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No. 177.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH AUGUST, 1877.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified that the Queen's Exequatur, empowering Señor Don EDUARDO TODA to be Vice-Consul for Spain at this Port, received Her Majesty's Signature on the 29th June, 1877.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th August, 1877.
No. 178.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th August, 1877.
Government of India.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE,
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
(No. 10.)
CHINA SEA-SINGAPORE STRAIT.
Coral Patch near Sultan Shoal.
The Colonial Secretary, Singapore, has given notice of the existence of a coral patch, not marked on the Admiralty Charts, on which the S. S. Ajax touched on the 30th April 1877.
The result of a careful examination by Commander Willcox, Commanding Her Majesty's Ship Growler, places this danger one mile S. E. by E. E. from the Sultan beacon; its length is half a cable N. E. and S. W., and the least water found was 19 feet at low water spring tides.
A large iron nun buoy, painted red, has been placed on the centre of the patch, and the following bearings are given :-
Sultan Shoal beacon
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Raffles lighthouse (Cony island) Tanjong Bolus..
.N. W. by W. W. .S. E. ¿ Ě. W. by N.
By Direction of the Government of India,
A. DUNDAS TAL LOR,
Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.
MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, 2nd July 1877.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Singapore strait, No. 2403; Singapore Main strait, No. 2404; Malacca strait, No. 1355; China Sea, Sheet 1, No. 2660 a; Banka to Singapore, No. 2757; and Eastern Archipelago, No. 941 a:--also China Sea Directory, Vol. I., page 292.
If this Notice is received on boardship, the substance of it should be inserted on the Charts affected by it, and introduced into the Sailing Directions to which it relates.
Government of India.
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
(No. 11.)
INDIA-BAY OF BENGAL.
Additional Light-ship at Entrance of the River Hooghly.
The Government of Bengal has given notice that on the 10th July 1877, an additional light-vessel will be placed at the entrance of the River Hooghly in 43 fathoms between the lower Gaspar and Eastern Channel light-ships, from which will be exhibited, annually, from the 1st April to 31st October, a fixed white catadioptric light, visible all round the compass at an elevation of 28 feet, and in clear weather should be seen from a distance of 10 miles.
The light-ship will be placed on the following bearings :-
Lower Gaspar Light
Bell Buoy..
Centre Saugor Sand Buoy Upper Reef Buoy
or in lat. 21° 16′ 10′′ N., long. 88° 8′ 10′′ E.
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N. by W. 10 miles, .N. N. W. W. 21 miles, .N. E. by N. 34 miles, .S. W. by W. 5 miles,
The vessel will be painted buff with the word “Intermediate” in black letters on her sides, and by day will carry at the lantern masthead a large black double triangle.
It is also notified that the system of riding lights established for light-ships on the coasts of England and Ireland has been adopted on board the Hooghly river light-vessels, viz.:—
'A white light to be exhibited from the fore-stay of each light-vessel, at a height of 6 feet above the rail, for the purpose of showing in which direction the vessel is riding when at her station.
"When a light-vessel is driven from her proper position to one where she is of no use as a guide to shipping, the follow- ing signals will be made, viz.:-The usual lights will not be exhibited, but a fixed red light will be exhibited at each end of the vessel, and a red flare shown every quarter of an hour. By day, the balls or other distinguishing masthead marks will be struck.