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NOTICES TO MARINERS.
No. 22/1940.
CHINA-EAST COAST-AMOY OUTER HARBOUR.
Mariners are hereby informed that rocks are reported in Amoy Quarantine Ancho- rage in the following approximate position :
Cornwallis Stone bearing 003 degrees distant 4.5 cables.
Masters of vessels should not anchor in the vicinity.
Authority-Shanghai Office of Messrs. Butterfield & Swire.
HONG KONG, 19th January, 1940.
No. 23/1910.
APPROACHES TO HONG KONG-EAST LAMMA CHANNEL.
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On and after 3rd February, 1940, a Controlled Minefield will exist in the East Lamma Channel, and passage is prohibited whenever the Signals displayed in Admiralty Notice to Mariners No. 1 of 1939, paragraph 2, are displayed.
These signals, consisting of three Red Balls by Day and three Red Lights by Night, will be hoisted by the Port War Signal Stations at MOUNT DAVIS and BLUFF POINT (TAITAM PENINSULAR), and will be repeated by Patrol Craft in the vicinity, but Mariners are warned that Patrol craft may not always be on duty.
These signals, when displayed at BLUFF POINT, concern ships arriving, and when displayed at MOUNT DAVIS, concern ships departing. When displayed at BLUFF POINT, no vessel is to proceed North of the line joining UN KOK (LAMMA) to BLUFF POINT. When displayed at MOUNT DAVIS, no vessel is to proceed. East of the line joining MOUNT DAVIS Port War Signal Station and PA KOK (LAMMA).
Ships departing by the SULPHUR and EAST LAVMA Channels are to keep about 3 cables from SHEKTONGTSUI POINT and ensure that their Departure Signals are clearly visible both to the Port War Signal Station at MOUNT DAVIS and the Detaining Battery. Ships arriving are to close BLUFF POINT so that they can be recognized by the Port War Signal Station.
Great caution is necessary when approaching in thick weather, and unless Mariners can clearly see that the " Port Closed" signals are not hoisted at BLUFF POINT Port War Signal Station, they should assume that the Port is closed and keep well clear of the East Lamma Channel.
The above instructions will apply to any ocean going steamers which are directed to use the East Lamma Channel.
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