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HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH JANUARY, 1886.

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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 21. Results of Magnetic Observations made in 1841-1885, are published for general

By Command,

cretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th January, 1886.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

OF MAGNETIC OBSERVATIONS MADE 1841-1885, IN HONGKONG.

1. Declination.

Observer.

.Belcher,...

.Richards, Maclear, ........Observatory,.

:)

Locality. .Hongkong, .Kaulung,

Declination. 0° 37' 0 30

E.

0 55.6

"}

""

0 47.0 0 45.2

""

27

12

""

2.-Dip.

Locality. .Hongkong,*

Dip .

.30°

2′.7 N.

.30 50 >>

.29 40

ܕ:

31 8

""

""

Wellington Battery, 31 26

32 17.9 ;)

32 19.6

Date. 1841.1,.

Observer. Belcher,...

1843.8,.

1851,

.Collinson,

"

1858,.

.Novara,

1858.1,.

Shadwell,

1872.3,................

}}

1873.3,.

""

#1874.9,

1874.9,......

.Maclear,

1884.5,

..Observatory,

1885.5,

>>

* Near Granite Rocks.

Date.

1843,

1858,

1874.9,

1884.5,...

1885.5,.

"

""

32 17.3

""

.Kaulung,

.32 20.4

•

""

..32 26.7 ""

..32 26.4 ""

3. Total Force in British Units.

Observer.

Belcher,.

Novara,

.Maclear, .Observatory,

Locality. Hongkong,

""

.Kaulung,

"}

J

Force.

8.95

8.95

9.231

9.258

9.257

It

appears, that the observed declinations are insufficient to prove any secular change, and that the was about 1860, increasing three or four minutes, and about 1880 about one minute yearly. The total force appears to be slowly increasing.

Hongkong Observatory. 13th January, 1886.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 22.

W. DOBERCK, Government Astronomer.

Tenders will be received at this Office until Noon of Thursday, the 28th January, 1886 :-

1. For repairing, painting, colouring, and lime-whiting the Lock Hospital.

2. For constructing ventilation shaft and drain to sewer, top of Peel Street.

3. For constructing 345 feet lineal of sewer, and for repairing, channelling, and macadam-

izing 325 feet lineal of the Pokfulam Road, commencing from Bonham Road going Eastward.

For form of tender, apply at this Office.

For specification and further particulars apply at the Surveyor General's Office.

The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th January, 1886.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary.