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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7TH MAY, 1892.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 217. The following Hydrographic Notice is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 7th May, 1892.
HYDROGRAPHIC NOTICE.
H.M.S. PENGUIN.
G. T. M. O'BRIEN, Colonial Secretary.
May, 1892.
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The Rim of the Macclesfield Bank has been examined on the western side for a distance of 95 miles. breadth was found to be 3 miles, and the depth 7 to 33 fathoms over coral.
The following shoal places were discovered :---
Carpenter Shoal has a general depth of 10 fathoms. It is one mile in extent.
coral, 2 cables from the north edge in lat. 16° 4′ 0′′ N.; long. 114° 173′ E.
Magpie Shoal has a general depth of 9 to 10 fathoms,
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The least water is 8 fathoms over
broad north and south. The shallowest part which is one mile from the western edge has 8 fathoms over a 'coral bottom and is in lat. 16° 3′ N.; long. 114. 12 E.
It is 4 miles long east and west, by half a mile to one mile
Bankok Shoal has a general depth of 9 fathoms. It is one mile long east and west, and half a mile broad north and south. The shallowest part has 7 fathoms over coral. It is in the centre of the shoal and in lat. 16° 0′ N.; long. 114° 54′ E.
Siamese Shoal has a general depth of 10 fathoms. It is one mile long north and south by three quarters of a mile broad cast and west. There are various places over the bank where 9 fathoms was obtained over coral bottom. The centre of the shoal is in lat. 15° 58′ N.; long. 114° 3′ E.
Cathay Shoal has a general depth of 9 to 10 fathoms. It is 9 cables long north and south, by 8 cables broad east and west. The shallowest part is in the centre and has 7 fathoms over coral in lat. 15.54 N., long. 113° 58 E.
The shallowest part has 7 fathoms over coral, and
Combe Shoal is small, and has a general depth of 10 fathoms.
is in lat. 15° 47′ N.; long. 113° 54′ E. Tancred Shoal is a small spot of 10 fathoms over coral in lat. 15° 41′ N., long. 113° 53′ E. Penguin bank is the extreme western horn of the Macclesfield Bank Within the 20-fathom line, it is 44 miles The least
long east and west by 23 miles broad north and south. Its general depth is 11 to 13 fathoms. water which is 9 fathoms over coral is at the north-eastern edge of the shoal in lat. 15° 38′ N.; long. 113° 44′ E. Parcy Shoal is a small patch of coral with 8 fathoms over it in lat. 15° 29′ N.; long. 113° 50′ E. Balfour Shoal has a general depth of 10 fathoms and is three quarters of a mile long cast and west by half a mile broad north and south. The least water which is in the centre is 8 fathoms over coral, and is in lat. 15° 264′ N.; long. 114° 04′ E. Bassett Shoal has a general depth of 9 to 10 fathoms. It is three quarters of a mile long east and west by a
quarter of a mile broad north and south. The centre is in lat. 15° 27′ N.; long. 114° 10′ E.
Smith Shoal has a depth of 9 fathoms, quer coral. It is in lat. 15° 26' N.; long, 114° 12' E.
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Walker Shoal which is in the lagoon of the Macclesfield Atoll has a general depth of 7 to 8 fathoms,
It is nearly
round and three quarters of a mile in diameter. The shallowest part which is in the centre has 5 fathoms over coral; and is in lat. 15° 55′ N.; long. 114° 281′ E.
Oliver Shoal has 6 fathoms over coral in lat. 16° 44′ N.; long, 114° 29′ E. This shoal was not examined in
detail. There is probably less water.
2 May, 1892.
W. USBORNE MOORE, Commander.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 196.
Notice is hereby given that an application has been received from Messrs. SHEWAN & Co., of Hongkong, General Managers of the Hongkong Rope Manufacturing Company, Limited, for the introduction in the Legislative Council of an Ordinance to provide for the construction of a single line of Tramway in Davis Street from the Rope Manufactory to the Praya.
Owners of property in the neighbourhood and other interested parties are requested to lodge in the Colonial Secretary's Office any objections that they may wish to offer to the proposal within a period of thirty days from this date.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th April, 1892.
G. T. M. O'BRIEN, Colonial Secretary.
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