THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 8TH SEPTEMBER, 1877..
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RED SEA-COAST OF ARABIA.
Discovery of a Banh near Towak Island.
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The Hydrografische Nachricht No. 6 of 1877, announces that the Master of the Austrian Lloyd's Steamer Oreste reports having touched on a bank, not shown on the Admiralty Charts, which, according to his statement, lies about 2 miles north- east of Towak Island in the Red Sea in lat. 16° 19′ 30′′N., and long. 42° 38′ E. The bank extends one cable in an east and west direction, and has a depth of 13 feet over it.
By Direction of the Government of India,
MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, 8th August 1877.
A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr. (late I. N.),
Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.
(1.) This Notice will affect the following Admiralty Charts:-Kurrachee harbour, No. 40; Indus tidal channels from Manora point to Kaha river, No. 41; Sindh and Kutch coast, No. 42; Maskat to Kurrachee, No. 38; Kurrachec to Vingorla, No. 826; and Indian Ocean, northern portion, No. 748b: also Admiralty list of lights in South Africa, East Indies, &c., 1877; the West Coast of Hindostan Pilot, page 237; the Supplement to the Persian Gulf Pilot, page 24; the Indian Marine Survey Light List, 1877, No. 10; and Taylor's Sailing Directory, Vol. I., pages 309 and 334,
(2.) Red Sea, Khôr Nowarat, &c., No. 8d; Red Sea, No. 2523; and Juba Islands to Maskat, &c., No. 98; also Admiralty Red Sea Pilot, page 190, and Taylor's Sailing Directory, Vol. I., page 177.
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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 China.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 76,
CHINA SEA.
NINGPO DISTRICT.
Rock to the Eastward of Pootoo Island.
Nec is hereby given that Captain PETERSEN of the C. M. S. N. Co.'s steamer Hochung has reported a rock, unmarked on the chart, to the eastward of Pootoo Island, and he gives the following magnetic bearings as determining its position:-
West Nine Pin Rock..
Half-tide Rock..
N.W. point of Isthmus Island.
Northern end of Pootoo E. bluff
N. 33° E.
.N. 12° E.
N. 14° W.
.N. 49° W.
The Habor Master at Ningpo has verified the position of this pinnacle rock, and reported that there will probably be only 6 feet of water on it at low water spring tides, with from 7 to 13 fathoms around it.
See Adiralty Charts Nos. 1,199 and 1,969.
By order of the Inspector General of Customs,
DAVID M. HENDERSON,
Engineer-in-Chief.
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IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS, ENGINEERS' OFFICE, SHANGHAI, 27th August, 1877.
NOTICE.
In the event of bad weather being apprehended by this Department, a black drum will be hoisted at the Office Flagstaff. A similar signal will be hoisted and a gun will be fired from the Police Hulk. The "sual signs of approaching bad weather are, a falling Barometer with high Thermometer, sultrines, of the atmosphere, wildness and discoloration of the clouds, and birds flying about in unusual numbers. . Should these symptoms exist and the wind be anywhere between North-Westerly
orth-Easterly, a typhoon of a severe type may be looked for.
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The same indications of bad weather with the wind between South-Easterly and South-Westerly, a typhoon may be known to be in the neighbourhood, but not likely to be severely felt at Hongkong.
This signal is not to be considered as relieving Masters of ships from their proper responsibilities. The signal is intended only as calling the attention of the Mercantile Marine to any change of weather which the undersigned is expecting.
Harbour Department, Hongkong, 2nd August, 1877.
NOTICE.
H. G. THOMSETT, R.N., Harbour Master, &c.
It is hereby notified, that Ships conveying Chinese Passengers under the provisions of Ordinance No. 5 of 1874, will not be allowed to carry them on the Upper or Weather Deck between the 1st of June, and the 15th of October, inclusive.
H. G. THOMSETT, R.N., Emigration Officer, §e.
Harbour Department, Hongkong, 10th May, 1877.