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I passed my Coastal Navigation Course in 1928.
I was
then taught and have since used it as a rule of practice, to allow
a lag of 40 minutes between the times of tide as shown in Fort
Tide Tables, and times of tides in Deep Bay.
I estimate that when I took the position of the junk at 16.00 hours on 18th September, 1939, it was then about å tide
on the ebb, and I estimate there was then about 4 feet of water
above chart soundings in that locality,
A fishing junk of this type draws in my estimate from
5 to 6 feet under normal conditions. The free board from
waterline to gunnel approximates another 5 or 6 feet. From the
appearance of the junk when I saw it, it appeared to be aground in about 134 feet of water with only the burnt out after part
showing about 2 feet above water.
Superintendent of Police,
Kowloon.
20th October, 1939.