February, 1890, the Bell Buoy on the Ajax Shoal in Salat Sinki, or Western approach to the New Harbour of Singapore, will be replaced by a Light-ship exhibiting a white revolving light, shewing a flash every half minute, visible ten miles in clear weather, and elevated 38 feet above the sea. The Light-ship will be painted yellow with the word Ajax in white letters on a black ground painted on her sides; a caged ball painted red will be shewn at the mast-head.

MASTER ATTENDANT'S OFFICE,

Singapore, 18th November, 1889.

C. Q. G. CRAUFURD,

Master Attendant, S.S.

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