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NOTICES TO MARINERS.
No. 267/1941
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS-LUZON-ENTRANCE TO MANILA BAY.
Submarine Mine Operations.
Details. (a) There will be submarine mine operations at the fortified islands at the entrance to Manila Bay throughout the mouth of December, 1941.
(b) There will be sea-coast gun and antiaircraft gun and machine gun firing from the fortified islands at the entrance to Manila Bay daily, except Sundays and holidays, during the period from the 1st to the 23rd December, 1941.
(c) The danger areas will be any point within fifteen kilometers (9:32
miles) of any of the fortified islands.
(d) Vessels in the danger areas should conform strictly to the current instructions to shipping for entering and departing from Manila Bay as contained in Government Hydrographic Special Warning No. 132 dated October 1st, 1941, also Notice to Mariners of September 15th, 1941, issued by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Manila, and also the Hong Kong Notice to Mariners No. 205/1941 of the 15th September, 1941, or any subsequent modifications to these Notices for operation of vessels in these areas.
Authority.-U.S. Naval Authorities.
No. 268/1941.
HONG KONG WATERS-WEST OF STONECUTTERS ISLAND.
Prohibited Anchorage.
Details. Anchorage is prohibited to all vessels within the following area in the Waters of the Colony :-
Commencing in position Latitude 22° 18' 43"8 North, longitude 114° 7′ 19′′ East, thence by a straight line drawn in the direction 000° to Latitude 22° 20′ 18′′ North, thence by a straight line drawn (90° to the Western Harbour Limit and thence by the Western Harbour Limit to the point of origin.
Authority.--Government Notification No. 1361 of the Hong Kong Government Gazette, 14th November, 1941.
HONG KONG, 15th November, 1941.
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