THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 31ST MAY, 1884.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 206.
The following Notice is published for general information.
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By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 31st May, 1884.
NOTICE.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Steps are being taken to erect a mast for hoisting storm-signals at Tsim-sha Tsui Police Station. In the meantime, whenever there are indications of strong wind, notice will be given to the Harbour Office, the Telegraph Companies, and to the Newspapers.
In the China Sea the earliest signs of a dangerous atmospheric depression are clouds of the cirrus type travelling from the East or thereabout, a slight rise in the Barometer, and light wind accompanied by a swell in the sea.
These signs are usually followed by a rapidly falling Barometer with increasing Temperature and Humidity, while the sky presents a threatening and vaporous appearance. When the wind rises, it · veers or backs according to the part of the depression in which the ship is situated, and according to the course steered with reference to the centre. If the Barometer falls very rapidly, and the wind is steady but increasing in force, the ship is in danger of running into the centre of the depression. Masters of ships should bear in mind, that the wind is incurving at some distance from the centre and especially in the rear of a Typhoon.
Depressions may be encountered at any season of the year, but are very rare in winter and spring. They are most frequent in September. Typhoons cannot exist south of nine degrees northern latitude.
W. DOBERCK, Government Astronomer.
Hongkong Observatory, 25th May, 1884.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 195.
The following additional regulation under Section 12 of Ordinance 7 of 1883, is published for general information.
By Command,
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th May, 1884.
Additional rule made by the Governor in Council, this 22nd day of May, 1884, under Ordinance 77 of 1883, in relation to the maintenance of order and cleanliness within the Colony of Hongkong.
No fertilization or irrigation of land with excretal matter shall be carried on within a distance of itty yards of any public road or thoroughfare.
Council Chamber, Hongkong, 22nd May, 1884.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Acting Clerk of Councils.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 190.
The following Lots of Crown Land at Wan-tsai, will be sold by Public Auction on Tuesday, the 3rd June, at Noon.
Inland Lot, No. 778.
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785. 786.
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For particulars and Conditions of Sale, see Government Notification No. 179 of the 10th instant
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 17th May, 1884.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.