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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH JANUARŸ, 1890.

Title.

Extension of secs. 33 and 34 of No. 8 of 1879 to Gap Kock Light- house.

No. 35 OF 1889.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of

Hongkong, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend The Merchant Shipping Consolidation Ordinance, 1879.

LS G. WILLIAM DES VEUX.

BE

[24th December, 1889.]

E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:----

The powers and provisions contained in The Merchant Shipping Consolidation Ordinance, 1879, sections 33 and 34 in respect of Lighthouses and Light Dues within the Colony shall apply equally to the lighthouse now in course of erection upon a rock or island commonly known as The Gap Rock, situate about twenty-eight miles from the Colony, within the dominions of the Emperor of China.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 18th day of December, 1889.

ARATHOON SETHI, Clerk of Councils.

Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 24th day of December, 1889.

A. LISTER,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 4.

The following telegram from His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor of Saigon concerning wreckage seen at sea by the Messageries Maritimes packet Arèthuse is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th January, 1890.

A. LISTER,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Copie.

Lieutenant Gouverneur Saigon à Consul de France, Hongkong.

Arèthuse rencontre en mer 23 Décembre par lat. N. 15.0.28, long. L. 106.0.30, à 3 milles N.E. Cap Zantan épave faisant partie du pont navire à voiles, longueur et largeur de 8 à 10 métres, trace de mât bien indiquée, un treuil à mains sur un côté et un capot de descente en face du treuil, grande bourrasque a sévi entre Ilainam et côte du 21 au 22 Décembre, quelque navire européen parti de Hongkong pouvait-il se trouver dans ces parages le jour bourrasque?

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Translation.

Lieutenant Governor of Saigon to French Consul, Llongkong.

The Arèthusc, at sea on the 23rd December, in Lat. N. 15.0.28, Long. E. 106.0.30 (meridian of Paris) 3 miles N.E. of Cape Zantan, met with a piece of wreckage, length and breadth each from 25 to 30 feet, consisting of part of the deck of a sailing vessel. It could be made out where the mast had been, there was a hand winch on one side, and a companion hatch opposite to it. A violent gale prevailed between Ilainan and the mainland on December 21st and 22nd. Could some European vessel have left Hongkong and been in this neighbourhood on those days?