674011-1884-Government-Notification-No-316 — Page 1

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH AUGUST, 1884.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 316.

The following Hydrographic Notices are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th August, 1884.

Government of China.

CANTON DISTRICT.

LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS No. 16.

717

W. H. MARSH,

Colonial Secretary.

Navigation of Canton River.

His Excellency the Governor General of the Liang Kuang wishes notice to be given that in consequence of the war with France all night traffic on the Canton River has to be discontinued.

Vessels other than French can enter the port during the day but must first wait outside the Hu Mën (Bogue Forts) until they have been inspected and have received permission to proceed.

C. H. PALMER, Harbour Master.

Approved:

F. E. WOODRUFF,

Commissioner of Customs.

CUSTOM HOUSE, CANTON, 25th August, 1884.

tance 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 martin, 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.

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CHINA SEA.

GULF OF SIAM-EAST COAST.

Pulo Panjang-Reef S.S.E. of Peak Island.

Information has been received from Lieutenant and Commander Hope, H.M.S. Zephyr, of the existence of a reef lying the fairway of the channel between Peak island and White rock, southward of Pulo Panjang, east coast of Gulf of Siam :-

This reel (Rajanattianuhar reef)—on which the British steam vessel Rajanattianuhar grounded on 1st March 1884, a breame a wreck-consists of two large heads of rock, with 4 feet on them at low water, surrounded at the distance of ut one cable by a fringe of coral, circular in shape and steep-to. On the reef the depths are 2 fathoms near the centre

5 fathoms at the outer edge. The centre of the reef lies with the following bearings and distances :—

White rock......

Peak island

Position, lat. 9° 15′ 50′′ N., long. 103° 28′ E.

.S.W. by W. 4 W., distant 13 cables.

N.N.W.

In April 1884, the wreck was lying near the centre of the reef.

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(The bearings are Magnetic. Variation 23° Easterly in 1884.)

By Command of their Lordships,

FREDK. J. EVANS,

Hydrographer.

Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 29th May, 1884.

Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts :---Gulf of Siam, No, 2414 :. Kob Kut to Bay island, with plan of Pulo Panjang, No, 2722; fast to Pulo Obi, No. 2723: Also, China Sea Directory, vol. II., 1879, page 300,