THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH NOVEMBER, 1881.
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7. A rock (Powan) about 50 feet in extent, on which the steam vessel Powan run in 1874, with a least depth over it of 5 feet, lies in the Whompoa channel, 183 yards from the north bank of the river, with the Joss house having a pagoda on the top, Bearing N. 83 W.; Inclined pagoda S. 82 W.; and Whampoa pagoda S. 34° E.
8. A rock of about 20 feet surface, with 7 feet over it at low water, lies W. S. distant three quarters of a mile from Powan rock, and 155 yards from the south bank, with the Joss house having a pagoda on the top bearing N. 73° W.; Inclined pagoda S. 81° W.; and Whampoa pagoda S. 68° E.
9. A conical rock with 3 feet over it at low water, lies W. N. from the last-mentioned rock and 187 yards from the south bank, with the little pagoda northward of Napier island bearing N. 78° W.; Inclined pagoda S. 78° W.; and Whampoa pagoda S. 71o E.
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 three quarters of a mile above the fort on the east end of Napier island, with 5 feet over its outer edge, and less water inshore-froin its outer edge, the little pagoda (northward of Napier island) bears N. 8° E.; and Inclined pagoda S. 82o E.
11. A rock with a least depth on it of 6 feet at low water, lies N. 45° E. distant 92 yards from Macao rock, and 73 yards from the highwater mark at the rocky landing to the European cemetery, Macao reach-from it the western extreme of Honan island bears N. 28° W.; tower on Macao fort S. 27° W.; and Bushy hill (146 feet), southward of Hamilton creek, S. 40° E.
12. A rocky patch, with 10 feet over it, lies 300 yards from the western end of the Shamien bund, in line with the
Joss house on the Fa-T (Fati) shore, and with Shamien church steeple bearing N. 54° E.
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TUNGAO ROAD.-Hailoong rock.' -The position of this danger (over which there is a depth of 9 fect), was determined by H.M. surveying vessel Magpie in 1880.
From the rock, Slope hill bears N. 23o E.; Black mountain, S. 80 W.; and North Pagoda, N. 26° W.
HAN RIVER.-SWATOW,3 4. -The Chinese Government has given Notice, dated 4th October 1880, that a buoy fitted with an automatic whistle has been placed about two cables south-eastward of the pinnacle of Dove rock, approach to the port of Swatow, IÏan river :-
The buoy, red and black chequered, and 10 feet in diameter at the water line, is moored in 44 fathoms water, marking the south-east extremity of the shoal ground.
The bank on the north side of Han river, eastward of Swatow, is reported to be shoaling; the south edge of this bank is marked by a square buoy, painted red."
JOKAKO BAY.-6 7-Bell island, lying one mile south-westward of Jokako point, is about 300 feet high, and the island next northward of it is about 250 feet high.
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. 2o W.
.N. 72° E., distant 2 miles. ...S. 41° W.,
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HAI-TAN STRAIT. 10-Three sunken rocks have been discovered 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.
.N. 22° E., distant 3 cables. .N. 48° W.,
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Island.
Chiff island summit
..S. 50° W.
NOTE. The wreck of the steam vessel Douglas bears N. 67° E., distant la cables from the Rock (one foot
high).
2. The Northern of two pinnacle rocks situated south-easward 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 Sonthern 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 1 cables.
NOTE.-The channel between Passage and Cliff island cannot be recommended, and should not be used except in cases of emergency: the bearing of White island, formerly given on Admiralty plan No. 818, as leading through, should no longer be used.
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See Admiralty chart:-China, eastern coast, sheet III., Chelang point to Chauan bay, No. 1,963: Also, China Sea Directory, vol. III, page Captain R. H. Napier, II.M. surveying vessel Magpie, 1880.
3 See Admiralty chart:-Han river entrance. No. 2,789, and plan of port of Swatow, No. 854. scale m = 3.1 inches: Also, China Sea Directory, vol. III, p. 147.
4 Originally published in Notice to Mariners, No. 220, of 27th November 1880.
5 Remark book of Navigating Sub-lieutenant F. Lancelot, H.M.S. Moorhen, 1879.
6 Sec Admiralty chart :-China, east coast, sheet IV., Chanan bay to port Matheson, No. 1,760: Also, China Sea Directory, vol. III., page 159. * Remark book of Lieutenant J. F. Stuart, H.M.S. Sheldrake, 1880.
8 See Admiralty chart :-China, eastern coast, sheet IV., Chauan bay to Port Matheson, No. 1,760: Also, China Sea Directory, vol. III,, page 165, and Hydrographic Notice, No. 17 of 1878.
• Originally published in Notice to Mariners, No. 17 of 5th February 1881.
10 See Admiralty chart:-China, eastern coast, sheet V., Port Matheson to Ragged point, No. 1,761; and plan of channels between Red Yit and Rugged island, No. 818, scale = 3 inches: Also, China Sea Directory, vol. III. page 188.
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