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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette
EXTRAORDINARY.
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Published by Authority.
No. 63.
VICTORIA, MONDAY, 10TH NOVEMBER, 1884. 號三十六第日三十二月九年申甲 日十初月一十年四十八百八千一
VOL. XXX.
簿十三第
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.No. 399.
The following Notification received from the British Consul at Foochow is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th November, 1884.
FREDERICK STEWART,
for the Colonial Secretary ·
CONSULAR NOTIFICATION.
TO THE BRITISH COMMUNITY OF FOOCHOW.
Torpedoes in the River Min.
BRITISH CONSULATE, Foocnow, 1st November, 1884.
It is hereby notified, on information received from the Chinese Authorities by the undersigned, that a Channel, measuring about 100 feet in width, through the Torpedo positions at the entrance to the approaches of the White Fort, will be marked on either side by black and white iron buoys; and that in the centre of said Channel will be placed bamboo beacons, to point the way through.
Vessels, inward and outward bound, should steer for these bamboo beacons in order to avoid danger, while special boats will be in attendance to pilot ships in safety through the Channel.
CHARLES A. SINCLAIR, HI.B.M. Consul.
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