THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. 14TH MARCH, 1885.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 113.
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Telers will be received at this Office until Noon of Friday, the 27th instant, for picking up, lng, and macadamizing 2,500 fect lineal of the Queen's Road from Jee House Lane to No. 5
Slution.
For form of tender, specification, and further particulars, apply at the Surveyor General's Office. The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th March, 1885.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 114.
The following Hydrographic Notices are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th March, 1885.
Government of China.
FOOCHOW DISTRICT.
LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS, No. 22.
Sharp Peak: Temporary Anchorage: Limits of
W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary.
W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary.
The limits of the temporary Anchorage at Sharp Peak, given below, have been defined with a view to the comparative safety of the shipping in the event of active hostilities occurring-but the Chinese Local Authorities wish it to be notified that, in such a case, even within the prescribed limits, they will not be responsible for any damage done to shipping.
for the Upper Limit,
a straight line, running from the Northern extremity of Ho-chiang Island, to Gun Point, the Westernmost point of Sharp Peak Island, and,
for the Northern Boundary,
a straight line, running from the White Fort, in line with the Northern Edge of Wild Duck Bank, (West Brother), to a pole with a square frame at top marked N.B. (Northern Boundary) on Sharp Peak Island.
A Buoy, bearing the letters U.L.B. (Upper Limit Buoy) will be placed at the juncture of the Upper Limit and Northern Boundary lines.
N.B.-The two Islets which appear, on the Admiralty Chart, to the N.W. of Ho-chiang, are now joined to that Island, and the Upper Limit line runs from the Northern extremity of the outer one.
Approved:
C. HANNEN,
Commissioner of Customs,
CUSTOM HOUSE, Fоocнow, 28th February, 1885.
S. PARKHILL, Harbour Master.
AMOY DISTRICT.
LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS, No. 20.
Quemoy Spit Buoy re-placed.
Notice is hereby given that a new red conical buoy, six feet in diameter, surmounted by a black spherical cage has placed immediately off the end of the Quemoy Spit.
nemoy Pagoda bears from the buoy N. 16° 52′ E. and Taitan Lighthouse N. 75° 56′ W.
The shoal patch which is shown on Admiralty Chart No. 1767 as forming, and on the Southern edge of which the
was formerly placed, bears from the buoy in its present position S. 45° L., distant a little over one mile.
Masters of vessels are warned not to pass between this buoy and Quemoy Island.
Approved:
J. McLEAVY BROWN,
Commissioner of Customs. CUSTOM HOUSE, Amox, 3rd March, 1885.
H. J. MEADE, Harbour Master.