No. 23. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notification received from Singapore, is published for the information of Mariners and others whom it may concern.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th March, 1862.
NOTIFICATION.
W. H. ALEXANDER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
The following Hydrographic Notices by WILLIAM STANTON, Esq., R.N., are published for general information, in anticipation of more detailed directions :No. 23.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notification received from Singapore, is published for the information of Mariners and others whom it may concern.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th March, 1862.
NOTIFICATION.
W. H. ALEXANDER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
The following Hydrographic Notices by WILLIAM STANTON, Esq., R.N., are published for general information, in anticipation of more detailed directions :PINNACLE ROCK OFF THE SOUTHERN ENTRANCE OF RHIO STRAIT. - The rock on which the Dutch Merchant "ship
Hendrik Jan is supposed to have struck upon, is a dangerous pinnacle, nearly awash at low water, and steep, having 9 and 10 fathoms close to it all round. From it, the S.E. point of Talang bears N.W. three quarters of mile, and the apex of Southwest hill, is just shut in by the south-western extremity of the island. The southern part of Talang is comparatively high, and rises to a peak 350 feet in height; Vessels should give this coast a berth of 2 miles, or by not bringing Pulo Terobi to bear southward of E. N., until South-west hill over the west extremity of Siolon, comes well open of Pulo Talang.
BANK NEAR PULO TAYA.-The Castor bank, forming a long ridge of coral and sand, nearly one mile in breadth, extends (from 4 miles east of Pulo, Taya) 13 miles in a N.N.E. direction. The shoalest part of this bank (5 fathoms) is about a mile in extent, with its eastern side steep, and bears N.E. N. 10 miles from Pulo Taya.. - The rock on which the Dutch Merchant "ship
Hendrik Jan is supposed to have struck upon, is a dangerous pinnacle, nearly awash at low water, and steep, having 9 and 10 fathoms close to it all round. From it, the S.E. point of Talang bears N.W. three quarters of mile, and the apex of Southwest hill, is just shut in by the south-western extremity of the island. The southern part of Talang is comparatively high, and rises to a peak 350 feet in height; Vessels should give this coast a berth of 2 miles, or by not bringing Pulo Terobi to bear southward of E. N., until South-west hill over the west extremity of Siolon, comes well open of Pulo Talang.
BANK NEAR PULO TAYA.-The Castor bank, forming a long ridge of coral and sand, nearly one mile in breadth, extends (from 4 miles east of Pulo, Taya) 13 miles in a N.N.E. direction. The shoalest part of this bank (5 fathoms) is about a mile in extent, with its eastern side steep, and bears N.E. N. 10 miles from Pulo Taya.