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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, ST JULY, 1876.
EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO—JAVA SEA. (3.) Sunken Wreck near North Watcher Island.
Netherlands Government has given Notice, that the wreck of the steamship Willem Kroonprins der Nederlanden lice suma in 13 fathoms, with North Watcher island bearing S. E., distant 13 miles.
The masts are still above water.
[All Bearings are Magnetic. Variation Java Sea
By Command of their Lordships.
§ Madras Į
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Easterly in 1876.
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FREDK. J. EVANS,
Hydrographer,
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 18th March 1876.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts :—
(1) Coromandel coast, Nos. 71 è and d.
(2) Coromandel coast, No. 71 b; and Bengal bay, No. 70 a: Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, East Ludies, &c., 1870, No. 70. (3) Eastern Archipelago, No. 941 a; and Gaspar and Banka straits, No. 2149: Also, the China Sea Directory, Vol. I., page 45.
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 into the page, of the Sailing Directions to which it relates. See Instructions, Navigation and Pilotage, p. 172,
NOTICE TO MARINERS. [No. 35.]
'CHINA-FORMOSA STRAIT.
Sunken Rock neur Turnabout Island.
The following information relating to the existence of a sunken rock lying north of Turnabout island is derived from the report of a Marine Court of Inquiry, held at Hongkong on the 23rd and 25th November 1875.
The Peninsula and Oriental Company's steam ship Sunda, whilst on her voyage from Hongkong to Yokohama, on the forenoon of the 14th September 1875, having occasion to run for shelter under Haitan island, struck on a sunken rock lying to the northward of Turnabout island, sustaining such damage as to necessitate the vessel being beached in the south-east entrance of Haitan strait.
Commander E. M. Edmond of the Sunda estimated that the rock on which that vessel struck was situated at a distance of from one mile, to one and a half miles, North of Turnabout island, and no further information of the position of the danger is afforded.
NOTE.-At a distance of 2 miles northward of Turnabout island, the depth is 25 fathoms, and, until the locality is more thoroughly examined, Mariners should not approach nearer than that distance.
By Command of their Lordships,
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 27th March 1876.
FREDк. J. EVANS, Hydrographer.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts :---Hai-tan strait, No. 1985; Formosa island and strait, No. 1968; and Port Matheson to Ragged point, No. 1761: Also, China Sea Directory, Vol. III., page 196.
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. 36.] SINGAPORE.
Buoyage of New Harbour,
The Colonial Government of the Straits Settlements has given Notice, that the following changes have been made in the buoyage of New harbour, Singapore, viz.:—
TANJONG PAGAR WHARF.-A red nun hauling off buoy has been moored in 4 fathoms S. by E., 115 yards from the end of Pagar sea wall.
BRANI SHOALS.-S E. white buoy has been moved N.E. by E. 1 E. 60 yards.
S. W. buoy-A white buoy has been moored on the SW. edge of the shoal in
end of Pagar sea wall bearing E.N.E. distant nearly 4 cables.
N. W. white buoy has been moved E. & N. 90 yards.
N.E. white buoy has been moved North 80 yards.
fathoms, with the
BRANI REEF.-S.E. buoy.—A black nun buoy has been moored in 3 fathoms on the S.E. end of Brani reef, with
Teregeh spit beacon bearing S.W. by W. distant 14 cables.
N.W. buoy.—A black nun buoy has been placed on the edge of the Brani reef, off Brani bay, in 5
fathoms, with the red beacon on the north shore bearing N. 3 W. distant nearly 3 cables.
MEANDER SHOAL.--S. E. red buoy has been moved East 20 yards.
N. W. red buoy has been moved N. by W. 4 W. 40 yards.
The channel between Tanjong Pagar and Timbaga rocks has been named North channel; that between the Timbaga rocks and Brani shoals, Middle "channel; and that between Brani shoals and Brani reef, South channel.
[All Bearings are Magnetic. Variation 11⁄2o Easterly in 1876.]
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By Command of their Lordships,
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 31st March 1876.
FREDK. J. EVANS,
Hydrographer.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Main strait of Singapore, No. 2104; Singapore roads, No. 1995; and Singapore Now hạthenr. No. 2023: Also, China Sea Directory, Vol. I., page 280.