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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 2ND APRIL, 1898.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 155.

The following is published.

By Command,

T. SERCOMBE SMITH,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st April, 1898.

Government of South Australia.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 1 of 1898.

GULF OF ST. VINCENT.

Notice is hereby given that to mark the passage between Troubridge Shoals and the mainland three buoys have been placed, as mentioned hereunder.

1. A red buoy with framework and cone, in 10ft. of water, L.W.S., on the west edge of the reef at the south entrance, with Troubridge lighthouse bearing N. 65° E. and Hungry Point N. 7° E.

2. On the south end of a sand spit in mid-channel a chequered buoy with framework and cone, in 12ft. of water, L.W.S., Tronbridge lighthouse bearing N. 80° E., Hungry Point N. 45° W.

3. On the north-west edge of the shoal off Troubridge Island a red buoy with framework and cone, in 24 fathoms of water, Tronbridge lighthouse bearing S. 62° E., Hungry Point S. 58° ŴV.

All bearings correct magnetic.

This affects Admiralty chart No. 2389x and plan No. 2152.

Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide, Jammary 29th, 1898.

THOS. N. STEPHENS,

President Marine Board.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 113.

Tenders will be received at this Office until Noon of Wednesday, the 6th April, 1898, for the supply of the andermentioned Summer Clothing for the use of the Sanitary Department, viz.:--

64 Suits White Uniform.

32 Helmets and Puggaries.

32 Pairs of Boots.

16 Oiled Rain Coat.

For full particulars as to nature of Uniform, etc. required, apply at the Offices of the Sanitary Board, Beaconsfield.

Tenderers must produce a receipt that they have deposited in the Treasury the sum of $25 as a pledge of the bona fides of their tender, which sum shall be forfeited to the Crown if any Tenderer fails or refuses to carry out his tender, should the tender be accepted.

The lowest or any tender may not be accepted.

For form of tender apply at the Colonial Secretary's Office.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th March, 1898.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary.