NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 73.
CHINA SEA.
CHEFOO DISTRICT.
Wreck between Cape Cod and Alceste Island.
Notice is hereby given that Captain PRATT, of the C. M. S. N. Co.'s steamer Hae-shin, reports having seen the mast a sunken junk projecting six feet above the water.
The junk lies in 13 fathoms of water,
Kiming Island bearing Eddy Island
with-
S.E. S. by compass. W. N. ">
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By order of the Inspector General of Customs.
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS, ENGINEER'S OFFICE, SHANGHAI, 30th June, 1877.
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DAVID M. HENDERSON, Engineer-in-Chief.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 74.
CHINA SEA.
YANGTZE RIVER.-HANKOW DISTRICT.
Ten Foot Rock Light-boat.
Notice is hereby given that the Ten Foot Rock Light-boat, No. 58 of the 1877 List of Chinese Lights, will, on or about the 15th instant, be moored at the point opposite Yanglow, instead of, as usual during the high-water season, at Cock's
Head.
By order of the Inspector General of Customs,
DAVID M. HENDERSON, Engineer-in-Chief.
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IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS, ENGINEER'S OFFICE, SHANGHAI, 2nd July, 1877.
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SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.
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SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.
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