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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 15TH JANUARY, 1887.
GOVERNMENT. NOTIFICATION.-No. 19.
The following Hydrographic Notice is published for general information.
By Command,
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th January, 1887.
Government of Queensland.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
[No. 18 of 1886.]
INNER EDGE OF BARRIER BETWEEN HOLBORNE ISLAND AND THE PALM ISLANDS, AND SHOALWATER OFF CAPE BOWLING GREEN.
Notice is hereby given, that the following Detached Reefs at the inner edge of the Barrier, between Holborne Island and the Palm Islands, have been examined, and their positions determined, by Lieutenant-Commander Righards, R.N., in H.M.S. "Paluma."
1. A coral reef, which partly dries at half-ebb, and which is 84 miles long, N.W. by W. and S.E. by E., and 3 miles broad. Its S.E. end lies N. W. 211⁄2 miles from the centre of Holborne Island, and there is an average depth of 25 fathoms close round the reef.
2. A circular patch, about 14 miles in diameter, the centre lying N.N.E. distant 30 miles from Cape Cleveland Light- house.
3. A coral patch, 13 miles long, East and West, and 1 mile wide, its centre lying N. E. 30 miles from Cape Cleveland Lighthouse.
4. A coral reef, situated to the N.N.W. of the last-mentioned patch, 33 miles long, E. by N. and W. by S., and 14 miles broad. Its West and North-West sides are ragged with off-lying patches. The eastern end lies North 33 miles. from Cape Cleveland Lighthouse. The depth between this and the former reef is 25 fathoms.
5. The shoal marked "Doubtful," in Latitude 18° 41 S., Longitude 146° 52′ E., does not exist.
6. At a distance of 1 mile from the Lighthouse on Cape Bowling Green when bearing S. 56° W., the depth does not exceed 9 feet at ordinary low-water springs. Vessels are therefore cautioned to attend to the directions not to shoal the water under 11 fathoms when rounding the Cape.
Department of Ports and Harbours, Brisbane, 15th November, 1886.
G. P. HEATH, Commander, R.N.,
Portmaster.
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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No, 20.
The following Notice under the Contagious Diseases Ordinance, 1867, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th January, 1887.
FREDERICK STewart,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867.
It is hereby notified that the part of the house hereinafter mentioned, that is to say, the First Floor of No. 32, Hing Lung Street, was, on the 12th day of January, 1887, pursuant to Section 23 of the above Ordinance, declared by me under my Hand and Seal of Office to be an Unlicensed Brothel.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Acting Registrar General,
L,S.
Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 12th January, 1887.