374
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH JULY, 1878.
RETURNS OF BIRTHS and DEATHS for the 2nd Quarter of 1878, ending 30th June.
* DISTRICTS.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN COMMUNITY.
CHINESE.
DEATHS. BRITISH & FOREIGN COMMUNITY.
BIRTHS.
DEATHS.
BIRTHS.
DEATHS.
Boys. Girls. Males. Females. Boys. Girls.
Males. Females.
British, &c.,
..15
Victoria,
19
17
30
142
104
448
436
Portuguese,
7
Kow-loon,
9
31
27
Indian, &c.,
5
Sháu-kí Wáng.
15
21
7
Non-Residents,
..10
Aberdeen,
3
14
9
Stanley,
3
8
1
37
TOTAL,...
19
17
30
7
169
122
522
480
GRAND TOTAL,
ANNUAL DEATH-RATE, PER1,000 FOR 2ND QUARTER OF
1878.
Whole Population,.....
29.86
Births,
327
British & Foreign Community,
16.48
Deaths, ...1,039
Do. deducting non-Residents, Chinese,
13.78
30.79
Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 24th July, 1878.
No. 150.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
CECIL C. SMITH,
Registrar General,
The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong. 27th July, 1878.
Government of indi
ja.
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE, AND COMME
NOTICE TO MAKINERS.
[No. 14.]
HINDOSTAN-WEST COAST-BOMBAY HARBOUR.
Beacon on Chol Kádu Rock.
Leting
PRICE,
Secretary.
Notice is hereby given that a large, circular, gray stone beacon, 20 feet in diameter, and 60 feet above mean sea-level, has been erected on the Choul Kádu rock, off Alibagh.
The beacon is in latitude 18° 36′ 0′′ N., and longitude 72° 50′ 8′′ E., and from it the following bearings have been taken :-
Kenery or Kundari light-house
Temple in Kolaba Fort
Saugur Gurh Hill Fort
Kurla Fort (central summit).
.N. by W. W. .N. N. E.
.N. E. by E. 3 E. .S. E. 1 S.
The rock, on which this beacon has been placed, uncovers 9 feet at low-water spring tides, and the visible part-is then about 100 feet across.
This rock appears to have been altogether omitted on the coast charts, although the foul ground, known as Choul Kádu reef, which lies i1⁄2 miles to the south-west, or outside of it, is shewn.
[Bearings are Magnetic. Variation 0° 55′ Easterly in 1878.]
By Direction of the Government of India,
A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr. (late I. N.),
Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.
MARINE SUPVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, 22nd May 1878.
This Notice will affect the following Admiralty Charts:-West Coast of India, Sheet IV, Kundari to Boria Pagoda, No. 738; Sheet I, Kutch Gulf to Viziadroog, No. 2756, India, West Coast (General Chart), Kurrachee to Vingorla, No. 826; also, Admiralty West Coast or Hindostan Pilot, page 125; and Taylor's Sailing Directory, Vol. I, page 385.
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.
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