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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH OCTOBER, 1865.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
The Director of Way's and Means begs to inform the seafaring public that the Light House of the second power on the Fourth Point of Java* next to Anjer has been replaced by a new Stone Tower and has been lighted since the 20th August
last.
The Tower is white and has been erected in the immediate vicinity of the old one; the light is elevated 46 Netherland Ells (103 ft.) above the level of the sea, and may be seen from any Ship's deck at a distance of 5 German Geographical miles or 20 English miles.
The Director of Way's and Means,
Batavia, 25th August, 1865.
* Latitude 6° 4' 8" S.; Longitude 105° 56′ 6′′ E.
No. 162.
(Signed)
C. CASTENS.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
FREDERICK ALFRED MANNING, Esquire, having reported his arrival in the Colony on the 7th instant, has been appointed Superintendent of the Melting Department of the Hongkong Mint, under instructions from the Right Honorable The SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th October, 1865.
W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Secretary.
No. 146.
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.
W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
All persons whose Crown Lots, Tenements or Occupancies have been assessed to the Police, Lighting and Water Rates for the prescut 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.
FREDK. FORTH,.
Colonial Treasurer.
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 21
30 01
78
30.02
79
29.97
80
00
29.97
78
29.99
79
29.96
80
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23
29.94
79
29.95
80
29.00
80
24
29.90
79
29.84
80
29.12
80
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25
29.82
80
29.82
82
29.80
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26
29.85
81
29.85
82
29.88
82
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27
29.96
78
29.93
78
30.00
78
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