THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7TH AUGUST, 1869.
WEATHER TABLES FOR THE PAST WEEK. REGISTER AT HARBOR MASTER'S OFFICE, PRAYA WEST.
363
6 A.M.
NOON.
6 P.M.
1869.
THERMOMETER.
Baro- meter.
Thermo- Baro- Thermo-
meter. meter.
Self Registering.
Baro-
meter.
meter.
Thermo- meter.
Min.
Max.
July
31
August
"
"2
"
""
THE CO
29.95
29.92
29.87
3
29.83
29.82
5
29.79
29.82
88888*D
86
29.97
87
86
29.93
87
86
29.89
87
85
29.86
88
86
86
29.83
88
82
84
29.77
86
82
84
29.86
84
">
84
8888888
85
86
89
88
*******
88
29.91
88
29.86
87
29.82
88
29.81
88
29.75
29.77
85
29.80
******8
88
87
86
DATE.
6 A.M.
9 A.M.
BAROMETER.
*NOON
3 P.M.
REGISTER AT BLOCK HOUSE, VICTORIA PEAK.
Height above Sea Level 1,770 feet.
HYDROMETER,
DRY BULB,
WET BULB.
6 P.M.
THERMO-
METER,
Self Registering.
WINDS.
RAIN.
Force, range from 0 to 12.
In inches during the |
previous 24 hours.
REMARKS AS TO WEATHER.
Min. Max.
NOON.
6 A.M.
Dirn
NOON.
Dirn. F.
6 P.M.
Dirn
9 A.M.
F.
1869.
July 31 28.25 28.27 28.28 28.23 28.21 76.5 Aug. 1 28.20 28.24 28.23 28.18 28.15 76.0
79.0 78.075.5 76.0 75.5 75.5 78.5 SSW 78.0 77.0 74.0 75.0 74.0 75.0 79.0 S
3 SSW
5 SW
2 S
4
0.28
4 S
5
0.33 |
11
2 28.16 28.19 28.14 28.16 28.12 75.0
78.5 78.5 74.5 75.0 74.0 75.0 78.5 SW
5 SW
3 SSW
4
0.05
*
3 28.12 28.15, 28.17 28.15 28.18 76.0 81.0 79.0 75.0 79.075.0 76.0 80.5 NW
8
0 E
2
0.00
4 28.13 28.15 28.13 28. 5 28. 3 78.081.0 78.0 76.5 77.0 76.5 77.5 81.0 NE
4 E
5 NE
6
0.00
"}
5 28.7 28.10 28.10 28. 9 28. 776.3 76.5 76.0 76.0 76.0 75.0 75.0 81.0 NьW
8 W
6 NW
6
4.65
"
6 28.12 28.15 28.16 28.11 28. 9 76.0 76.5 77.0 75.5 75.0 76.5 73.0 76.0 SW
7 SW
8 SW
7
0.58
NOTICE.
THE interest and responsibility of the late Mr.
ceased on the 30th June last, and Mr. MORTI- MER EVELYN MURRAY was admitted a partner therein on 1st July.
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MARGESSON & Co.
Hongkong, 3rd August, 1869.
NOTICE.
COMPAGNIE DES SERVICES MARITIMES
DES
MESSAGERIES IMPERIALES.
Paquebots Poste Français.
STEAM FOR
SAIGON, SINGAPORE, BATAVIA, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, ALEXANDRIA, MESSINA, MARSEILLES,
ALSO,
BOMBAY, PONDICHERRY, MADRAS, AND CALCUTTA.
T
THE Company's Steam-ship “DONNAI,” Commandant MELIZAN, will leave this Port for the above places, with Mails, Passengers, Specie, and Cargo, on Thursday, the 12th August
at noon.
Cargo and Specie will be registered for London as well as for Marseilles, and accepted in transit through Marseilles for the principal places of Europe.
