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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 2ND APRIL, 1879.

I-LOCAL POSTAGE.

Within any Town or Settlement, or between Hongkong, Canton, and

Macao, in either direction,

By Private Ship between any other two of the following (through a British Office), viz.: Hongkong, Macao, China, Japan, Siam, Cochin China, Tonquin, and the Philippines,

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Yokohama, in either direction,

Parcels; Between British Offices in China, Japan, Macao, Pakhoi,

Singapore, Penang, and Malacca, by Private Ship only,

General Post Office, Hongkong, 1st April, 1879.

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The following Notice to Mariners is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st April, 1879.

Government of India.

W. H. MARSH,

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE, AND COMMERCE.

NOTICE TO MARER.

[No. 11.]

EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO.

CELEBES ISLAND-NORTH COAST.

· Shoal Coral Ground in Strait of Banka.

Colonial Secretary.

The Netherlands Government has given Notice of the existence of two coral shoals lying nearly in the fai strait of Banka, north coast of Celebes island:

1. A shoal, on which the least water found was 32 fathoms, lying with the following bearings, viz.:-

Cape Coffin Likoepang flagstaff North cape.

.S. 563° E. .S. 391 W. .N. 80 W.

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2. A shoal, on which the shoalest depth obtained was 6 fathoms, situated 9 cables north-west of the above shoal, and lying with the following bearings, viz. :—

Cape Coffin.

Likoepang flagstaff.

North cape.

.S. 541° E.

.S. 31 W. .N. 851 W.

NOTE. The south point of Nain island just open of North cape leads northward of this shoal ground.

[The bearings are Magnetic. Variation 120 Easterly in 1879.]

By Direction of the Government of India,

R. C. CARRINGTON, Chief Civil Assistant, for A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr. (late I. N.),,

Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.

MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, 20th February 1879.

This Notice affects the following:-British Admiralty Charts, Nos. 943, 2575, and 930.

If this Notice is received on boardship, the substance of it should be inserted on the Charts affected by it, and introduced into the Sailing Directions to which it relates.