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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 15TH APRIL, 1882.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. -No. 181.
The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th April, 1882.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
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. 18. ]
CHINA SEA.
CARIMATA STRAIT-MONTARAN ISLANDS.
(1) Particulars of Catherine or Evans Reef.
The Netherlands Government has published the following information-on the authority of Lieutenant van Doorn- relative to Catherine or Evans Reef, Eastward of Montaran Islands:---
On this reef, which extends about 24 cables in a N.N.W. and S.S.E. direction, with a breadth of 12 cables, a depth of one fathom has been found. This danger is steep-to, with depths of 8 to 15 fathoms around, and is rarely indicated by
breakers or discoloured water.
CHINA-EAST COAST.
CANTON RIVER.
(2) Buoy with Red Light on Haeshin Rock.
With reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 3 (2), of 4th January, 1882, on placing a buoy, from which is exhibited a fixed green light, on the North-East extremity of Macao Fort rock, Canton river:-
The Chinese Government has given further Notice, dated 19th November, 1881, that a buoy, from which is exhibited a fixed red light, has been placed on the South-Western edge of Haeshin rock, eastward of Macao fort rock:---
The buoy, 6 feet in diameter, is of wood, red, and conical in shape; it is moored in 10 feet at low water spring tides, with the following bearings:-
Tower on Macao fort,
Western extremity of Ilonan Island,.
..S. 24° W.
.N. 28° W.
NOTE.-Vessels should pass between Macao Fort rock and IIaeshin rock buoys.
(3) Buoy with Red Light on Shamien Rock.
Also, has given notice, dated 19th November, 1881, that a buoy, from which is exhibited a fixed red light, has been placed on the northern extremity of the patch of rocks locally known as Shamien rocks (on which there is a depth of 10 feet water), lying off the western end of Shamien bund, Canton:---
The buoy, 6 feet in diameter, is of wood, conical in shape, and painted red and black checquered; it is moored in 2 fathoms at low water spring tides, with the following bearings:-
Shamien church steeple,
Joss-house on Fa-T (Fati) shore,..
(The position of this Buoy is doubtful.)
.N. 60° E. ..S. 39° W.
NOTE.-Vessels arriving should leave this buoy on the port hand when rounding to for the anchorage.
[The bearings are Magnetic. Variation Easterly in 1882.]
By Command of their Lordships,
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 1st February, 1882.
FREDK. J. EVANS,
Hydrographer.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-
(1) Eastern Archipelago, western portion, No. 941a; Carimata Strait, No. 2,160: Also China Sea Directory, Vol. I., 1878, page 315; and Hydrographic Notice, No. 34 of 1881, page 4.
(2) and (3) Canton river and western branches, No. 2562; Whampoa Channel to Canton, No. 1,739: Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, &c., 1882, page 22; and China Sea Directory, Vol. III., 1874, pages 105, 108.