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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17TH AUGUST, 1895.
during the evening of this day it passed a little to the N of Pakhoi where a NW gale, in the morning, backing to SW, in the evening, was experienced. At the Custom House the lowest barometer reading, 29.26, was made at 11 p., but on board the S.S. Activ at anchor in the port the minimum, 29.41, was registered near 5 p. The weather continued bad between Hongkong and Swatow and to the south- ward on this day. Gradients remained rather steep and strong breezes to fresh gales, chiefly from SSE, accompanied by hard rain squalls prevailed over this area. At 11 a. on the 29th the Austrian frigate Aurora, on the starboard tack in 21°, 113° 45′ heading NW with the wind S by E (force G to 7), experienced a sudden squall with the wind veering to SW (force 9), which took the vessel aback, but she was so skilfully handled that no damage was caused. Vessels in the left-hand semi- circle are liable to encounter such veering squalls. In the right-hand semi-circle the squalls usually veer in the proper direction. The ship Alcedo, just outside Hongkong, continued to have a moderate SE gale with heavy rain squalls on the morning of the 29th and at 9 a. as the weather seemed to look worse again and they were unable to get off the lee shore, they decided to turn back and go into the port again.
On the 30th at noon the centre was perhaps in 23° 107 and it apparently filled up slowly as the weather at Pakhoi and Haiphong continued to be influenced by it until the 31st.
Hongkong Observatory, 16th August, 1895.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 361.
The following is published.
By Command,
W. DOBERCK,
Director.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th August, 1895.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
NOTIFICATION.
With reference to the Regulation made by Her Britannic Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires in Japan on the 20th day of June, 1894, to secure the observance by British Subjects of the Regulations for the Inspection of Vessels arriving from localities infected with Cholera, issued by the Imperial Japanese Government on the Twenty-third day of June, 1882, and subsequently amended by Imperial Decree :-
The Undersigned Her Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Japan, hereby makes known for the information of British Subjects resident in or resorting to Japan, that he has received a note from His Excellency the Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs stating that the said Regulations for the Inspection of Vessels will now be put in force at the Ports of Yokohama, Kobe, Nagasaki, Kuchinotsu, Shimonoseki and Moji, in the case of all vessels arriving directly, or otherwise, from Ports in Formosa and Corea, being localities infected with Cholera.
The said Inspection will take place :-
For vessels proceeding to the Port of Kôbe at Wada Point;
For vessels proceeding to the Port of Yokohama at Nagaura; and
For vessels proceeding to the Port of Moji or Ujina at Shimonoseki.
When it is necessary to enforce disinfection in the case of vessels bound for the Port of Kuchinotsu in Nagasaki Prefecture, or for any other special Port of export, they shall proceed to the nearest disinfecting station.
II.B.M. Legation, July 31st, 1895.
ERNEST SATOW.
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