THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH NOVEMBER, 1881.
The usual anchorage for gunboats is abreast the Consulate in a depth of 4 fathoms. YANG-TSE-KIANG.—Buoys. 1
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2-Actæon and Middle Bank buoys have been painted black, and now indicate the port side of the navigable channel for vessel ascending the river.
YELLOW SEA.-Hai-yun island.3 -The following information has been received from Vice-Admiral Robert Coote, C.B., Commander-in-Chief on the China station, relative to a sunken danger lying about 14 miles westward of Hai-yun (Hai-yang-tao) island, approach to Thornton haven :—
This danger (Chen-tien-chiao, or curved sunken rock), on which H.I.C.M.S. Chen-tung grounded on 13th May 1880, is about 30 yards square, with 5 feet on its shoalest pinnacle, 7 to 8 fathoms close-to, and 21 fathoms around. It lies with the following bearings, viz. :--
Zöe head,
South extreme Hai-yun island,.
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.N. 31° E. .....S. 67° E.
GULF OF PECHELI.-Peiho river entrance. The Chinese Government has given Notice, dated 18th November 1879, that two telegraph cables have been laid in the under-mentioned positions at Taku, Peiho river
entrance :-
1. A cable connects the upper corner of Taku South fort with the lower corner of the North fort.
2. A cable connects the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company's landing pier with the North bank of the river,
and is landed about 20 yards above the landing steps of the North fort. Mariners are cautioned not to anchor in the vicinity of these cables.
NOTE. It is intended to indicate the positions of the cables by beacons.
Dock. A dry dock 390 feet long over all, 300 feet long on the floor, 40 feet wide at the entrance, and capable of admitting vessels drawing 13 feet, is in course of construction at Taku, and is said to be ready for opening early in 1881.
PORT ARTHUR.' -When approaching from seaward the entrance to this port is easily recognised by a hill 600 feet high, situated at the head of the harbour, eastward of which another hill, 400 feet high, rises over the east entrance point; both of these hills have well-defined summits.
A village with joss houses is situated on the north side of a shallow bay on the east side of the harbour.
Entrance. The entrance is 270 yards wide between steep cliffs, close to which there is deep water.
From the north side of the west entrance point a long spit extends in a N.N.E. direction, having a mound on its northern extreme, from which a shoal, steep-to on the eastern side, extends E.N.E. for a distance of 120 yards. On the eastern side close within the entrance, there is a small mound surmounted by a battery and watch house.
Bar. The bar, which is composed of stones and mud, is situated at some distance within the entrance, and has over the shallowest part a depth of 14 feet at low-water springs.
Leading mark. A knoll on the hill 600 feet high (situated over the head of the harbour) in line with a small house on Observation point bearing North, leads across the bar in a depth of not less than 15 feet.
Caution. An old fort is situated close east of the house used as a leading mark; care should be taken to avoid mistaking it for the house.
Anchorage.-The best anchorage is between the extremity of the western spit and Observation point, where the holding ground is very good, being of soft mud, and only a small scope of cable is necessary.
The Albatross (164 feet long) anchored with house on Observation point, bearing Ñ. 36° E.; Flagstaff, E. 14° N.; Knob on mount on east side of entrance, S. 44° E.
From this position, with 18 fathoms of cable out the Albatross found just sufficient swinging room. There is space between the extreme of the western spit and the bar to admit of two small vessels being moored. Tides. Spring tides rise 8 feet in port Arthur.
ERRATA.
In China Sea Directory, vol. III., 1874 :—
At page 258, line 12, from bottom, for lat. 25° 35′ read lat. 25o 55′.
In Hydrographic Notice, No. 17, of 8th June 1878:-
At page 2, line 5 from top, for N.E. † N. read N.E. § E,
N.W. by N. read N.N.W.
E. by N. N. read E. & N.
N.N.W. W. read N. by W. W.
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"when abreast Lam point" read "after passing the 40 ft. and 25 ft.
islets lying N.E. of Lam point at about 2 cables distant."
In Hydrographic Notice, No. 29, of 13th December 1879 :--
At page 4, line 10 from top, for 711 read 786.
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bottom, for 14 read 13.
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read Paps. pass for Sail read Tail.
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 29th June 1881.
page 374.
See Admiralty charts :-Yang-tse-kiang to Nanking, No. 1,480; and Shanghai to Nanking, No. 2,809: Also, China Sea Directory, vol. II., 2 Chinese Notice to Mariners, No. 117, of 1880,
See Admiralty charts-Nipon, Kinsin, and Sikok islands, and part of the Korea, No. 2,347; Gulfs of Pecheli and Liau-tung, No. 1,256 : and plan of Hai-yun island, No. 2,847, scale m = 3 inches: Also, China Sea Directory, vol. III., page 487.
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Originally published in Notice to Mariners, No. 154 of 8th September 1880.
5 See Admiralty chart:-Peiho or Peking river entrance to Ko-ku, No. 2,653: Also, China Sea Directory, vol. III., page 523,
• Originally published in Notice to Mariners, No. 46, of 17th March 1880.
See plan of Port Arthur on Admiralty chart, No. 1,392 (in preparation): Also, China Sea Directory, vol. III., page 498. * Lieutenant H. C. Martin, H.M.S. Albatross, 1880,
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