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OFFICIAL NIGHTS IN JUNE.

30.30

New Local and Non-Local Storm Signal Codes will be introduced at Hongkong on Iss inly, 1917, in place of the old Local Cole, and the China Const Code.

WEATHER REPORT.

On the 8th at 11.-No returns from Japaheso stations. Pressure has de- creased slightly over Formosa and along the south-east coast of China. It s increased alightly in other districts.

A depression, which at present appears to be shallow. js. central between the Pratis: and the Pescadores.

Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 hours

'THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1917.

SHARE REPORT.

JUNE 28TH, 1917.

Stook and pald gp Faine

Q'tious $11.90. 4.M.

Last Dividen

vod date,

BANES.

ending at 10 am to-day, 0.17 inch. Total Hongkong & S'ha! #105 3695 s

since January 1st, 27,41 inches, against

an average of 37.03 inches.

Forecast for the 24 hours ending at

MARINE INSUR

ANOES

noon on the 29th June:--

Cantons

#506342)

1-Hongkong to Gap Rock: Light | variable winds fair.

"

North China

EST. 180

-Formosa Channel: The same as No. 1.

Walons *****

#1008855

60 $190

3-South coast of China between Hongkong, and Lanocks: The mano, as No. 1.

4-South coast of China between Hongkong and Hains: The same as

No. 1.

ROYAL OBSERVATORY

Tangtown.....

FIRE INSURANCES.

China Firo

2019143 K

Hongkong Ytre DU $395

SKIPPING.

Douglas Steamshins $30 953

The principal change in the Local Code is that the new signals will tbòw the direction from which the gale is HONGKONG, DAILY WEATHER" Steamboats 15 917 b

expected,, = whereas the old signals showed the position of the typhoon The latter will be indicated, as hereto fare, by the Non-Local iguals. The new Local Code is given below :—

DAY MICKAISA

REPORT.

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ject to deduction of Income tax

87 final making $23 are 1915 and. Interim of $16 al 191E.... fot. div. of R = 13

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$1.25 for 1918

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Daferred)...ES 101

Final of 3/- a/c 1916... Final of 40/- a/1916, ...

& U.C. 8 aci"

JUNE 28, 1817.—8.11.

15

Wind

**Shell" Transports £1118/~

Star Farry'

10849

040

0.30

0.0

2.30

-0,90

0.70

1,00

1,50

2,00

1- Rel cone, point upward, will menna typhoon exists which may possibly ennae a galent. Hongkong within 24 hours.

'Station.

Six hours......... 1.00 Day (8am to 6p.m.)1.51)

"RICKSHAS 1.—In the Island of Hongkong if engaged in Victoria.

Ten minutes,

Quarter hour,

Bull bour,... One hour,

Every Subsequent hour.

20

5 cents.

Note If the ricksha be engaged within the City of Victoria, and be dis charged outside the Western part of the City of Victoria after 9 pm, or be dis charged to the East of Bay View Police Station on the Eastern side of the City. of Victoria after 9 pm, an extra” half fare shall be chargeable.

II-In Kowloon. Quarter. hour, ..........

Half bour,...

Hour,

5 cents.

15

Every subsequent hour,....... 10

III-Taipo Road.

Twenty cents shall be added for each extra hour, or part of an hour if the hirer causes the journey to take longer than

To 4th mile

single 70 cents....1 hour. return...... $1.00

hours.

hours..

#

Beyond tth to 6th mile-

single $1.20.....

return 81.50.

Beyond 8th to ath mile-

single $1.75.

return $2,00

Beyond 9th to 11th mile- single...32.00..

return $2.50

Fares for journeys beyond the 11th

The following table shows the Star-mile to be a matter of previous arrange-

Alte and additions to adverted-dard Time at which Official Night ends

xo, da un Page 3, 6, kad 7 should and begins during the month of June. be sent to the ice. No. 6, Wyndham Scroot, no later than 11 30.

Alteration and additions to Advertiso manta nu pagas 1, 4, 6 sud & should be

- sent us not later than 1.p.m.

New Advertisements abonid, bo went in

before 2 pim.

Advertisements and Subscriptions which are not entiated for a tized period will be Batii coontermanded.

Talegraphie Addra-* *Min Hongkong.. Coda: A.B.C. 5th atin.

