404 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH SEPTEMBER, 1869.
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These alterations affect China Sheets II and III East Coast, and on them the shoal should be fixed with the following bearings.
No. 104.
Tongmi Point,..
West extreme Tungki Rock, Siki Rock,.
N. W. by W. W. .S. by E. § E.
.S. W. by W.
FRANCIS J. PALMER, Nav. Sub-Lieut.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
At the request of the Government of Ceylon, the following Notice, respecting the use of the Commercial Code of Signals in that Colony, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th September, 1869.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
Notice is hereby given, that from and after the 1st day of January, 1870, no Signals will be made or answered from Government Stations on shore or ships at sea except by means of the Commercial Code of Signals.
By His Excellency's Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Colombo, 16th July, 1869.
Νο. 105.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
HENRY T. IRVING, Colonial Secretary.
The following Hydrographic Notice is published for the information of Mariners, and others whom it may concern :-
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th September, 1869.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary,
The information 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. 16.]
CHINA
PILOT.
NOTICE 13.
JAPAN AND CHINA.
The following information respecting some prominent dangers on the west coast of Kiusn island, Japan, and also on the navigation of the River Min, China, has been received from Commander E. W. Brooker, of H.M.S. Sylvia.*
(All Bearings are Magnetic. Variation, 3° 27' Westerly in 1869.)
KIUSIU, WEST COAST,
Wilson Island (Kosime no Oösima.)-A shoal extends to the eastward from the south-east part of this island, having 3 fathoms on the outer end at a distance of six cables.
Chi-a-suki (Katsura-saki).-A ledge of rocks extends to the southward 1 cables.
Hakosaki Bay. The rocks off Siga-sima extend to the westward. The northern end of No-ko-no-sima (on the Admi- ralty Chart, No. 358, Nakosisima) kept well open of the south-west point of Siga-sima leads clear in. The passages to the southward of Genkai-sima, between it and the islets, have only 3 fathoms at low water.
Ellis Reef--The reef marked 5 fathoms on the Admiralty Chart, No. 358, lying south-east of Ellis reef, has only 4 fathoms on it.
Iki Channel. A rock, having only 8 feet at low water on it, lies three quarters of a mile south of the two outermost low flat rocks, Shimo Idzumi and Kami Idzumi, off the east coast of the large island of Iki-sima; the whole of that east coast is much encumbered by ledges of rocks, extending some distance from the shore.
Karatsu Bay--A bank of sand and gravel uncovers at low water, and extends 6 cables to the southward, from the south side of Hime-sima.
Yenoi-sima. There are several rocks and shoals south of this island, the outer one bearing from the peak of the island, S. W. 34 miles. The passage between Yenoi-sima and Otate is clear and safe. The direction of the currents being north- west and south-east, and setting very strongly on to the islands, much caution is required when navigating this channel.
Goto Islands.-An island about 300 feet high, named Ka-sima (not shown on the charts), lies off the east coast of the Goto islands, it is about half a mile long, east and west, and 4 cables broad, and bears from the peak of Ilira-sima S. 32° W. 5 miles. There is also a rocky islet 40 feet high, 14 mile S. 32° W. from Hira-sima peak.
*See Admiralty Charts, Western coasts of Kiusu and Nipon, No. 358; Harbours on the same coasta, No. 359; Inland Sea, No. 2875; Simonoseki Strait, No. 532; Nagasaki harbour, No. 2415; Kagosina harbour, No. 372; Gulf of Yedo, No. 2657; Strait of Tsu- gar, No. 2411; Japan, No. 2347, Kuril islands, No. 2405; also China Pilot, Chapter XII.
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