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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH APRIL, 1883.
The information contained in this Notice is to be carefully considered, to be noted in the Sailing Directions, and compared
with the chart when the ship is navigating the parts to which it refers..
HYDROGRAPHIC NOTICE.
[ No. 7. ]
CHINA SEA DIRECTORY, VOL. I.
NOTICE NO. 6.
351
The following information chiefly relating to Malacca, and Carimata straits has been received from various sources, during the years 1880-82.
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[All bearings are Magnetic. Dinding Island, 2° 35′ E.
Variation in 1883 :---
Carimata Strait, 2° 25′ E.
MALACCA STRAIT.
DIAMOND POINT.-Karang Timau.-A reef which dries 5 feet, named Karang Timau, has been found 4 miles W. S. from Diamond point, in lat. 5° 16′ N., long. 97° 25′ 54′′ E.1
The shoal reported as situated 54 miles W. † S. from Diamond point, has been ascertained not to exist; it has, therefore, been expunged from the charts.1
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Reported rock. The steamship Cleveland, Commander A. Ponsonby, passed over the position of a rock previously reported to be just above water, in lat. 5° 0′ N., long. 98° 18′ E., without seeing any danger or discoloured water. It is therefore considered that no rock exists in that position.
DINDING CHANNEL.-The buoy marking Bower patch is conical shaped and painted red."
The buoys marking the edge of the banks in the Dinding channel are conical in shape and painted white. PULO LAMAUT.—The channel between Pulo Anza and Pulo Lamaut is reported to have deepened.
Light. The light previously exhibited from the west point of Pulo Lamaut is now shown from the south-east extremity of the islet north-west of that position, in lat. 2° 53′ 40′′ N., long. 101° 12′ 0′′ E., approximate.3
Jugru river light.-A light is now exhibited from a lighthouse erected on the southern entrance point of Jugru (Jugra or Ingra) river entrance. The light is a fixed white light, visible in elear weather from a distance of 4 miles. The lighthouse is constructed of wooden framework, with upper part painted white. Position approximate, lat. 2° 48′ 0′′ N., long. 101° 21′ 20′′ E.3
FORMOSA BANK LIGHT VESSEL.-Further information has been received that the light vessel is anchored in 11 fathoms, and that the light is exhibited from an elevation of 38 feet above the sea.1
SINGAPORE STRAIT.”—,
-Ajax shoal.—A bell buoy painted red has been placed upon Ajax shoal, at the western entrance to Salat Sinki.
Fort Canning light.-The light (fixed white) is shown from a new flagstaff situated 20 yards southward of the old staff. It is visible through an are of nearly 68° between the bearings N.N.W. W. and W. S., or from one mile eastward of Peak island to one mile southward of Johore shoal.
The light is elevated 256 feet above the sea, and should be seen in clear weather from a distance of 20 miles.
Singapore Road. The buoy marking the man-of-war anchorage is occasionally dragged from its proper position; but is replaced by the harbour authorities with as little delay as possible.
RHIO STRAIT.—Buoys.-The following buoys have been laid in Rhio strait' :---
No. 1. White, upon the north-west extreme of Rotterdam reef.
No. 2.
Black, upon the south-east extreme of Dutch shoal.
No. 3.
No. 4.
No. 5.
Black, upon the eastern edge of the 3-fathoms patch lying S.E. S. three-quarters of a mile from Soré island. White, upon the south side of the 3 fathoms bank, lying S.W. 4 W. 4 cables from Tanjong Dompa. Red, in 3 fathoms, S.W. by W. one mile from the west extreme of Pitjingit island,
No. 6.
White, in 3 fathoms upon the north extreme of Soré reefs.
No. 7.
No. 8.
Black, in 3 fathoms S.S.E. one mile from the east point of Terkolei island, Black, upon the east extreme of Isabella shoal.
No. 9.
Black, upon the west extreme of Isabella shoal,
No. 10.
White, upon the east extreme of Tiemara bank.
No. 11.
White, upon the east extreme of Malang Orang reef.
No. 12.
Black, in 43 fathoms upon the south-west extreme of Pan reef.
No. 13. White, upon the north-west extreme of Little Pan reef. The following buoys have been removed :-
The buoy marking the eastern edge of Innang reef.
The buoy upon the 3-fathoms bank extending south from Terkoley island,
The buoy lying north of Alligator island, and the buoy upon Rupels reef.
1 Berlin, Notice to Mariners No. 43 of 1882. See Admiralty charts--Bay of Bengal, No. 70; Bassein river to Pulo Penang, No. 830; Acheen head to Tyingkokh bay, No. 2,760; Acheen head to Diamond point, No. 219; Malacca strait, western part, No. 1,353. Also, China Sea Directory, vol. I., 2nd edition, 1878, pages 10 and 19.
2 Information from Lieutenant H. Preedy, H.M.S. Daring, September 1881. See Admiralty chart :-Dinding islands and channel, No. 792, scale m 3 inches. Also, China Sea Directory, vol. I., 1878, pages 54-59; Hydrographic Notice, No. 6 of 1879.
• Originally published in Notice to Mariners, No. 161 of 1882. See Admiralty charts: Malacca strait, eastern part, No. 1,355; Pulo Penang to Parcelar Hill, No. 7986; North and South Sands, 794a, 7946. Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, &c., 1882, Nos, 153, 153a; and China Sea Directory, 2nd edition, vol. I., 1878, pages 66, 70.
4 See Admiralty Charts-Indian Ocean, No. 7486; Malacca strait, eastern part, No. 1,355; Mount Formosa to Tanjong Bolus, No. 796. Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, &c., 1882, No. 1566; and China Sea Directory, vol. I., 1878, page 81, Notice to Mariners, No. 4
of 1882.
See Admiralty Charts :-China Sea, No. 2,660a; Eastern Archipelago, No. 941a; Malacca Strait, castern part, No. 1,355 Singapore strait, No. 2,403; Banka strait to Singapore, No. 2,757; Singapore road, No. 1,995. Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, China, &c., 1880, No. 104; and China Sea Directory, vol. I, 1878, pages 94, 116, and 127.
Originally published in Notice to Marines, No. 21 of 1880.
Hague, Notice to Mariners, No. 43 of 1881.
See Admiralty charts :-China sea, southern portion, No. 2,660a; Banka strait to Singapore, No. 2,757; Singapore strait, No. 2,403; Rhio strait, No. 2,413. Also, China Sea Directory, vol. I., 1878, pages 347-360.
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