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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH APRIL, 1873.
The information contained in this notice is to be carefully considered, to be noted in the Sailing Directions, and compared with the chart when the ship is navigating the parts to which it refers.
HYDROGRAPHIC NOTICE.
[ No. 25.]
CHINA SEA DIRECTORY, VOL. II.
NOTICE NO. 11.
'GULF OF SIAM.
The following information relating to the Condor reef on the eastern coast of the gulf of Siam, is from the report of Lieutenant Verou of the French Dispatch-boat Frelon, who examined this danger in June 1872.*
[All Bearings are Magnetic. Variation 2o Easterly in 1872.] ↑
The Condor Reef is about half a cable in extent, having six rocky heads on which the depth varies from one to 6 feet, the shoalest part being near the south-western extreme. Eastward of the reef at a distance of half a mile there is 13 fathoms, the next cast of the lead giving 16 fathoms; westward at a distance of a quarter of a cable 6 fathoms were obtained, the next sounding being 16 fathomes, with 22 fathoms at less than 3 cables.
From the shoalest part of the Condor reef, the north-west islet of Koh Samit bears N. E. 4 N.; the small island between Koh Rong and Middle island E. by N. } N.; and the summit of Koh Rong East, distant 17 miles.
These bearings place the Condor reef in lat. 10° 43′ 40′′ N. and long. 102° 53′ 20′′ E.
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, Loulon, 27th December, 1872.
* See Admiralty Charts:-Gulf of Siam, Nos. 2414 and 2722: Also China Sea Directory, Vol. II., page 300.
Νο. 51.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hongkong, during the Month ending 31st March, 1873, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th April, 1873.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
BANKS.
AVERAGE
AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
Oriental Bank Corporation,..
436,098
200,000
Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,
411,656
150,000
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,.
550,989
200,000
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,..
1,632,578
700,000
TOTAL,.....
3,031,321
1,250,000
No. 52.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Annual Report of the Hongkong General Post Office for the Year 1872, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th April, 1873.
CECIL C. SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Νο. 16.
GENERAL POST OFFICE,
HONGKONG, 4th April, 1873.
SIR,-I have the honor to present to His Excellency Governor SIR ARTHUR EDWARD KENNEDY, K.C.M.G., C.B., the Thirteenth Annual Report on the Post Office, being that for the year 1872.
2. The events and alterations worthy of note which have occurred in the Postal service are us follows, viz. :-
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