THE HONGKONG
GOVERNMENT
GAZETTE, 20TH JUNE, 1877.
327
1877.
HARBOUR OFFICE.
STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.
METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.
CAPE D'AGUILAH. HEIGHT 170 FEET.
POLICE STATION, GAP. HEIGHT 1,300 FEET.
WINDS
!
WINDS
RAIN FALL.}
THERMOMETER,
THERMOMETER.
THERMOMETER.
DAY AND
HOUR.
DATE.
Baro-
METER
WEA-BARO-
THER. METER]
Saturday,
23rd
June,
9
Atta. Mux.] Min. Dry.] Wet.
29.86 82.0 $2.0 31.0 b.c. Noon 29.85 $7.0 89.0 78.5 87.0 78.5 b.c. 3 29.79 83.0 88.0 79.0, b.c.
◊ TO 12. Att. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct, Force.
WEA BARO- THER. METER
0 TO 12. WEA- THER.
Attd. Max. Min. | Dry. | Wet. Direct. Force.
In inches during previous 24 hours,
BARO-
METER
THERMOMETER.
WINDS
Ο το 12ο
WEA-BARO-] THER. METER
THERMOMETER.
1
Attd. Max. Mín. Dry.Wet. Direct. Force.
VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.
Attd. Max. Min. Dry, Wot. Direct. Force.
RAIN, FALL.
In inches
THER. (during previous
WINDS
0 TO 12.
WEA-
24 hours.
•
29.77 84.0l 83.0 80.0 SW 29.78 86.0 88.0 76.0 84.0 80.0 SW 29.75 86.0 87.5 80.5 SW
1
b.c.
29.80 83.0}
80.0 77.0 SW
1
b.c.
77.0 76.0 Calm
0
2
b.c.
2 b.c.
29.8.1 84.0 86.0 76.0 83.0 79.0 SW
2
b.v.
0.00
:
:
b.c.
28.1275,0]
75.0 74.0 Calm
0
O.C.
83.0 74.0 78.0 76.0, Calm
0
b.c.
28.11 78.0 79.0 78.0 78.0 75.0 W
1
b.m.
0.00
•
29.77 85.0,
:
85,0) 80.0 SW
2
b.c.
79.0 76.0 Calm
0
b.c.
28.10 77.0
..
:
:
76.0 75.0 SW
3
b.m.
:
3
Sunday, 9 29.79 86.5| 86.0 76.5 b.c. 24th Noon 29.79 87.0 91.0 80.0 87.0 78.0 b.c. June, 29.78 88.0 88.0 79.0; b.c.
:
29.74 87.0 85.0 81.0 SW 29.74 87.0 88.0 80.0 86.0 80.0 SW 29.74 87.0
1 b.c.
3
b.c.
Monday, 9 29.82 85.0 85.0 79.0 b.c. 25th Noon 29.82|87.0|90.0 79.5 87.0 76.0) 5.c. June, 3 29.77 88.0; 88.0 77.0 b.c.
29.74 80.0
|:
29 75 87.0 87.0; 78.0) 86.5! 74.0] SW 29.74 87.0
: 19
86.0 81.0) SW
of
b.c.
29.74 85.0
29.75 81.0 29.7585.0 86.0 78.5 85.0 80.0; SW 84.5 79.0 SW
84.0 79.0 SW
3
ය
b.c. -
79.0 75.0 Calm
0
b.
28.03 76.0
75.0 73.0 SW
2
b.v.
3
b.c.v.
0.00
82.0 74.0 80.0, 76.0 SSW
3
D.
28.08 75.0 79.0, 73.0 75.0 74.0 SW
3
b.v.
0.00
4 b.c.v.
78.0 76.0, SSW
3
CO
b.
28.08 75.0
75.0 74.0 SW
3
b.v.
84.0 72.0 SW
1
b.c.
29.77 83.0;
82.0 79.0 SW
2
b.v.
77.0 75.0 SW
2
2
b.c.
29.77 85.0 86.0 78.0j 85,0 79.0 SW
3 b.v.
0.00
:
87.0 75.0 SW
2
b c.
29.74 86.0
85.5 78.5 SW
2
b.v.
:
Tuesday, 9
29.8284.0
26th Noon
June,
3
..
84 077.0 b.c. 20.82 81,5, 90.5 79.0; $4.0 77.0 b.c. 29.75 84.0 84.0 76.0 b.c.
29.76 8.0
84.0 82.0 N
1
b.c.
29.78 84.0
29.7688.0 88.0 79.0 86.0) 88.0, SW 29.7888.01
1
89.0 84.0 SW
b.c.
1 b.c.
| 83.0 79.0 SW 29.77 84.5 86.0 77.0 84.5 79.0, SE
2
b.v.
:
:
:
::
:
:
b.
28.08 76.0
75.0 74.0 S
1
b.c.v.
:
82.0 74.0 80.0 75,0| SW
b.
28.08 77,0 77.0 72.0 76.5 74.0 S
2
b.c.v.
0.00
80.0 76.5 Calin
0
b..
28.05 77.0
..
77.0 74.0 S
2
b.c.v.
:
76.0 75.0 Calm
0
b.c.
