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J. ULLMANN & CO.,
74, Queen's Road Central. WATCHMAKERS, JEWELLERS AND OPTICIANS.
SPECIALITIES.
FIELD GLASSES and TELESCOPES.
POCKET ANEROIDS and THERMOMETERS.
POCKET COMPASSES of every description, with or without Sundials.
PEDOMETERS indicating the distance covered by pedestrians. MAGNIFYING GLASSES for botanical and geological purposes. WATCHES. Specially suited for rough usage.
NOTE.-ANEROID, THERMOMETER and COMPASS combined, POCKET SIZE. in leather case, complete $18. GUN STICKS, very strong, with Cartridges Complete.
INSPECTION INVITED.
EASY METHOD FOR FINDING ELEVATION. AFTER BELVILLE'S SHORT APPROX RULE.
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ADD TOGETHER THE TWO READINGS OF THE ANEROID (LOWER AND UPPER STATIONS) ALSO NOTE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SAID TWO READINGS, THEN, AS THE SUM OF THE TWO READINGS IS TO THEIR DIFFERENCE, SO IS THE CONSTANT 60,000 TO THE REQUIRED ALTITUDE.
EXAMPLE:-
READINGS. LOWER 29.80. UPPER 28.05
SUM.
57.85..
DIFF.
1.75
CONSTANT.
..60,000..
THE PEAK.
1,815 FEET. R. C. H.
W. BREWER & Co.
UNDER THE HONGKONG HOTEL.
BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS, FANCY GOODS DEALERS.
A LARGE SELECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS OF HONGKONG.
The NEW VICTORIA HOTEL,
No. 9, Queen's Road Central,
(ENTRANCE ALSO FROM ICE HOUSE STREET, OPPOSITE LANDING STAGE).
The largest, coolest and best appointed
Bar and Billiard Room
In the FAR EAST.
PERFECTLY VENTILATED,
ELECTRIC LIGHT.
The GRILL and TIFFIN ROOMS are the MOST CONVENIENTLY SITUATED in the COLONY. The Menu contains everything in Season, and the Service is all that can be desired. PICNIC and SHOOTING PARTIES catered for.
MADAR & FARMER, Proprietors.
The "Ramsgate" of Hongkong.
Bay View hotel.
Three miles out on the Shau-ki-wan Road, half an hour by ricksha.
THE popular resort of the Colony, occupying a charming seaside situation, and commanding the most extensive view of the harbour, the City of Victoria and the Kowloon peninsula-with the hills, Mount Gough, High West, Victoria Peak and Mount Davis on the left, and Ti-mo-shau, Tai-ü-shan, Castle Peak and a continuous range on the right forming the back ground.
GOOD SEA BATHING.
Private, Tiffins and Dinners prepared in first class style on the shortest notice.
J. W. OSBORNE, Proprietor.