1022 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH NOVEMBER, 1881.
The information contained in this Notice is to be carefully considered, to be noted in the Sailing Directions, and compared with the chart when the ship is navigating the parts to which it refers.
HYDROGRAPHIC NOTICE.
No. 26.]
CHINA SEA DIRECTORY, VOL. III
NOTICE NO. 15.
The following information, relating principally to ports on the east cost of China, has been derived from the remarks of officers of H.M. ships employed on the China station; from Notices to Mariners published by the Chinese Government, and other official sources.
[All Bearings are Magnectic. Variation in 1881.]
Canton river... Hai-tan strait
MACAO HARBOUR.
This rock uncovers at low water.
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1o Easterly
.1° Westerly
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Min river. Port Arthur
.1° Westerly. ...310 19
-The beacon formerly marking the position of Pedra Aréca rock has been removed.
LANTAO ISLAND.2 3-LIGHT.-An iron beacon has been erected on the rock lying between Lantao and Chung islands, from which a fixed red light is exhibited.
The local steam vessels, running between Hongkong and Macao, usually take the passage between this beacon and Chung island, keeping on the eastern side of mid-channel.
CANTON RIVER.2
good mark.
Sui-Chan island.-A high pagoda has been erected on Sui-Chan island, forming a
Boca Tigris."
5 2-A large fort is in course of construction at the eastern extreme of South Wantong island, in the Boca Tigris.
Blenheim passage." wooden beacon.
"2-The shoal of 5 feet, lying midway between Barrow and Marines islands, is marked by a
SUNKEN DANGERS.' ”—The Chinese Government has given Notice, dated 9th December, 1880, that during the last few years several sunken dangers have been discovered in the navigable channels of the Canton river used by shipping. The positions and descriptions of the most dangerous of them have been ascertained, and are as follows, viz.:— 1. Three kuolls composed of sandstone in the fairway of the Eastern passage of the Second bar, each having a surface
of about 17 square yards, and rising about 4 feet above the river bed, known respectively as--
A. Wang Lan, the southernmost of the three, has 9 feet over it at low water spring tides, and lies 500 yards from the east bank of the river, with Second Bar pagoda bearing N. 67° W., and See Cheetow pagoda, S. 75° W.
B. Tai Tub, the middle knoll, bears N. 24° E. distant 150 yards from Wang lan, has 12 feet over it at low water, and lies 405 yards from the bank, with Second Bar pagoda bearing N. 69° W., and See Cheetow pagoda S. 74° W.
C. Tai Kweichan, the northern knoll, has 11 feet over it at low water, and lies 507 yards from the bank,
with Second Bar pagoda bearing N. 72° W., and See Cheetow pagoda S. 70o W.
2. About one mile above the Second Bar, and nearly opposite Nimrod creek, is a rock locally known as Sai Sheklung; it is 150 feet in length (parallel with the bank), and 100 feet in width, with a least depth over it of 9 feet at low water spring tides, and lies 300 yards from the raised bank of Pottinger island, with Mammal hill bearing N. 69° W., Second Bar pagoda S. 41 W., and See Cheetow pagoda, 26° W. Fishing stakes are placed on and beyond this rock from November to March yearly.
NOTE.-Mammal hill is in lat. 23° 3′ 5′′ N., long 113° 27′ 20′′ E.; it is a smooth round hill with conical summit, and is easily distinguished from the south-eastward, being the centre one of three cone-shaped hills.
3. Another rock known as Tai Sheklung, hears N.W. } W., distant about half a mile from Sai Sheklung and 575 yards from the East bank; it is about 150 feet in extent, with a least depth over it of 11 feet, and 4 to 6 fathoms close around, lying with High peak of Tiger island bearing S. 14° E., See Cheetow pagoda S. 22° W. and Second Bar pagoda S. 33 W.
4. A rock of small extent, on which the steam vessel Sin Nanzing touched, having 10 feet over it at low water, lies nearly in midchannel of Collinson reach, with hill (50 feet) on Danes island bearing N. 5° E.; the westernmost high peak (290 feet) on Danes island, N. 48° W., and Matheson point N. 55° E.
5. A pinnacle rock with 8 feet over it, lies about 2 cables N.W. of the north end of Pedder island, approach to
Whampoa channel; from it Whampoa pagoda bears N. 85° W.
6. A rock of small extent, with 8 feet over it at low water, lies N. 68° W. distant 45 yards from the last-mentioned rock; from it Whampoa pagoda bears N. 85" W., and the small pagoda on the east end of Whampoa island S. 13° W.
1 See Admiralty charts :-Canton river with its western branches, No. 2,562, and plan of Macao on Admiralty chart of China sea, No. 2,661a, scale m 1. 2 inches: Also, China Sea Directory, vol. III., 1874, page 62.
2 Remark book of Sub-lieutenant J. F. Stuart, H.M.S. 3heldrake, 1879.
See Admiralty charts --China, castern coast, sheet I., Mongehow to Hongkong, No. 2,212; and Chu Kiang or Canton river on chart No. 1,739: Also, China Sea Directory, vol. III., page 75.
4 See Admiralty charts :--Canton river with its western branches, No. 2562; Chu Kiang or Canton river on chart No. 1,739; and Canton river, sheet L., Lantão island to Lankeet island, No. 1,782: Also, China Sea Directory, vol. III., page 93.
See Admiralty chart :-Canton river, sheet II., Lankeet to Tiger islands, No, 1,711: Also, China Sea Directory, vol. III., page 95.
See Admiralty chart:-Canton river, sheet V., Whampoa channel to Canton, No. 1,739: Also, China Sea Directory, vol. III., page 107. 7Bee Admiralty charts :-Second Bar pagoda to Whampoa, No. 1,742; Tiger island to Second Bar pagoda, No. 1,740: Whampoa channel to Canton, No. 1,739: Also, China Sea Directory, vol. III., pages 98, 108.
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Originally published in Notice to Mariners, No. 31 of 5th March 1881.
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