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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST MAY, 1881.

FINDING.

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We find that the British Steam-ship Lorne, Official No. 62,297, Master, JOHN MCKECHNIE, number of certificate of competency 97,232, was stranded on the right bank of the River Han, near Peaked Rock, at the entrance to Swatow, on the morning of the 3rd instant. The vessel discharged and jetti- soned her cargo, and floated off with the tide on the morning of the 4th.

We are of opinion that the Master was not justified in continuing his course after passing Bill Island. The weather was foggy, and the Master's knowledge of the tides was imperfect.

The vessel was navigated with proper precaution as regards the speed of the engines and the use of the lead; and after the stranding every endeavour was made to get the ship afloat again.

The Court do not consider it necessary to deal with the Master's certificate in this case, but they recommend JOHN MCKECHNIE to be more cautious for the future.

The costs of the Court, amounting to twenty dollars, are to be paid by the Master. Dated at Hongkong, this 14th day of May, 1881.

(Signed)

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H. G. THOMSETT,

THOS. F. THOMAS,

E. BURNIE,

R. J. MCCONNELL,

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"J

C. WHITE,

Siipendiary Magistrate and

Harbour Master. Lieutenant, R.N.

Masters in the Mercantile

Marine.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.No. 192.

The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.

By His Excellency's Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 21st May, 1881.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

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. 34.)

CHINA-EAST COAST.

YANGTSE-KIANG ENTRANCE.

Wreck Near Amherst Rocks.

The Chinese Government has given Notice, dated 24th January, 1881, that the wreck of the British barque Chinaman lies in 5 fathoms water off the entrance to the Yangtse-Kiang, with the following bearing and distance, viz.:—

Amherst rocks,................

NOTE.-The iron masts of the wreck were then showing above water.

..N. 37° E., distant 7 miles.

(The bearing is Magnetic. Variation 21° Westerly in 1881.)

By Command of their Lordships,

Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 16th March, 1881.

FREDK J. EVANS,

Hydrographer.

This Notice temporarily affects the following Admiralty Charts:---Hieshan islands to Yangtse-Kiang, No. 1199; Yangtse-Kiang to Nanking, No. 1480; Yangtse-Kiang entrance, No. 1602: Also, China Sea Directory, vol. III., 1874, page 347.