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EFFECTS OF LONDON SMOKE.

WEATHER REPORT.

Cleopatra's Needle hae recently heen in the On the 11th at 11.50 a.m.-The shallow da- handa "of Messrs. Aird, the contractors to the pression over lying the N.B. part of the Sea of County Council. The stone after being scrub-Japan yesterday las moved away Northeast- bed is being covered with some substance that rards, and pressure has incraised over N. China

and S. Japan. ́will make it impervious, for a considerable time The arometer las fallen moderately in at all events, to the disintegrating effect of the Shanghai, a depression having appeared over

the Yangtze Valley,

London atmosphere. If a similar precantion were not taken at intervals the Needle would be absolutely rained within a measurable time.

was

Prosmaro is high over the Pacific in the neigh- bourhood of the Bonins and over Manchuria. It has increased and is in slight excess of the normal at the stations bordering the China.

Fea

Light to moderato E and NE. winds may be expected over the N. part of the China Sos.

Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10 am., to-day, 0.00 inches,

The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon to-day is as follows:--

-DISTRICT

FORECAST

Hongkong & Neighbourhood (E. winds; light;

Formosa Channel

South coast of Chius batween"

Hongkong and Lmnocks. Į South coast of Chios between) Hongkong no Hainan....`j

The Inst time a similar operation was carried out was in the year 1895. On that occasion a +thin outer coating of a preparation of caKAPAS applied. A recent inspection showed that this had more or less perished. The top of tho monolith, it was found, was weathering badly, the result being that it possible to lover off small portions of decom. nosed folspar. This pynidal toy has hiero glyphics cut into it in intaglio, and in this anot and water had accumulated. It is obvious that some remedy had not been adopted the oora- pleto obliteration of those fascinating inscrip. tions would have been merely a matter of time. The County Council, therefore, determined to net promptly, but, as a preliminary they took export chemical advice Is a wax preparation the most suitable that can be found to protect stone from decay? Some experts say it is not Wax, as everyone knows, is liable to melt in the sou, and this is what has happened to the composi tion referred to in the sixteen years which have elapsed since last the work of arresting the pro- cess of decay was undertaken, the material penetrating the store and leaving the sarfaon unprotected. There is some question, therefore, of making a new and interesting experiment with baryta water, but nothing has yet been settl ed and it is possible that once more a wax soln- tion will be resorted to. Baryla water, it may be mentioned, is a solution of the chemical unb stance called barium monoxide, a greyish white powder similar in its proparties to quicklime. It is said to be strongly favoured for the par. pose which the County Council as in view,

certain societies interested in the preserva Vl'ostock tion of ancient monuments. The one disadvantage Nomura

fice.. Variable winds

light

Samo in No. 1.

Sarao s No. 1.

CHINA COAST METEOROLOGICAL

Station.

of employing it is that it gives the object with Hakodatu which it is treated rather the appearance of Tokie having a very thin coating of whitewash, at Kochi though this wears off after a little while. As Nagasaki

ards the surface of the stone which is expoeed regards

Kagoshima to the view of the ordinary passer-by, the work Oshima now to be undertaken in not of urgent import Naha..... ance. It is at the top, in fact, that the threat- Ichijima enod mischief is most serious, for it is there only Bouin Is. that water can lie and, to a certain extent, per- Chefoo meato the stone.

Weihaiwel

REGISTER.

"September '1th--AT AM.

THE TRE OF COAL IN THE EARLY DAYS.- Hankow As the stogs is of the hardest known to buil-Kinkiong ders, a granite of the Syonite, type, one, is an- Shanghai abled to realise, by the precautions deemed necas. Gutzlaff sary to bo takon from time to time for its pre- Sharp Peak servation, bow injurious is this climate of ons Amoy from the point of view of the architect. The Swatow subject, it need hardly be said, is a very old one. Tathaku In the reign of Elizabeth the burning of stone Taichu coal, as it was then called, was, prohibited in Taissa London during the time that Parliament was Kos

Koshun Larder that the health of the Knights Pescadores. sitting ind of the Shire might not suffer from this cause Canton while they were in the capital looking after the Hong

Hongkong interests of their constituents and of the nation. Vict. Peak As for the well-being of those who were not Gap Rock Knights of the Shire Parliaments seem to have acno been indifferent. Half a century or more later, Wuchw in 1646, the citizens of Londen potitioned Holbow Parliament to forbid the importation of Pakhoi coal

from Nowcastle, .00 Account of Phulien tho injury it caused to the health Toursue

Nothing, however Aparri,

inhabitants.

(St. James...

Manila

Coba

Henr.

Bacornṛter.

Temperature.

7.30.01 61

Humidity.

6 a. 29.89 19191 29.79

* 30.01

30.01

30.08

9.30 06 78

29.97 80

929.89 7967 23.88 77 9.5

29.97, 77

ta 29.98 78 86

5a.

H

29.94

30.01 84)

8a./29.96 84

20.05 7

29.96 84 29.

110.

6a.29.87 75

9a

22.89 81

29.91 66

$29.95 62

111188

¡ Wind.

Weather.

Force.

HOOPHORORHO STIMMMNHO000G-HANG|TION=

F. G. Go, Director.

mototeles

Hongkong Observatory, September 11th, 1911

BAROMETER, redused to 32 degrees Fahrenheit om the level of the son in inches, tenths and hundredths.

2 TEMPERATURE, in the shado, in degrees Fahren- beit,

HUMIDITY, in porcantago of saturation, the humidity of air saturated with moisture being 30.

