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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH JANUARY, 1885.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 14.

Tenders will be received at this Office until Noon of Tuesday, the 20th instant :-

1. For the construction of a bridge on the Shaukiwán Road,

2. For the construction of a granite sewer in the village of Hunghòm.

3. For the construction of a brick drain in High Street.

For form of tender, specification, and further particulars, apply at the Surveyor General's Office. The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th January, 1885.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 15.

The following Hydrographic Notice is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th January, 1885.

W. H. MARSH,

Colonial Secretary.

W. H. MARSH,

Colonial Secretary.

The substance of this Notice, as soon as it is received on board, is to be inserted in red ink on the Charts affected by it; and introduced into the margin, or otherwise in the page, of the Sailing Directions to which it relates. See Admiralty Instructions, Navigation and Pilotage, pp.

312 & 313.

NOTICE TO MARINERS. [ No. 221. ]

RUSSIAN TARTARY.

PETER THE GREAT BAY-EASTERN BOSPHORUS STRAIT.

Leading Light on Skrypleff Island.

The Russian Government has given Notice, that a leading light is now exhibited on the north-west side of Skrypleff island, east entrance of Eastern Bosphorus strait, approach to Vladivostok :-

The light is a fixed green light, and is so placed, that when kept in line with the light on the summit of the island, it leads through Eastern Bosphorus strait.

By Command of their Lordships,

Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 15th November, 1884.

W. J. L. WHARTON,

Ilydrographer.

This Notice affects the following Admiralty plans:-Eastern Bosphorus strait, No. 2407: Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, &c., 1884. No. 360; and China Sea Directory, vol. IV., 1881, page 148.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 7.

The following Notification from Vice-Admiral COURBET, Commander-in-Chief of the French Naval Forces in China, respecting the renewed Blockade of a portion of the island of Formosa, has been received from the French Consul at Hongkong, and is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th January, 1885.

NOTIFICATION DE BLOCUS.

W. H. MARSHI,

Colonial Secretary.

Nous soussigné Vice-Amiral Courbet, Commandant-en-Chef les Forces Navales Françaises dans l'Extreme Orient.

Vu l'état de représsailles existant entre la France et la Chine, agissant en vertu des pouvoirs qui nous appartiennent,

DÉCLARONS:

Qu'à partir du 7 Janvier, 1885, la côte de Formose comprise entre le Cap Sud (Lat. Nord 21° 54', Long. Est 118° 30′), et Eyka (Lat. Nord 24° 23′, Long. Est 118° 13′) dont le blocus avait été provisoirement suspendu, sera tenue de nouveau en état de blocus effectif par les Forces Navales placées Sous notre commandement et que les bâtiments amis ou neutres auront un délai de Un jour pour achever leur chargement et quitter les lieux bloqués.

La ligne délimitant l'espace soumis au blocus s'étendra à cinq milles de terre.

Il sera procédé contre tout bâtiment qui tenterait de violer lê dit blocus conformément aux Lois Internationales et aux traités en vigueur avec les Puissances neutres.

A bord du Bayard, Rade de Kélung, le 3 Janvier, 1885.

L.S.

A. COURBET.