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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH JANUARY, 1882.
CHINA SEA-PHILIPPINES.
ISLAND-MANILA BAY,
LUZON
(2) St. Nicholas Banks-Destruction of Light Apparatus.
Information has been received from Vice-Admiral G. O. Willes, C.B., Commander-in-Chief on the China station, that during a storm on the 19th, 20th August 1881, the light on St. Nicholas banks, south-eastern side of Manila bay, was washed away;
By Command of their Lordships,
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 16th November, 1881.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-
FREDK. J. EVANS,
Hydrographer.
(1) Indian ocean, No. 748b; Acheen head to Tyingkokh bay, No. 2760; Priaman to Oujong Indrapoera, No. 709 : Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, &c., page 16; and Hydrographic Notice, West coast of Sumatra, No. 9 of 1879, page 39.
(2) Temporarily. China sea, northern portion, No. 26615; St. Bernardins strait, &c., No. 2577; Philippine islands, No. 943; Manila bay, No. 976: Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, &c., No. 238; and China Sea Directory, vol. II., 1879, page 262.
Government of Queensland.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
(No. 17 of 1881.)
SANDBANK, MARGARET BAY, INNER ROUTE, TORRES STRAITS.
MR. COLIN A. BREMNER, Master of the Schooner "Kate Kearny," reports the existence of a Sandbank with about 3 feet of water over it at low-water springs, lying in the following position, viz. :-
North extremity of Cape Grenville Centre of Sunday Island
E. by S. S. southerly. N. by W.
This shoal, though out of the direct route, is a danger to vessels seeking an anchorage in Margaret Bay, and to small craft working down in shore under the shelter of the Cape.
G. P. HEATH, Commander, R.N.,
Portmaster.
Department of Ports and Harbours, Brisbane, 17th December, 1881.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
(No. 16 of 1881.)
ALTERATION OF TIDAL SIGNALS, ROSS CREEK, CLEVELAND BAY.
On and after the 1st January, 1882, the following code of Tidal Signals will be substituted for that now in use at the Pilot Station, at the entrance to Ross Creek :-
Depth of Water.
Day Signals.
ft. in.
Under 4 0
Cone at mast-head
4 0
"
5 0
6 0
6 6
دو
0
6
8 0
8 6
half-mast high
Ball at mast-head
half-mast high
East yard-arm
East yard-arm, dipped
West yard-arm
West yard-arm, dipped.........................
Mast-lead and east yard-arm
9 0
""
Mast-head and east yard-arm, dipped..
9 6 10 0 10 6
Mast-head and west yard-arm.....
"2
>>
"}
11 0 11 6 12
"
"
Mast-head and west yard-arm, dipped
Each yard-arm
East yard-arm, and dipped at west yard-arm West yard-arm, and dipped at east yard-arm Each yard-arm, dipped......
Department of Ports and Harbours, Brisbane, 13th December, 1881.
Night Signals.
White light.
Red light. Green light.
Red light over white. Red light under white. Green light over white. Green light under white. Red light over green. Red light under green. Two red lights, vertical. Two green lights, vertical. Two red lights, horizontal. Two green lights, horizontal. Red and green lights, horizontal. Red and white lights, horizontal. Green and white lights, horizontal.
G. P. HEATH, Commander, R.N.,
Portmaster.
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