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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD JUNE, 1883.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 225. The following Hydrographic Notices are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd June, 1883.
Government of China.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 169.
CHINA SEA.
YANGTZE RIVER-KIUKIANG DISTRICT.
Kiangloong Wreck Light-Boat.
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W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary.
Notice is hereby given that a Light-boat showing a white light has been substituted for the floating frame and red light-No. 51 in the "List of the Chinese Lighthouses, Light-vessels, Buoys, and Beacons for 1883."
The Light-boat is noored abreast of the wreck, to mark the starboard side of the channel for vessels entering from seaward, and it should be passed close to, in order to avoid the wreck.
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS,
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,
A. M. BISBEE,
Coast Inspector.
SHANGHAI, 12th June, 1883.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 170.
CHINA SEA.
YANGTZE RIVER-CHINKIANG DISTRICT.
Bethune Point Beacon Light.
Notice is hereby given that Bethune Point Beacon Light has been shifted about 100 yards E. 4 S. (approximately) from its last position, in consequence of the washing away of the Point.
By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS,
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
A. M. BISBEE,
Ceast Inspector.
SHANGHAI, 12th June, 1883.
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.
No. 94.
BORNEO-NORTH-EAST COAST.
Shoal Northward of Lankayan Islet.
luformation has been received from Lieutenant and Commander Hon. F. Sandilands, H. M. S. Mosquito, of the existence of shoal ground lying about 9 miles northward of Lankayan islet -
This shoal ground, over the southern part of which the Mosquito passed in a least depth of 6 fathoms (the bottom being plainly seen), lies with the following bearings:-
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Lankayan islet, Billean rocks,
..S. 9° E.
.S. 69 W.
These bearings place the shoal in approximately, lat. 6° 39′ N., long. 117° 54′ E. NOTE.-As the water was apparently shoaler northward of this position-Mariners should navigate in the vicinity
(The bearings are Magnetic. Variation 2o Eusterly in 1883.)
with caution.
By Command of their Lordships,
FREDK, J. EVANS.
Hydrographer.
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 13th April, 1883.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts :-China sea, southern portion, No. 26606. Sulu archipelago, No, 2576; Palawau island, No. 967: Guya bay to Sandakan harbour, No, 287. Also, Hydrographic Notice, No. 9 of 1883. page 1.