THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26TH SEPTEMBER, 1885.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 375.
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The following Notices under the Contagious Diseases Ordinance, 1867, are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th September, 1885.
FREDERICK STEWART,
THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867.
Acting Colonial Secretary.
It is hereby notified that the part of the house hereinafter mentioned, that is to say, the Second Floor of No. 1, Mi Lun Lane, was, on the 24th day of September, 1885, pursuant to Section 23 of the above Ordinance, declared by me under my Hand and Seal of Office to be an Unlicensed Brothel, J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Acting Registrar General.
L.S.
Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 24th September, 1885.
THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867.
It is hereby notified that the part of the house hereinafter mentioned, that is to say, the First Floor of No. 336, Queen's Road West, was, on the 26th day of September, 1885, pursuant to Section 23 of the above 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, 26th September, 1885.
Acting Registrar General.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 344.
Tenders will be received at this Office until Noon of Thursday, the 1st October, 1885, for the removal of excretal matters from the City of Victoria, until 31st December, 1886.
For form of tender, specification, and full particulars, apply at the Office of the Sanitary Board.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th August, 1885.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary,
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 225. The following Notice from the Government Astronomer is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th May, 1885.
NOTICE.
W. H. MARSH,
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 China Coast Meteorological Register issued daily from here.
3. The Meteorological signals do not imply that a typhoon is approaching the Colony. Local Storm-warnings are given by firing the gun placed at the foot of the mast. It will be fired one 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 ain particularly engaged at other times.
Hongkong Observatory, 25th May, 1885.
W. DOBERCK, Government Astronomer.