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yards, thence in a direction 180° for a distance of 2,500 yards, thence in a direction 090° to the western limit of the Port of Victoria, thence along that limit until it meets Green Island, thence along the western coast of Green Island to the point of orgin.

Authority.-Government Notification No. 1064 of the Hong Kong Government

Gazette, 5th September, 1941.

HONG KONG, 8th September, 1941.

No. 199/1941.

SINGAPORE-WESTERN APPROACHES.

Additional Minefields Laid.

Details. The following additional areas in the western approaches to Singapore are closed to shipping by mines. Vessels entering these areas do so at their own risk and peril.

Dangerous Areas.--(a) An area enclosed by the following lines:-

From Number 4 Beacon in position Latitude 01° 15′ 14′′ N., Longitude 103° 45′ 06′′ E. in a direction 276° for a distance of 2.2 miles, thence in a direction 360° to the coast of Pulo Ayer Merbau, and from Number 4 Beacon in a direction 360° for a distance of 0.68 miles, thence in a direction 270° to the coast of Pulo Ayer Merbau.

(b) An area enclosed by the following lines:

From a position in Latitude 01° 13′ 34′′ N., Longitude 103° 46′ 33′′ E. on the south east coast of Pulo Bukum in two directions.

(1) In a direction 119° for a distance of 0.9 miles, thence in a direction 160° to the coast of Pulo Sebarok.

(2) In a direction 180° to the coast of Pulo Sakeng, thence in a direction 104° to the south east point of Pulo Sebarok.

Charts Affected.---Nos. 2403, 2587, 3833, 3836 and 3837.

Authority.-Naval Authorities.

HARBOUR OFFICE,

HONG KONG, 10th September, 1941.

J. JOLLY,

Harbour Master.