DATE.
1864.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST MAY, 1864.
WEATHER TABLES FOR THE PAST WEEK. REGISTER AT HARBOUR MASTER'S OFFICE, QUEEN'S ROAD.
211
6 A.M.
NOON.
6 P.M.
1804.
Barometer.
Thermometer. Barometer. Thermometer. Barometer.
Thermometer.
May
14,
29.92
82
15,
29.88
83
16,
29.85
22
17,
29.93
80
28F2
29.89
83
29.86
83
29.88
84
29.86
84
84
29.83
84
29.90
82
29.93
80
29.92
80
""
18,
29.90
78
29.94
""
19,
29.90
79
29.88
""
20,
29.86
78
29.85
222
79
29.90
78
79
29.87
78
77
29.84
77
19
6 A.M.
BAROMETER.
9 A.M.
Noox.
3 P.M.
6 P.M.
6 A.M.
REGISTER AT BLOCK HOUSE, VICTORIA PEAK.
Height above Sea Level 1,770 feet.
HYDROMETER.
DRY BULB.
WET BULB.
NOON.
6 P.M.
6 A.M.
NOON.
6 P.M.
THER-
MOMETER.
Self Re- gistering
Min. Max.
6A.M. 3 P.M.
WINDS.
Force, ranges from 0 to 12.
REMARKS AS TO WEATHER,
6 A.M.
NOON
6 P.M.
Dirn. F. Dirn. F. Dirn. F
May
14 28.19 28.24 28.24 28.19 28.15,75.00 76.30 73.30 78.30 75.00 74.00 70,00 77.00 Ssw
15 28.22 28.24 28.24 28.19 28.1874.00 76.0074.00 73.00 74.00 72.00 71.00 78.00 SW
1
5 SSW
3 SW
3 SSW
5
Dense fog.
5 SbW
5
Fine.
17
51
16 28.16 28.19 28.19 28.13 28.15 74.00 75.00 73.00 73.00 74.00 72.00 72.00 76.00'ssw 17 28.21 28.24 28.27 28.23 28.19,72.00 73.00 72.00 71.00 72.00 69.00 70.00 75.00 SSW
5 SbW
6 SbW
2 SSE
2 SW
6 Cloudy with passing fog and rain.
Overcast and cloudy.
}
18 28.23 28.24 28.26 28.26 28.2170.0075.00 74.00 69.00 74.00 73.00 69.00 77.00 E
2 SSE
1 SE
1 Cloudy; from noon, fine.
31
ų
19 28.20 28.22 28.24 28.19 28.19.71.30 72.00 71.00 70.30 71.00 70.30 70.00,75.00 SbW 20 28.16 28.19 28.18 28.13 28.13 69.30 69.00 70.00 69.30 69.00/70.00 69.00 74.00 EbS
1
1 SbW
4 E
2 SSE
3
Dense fog with rain.
3 ESE
4
Do.
do.
1
No. 11.-List of LETTERS, saved from the wreck of the COLOMBO, which have been returned from the General Post Office in London, the writers of which can obtain them on application.
Baldwin, Miss Ethe E., Ship Hotspur, Hongkong, to her friend Annie, 1 Brown, Rd., Hongkong, to my dear Mary,
Booth, George, Hongkong, to dear Father and Mother, (Mrs. Rourke,) 1 Baker, F. E., Hongkong, to dear Sir,..
James, Hongkong, to Charles,
1
Kempson, W. J., Hongkong, to my dear Sir,
1
Kaye, Thos. Kennedy, Ship Niphon, Hongkong, to his Brother, Limnell, Jas., Hongkong, to Friend Mercy,.
1
1
Clark, J. A., Hongkong, to his Mother,.
1
Mackenzie, Nelly, Ilongkong, to Mary her Sister,
1
Cutbrow, W., China, to his Friend,
MacLelland, John, Hongkong, to dear Aunt,
1
Chandler, Hongkong, to Miss Robbins,..
I
Morgan, D., Hongkong to my dear Uncle,
1
Cookson, John, Hongkong, to dear Sarah,
1
Nancy, Wanni, Katie, Dora, Anna Weaser, Hongkong, to Sara Uncle Ned, 1
Disbursement Account, Ship Niphon, Hongkong,
1
Nicholson, G., Hongkong, to Mrs. Nicholson,
1
Donglas, William, Hongkong, to dear Polly, and to his dear Brother,... 2
Perrein, Brother, Hongkong, to my dear H. P.,
1
Denkye, Hongkong, to Denkye, 17 Mount Street,
1
Roberts, A. H., Hongkong, to his Sister Eurily,
1
E. M. S., Hongkong, to dear Sister,
Ellis, Penin, Hongkong, to my dear Ned,
Flemins, H., Hongkong, to his Mother,
Falcombe, G., Hongkong, to Chas. Nudle,
Fred., Hongkong, to his dear Mother,
George, Hongkong, to Miss Hooker,
I
Roberts, W., Hongkong, to Hudson, Esq., Lodge Hall Middlesex,
1
1
Roberts, "Banda," Whampoa, to his Wife,
1
Richards, R. F., Mongolia, China, to T. M. Watson,
I
1
Sarah, Hongkong, to my dear Mammy,
1
1
Stanley, Geo., Hongkong, to his Sister, "Treasure,"
1
1
Scherdt, W., Hongkong, to my dear Father,
1
Guntry, John, Hongkong, to Margaret,
Thorne, W., Hongkong, to Messrs. Haseltine,.
1
Gundry, R. E., China, to dear Papa and Mama,
1
Turrell, William II., Hongkong, to my dearest Wife,
1
Henry, Hongkong, to my dear Mother,..
1
Tyris, R. R., China, to his Brother William,
1
Hawkins, Edward, China, to his Brother Andrew,
1
Willie, on board Ship, at Hongkong, to his Mother,
1
Howers, Benjamin P., Hongkong, to Messrs. Baker and Mowil, Hamilton, G. (Kading,) Hongkong, to his Mother in London,
1
1
Willie, yours affectionately, Hongkong, to my own dear Sister Eliza, Walsh, S., Hongkong, to John Tilyard...
1
1
Jones, T. E., Hongkong, to his Mother in the United States,
1
Williams, L. W., China, to his friend W. Parkin,
1
LETTERS also saved from the wreck of the COLOMBO neither the names nor the addresses of which,
nor of the writers can be deciphered.
From Hongkong, to my dear Mary, New York, U.S.A.,.
From Hongkong, to my dear Wife, and Family,
From Hongkong, to a firm in Liverpool,
From Hongkong, supposed for Rally,
From Hongkong, to Ma Chire Manin,
General Post Office, Hongkong, 17th May, 1864.
1
1
From Hongkong, dated 24th October, name of addresses in London can-
not be traced,.
1
1
From Hongkong, name defaced, to Mrs. Woodward,
1
1
From your affectionate Son Charles, China, to my dear Mother,
1
1
F. W. MITCHELL,
Postmaster General.