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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH AUGUST, 1869.
WEATHER TABLES FOR THE PAST WEEK. REGISTER AT HARBOR MASTER'S OFFICE, PRAYA WEST.
6 A.M.
NOON.
6 P.M.
393
THERMOMETER.
1869.
Baro- meter.
Thermo- Baro- Thermo-
meter. meter.
Self Registering.
Baro-
meter.
meter.
Thermo- meter.
Min.
Max.
August
21
29.83
22
29.81
23 .29.80
"
24
29.83
>>
25
29.86
77
26
29.79
27
29.86
8888888
85
29.85
85
84
83
29.82
87
83
85
29.80
87
85
85
29.87
87
86
85
29.86
88
84
29.75
83
83
29.89
85
82
68888
87
29.78
87
29.77
87
29.79
29.85
29.81
29.74
85
29.87
09888888888888
87
85
85
3
DATE.
1869.
6 A.M.
9 A.M.
BAROMETER.
'KOON
3 P.M.
6 P.M.
6 A.M.
REGISTER AT BLOCK HOUSE, VICTORIA PEAK. Height above Sea Level 1,770 feet.
HYDROMETER.
DRY BULB.
WET BULB.
& P.M.
THERMO- METER.
Self Registering.
Min. Mar.
NOON.
Ang. 21 28.13 28.15, 28.16, 28.13 28. 9 76.0 80.0 80.0 175.0 76.0 77.0 75.0 80.0 S
WINDS.
RAIN.
Force, range from 0 to 12..
6 A.3.
G P.M.
Dirn. *. Dirn. F. Dirn. F.
In inches during the previous 24 hours.
REMARKS AS TO WEATHER.
NOON.
9 A.M.
33
2228. 9 28.10 28.12, 28. 5, 28. 677.0 78.5 77.5 75.0 76.5 75.0
23 28.9 28.10 28.12 28. 9, 28. 877.0
24 28.14 28.18 28.20 28.10 28.15 77.0
79.0 77.0 75.0 76.075.5
"
25 28.16 28.18 28.18, 28.16 28.14 76.0
75.081.0 S
75.5 78.5 IS
79.0 77.5 70.0 77.0 75.0 76.0 79.5 SbW
79.0
78.5 75.0 76.0 77.0 75.5 79.5 SbE
!
26 28. 9 28. 5 28. 0 27.98 28. 377.0 77.075.0 74.0 75.0 73.5 75.5 81.0 SELE
ļ
3 E
2 S
6 SDW
5 SbW
3 S
G E
0.00
Fine cloudy throughout.
3
In
0.09
S
<
Passing fog slight rain, 10 A.M. fine
clear; 8 P.M. cloudly.
0.17
Fine cloudy throughout.
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27 28.15 28.20 28.19 28.18 28.18 74.0 76.075.0 73.0 76.0 73.5 73.0 77.0 S
6 SSW
5 S
2 SbW
9 SE
3 S
0.06
Do.
do.
3
0.00
7
0.00
0.54
COURT OF SUMMARY JURISDICTION.
THE next Sitting of the above Court will be held on Thursday next, the 2nd Septem-
ber, at 10 A.M.
By Order of the Court,
CHARLES F. A. SANGSTER, Acting Clerk of Court.
Hongkong, 28th August, 1869.
In re ANDREW PAGE,
JAMES SIMPSON,
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ROBERT BURNS,
JOHN HICKEY,
deceased.
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33
ALEXANDER HAMILTON,,,
N OTICE-All Claims against the above Es-
tates must be proved before the Official Administrator, on or before the 1st day of March A.D. 1870, otherwise they will not be included in the Scheme of Division.
All Persons indebted to the said Estates are requested to make immediate payment to
W. H. ALEXANDER, Registrar.
Court House, 28th August, 1869.
NOTICE.
THE interest and responsibility of the late Mr.
HENRY DAVIES MARGESSON in our Firm ceased on the 30th June last, and Mr. MORTI- MER EVELYN MURRAY was admitted a partner therein on 1st July.
MARGESSON & Co. Hongkong, 3rd August, 1869.
M
NOTICE.
R. LEONHARD STAËL has been admitted a
Partner in our Firm from this date.
