THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 15TH MAY, 1875.
APPROACHING THE PORT.
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COAST OF SIND.
Indus Banks.
The Coast of Sind below the parallel of 24° North Latitude should be approached with great caution; too much atten- tion cannot be paid to the lead, more especially in passing the Banks of the Indus. Banks of the Indus have extended about 10 miles to the Southward since 1856.
No Sailing Vessel should come nearer this Coast than 20 fathoms by night, or in rough weather, or under 12 fathoms by day in fine weather.
The tides during the Springs are strong, the flood sets South-East and ebbs to the North-West.
From February to the end of the Monsoon a strong South-Easterly current is experienced, running at a rate of from 15 to 40 miles a day.
During the South-West Monsoon, Sailing Vessels should make Ras Muari (Cape Monze), which is 18 miles West- half-North from Manora Light-House, and keep to windward of the Port, if the weather is thick, or if the tide does not suit for entering the Harbor. Allowance must also be made for a strong set to the South-East, which prevails more or less during the South-West Monsoon.
Do not bring Manora Point to the Southward-of-East, or go under 15 fathoms near Cape Monze.
Masters of Ships should endeavour to make the Port at daylight, and can with safety approach into 8 fathoms to about 2 miles distance from the Light-House, keeping it, in any bearing, from North-East to North, and heave to for a Pilot.
ANCHORAGE IN THE ROADS.
From June to the middle of September, Ships should not on any account anchor, but stand off and on, keeping the Light-House bearing from North-by-East to North-East, 1 to 2 miles distant, until boarded by a Pilot or directed by Signal. September to end of March.
Anchorage Light-House North-by-East to North-North-East, distant I mile, 7 fathoms.
April and May.
Light-House North-North-East to North-East, distant half-a-mile, 8 fathoms.
Master Attendant's Office, Manora, 21st February, 1875.
GEORGE C. PARKER, Lieut. I. N.,
Acting Master Attendant, Kurrachee,
No. 92.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Return received from Mr. JOHN JACK of the quantity of Spirits Distilled, at the Hongkong Distillery, is published for general information.
Gallons.
Spirits manufactured during the Quarter ending 10th May, 1875,................................25,960.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th May, 1875.
No. 93.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notice to Mariners is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th May, 1875.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 43.
CHINA SEA.
TAKOW DISTRICT.
Fisher Island Lighthouse.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Notice is hereby given that a lighthouse will shortly be erected close to the present native light-tower on Litsitah Point at the S. W. extremity of Fisher Islands, Pescadores.
The illuminating apparatus will be fixed Dioptric, of the Fourth Order, showing a white light visible all round except where obscured by the islands.
The light will be elevated about 220 feet above the level of the sea, and, in clear weather, it should be visible at a distance of 15 nautical miles.
The tower will be round of iron, 20 feet high, with a total height from its base to the lantern vane of 33 feet. The tower will be painted black, and the dwellings and boundary wall white.
Approximate position:-Latitude, N. 23° 32'.
Longitude, E. 119° 28'.
By order of the Inspector General of Customs,
ENGINEER'S OFFICE, CUSTOM HOUSE, SHANGHAI, 30th April, 1875.
DAVID M. HENDERSON,
Engineer-in-Chief.