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VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 12TH JANUARY, 1856.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. I. No. 28.
The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that
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Diplomatic Department.
His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Chief Superin- tendent of British Trade in China, has directed that the following Sailing Directions for the Straits of Sangar, INER & Co. with remarks on the Passage inside the Gotto Islands, the Asses' Ears Islands, and Pallas Rocks, furnished by John Richards, Esq., R.N., Commanding H. M. Schooner Saracen, be published for general information.
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SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR THE STRAITS OF SANGAR.
Approaching the Straits of Sangar from the S.W.,- The Bittern Rocks lie W. by S. about 16 miles from Cape Gamaley. The largest of the group lies to the S.W., in Lat. 40.31 N., Long, 139.31 E.; it is about 12 feet high, and in size and appearance resembles the hull of a ship about 200 tons. The smaller rock is bout 6 feet high, and lies from this E.N.E. about a cable and a half. There is also a third rock awash to the S.E. of these two, and form- ing nearly an equilateral triangle with them. They appear steep to; we got no bottom with 130 fms. at the distance of a mile and a quarter to the Westward of them.
The land about Cape Gamaley is moderately elevated and level. The coast between it and Cape Greig is low and sandy. The en- trance to Sasagota Bay (of Krusenstern's Chart) I found to be very parrow, and barred right across, with only just sufficient depth to mit junks at high water. The bay itself appears to be nothing more that a large shallow lagoon; its entrance lies about six miles Mall, Hongkong 14 the Southward of Cape Greig. Between Sasagota and Cape Copies, Fly Creig the coast is very low and sandy, but safe of approach, having Twenty Cents Orgular soundings, and very fair anchorage in North Easterly winds. Cape Greig is in Lat. 41.8.30 N., Long. 140.17.30 E.; it is re. markable from its peculiar form, and as the commencement of the high land extending to Cape Sangar. The outer part of the cape presents a cliffy bluff, whose flat apex is 770 feet above the sea level, from whence the land descends to the Eastward. There are no
ines and under,
Lepetition.
Bangers near, and the cape itself is almost as steep as a wall. We got soundings in 85 fms. W. by S. 54 miles from it; 40 fms. will be found within a mile of it, and 22 fins, at two cables.
Cape,Sangar bears from Cape Greig N. 31 E. 8 miles. The bay between contains much foul ground, but may nevertheless be seful to vessels kept out of the Straits by Easterly gales. The depth of this bay is very foul; the best anchorage is about 1 mile to the Northward of it (or about one-third the distance from Cape Greig to Cape Sangar,) in 12 fms., of a mile from the shore.
Cape Sangar is in Lat. 41.16.20 N., Long. 140.22.45 F. The ex- tremity of the cape is a bluff of 362 feet, from whence the land es to the height of 2200 feet at the distance of 4 miles inland; there is also a large rock of 300 feet high at the distance of two cables N.E. of the bluff, connected to the cape by a low neck of
sand and stones.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
On a N.W. and S.E. bearing, this rock makes like
an island at high water.
The cape is steep to, but the strong eddies near it render it un- advisable to approach nearer than a mile. Cape Sangar to Gun Cliff is S. 74 E. 9 miles. In the bay between these points, and off the Town of Memoyah, about half a mile from the shore, in 8 fms. will be found capital anchorage, indeed the best in the Straits next to Hakodadi. A little to the Southward of the town there is a fine stream of delicious water, very convenient for embarking rapidly. Wood is also abundant; several large junks were loading with timber at the time of our visit, and the beach was covered with squared logs of Beech, Cypress, and Pine.
The Gun Cliff is steep to; it is about 200 feet high, and has a battery of six guns on its apex. There is also a remarkable black rocky cliff of a mile to the Westward.
After rounding this point, the approach to the shore is less steep, and bottom will be found in 30 to 40 fms. right across to the opposite coast of the peninsula of Nambu, the nearest point of which is distant five miles. From the South point of the West coast of Namba to Cape Tori wisaki the coast is nearly straight, a The cliffs along steep cliffy shore, with very deep water close to. this line are coloured with the most brilliant and varied tints: like the entire coast of the Strait, they are of basaltic formation, Among the most remarkable are the "Red Cliffs," towering to the height of 1600 feet, and plainly visible on the opposite shore of the strait; they are 17 miles to the Southward of Cape Toriwisaki, Proceeding North,-at the distance of eight miles South of Cape Toriwisaki are two very remarkable pointed cliffs resembling horns, forming a Double-head, which I named "Double-head" accordingly. Nearly 2 miles S. W. from Double-head is a rock 42 feet high, and North about three cables from this, is a rock awash at low water, Between Double-head and the low island off Cape Toriwisaki the groand is generally foul over 10 fins. depth, 1
Cape Toriwisaki is a low tapering point, off which at the distance of a cable lies a small island elevated only 40 feet at its highest point; this I named "Low Island." The ground all round Low Island and Cape Toriwisaki is very foul; except to the N.E., where a vessel may anchor to wait a tide in 13 fms., with the centre of low island bearing S.W. by S. distant about a mile. This anchorage will be very useful to vessels approaching Hakodadi from the East- ward, particularly during the light South Westerly winds.common
There is a "tide race to the Straits during the summer months. near the full and change of the moon three miles North of Low Island, and with a N.E. swell very heavy overfalls. On such occa- sious care ought to be taken to give this spot a berth,
There is a clear channel between the Race and Low Island. From Low Island to the Eastward the coast is foul for about three miles; after which the shore may be approached closely. There is a re- markable red cliff, shewing well to the Westward, 101 miles from Low Island. The land in this neighbourhood may be further recog nized by a high sharp bluff two miles to the Westward of the Red Cliff, and a high round bluff two miles to the Eastward.
From the latter bluff the coast is very low to within four miles of Cape Nambu, where it rises to 1265 feet, and descends again towards the cape in a gentle slope, making like an island at a distance. The Red Cliff is 15 miles from Cape Nambug between these points there is good anchorage, but the best will be found on the Western side of the bay, just about off where the high and low land meets on