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HYDROGRAPHICAL MEMOS.
(From the China Pilot.)
Tides.—It is high water, full and clango, tu Hongkong Ronds at 10h. 15m., and springs rise about 4 feet. The tides around the island are irregular, flowing and ebbing without any apparent change of direction at the surfaco, and sometimes there appear to be only one tide in 24 hours.
Directions.-Hongkong Road is generally approached by sailing vessels from the westward, on which side it is protected by Green Island and Kellett Bank, which extends nearly 1 miles northward from the latter island, and carries a depth of 84 fathoms. It is sometimes approached from the eastward throngh the Ly-ce-moon Pass during the N.E. monsoon, but the winds are generally butting under the high land.
When abrenst Green Island, if the vessel be of heavy draught, keep the peak of Lamma Island (Mount Senhouse, 1,140 feet high) open westward of Green Island S. E. until Devil's Peak (on the mainland near Ly-ce-moon Pass) is in the line with the White rock on the south point of Won-cha-chau, or Stone-cutter's Island, when a S.E. by E. course will lead northward of Kellett Bank, and direct for the anchorage. Vessels of proper draught can proceed over Kellett Bank or through the 4 fathoms channel between Green Island and the south part of the bank, by passing about 14 cable northward of the Island and then steering for the road.
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The narrow channel between Green Island and Hongkong may be taken if a fresh fair wind blows right through. Many sailing vessels have used it, amongst which were H. M.'s ships Modeste, Wellesley, and Vernon. It has depths of 10 to 12 fathoms in the middle, shoaling to 8, 6, and 4 fathoms after passing the small islets eastward of Green Island,
Tytam Bay and Harbour,—There are several small bays on the southern shore of Hongkong, all of which are safe for small vessels; but at the south-east part of the island is a deep inlet, named Tytum bay, 23 tuiles deep, 14 miles wide at entrance, free from danger, and carries a depth of 10 to 18 fathoms. Tytam head, the western point of entrance, is a high bluff, with 18 and 14 fathoins near it; from thence the western shore of the bay trends about N. by E. three-quarters of a mile to a small sandy bay, with a rocky islet fronting the beach. About half a mile northward of the islet the land forme a round projecting point, and northward of this point is a large bay with a sandy beach, in which is Tytain village,
Tylong head, or Cape D'Aguilar, off which are two green islets, forms the eastern point of entrance of Tytam bay, and from thence the eastern shore of the bay bends round to the northward for 2 miles, and terminates in a small inlet, called Tytam har, bour, carrying 4 to 6 fathoms, but its load, to the northwest, is shoal and rocky. This bay would be useful to a vessel in the event of her being near Wag-lan at the close of the day, with the probability of a dark and tempestuous night, for by running in she will at any rate be snug, even if there should be a typhoon during the night.
Water-At the head of Tytam harbour thero is a rivulet of fresh water, which, however, cannot be procured without inconvenience when the tide is low. Water may be obtained at Tytam village, on the western share of the bay.
Tides.-There is little tide in Tylam bay, and, like all the places hereabouts, it is difficult to fix the time of high water, owing to the variety of channels, and the wind greatly influencing the tidal streams; but the rise and fall is about 7 or 8 feet at springs, and about 8 or 4 fect at neups The cbb sets to the eastward between Lo-chau and Boagkong.
* J. W, King, Master of II. M. S. Wellesley, 1842.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Her Majesty's Consul at Manila having forwarded to this Goverment a Transie- tion of the 3rd, 4th, and 6th Articles of a Royal Decree in reference to the admission and residence of Foreigners in the Territory of the Philippines, His Excellency the GOVERNOR has been pleased to order publication thereof for the information of all whom it may concern.
His Excellency has also been pleased to direct it to be notified that all applications for Passports should be addressed to the Colonial Secretary at least 24 hours before they are required, and that all Passports for the Philippine Islands will require to be viséd by the Spanish Consul residing at Hongkong. By Command,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Oflice, IIongkong, 15th January, 1869.
DECREE No. $15.
Chapter I-On the admission and residence of Foreigners in the Territory of the Philippines.
ARTICLE S.-Every Foreigner desirous of entering the Territory of the Philippine Isles, must present his Passport at the first port at which he arrives visél by the Diplomatic or Consular Agent of the Spanish Government to whom it may correspond according to the place whence he proceeds, or some other analagous document equiva- lent to the same by the Police Regulation in force, which shall identify his person.
ARTICLE 4.—The Foreigner who on his arrival within the Territory of the Islands shall fail to present his Passport or some other document which identifies his person, will remain under the surveillance of the authorities and be detained, until his legal position be ascertained. The competent authorities will decide whether he shail bo expelled as a vagabond, or confined, or remitted to a third power as a political emigrant ; obliging him, in the lust case, if he presented himself with arms, to deliver them ap immediately, that they may be returned to the country whence he proceeded.
ARTICLE 6.—The foreigner established in the Philippine Isles, who shall not comply with the obligation of registering himself at the corresponding Provincial Government and at the Consular Agency of his ration, if there be any, shall forfeit all rights with respect to any claim or petition made in his favour by the Consulates of his country, and if he should resolutely refuse to register himself, he shall be treated as a vagabond, and shall not be permitted in any case to continue hie rezidenso in the Territory of the Island.
PHILIPPINE PASSPORT REGULATIONS FOR FOREIGNERS.