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No 104.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH MAY, 1872.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notice to Mariners, received from the Admiralty, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th May, 1872.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
The substance of this Notice, as soon as it is received on board, is to be inserted in red ink on the Charts affected by it; and introduced into the margin, or otherwise in the page, of the Sailing Directions to which it relates. See Instructions, Navigation and Pilotage, p. 172.
NOTICE TO MARINERS. [No. 106.]
JAPAN-NIPON-SOUTH-EAST COAST.
Fixed Red Light on Iro-O-Saki.
The Japanese Government has given Notice, that a light is now exhibited from a lighthouse recently erected on Iro-O-saki, south- east coast of Nipon.
The light is a fixed red light, elevated 185 feet above the level of the sea, and in clear weather should be seen from a distance of 8 miles. The illuminating apparatus is of the sixth order.
The tower, 20 feet high, is built of wood, octagonal shaped, and painted white. Position lat. 34° 36′ N., long. 138° 51′ E.
By Command of their Lordships,
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 30th December 1871.
GEO. HENRY RICHARDS,
Hydrographer.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Nipon island, &c., No. 2347, and Pacific Ocean, sheet I., No. 2459: Also China Pilot, 4th edition, page 465.
No. 105.
Agent for the Sale of Admiralty Charts, Mr. J. D. POTTER, 31, Poultry, London, E.C.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Letter from His Excellency Vice-Admiral SHADWELL, C.B., F.R.S., describing the position of a supposed sunken wreck touched by the Steamer Ulysses, on the 21st April, on her voyage from Hongkong to Shanghai, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th May, 1872.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
"SALAMIS," AT SHANGHAI, 11th May, 1872.
SIR,-I have the honour to report for Your Excellency's information the position of a supposed sunken wreck on which the Ocean Steam-ship Co.'s steamer Ulysses struck on the morning of the 21st April last, (carrying away her rudder) on her passage from Hongkong to Shanghai, as communicated to me by Her Majesty's Consul from the report of the Master.
True bearings from the supposed sunken wreck-
White Rock....
Flat Rock
Dome Hill
Soundings 13 fathoms.
W.N.W. N. by W. W.
... North.
These Bearings place the wreck (or Rock) in Lat. 22° 52′ 20′′ N., Long. 116° 27′ 15′′ E, on Chart No. 1963, China, East Coast, Sheet 3.
I beg to suggest that this information should be made public for the guidance of Mariners, as the danger lies on a well frequented track.-I have the honour to be, Sir, Your Excellency's very obedient Servant,
His Excellency
Sir Arthur KENNEDY, K.C.M.G., C.B.,
Sc.,
&c.,
&c.,
CHAS. F. A. SHADWELL, Vice-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.
No. 106.
Hongkong.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Table of Meteorological Observations taken at the Government Civil Hospital during the Month of April, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 17th May, 1872.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
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