THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH AUGUST, 1877.
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"If from any cause the light-vessel be unable to exhibit all her usual lights whilst at her station, the riding light will be shown and such portion of her usual lights as may be possible to exhibit.
"Note. The firing of special rockets of an explosive character from a light-vessel will denote the need of assistance from the shore."
By Direction of the Government of India,
MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, 7th July 1877.
A. DUNDAS TAYLOR,
Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.
This Notice will affect the following Admiralty Charts:-Hooghly River, No. 136 a; Sea face of Sunderbuns, No. 138 a; Palmyra point to Chitta- gong, No. 1681; Bay of Bengal, No. 70 a; Indian Marine Survey Chart-No. 115: also the Admiralty light list for South Africa, China, &c., 1877, and Taylor's Sailing Directory, Vol. I., page 476.
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
Government of Brisbane.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
ROCK, FLINDERS PASSAGE, TORRES STRAITS.
The following additional information relative to the Rock in Flinders Passage, of which a notice was issued from this office on the 6th March last, has been received from Captain Hannah :—
The Rock, which is small in extent, and steep to on all sides, lies in the following position, viz. :-
Channel Rock......
North-western extreme of King Point on with the hill standing midway between that point
and Horned Hill...
West.
.S. 3 E.
The Police Magistrate's house on Vivien Point being nearly in line with the south-east peak of Friday Island.
Vessels entering the Passage from the eastward should keep the North Point of Prince of Wales' Island in line with the North-west extremity of Horn Island while passing the line of the Midway Hill and King Point. After passing this line, the northern end of Channel Rock should be steered for until the North-west end of Horn Island bears S. W., when the buoys at the eastern end of Ellis Channel will be in sight, and a course may be steered for the anchorage under Thursday Island accordingly.
G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N.,
Portmaster.
Department of Ports and Harbours, Brisbane, 23rd June, 1877.
Government of Brisbane.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
SHOAL, HALIFAX BAY.
A shoal, the least water on which does not exceed 3 feet at low-water springs, is reported by Captain Phillips, of the "Florence Irving," as lying in the following position, viz.:——
West end of Acheron Island. Cordelia Rock...
.N.E. N.
E. by S.
The shoal lies East and West, and is about half-a-mile in length; the water deepening gradually on its eastern side, while to the north-westward the depth increases suddenly from 3 feet to 4 fathoms, dead coral and sand bottom.
G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N.,
Department of Ports and Harbours, Brisbane, 27th June, 1877.
Portmaster.
No. 170.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on the spot, on Monday, the 13th day of August, 1877, at 5.30 P.M., are published for general informa
tion.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th August, 1877.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 13th day of August, 1877, by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of One Lot of Crown Land, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a Term of 75 Years.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
No.
of Sale.
Registry No.
Boundary Measurements.
LOCALITY.
Contents in
N.
S.
E.
w. Square ft.
Annual Upset
Rent.
Price.
feet. feet. feet: feet.
$
1 Hongkong Farm North Side of Mount Kellet,.........
Lot No. 64.
288.6 447.6 400.0248.0 106,326
24.40
300.00
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