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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST OCTOBER, 1892.

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depression W of Bolinao.' At noon the centre was in about 17° N, 1124° E and at noon on the 31st in about 20° N, 112° E. 10.45 a. on the 31st the Black South Cone was hoisted and the following notice issued:- typhoon appears to be moving Westward." At 5.15 a. on the 1st September the Black Ball was hoisted and at 11 a. the Red Ball, and the following notice was issued:--" the typhoon appears to have approached the Gulf of Tongking." At noon the centre was in about 21° N, 11130 E, and at noon on the 2nd in about 21° N, 1091 E. At 10.30 a. on the 2nd the ball was taken down, as the depression was filling up.-At 11.13 a. on the 5th the following notice was issued:-

"there is a depression in the China Sea. Barometer falling at all stations." The barometer was low near the Bashee Channel. There blew strong SW breezes in the China Sea. The centre of a great typhoon was in about 24° N, 125° E. At 10 a. on the 6th the Red Drum was hoisted, and the following notice was issued at 10.50 a. :- "there is a typhoon near Southern Formosa." At noon the centre was in about 25° N, 123° E, it crossed Keelung and Tamsui in the evening and did immense damage. At 10.30 a. on the 7th the Black Drum was hoisted, and at 11.58 a. the following

was issued: "typhoon approaching Swatow."

E. At 6 p. the following notice was issued:-"it is blowing hard between Swatow and Foochow At 6.15 p. *the Black North Cone was hoisted. At 12.20 a. on the 8th two lanterns were hoisted horizontally, and at 10.50 a. the Black Drum. At noon on the 8th the centre was in about 22° N, 115° E. At 4 p. the following notice was issued:--centre of typhoon about 100 miles E of Hongkong, nearly stationary." At 6 p. the Black South Cone was hoisted and the following notice issued: "the centre of the typhoon is south of Hongkong moving Westward." This was done in order to indicate before dark to vessels in the harbour that they need not prepare for a typhoon. At noon on the 9th the centre was in about 20° N, 113° E, and on the 10th in about 181° N, 113° E, but it had ceased to blow hard. At 10.15 a. on the 10th the Black South Cone was taken down.- At noon on the 16th the centre of a typhoon appears to have been in about 20° N, 123° E. At 5.8 p. the following notice was issued :- typhoon near Southern Formosa." At 9.30 a. on the 17th the Black Drum was hoisted, and the following notice was issued at 10.20 a. :-"typhoon approaching SE coast." At noon the centre was in about 22° N, 120° E. At 4 p. the following notice was issued:-"bad weather in the Formosa Channel." At 7 p. two lanterns were hoisted horizontally. At 10.50 a. on the 18th the following notice was issued:-"typhoon now approaching coast between Amoy and Swatow." At noon the centre was in about 23° N, 117 E. At 4 p. the following notice was issued :- "typhoon near Swatow approaching coast between Hongkong and Swatow.' At 6.20 p. two lanterns were hoisted horizontally, and at 5.15 a. on the 19th the signals were taken down. The centre had passed nearly over the Colony, but as usual it had ceased to blow when the centre struck the coast. the 19th the centre was in about 221° N, 1124° E.-At 10.35 a. on the 22nd the following notice was issued: "there is a depression in the China Sea." At noon the centre was in about 17° N, 117° E moving Westward. The sea was very high.

Hongkong Observatory, 1st October, 1892.

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At noon on

W. DOBERCK, Director.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 392.

The following is published.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st October, 1892.

G. T. M. O'BRIEN,

·Colonial Secretary.

NOTICE.

Owners of Tenements are reminded that Rates for the Fourth Quarter of 1892 are payable in advance during and within the month of October.

Such Rates should be paid before the 31st October, and if not paid by that date proceedings will be taken to recover the same as provided by the Rating Ordinance, No. 15 of 1888.

No refund of rates on vacant tenements will be granted unless the rates shall have been paid in advance.

F. H. MAY, Acting Treasurer.

Treasury, Hongkong, 28th September, 1892.