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898

Date.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD JUNE, 1899.

Appendix D.

STATISTICS OF GRASS FIRES.

1898.

January

10

Mount Kellet,

11

12

Cape Collinson,

26

21

Tytam Tuk,

February 11

Wong Ma-kok,

13

Wanchai Gap,

13

Shek-o,

15

14

Aberdeen Road,

14

Repulse Bay,

19

Mount Davis,

11

April

Telegraph Bay,

June

14

Mount Kellet;

October

20

Wong Ma-kok,

23

Mount Davis,

"2

23

"

November

9

16

23

25

23

23

Pokfoolam Road,

Kai Lung Wan,

Do.,

Pokfoolam,

Deep Water Bay, Aberdeen,

"

December 2

Stanley,

5

Sookunpo Hill,

9

Stanley,

10

"

Repulse Bay,

>1

12

Tytam Road,

12

"

Tytam Tuk.....

22

"

Kai Lung Wan..

23

To Ti Wan,...

LOCALITIES.

Number of Fires.

Number of Trees destroyed.

1

13

1

1,350

1

40

1

3

1

1

1,400 400

10

40

25

Total,.......

27

Superintendent,

CHARLES FOrd,

3,285

Botanical & Afforestation Department.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 318.

The following is published.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd June, 1899.

Government of China.

SANTU DISTRICT.

LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS, No. 2.

J. G. T. BUCKLE,

for the Colonial Secretary.

Black 6-foot Nun Buoy placed to mark the "Kaiser" Rock, off Crag Island, Samsah Bay.

Notice is hereby given that the "Kaiser" Rock, situated to the westward of Crag Island (II) Samsah bay =) has been marked by a black 6-foot Nun Buoy, without cage, instead of red and black chequered 6-foot Nun Buoy, without cage, as previously notified.

The Buoy is moored close to the Rock in about seventeen fathoms at low water of ordinary spring tides on the following bearings: N. W. point of Crag Island, E. & N.

S. E. by E.

S. W.

*1

**

"

52

The local fishermen say that the Rock dries at extraordinary low water. At an ordinary low water of spring tides about four to five feet will be found.

Vessels should not pass to the southward of the Buoy.

DIRECTIONS.

The S. W. point of Crag Island in line with N. E. point of Cone Island (*) leads about 11⁄2 cables to the northward of the Buoy in deep water.

Approved:

P. VON TANNER,

EDWARD STEVENS, Harbour Master,

Foochow.

Commissioner of Customs.

Custom House, FoocHow, 24th May, 1899.