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No. 130.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 31ST AUGUST,
GAOLS,
CHARITABLE ALLOWANCES,.
TRANSPORT,
WORKS AND BUILDINGS,
ROADS, STREETS AND BRIDGES, MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES,
LAND AND HOUSES PURCHASED, MILITARY CONTRIBUTION,
Brought forward,
1867.
.499,131.60 33,821.00 640.00
3,500.00
.161,400.00
44,500.00
24,500.00
32,500.00
94,200.00
TOTAL,.
$894,192,00
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
H. P. DRUMMOND, late Fourth Clerk in the Colonial Treasury, having absconded, is dismissed the Service of this Government from the 19th Instant.
By Command,
CECIL C. SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th August, 1867.
No. 131.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Hydrographic Notice, forwarded through Messrs. LONEY & Co., of Yloilo, is published with the sanction of the Senior Naval Officer, for the information of Mariners and others whom it may concern.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th August, 1867.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Reefs &c., in the Fillippine Archipelago not noted in the Charts, communicated by Captain Faag of the
Spanish Merchant Steamer "SUD OESTE."
REEF off St. Fernando in Latitude about 16° 35' N., Longitude 0° 45′ W. of Manila.-This reef I passed one morning under full steam when my attention was called by seeing the bottom quite clearly. I immediately stopped the Engines and took the following bearings. South point of the isthmus of San Fernando S. 50° E. and the Church of San Juan to the northward E. 10 N. These bearings are of course only approximations; I sounded first in 5 fathoms continued my course dead slow to the southward and had 5, 6, 6, 7, 9 and from thence out of soundings in 50 fathoms.
Another Reef also exists to the southward of the island of Sibuyan bearing from the Cresta del Gallo N.E. 4 to 5 miles. I have several times gone across this bank laying immediately in my track from Romblon to Zebu the least water I have found on it has been 5 fathoms.
On Wednesday the 24th July when returning from the village of Tibino where I had been to try and salve the cargo of the Schooner Isabel Segunda lost on a Reef of Rocks that extends to the North and North East of the Island of Balbatan. I found myself suddenly over a Reef of Coral the bottom of which plainly visible. I immediately stopped the Engines and took the bearings of the Pueblo or Village of Nalupa distant about 2 to 24 miles E. by S., some of the rocks seemed awash, and where the Steamer was, I had 13 fathoms soundings varying. This Reef is well known to the small coasters on this coast although not marked in the charts.
Yloilo, Island of Panay, 31st July, 1867.
No. 132.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency The GOVERNOR has been pleased to appoint CHARLES LANGDON DAVIES, Esquire, to act as Coroner in the absence of FREDERICK STEWART, Esquire, on vacation leave.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th August, 1867.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
WEATHER TABLES FOR THE PAST WEEK.
REGISTER AT HARBOR MASTER'S OFFICE, PRAYA WEst.
6 A.M.
NOON.
6 r..
1867.
Barometer.
Thermometer.
Barometer. Thermometer. Barometer.
Thermometer.
August
24
25
>>
"
""
"
*RANARA
29.83
82
29.80
85
29.83
85
29.84
82
29.79
85
29.70
26
29.74
83
29.75
85
29.72
27
29.70
83
29.74
87
29.75
28
29.75
84
29.73
87
29.70
29
29.69
85
29.65
87
29.63
30
29.63
84
29.63
86
29.65
8888888
85
84
85
86
86
86