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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND JANUARY, 1881.

8. A rock of about 20 feet surface, having a depth of

7 feet water over it at low water, lies of a mile

W. S. from this last danger, and 155 yards

from the south bank of the river. From it Whampoa Pagoda bears S. 68°30' E.; Inclined

Pagoda, S. 81° W.; and the joss-house with pagoda on the top, N. 73° W. 9. A conical-shaped rock, having

a depth of 3 feet on it at low water, lies W. N. from the last- mentioned rock, and is 187 yards from the south bank of the river. From it Whampoa Pagoda bears S. 71° E.; Inclined Pagoda, S. 78° 30' W.; and the little pagoda north from Napier Island, N. 78° W.

10. A reef projects 207 yards from the east side of the entrance to a small creek on the south bank of the river, about mile higher up than the fort on the east end of Napier Island, having a

depth of 5 feet on its outer edge, with less water

as it approaches the river bank. The bearings from the north end are:-Inclined Pagoda, S.

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82° E.; little pagoda (seen north of Napier Island), N. 8° E.

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11. A rock lies 92 yards N. 45° E. from the Macao Rock, and 73 yards from the high-water mark at the rocky landing to the European Cemetery, Macao Reach. The minimum depth of water on it is 6 feet at low water. From the centre of it the bearings are:-Tower on Macao Fort, S. 27° W.; Bushy Hill (south of Hamilton Creek, marked on the Admiralty Chart 146 feet high),

S. 40° E.; western extremity of Honan Island,

N. 28° W.; ferry-house on shore opposite Pak Hin Hok(白蜆壳) village, N. 43°W.

12. There is a rocky patch with 10 feet depth of water over it lying 300 yards from the western

end of the Shamien Bund, in a line with the

joss-house on the Fati shore. From it the church

steeple on Shamien bears N. 54°20' E.

By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,

DAVID M. HENDERSON,

Engineer-in-Chinf.

IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS,

ENGINEERS' OFFICE,

No.10.

SHANGHAI, 9th December, 1880.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Tenders will be received at this Office until

noon of Monday, the 24th January, for repairing

and lime-whiting No. 2 Police Station.

For forms of tender, specification and further particulars apply at the Surveyor General's Office.

The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.

By Command,

FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,

Hongkong, 12th January, 1881.

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