THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH MARCH, 1886.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
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HAINAN STRAITS.
The Master of the British Steam-ship Lorne reports that the vessel recently touched on a Sand- bank in Lat. 20° 3' N. and Long. 109° 36′ E.
The bank is described as being of an acute oval shape, about 100 feet long by 30 feet wide, with 3 fathoms of water and black sandy bottom.
R. MURRAY RUMSEY, Ret. Com., R.N.,
Harbour Department, Hongkong, 3rd March, 1886.
Acting Harbour Master, &c.
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. See Admiralty Instructions, Navigation and Pilotage, pH 312 & 313.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
(No. 2.)
EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO.
JAVA-NOR
COAST.
Batavia-Time Signal at Tanjong Priok.
The Netherlands Government has given Notice, that on 10th November 1885, the following time signal would be established at Tanjong Priok (New harbour of Batavia).
The signal consists of four circular discs, placed on an iron support near the entrance of the inner basin; the signal is made once daily, Sundays and fête days excepted, as follows :—
The discs are inclined at an angle of 45° as preparatory 5 minutes before signal, placed vertical 2 minutes before signal, and dropped into a horizontal position at noon local mean time-equivalent to 16h. 52m. 27.5s. Greenwhich mean:
time.
Position of time signal, lat. 6° 5' 48" S., long. 106° 53′ 07′′ E.
(Batavia Observatory being in long. 106° 48′ 37′′ E.)
By Command of their Lordships,
W. J. L. WHARTON,
Hydrographer:
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 1st January, 1886.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty plan :-Batavia roads, No. 933: Also, Hydrographic Notice, No. 26 of 1885, page 8; and List of Time Signals, 1880, page 18.
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. See Admiralty Instructions, Navigation and Pilotage, pp.
312 & 313.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
(No. 8.)
EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO.
SUNDA STRAIT-JAVA.
Fourth Point-Re-Exhibition of Permanent Light, and Discontinuance of Provisional Light.
With reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 64 (2), of 5th April 1884, on the intended re-exhibition of the permanent light from a lighthouse then to be erected on Fourth point (Tanjong Tiikoening), Java, and discontinuance of the provi- sional light.
The Netherlands Government has given further Notice, that on 16th December 1885, the permanent light would be re-exhibited, and the provisional light discontinued.
The light is a fixed white light of the second order, elevated 180 feet above high water, and should be visible in clear weather from a distance of 20 miles.
The lighthouse, 177 feet high, constructed of iron and twelve-sided, is situated 55 yards farther inland than that destroyed during the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883; the keeper's dwelling, which surrounds the lighthouse, is of stone; both are painted white.
Position, lat. 6° 4′ 20′′ S., long., 105° 52′ 50′′ E.
By Command of their Lordships,
W. J. L. WHARTON,
Hydrographer:
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 8th January, 1886.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts-Indian ocean, No. 7486; Eastern archipelago, with plan of Sunda strait, No. 941a; Sunda strait, No. 2056: Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, &c., 1885, No. 170; and China Sea Directory, vol. I., 1878, page 166.