THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH NOVEMBER, 1881. 1013
CHINA SEA-GULF OF SIAM.
(2) Light-vessel at Menam Chau-Phya (or Bangkok River) Entrance.
Information has been received, under date 26th February 1881, Bangkok, that a light-vessel has been placed at Bangkok river entrance, on the stones known as the Middle or Second Sunken Junk, situated abreast West point, and formerly marked by a conical buoy
The Light is a fixed red light.
The vessel with mast carrying a ball, is painted red; she is moored head and stern, and may be passed on either side.
By Command of their Lordships,
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 5th July, 1881.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:--
FREDK. J. EVANS,
Hydrographer.
(1) Eastern archipelago, No. 941a; Sunda strait, No. 2056; Batavia road, No. 933: Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, &c., 1881. Nos. 176, 177.
(2) Gulf of Siam, No. 2414; Koh-ta-kut to cape Liant, No. 2720; Menam river, No. 999: Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, &c.. 1881, page 22; and China Sea Directory, vol. II., 1879, page 325.
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. 117.)
CHINA-EAST COAST.
YANGTSE-KIANG ENTRANCE.
(1) Wreck near Amherst Rocks.
With reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 34, of 16th March 1881, relative to the wreck of the British barque Chinaman sunk in 5 fathoms water off the entrance to the Yangtse-Kiang:-
The Chinese Government has given further notice, dated 7th May 1881, that the masts have been blown out of the wreck, and that at low water a drag 5 fathoms deep failed to foul the hull, which is settling in the mud.
Vessels are cautioned not to anchor near the position of the wreck, which lies with Amherst rocks bearing N. 37° E., distant 7 miles.
(2) Wusung Inner Bar Beacons.
Also, that on or about 15th May 1881, the Wusung inner bar beacons would be replaced by new ones indicating the line of deepest water across the bar, which at the present time is on the bearing of N. 88° E. from the flagstaff in front of the house occupied by the Great Northern Telegraph Company.
NOTE. After the 15th May 1881, vessels are not to anchor within half a cable to the southward of the line of the beacons, nor between this line and the French godowns.
(The bearings are Magnetic. Variation 24° Westerly in 1881.) By Command of their Lordships,
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 6th July, 1881.
FREDK. J. EVANS,
Hydrographer.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts-Hieshan įslands to Yangtse-Kiang, No. 1199 (1 only); Yangtse-Kiang to Nanking, No. 1480 (1 only); Yangtse-Kiang entrance, No. 1602 (I only); Wusung river, No. 1601 (2 only): Also, China Sea Directory, vol. III., 1874, pages 347, 360.
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. 132.)
SULU SEA.
BORNEO-NORTH-EAST COAST.
(1) Sunken Danger Eastward of Bo-aan Islet.
Information has been received from Lieutenant and Commander Hoskyn, H.M. Surveying vessel Flying Fish, of the existence of a sunken danger lying about 2 miles eastward of Bo-aan islet, northern approach to Sandakan harbour-
This rock, with less than 3 fathoms on it at low water, lies with the following bearings, viz. :-
Bo-aan islet summit.
Langaan islet
22
Position approximate, lat. 6° 13′ 0° N., long. 118° 10′ 0′′ E.
West.
..S. 181 E.