Telersson No. 22.

THE China Man, Lixited,

HONGKONG TIDES.

The tide-tufle arren below has been compiled at the National Almanac Office to London from the result of the analysis of onervations taken by mesxis of an automatic tide-recording machine in the Water Police Basin at Tsim Sha Tsui during the years 81-3-1.

The term of the table corresponds with the zero of the sounding in the Admiralty Chat, which has been found to be 4 feet

incbes below mean sea level

ment in each case..

The fares here set out to apply to ope rickeha with three coolies from Tsim Sha

Thi

1917-

!

Date June 28th, 5.31 9th 6.31

Ends.

A..

Begins. 7.21 pm. 7291

FARES FOR PUBLIC CARRIAGES.

F

.. 30th, 5.31

7:31

Not exceeding per passenger.

04 cents..

From Sailors' Home to

Government Civil Hos pital

EXCHANGE.

Hongkong, June 98, 1917.

Ou London-.

Bank Wire

Un demand,

"

20 days sight.

4 months' sight,'

Credita, 4 months' sight,

From Slaughter House to

Sailors' Home

From Government Civil.

2/61

Hospital to Clock Tower ...2/67/18 From Clock Tower to Race ...4/6-9/1€

...2/6

Documentary; 4 monilis sight 2,7

Da Paris

On demand,

1348

Credits, 4 months' aight,368) On New York-

On demand Credits, 60 days sight, On Bombay-

Wire, ... On demand, Op Calcutta-

#

nom.

Wire,

On demand

пош

To obtain the depth of water on the Oo Singapore-

Ou demand, tider range at the Victoria Naval Yard

adi # feet 4 inches, and on the gange | On Marik---'

Lamont Dock, Aberdeen, sed 10 fest inches to the height given in the table

On demard,

On Shanghai-

On demar

30 days' sight(private pape

Jane zuiši to July 5th, 1017!

On Yokohamın

On demand,

Low Waren

Height

PRIN

ECUNOMY IN THE END

18 33932

...

Couse From Clock Tower to Bay:

View House

From Wanchai, Market to

Boy View House........ From Bay View House to

Quarry Bays

10

11-In the City of Victoria,

Not exceeding par pasrenger" 10 cents.

Quarter hour.

Half hour..•••

One hour.

Two hours,

Three

Four

501

50.

70

75

Five Six One day from Ga.in. to 6 pm. $1.25

III-Beyond Victoria

120

One hour,

TWO SEATS

Three

Four

Five Six

Gold Leaf, 100 fine (per tael) ........ 56.60 Sovereigns (Banky Buyingrate) 87.80 n. Silver (per az)

ari di

Bar Silver in Hongkong. v, 24% nom. Chinese Copper Cashme

2.pn

43 dia

par.

Chinese Copper Centa..........

Rate of Nativa Interest

Chinese Eub. Cuis

Hongkong Suh Com

BOWEL COMPLAINT IN

CHILDREN

UHING the summer months mothers

17

Not exceeding

per passenger. 26 centa.

26

Ons day from 8am to 6 p.m.21.30

If a vehicle is discharged beyond the limits of the City of Victoria half fans extni is to be allowed for the retura

Not exceeding

IV-In Fouloon

Querter hour, ******** "Half hour

ne hour. Two-bours,

Three

Diese numatical Fong

looseness of the child's bowels When va

opty ball amount to keep gives prompt attention at this time,

diin erisino Colic, Chalera and

Sik

serious trouble may be avoided. Cham. One day from 8

2.80.

2,00

pat: 1.00

arrhoea? Remedy always in your,berlain's Colic Cholers and Diarrhres Between the hours

doine chest, and it is economy in the Remerly can always be depended upon. the above faces shall be increased and. It always prestid cures quickly. For sku, by call them is dad ftorm by 50

-Black cone point upward Gale Wostock. 8) "expecte from the North (NW, to

Meuraroa NE:

Hakodate Tokio 3-Black cone point downward-Gale Kochi

expected from the South (SE to Nagasaki SUV.):

Kagoshima 4-Black drum--Gale expected from Naba

Ostima the East (N.E. to S.E);

Ishijima busin Tsland

5-Black ball-Gale expected from,

the West (NW. to SAV)-

Givei.

