THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH JANUARY, 1867.
WEATHER TABLES FOR THE PAST WEEK. REGISTER AT HARBOR MASTER'S OFFICE, QUEEN'S ROAD.
15
GA.M.
NOON.
6 P.M.
1867.
Barometer. Thermometer. Barometer. Thermometer.
Barometer.
Thermometer.
January
30.28
53
30.25
57
30.22
56
30.20
54
30.25
58
30.30
56
30.25
54
30.23
55
30 20
54
"
30.15
50
30.14
55
30.12
54
""
30.09
52
30.10
56
30.12
55
"
10
30.17
56
30.19
59
30.24
58
""
11
30.25
56
30.24
59
30.23
58
""
DATE.
*IN V 9
BAROMETER.
9 A.M.
Noox.
3 P.M.
6 P.M.
REGISTER AT BLOCK HOUSE, VICTORIA PEAK.
Height above Sea Level 1,770 feet.
HYDROMETER.
WET BULB.
DRY BULB.
6 4.M.
NooN.
6 P.M.
*K*V 9
NOON
6 P.M.
THER- MOMETER.
Self Re- gistering.
Min. Max.
Noon.
WINDS.
Force, range from 0 to 12.
NOON.
6 A.M.
Dira.
F. Diru.
6 P.M.
Dirn.
F.
REMARKS AS TO WEATHER
1867.
Jan.
5 28.47 28.52 28.51 28.47 28.44,49.00 54.00 52,80 46.00 49.00 49.0048.00 54.00 E
6 28.40 28.44 28.41 28.38 28.32 ̊49.00 56.30 54.0048.30 51.30 51.00 50.00 54.30 E
2 E
|
3 E
ལ་ལ
3
2 E
1
6 A.M. fine, though hazy; 6 P.M. Very fine. 6 A.M. fine.
7 28.40 28.36 28.39 28.37 28.35 49.00 54.40 54.30 45.30 45.50 45.39 48.00 57.30 N
5 NbW
4 N
3
6 A.M. fine, though hazy.
>1
!
i
8 28.84 28.38 28.34 28.29 28.30 49.00 56.00 53.00 55.00 48.50 47.0049.30 57.10|NNE
3 E
1
6 A.M. fine, though hazy; 6P.M. Very fine
|
E
j
9 28.32 28.40 28.37 28.34 28.36 52.30 56.30 57.0045.00 50.30 56.30/51.30 51.30 ENE 10 28.44 28.47 28.44 28.39 28.41,55.00 60.50 54.30 52.00 59.30 54.0055.30 61.00 EbN
I
}
1 EbN
2 Ebs
3 EbN
1
6 A.M. fine, though slight fog,
3 E
4
Fine throughout.
|
11 28.44 28.48 28.45 28.35 28.3751.30 54.10 53.00 50.10 54.40 54.3050.30 39.30 E
4 E
2 Ebs
4
"
6 A.M. fog wet dew; 9 A.M. fine, though
hazy.
THE
NOTICE.
HE next CRIMINAL SESSIONS of the Su- preme Court will be held on Friday, the Eighteenth day of January, 1867, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon.
By order of the Court,
N. R. MASSON, Acting Registrar.
IN THE SUPREME COURT
IN BANKRUPTCY.
NOTICEABDOOLLA FURAGE EZEKIEL,
of Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, Merchant, having been adjudged Bankrupt under a Petition for adjudication of Bankruptcy filed in the Supreme Court on the Twenty Seventh day of December, A.D. 1866, a Public Sitting for the said Bankrupt to pass his last examination and make application for his discharge will be held before the Honorable John Smale, Esquire, Chief Justice of the said Court, at the Supreme Court House, Victoria, Hongkong, on the Twenty third day of January, A.D. 1867, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon precisely.
At this Meeting, Proofs of the Debts of the Creditors will be received.
The Acting Registrar of the Court is the Official Assignee, a :d Mr. Francis Innes Hazeland
is the Solicitor acting in the Bankruptcy.
