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SPECIAL NOTICE TO MARINERS, No. 547.
CHINA SEA.
SHANGHAI DISTRICT.
Yangtze River-Southern Entrance to the Tungchow Channel.
Extension of Shoal-Caution.
NOTICE is hereby given that a preliminary survey of the Tungchow Channel, Yangtze River, shows that the shoal on the western side of the channel between the Corner and Bend Buoys has extended to the eastward, and the channel in the vicinity. has also shifted eastwards.
Steps will be taken as soon as possible to readjust the positions of the Buoys in this vicinity to the new direction of the channel. Until these alterations have been made it is recommended that navigators steer carefully from Buoy to Buoy.
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 17th October, 1919.
T. J. ELDRIDGE,
Coast Inspector.
NOTICE TO MARINERS, No. 687.
CHINA SEA.
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Shanghai District-Yangtze River.
SOUTHERN ENTRANCE TO THE TUNGCHOW CHANNEL.
Buoys Moved.
REFERRING to Special Notice to Mariners No. 547, notice is hereby given that the following Buoys marking the lower (southern) end of the Tungchow Channel, Yangtze River, have been moved so as to mark the new direction of that channel :-
The Corner Buoy has been moved and is now moored in 30 feet of water. From the Buoy, Plover Point Beacon bears S. 1° W., distant 1.54 miles, its characteristics remaining unchanged. This Buoy, as heretofore, marks the eastern side of the southern entrance to the Tungchow Channel. The Bend Buoy has been moved and is now moored in 30 feet of water. From the Buoy, Plover Point Beacon bears S. 223° E., distant 3.87 miles, its characteristics remaining unchanged. This Buoy, as heretofore, marks the eastern side of the lower end of the Tungchow Channel.
All bearings given are magnetic, and depths are those of low water of extraordinary spring tides.
By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,
THE MARITIME CUSTOMS,
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 20th October, 1919.
T. J. ELDRIDGE,
Coast Inspector.
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