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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST OCTOBER, 1882.

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A shoal with about one fathom on it, part of a ridge, lies N. 86° W., distant 7 miles from South West point. A shoal of about 3 feet, lies S. 73° W., distant 4y miles from South West point, and is one-and-a-half miles long, in a N.W. by N. and S.E. by S. direction.

A shoal of about 3 feet, lies N. 28° W. distant 18 miles from South West point, and another with the same depth, N. 34° W., distant 5 miles.

Caution.--The banks off the south-west part of Hainan island are said to extend some 22 miles from the coast.f Shoal point is situated N. 13° W., distant 29 miles from South West point. Breakers were seen Shoal point, and shoal water apparently extended for 5 or 6 miles southward.

HAINAN STRAIT.

or 5 miles off

Western Approach. A bank of sand nearly half a mile in extent, with depths varying from 19 to 24 feet, lies N. 73° W. distant 12 miles from cape Cami. North-westward of the bank, for a distance of 4 miles, there is a depth of 8 fathoms, mud.

A narrow ridge of sand 14 miles long in a N.W. and S.E. direction, with a general depth of 28 feet, lies N. 85° W. distant 63 miles from cape Cami.

A bank of sand 2 miles in extent east and west, and three-quarters of a mile wide at the western end, with 24 feet on its shoalest part, lies N. 88° W. distant 17 miles from cape Cami. Depths of 7 and 8 fathoms will be found for a distance of 4 miles north-westward and south-eastward.

A narrow ridge of sand, 8 miles long, eust and west, lies with its shoalest spot of 18 feet, S. 77° W., distant 29 miles from cape Cami. At this position, 13 miles east of western end, the ridge is one mile wide, decreasing to half a mile at the eastern end. There is a general depth of 27 feet with several patches of 21 feet. A depth of 7 fathoms, mud, will be found 3 or 4 miles north-westward of the ridge.

Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 12th August. 1882.

† See Hydrographic Notice No. 48 of 1881.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No.412.

The following Notice to Mariners is published

for general information.

By Command,

FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,

Hongkong, 21st October, 1882.

Government of China.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 153.

CHINA SEA.

NEWCHWANG DISTRICT.

Buoys at Entrance of the Liao River.

Notice is hereby given that the entrance of the Liao River is now marked by the under-mentioned buoys:-

Entrance Buoy.-A black conical buoy, surmounted by a black frustum cage, moored on the western edge of the

bar.

Middle Ground Buoy.-A red nun-buoy, surmounted by a black spherical cage, moored on the western edge of the Middle Ground.

Inner Bar Buoy.-A black conical buoy, surmounted by a black diamond-shaped cage, moored on the south- eastern edge of the western bank.

By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,

A. M. BISBEE, Coust Inspector.

IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS,

COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,

SHANGHAI, 11/h October, 1882.

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