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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST APRIL, 1888.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION-No. 170.
"The following Hydrographic Notices are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 21st April, 1888.
FREDERICK STEWART, Colonial Secretary.
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"AUDACIOUS" AT HONGKONG, 10th April, 1888.
HYDROGRAPHICAL MEMO: No. 24.
CHINA.
Canton River. The following information relating to the Canton River has been received from H.M.S. "Cockchafer
The Beacon on South bank, just above second bar, mentioned in China Sea Directory, Vol. iii, p. 112, in foot note, has been washed away and not replaced.
The stone Beacon and Buoy at Dutch Folly mentioned on p. 5 of Hydrographic Notice No. 8 of 1887, are painted Black and not Green. A Buoy painted Red, lies about 1 cable West from the Beacons on North side of Channel.
The Whampoa Barrier marked on Chart, is under water; a new barrier of wooden piles, which shew above water, and have a narrow opening for the passage of vessels,-exists just to the West of the old Barrier.
Owing to the piles on the South side of the Barrier across Cambridge Reach, having been washed away, leaving the stones with 7ft. of water over them,-vessels are recommended to keep on the North side of the channel, when passing through that Barrier.
Lines 4 and 5 of p. 6 of Hydrographic Notice No. 8 of 1887 should be cancelled, as there is no opening through the Barrier mentioned, and no lights are shewn. The Docks mentioned in foot note to p. 120 Vol. iii China Sea Directory, and in Dock Book p. 48, as being at Canton, have no existence.
Charts affected Nos. 1742 and 1739.
AUSTRALIA.
Torres Strait.-A small shoal, on which is a depth of 9ft. at low water, has been discovered in the Prince of Wales'
Channel. Its position is given by the following bearings:
Ince Point,. Turtle Head,..
Charts affected Nos. 437 and 691.
.S.E. 1 E. .S.W. W.
Dundas Strait.-The master of the s.s. "Taiyuan" reports the existence of a sand bank with 17ft. of water on it at L.W.S. near the South entrance of Dundas Strait. It lies in Lat. 11° 50 S., Long, 181° 29 E.; Eastern extremity of Cape Keith bearing N. 1° E. true; Hill on Melville Island marked 263ft., bearing N. 64° W. true.
There was deep water close to the bank, which is composed of sand and small broken shells.
Chart affected 942b.
To the Commodore, and the respectice Captains, Commanders, and
Officers Commanding Her Majesty's Ships
and Vessels employed on the China Station.
NOWELL SALMON, Vice-Admiral, and Commander-in-Chief.
Government of China.
NOTICE TO MARINERS,
No. 216.
CHINA SEA.
SHANGHAI DISTRICT.
Woosung Lighthouse.
Notice is hereby given that, in consequence of changes that have taken place in the banks bounding the channel across the Woosung Outer Bar, the Woosung Light has been altered to show
White between the bank of the Yangtze to the north-westward of the Lighthouse and S. 14° 30′ W.
Green between S. 14° 30′ W. and S. 57° 20′ W. White between S. 57° 20′ W. and S. 70° 50′ W.
Red between S. 70° 50′ W. and the left (western) bank of the Woosung river. The bearings are magnetic and from seaward.
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS,
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 9th April, 1888.
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By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,
A. M. BISBEE,
Coast Inspector.