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No. 146.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21st OCTOBER, 1865.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Tenders will be received between the hours of 11 A.M. and 3 P.M. at the Surveyor General's Office until the 30th November, 1865, for the privilege of farming all granite quarries in Hongkong and Kowloon during the year, 1866.
Persons desirous of tendering are directed to call at the Surveyor General's Office to obtain a proper form of tender and to register their names and address.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd September, 1865.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Secretary.
All persons whose Crown Lots, Tenements or Occupancies have been assessed to the Police, Lighting and Water Rates for the present year are informed that the Rates for the fourth Quarter are payable at the Treasury between the first and last days in October next and all parties omitting to pay the same within the period specified will be proceeded against in accordance with the provisions of the XVI clause of the Ordinance No. 5 of 1863.
Treasury, Hongkong, Victoria, 26th September, 1865.
POST OFFICE NOTIFICATION.
FREDK. FORTH, Colonial Treasurer.
It is hereby notified for general information that, under and by virtue of a Treasury Warrant, dated the 1st June, 1865, the Sea Rate of Postage on Letters carried by British Contract Packets, between Hongkong and the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, St. Helena, Ascension, Mauritius, the several Australian Colonies and all parts of India, will henceforward be levied at the following rate:--
Under 1⁄2 ounce
in weight.
FOR A LETTER
Above an ounce, and not exceeding
1 ounce in weight.
48 cents.
•
Above 1 ounce and not exceeding 1 ounce and-a-half in weight.
72 cents.
Above 1 ounce and not exceeding
2 ounces in weight. 96 cents.
24 cents.
And so on adding 24 cents for each additional half ounce or fraction of half an ounce. The Postage in each case must be paid in advance.
Newspapers, 2 cents each.
The rates of postage on correspondence between Hongkong, Singapore, and Penang will remain unaltered.
General Post Office, Hongkong, 29th September, 1865.
F. W. MITCHELL, Postmaster General.
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.
October 14
29.97
76
30.01
77
29.99
15
30.00
76
30.00.
77
30.01
77
16
30.00
76
30.02
76
29.99
77
17
29 97
76
20.09
78
29.98
78
18
29.99
77
30.05
78
30.01
78
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19
30.03
77
30.07
76
30.02
78
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20
30.02
77
30.04
78
30.02
79
DATE.
1865.
BAROMETER.
GA.M.
9 A.M.
Noos.
3 P.M.
REGISTER AT BLOCK HOUSE, VICTORIA PEAK.
Height above Sea Level 1,770 feet.
HYDROMETER.
WET BULB.
DRY BULB.
THER-
MOMETER.
Seif Re- gistering
WINDS.
Force, range from 0 to 12.
REMARKS AS TO WEATHER.
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