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DATE,
6 A.M.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 8т¤ MAY, 1875.
NOTICE. HONGKONG.
Cape d'Aguilar Light.
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Notice is hereby given that a light will be exhibited on Cape d'Aguilar on and after the 16th of April next.
The illuminating apparatus is fixed Dioptric of the First Order showing a white light on the follow- ing bearings, which are magnetic and taken from Seaward.
1. From S. 45° W. to N. 53° W. Between these bearings the light is obscured by the islets
of the Nine Pins, and the islet just South of Waylan.
The light is then obscured by Soonkong Island.
2. From N. 21°W. to N. 42° W.
The light is then obscured by the Lema Islands, and the Islands to the Southward of them. 3. From N. 33° E. to N. 69° E. Between these bearings the light is obscured to vessels to the
South Westward of Ling Ting Island, and the Islands of the Samoun Group.
4. The Tathong Channel with the exception of a small portion obscured by Shicko Head.
The focal plane of the light is 200 feet above mean sea level, and in clear weather it should be seen at a distance of 23 Nautical Miles.
The Tower is round, of stone, 30 feet high, with a total height from its base to the lantern vane of 57 feet.
The dwellings and boundary walls are painted white.
The Lighthouse is in Latitude 22° 12′ 14′′ N. Longitude 114° 15′ 44′′ E.
Harbor Department, Hongkong, 19th March, 1875.
H. G. THOMSETT, R.N., Harbor Master, ģe.
WEATHER TABLES FOR THE WEEK ENDING 7TH MAY, 1875. REGISTER AT HARBOR MASTER'S OFFICE, PRAYA WEST.
10 A.M.
NOON.
4 P.M.
THERMOMETER.
1875.
Baro-
meter.
Thermo- Baro- Thermo-
meter.
meter. meter.
Self Registering.
Baro- Thermo- meter.
meter.
Min.
Max.
May
30.15
69.5
30.13
70
67.5
74
30.09
71
30.10
70
30.08
71
66
71
30.02
71
"
>"
30.10
71
30.07
71
67.5
71
30.03
72.5
""
30.13
71
30.10
71.5
67.5
72
30.05
74
"
30.05
74
30.05
74
69
74
29.97
75
""
30.00
75.5
29.99
78
70
78
29.95
81
"2
30.01
81
29.99
83.5
73
83.5
29.96
82.5
9 A.M.
BAROMETER.
'NOON
3 P.M.
6 P.M.
REGISTER AT BLOCK HOUSE, VICTORIA PEAK. Height above Sea Level 1,823 feet.
HYGROMETER.
DRY BULB.
WET BULB.
*NOON
6 P.M.
6 A.M.
NOON
6 P.M.
THERMO-
METER.
Self Registering
WINDS.
Force, range from 0 to 12.
6 A.M.
NOON. 6 P.M. NOON. Dirn. F. Dirn. F. Dira, F.
Min. Max.
9
6 A.M.
KAIN.
In inches during the
previous 24 hours.
REMARKS AS TO WEATHER.
NOON.
1875. May
1 28.27 28.32 28,32 28.27 28.26 59.0 60.5 59.5 55.5 59.059.0 58.0 65.5 ENE 3 NE
2 28.25 28.27 28.27 28.22 28.22 60.0 61.0 61.0 59.5 60.5 60.5 58.5 61.5
4 NNE 4
0.00
"
"
4 28.29 28.32 28.32 28.26 28.26 63.0 63.5 | 65,0 63.0 63.0
3 28.24 28.27 28.28 28.24 28.24 61.0 68.0 63.5 61.0 62.5 63.5 60.0 64.0 E
64.0 60.5 64.0 E
44
E
3 E
3 E
4
0.02
3 E
2 ENE
2
0.00
4 E
4 SW
2
0.08
73
5 28.25 28.28 28.28, 28.20: 28.20 64.0 66.0 66.0
63.0 65.064.0 63.0 67.0 E
5 E
5 E
2
0.00
A.M., overcast, hazy; 4 P.M., fog with drizzly rain.
Fog with detached openings at in-
tervals throughout.
5 A.M., fog with openings at intervals;
noon, overcast, hazy.
Fog with rain past night; 5 A.M., thick
fog; 1 P.M., fine, clear, cloudy.
Fog past night; 9 A.M., fine, hazy;
noon, fine, clear, cloudy.
"
6 28.19 28.25 28.24 28.20 28.18 65.0 70.0 72.064.5 67.5. 69.0 63.0 70.0 SSW
M
7 28.21 28.26 28.26 28.22 28.21 68.0 75.0 71.0 65.5 67.0 63.0
67.0 75.0 NE
2 SSW
4 E
2 WNW
4 E
3
0.00
Fog past night; 8 A.M., fine, clear,
cloudy.
5
0.00
Fine, clear, cloudy throughout.
REGISTER AT GUNPOWDER DEFOT.
BAROMETER.
DATE.
HYGROMETER,
DRY BULB.
WET BULB.
THERMO-
METER.
WINDS.
6 A.M.
3 A.M.
*NOON
5 P.M.
6 P.M.
6 A.M.
*NOON
6 P.M.
Self Registering
Min. | Max.
NOON.
Force, range from 0 to 12.
6 A.M.
Νουν. 6 P.M. Dirn. F. Dirn. F. Dirn E.
REMARKS AS TO WEATHER.
1875.
May 1 30.12 30.17 30.17 30.11 30.11 69.5 73.5 69.5 63.0 68.0 66.5 68.0 76.0 Calm
2 30.08 30.10 30.11 30.07 30.05 67.5 70.5 68.5 66.5 67.5 67.0 66.0 71.0 E
0 E
1 NE
"
"
4 30.10 30.14 30.14 30.08 30.06 69.5 73.0 71.0 68.5
3 30.09 30.10 30.10 30.07 30.06 69.0 72.0 72.0 68.0 69.5 69.0 67.0 72.5 Calm
70.0 69.0 68.0 73.5 E
0 Calm
2 E
""
5 30.07 30.09 30.09 30.03, 30.00 71.0 74.5 73.0 68.0 69.5 70.0 69.0 75.0 E
2 E
3 E
1 NE
◊ Calm
4 E
4 E
2 Do.
2 Overcast and fine throughout.
do.
do.
0
1
Fine, overcast and hazy throughout.
6 A.M., foggy and drizzly rain; noon, fine and cloudy.
2
Fine, cloudy and hazy throughout.
"
6 29.99 30.02 30.03 29.97, 29.95 72.0 77.5 78.5 70.5 73.0 75.069.0 74.0 Calm
0 WSW
1 WSW
1
Fine and cloudy throughout.
"
7 29.98 30.02 30.02 30.01 30.01 73.5 72.5 76.5 72.5 74.5 70.5 69.5 75.0 Calm
0 E
2 E
2
Fine and cloudy throughout, fresh breeze from the N. at
7 A.M., and lasted till 9 A.M.
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