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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH JANUARY, 1883.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 34. HYDROGRAPHIC NOTICES.

The following Hydrographic Notices are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th January, 1883.

FREDERICK STEWART,

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Acting 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 and 313.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

(No. 218.) CHINA SEA.

BUOYS AND BEACONS-ALTERATIONS IN COLOUR.

With reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 212, of 17th October 1882, on the adoption of a uniform system of colouring buoys and beacons in Chinese waters :-

The Chinese Government has given further Notice that, in accordance therewith, on 15th September 1882, or as soon after as practicable, the following alterations would be made :-

CANTON RIVER.

1. TAI-SHEK BARRIER EASTERN BEACON has the lower part (from upper end of braces downward) painted red; lower half of pole, white; and upper half of pole with circular frame surmounting, red.

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TAI-SHEK BARRIER WESTERN BEACON is painted the same as the Eastern beacon.

3. TAI-SHEK BARRIER MIDDLE BEACON has the lower part (from upper end of braces downward) painted red; the upper part remains white.

4. DUTCH FOLLY SOUTH BUOY is painted black.

5. DUTCH FOLLY SOUTH BEACON is painted black.

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PORT OF SWATOW.

WYOMING ROCK BUOY carries an inverted frustum cage, and is painted black.

2. MADRAS ROCK BUOY is painted black.

3. WRECK BUOY is painted green, with the word wreck and the numeral "4" on it, in white.

4. GOUCHANG ROCK BEACON, with pole and basket, is painted black.

AMOY HARBOUR.

1. COKER ROCK large Buoy is black and white chequered.

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2. COKER ROCK Small Buoy is red and white chequered.

HARBOUR ROCK BUOY is red and black chequered.

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4.

KELLETT SPIT Buoy is painted red and black in vertical stripes. 5. ALIBI ROCK, KANGSIMTAH, and CHIOTH BEACONS are painted black.

MIN RIVER.

1. ORIENTAL ROCK BEACON is painted red, with name on cage in white letters.

HALF-TIDE ROCK BEACON (granite) is painted black.

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KINTANG CHANNEL, AND YUNG RIVER ENTRANCE.

2.

BLONDE ROCK BEACON, with cage, is painted black.

1. ALLIGATOR BEACON is coloured red.

3. NEMESIS ROCK BEACON (a single spar) is painted red, and surmounted with an inverted frustum cage painted

white.

4. SESOSTRIS ROCK, BUOY-the cage and tripod are painted black.

5. TIGERS TAIL ROCK BEACON is painted black with white cage.

WUSUNG RIVER ENTRANCE.

LISMORE WRECK BUOY has the numeral "I" painted over the word wreck.

IMER BUOY is painted red.

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PEI-HO RIVER ENTRANCE.

LIAU RIVER.

EAST SPIT BEACON (spar surmounted with two balls, with the numeral "V." on the lower one) is painted red. 2. NODDING TOMMY BEACON (spar surmounted with a diamond-shaped box with the numeral " IV." on it) is painted red, with the exception of an orizontal stripe round the middle of the box, which is painted white.

3. MIDDLE BANK BEACON (a spar surmounted with diamond, having the numeral "III." on it) now carries a spherical cage, and is painted red.

mainder red.

4. FLAGSTAFF BEACON (a spar surmounted with two diamond-shaped boxes, with the numeral "II." on the lower one) is painted red from the ground to the bottom of the lower box, white thence to the bottom of the upper box the re- 5. FISH HOUSE BEACON (a spar surmounted by a diamond-shaped box with the numeral "I." on it) is painted black.

By Command of their Lordships,

Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 27th October, 1882.

FREDK. J. EVANS,

Hydrographer.

This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Whampoa channel to Canton, No. 1739; port of Swatow, Nos. 2789, 854; Amoy Inner harbour, No. 1764; Min river, No. 2400; Kintang channel. No. 1770; Yung river, No. 1592; Wusung river, No. 1601; Peiho river, sheet I., No. 2653; Liau river, No. 2894: Also, China Sea Directory, vol. III, 1874, pages 108, 149, 172, 178, 272, 331-335, 359, 518, 557-559.