SUPPLEMENT
To the HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE of 8th August, 1885.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 313.
The following report from the Government Astronomer, for the month of January, 1885, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th August, 1885.
HONGKONG OBSERVATORY.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Weather Report for January, 1885.
In the China Coast Meteorological Register, based on information transmitted by the Great Northern and the Eastern Extension Telegraph Companies, which was daily published, is given a summary of the atmospheric circumstances in Luzon and along the Coast of China. It also contains information concerning the weather in Nagasaki and Wladivostock.
22nd.
Unusual visibility was noted on the 5th, the 7th, the 14th and the 28th.
Dew fell on the evenings and during the night of the 1st and the 4th, and on the evening of the
The air was hazy during the day on the 2nd.
The Total Distance travelled by, as well as the Duration and average Velocity of Winds from different quarters were as follows:-
Direction.
Total Distunce.
Miles.
Duration.
Hours.
Velocity.
Miles
per hour.
N NE
928
91
10.2
1273
98
13.0
E
9559
478
20.0
SE
262
22
11.9
S
12
4
3.0
SW
32
7
4.6
W
296
28
10.6
NW
116
16
11.6
Calm
འ
6.
0.7