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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH MAY, 1881.

Government of Queensland.

NOTICE TO MARINERS. No. 6 of 1881.

FLOATING BUOY VESSEL, NORTHERN ENTRANCE, MORETON BAY.

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The Floating Buoy Vessel having been repaired, is now again in her former position. A Bell has been affixed to the mast, which will be rung by the motion of the vessel.

Department of Ports and Harbours, Brisbane, 8th April, 1881.

H. W. WYBORN,

Acting Portmaster.

The substance of this Notice, as soon as it is received on board, is to be inserted in red ink on the Charts affected by it; and introduced into the margin, or otherwise in the page, of the Sailing Directions to which it relates. See Admiralty Instructions, Navigation and Pilotage, pp. 312 and 313.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

(No. 17.)

CHINA-EAST COAST.

(1) Shoal Ground in Tingtae Bay.

Information has been received from Captain Napier, H.M. Surveying vessel Magpie, of the existence of shoal ground lying in the south-western part of Tingtae bay:—

This shoal consists of a rocky patch, a quarter of a mile long in a N. by E. and S. by W. direction, and one-eighth of a mile broad, with 2 fathoms over it; its southern extreme (2 fathoms) lies with the following bearings and distances, viz. :——

Nantai Washau pagoda,.

South extreme of Table head,

Notch island summit,....

.N. 13° W.

..N. 721⁄2 E., distant 2 miles. ..S. 41 W., 311th

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HAI-TAN STRAIT-SOUTH-WESTERN APPROACH. (2) Sunken Rocks South-Eastward of Passage Islands.

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Also, of the existence of three sunken rocks lying in and near the northern channel between Passage and Red Yit islands, south-western approach to Hai-tan strait-

1. DOUGLAS ROCK, on which the steam-vessel Douglas struck in 1880, is a pinnacle rock of very small extent (only a few feet), with 4 feet over it at low water spring tides, lying with the following bearings and distances, viz. :—

Rock (one foot high),..

Western summit of West Passage island,.

Cliff island summit,

N. 22° E., distant 3th cables. .N. 48 W. ......S. 493 W.

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NOTE.-The wreck of the steam-vessel Douglas bears N. 67° E., distant 14 cables from the Rock (one foot high). 2. The Northern of two pinnacle rocks situated south-eastward of Douglas rock, is of very small extent, with 12 feet

over it at low water spring tides, situated with the following bearing and distance, viz. :-

Rock (one foot high),..........

.....N. 10° E., distant 3 cables.

3. The Southern rock is also of very small extent, with 6 feet over it at low water spring tides, lying with the Northern

pinnacle bearing N. 14° E., distant 13th cables. NOTE. The channel between Passage and Cliff islands cases of emergency-the bearing of White island, given on

cannot be recommended, and should not be used except in Admiralty plan No. 818, as leading through, should be erased. (The bearings are Magnetic. Variation Page bends,

Tingtae bay, Passage islands, By Command of their Lordships,

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Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 5th February, 1881.

Westerly in 1881.)

FREDK. J. EVANS,

Hydrographer.

This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts :-Hongkong to Lian-tung gulf, No. 1262; Formosa island and strait, No. 1968; Chaun bay to port Matheson, No. 1760 (1 only); port Matheson to Ragged point, No. 1761 (2 only); Channels between Red Yit and Ragged islands, No. 818 (2 only): Also, China Sea Directory, vol. III., 1874, pages 165, 188.

The substance of this Notice,.as soon as it is received on board, is to be inserted in red ink on the Charts affected by it; and introduced into the margin, or otherwise in the page, of the Sailing Directions to which it relates. See Admiralty Instructions, Navigation and Pilotage, pp. 312 and $13.

NOTICE TO MARINERS. (No. 18.)

CHINA EAST COAST. Occulting Light on Breaker Point.

The Chinese Government has given Notice, that on 8th December, 1880, a light was exhibited from a lighthouse erected (close seaward of the boulder) on Breaker point:-

The light is an occulting light, alternately showing for eight seconds and suddenly disappearing for two seconds, elevated 152 feet above the sea, and should be visible in clear weather from a distance of 19 miles. It shows white seaward between the bearings of N. 53° E. and S. 55° W., and red inshore of those bearings to the land.

The illuminating apparatus is dioptric, or by lenses, of the first order.

The lighthouse, 120 feet high, circular in shape, and constructed of iron, is painted black and white in horizontal bands; the dwellings and boundary wall white.

Position approximate as given, lat. 22° 56′ 30′′ N., long. 116° 28′ 10′′ E.

(The bearings are Magnetic. Variation 0 in 1881.)

By Command of their Lordships,

Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 5th February, 1881.

FREDк J. EVANS,

Hydrographer.

This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Hongkong to Liau-tung gulf, No. 1262; China sea, No. 26616; Formosa island and strait, No. 1968; Chelang point to Chauan bay, No. 1963; anchorages on east coast of China, No. 81!: Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, &c., 1881, page 24; and China Sea Directory, vol. III., 1874, page 143,