DIE
SOIT
QUI MALAY
MON
DROIT.
THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 15тH JUNE, 1878.
VOL. XXIV.
No. 24.
No. 127.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hongkong, during the Month ending 31st May, 1878, is published for general information.
By Cominand,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th June, 1878.
J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
Oriental Ba
11,909
150,000
Chartered M
India, London and China,......
434,5'
150,000
Chartered Be India, Australia and China, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
661,637
250,000
862,915
500,000
TOTAL,...
2,370,966
1,050,000
No. 122.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notice respecting Typhoons is published for general information.
By Command,.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st June, 1878.
NOTICE.
J M. PRICE, Acting
nial Secretary.
In the event of bad weather being apprehended by this Department, a black drum will be hoisted at the Office Flagstaff. A similar signal will be hoisted and a gun will be fired from the Police Hulk. The usual signs of approaching bad weather are, a falling Barometer with high Thermometer, sultriness of the atmosphere, and wildness and discoloration of the clouds. Should these symptoms exist and the wind be anywhere between North-Westerly and North-Easterly, a typhoon of a severe type may be looked for.
If there are the same indications of bad weather with the wind between South-Easterly and South- Westerly, a typhoon may be known to be in the neighbourhood, but not likely to be severely felt at Hongkong.
This signal is not to be considered as relieving Masters of ships from their proper responsibilities. The signal is intended only as calling the attention of the Mercantile Marine to any change of weather which the undersigned is expecting.
Harbour Department, Hongkong, 30th May, 1878.
J. P. MCEUEN, R.N., Acting ITarbour Master, &c..
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