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No. 192.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH JANUARY, 1867. 19
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified that, in accordance with Section 12 of "The Police and Lighting Rate Ordinance, 1863," His Excellency the GOVERNOR, by and with the Advice of the Executive Council, has fixed the Police Rate for the Year 1867 at Nine and a half per cent for Houses in the City of Victoria; and in accordance with Section 18 of the same Ordinance at Five per cent for Houses in the Villages of this Island.
The above Rate, as regards Houses in Victoria, will be levied exclusive of a Lighting Rate of One and a half per cent under Section 12 of the above Ordinance, and a Water Rate of Two per cent per Annum under the Provisions of Ordinance No. 12 of 1860.
The Police, Lighting and Water Rates will, under terms of the Ordinances, be payable Quarterly in advance, at the Colonial Treasury, between the first and last Days of the first Month in each Quarter. These several Rates shall be charged and chargeable on and recoverable from the Owners of the Tenements in respect of which the above assessment has been made.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th December, 1866.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
No. 193.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Complaints having been made of the danger to life and property arising from the acts of certain persons recently visiting Victoria Peak, and other places in this Island, who inconsiderately set fire to the
grass on the hills, it is hereby notified that in all future cases the offenders will be proceeded against according to Law.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th December, 1866.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
WEATHER TABLES FOR THE PAST WEEK. REGISTER AT HARBOR MASTER'S OFFICE, QUEEN'S ROAD.
6 A.M.
NOON.
6 P.M.
1867.
Barometer.
Thermometer. Barometer. Thermometer. Barometer.
Thermometer.
January 12
30.19
58
30.10
63
30.05
62
13
29.99
61
29.99
67
29.96
64
""
14
29.95
60
29.96
67
29.98
66
"}
15
29.98
62
29.99
61
30.00
59
"}
16
30.05
56
30.10
58
30.15
46
""
17
30.21
43
30.20
47
30.25
46
27
18
30.25
48
31.20
50
30.20
49
""
DATE.
BAROMETER.
REGISTER AT BLOCK HOUSE, VICTORIA PEAK. Height above Sea Level 1,770 feet.
HYDROMETER.
DRY BULB.
WET RULE.
6 A.M.
9 A.M.
NOON.
3 P.M.
6 P.M.
6 A.M.
NOON.
6 P.M.
6 A.M.
NOON.
6 P.M.
THER- MOMETER.
Self Re- gistering.
Min. Max.
Noon.
WINDS.
Force, range from to 12.
REMARKS AS TO WEATHER.
6 A.M.
NOON.
6 P.M.
Diza.
F.
Dira.
Dirn
F.
1867,
Jan. 12 28.31 28.36 28.31 28.20.28.25′52.00′58.50 58,50 54.00 5.5.30 56.3052,00 58.30′NDE
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1428.23 28.82 28.29 28.25 28.24 66,00 65,00 68.30 55.39 65.00 65.3959.00 64.30 SbW
15z8.23 28.30 28.26 28.25 28.2159.00 61.10 58.00 59.50 59.10 60.00 59.30 65.30 EbS
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1 SSE
17
16 28.27 28.31 28.30:28.25 28.29′52.00 49.00 46.0049,00 46.00 42.30/49.00 62.00 SBE
3 N
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17 26.35 28.43 28.44 28.39 28.35 40.00 43.00 48.00 37.80 40.00 39.30 39.00 49.00 NbE
3 N
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18 28.12 28.49 28, 17|28.41|28.2944.00 18.10 46.10 10.00 44.30 43.1041.00 48.00 EыN
3 EbN
8 ESE
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3 ESE
3 N
6 A.M. dense fog; from 9 A.M. fine.
6 A.M. dense fog; from 8 A.M. fine,
Fine throughout.
2 Foggy
3 GA.M. tine, though hazy; 6 P.M. passing
fog and slight rain.
3 N
3
Fine throughout.
2 EbN
2 Fine throughout.