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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH JANUARY, 1883.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.No. 2.

SURVEYOR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.

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It is hereby notified that Mr. HARRY ROBERTSON BEST, appointed by Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies to be Assistant Engineer in the Surveyor General's Department, reported his arrival in the Colony on the 30th December last.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th January, 1883.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 3.

DISTILLERY.

The following Return received from Mr. LEUNG SUN-PO, of the quantity of Spirits distilled at the Tiu Ün, Sauce Factory, at Yaumáti, is published for general information.

Spirits manufactured during the quarter ended 30th November, 1882, .........

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th January, 1883.

Piculs.

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FREDERICK STewart,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 4.

HYDROGRAPHIC NOTICE.

The following Hydrographic Notice is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th January, 1883.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

"Encounter," at Hongkong,

29th December, 1882.

HYDROGRAPHICAL MEMO. No. 26.

The following information has been received from H.M.S. "Magpie" :--

KOREA.

South Korea. Two low rocks, 6ft. and 12ft. high, lie respectively S. 73° E. distant 2 miles, and N. 66° E 1 mile from the islet close off the East coast of Herschel Point, and there are probably more dangers in their vicinity.

Seen Island.-A pyramidal summit 715 feet high on the South end of this island is in Lat. 34° 26′ 20′′ N., Long. 127° 48′ 20′′ E.

Bedwell Island.-350 ft., is small and lies in Lat. 34° 25′ 45′′" N., Long. 127° 54′ 30′′ E.

Fusan, or Tsan Liang Hai, Harbour.-The soundings in the Southern entrance have shoaled, the least water now in mid-channel is 10 feet at low water springs-There are 2 patches of that depth, one lying E.N.E. and the other E.S.E. of the large village one mile S.S.W. of the Japanese settlement. The East side of this channel is the safest, but this entrance should only be used near high water. The soundings at the Northern entrance, between the two rocks marked

'uncover 6 feet" and "uncover 4 feet," have shoaled three quarters of a fathom.

Admiralty Charts 104 Korean Archipelago, 1259 Tsan-liang-hai harbour, and China Sea Directory, Vol. IV, pages 63-71, are affected hereby.

To the Commodore and the respective Captains, Commanders and Officers Commanding Her Majesty's Ships and Vessels employed on the China Station.

GEORGE O. WILLES, Vice-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.