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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD OCTOBER, 1885.
One white light is placed on Point Larinda at an elevation of 10 feet, and shows between the bearings of S. by E. ¡¡ E. and S.E., or between the third red and third black Inoys.
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Two lights, the front light red, at a similar elevation, and the back white, ut a distance of 537 feet W. by S., and at an elevation of 33 feet. The red light is obscured on a S.W. W. bearing, and is again visible through a small red sector between the bearings of S.E. by S., S., in a line with the black buoy at the anchorage, and S.E. 4 S.
Directions:-Vessels intending to cross the Bar must bring the two white lights in line bearing S.W. 4 W. before Hillock Point is to the northward of N.N.W. Keep these white lights in line until the red and white are nearly in one; a vessel will then be about 2 of a cable from the second red buov. Keep the red and white lights in line W. by S. until the white light on Point Lucinda opens out on a S. by E. 4 E. bearing, when a vessel will be a cable's distance from the third red buoy. Then, if proceeding up the channel, steer NW. by W. W. for the Bluff. If going to the anchorage off Dungeness, steer W.N.W., being careful to keep within the white sector from Point Lacinda (the southern limit of which bears S.ET until the small red sector from the front light at the Pilot Station is opened out on a S.E. by S. 4 S. bearing, when a vessel may bring up in 3 fathomas, the water deepening further to the northward and westward to 7 fathoms. While within this red sector vessels are clear of the Banks off the mouth of the Enterprize Channel.
G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N.,
Portmaster.
Department of Ports and Harbours, Brisbane, 20th August, 1885.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 382.
The following Notice under the Contagious Diseases Ordinance, 1867, is published for general information.
By Command,
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd October, 1885.
THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867.
It is hereby notified that the part of the house hereinafter mentioned, that is to say, the Second Floor of No. 31, Circular Pathway, was, on the 2nd day of October, 1885, 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.
I.S.
Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 2nd October, 1885.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 225.
The following Notice from the Government Astronomer is published for general information. By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th May, 1885.
NOTICE.
W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary.
Meteorological Signals will be hoisted on the mast in front of the Police Barracks at Tsimshatsui :-
A red drum indicates the existence of a typhoon in the China Sea to the East of the Colony. A red cone pointing upwards indicates, that a typhoon exists in a latitude more Northern
than the Colony, or, that it is progressing towards North.
A red cone pointing downwards indicates, that a typhoon exists in a latitude, more Southern
than the Colony, or, that it is progressing towards South.
A red ball indicates the existence of a typhoon somewhere to the West of the Colony. 2. The shipping community is supposed to be guided not solely by these signals, but to consult
The China Coast Meteorological Register issued daily from here.
3. The Meteorological signals do not imply that a typhoon is approaching the Colony. Local Storm-warnings are given by firing the gun placed at the foot of the mast. It will be fired one round, whenever a strong gale of wind is expected here. It will be fired two rounds. whenever the wind is expected to blow with storm or typhoon force, and it will be fired again, if possible, when the wind is likely to shift round suddenly,-such shifting being frequently accompanied by great disasters to the shipping.
4. In cases where special information is urgently required, enquiries at the Observatory should, it
possible, be made between 1 p. and 4 p., as I am particularly engaged at other times.
W. DOBERCK, Government Astronomer
Hongkong Observatory, 25th May, 1885.
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