4 DILECTION OF WIND, to two points.

of tho was done in the matter, and although at later periods eminent mon, notably John Evelyn have pointed out the evils of a smoky atmosphere, Legaspi it was not until a comparatively recent time that Bacolod a real attempt was made to grapple with the Iloilo problem, Smoke consists of minute particles of carbon containing a certain amount of

of tarry Labuan Tantter which settles upon buildings and and covers them with a sticky film. Professur Church and other experts have demonstrated by experiment the great injury done to buildings by the products of imperfect combustion, which eanse stone and even brick to crumble and decay. The ravages coramitted in this way to buildings like Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament are well known, and sro a constant source of worry and expense, And no 5 FORCE OF WIND, nccording to Beafort Scale. wonder, for Dr. W. J. Kamil found G STATE OF WEATHER, b blue sky, o detnobari in 1,000 enbig foot of London air, even

cloud, d drizzling rain, f fog, g gloomy, h bail, I in fine weather, 0.128 grains of sulphuriorain, a snow, thunelor, y visibility, w dew (wol)

lightning, o overcast, p jessing showozą, a squally, e acid, besides o'minute quantity of hydrochloric

O RAIN in inchos, tenths and handroths. nold. In dull weather the quantity of sulphurie acid was nearly three times as large. A careful inquirer, the Hon. F. A. Rolle Russell, Bos estimated that the damage done in London every year by smoke represents over five millions sterling, or, say, £1 ahead of the population. In this estimate, of course, many things had to be taken into account, such as the gradual de struction of buildings, metals, and works of art, the cost of cleaning windows, loss of time by certain workers owing to absence of daylight, and so forth. That is merely the monetary side of the question. The damage done to Temperature hoalth, as authorities like Bir William Broadbont have pointed ont, is also very serious, although any attempt to estimate ita extent must, of course, he purely conjectural,

DUTCH AND PORTUGUESE IN

TIMOR.

With reference to the conflict between the Portuguese and Dutch authorities in the island of Timor, the Dutch Gazette gives the following résumé

The text of the Convention regarding Timer having given rise to different interpretations, the Cabinets of The Hague and Lisbon com- municated to one another their views on the During these exchanges of ideas nativos subject. of the territory on the Portuguese frontiar made raids into territories which the Porta- guese authorities

as disputed

Suto Dountry, and

and fato undisputed

HONGKONG METEOROLOGICAL

REGISTER

Hongkong. Observatory, Septembar 11th.

Barometer .......

Humidity'...... Wind Direction

Weather Bain..........

Forceti.....

| Previous On Date On Date

Duy At

At

st 4 p.m. 10 am.

4 pm.

29.90 29,9) 29.90

81

82

8!

22

82

77

East

2

1

b

t

1

0.07

Highest open air Temperature ou 10th,.,84 · Lowest open air Temperature ou 10th „,.76

HONGKONG TIDE TABLE.

From 12th to 18th September, 1911.

High Water.

Days of

Days of

Montie

Height

LOW WATER

H'kong

F'kong

Mein

Time.

Men ime.

h. m. ft. ia

1. m,

ft. in.

Tuel,

12 m 11 22

5 5 5 6

11-37 ab 4 0.14a 5.8

5 36

559

6 50

ta" 75

320 5 1

15 m

i

36 6 in 8 334

3.266 48 5 7.0

Portuguese troops were sent therent the request .........

of the Dutch Government. These troops sveca Wed. 13 |

ated these regions and demolished the forti-

orders

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The Austrinu Lloyd's str. Austria loft Sings. pore on the 9th inst., und will arrive here on or about the 15th instant, at daylight.

The I.G.M. str. Derflinger, carrying the German Mails with dates from Berlin of the 23rd alt., left Colombe on the 10th inst. a.m., and may be expected here on or about the 20th inst.

The CPB. Co's str., Empress of India arrived at Kobo at 8 p.. on the 8th inst, and where she is due to arrive at 3 p.m. on the 10th

Sat.

Sen.

for the evacuation could reach the Portuguesa anthorities In Timor, a skirmish took place. Fri, The Portuguese Government presented a claim on this subject to The Hague, but the Governor- General at Batavis had strendy proprio motu, expresved bis regrats that blood t

been

shed. The Minister of Foreign Affairs at Lisbon bas

as

the passed over in silence the essential part of Mon condict in which stops taken by the Dutch Government were crowned with the desired success, but adils details of a minor mishap. according to an official communique issued at The article confirms the previous report that, The Hague, a skirmish with regard to the delimitation of the frontier the negotiations

between the Portuguese and Dutch possARSİQUE in the island of Timor, Three Portagugu negro soldiers were killed and an officer and two non-commissioned officers were captured. The Governor-General of the Dutch Indies has expressed to the Portuguese Governor his regret, at the incident, and has at the same time ordered the liberation of the prisoners.

14 65

16 m 2 7 5 7.10 23

No infer ligh nor low

water 17 m 3 24 5 lim 11 50 1 9

No into high nor low-water

18 m 456|69|||

8 22 a 49

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Jeft again at noon on Saturday for Yokabans, and Portuguese troops red between Dutch TONGKONG HANSARD REPORTS

instant.

The N.D.L. str. Princ Sigismund loft Yap on the 11th inst., at 2 p.m., and may be expected hore on or about the 18th inst.

The LG.M. str. Gnotocnau, which left here on the 8th inst, at 9 a.m., arrived at Shanghai “on the 11th inst, at 6 am.

of the MEETINGS of the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL for the Sossion. 1910.)

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