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No. 231/1941. (T).

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS-LUZON-WEST COAST.

Manila Harbour - Buoys withdrawn.

Details. (a) The automatic acetylene lighted buoy off the southeast end of the South Breakwater in the Quarantine Anchorage has been tempo- rarily withdrawn from Station.

(b) The automatic acetylene lighted buoy at the outer end of the new

breakwater has been temporarily withdrawn from Station.

Authority.-U.S. Naval Authorities.

No. 233/1941.

SINGAPORE-WESTERN APPROACHES.

Additional Minefields Laid.

Former Notices.-No. 199/1941 of the 10th September, 1941 and No. 230/1941 of the

2nd October, 1941 hereby cancelled.

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 No. 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 No. 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 southeast 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 197° for a distance of 0.82 miles, thence in a direction 172° for a distance of 1.1 miles to a position in Latitude 01° 11′ 43′′ N., longitude 103° 46′ 27′′ E., thence in a direction 086° for a distance of 1.9 miles to a red conical buoy which has temporarily replaced the pile beacon in position Latitude 01° 11′ 51′′ N., longitude 103° 48′ 21′′ E., thence in a direction 305° for a distance of 0.65 miles to the south point of Pulo Sebarok.

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