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THE FORCHONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST APRIL, 1876.
[All Bearings are Magnetic. Variation 4° 10′ Westerly in 1875.]
INLAND SEA-AWA SIMA.
Ama rock is 23 cables long, in a W. by S. and E. by N. direction, a cable broad, and has from 7 to 12 feet water on it. From its eastern end the south-east point (the nearest part) of Awa Sima bears N.E. by N. distant 3 cables, Ko-yano-hana point and rocks, S.E. E. 144 miles.
Depths of 4 and 5 fathoms will be found near the rock.
KIUSIU, NORTH-WEST COAST.
Yobuko harbour-Rock in Ben-ten-no-Seto.-Near the extremity of the shoal which, in the immediate neighbourhood of Ben Ten islet, extends towards Kabe or Kata Sima, is a sunken rock, having less than 6 feet water. From the rock Ben Ten islet bears S.W. by W. W., a cable distant, the southern or nearst point of Kata Sima, N.W. W. 14 cables. There is a depth of 18 feet within half a cable north, east, and west of the rock.
Kosime no Oosima (Wilson island)—Rock.-Off the north-east point of Kosime no Oosima, and half a mile distant from the shore, lies a sunken rock, with less than 6 feet water, which is steep-to around, having 6 and 7 fathoms close-to.
The following bearings will give the position of this dangerous rock :-
The north-west extreme of Kosime no Ousima
The east extreme of Kosime no Oosimil............... Round rock.
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 18th October 1875.
.W. by S. S. by W.
4 S.
.E. by S. 4 S. 1 miles.
*See Admiralty Charts:-Seto Uchi or Inland son, No. 2875; Channels between Bingo Nada and Harima Nada, No. 128; Kiusiu and Nipon, western part, No. 358; Nipon island, No. 2347; Yobuko harbour, No. 141; Hirado-no-Seto (Spex strait) to Simonseki strait, No. 127; Also, China Sea Directory, Vol. 4, pages 283, 257, 209, and 308.
No. 66.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notice to Mariners, received from the Admiralty, is published for general information.
By Command,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st April, 1876.
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 Instructions, Navigation and Pilotage, p. 172.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
[No. 187.] JAPAN-NIPON.
GULF of YEDO.
Alteration in Joka Sima Light.
The Japanese Government has given Notice, that on and after 15th November 1875, the following alteration would be made in the colour of the light on Jöka Sima, namely:-
The light would be changed from a fixed white light to a fixed green light of the same order, and would be visible over an are of 300 or between the bearings of N.W. W. through, East to W. by S.
The light would be seen from the same distance as formerly, namely 9 miles.
[All Bearings are Magnetic Variation 31° Westerly in 1875.]
By Command of their Lordships,
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 28th December 1875.
FREDк. J. EVANS,
Hydrographer.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:- Nipon island, No. 2347; Kii channel to Yedo, No. 996; Yedo gulf and harbour, No. 2657: Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, East Indies, China, Japan, &c., for 1875, No. 211; and China Sea Directory, Vol. IV., page 179.
POLICE NOTIFICATION.
The following Regulation under Ordinance No. 10 of 1869, is published for general information. I. On the 7th and 8th April, 1876, being the days appointed for the Garrison Athletic Sports, no person will be admitted within the outer line of ropes on the Cricket Ground, unless he is a Patron, a Member of the Committee, a Competitor; or attached to the Picquet.
Central Police Station, Hongkong, 28th March, 1876.
POLICE NOTIFICATION.
W. M. DEANE, Captain Superintendent of Police.
AII
All persons are prohibited from collecting dried wood on any Crown Lands in this Colony. persons having unlawful possession of any part of any shrub or tree, or who shall cut, break, bark, root up, or otherwise destroy or damage any shrub or tree, is liable to a heavy punishment.
By Command,
Central Police Barrack. Hongkong, 29th March, 1876.
W. M. DEANE, Captain Superintendent of Police.