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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH JUNE, 1886.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 232.
The following Notice under the Contagious Diseases Ordinance, 1867, is published for ge information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 19th June, 1886.
FREDERICK STEWARI
THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867.
Acting Colonial Sec
It is hereby notified that the part of the house hereinafter mentioned, that is to say, the S Floor of No. 5, Sün Wai Lane, was, on the 17th day of June, 1886, pursuant to Section 23 above Ordinance, declared by me under my Hand and Seal of Office to be an Unlicensed Brothe
J. H. STEWART LOCKHAR
Acting Registrar General.
L.S.
Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 17th June, 1886.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION,-No. 143.
The following Notice from the Director of the Observatory is re-published for general inform
By Cominand,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th April, 1886.
FREDERICK STEWAR
Acting Colonial S
NOTICE.
Meteorological Signals will be hoisted on the mast in front of the Police Barracks at Tsimshá A red drum indicates the existence of a typhoon in the China Sea to the East of the ( A red cone pointing upwards indicates, that a typhoon exists in a latitude more No
than the Colony, or, that it is progressing towards North.
A red cone pointing downwards indicates, that a typhoon exists in a latitude more Sc
than the Colony, or, that it is progressing towards South.
A red ball indicates the existence of a typhoon somewhere to the West of the Colony. 2. The shipping community is supposed to be guided not solely by these signals, but to
The China Coast Meteorological Register issued daily from here."
3. The Meteorological signals do not imply that a typhoon is approaching the Colony. Storm-warnings are given by firing the gun placed at the foot of the mast. It will one round, whenever a strong gale of wind is expected here. It will be fired two whenever the wind is expected to blow with storm or typhoon force, and it will again, if possible, when the wind is likely to shift round suddenly.--such shifting frequently accompanied by great disasters to the shipping.
4. In cases where special information is urgently required, enquiries at the Observatory sh possible, be made between 1 p. and 4 p., as I am particularly engaged at other times,
W. DOBRA Government Astro
Hongkong Observatory, 25th May, 1885.