No. 51.
THE HONGKONG, GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26TH FEBRUARY, 1879.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notice to Mariners is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th February, 1879.
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W. H. MARSH,
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 Instructions, Navigation and Pilotage, p. 172.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
[No. 169.]
CHINA-EAST COAST.
YANGTSE-KIANG-WUSUNG RIVER ENTRANCE.
(1) Alteration in Position of Wusung Bar Light- Vessel.
With reference to Notice to Mariners No. 19, of 7th February 1878, on the intended alteration in Lismore wreck light-
The Chinese Government has given further Notice, that the foundation of Lismore wreck lighthouse having been removed, Wusung outer bar light-vessel has been shifted to the site of that lighthouse; one cable southward of her
former station.
(2) Alterations in Wusung Light.
Also, that the following alterations have been made in the light exhibited on the West side of Wusung river entrance:--- The light (fixed) now shows white from the river bank north-west of the lighthouse to the bearing of S. 2° W.; green between the bearings S. 2° W. and S. 594° W.; white over the navigable channel of the entrance between S. 591° W. and S. 7240 W.; and red between S. 7240 W. and the opposite bank of Wusung river.
(3) Alteration in Position of Wusung Outer Bar Buoy.
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Also, of the following alteration in the position of Wusung outer bar buoy ;- The buoy (red and black in vertical stripes) on the western side of Wusung river entrance, has been moved one cable eastward of its former position.
NOTE. Wusung outer bar is subject io frequent changes, but at present (August 1878) the deepest water will be found from half a cable to one cable northward of the bar light-vessel.
[The bearings are Magnetic. Variation, 21° Westerly in 1878.]
By Command of their Lordships,
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 25th November 1878.
FREDERICK J. EVANS,
Hydrographer.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Yangtse-Kiang to Nanking, No. 1480; Shanghai to Nanking, No. 2809; Hieshan islands to Yangtse-Kiang, No. 1199; Yangtse-Kiang entrance, No. 1602; Wusung river, No. 1601: Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, China, &c., 1878, Nos. 175a and 176; and China Sea Directory vol. III., 1874, pages 359 and 360.
POST OFFICE NOTICE.
Aurbach, E., 3, Dowgate Hill, London,.
Behn, A. W., Hamburg,
Boton, Miss A., 55, Queen's Road, Hongkong....
Bourne, Mrs. E., 3. Landsdown Terrace, Eastbourne,...
Brewer, Mrs., 3, Albert Terrace, Exeter,
Chapman, Mr., Barque Seatoller, Harrington, Cumberland,.
Cowasjee, Dorabjee, Byculla, Bombay,
Dawson, Frank, Stag Hotel, Shanghai,
Dickinson, Sergeant, Galle, Ceylon,
Dunn, John, Dempster Street, Glasgow,
Florence, Miss E., 9, Devonshire Alley, Commercial Road, London,.
Gale, Miss J. E., 247, Regent Street, London,
Gaskill, E., Broad Street, Bridgetown, Barbadoes,
Geffray, A., Direction du Chemin de Fer d'Orleans, a Paris,.
Gilly, Joseph, Marseilles,......
Dead Letters.
Jenkins, John Howe, care of James Lewis, 17, Clements Inn Strand, London, 5 Isherwood, Mrs., Bridge Street, Earlstown, Lancashire,
Kwong Cheung Sang, Victoria,
Langhoff, Fraulein W., Hamburg,
Lechevalier, Marie, Rue de la Fontaine, No. 16, Havre,.
Lent, R. S., Lowestoft,
McColl, Mrs., 88, Palmerston Street, South Shields,
Penfold, Miss, Post Office, Galle,
Reid, W., H. M. S. Undaunted, East India Station,
Shields, Mrs., 73, Bouverie Street, Glasgow,
Smith, Mrs. H., 12, Tenth Court, Toxteth Park, Liverpool,
Souper, E. B., care of Reuter's Telegraph Co., London,
Wildfang, Captain, Barque Christine, Manila,..
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Will, Bernhard, 190, St. Georges in the East, London,
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The above letters have been returned from various places at which the addressees cannot be found. If not claimed within ten days they will be
opened and returned to the writers.
General Post Office, Hongkong, 24th February, 1879.
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