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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH FEBRUARY, 1882.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.No. 68.

The following Notice to Mariners is published for general informatoin.

By His Excellency's Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 17th February, 1882.

Government of China.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

CHINA SEA.

CHINCHEW ISLAND.

Latitude 21° 28′ 30′′ N., Longitude 111° 29′ 00′′ E.

M. S. TONNOCHY,

185

Acting Colonial Secretary.

(1.)-Rock.-A Rock having 8 feet on it, at low water springs, lies S. 40 W. distant 15 miles from the summit of Chinchew Island.

The bottom is foul between the rock and the island.

HAINAN ISLAND,

(2.)-Positions.-The following positions have been determined :-

Cape Cami (sand hill),. Laamkos Hill,

Pingmar Point,

Pyramid Point,

S. W. Point,

Lat. N. .20° 14' 09"

Long. E. 109° 55′ 00′′

19° 55′ 58′′

109° 37′ 52′′

19° 55′ 00′′

109° 14′ 30′′

.19° 04′ 40′′

108° 36′ 30"

.18° 31′ 15′′

108° 41' 00"

HAINAN STRAITS. Western Entrance.

(3.)-Banks.-The following Banks have been examined at the Western Entrance of Hainan Straits :—

The bearings and distances are given from Cape Cami (Sand hill), and are the positions of the shoalest water found, the directions in which the banks lie are given from this spot, and the distances from it to the 5-fathom line.

28 Feet Bank.-N. 85° W., 6-8 miles, least water 28 feet, general depth 28 feet; lies in a N. 4340 W., direction 1.8 miles; bottom sand.

19 Feet Bank.-N. 73° W., 12 miles; least water 19 feet, general depth 24 feet; extends N. 64° W. 0.3 miles and S. 61° W. 0-3 miles; greatest beadth 0-3 miles at its S.E. end, 8 fins. will be got 4 miles to N.W. of it.

24 Feet Bank.-N. 88° W., 17 miles; least water 24 feet; general depth 24 feet; extends N. 82° W. 0.6 miles and S. 79° W. 15 miles; greatest breadth 0.7 miles at West end, 7 and 8 fms. stretch for 4 miles to N.W. of it.

18 Feet Bank.-S. 773° W., 29 miles; least water 18 feet; general depth 27 feet but 21 feet will be found in patches along its whole lengtli, extends West 15 miles and N. 6810 E. 3-4 miles, thence East 3-4 miles. A long narrow bank being about 1 mile wide from the least water, narrowing to 04 miles at its Eastern end. Soundings of 7 fms. stretch for 3 or 4 miles to N.W. of it.

The nature of the bottom on the Banks is sand.

(4.) A shoal having 3 fathoms over it at Low Water Springs lies 9-3 miles E. S. of Cape Cami, and it is not safe to pass to the Northward of it.

(5.)-Rocks extend S. 20° W. of Cape Cami, 9 cables.

(6.) The small bank marked

Hoihow Bay plan, 37.

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which lies 13 miles W. N. of Backsha Point has shoaled to 23 feet. See

(7.)-Tides. It is High water full and change at Cape Cami at 2h. 45m. p.m. in Summer, and at 2h. 45m. a.m. in

Winter.

The 2-fathom shoal S.E. of Chaiune Island, was searched for in vain by H. M. S. Magpie, 1881.

Coast. The S.W. and West Coasts from S.W. Point to Pingmar is incorrectly placed on Chart 2062, being from 5 to 10 miles West of the true position.

From S.W. Point the Coast trends in an E.S. Easterly direction for 20 miles to Snake Point.

There are no islands off this Coast.

Shoals. The bearings and distances are given from S.W Point.

A shoal on which the water breaks,

A one-fathom shoal,

A shoal with-fathom,

and is 1.5 miles long in a N. 35 W. and S. 35 E. direction.

Shoal with -fm. on it,

do. do.,

Do.

Do. which breaks,

There is shoal water S. 524 E., 13-5 miles from S.W. Point.

N. 75 W., 18 miles. ...N. 861 W., 7.5 miles. ...S. 731⁄2 W., 4.5 miles,

..N. 28 W., 18 miles. ..N. 34 W., 5 miles. ..N. 51 W., 0.5 miles.

Shoal Point bears N. 13 W., 22 miles from S.W. Point, and breakers were scen 4 or 5 miles off it. Shoal water apparently extending 5 or 6 miles to the Southward.

Variation (Chinchew Island,

in 1882.

Hainan Straits, South Coast,

The Bearings are Magnetics.

.1° 00′ Easterly. .1o 30' do.

2° 00' do.

The Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts, &c.,-China Sea, Northern portion 2661a; Hainan Island to Macao 1246, (1) only : Tong King Gulf 2062; Touron Bay to Gulf of Tong King 1264; Hainan Straits 876; also China Sea Directory Vol. II, 1879, pages 408, 381-383. 392-394 .400.

(Signed)

ALFRED CARPENTER,

Lient, and Commander

H. M. S. Magpie.

Hoi How, January 14th, 1882.