THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST DECEMBER, 1888.
The substance of this Notice, as soon as it is received on board, is to be inserted in red ink on the Charts affected by it; and introduced into the margin, or otherwise in the page of the Sailing Directions to which it relates. Sec Admiralty
Instructions, 1887, Navigation and Pilotage, p. 368.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
[No. 318 of the year 1888,]
RED SEA-EASTERN SHORE.
KAMARÁN BAY-REEF OFF SOUTHERN ENTRANCE.
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Information has been received through the Board of Trade, that on 1st August 1888, the British steam vessel Bussorah, when entering Kamarán bay by the South channel, struck on the southern side of the entrance:-
The bearings given for the position of the vessel when aground in 3 fathoms water, are as follows :--
Northern extreme of Ras el Bayádh Southern extreme of Ras el Bayádh South-west extreme of Kamarán Island
.N. 614° E.
.S. 830 W. .N. 4740 W.
As the Southern cutrance to Kamarán bay has previously been reported to be narrower than shown on the plan, it appears probable that the shore reef outside Ras el Bayádh is wider than given on the chart, and Mariners should use caution in entering.
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NOTE. In the caution printed on chart, No. 14, the word "not" is omitted from the second paragraph, which should run as follows:-When there is any wind the reefs are not easily seen.
(The bearings are Magnetic. Variation 34° Westerly in 1888.)
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 8th October 1888.
By Command of their Lordships,
W. J. L. WHARTON,
Hydrographer.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Plan -Kantarán bay, on sheet No. 14: Also, Red Sea Filot, 1883, pages 212, 213.
The substance of this Notice, as soon as it is received on board, is to be inserted in red ink on the Charts affected by it; and
introduced into the margiu, or otherwise in the page of the Sailing Directions to which it relates:
See Admiralty
Instructions, 1887, Navigation and Pilotage, p. 368.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
[No. 319 of the year 1888.]
CHINA-LIAU-TUNG GULF.
LIAU RIVER-GREAT CHANGES REPORTED.
The United States Government has given Notice-on the authority of Lieutenant Commander J. E. Craig, U.S.S. Palos-that Admiralty chart, Liau river, No. 2894, is not now reliable from the light-vessel off the bar to Newchwang, a distance of about 17 miles :~~
The channel of the river shifts, and the present positious of the beacons do not correspond in direction, one froin another, as shown on the chart. Shoals have formed off some of the points of the river banks. Fishing stakes at intervals, sur- mounted by balls, may be mistaken for beacons, and the local pilots place in position coloured buoys, which not being shown on the chart, are misleading.
From the changes above reported, the chart can only be considered as a rough guide, this, with the strong tides in the river, make it advisable to take a pilot.
By Command of their Lordships,
W. J. L. WHARTON,
Hydrographer.
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 10th October 1888.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Chart :--Liau river, No. 2894: China Sea Directory, vol. II, 1884, pages 671-674.