No. 4.-Painted Red, with Staff and Vane, lies in 20 feet, and from it the Tower bears S. 63° W. 3} miles; Block House N. 39* W. Buoy No. 3 S. 14° E. 23 miles.
No. 6.-Painted Red, with Staff and Vanc, lies in 19 feet, and from Block House bears N. 2 miles; Tower S. 16° E.; Buoy No. 5 S. 45° W. 13 miles.
No. 8.-Painted Red, with Staff and Vane, lies in 17 feet, and from it Paoushan Point bears N. 65% W.; leading marks into Woo. sung S. 55° W.; Mud Fort S. 12" W.
The depth of Water given, is reduced to low water, Spring Tides.
The bearings are all Magnetic.
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Light Ship-The Light Ship is moored in 43 fathoms, at low water, and bears N. by W. W. from Gutzlaff Island, from which she is distant 23 miles, and I mile from the Southern Spit of the North Bank.
The Tower-Erected on the South Shore of the Yang-tsze Kiang, at Kew Toan (A), Latitude 31° 15' 30" N., Longitude 121* 45′ E., is a plaio structure of Brick, painted Red and White. Its height is 67 feet, and it boars from the Light Ship N. 63 West, distaner 16 miles.
The Trees upon Block House Island bear from it N. 15° West, distance 8 miles.
GEO. L. CARR, Master, R.N.,
H.M.S. "Pique.”
No. 14.
True Copy,
W. WOODGATE.
BY ORDER,
WM. LENT,
Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION,
Diplomatic Department.
His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China, &c., &c., i pleased to direct that the annexed Returns of BRITISH TRADE at the PORT OF AMOY, during the Year 1856, be published for general information.
By Order,
Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 15th April, 1857.
W. WOODGATE.
No. I.-A RETURN of the NUMBER and TONNAGE of MERCHANT VESSELS, which Arrived at, and Departed from, the PORT OF AMOY, during the Year ending 31st December, 1856, distinguishing the Countries to which they belong.
British,
Dutch, ...
American,
Hamburg,
Peruvian,
Spanish,
Bremen,
Siamese,
Danish,
French,
Portuguese, Prussian,
Chilian, Norwegian,
...
ARRIVED.
DEPARTED.
UADER WHAT COLOURS.
No. of Sarra.
TONNAGE.
UNDER WHAT Colours.
No, OF SHIPS.
TORNAGE.
202
43
51,657 British, 16,364 Dutch,
190
48,452
42
15.500
22
8.642
American,
21
8.346
27
5,561
Hamburg,
28
5,709
10
4.335
Peruvian,...
9
3.795
16
4.377
Spanish,
18
4,977
1,556 Bremen,
7
1.556
10
5,010
Siamese,
}
4.950
1,090
Danish.
5
1,090
516
French,
516
2
200
Portuguese,
2
200
340
Prussian,
1
340
212
Chilian,
1
212
593 Norwegian,
I
59%
142*
13,252 | Portuguesa Lorchas,
***
146
13,436
491
113,705
484
109,672
Portuguese Lorchas,
M. C. MORRISON,
Acting Consul.
British Consulate, Amoy, 31st December, 1856,
No, II-A STATEMENT exhibiting the MOVEMENT OF BRITISH SHIPPING, in the Trade with the PORT OF AMOY, during the Year 1856; and shewing the Number and Tonnage of British Vessels in Harbour on the 31st December, 1856.
PLACES AND PORTS.
Ilongkong,
Straits,
Falmouth,
Shanghae,
Ningpo,
Fonchow....
Whampoa,
Fast Coast, Macao, Formosa,..
Cochin, Kampont,...
Siam,...
Manila, .
Callao,
Total,...
ARRIVED.
DEPARTED.
SUMMARY.
NUMBER,
TONNAGE.
NUMBER.
TONNAGE.
80 14
20,528 4,222
52
31
12,889 11,671
Entered,--
J
464
202 Vessels, 51,657 Tons,
18
7,370
20
5.874
18
.4,720
17
4,195
18
3,108
23
4,750
4
1,665
2
374
28
5,418
16
2
266
1
200
12
2,131
21
3,097
1
237
2
607
2
477
I
237
121
4
734
735
651
Cleared,
190 Vessels, 48,452 Tons
3,368 Of which number entered in Ballast,—
79 Vessels, 19,777 Tons.
Cleared in Ballast.-—----
83 Vessels, 16,116 Tons.
In Harbour on 31st December, 1856,— 18 Vessels 5,742 Tons.
202
61,657
190
48,452
British Consulate, Amoy, 31st December, 1956.
in Council shall so decide..
M. C. MORRISON,, Acting Consul.
ported to any place in the Chinese Empire.
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