THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH AUGUST, 1883.
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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. 145.]
CHINA SEA.
BORNEO-EAST COAST.
(1) Shoal in Sibuco (St. Lucia) Bay.
The Netherlands Government has given Notice, of the existence of a shoal lying on the south side of Sibuco (St. Lucia) bay, about 13 miles south-east of Sibuco river entrance:-
This shoal (Bandjermassing shoal), previously reported as "discoloured water," has now been ascertained by H.N.M.S. Bandjermassing, to have a least depth of 7 feet on it, and to lie with the following bearings:-
South point of Sebatie,. Mount Kokosan,
Position approximate on Admiralty chart, lat. 3° 57′ N., long. 118° 6 E.
PHILIPPINES.
LUZON ISLAND-MANILA BAY.
N. 86° W. N. 40 W.
(2) Port Cavite-Sangley Point Light Re-exhibited.
The Spanish Government has given Notice, that on 15th November 1882, the light on Sangley point, north side of entrance to port Cavite, was re-exhibited from a lighthouse erected on the site of the old lighthouse, which was destroyed during the Cyclone of 20th October 1882:-
The light is a fixed white light, showing a sector of green light through an arc of 75°, or between the bearings of N. 46° E. and N. 29° W.
(The bearings are Magnetic. Variation Q)--
10)
20 Easterly in 1883.)
By Command of their Lordships,
FREDк. J. EVANS,
Hydrographer.
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 4th June 1883.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-
(1) China sea, southern portion, No. 26606; Sulu archipelago, No. 2576: Also, Hydrographic Notice, No. 21 of 1881, page 5. (2) China sea, northern portion, No. 26616; Philippines, No. 943; St. Bernardino strait, No. 2577; Manila bay, No. 976; port Cavite, No. 975: Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, &c., 1883, No. 241; and China Sea Directory, vol. II., 1879, page 261.
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“Audacious” at Chefoo,
3rd July, 1883.
HYDROGRAPHICAL MEMO., No. 33.
The following information has been received from H.M.S. Fly" :--
Sulu Sea, Copal Shoal, supposed to be the "Pegasus."
Latitude (approximate from noon) 5° 46′ N, Longitude (chronometer) 118° 51′ E.-Bearings (Magnetic)-Sloping Peak, Unsang Promontory S 11° 45′ W.-Hill in centre of Kinabatangank S 57° 45′ W.-These bearings give the ship's position while at anchor about a cable E of shoal and 2 cables S by E of shoalest part. The shoal, which was partly examined, consists of coral, boulders, and white sand, with least water of 2 fathoms, steep to on E side, extending in a N and S direction for about 1 miles. Breadth 6 to 7 cables. It can be easily seen from deck as the water shows a light green color.
The ship passed close by the position, assigned to the shoal on which H.M.S. "Pegasus" struck in 1882, but no signs of it could be seen. It is therefore considered the above mentioned shoal is the same as that of the "Pegasus." The bearings, too, agree.
Admiralty Chart No. 2576 is affected hereby.
The following information has been received from H.M.S. “Champion”:-
Colombo Shoal.
A 5 fathom patch was discovered about 2 miles S SW of Colombo Shoal.
Position:-Lat. 5° 11′ 30′′ N., Long, 114° 43′ 30′′ E.
Bearings-Mount Pisang S 71° E; Mount Say S 40° E; Wooded Peak S 33° E.
Admiralty Charts Nos. 2109 and 26606 are affected hereby.
The following information has been received from H.M.S. "Flying Fish":
Corea (W. Coast.)
A rock, Sa-o-San, 85 feet in height, lies 24 miles W by N N of the Island of Iurienne de la Graviere.
The North point of a shoal on which there is 1 fathom at low water, and which extends for some distance to the Southward, lies miles WS of the North West point of the island of Moulaka tan.
A rock which uncovers 2 feet at low water, lies 6 cables W of the summit of South Rock of the Ferriere group.
Bearings(Magnetic)--Variation 4o 35′ W.
Admiralty Charts Nos. 1256, 1258, 1262, and 2347, are affected hereby.
To the Commodore and the respective Captains, Commanders and Officers Commanding Her Majesty's Ships
and Vessels employed on the China Station.
GEORGE O. WILLES,
Vice Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.