THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST NOVEMBER, 1885.
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The North entrance of the Strait has been examined and may be used with confidence, as little alteration has been found.
Black Peaked Rock, midway between Slut and Shingan Island leads in clear of all danger and in the best water.
II. TUSARA ISLAND.
A Rock which dries 5 feet at low water springs has been found, lying S. 9° E. (Magnetic) one and one tenth miles from Brown Rocks.
To the Commodore and the respective Captains, Commanders, and
Officers Commanding Her Majesty's Ships
R. VESEY HAMILTON, Vice Admiral, and Commander-in-Chief.
and Vessels employed on the China Station.
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. 170.)
JAPAN.
NIPON--SOUTH COAST.
Shoal Westward of Macedonian Reef.
Information has been received from the Japanese Government, of the existence of a shoal lying about 14 miles W. S. from Macedonian reef, south side of Asina bay.
This shoal (Kamegi shoal) extends about 7 cables in a north-east and south-west direction with a breadth of 3 cables, and has depths of 14 to 24 fathoms, with about 5 fathoms around. The centre of the shoal lies with the following bearings:-
Arai saki,
Nagatsuru saki lighthouse,
Position, lat. 35° 11′ 40′′ N., long. 139° 32′ 40′′ E.
.E. 4. S. ...S.E. ₫ S.
(The bearings are Magnetic.
Variation 4° Westerly in 1885.) By Command of their Lordships,
W. J. L. WHARTON,
Hydrographer.
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 28th September, 1885.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts :-Kii channel to Yedo, No. 996; Omai-saki to the gulf of Tokio or Yedo, No. 953; gulf of Tokio or Yedo, No. 2657: Also, China Sea Directory, vol. IV., 1884, pages 88. 303.
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. N. Admiralty Instructions. Navigation and Pilotage, pp.
312 & 313.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
(No. 182.)
EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO.
SUMATRA-WEST COAST,
Flashing Light on Pula Bijo.
With reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 64 (1), of 5th April 14, on the intended exhibition of a light from a lighthouse then in course of construction on Pulo Bodjo, northern side of Sibereet strait:-
The Netherlands Government has given further Notice, that the Bght we October 1885:-
uld probably be exhibited in September or
The light is a flashing white light of the first order, showing two fishes in quick succession every half minute; it is elevated about 361 feet above high water, and should be visible in clear weather, exe- t where obscured by Tanah Balah island, from a distance of 26 miles.
The lighthouse, situated on a hill at the south-western end of the island, is alore 197 feet high, of iron, sixteen-sided and painted white, with a surrounding stone wall, also white.
Position lat. 0° 381 S., long. 98 314′ E.
By Command of them Lordships,
W. J. L. WHARTON,
Hydrographer.
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 9th October, 1885.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty charts --Indian orean, No. 7184; A. Rabat to hang kalas, No, 2760 : Also, Admiralty- List of Lights in South Africa, &c., 1885, No. 1628; and Sailing Directions for West Coast or som
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