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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

Published by Authority.

No. 21.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 21st MAY, 1870.

VOL. XVI.

39. 04.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Hydrographic Notices, received from the Admiralty, are published for the infor- tion of Mariners and others whom it may concern.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th May, 1870.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

...formation coutained 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. 4.]

CHINA SEA DIRECTORY,—VOL. II.

NOTICE NO. 6.

ROCK OFF GREAT NATUNA ISLAND.

Information has been received of the loss of the British ship Devonport, by striking on an unknown sunken rock off the coast of Great Natuna island, during her passage from London to Shanghai in September, 1809.*

[ All Bearings are Magnetic. Variation 1° 30′ Easterly in 1870. ]

Devonport Rock. This danger is about 10 miles distant from the east coast of the Great Natuna island, and in the urhood of deep water, 34 fathoms. It has about 17 feet water on the part where the Devonport struck. From the the following bearings were taken; Senoang island N.W., and Kamodi island S.W. by W., which places it in about lat.

N. and long, 108° 30′ E.

Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London,

1st February 1870.

See Admiralty Charts:-China Sea, No. 2660 a; and Nutuna islands, No. 1348; also, China Sea Directory, Vol. H., page 49.

rmation 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. 5.]

AUSTRALIA DIRECTORY,-Vol. II.

NOTICE No. 5.

TORRES STRAIT-WESTERN CHANNELS.

Portmaster of Brisbane, Queensland, has forwarded the following information relative to a smali sunken rock off uit island, near Cape York, obtained from Captain Edwards of the ship Melanie.*

[All Bearings are Magnetic. Variation 4° 50′ Easterly in 1870.]

beards Rock-This rock was seen from the Melanie in June 1869, while working up from Wednesday island. When rock the peak of Pole island was just in sight to the eastward of Double island, Strait rock open to the northward of hill on Horn island, and the south point of Hammond island well open of the south point of Wednesday island, rock is very small, probably 20 feet square, and considered to have about 6 feet water on it; from the above bearings

to lie S. W. about 1 miles from East Strait island.

danger is to the northward of the course recommended through this part of Torres Strait, but Mariners should keep ok-out when in the neighbourhood of East Strait island.

Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London,

4th February 1870.

Admiralty Charts-Torres Strait, Sheet I., No. 2375; Australia, East Coast, Sheet XXI., No. 2354 ; Coral Sea, and Great Barrier Reef, No. 2704; also Australia Directory, Vol. 11., page 243.