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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH NOVEMBER, 1905.
On the 3rd at 12.20 p. "The barometer is rising over China, very quickly in the extreme North, and falling rapidly over the Loochoos and Japan. The typhoon is near the Southern Loochoos, and now moving to the NE. A high pressure area has appeared over NW China, and heavy monsoon is expected to set in over the whole coast by to-morrow.
Forecast:-"N winds, freshening to strong
breezes; fine, becoming cooler."
On the 4th at 11.50 a.- "The barometer has fallen rapidly over Japan, and risen much over China and Formosa. The typhoon is situated this morning to the SE of Kiusiu, and it continues moving towards NE. Another depression is moving into the Pacific to the North of Hokkaido. An anticy- clonic area, central to the North of the Yangtze, now covers China. Gradients are steep generally, and heavy monsoon prevails over the whole of the China coast. NE gales may be expected in the Formosa Channel and the North part of the China Sea." Forecast:- Strong NE brecžes; fine."
On the 5th at 11.50 a.- "The barometer has risen generally, particularly over W. Japan and the Loochoos. The typhoon is passing away over the Pacific to the E of Japan. The anticyclone appears to be still central to the North of the Yangtze. Gradients remain steep with heavy monsoon along the whole of the China coast. NE and N gales will continue in the Formosa Channel and the N. part of the China Sea." Forecast :-" Fresh to moderate NE winds; fine."
Hongkong Observatory, 6th November, 1905.
W. DOBERCK,
Director.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. —No. 758.
Notice is hereby given that the SHELL TRANSPORT AND TRADING COMPANY, LIMITED, Of Nos. 19 and 21, Billiter Street in the City of London, England, have complied with the requirements of Ordi- nance 6 of 1898, for the registration in this Colony of their Mark No. 133 of 1905, as applied to Illuminating heating or lubricating oils, in Class 47; and that the same has been duly registered.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd November, 1905.
T. SERCOMBE SMITH, Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 759.
Notice is hereby given that Messrs. JOHN DE KUYPER & SON, carrying on business at Rotterdam, in the Kingdom of Holland, as Distillers, have complied with the requirements of Ordinance 6 of 1898, for the registration in this Colony of their Mark No. 134 of 1905, as applied to Hollands geneva, in Class 43; and that the same has been duly registered.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th November, 1905.
T. SERCOMBE SMITH, Colonial Secretary,