THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH JULY, 1883.
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The following information has been received from Captain C. J. VIDAL, H.M.S. Cleopatra, of an unsuccessful search having been made for the reported danger by that vessel.
On the reported (approximate) position-lat. 9° 45′ N., long, 109° 11′ E.-
-a depth of 104 fathoms mud, was obtained; and for 24 miles around it, the locality was traversed and sounded without any indication of shoal water being observed, the depths found being 90 to 114 fathoms.
(The bearing is Magnetic. Variation 23° Easterly in 1883.)
By Command of their Lordships,
FREDк. J. EVANS,
Hydrographer.
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty,“ London, 27th April 1883.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-China sea, southern portion, No, 26604; Saigon river to Phan-Rang bay, No. 1261: Also, China Sea Directory, vol. II., 1879, pages 8, 14, 15, 16, 74.
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 & 318.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
[No. 125.]
CHINA-EAST COAST.
MIN RIVER APPROACH.
(1) Changchi Island-Position of Swallow rock.
Information has been received from Lieutenant and Commander A. CARPENTER, H.M. Surveying vessel Magpie, that Swallow rock—a pinnacle with 7 feet on it at low water spring tides-lies with the islet south-east of the south point of Changchi island bearing N.W. N., distant 12 cables.
A ridge of 6 fathoms, on which there is a pinnacle of 44 fathoms, connects the south point of Changchi island with the islet above referred to.
YANG-TSE-KIANG APPROACH.
(2) Amherst Rocks—Non-existence of Fleurs Castle rock.
Also, of an unsuccessful search having been made in the Magpie, for Fleurs Castle rock, reported to lie 12 miles W.N.W. of Amherst rocks, Yang-tse-kiang approach:
A minute examination of the locality between the bearings of W. by S. 4 S. and N.W. from Amherst rocks, resulted in no depths of less than 5 fathoms being obtained.
The pilots for the Yang-tse-kiang are of opinion that this rock does not exist.
Consequent on this search in H.M.S. Magpie, Fleurs Castle rock has been removed from the Admiralty Charts.
(The bearings are magnetie. Variation
24} Westerly in 1888.)
By Command of their Lordships,
FREDк. J. EVANS,
Hydrographer.
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 11th May 1883.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Port Matheson to Ragged point, No. 1761 (1); Min river, No. 2400 (1); Formosa and Japan, islands between, No. 2412 (2); Hongkong to Liau-tung gulf, No. 1262 (2); Yang-tse-kiang to Nanking, No. 1480 (2); Hieshan islands to Yang-tse-kiang, No. 1199 (2); approaches to the Yang-tse-kiang, No. 1602 (2): Also, China Sea Directory, vol. III., 1874, pages 276, 347; and Hydrographic Notices, No. 36 of 1882, page 2, and No. 10 of 1881, page 7.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 199.
Tenders will be received at this Office until noon of Wednesday, the 1st of August next, for :---
1. The public scavenging of the City of Victoria and the removal of waste products.
2. The removal of Excretal matters from the City of Victoria.
3. The General Scavenging and sweeping of the Village of Yau-ma Ti.
For form of tender, specifications, and full particulars of these three separate services, apply at the Office of the Sanitary Inspector.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 2nd June, 1883.
W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary.
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