OF the several technical reference winuals published in Shanghai the China Coaster's Tide Book and Nautical Pocket Manual" is one of the best known and is of immense value to all who are in any way connected with shipping. It is im= possible to itemize all that it con tains, for it would be difficult to find anything it might include which has not a place in its pages, Tt ix the work of an expert who knows What he would require and therefore gives it for the benefit o€ others) of his class. Novelties cannot occur very' often such @ publication, but it is of interest, to draw attention to the editor himself—emph namely, the new Sanitary. Ro tigris in force at Shanghat a ports under the control of the Bfinistry of Health at Nanking, and the additional regulations applicable to navi tion on the Peiho during the months. The plan of the port of Shanghai has been revised accord with the latest issued by the Shanghai Harbour Office and shows in detail the mooring: buoys Uhroughout the whole length of the Harbour, the upper and. lower limite of which now extend to mean Lunghwa Creek and. the Yangtze, respectively. The mew scheme of re-allotment not having been conte pleted, the lan of the Hongkong Harbour buoys has been omittes In every other respect, the necessary information will be found to have been brought fully up-torate, \Gved and the whole has been put togothee {nthe usual meat and handy fora, so that the little manual takes up but small space of a bookshelf, oF can handily be earzied in the pocket, eof ree, see al ce a ones of span, Scare' wild
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