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No. 19.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD FEBRUARY, 1872.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.
By Command,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 31st January, 1872.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 4 of 1872.
YANGTSZE. LANSHAN CROSSING.
The Langshan Light-vessel has been moved to the Eastward about 3 cable lengths, on account of the making out of the Waterman or Middle Bank.
The following bearings are magnetic :-
Langshan Pagoda,
Fushian Fort,
Flat Tree,..
Late Position,
ACTEON SHOAL.
.N. 21° E.
.S. 631° W. .S. 815 W. N. 75° W.
A Red Nun Buoy has been placed on the S.W. end of the Acteon Shoal, to replace the one recently lost.
The following bearings are magnetic :-
Fork Tree, Great Bush,
Buoy in black and white vertical stripes,
The Buoy in black and white vertical stripes, intended for a fairway buoy, ascending the river, as the Centaur Bank has made out to the North-east.
ENGINEER'S OFFICE, CUSTOM HOUSE, Shanghai, 24th January, 1872.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 5 of 1872.
CHINA SEA.
.S. 6° E. .S. 65° W.
.N. 52° W.
should now be kept on the port hand in
DAVID M. HENDERSON,
Engineer-in-chief.
Capt. WILLIAMS, of the P. M. S. S. Costa Rica, reports having passed, on the 18th January, a vessel sunk in about 15 One mast fathoms of water, 14 miles due East of the Amherst Rocks, and shewing two masts about 10 feet above water. was heel up.
ENGINEER'S OFFICE, CUSTOM HOUSE, Shanghai, 24th January, 1872.
No. 20.
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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
DAVID M. HENDERSON,
Engineer-in-chief.
The following Letter from the Collector of Stamp Revenue, with Returns annexed, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, IIongkong, 2nd February, 1872.
No. 4.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
STAMP OFFICE, HONGKONG, 1st February, 1872.
SIR, I do myself the honor to enclose Returns shewing the Revenue derived under each Article of the Schedule to the "Stamp (Amendment) Ordinance, 1868," the number and value of each kind of Adhesive Stamps sold, and the total Revenue amounting to $10,737.00 under both heads during the month of January 1872, and I also enclose a detailed comparative Statement of the Revenue for the months of January 1871, and January 1872, respectively.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
The Honorable J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary,
HONGKONG.
F. W. MITCHELL, Collector of Stamp Revenue.
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