902 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH SEPTEMBER, 1896.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 356.
Tenders will be received at this Office until Noon of Tuesday, the 22nd September, 1896, for excavating and depositing Earth in the Hopper or other Barges for filling in Sections Nos. 4 and 5 under Praya Reclamation Ordinance of 1889.
No work will be permitted under this contract on Sundays.
For form of tender, specification, and further particulars apply at the Praya Reclamation Office. No tender will be received unless the person tendering produces a receipt to the effect that he has deposited in the Colonial Treasury the sum of $50 as a pledge of the bona fides of his offer, which sum shall be forfeited to the Crown if such person refuses to carry out his tender, should the tender be accepted.
The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th September, 1896.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 357.
The following Extract of Meteorological Observations, made at the Hongkong Observatory during the Month of August, 1896, is published.
By Command.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th September, 1896.
J. H. STEWAht Lockhart, Colonial Secretary.
EXTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, MADE AT THE HONGKONG OBSERVATORY, DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST, 1896.
DATE.
BARO-
METER
AT
TEMPERATURE.
HUMIDITY.
WIND.
CLOUDI- SUN-
NESS. SHINE.
RAIN.
M.S.L.
Max.
Mean.
Min.
Rel.
Abs.
Dir.
Vel.
о
ins.
p. c.
ins.
p. c.
hrs.
ins.
Points.
Miles.
p. h.
1,
29.89
82.9
80.4
77.9
88
0.91
47
10.3
E by S
13.4
2,
.85
86.0
81.6
76.9
77
.83
11.6
E by S
9.6
3,
.80
83.1
80.9
78.8
84
.88
76
3.0
0.055
E by N
23.2
4,
.81
82.9
81.2
78.9
84
.90
95
0.2
0.040
SE by E
32.7
5,
.89
85.2
80.4
77.0
87
.90
85
2.3
1.100
SE
14.2
6,
.89
84.4
81.0
78.9
85
.89
41
10.0
E by S
10.8
7,
.84
89.9
82.3
77.7
79
.87
19
10.9
NW
3.7
8,
.75
89.0
83.8
77.5
74
.86
19
11.8
W by N
8.3
9,
.63
88.1
82.5
77.6
75
.84
86
5.9
0.850
E by N
36.5
10,
.76
82.7
80.7
78.6
85
.88
91
4.2
0.995
ESE
33.0
11,
.82
86.1
81.5
79.6
84
.90
54
10.7
E by S
13.9
12,
.76
87.0
81.8
78.5
81
.88
66
8.2
E by S
4.0
13,
.75
86.3
82.0
78.5
81
.88
26
10.6
SE by E
6.8
14,
.75
89.1
82.6
77.6
77
.86
14
11.3
SW by S
3.2
15,
.70
91.1
84.0
79.7
75
.87
51
11.1
S by W
6.4
16,
.65
90.7
84.5
80.0
77
.92
32
10.8
SW
7.1
17,
.69
90.0
84.3
81.0
74
.88
66
8.7
SW
7.0
18,
.73
89.7
84.3
80.4
77
.91
58
8.8
SW
6.0
19,
.77
88.7
83.5
80.1
78
.90
71
8.2
ESE
11.5
20,
.84
86.4
82.9
79.3
82
.92
75
8.6
0.295
E by S
15.4
21,
.85
87.3
83.5
80.3
78
.89
34
10.6
0.010
E by S
13.3
22,
.83
88.5
83.4
79.4
78
.89
79
8.9
E
9.0
23,
.81
88.3
82.7
78.7
80
.90
92
6.5
0.180
E
4.6
24,
.76
88.9
1
82.8
78.2
79
.89
91
6.1
W by
4.0
25,
.75
83.2
79.5
76.0
87
26,
.75
85.5
80.5
78.5
84
27,
.75
86.5
81.7
78.0
82
28,
.74
87.5
82.3
77.5
79
29,
.73
90.3
83.6
79.0
79
30,
.77
90.8
84.5
79.1
78
31,
.76
89.4
84.2
79.4
79
x x x x x x x
.87
90
2.8
1.530
E by N
6.0
.87
59
2.1
0.110
E by S
4.3
.88
15
11.0
E by S
9.5
.87
41
8.4 0.030
ESE
7.1
.91
35
9.4.
S by W
4.4
.93
54
10.1
SW by
4.6
.93
35
9.7
E by S
9.3
Mean or Total,
29.78
87.3
82.4
78.7
80
0.89
56
252.8 5.195
ESE
11.1