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No. 5.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH JANUARY, 1878.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.
By Command,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th January, 1878.
Government of Queensland.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
SHOAL, TRINITY BAY.
Captain Saunders, of the S.S. Alexandra, reports having found a shoal in Trinity Bay with not more than 9 feet of water over it at low water. This danger is composed of sand and broken coral, is small in extent, and lies in the following approximate position :-
Island Point, nearly in line with a remarkable peaked mountain..... Round Hill
..W. by N. ↓ N.
.S.S.W.
W.
G. P. HEATH, Commander, R.N., Portmaster.
Department of Ports and Harbours, Brisbane, 16th November, 1877.
Government of India.
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE, AND COMMERCE.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
(No. 24.)
ENGLISH CHANNEL-DUNGENESS TO DOVER.
Night Signals Shown by British Pilot Vessels.
The Trinity House, London, has given notice, that on and after the 1st December 1877, the Pilot-cutters cruising between Dungeness and Dover, with Pilots for London on board, will exhibit, in addition to the white mast-head light, two flare lights in quick succession, every fifteen minutes.
These flare lights will distinguish such Pilot-cutters from Foreign Pilot boats in the vicinity.
By Direction of the Government of India,
A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr. (late I. N.),
Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.
MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, 7th December 1877.
This Notice affects the Admiralty Channel Pilot, Part I, page 227.
NOTICE TO MARINERS. DIRECTIONS FOR KURRACHEE HARBOUR.
Latitude of Light-house on Manora Point.....
Longitude..
New Revolving Light.
.24° 47′ 21′′ N. 66° 58′ 15′′ E.
The present light is a revolving white light of the first order, elevated 150 feet above the level of the sea, showing a bright flash every two minutes, visible in clear weather
High water, full and change.. Average rise and fall-Spring tides
Do.
-Neap tides.
Tides.
...20 Miles.
do.
.10 h.
9 feet 3 to 4 feet.
30 m.
6 inches.
Depth of Water in Entrance Channel, at High Water.
Spring tides Neap tides
.29 feet. .24 to 25 feet.
Draught of Vessels Entering or Leaving Port.
Vessels with a draught not exceeding 22 feet can now enter and leave the Port without difficulty or delay during all seasons of the year.
During the fair season, from October to 15th May, Vessels with a draught not exceeding 24 feet can enter and leave the Harbour.
Fixed Moorings are placed for Vessels of the largest class.
Time of Tide for Entering Port.
Sailing Vessels should enter Port on the ebb-tide.
Steamers can enter either flood or ebb at the Pilot's discretion.
Masters of Ships should not on any account attempt to enter the Harbour without a Pilot.
Harbour Improvements.
Among the extensive works executed, a Breakwater has been built, running out from Manora Point in a S. by E. ection, to a distance of 1,500 feet into 5 fathoms of water. This affords complete shelter to the entrance channel during South-West Monsoon; also a channel has been opened through the Bar with a depth of 20 feet at low water spring tides, fect in breadth. The entrance is marked by buoys, one on either side of the channel.
OTE. A Mail Steamer arriving off the Port at night should burn two blue lights in quick uccession; during the fair season a Pilot will at once but during the monsoon she must keep off the Port until daylight. Red Light is exhibited at the extreme end of the Breakwater during the fair season only.
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