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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29тH JUNE, 1895.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 289.

The following are published.

By Command,

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Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th June, 1895.

Government of Japan.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

J. H. STEWART Lockhart, Colonial Secretary.

(The bearings are Magnetic, and those concerning the visibility of lights are given from seaward.)

No. 732.

JAPAN.

SETO-UCHI.

(1888) IYO-NADA--EXISTENCE OF A ROCK OFF THE WEST SIDE OF YASHIMA.

Information has been received from Lieutenant H. Sakamoto of H. I. M. S. Itsukushima, that he has seen an uncharted rock off the west side of Yashima May 10, 1895, but its exact position was not determined on account of bad weather.

It is said that the rock is named locally Oibori-no-se, and extends some distance.

It was just at low water there when he saw the rock, and he is of opinion that it may probably cover at high water. The rock's approximate position :—

North point of Uwajima Iwatozaki of Yokoshima

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..N. 4° W.

This Notice affects the following Naval charts :-Nos. 140, 50.

No. 734.

JAPAN.

SETO-UCHI.

(1891) MIHARA SETO-EASTERN ENTRANCE--MEKARI SETO-DOUBTFUL REEF.

Information has been received from Lieutenant O. Kamimura of H. I. M. S. Famuto, that at 3 h. 28 m. p.m., May 22, 1895, when passing Mekari seto, the eastern entrance of Mihara seto, she felt a slight stroke at a distance of 160 yards northward of the Chodayu beacon, and immediately passed over. From the condition of tide and the draught of water of the ship at this time, this obstruction may be probably a sunken rock having about 23 fathoms over it.

This Notice affects the following Naval chart :---No 69.

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Hydrographic office, Tokyo, Japan, 28 May 1895.

Captain K. KIMOTSUKI, IN. Hydrographer.

Government of South Australia.

NOTICE TO MARINERS

No. 2 of 1895.

GULF ST. VINCENT.

PORT ADELAIDE RIVER.

No. 12 Beacon Light, Pt. Adelaide River.

Notice is hereby given that the above-mentioned leading light beacon has disappeared, and that ponding its re-crection a temporary light will be exhibited from a barge in the same position. As the light may not be exactly on the line at all times of the tide, the red light ought to be kept bearing N. E. by E. inwards, or S. W. by W, outwards.

This affects Admiralty chart No. 2389a.

Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide, April 30th, 1895.

T. N. STEPHENS, President Marine Board.