COP
COLONIAL
LIGHT S
(Gap Rock Light House)
0.0.
15065 REG 680 Per 25 10 JM
Trinity House, London, E.C.
8th August 1894.
Sir,
I beg to report that I have carefully perused the
Accompanying papers, viz:- copy of despatch by His Excellency
the Governor of Hong Kong, No.204, dated 23rd October 1893,
Report by the Director of Public Works, dated 16th October, 1893
Minute by the Director of the Observatory, dated 20th October,
1893; also Report by the Director of Public Works dated 25th
October, 1893, all of which documents relate to the damage caus-
-ed to the Lantern and Dioptric Apparatus of Gap Rock Light
House during a typhoon on the 2nd October last.
As intimated in the letter of the Crown Agents for
the Colonies, the Director of Public Works, F.A.Cooper Esq has
called on me at this House, bringing with him detail drawings
of the Lighthouse, Dwellings, Stores, &c. together with Plan
and Sections of the Rock, all of which I beg to submit herewith
It is not possible to give a reliable opinion from these docu-
-ments as to the precise formation of the Rock above the level
of the sea. I, therefore, intimated to Mr Cooper, that I should
be glad to receive a survey of the Rock, with contour lines
shown thereon.
This he kindly obtained, together with the soundings
in the immediate vicinity; after which I had another interview
with him, when he left these documents with me (copies of which
I herewith submit). He also courteously furnished the necessary
information to enable me to prepare this Report.
Gap Rock is situated in a south-westerly direction
from Hong Kong, and is one of the most exposed Rocks in the
approaches thereto.
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