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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND SEPTEMBER, 1883.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 322.

The following Hydrographic Notices are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd September, 1883.

J. H. STEWART-LOCKHART,

for the Colonial Secretary.

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NOTICE TO MARINERS.

BORNEO-N.E. COAST.

SHOALS BETWEEN SANDAKAN AND JAMBESAN ISLAND.

Nymphe Reef.-Latitude 5° 44′ 12" N. Longitude 118° 40′ 36′′ E.-Is a small patch of coral and sand, with several heads, with 3 feet least water on them. It is 1.8 miles long, in a N. by E. E. and S. by W. W. direction, and 0.7 miles broad. From it Mount Hatton bears S. 6o E. distant 29 miles. East point of Kinabatangan River S. 26 W.,

6.3 miles.

Pegasus Reef-Latitude 5° 45′ 50′′ N. Longitude 118° 50′ 30′′ E.-Is 1.6 miles long, East and West, and 1.6 broad, of coral and sand, with rocky patches, with 3 to 4 feet on them, on its Eastern side. From it Mount Hatton bears S. 12 W., 31.6 miles.

Gem Reef-Latitude 5° 35′ 15" N. Longitude 119° 8' 24" E.-Consists of coral and sand, with soundings of 40 fathoms on its Eastern and Northern sides, and 30 fathoms on its Southern and Western edges. There are two rocks with 4 and 7 feet on them, in the centre of the bank. It is 3.3 miles long N.W. by W. W., S.E. by E. E., and 1.7 miles broad. From it Mount Hatton bears S. 49 W., 32.6 miles, and West point of Jambesan Island S. 13 W., 8.6 miles.

René Shoal.-Latitude 5° 29′ 40′′ N. Longitude 119° 10′ 20′′ E.-Has an average depth of 5 to 7 fathoms on it. A shoal spot with 3 fathoms exists on its S.E. end. It is 4.7 miles long in a N.W. & W. and S.E. 2 E. direction, and 1.6 miles broad. It lies between Jambesan Island and the Gem Reef with passages with 25 fathoms of water between them. From it West point Jambesan Island bears S. 59 W., 4.2 miles, and East extreme of Jangong Nusang S. 36 E.

Positions.-Mount Hatton, Latitude 5° 15' 5" N., (1,990 feet). Longitude 118° 42′ 30′′ E. West point of Jam- besan Island, Latitude 5° 27′ 0′′ N. Longitude 113° 06′ 10′′ E.

Note. The positions given are those of the shoalest water found.

The Bearings are Magnetic. Variation 2o E. in 1883.

H.M.S. Magpie, Sandakan, September 8th, 1883.

FOLEY C. P. VERCKER,

Commander.

This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts-China Sea, Southern portion, No. 2,6606. Sulu Archipelago, No. 2,576.

Government of India.

MARINE DEPARTMENT.

Bombay Castle, 22nd August, 1883.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

HINDOSTAN-WEST COAST.

BOMBAY HARBOUR.

No. 48.-Notice is hereby given that, with reference to the Notice to Mariners No. 5, published in the Bombay Government Gazette, Part II., pages 261, 290 and 311, dated respectively the 9th, 16th and 23rd March 1882, the Light- house which was in course of construction on the Sunken Rock is now complete, and that, on and after the 1st of April 1884 a Dioptric fixed Occulting Light of the 3rd Order will be exhibited therefrom, and the Inner Light-Vessel will be withdrawn.

The light will show through an arc of 2440, or from S. 7° W. round eastward to N. 69° E., and is a red light with two white direction beams, one showing between S. 7° W. and S. 30° W., and the other between N. 15° E. and N. 31° E., and will be visible from a distance of 14 sea miles.

(These bearings are magnetic and from seaward.)

The occultations last for periods of 5 seconds, the duration of the light in each period being from 3 to 4 seconds and the eclipse from 1 to 2 seconds.

The Light-house is a circular tower of a dark grey color approaching to black, and the height of the light is 71 feet above mean sea level.

The interchange of lights between the Prongs and Kennery Island, referred to in the Notice to Mariners (No. 5) above quoted, will not be made.

By order of His Excellency the Right Honourable the Governor in Council,

M. W. WILLOUGHBY, Colonel,

Secretary to Government,