THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH APRIL, 1881.
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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 and 313.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
(No. 245.)
CHINA SEA.
APPROACH TO MIN RIVER.
Reported Position of Hebe Rock.
Information has been received in a Notice published by the British Registrar of Shipping at Shanghai, of the existence of a sunken rock recently found at the entrance of Min river, and which is assumed to be the doubtful Hebe rock or reef.
An unsuccessful search for this rock, extending over two days, made by the boats of H.M. Surveying vessel Nassau in 1878, led, with subsequent information based on statements of the pilots for Min river, to its being removed from the charts. Mr. Randle, pilot of Foochow, who now reports the existence of the rock, describes it as being a pinnacle with 17 feet over it at low water spring tides, and gives the following approximate bearings, which were taken from a small boat near it, viz.:-
Changchi island summit. Sharp shoulder...
N. by E. & E. W. by N. & N.
by E. distant 2 miles nearly, or about
These bearings place the assumed Hebe rock, with Sea Dog islet bearing N.E. three-quarters of a mile W.S.W. from the position of it as originally reported.
(The bearings are Magnetic. Variation 1° Westerly in 1880.) By Command of their Lordships,
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 29th December 1880.
FRED. J. EVANS,
Hydrographer.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Port Matheson to Ragged point, No. 1701; Ragged point to Pih-ki-shan, No. 1754; Min river, No. 2400: Also, China Sea Directory, vol. III., 1874, page 276.
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. 8.)
MALACCA STRAIT.
MALACCA.
(1) Light on Pulo Undan.
The Government of the Straits Settlements has given Notice, that on 1st December, 1880, a light would be exhibited from a lighthouse erected on Pulo Undan (Outer Water island), about 10 miles south-eastward of Malacca :-
The light is described as an intermittent flash light of the third order, showing intervals of ten and twenty seconds; it is elevated 155 feet above the sea, and should be visible in clear weather from a distance of 20 miles.
The lighthouse, situated on the summit of the island, which is 100 feet high, consists of a square two-storey building, with an octagonal tower in the centre; the tower and balcony of the upper storey are painted red, the rest of the building
is white.
Position approximate as given, lat. 2° 3′ 0′′ N., long. 102° 20′ 30′′ E.
NOTE.-The fixed light on St. Paul hill, Malacca, will continue to be exhibited as a harbour light until further Notice.
EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO.
JAVA-NORTH COAST.
(2) Harbour Light at Tegal.
With reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 140 (3), of 20th November, 1876, on the proposed establishment of a harbour light at Tegal (Tagal) :--
The Netherlands Government has given further Notice, that at the end of November 1880, the light was exhibited from the Western mole head at that place
The light is a fixed white light of the sixth order, elevated 48 feet above high water, and should be visible in clear weather from a distance of 8 miles.
Position as given, lat. 6° 51′ 10′′ S., long. 109° 8′ 15′′ E.
By Command of their Lordships,
FREDк. J. EVANS,
Hydrographer.
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 18th January 1881.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:--
(1) Indian ocean, No. 748b; Malacca strait, eastern part, No. 1355; cape Rachada to mount Formosa, No. 7956: Also, Admiralty List of Lights
in South Africa, &c., 1881, page 16, No. 155; and China Sea Directory, vol. I., 1878, pages 78-80.
(2) Indian ocean, No. 748b; Eastern archipelago, No. 941a: Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, &c., 1881, No. 185.