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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH JANUARY, 1877.
NOTICE.
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Notice is hereby given, that the Crown Rents for the half-year ending 25th December, 1876, should be paid into the Treasury on or before the 15th January, 1877.
Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 27th December, 1876.
NOTICE.
C. MAY,
Acting Colonial Treasurer.
Owners of Tenements assessed to the Police, Lighting, Water, and Fire Brigade Rates, are hereby informed that the Rates for the First Quarter of the year 1877, are payable in advance, during and within the Month of January next.
It is requested that such Rates may be paid before the 31st January, as after that date - application will be made to the Supreme Court for the recovery of arrears.
Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 30th December, 1876.
C. MAY,
Acting Colonial Treasurer.
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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th January, 1877.
Government of India.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
(No. 20.)
BAY OF BENGAL-COROMANDEL COAST.
Fixed Light at Calingapatam Point.
The Madras Government has notified that, on and after the 15th December 1876, a light will be exhibited at Calingapatam Point, and is intended to warn ships off a small reef which projects from the Point, and which should not be passed in less than 8 fathoms, when making the port of Calingapatam at night.
The light will be a fixed white light, displayed from the top of an obelisk of cut stone; the lantern, of country manufacture, with three reflectors, is elevated 64 feet above highwater level, and when approached from a south-east direction, should be visible from a distance of 8 miles.
Position of light-house as given :-Lat. 18° 19′ N., Long. 81° 7′ 30′′ E.
A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr. (late I. N.),
MARINE SURVey Department, CALCUTTA, 7th December 1876.
Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Bay of Bengal, No. 70 a; and Indian Ocean, No. 748 b: also Admiralty List of lights in South Africa, East Indies, &c., 1876; the Indian Marine Survey Light List, 1876, No. 71; and Taylor's Sailing Directory, Vol. I, page 467.
If this Notice is received on board ship, the substance of it should be inserted on the Charts affected by it, and introduced into the Sailing Directions to which it relates.
South Australia.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
INVESTIGATOR'S STRAITS.
Marine Board Office, Port Adelaide, 14th November, 1876.
Notice is hereby given, that on board the steamer Governor Musgrave, during a passage from Wedge Island towards Investigator's Straits, a very heavy break was observed about one mile W. by N. magnetic from Emmes Reef. At the time a moderate S.W. gale was blowing, with a high sea from the same quarter. As this break does not appear on the Admiralty Charts, Masters of Vessels trading to or from Spencer's Gulf are hereby cautioned while navigating in this locality.
R. H. FERGUSON, President Marine Board.
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