T
IN CHANCERY,
In the Matter of the COMPANIES ACT,
1862,
and
In the Matter of the COMMERCIAL BANK CORPORATION OF INDIA AND THE EAST.
THE Creditors of the above nained Company are required on or before the 10th day of November 1866 to send their names and ad- dresses and the particulars of their debts or claims and the names and adresses of their Solicitors if any te Mr. William Hopkius Holy- land the Official Liquidator of the said Corpora- tion at his offices situate No. 13 Gresham Street in the City of London and if so required be notice in writing from the said Official Liquidator are by their Solicitors to come in and prove their said debts or claims at the Chamber of the Mas- ter of the Rolls at Rolls Yard Chancery Lane in the County of Middlesex at such time as sha!l be specified in such notice or in default thereof they will be excluded from tue benefit of any distribution made before such debts are proved.
Monday the 3rd December 1866 at 11 o'clock in the forenoon at the said Chambers is appointed in the fore and adjudicating on the debts and
claims.
Dated this 6th day of June 1866.
E. B. CHURCH, Chief Clerk,
FRESHFIELDS and NEWMAN, 5 Bank Buildings London,
Solicitors for the Official Liquidator.
T
NOTICE.
THE interest and responsibility of Mr. WIL- LIAM HARGREAVES and of Mr. JUSTUS WILLIAM HENRY ESCHERICH in our Firms at Hongkong and in China cease this day.
SMITH, KENNEDY & Co. Hongkong and China, 31st December, 1866.
NOTICE.
MR. LOGAN RUSSELL is authorised to sign
our Firm per procuration from this date.
SMITH, KENNEDY & Co. Hongkong, 31st December, 1866.
NOTICE.
R. A. H. P. HASE has this day been admitted
a Partner in our firm.
MR.
HESSE & Co. Hongkong, 1st January, 1867.
TH
NOTICE.
THE business hitherto carried on by the un- dersigned will from this date be conducted under the Name and Style of
J. J. DOS REMEDIOS & Co. Mr. ALEXANDRE ANTONIO DOS REMEDIOS and Mr. HERMENEGILDO ANTONIO LEIRIA having been authorised to sign the firm per procuration.
J. J. DOS REMEDIOS. Hongkong, 1st January, 1867.
MR
NOTICE.
R. R. RADECKER having retired from the firm of RADECKER, HAGEDORN & Co., the business will be continued by the under- signed on his own account under the style of HAGEDORN & Co.
F. W. HAGEDORN. Hongkong, 1st January, 1867.
NOTICE.
HE interest and responsibility in our firm of
Mr. ceased-yesterday, and Mr. THEODOR PROBST, who has held the power to sign our firm since 1862, has this day been admitted a partner.
Our firm now consists of Mr. W. PUSTAU, Mr. W. PROBST, Mr. J. MENKE and Mr. THEODOR PROBST; Mr. O. C. BEHN and Mr. JOH. F. CORDES are authorized to sign the same per procuration from this date.
W. PUSTAU & Co. China, 1st January, 1867.
IT
NOTICE.
T being considered desirable to shorten the usance of Bills drawn in India and China on Europe, the undersigned hereby give notice that from 1st January, 1867, their Branches and Agencies in the East, will only buy and sell Bills of Exchange at a term not exceeding four months' sight.
The undersigned further give notice that they will purchase Bills of Exchange, drawn under Credits, only when the Credits contain a distinct engagement with the holders of the Bills to accept the same.
A
G. U. ADAM, for the Chartered Bank of India,
Australia and China.
D. T. ROBERTSON, for the Chartered Mercantive Bank
of India, London & China.
J. OUSELEY,
for the Bank of Hindustan, China
and Japan, Limited.
J. C. PARRY,
for the Delhi and London Bank, Limited.
G. PIFTSCH, for the Comptoir D'Escompte de Paris.
CHARLES J. F. STUART, for the Oriental Bank Corporation.
NOTICE.
Sub-Agency of the Oriental Bank Corpora- tion under charge of Mr. ALEXANDER PATERSON has been opened at Foochow.
J. McDOUALL, Manager.
Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 1st September, 1866.