764 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 15TH SEPTEMBER, 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. 161.]
CHINA-EAST COAST.
HONGKONG-WEST LAMMA CHANNEL.
(1.) Position of Sunken Rocks off East Point of Chung-chau.
The following information has been received from H.M. Surveying vessel Magpie, relative to sunken rocks lying about 3 cables castward of the east point of Chung-chau, west side of entrance to West Lamma channel :-
1
The rock (Chung rock) which dries at low water, and on which the British vessel Minard Castle struck in 1883, was found from an examination made in the Magpie, to lie 115 yards in a S. 671° E. direction from the position heretofore assigned to it, or with the following bearings and distances.
South-east point of Chung-chau, ....................
East point of Chung-chau,
...S. 601° W., distant 63th cables.
.West,
th
31 ""
A sunken rock, 10 feet in extent, with 6 feet on it at low water, lies 75 feet S. 394° E. from Chung rock; and another sunken rock is situated about 200 feet south-westward of the Chung rock.
NOTE. The wreck of the Minard Castle lies in 7 fathoms with the following bearings and distances:
.N. 1° E., distant 3 .West, ..N. 47 W.
cables.
54ths ""
Chung rock,
South-east point of Chung-chau,.
East point of Chung-chau,
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4,8%
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(2.) Lamma Island-Sunken Rock reported W.N.W. of West Point.
Also, of the reported existence of a sunken rock lying with West point, Lamma island, bearing E.S.E., distant about 3 cables.
NOTE-An examination of West Lamma channel by H.M.S. Magpie is in progress.
Variation 10 Easterly in 1883.)
(The bearings are Magnetic.
By Command of their Lordships,
FREDK. J. EVANS.
Hy drographer.
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 19th June, 1883.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts-Whampoa channel to Canton, No. 1739; Hui-Ling-San harbour to Hongkong, No. 2212; Hongkong to Chelang point, No. 1962; Hongkong, No. 1466: Also, China Sea Directory, vol. III., 1874, pages 32, 36, 74, 75.
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 and 313.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
[ No. 176. ]
CHINA SEA.
GREAT NATUNA ISLAND.
Reef Westward of Bourong Islet.
The Netherlands Government has given Notice, of the existence of a reef lying about 6 miles westward of Bourong islet, south-west side of Great Natuna island :—
This reef, on which the sea breaks heavily, lies with the following bearings :—
Bourong islet,
Salaor (or Peaked) island summit,
E. N. .N. by W. W.
Position approximate on Admiralty chart, lat. 3° 41′ 40′′ N., long. 107° 56′ 10′′ E.
(The bearings are Magnetic. Variation 21° Easterly in 1883.)
By Command of their Lordships,
FREDк. J. EVANS,
Hydrographer.
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 28th June, 1883.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts -China sea, southern portion, No. 2660a; Natuna islands, No. 1348: Also, China Sea Directory, vol. II., 1879, page 45.