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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19ти OCTOBER, 1861.
prossed in writing, and delivered to the Commissioners cu or before the 31st of March, 1862.
121. Her Majesty's Commissioners will avail themselves of the following eight Art Institutions of this country in communicating with artists who are members of those Institutions, viz. :---
The Royal Academy,
The Royal Scottish Academy,
The Royal Hibernian Academy,
The Society of Painters in Water Colours,
The Society of British Artists,
The New Society of Painters in Water Colours,
The Institute of British Artists,
The Institute of British Architects.
122. Intending Exhibitors in the British Division of Section IV., who are not members of any of the preceding Institutions, may at once receive Forms of Demand for Space, by applying to the Seere- tary to Her Majesty's Commissioners. These Forms must be filled up and returned before the 1st of June 1861.
By Order,
F. R. SANDFORD, Secretary.
Offices of Her Majesty's Commissioners, 154, West Strand, London, W.C.
Νο. 119.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Dr. JOIN IVOR MURRAY to be Chair- man of the Committee of the International Exhibition 1862, in the room of the Honorable W. T. MERCER, Esquire, absent on leave.
By Order,
W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 16th October, 1861.
No. 120.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The subjoined Hydrographic Notice, issued by His Excellency Vice-Admiral SIR JAMES HOPE, K.C.B., Naval Commander-in-Chief, is published for the information of Mariners and others whom it may concern.
By Order,
W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 18th October, 1861.
Hydrographical No. 19.
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Imperieuse," YOKOHAMA, 16th September, 1861. STANDING ORDER, No. 76.
I. Commander Reilly of H. M. S. Pioneer reports that the line of Coast on the east side of Japan between Siriya-sak nd Osaki Point is laid down from 8 to 10 miles too far to the eastward. That Kinkwa-san appeared to be correctly placed That a point not named between Tamnita and Togawa shown in Lat. 35° 50′ N., and Long. 140° 45′ E is 12 miles N.W. of its actual position, and that soundings are obtained in 17 and 19 fathoms (sand), at a distance of from 1 to 3 miles off the point.
About 3 miles off Cape Blanco the depth of wo er was from 22 to 30 fathoms.
From the results of star observations Cape King is placed 4 or 5 miles too far north, and the land west of it trends nearly N.W.
The light on the Island of Sekoura at the entrance of Yedo Bay is visible 20 miles and appears at that distance two lights vertical, but in closing shows but one. Vide Chart-Nipon Island No. 2347.
II. Mr. Joseph Dathan, Master of H. M. S. Encounter describes Swain's Reef as a ledge of considerable extent with patches of rocks just awash, and apparently steep to-he places it in Lat. 33° 48′ N., and Long. 130° 12′ E. on a line of bearing S. 67° E. from Obree Island. Vide Chart-Nipon Island No. 2347.
III. Lieutenant John C. Tucker, Commanding H. M. Gunboat Grasshopper having been sent to ascertain the position of a rock seen by the Master of the Steam-ship Ganges gives the following bearings (true) of the outer extreme.
From Reef Island
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Bent Island Sentry Island
S.E. extreme South Point N.E. Islet
S. 35° W.
S. 42° E. S. 73° E.
It is a reef running in a northerly direction towards the Island, at high water with a heavy swell, the sea breaking at low water two small pinnacle rocks are visible. Vide Chart.
IV. There is a rock said to be in existence about 2 to 3 miles due East of the Sea Cat, it has eight feet on it at low water and is supposed to be the outer and highest portion of a reef extending nearly three quarters of a mile towards the Sea Cat. Vide Chart-China Coast Sheet No. 5 1761.
V. Commander Ward of II. M. S. Acteon having examined the present position of the Light Vessel in the Yang-tsze considers her moored in a place much more likely to meet the wants of the Pilot than when on the North Bank, and has therefore not moved her.
At present she is about the centre of the Channel, and vessels may safely pass on either side of her, as she is two miles from the three fathom line of the North Bank.
(Signed,) J. HOPE,
Vice-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief:
The Respective Captains, Commanders and Commarding Officers of H. M. Ships and Vessels in China.
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