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No. 151.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST AUGUST, 1875.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. -
The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th August, 1875.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
BEACONS-INNER ROUTE AND TORRES STRAITS.
CECIL C. SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
The following is a list of the Beacons erected in Torres Straits and the Inner Route thereto. Those which are Red and Triangular are to be left on a vessel's Starboard hand, when bound southwards; and those which are Black and Square, on her Port hand.
Red and Triangular.
Black and Square.
Hope Islands.
a Reef, north-west end
b Reef, west end.
c Reef, north end.
e Reef, west side.
d Reef, centre.
Point Lookout.
Sand-bank dry, with rocks
E.S.E 24 miles from
Point Lookout.
Cole Islands and Howick Groups.
r Reef.
d Reef, east end.
e Reef, centre.
f Reef, centre.
s Reef, west side.
Princess Charlotte's Bay to Fair Cape.
Heath Rocks, centre.
Chilcott Rocks, centre.
c South-west end. g South-west end.
i West side. m West side.
No. VI. Reef, west side. No. VII. Islet, west side. Reef in 13° 18′ 30′′ S. lat.,
west side.
tt Reef, west side.
v Reef, south-west end.
y Reef, centre.
e Reef, north-west end.
Middle Reef, south end.
Piper Islands.
East elbow of Eastern Reef.
h Reef, south end.
k Reef, islet north-west end.
Cape Grenville to Port Albany.
Ipili Reef, centre.
V Reef, north-west end. X Reef, north-west end.
Reef, west end.
Prince of Wales' Channel.
North-west Reef, Hammond
Rock bearing S.W. Ince Point, E. by S. S.
The beacon on the south-east end of the Piper Island Reef has been cut down by the natives.
Upon the eastern end of a. Reef, to the westward of the Flinders Group, is a second and smaller beacon to the northward of the main beacon, which will assist in distinguishing the reef.
The beacon originally erected on m. Reef near Young Island, having been placed on sandy bottom, has been washed down. When re-erected, it will be placed on Young Island.
Department of Ports and Harbours, Brisbane, 23rd June, 1875.
G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N.,
Portmaster.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
SHOAL OFF MONKHOUSE POINT, INNER ROUTE TO TORRES STRAITS.
On the edge of the 3 fathom line off Monkhouse Point, as shown on the chart, a Shoal Patch exists, with not more than 9 feet upon it at ordinary low water springs. The Pilot at the Endeavour River places it in the following position, viz.:—
Mount Cook (Summit), W. by S. & S.
Rocky Islet, S.E. by S. S. southerly.
Grassy Hill (Lookout House), N. W. by W.
W.
The water for some distance in-shore is from 3 to 6 feet deeper than on the shoal, and to the eastward, the bank extends from it about 1 cables, carrying from 15 to 18 feet of water, which then deepens to 4, 6, and 7 fathoms as shown on the chart.
Vessels will be clear of this danger and of the edge of the bank, while keeping Rocky Islet open of Walker Point, and of the rocky point to the southward.
G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N.,
Department of Ports and Harbours, Brisbane, 11th June, 1875.
Portmaster.
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