Hankow Ichan

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6-Two blank cones, topione invert-an

ed-bottom one point up-Gale expected to increase,

Changsha 7--Black cross-Wind of typhoon Shanghai...

force expected any direction). Signal No. 7 will be accompanied by Swataw three explosive bombe, fro, at intervals Taihoku of 10 seconds at the Water Police Station and repented at the Harbour Office

Ga. 20.00 7283)

29.69

29.88

9.88 79

Gutalai Sharp Pk Amny

29.87

39.00 99,69

"199.69

29.67%

Taichu Tainan.... Kostun..... Peseadores Canton 6.29.10

ongkong

"199.88, 79

The signals will be lowered when it

•Rock.. is considered that sil danger is overy „

The Day Signals will be displayed at Wuchowa.

Miseno..... the masthead of the atorni signal mast Pakhoi

Boibow "on Blackbeart Hill, the Harbour Ofice, Phylica 2

H.M.S. Timur. Green Island signul mast, Touran ....

C.St.Jumes the flagstaff on the promises of the

Aparri Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Dagupan... Godown Company at Kowloon, the Manila

Legaspi Hagstall on the premises of the Standard Taclobaz Oil Company at Lai-chi-kok, and the Iloilo

Surigao...» flagstaff near the Field Officer's Quarters Labuan.*** at Lyemun

XiGH SCNALS (Lamps.) 1.-White, White, White. 2.-White, green, green. 3-Green, white, white.

Green, green, white, White, white, green, 6-Green, green, green.

-Red, green, red.

The Night Signals will be displayed, atauuset, on the tower of the Railway Station, on H.M.S. Tumer, and on the Harbour Office fingataf. They will have the same siguification as the day siguala

|

29.81

29.34

29.81

29.82 29.89 79

LITETETE|| Weather.

T. F. CLAXTON, Director.. Hongkong Observatory, June 28, 1917,

1. BAROMETER, reduced to 32 degrees Fahrenheit, on the level of the ses in inches, tenths and hundredths.

2. TEMPERATURE, in the shade, in de grees Fahrenheit

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COTTON MILTS.

T. 50 2107

151

3. HUMIDITT, in percentage of stora tion, the humidity of air saturated with Ewo moisture being 100.

4. DIRECTION OF WIND, to two points. Shanghai Cottons T. 50.

Bea ford Scale.

5. FORGE OF WIND, sccording to

Kung Yik..

8. STATE OF WEATHER, b blue sky, E detached cloud, d drizzling rain, f fog Y ngtas g gloomy, h hail, I lightning, o of rent, P passing showers, a squal, r rain snow!

thunder. y visibility dew, web). 7. Rans in inches, tenths and bun.. dredtha

HONGKONG REGISTER.

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Signal No. 7 will be accompanied by explosive bombe as above, in the ovent] of the information conveyed by this signal being first published at night.

SUPPLEMENTARY WARNINGS, When loc signals are displayed in the Harbour, & Cone will be exhibited at the following stations:-Gap Rock Waglan Stanley, Aberdeen, Sau Ki Wan, Sai Kung, Sha Tau Kok, Tai Fo

99.60 Parometer... to notify the fact to native craft and Temperature puting: ocean vesela, on demand, by Humidity

Direction of

Wind signal from lighthouses."

Force The object of the code is to give at Weather... least 24 hours warning of a gale (Force Ráîn. 8 by Beaufort Scale, or 40-45 m.ph.. mean velocity by Dines Anemometer) and also warning of expected changes in the direction a fores of the wind. Owing, however, to the uncertain move. ments of typhoon and to insufficient

legraphic observations, it will occasion ally happen that signals 2 to 5 may be

Stand By and watch for the nort displayed without a gale occurring at

signal. Hoogkong, or even Gap Rock, hat the revorno is not likely to happen, except in the case of typhoons forming in the vicinity and traveling mpidly towards Hängkong of "di a located typhoo

indressing its prsté of

T. F. CLAXTON Director | Peak Triwways Hongkong, Observatory, Jane 28, 1917.

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In the new Non-Local Code the approximate, velocity of the storm Wium Powell centre will be shown, in addition to its

direction of motion, and the position of

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the contre will be given in degrees of Toloobbue To 990. Latitude and

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