48 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH FEBRUARY, 1865.
No. 19.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Tenders will be received at the Surveyor General's Office, on or before Monday, the 20th Instant, for the extension of the Praya in the neighbourhood of Bonham Strand; also for the erection of 1,500 ft. of Sea Wall.
Plans and Specifications can be seen on application between the hours of 11 A.M. and 3 P.M.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th February, 1865.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
No. 20.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Tenders will be received at the Surveyor General's Office, on or before Monday, the 20th Instant, for the erection of a new Harbor Master's Office near the Water Police Station.
Plans and Specification can be seen on application between the hours of 11 A.M. and 3 P.M.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th February, 1865.
POST OFFICE NOTIFICATION.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
It is hereby notified for general information that under an agreement with the Union Steam Ship Company a branch mail Packet will, in future, be dispatched Monthly from Port Louis (Mauritius) to Table Bay (Cape of Good Hope) calling at Natal, immediately after the arrival of the Packet from Suez and Aden, that is, about the 25th of each month, and will return to Port Louis in time for the Packet appointed to leave for Aden and Suez on the 6th of each month.
The establishment of this branch Packet will afford the means of exchanging, viâ Aden and Mauritius, direct Mails between this Office and the Post Offices of Natal and the Cape of Good Hope; Mails will also be sent from Hongkong, vià the Cape of Good Hope, to St. Helena and Asension, to which places there is a Contract Packet monthly from the Cape."
The postage to any of the above mentioned places for a letter
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F. W. MITCHELL, Postmaster General.
General Post Office, Hongkong, 11th February, 1865.
WEATHER TABLES FOR THE PAST WEEK. REGISTER AT HARBOUR MASTER'S OFFICE, QUEEN'S ROAD.
6 A.M.
NOON.
6 P.M.
1865.
Barometer.
Thermometer. Barometer. Thermometer. Barometer,
Thermometer.
February
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30.06
67
30.03
30.01
65
30.01
30.00
67
29.97
29.94
70
29.94
8
29.90
72
29.86
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9
29.88
73
29.85
10
29.93
73
30.00
BERZZZR
65
30.02
67
20.00
70
29.95
71
29.90
71
29.87
74
20.89
73
$0.03
SCRRZZR
70
72
74
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DATE.
'W'Y 9
BAROMETER.
9 A.M.
*NOON
3 P.M.
6 P.M.
¤ A.M.
REGISTER AT BLOCK HOUSE, VICTORIA PEAK.
Height above Sea Level 1,770 feet.
HYDROMETER.
DRY BULB.
*NOON.
WET BULE.
6 P.M.
C A.M.
NOON.
G P.M.
THER- MOMETER.
Self Re- gistering
Min. Max.
Noon.
WINDS.
Force, ranyes from 0 to 12.
REMARKS AS TO WEATHER.
GA.M.
Noos
6 P.M.
Dira. F.
Dira. X.
Dirn.
F.
1865.
Feb.
4 28.28 28.25 28.19 28.29 28.20 58.30 60.30 60.30 57.30 59.30 59.30 58.80 62.30 SSE
F
1
3 SSE
2 SE
2
Thick fog throughout.
5 28.22 28.22 28.25 28.29 28.20 61.30 64.30 64.30 61.30 63.30 60.00|60.30 €1.30]EBS
2 S
3 S
2
Do.
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6 28.28 28.23 28.1828.28 28.2061.30 66.30 64.30,63.30 66.30 63.30/$1.30 66.00 S
2 S
2 IS
2
Do.
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7 28.18 28.22 28.11 28.18 28.1866.30 67.30.67.30 65.30 66.30 6.30 62.30.08.30 S
4 S
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8 28.10 28.18 28.15 28.19 28.11 67.30 67.30.67.30 C6.30 65.30 66.30 62.30 68.30 SSW 9 28.12 28.15 28.19 28.09 28.07 67.30 67.30 66.30 66.30 67.30 66.00 62.80 67.30 SSW
8 ISSW
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1
F
3 SSW
5 S
3 SbW
3 SSW
3
Thick fog until 1.30 P.M., then passing fog, at 3
P.M. thick fog.
4
Thick fog until 3 P.M., then passing fog, at 4
P.M. thick fog,
3
Dense fog until 11.30 AM, then passing fog.
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10 28.15 28.17 28.18 28.11 28.16 69.30|07.30 67.80 66.30 67.30 66.30 62.30 68.30 SLE
3 SbE
3 S
3
Dense fog throughout.
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