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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26TH APRIL, 1884.
Government of Queensland.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 7 of 1884.
FLOATING BEACON AND PERCH BUOY OFF THE EAST BANKS
AT THE ENTRANCE TO MORETON BAY.
Notice is hereby given, that the temporary Perch Buoy off the North end of the East Banks has been replaced by the Floating Besson, the Perch Buoy being placed as an additional buoy in 21 feet at low water half a cable northward from the extremity of the western Spit of the East Banks, and in line with that Spit and Cowan Cowan Point Lighthouse.
This Spit, extending from the northern part of the East Banks, has grown upwards of 11 cables to the westward since the last corrections of the Admiralty Chart in 1880.
The Floating Beacon carries a ball, 7 feet in diameter, 27 feet above the water.
Department of Ports and Harbours, Brisbane, 25th February, 1884.
G. P. HEATH, Commander, R.N.,
Portmaster.
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 nargin, or otherwise in the page, of the Sailing Directions to which it relates. See Admiralty Instructions, Navigation and Pilotage, pp.
312 and 313.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
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EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO.
SUNDA STRAIT-COAST of JAVA.
(1) Fixed Light on Great Merak Island,
The Netherlands Government has given Notice, that on 17th December 1883, a light was exhibited on Great Merak island, eastern side of northern entrance to Sanda strait :-
The light is a fixed white light of the sixth order, visible in clear weather from a distance of 10 miles.
Position approximate, lat. 5° 56′ S., long. 105° 581⁄2 E.
NOTE-A Semaphore has also been erected on Great Merak island.
By Command of their Lordships,
FREDк. J. EVANS,
Hydrographer.
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 21st January, 1884.
This l'otice affects the following Admiralty Charts (1) Eastern archipelago, western portion, No. 9414; Sunda strait with plan of Merak harbour, No. 2056: Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, &c., 1884, "page 18; and China Sea Directory, vol. I., 1878 page 169,
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.
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CHINA-EAST COAST.
YANG-TSE-KIANG ENTRANCE.
Shoal Ground Westward of Block House Shoal.
With reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 238 (1), of 21st August 1883. on the existence of a shoal lying in the fairway of South channel, Yang-tso-Kiang, about 1 miles N.N.E. of Kiu Toan beacon:-
this
The following further information-the result of an examination of the locality--has been received from Lieutenant and Commander Hoskyn, II.M. Surveying vessel Flying Fish :---
A strip of shoal ground lying paralled with the course of the river and about 3 cables in breadth, has formed about cables westward. Block House shoal.
The outer extreme of this strip lies with Kiu Toan beacon hearing W. N., distant 2 miles; the shoal ground extends thence in a N.W. N. direction for a distance of about 54 miles, or to a position with Kiu Toan small beacon bearing W. by S., distant 3 miles. The depths on this phoal ground (saud) are 2 to 3 fathoms at low water ordinary spring tides.