THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29тп NOVEMBER, 1884. 899
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 418.
The following Hydrographic Notices are published for general information.
By Comaand,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th November, 1884.
FREDERICK STEWART,
for the Colonial Secretary.
Government of China.
SHANGHAI DISTRICT.
LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS, No. 29.
Barrier at the Woosung Inner Bar: Precautions to be taken to prevent Collisions.
With reference to Local Notice to Mariners No. 27, dated the 25th ultimo, in which it was intimated, at the request of the Taotai, Superintendent of Customs, that the erection of a Barrier at the Woosung Inner Bar was about to be commenced and that the sides of a passage, 250 feet in width, through the Barrier would be marked as follows:
Starboard side of channel, entering from sea,............During day-time, a Red Flag; during night-time, Two Red
Lights in a vertical line. Port side of channel, entering from sea,
.....During day-time, a Blue and White Flag (J, Commercial Code); during night-time, Two Green Lights in a
vertical line.
Notice is hereby given that the piles defining the channel through the Barrier have now been driven and marked as above described; and, in order to prevent accidents, it is recommended that hereafter not more than one vessel shall pass through at a time.
When, therefore, two vessels are approaching the Barrier at such a speed as would bring them there together, the following rule should be observed:—
If the vessels are going in opposite directions, the one having the tide against her should wait for the one going with the tide to pass the Barrier first; and a vessel overtaking another should regulate her speed so as to allow the one ahead to go through first.
A. M. BISBEE,
Approved:
E. B. DREW,
Commissioner of Customs.
Harbour Master.
CUSTOM HOUSE, SHANGHAI, 11th November, 1884.
Government of Queensland.
NOTICE TO MARINERS. No. 37 of 1884.
REPORTED REEF, ARAFURA SEA.
Notice is hereby given, that a Reef has been reported by the Master of the s.s. Indus to lie in-
Latitude, Longitude,
10° 17' South. 131° 6' East.
The Reef appeared to be about 1 mile long N.E. and S.W., and 4 mile wide, and to have very little water over it at its S.W. end.
G. P. HEATH, Commander, R.N.,
Department of Ports and Harbours, Brisbane, 11th October, 1884.
Portmaster.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 403.
The following Notice is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th November, 1884.
NOTICE.
FREDERICK STEWART,
for the Colonial Secretary.
Under the provisions of Ordinance No. 11 of 1844, notice is hereby given that a Special Sessions of the Justices of the Peace will be held at the Police Magistrates' Court, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon of Tuesday, the 6th day of January, 1885, and thereafter on the first Tuesday of every month, for the purpose of considering applications for granting or transferring Spirit Licences during
year 1885.
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Such applications to be lodged at the Police Magistrates' Court at least ten days before each of the Sessions now notified.
ALFRED G. WISE,
Police Magistrate,
Police Magistrates' Office, Hongkong, 12th November, 1884.