rock with 2 feet on it in this Channel, but it does not appear on any Admiralty Chart.
Joy H.J. Thomsett, R.N.
Harbour Master
to Phong tượng,
October 4th 1886
(Copy)
Report by the Surveyor General.
Public Works Department,
To the Honble Sir Stewart, Kntz.,
Acting Colonial Secretary
RE: Additional great sea-light for ships approaching Hongkong from the South or South-West
I am of opinion, after a personal cruise round the islets and rocks to the South of the island, that the Gap Rock will be found the best site for a lighthouse although it is undoubtedly an extremely unfavourable site from a builder's point of view.
The reason I would give the preference to the Gap Rock is that it is one of the first points of land...