No. 161.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24TH AUGUST, 1872.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
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The following Decision of the Marine Court of Inquiry into the loss of the British steamer Sunshine, Official Number 45,662, off Breaker Point, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd August, 1872.
FINDING OF THE COURT.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
1st. That the British Steamer Sunshine, Official Number 45,662, of Glasgow, whilst on her voyage from Hongkong to Swatow, was on the 12th instant totally lost on the inner side of Flat Reef just Westward of Breaker Point.--China, Sheet III.
2nd. That the loss of the Sunshine is due to carelessness and want of skill on the part of the Master,
JOHN TAYLOR, who, navigating a Coast having well known dangers on it, neglected the use of the lead to ascertain his distance off shore.
The Court regrets that it has to call attention to the observations made at a Marine Court held on the 31st May last, when it remarked on the careless manner in which some of the Ships on the China Coast are navigated.
In the instance of the Sunshine, the use of the lead, the only ready means the Master had of determining his position, was ignored, and a valuable ship was lost.-One cast of the lead in time would have saved her.
The Court, taking all the circumstances of the case into consideration, do hereby suspend the Certificate of Competency (No. 8,726) of JOHN TAYLOR, for Nine Months from this date.
Given under our hands at Ilongkong, this 22nd Day of August, 1872.
Approved and confirmed,
A. E. KENNEDY,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief.
22nd August, 1872.
C. MAY, First Police Magistrate.
H. G. THOMSETT, R. N., Harbor Master, &c. T. PYKE, Un-official Justice of the Peace. ROB. MCMURDO, Government Marine Surveyor. W. M. GILLSON, Master, Mercantile Marine.
NOTICE.
A supply of Read's Patent Syringes for watering Flowers and Plants having arrived from England in excess of what is required for the l'ublic Gardens, a certain number of them have been placed with the undersigned for disposal.
The price is Three Dollars each.
Albany Road, 23rd August, 1872.
No. 152.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
C. FORD,
Superintendent of Government Gardens.
It is hereby notified, that His Excellency the Governor in Council has been pleased to direct that the existing Valuation of House property in the Villages of Hongkong shall stand for the Year 1873.
By Command,
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 31st July, 1872.
No. 112.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
An Overseer of Works is required in the Surveyor General's Department.
He must have a knowledge of building, and must have served his apprenticeship at a trade. Application must be made personally, for further particulars and terms, at the Office of the Surveyor General.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd May, 1872.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
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