DIEU
AL
DROIT
THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
No. 5.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 1ST FEBRUARY, 1862.
WEATHER TABLES FOR THE PAST WEEK.
REGISTER AT HARBOUR MASTER'S OFFICE, QUEEN'S ROAD.
VOL. VIII.
6 A.M.
NOON.
6 P.M.
1862.
Barometer.
Thermometer. Barometer. Thermometer.
Barometer.
Thermometer.
January 25,
30.28
26,
30.25
27,
30.18
"}
28,
30.16
.""
29,
30.25
""
30,
30.28
"}
31
30.31
SKRAISE
62
30.34
61
30.30
.59
58
30.25
60
30.20
60
59
30.19
61
30.16
59
57
30.18
58
80.20
55
54
30.25
54
30.26
54
53
30.28
53
30.30
51
51
30.27
53
30.33
53
BAROMETER.
DATE.
*K*Y G
*K*V 9
NOON.
3 F.M.
6 P.M.
6 A.M.
NOON.
*
REGISTER AT BLOCK HOUSE, VICTORIA PEAK.
Height above Sea Level 1,770 feet.
HYDROMETER.
DRY BULB.
WET BULB.
6 P.M.
6 A.M.
Noos.
& P.M.!
THER-
MOMETER.
Self Re-
|gistering.
Min. Max.
WINDS.
6 A.M.
Force, ranges from 0 to 12.
NOON.
REMARKS AS TO WEATHER.
6 P.M.
6A.M. 3P3.
Dirn.
F. Dirn. F. Dira.
F.
Jan.
"
អ
1)
29 28.28 28.27 28.2428,2328.24|11.10 41 0036,45 41.00139.45!37.00 39,30|50.00NW
1862
25 28.30 28.42′28.38′28.35|28.31|48.00.52.00|18.00148.00|52.00:48.00148.0053,00 NE 26 28.31 28.31 28.29:28.2×28,25|50 00:53,00| 19.00450.00|52,00,40,00/47,0053.30 NE 27 28.28 28.31 28.29,28.26|28,24550.00.54,00|51,00 50,00|54,00|51.00.48.000154.00 EXE 28 28.25 28.26,28.26.28.23 28.21 47 09:48.00|44.00.47.0047,0044,00744.00510033W
GNE 6 E 5 NE
6 NLW
5 NE
5
Fog, wet dew.
5 E
6
Foggy, passing showers.
4 ENE
4 Dense fog, wet dew.
5 NWLN
5
Fog, wet dew.
6 NWON
7 NWBN
7 Fog, drizzle, squally.
17
30 28.2028.38 28.36 28.33 28.38,56.00-13.00 40,00 34,60:39.00/37.0035.0040 SW
7 NW
5 NW N
5 Fine.
*7
31 28.35 28.37 28.86 28.32 28.00 37.05 45.00/44.00|56.00;39.00| 12.00.36.00 49.00 NE
5 NDE
4 N
5
Fine, though overcast and hazy.
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No. 10.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Return of the Revenue and Expenditure of the Colony of Hongkong for the Year 1861, and Comparative Table for the two Years last past, are published for general information.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th January, 1862.
W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Secretary.