33543-1913-Supplementary-Notices-to-Mariners — Page 1

No. S. 340.

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NOTICES TO MARINERS.

THE Master of the German S.S. Samsen reports that on the 19th instant he found a disabled junk in Lat. 22° 05′ N. Long. 116° 07′ E. in the track of vessels navigating the China Sea. He further reports that he set fire to the wreck.

HONGKONG, 21st October, 1913.

BASIL TAYLOR, Commander, R.N.,

Harbour Master, &c.

SPECIAL NOTICE TO MARINERS, No. 405.

CHINA SEA.

TSINGTAU.

ENTRANCE TO KIAOCHOW BAY.

Buoy Established.

NOTICE is hereby given that a black and white horizontally striped Buoy, surmounted by a cylindrical shape with the letters T U marked on it, has been established to mark the shoal situated 3 cables W. by S., magnetic, from Hui Chuen Point, at the entrance to Kiaochow Bay. A least depth of 21 feet of water has been found to exist on this shoal at low water of spring tides.

This Notice is issued on information received from the Imperial German Government at Tsingtau.

COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,

SHANGHAI, 14th October, 1913.

TRANSLATION.

W. FERD. TYLER, Coast Inspector.

Notification Nos. 126 and 729 of Department of Communications.

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No. 726, Tokyo, October 7th, 1913. SHIMONOSEKI STRAIT.

NOTICE is hereby given that, the Yojibei South-West Lighted Buoy at the western entrance to Shimonoseki Strait, Nagato province, has been removed as follows :—

YOJIBEI SOUTH-WEST LIGHTED BUOY.

Position :-N. 76° E., distant 348 shaku, from the former position.

Magnetic bearings taken from the buoy :-

A conspicuous pine tree on Hiyori-yama......N. 4° 40′ E. The top of Kasagashira-yama

The top of Kirigatani-yama

Depth of Water-About 7 fathoms at L. W. S. T..

.N. 66° E.

.S. 10° 5' E.

No. 729, Tokyo, October 8th, 1913.

GULF OF TOKYO,

NOTICE is hereby given that the Tomioka- Naka-Ne Buoy, off Nagahama, southward of Yokohama harbour, Kanagawa prefecture, which was drifted from its moorings (see noti- fication No. 689 of Department of Communications, September, 1913), has been remoored in its due position.

MOTODA HAJIME,

Minister of State for Communications.