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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 15тп AUGUST, 1885.
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 (!..... 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. 116. ]
SUMATRA-WEST COAST.
BATOE ISLANDS.
́ ́(1) Reef Southward of Pasakie Islets.
The Netherlands Government has given Notice, of the existence of a reef lying about 2 miles southward of Pasaki. islets, Batoe islands :-
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This reef, on which the Netherlands India steam vessel Graaf van Bijlandt struck, is stated to be composed of coral, and to lie with the following bearings :-
Pasakie Besaar Pesakie Ketjil Kasi islet -
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N. bv E. N.N.W. 3 W. N. 2 W.
Approximate position, lat. 0° 1′ S., long. 98° 36′ E.
NOTE.-Mariners should use caution when navigating between Pulo Pinie and Tanah Masa, as shoals, yet uncharted, are reported to exist.
CHINA SEA.
CARIMATA STRAIT.
(2) Reef reported North-Eastward of Cirencester Bank,
The German Government has published the following information, concerning the existence of a reef, reported as lying in the fairway of the southern part of Carimata strait, with Cirencester bank bearing S.W. by W. W., distant 20
miles:
This reef (Stephan reef), on which the Germau vessel Stephan grounded in May 1884, is stated to be composed of rock, te be awash at low water, and steep-to.
Position as given, lat. 3° 7′ S., long, 109° 17′ E.
NOTE.-As no observations were taken to determine the position of the vessel when aground (that given being deduced by dead reckoning from the day previous), and as the currents in the vicinity at times attain considerable velocity, the position of Stephan reef, and even its separate existence from dangers already known, must be considered doubtful.
Variation 24° Easterly in 1885.) By Command of their Lordships,
(The bearings are Magnetic.
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 20th June, 1885.
W. J. L. WHARTON,
Hydrographer.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Acheen bead to Tyingkokh bay, No. 2760 (1); Indian ocean, No. 748h (2); Eastern archipelago, western portion, No. 941a (2): Carimata strait, No. 2160 (2): Also, Sailing Directions for West Coast of Sumatra, 1879, page 67: and China Sea Directory, vol. 1., 1878, page 311.
Government of China.
AMOY DISTRICT.
LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS, No. 21.
Quemoy Spit, Whistling Buoy placed off end of
Notice is hereby given that the red 6-foot conical buoy, surmounted by a black spherical cage, which was notified in Local Notice to Mariners, No. 20, of the 3rd March, 1885, as having been placed immediately off the end of the Quemoy Spit, has been removed, and that in its stead a red AUTOMATIC WHISTLING BUOY, 10 feet in diameter at the water line, having the word "QUEMOY" painted on it in white letters, has been moored off the South-eastern extremity of the Spit in about 8 fathoms at low water springs, with
Quemoy Pagoda bearing. Taitan Lighthouse,
Shoal water exists a short distance inside in a line with and up to the Spit.
..N. 10° E. magnetic. ...N. 73° W. ""
The 44-fathom shoal patch, shown on Admiralty Chart, No. 1,767, as forming, bears E. S. E. from the Whistling Buoy distant about 3 of a mile.
Masters of vessels are warned not to pass between this Buoy and Quemoy Island.
Approved:
J. McLEAVY BROWN,
Commissioner of Customs.
Custom House, Amoy, 1st August, 1885.
C. H. PALMER, Harbour Master.