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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 15TH DECEMBER, 1883.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 413.
The following Hydrographic Notice is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th December, 1883.
Government of China.
NOTICE TO MARINERS,
No. 178.
W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary.
CHINA SEA.
SHANGHAI DISTRICT.
Entrance to Yangtze River.
Notice is hereby given that the following information, which is the result of the examination made by H.M.S. Flying Fish in October last, has been received from Vice-Admiral Willes, Commander-in-Chief of H.B.M.'s Naval Forces on the China Station :-
"A shoal has formed situated nearly in mid-channel and extending from about 2 miles below the Kiutoan Small Beacon to about 1 mile below the Kiutoan Lightship.
"A channel mile wide, in which the least depth at low water ordinary spring tides is 24 feet, exists between this newly-formed shoal and the south bank of the river.
N.W. part of
shoal, 17 feet.
S.E. part of.
shoal, 18 feet.
66 Bearings, Distances, etc. Kiutoan Small Beacon.... Kiutoan Beacon
Kiutoan Lightship. House Island Beacon Kiutoan Beacon
Gun Tree
Kiutoan Lightship
House Island Beacon
...N. 88° 15′ W., 3.1 miles.
..S. 16° 45′ E., 3.75 "
..S. 50° 55′ E., 4.2
.S. 66° 15′ E., 8:1 .N. 88° 55′ W.. 2.1
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.S. 53° 45′ W., 3.0 .N. 4° 45′ E., 1 ..N. 85° 0′ E., 4.2
"
""
"On the straight line joining these two positions are numerous patches of 15, 16, 17, and 18 feet. From the 17-foot patch in the N.W. the shoal trends away to the north-north-westward towards Blockhouse Island.
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Bearings magnetic; variation, 2° 15′ W.
"Charts Nos. 1,199 and 1,602 are hereby affected."
This Notice supersedes Notice No. 177, published the 15th.ultimo.
By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,
A. M. BISBEE,
Coast Inspector.
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS,
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 3rd December, 1883.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. No. 414.
The following notice from the Registrar General, under the Contagious Diseases Ordinance, 1867, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th December, 1883.
THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867.
W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary.
It is hereby notified that the part of the house hereinafter mentioned, that is to say, the Second Floor of No. 22, Lower Lascar Row, was, on the 14th day of December, 1883, pursuant to Section 23 of the above Ordinance, declared by me under my Hand and Seal of Office to be an Unlicensed Brothel.
L.B.
FREDERICK STEWART, Registrar General.
Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 15th December, 1883.