THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 31st JULY, 1886.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 295.
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The following Notices under the Contagious Diseases Ordinance, 1867, are published for general nformation.
By Command,
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
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⚫ Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 31st July, 1886.
THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867.
It is hereby notified that the parts of the house hereinafter mentioned, that is to say, the First d Second Floors of No. 4, A-chung Lane, were, on the 27th day of July, 1886, pursuant to Section 23 f the above Ordinance, declared by me under my Hand and Seal of Office to be Unlicensed Brothels.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Acting Registrar General.
L.S.
Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 27th July, 1886.
THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867.
It is hereby notified that the part of the house hereinafter mentioned, that is to say, the Second loor of No. 36, Gilman's Street, was, on the 29th day of July, 1886, pursuant to Section 23 of the bove Ordinance, declared by me under my Hand and Seal of Office to be an Unlicensed Brothel. J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
L.S.
Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 29th July, 1886.
Acting Registrar General.
THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867.
It is hereby notified that the parts of the house hereinafter mentioned, that is to say, the First Second Floors of No. 39, Temple Street, Yaumáti, were, on the 31st day of July, 1886, pursuant ection 23 of the above Ordinance, declared by me under my Hand and Seal of Office to be Jnlicensed Brothels.
J. H. STEWART Lockhart, Acting Registrar General.
L.S.
Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 31st July, 1886.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 143.
The following Notice from the Director of the Observatory is re-published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th April, 1886.
NOTICE.
FREDERICK STEwart,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Meteorological Signals will be hoisted on the mast in front of the Police Barracks at Tsimshatsui:-
A red drum indicates the existence of a typhoon in the China Sea to the East of the Colony. A red cone pointing upwards indicates, that a typhoon exists in a latitude more Northern
than the Colony, or, that it is progressing towards North.
A red cone pointing downwards indicates, that a typhoon exists in a latitude more Southern
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 consult
The Chma Coast Meteorological Register issued daily from here.
Meteorological signals do not imply that a typhoon is approaching the Colony. Local It will be fired r-warnings are given by firing the gun placed at the foot of the mast.
round, whenever a strong gale of wind is expected here. It will be fired two rounds,
whenever the wind is expected to blow with storm or typhoon force, and it will be fired again, if possible, when the wind is likely to shift round suddenly,-such shifting being frequently accompanied by great disasters to the shipping.
4. In cases where special information is urgently required, enquiries at the Observatory should, if
possible, be made between 1 p. and 4 p., as I am particularly engaged at other times.
Hongkong Observatory, 25th May, 1885.
W. DOBERCK, Government Astronomer.