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23
Shave
Refused R. Rs. Mems: of
the 6th Instant and its
accompanying
Report on the advisability of erecting Light houses and Beacons in the neighbourhood of Hong Kong, and have to reply as follows:-
During the last ten years there have been but three Shipwrecks in
this vicinity – H.M.S. "Pelorus" in
1857 was lost about 29 Miles S. E. by S. of Hong Kong.
H.M.S. "Assistance" in 1860 was lost on a rock about 100 yards from
this Island near Aberdeen. The
British Ship "Leopard" in 1861 was lost on Boulder Point, Lantao.