28.0875.0
74.0 73.0 S
1
b.c.v.
ลง
2 b.v.
0.00
:
82.0 74.0 79.0 76.0 Calmı
0
b.c.
28.08 77.0 77,0 72.0 77.0) 75.0 S
1
b.c.v.
29.73 84,5)
:
81.0 79.0 SE
2
b.v.
81.0 76.0 Calm
0
b.c.
29.06 78.0
77.0, 75.0j S
2
b.c.v.
:
:
Wednesday, 9
27th
June,
29.84, 87.0 85.0 80.0, b.c. Noon 29.85 | 84.5 88.0 79.5 81.0 77.5 bc. 29.83 86.0
:
81.0 78.0 b.c.
:
..
29.76 87.0 85.5 79.0 Calm 29.7788.0 90.0 79.0 88.0 $1.0 NE 29.77 88.0 90.0 88.0 ENE
I
0 b.c.
b.c.
2
b.c.
:
29.80 86.0 86,01 79,0) SE 29.79 85.0 87.5 77.5 85.5 78.0 SE 29.78 86.0 86.0 79.0 SE
3 b.v.
3 b.v.
0.00
:
:
:
:
:
::
0.00
77.0 75.0 Calm
0
b.c.
28.09 77.0j
76.0 74.0 SSE
I
b.c.v.
82.0 75.0 81.0 76.0 Calm
0
b.c.
28.11 78.0 78.
8.0 77.5 76.0 SW
2
b.c.v.
0.00
3 b.v.
:
:
:
81.0 76.0 Calm
0
b.c.
28.11 78.0
77.0 75.0, S
3 b.c.v.
:
:
Thursday,
29.91 83.0
28th
June,
33.0 81.0 b.c. Noon 29.92 85.590.0 80.0 85.0 78.5 bc. 3 29.89 87.5 87.0 78.0 b.c.
29.82 86.0
95.0 83.0 NE 29.8388.0 90.0 80.0 87.0 85.0, SW 29. 89.0 89.0 86.0 SW
b.c.p. 29.83 85,0
1
b.c.
2 b.c.
29.86 85.5 88.0 78.5 87.0 79.5 SE 29.85 86.5
::
..85.0 80.0 SE
2
b.v.
:
79.0 77.0 Calm
0
b.c.
28.16 76.0
77.0 75.0, S
1 b.v.
2 b.v.
0.00
82.0 75.0 81.0 78.0 Calm
0
b.c.
28.16 78.0 79.0 74.0 78.0 76.0 NW
1
0.00
86.0 79.0] SE
2
b.v.
| 81.0 79.0' Calmı
0
b.c.
28.15 78.0
:
77.5 76.0 S
2
b.y.
:
:
Friday,
29th
Noon
June,
29.84 80.01
29.90185.00 18.5.0 80.0||b.c. 29.8985.5 90.5 81.0 85.0 79.0) b.c. 89.0 81.0 b.c.
:
79.0
2.2 88.0 86.0 83.0; NE 29.82 89.0 92.0 80.0 89.0 85.0 E 29.79 88.0 83.0 83.0 SW
1
:
b.c. 29.84, 86.0 85.5 80.0 NE 2 b.c. 29.83 85.5 88.0 79.5 86.5 82.5 NE 2 b.c.p. 29.82 86.0,
2
b.c.
:
2
b.c.
0.00
85.0 78.5 SW
1
b.c.
::
:
80.0 77.0
2
b c.
28.15 77.0
76.0 75.5 E
1
82.0, 76.0 81.0, 78.0 Calm
Q
81.0 78.0 Calm
b.c.
U b.c.
•
28.17 80.0 81.0 74.0 79.0 78.0) E 28.12 78.0
1
b.c.v.
b.c.v.
0.00
.. 77.0 76.0 SW
2 b.c.v.
'arcel.
etter.
at.
er.
ircle.
20
ZJ
30
U
36
30
11
4.1
52
53
60
61
69
70 - 80
above 80
Figures
Illustrations of the power of the Wind as regards a well-conditioned Man-of-War or First-class Clipper Ship,
Rate of the Wind per Hour in Miles.
to denote
the Force
if the
Wind.
at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). STATE OF WEATHER :-b. blue sky; e. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; A. foggy; g. gloomy; h. hail; . lightning; m. misty (hazy); o, overcast; p. passing showers; 9. squally; r. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; «. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; e. visibility. Objects NOTE:--A bar (-) under any letter angments its signification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and continuing rain, &c., &c.
Wind,
Culin
Light Air
Light Breeze Gentle Breeze Moderate Breeze- Fresh Breeze Strong Breeze Moderate Gale Fresh Gale
Strong Gale Whole Gale
Storme
Hurricane...
Just sufficient to give steerage way
With which the above Ship with all sail ( 1 to 2 knots set and clean full would go in smooth 3 to 4
water.
זי
(5 to 6
Royals, &c.
Single Reefs and T. G. Saits.
full and by In which she could just carry in chase, Double Reefs and Jih, &c.
Triple Reets. xe....
(Cise Reefs and Courses
In which she could just bear close-reefed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail Under Storin Staysail
Bure Poles.
Figures
to denote
the Forec
of the
Description of Wind.
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