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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 15TH AUGUST, 1885.
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NOTICE TO MARINERS.
(No. 17 of 1885.)
REMOVAL OF LIGHTSHIP AND PLACING OF ADDITIONAL BUOY
AND BEACONS, KEPPEL BAY.
Notice is hereby given, that on the 14th proximo the Lightship will be removed from the Elbow, Keppel Bay, the nel now being marked by the Leading Lights on Balaklava Island, which were established on 17th February last. The Elbow of the Bank will be marked by a Red Buoy carrying a cage 3 feet in diameter, 12 feet above the water. Buoy will lie in 18 feet at low water, 1 cable North of the present position of the Lightship,
Two additional red and triangular Beacons have also been placed in 7 feet of water on the West Bank ("Wagtail d"), one on its southern extremity, and the other about midway between that and the old Beacon. These Beacons ald not be approached within a cable.
black and square, has been placed in 8 feet at low-water springs.
of a cable.
On the Curlew Spit an additional Beacon, A berth must be given it of not less than
Department of Ports and Harbours, Brisbane, 30th June, 1885.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
(No. 18 of 1885.)
G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N.,
Portmaster.
REPORTED SHOAL OFF BOLD POINT, VAN DIEMAN INLET, GULF OF CARPENTARIA.
Notice is hereby given, that a Shoal, with not more than 15 feet upon it at low-water springs, has been reported to lie niles W.S.W. from Bold Point, the southern head of Van Dieman Inlet. The Shoal is said to be composed of soft mud.
G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N.,
Portmaster.
Department of Ports and Harbours, Brisbane, 30th June, 1885.
NERS.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
(No. 19 of 1885.)
TORRES STRAITS.
REEFS NEAR AND EXTENDING FROM SAIBAI ISLAND.
Notice is hereby given, that a Reef, upon which is a Sand-bank, always dry, lies with its Eastern extremity by W. W., 2 miles from the Hill, 50 feet high, shown on the North-west end of Saibai Island, on the plan by Navigating Lieutenant E. R. Connor, RN. The Reef is about 13 miles in length, East and West, and mile in width.
Another Reef, which at low-water springs is dry about 2 feet, lies with its N.E. extremity N.N.W. 1 mile from the ne hill. The Reef is about 1 miles in length and 3 cables wide, and lies N.E. 3 E. and S.W. W.
de.
The extremities of both these Reefs are marked by Beacons, and they can be approached to within a cable on either
There is a clear passage, with 3 fathoms at low water, between the southernmost of these Reefs and Saibai Island. A third Reef, awash at low water, and which is 1 mile in extent, lies E.N.E. and W.S.W., with its centre in the lowing approximate position :-Peak of Mount Cornwallis, S.E. S. 84 miles.
The fringing Reef extends from the western end of Saibai Island to a distance of nearly 1 mile.
The foregoing information has been supplied by Mr. Liljeblad, master of the missionary schooner "Ellengowan."
G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N.,
Department of Ports and Harbours, Brisbane, 30th June, 1885.
Portmaster.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
(No. 20 of 1885.)
WIDE BAY.
ALTERATION IN LINE OF LEADING BEACONS AND LIGHTS, INSKIP POINT.
Notice is hereby given, that the Leading Beacons and Lights on Inskip Point have this day been shifted E. by S. yards, and now lead past the red buoy off Hook Point Spit and the inner edge of the Bar on a S.W. S. bearing.
Department of Ports and Harbours, Brisbane, 3rd July, 1885.
G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N.,
Portmaster.
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