THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24TH JULY, 1886,
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.---No. 287.
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following Notices under the Contagious Diseases Ordinance, 1867, are published for general
By Command,
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th July, 1886. ·
THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867.
It is hereby notified that the part of the house hereinafter mentioned, that is to say the First or of No. ii. Temple Street, Yaumáti, was, on the 19th day of July, 1886, pursuant to section 25 Le above Ordinance, declared by me under my Hand and Seal of Office to be an Unlicensed Brochel.
J. II. STEWART LOCKBART, Acting Registrar General.
L.S.
Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 19th July, 1886.
THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867.
It is hereby notified that the part of the house hereinafter mentioned, that is to say, the First air of No. 108, Wellington Street, of which Mr. LI SING is the Registered Householder, was, on the 21st day of July, 1886, pursuant to Section 23 of the above Ordinance, declared by me under my Hand and Seal of Office to be an Unlicensed Brothel.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
L.S.
Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 21st July, 1886.
Acting Registrar General,
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 143.
The following Notice from the Director of the Observatory is re-published for general information.
By Command,
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonia, Serrotary,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th April,; 1886.
NOTICE.
Meteorological Signals will be hoisted on the mast in front of the Police Barracks at Tsimshatsui:— A red drum indicates the existence of a typhoon in the China Sea to the East of the Colony. A red cone pointing upwards indicates, that a typhoon exists in a latitude more Northern
than the Colony, or, that it is progressing towards North.
A red cone pointing downwards indicates, that a typhoon exists in a latitude more Southern
than the Colony, or, that it is progressing towards South.
A red ball indicates the existence of a typhoon somewhere to the West of the Coly.
2. The shipping community is supposed to be guided not solely by these signals, but to consul
The Ling Coast Meteorological Register issued daily from here.
3. The Meteorological signals do not imply that a typhoon is approaching the Colony. Local It will be fired Stor a-warnings are given by firing the gun placed at the foot of the mast.
It will be red two rounds. one round, whenever a strong gale of wind is expected here. whenever the wind is expected to blow with storin or typhoon force, and it will be fired again, if possible, when the wind is likely to shift round suddenly,--such sitting being frequently accompanied by great disasters to the shipping.
4. In cases where special information is urgently required, enquiries at the Observatory should, if
possible, be made between 1 p. and 4 p., as I am particularly engaged at other times.
Hongkong Observatory, 25th May, 1885.
W. DOBERCK, Government Astronomer.
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