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Ordinances incon-

sistent herewith

repealed.

Penalties how recoverable.

Title.

Section II of

Ordinance No. 3 of 1859 repealed.

No Transaction of Business by the

between the 20th

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28ти JULY, 1866.

XX. All Ordinances or portions of Ordinances inconsistent with the Provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed.

XXI. All Penalties imposed under this Ordinance shall be recovered and may be distributed in the manner provided by Ordinance No. 10 of 1844.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative

Council thereof, for altering the Time of the Vacation of the Supreme Court.

Be it enacted and ordained by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

I. Section II of Ordinance No. 3 of 1859 is hereby repealed.

II. Except for the Purpose of issuing Writs, receiving Petitions or completing Supreme Court, &c., any Sessions, Hearing, Inquiry or Trial actually commenced on or before the Day next

hereinafter mentioned, no Business shall be transacted by the Supreme Court, or the. August and the 12th Offices connected therewith, from the Evening of the Twentieth Day of August in each Year until the Morning of the Twelfth Day of October then next following: Provided may direct re-opening nevertheless, that it shall be lawful for the Governor at any time to direct the business

October.

Proviso. Governor

of Court.

of the Supreme Court to be resumed during the period above named, and to make any other Order in the Premises which to the said Governor may seem expedient and necessary for the Public interests and convenicnce.

No. 115.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

At the request of Commodore JONES, the following Hydrographic Notice respecting a Rock North Eastward of the Lammock Islands, and also respecting Mackinnon Rock, is published for the information of Mariners, and others whom it may concern.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th July, 1866.

W. H. RENNIE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Mr. Tizard, Master R.N., and Chief Assistant Surveyor of H.M.S. Rifleman, having, under the orders of Commodore O. J. Jones, proceeded to Swatow for the purpose of searching for certain rocks in the neighbourhood of that port, the result is hereby made known for general information.

JNO. WM. REED, Master Commanding H.M.S. “Rifleman,"

and in Charge of China Sea Survey.

Hongkong, 20th July, 1866.

HYDROGRAPHIC NOTICE. CHINA, EAST COAST.

SHEET 3, AND NAMOA ISLAND.

Variation 0° 0'.

LAMOCK ISLANDS.-The two small Islands North-eastward of the East Lamock Islands are, with reference to East Lamock Island, incorrectly laid down on the Chart; they should be farther to the South-eastward. Assuming East Lamock Island to be correctly laid down; from its South-east point the North Rock bears N. 38° E. instead of N. 29° E., and the Island between North Rock and East Lamock Island bears from the South-east point of East Lamock Island N. 29° E. instead of N. 15° E., as shewn on the Chart, (see Admiralty Chart, Namoa Island, No. 1957.)

The distances shewn on the Chart are correct. The South-east extremity of East Lamock Island is in line with the South-east extremity of North Rock on the bearing S. 429 W. instead of S. 25° W.

From the North-east point of North Rock the observed true bearing of Dome Island was found to be N. 67° 50′ W., agreeing with the Chart.

TIMES ROCK situated to the North-eastward of the Lamock Islands, originally reported by Mr. Anderson of the schooner Times, (vide China Pilot, p. 104,) and on which several vessels have recently struck, is a dangerous coral pinnacle with only 9 feet over it at low water. From it the North Rock of Lamock Islands bears S. 37° W., distant a little over a mile; and Dome Island N. 73° 30′ W., distant 12 miles.

When on the Rock the East bluff of East Lamock Island is just seen open Westward of the Western apex of North Rock, the extremes of the Islands subtending an angle of 13° 11'.

The High Lamock, opens North-westward of East Lamock clears the Rock to the North-westward; and opens South- eastward of it, clears the Rock to the South-eastward.

To avoid this danger, the angle subtended by the Lamock Islands should not be greater than 10°, when the High Lamock is shut in.

The Times, and other vessels placed this Rock farther from the Islands, but on nearly the same bearing as given above The distance, which with them must have been mere guess work, was carefully measured from II. M. gun-boat Drake, whis at anchor on the Rock. Its position as marked on the Admiralty Chart, from the authority of Mr. Anderson, was over, but no danger could be discovered, and the fishermen, who were offered a reward to point out any other Rocks, asser that none other exist in that vicinity.

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