Cargo will be received on board until 4 P.M. of the 11th; Specie and Parcels until 5 P.M. of the 11th. (Parcels are not to be sent on board; they must be left at the Agency's Office.)
For Particulars regarding Freight and Pas- sage, apply at the Company's Office, Hongkong. CONTENTS AND VALUE OF PACKAGES ARE REQUIRED.
C. BERTRAND, Principal Agent.
Hongkong, 27th July, 1869.
MR
NOTICE.
R. LEONHARD STAËL has been admitted a
Partner in our Firm from this date.
HESSE & Co.
Hongkong, 1st July, 1869.
CONSULAT DE FRANCE.
Fine though squally all day.
Fine clear all day.
Do.
Fine hazy all day.
Fine overcast; 5.30 P.M. passing fog
throughout.
Rain during past night; 4.30 AM. thunder, lightning, strong wind and very heavy rain; 4 P.M. fine cloudy throughout.
Fog; 7 A.M. fine overcast; 1 p.m. pass-
ing fog throughout.
NOTICE.
(HE Undersigned has as a
AR ordonnance Consulaire, en date du 16 General inetioneer ant Commission Agent,
PAR
courant, Mr. GUILLAUME PASSEROTTE,
a été nommé Chancelier intérimaire de ce Consulat,
Le Consul de France, HENRY DU CHESNE.
Hongkong, le 24 Juillet, 1869.
NOTICE.
R. WILLIAM GEORGE PRICE is au-
from this date.
GILMAN & Co.
Hongkong, 17th July, 1869.
PRO
NOTICE.
In the Estate of DOUGLAS LAPRAIK, deceased. ROBATE of the last Will and Testament of DOUGLAS LAPRAIK, formerly of Hong- kong and lately of Acton, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned one of the Executors in the said Will named, all persons indebted to the said Estate are hereby required to pay the amount of their debts forthwith. Persons having claims against the Estate are hereby required to send in particulars of their claims to the under- signed at the Office of Messrs. Douglas Lapraik & Co. or to Henry C. Caldwell, Esq., Solicitor, on or before the Thirty-first day of January, 1870, after which date no claims will be received or admitted.
R. E. BAKER,
Executor.
Dated Hongkong, 9th Day of July, 1869.
CONSULAR NOTIFICATION.
Tquatur of the Chinese Government at Peking
HE Undersigned having obtained the Exe-
to his nomination as CONSUL FOR THE NORTH GERMAN CONFEDERATION AT CANTON, hereby gives notice that he has as- sumed the duties of this office, and that all separate German Consulates at Canton will henceforth be discontinued.
Canton, 7th July, 1869.
CARLOWITZ.
on the ground floor of the Hongkong Hotel, under the style of GUEDES & Co.
J. M. GUEDES, Jr. Hongkong, 7th June, 1869.
MR
NOTICE.
R. JAMES HART is authorized to sign our
Firm per procuration in Hongkong.
TURNER & Co.
Hongkong, 17th June, 1869.
TH
NOTICE.
HE interest and responsibility of Mr. JAMES BENFERD DEACON in our Firm ceased on the 31st December, 1868, and Mr. SIDNEY DEACON is this day admitted a Partner.
DEACON & Co.
Canton, 1st January, 1869.
NOTICE.
THE business of KINNEAR & Co., Foochow, will be carried on from and after this date under the style and firm of
KINNEAR, LARKEN & Co., the partners therein being Mr. WILLIAM BAL- FOUR KINNEAR and Mr. THOMAS LANCASTER LARKEN.
WILLIAM BALFOUR KINNEAR. Foochow, 1st May, 1869.
NOTICE.
ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of the late
ROBERT HENRY GRANT, lately a Clerk
in the Naval Yard, Hongkong, are requested to make payment, and all persons having claims against the said Estate are notified to send in their claims to the undersigned without delay.
JNO, J. FRANCIS,
Solicitor for
John D. Macdonald Thomson,
Executor.
Hongkong, 3rd April, A.D., 1869.
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