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No. 147.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20тu SEPTEMBER, 1873.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified that the Second Reading of the Bill to regulate and define the Practice of Barristers and Attorneys admitted and enrolled by the Supreme Court and to amend the Law in relation thereto, will be moved at the Meeting of Legislative Council on Tuesday next, the 23rd instant.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th September, 1873.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary,
No. 148.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notice to Mariners is published for general information.
By Command,
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th September, 1873.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
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CHINA SEA.
YANGTSZE RIVER.-SHANGHAI DISTRICT.
Alteration in the Woosung Light.
Notice is hereby given that, on the 1st October next, the red light now exhibited from S. 57° W. round by S. to the river's bank will be discontinued, and, instead, a green light will be exhibited between S. 57° W. and S. 12° W.; whilst from S. 12° W. to the river's bank a white light will be visible. These bearings are magnetic and taken from seaward.
The angle of white light, marking the channel at the entrance to the Woosung River, will remain as at present, also the red light on its port side in entering.
The tower will be painted black.
By order of the Inspector General of Customs.
DAVID M. HENDERSON, Engineer-in-Chief.
ENGINEER'S OFFICE, CUSTOM HOUSE, SHANGHAI, 12th September, 1873.
This notice affects:---
No. 149.
Notice to Mariners No. 10 of the 19th July, 1872. Admiralty List of Lights for China, No 176.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Report of the Marine Court of Inquiry regarding the Casualty to the British Steamer Madras, Official Number 31,143, on the 2nd instant, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th September, 1873.
FINDING OF THE COURT.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
(1.)-We find that the British Steam-ship Madras, Official Number 31,143, left Hongkong at 10.36 A.M., on the 1st September, 1873, with Mails, Treasure, Cargo and Passengers, bound for Yokohama, and that at 12.45 P.M., on the following day when off the East end of Namoa Island in latitude 23° 23′ 25′′ N., and longitude 117° 9' 10" E., she struck on some submerged object as to the nature of which no sufficient evidence is before the Court. It is clear that the Vessel's way was not stopped, that there is no danger marked on the Charts at the spot in question, and that in taking soundings immediately after the Casualty no bottom was found at eighteen fathoms.
(2.)-We find that the Vessel sustained injuries to the fore compartment which immediately filled. The Members of the Court learn with satisfaction that the fore bulk-head remained watertight. (3.)-We find, that the Master observed all necessary precautions, and exercised a wise discretion in taking the vessel into Swatow, where he beached her, discharged the cargo, and executed temporary repairs which enabled him to bring her to Hongkong where he arrived on the 8th instant.