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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7TH FEBRUARY, 1874.

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The vessel at the time of striking drew 15 feet, and then obtained a sounding of 11 fathoms. Bearings were taken immediately after the vessel cleared the danger, when the rock lying 24 miles south of the S.E. point of Pulo Laut, bore North (westerly) and the south- west point of Pulo Laut N.N.W. W., which bearings place the danger approximately in lat. 4° 34′ 40′′ N., long. 107° 39′ 40′′ E.

[All Bearings are Magnetic. Variation 11° Easterly in 1873.]

By Command of their Lordships,

GEO. HENRY RICHARDS, Hydrographer.

Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 15th November 1873.

This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-China Sea, No. 2660 à; and Natuna islands, No. 1348: also, China Sea Directory, Vol. II., page 51.

Agent for the Sale of Admiralty Charts, Mr. J. D. POTTER, 31, Poultry, London, E.C.

No. 24.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Form of Preliminary Act now being used in Her Majesty's High Court of Admiralty, and to be used hereafter in the Vice-Admiralty Court of this Colony, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th February, 1874.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

The

PRELIMINARY ACT.

Master.

STATEMENT on behalf of the Owners of the.

I.

The Names of the Vessels

VIII.

which came into Colli

sion, and the Names of

The Lights, if any, car-

ried by her.

their Masters.

II.

IX.

Time of Collision.

Distance and Bearing of

the other Vessel when first seen.

III.

Place of Collision.

X.

The Lights, if any, of the

other Vessel which were first seen.

IV.

Direction of Wind.

Whether any Lights of the

XI.

other Vessel, other than

those first seen, came

V.

into view before the Collision.

State of the Weather.

XII.

VI.

State and Force of the

Tide.

What measures were taken, and when, to avoid the Collision.

VII.

XIII.

The course and speed of

the Vessel when the other was first seen.

Parts of each Vessel which first came in contact.

This

Day of

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Signature of Party, or his Proctor.