432 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND SEPTEMBER, 1877.
When bound for Rangoon, after bringing Alguada Reef light to bear north 5 miles off, an E. & S. course for a distance of 55 miles should put the vessel into 10 fathoms (low-water) at 5 miles off the Flats.
Should a current set the vessel only a point in shore of her course, she will get depths of 10 fathoms when only 35 miles from Alguada light. On the contrary, if strong ebbs from the Irrawady delta have swept her a point off-shore, she will not be able to get bottom without stopping the engines.
When well past the Krishna, do not shoal under 10 fathoms till China-Bakeer light is visible.
[The Bearings are Magnetic. Variation 2° 15′ Easterly in 1877.]
By Direction of the Government of India,
A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr. (late I. N.),
Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.
MARINE SURVEy DepartmenT, CALCUTTA, 27th August 1877.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Gulf of Martaban, No. 823; Bay of Bengal, No. 70h; Indian Ocean, No. 7486; also Admiralty Light list, India, &c., page 16, No. 96; Marine Survey Department Light list, No. 87; and Taylor's Sailing Directory, Vol. I., page 498.
If this Notice is received on board-ship, the substance of it should be inserted on the Charts affected by it, and introduced into the Sailing Directions, to which it relates,
For last paragraph:
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Government of India.
CORRECTION TO NOTICE TO MARINERS No. 18,
Issued at the Marine Survey Department, Calcutta,
27th August, 1877,
"When well past the Krishna, do not shoal under 10 fathoms till China-Bakeer light is visible,"
When well past the Krishna, do not shoal under 6 fathoms till China-Bakeer light is visible.
MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, 29th August 1877.
No. 196.
A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency the Governor in Council has been pleased to fix the 25th of October next as the day before which the Valuers, under Ordinance No. 12 of 1875, shall make or cause to be made a Valuation of the Tenements in the Colony.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th September, 1877,
NOTICE.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
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 usual signs of approaching bad weather are, a falling Barometer with high Thermometer, sultriness 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 and North-Easterly, a typhoon of a severe type may be looked for.
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, &c.
Harbour Department, Hongkong, 10th May, 1877.