Hongkong, 1st July, 1869.
M
NOTICE.
HESSE & Co.
R. WILLIAM GEORGE PRICE is au- thorized to sign our Firm in Foochow from this date.
GILMAN & Co.
Hongkong, 17th July, 1869.
M"
NOTICE.
R. JAMES HART is authorized to sign our
Firm per procuration in Hongkong.
TURNER & Co.
Hongkong, 17th June, 1869.
NOTICE
COMPAGNIE DES SERVICES MARITIMES
DES
MESSAGERIES IMPERIALES.
Paquebots Poste Français.
STEAM FOR
SAIGON, SINGAPORE, BATAVIA, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, ALEXANDRIA, MESSINA, MARSEILLES,
TH
ALSO,
BOMBAY, PONDICHERRY, MADRAS, AND CALCUTTA. THE Company's Steam-ship "HOOGLY," Commandant DE BORELLY, will leave this Port for the above places, with Mails, Passengers, Specie, and Cargo, on Thursday, the 9th Sep- tember, at noon.
Cargo and Specie will be registered for London as well as for Marseilles, and accepted in transit through Marseilles for the principal places of Europe.
Cargo will be received on board until 4 P.M, of the 8th; Specie and Parcels until 5 P.M. of the 8th. (Parcels are not to be sent on board; they must be left at the Agency's Office.) For Particulars regarding Freight and Pas- sage, apply at the Company's Office, Hongkong. CONTENTS AND VALUE OF PACKAGES ARE REQUIRED.
C. BERTRAND, Principal Agent,
Hongkong, 24th August, 1869.
CONSULAT DE FRANCE.
AR ordonnance Consulaire, en date du 16 ROTTE,
a été nommé Chancelier intérimaire de ce Consulat.
Le Consul de France, HENRY DU CHESNE. Hongkong, le 24 Juillet, 1869.
NOTICE.
THE Undersigned has established himself as a General Auctioneer and Commission Agent, on the ground floor of the Hongkong Hotel, under the style of GUEDES & Co.
J. M. GUEDES, JR. Hongkong, 7th June, 1869.
Passing fog; 10 A.M. fine cloudy
throughout.
Fine cloudy with strong wind; 10.30 AM rain, wind increased to a gule; 2 P.M. wind S.E.; 4 P.M. ne cloudy with gusts of wind at intervals.
Rain during past night; passing fog at
intervals; 9 A.M. slight rain.
NOTICE.
In the Estate of DOUGLAS LAPRAIK, deceased.
PROBATE of the last Will and Testament of
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK, formerly of Hong- kong and lately of Acton, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned one of the Executors in the said Will named, all persons indebted to the said Estate are hereby required to pay the amount of their debts forthwith. Persons having claims against the Estate are hereby required to send in particulars of their claims to the under- signed at the Office of Messrs. Douglas Laprai & Co. or to Henry C. Caldwell, Esq., Solicitor, on or before the Thirty-first day of January, 1870, after which date no claims will be received or admitted.
R. E. BAKER, Executor.
Dated Hongkong, 9th Day of July, 1869.
TH
NOTICE.
THE interest and responsibility of Mr. JAMES BENFERD DEACON in our Firm ceased on the 31st December, 1868, and Mr. SIDNEY DEACON is this day admitted a Partner.
Canton, 1st January, 1869.
TH
NOTICE.
DEACON & Co.
THE business of KINNEAR & Co., Foochow, will be carried on from and after this date under the style and firm of
KINNEAR, LARKEN & Co.,
the partners therein being Mr. WILLIAM BAL- FOUR KINNEAR and Mr. THOMAS LANCASTER LARKEN.
WILLIAM BALFOUR KINNEAR. Foochow, 1st May, 1869.
A
NOTICE.
LL Persons indebted to the Estate of the late ROBERT HENRY GRANT, lately a Clerk
in the Naval Yard, Hongkong, are requested to make payment, and all persons having claims against the said Estate are notified to send in their claims to the undersigned without delay.
JNO. J. FRANCIS,
Solicitor for
John D. Macdonald Thomson,
Executor.
Hongkong, 3rd April, A.D., 1869.