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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH SEPTEMBER, 1881.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 321.
The following letter is published for general information.
By His Excellency's Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th September, 1881.
M. S. TONNOCHY,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
H. B. M.'S AGENCY, BANGKOK, August 26th, 1881.
SIR,-Referring to my communication of the 12th of July in regard of the Cholera then existing in this place, I have now pleasure in reporting that the epidemic has wholly ceased at this port and at the other trading ports of the Siamese Gulf.
His Excellency
Sir JOHN РоPE HENNESSY, K.C.M.G.,
I have, &c.,
W. GIFFORD PALGRAVE.
Governor and Commander-in-Chief,
HONGKONG.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 322.
The following Notice to Mariners is published for general information.
By His Excellency's Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th September, 1881.
M. S. TONNOCHY, 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. 76.)
EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO-STRAIT OF MACASSAR.
MACASSAR.
(1) Reef Reported S.S.E. of Lankai Islet.
The Netherlands Government has given Notice, dated 16th April, 1881, of the reported existence of a reef lying in the approach to Macassar, Celebes :-
This reef (Johan Theodor), on which the Dutch barque Johan Theodor struck, is stated to lie with the following bearings, viz.:
Lankai islet,. Hertenbeest islet,.
N.N.W. ...E. by S. 1 S.
These bearings (assuming the bearing E. by S. S. to refer to Great Deer islet) place the reef on Admiralty charts in approximately, lat. 5° 6' 15" S., long. 119° 3′ 45′′ E.
JAPAN.
KIUSIU-WEST COAST.
(2) Nagasaki Harbour-Red Light on Kageno Sima.
The Japanese Government has given Notice, that on 1st March, 1881, a light was exhibited from a lighthouse erected on the north point of Kageno sima, south side of entrance to Nagasaki harbour :—
The light is a fixed red light, visible between the bearings of S. 7710 E. (through south) and N. 514° W.; it is elevated 40 feet above the sea, and should be visible in clear weather from a distance of 8 miles.
The illuminating apparatus is of the sixth order.
The lighthouse, 16 feet high, is constructed of stone.
Position on Admiralty plan, lat. 82° 42′ 40′′ N., long. 129° 49′ 20′′ E.
Macassar,
(The bearings are Magnetic. Variation{ Nagasaki,
.110 Easterly in 1881.) 4 Westerly
By Command of their Lordships,
FREDк. J. EVANS,
Hydrographer.
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 17th May, 1881.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-
(1) Eastern archipelago, No. 9416; strait of Macassar, No. 2637.
(2) Nipon islands, &c., No. 2347; Western coasts of Kiusiu and Nipon, No. 358; Nagasaki harbour, No. 2415 Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, &c., 1881, page 30; and China Sea Directory, vol. IV., 1873, page 280.