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No. 170.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH MARCH, 1868.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

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It is hereby notified that, in accordance with Section 12 of "The Police and Lighting Rate Ordinance, 1863," His Excellency the GOVERNOR, by and with the Advice of the Executive Council, has fixed the Police Rate for the Year 1868 at Ten and a quarter per cent for Houses in the City of Victoria; and in accordance with Section 18 of the same Ordinance at Five per cent for Houses in the Villages of this Island.

The above Rate, as regards Houses in Victoria, will be levied exclusive of a Lighting Rate of One and a half per cent under Section 12 of the above Ordinance, and a Water Rate of Two per cent per Annum under the Provisions of Ordinance No. 12 of 1860.

The Police, Lighting and Water Rates will, under terms of the Ordinances, be payable Quarterly in advance, at the Colonial Treasury, between the first and last Days of the first Month in each Quarter. These several Rates shall be charged and chargeable on and recoverable from the Owners of the Tenements in respect of which the above assessment has been made.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 7th December, 1867.

CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.

No. 42.-List of DEAD LETTERS which have been returned from the General Post Office in London and other places for the various reasons assigned upon them, addressed as undermentioned, the writers of which can obtain them on appli-

cation.

Anderson, A., Water Street, Sailor's Home, London,....

Angier, Mr., Maldon, Essex, England,

Anderson, Robert, Carpenter ship Dovercourt of London, Singapore, Barratt, Jno., 6, Helen Cottages, Clarence Road, Hackney, London, Chapman, F., Lord Kennett & Co., London,.

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Oernout, G. D., Passenger on board of the P. & O. S. S. leaving Southampton on the 28th September, with H. M. Mails for China and Japan,...

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Perkins, F., 745, Caledonian Road, Islington, England,

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Palmer, Frederick, 43, Frogmore Cliff, Bristol, England,

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Coates, Mrs. Mary, No. 3, Hawke Hill, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool,.. Checa, M. R. S. P. Jozé Fernd., Ocaña,

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Rosenthal, J., Hamburg barque Cuba, care of H. Finke & Co., Fal-

mouth, England,

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Dean, Miss, Five Flags, Campbell's Creek, Castlemain, Victoria, Australia, 1 Davis, Miss Martha, care of Mr. Hughes, 278, Liard Street, Birkenhead,

Cheshire, England,

Relly, Miss Annie, No. 78, James Street, New York, U.S.A., Rothstein, Herman, Suez,

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Sadler, Mr., Hint Street, Clifton, London,

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Geere, A., 204, New Cross Road, New Cross, London, S.E.,

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Gubboy, Frank, N. S. Poste Restante, London,

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St. John, Mrs., at Mrs. Williams', 7, Hollingsworth Street, St. James

Road, Holloway, London,

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Harvey, Mrs., No. 17, Berry Street, Liverpool,

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Higginbotham and Brand, 18, Faulker Street, London,..

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Sownson, Miss Ileneryeter, care of Mr. Croucher, Shadwell, Post Office,

London,

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McMaster, Mrs., 123, Mt. Pellier Terrace, Parliament Street, Liverpool, 1 Mannsfield, Larry, No. 37, Silver Street, Durham, Sunderland, England, 1 Nottingham, Miss A., Romford Road, Little Ilford, Essex, England, Newman, A., No. 4, Circus Minories, London, E.C., Registered Osborne, Miss A., Langham Hotel, Regent Street, London,.

Stephenson, T. S., Liverpool,

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Webb, W., Wellington Villa, Bristol,

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Williams, Oliver, Hallsville, Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S.A.......... Young, Vans C., 1, Police Garden's Terrace, Kensington, London,.......

F. W. MITCHELL,

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Postmaster General.

General Post Office, Hongkong, 14th March, 1868.

WEATHER TABLES FOR THE PAST WEEK.

REGISTER AT HARBOR MASTER'S OFFICE, Praya West.

6 A.M.

NOON.

6 P.M.

THERMOMETER.

1868.

Baro- Thermo- Baro- Thermo- meter. meter. meter.

Self Registering.

Baro-

meter.

meter.

Thermo- meter.

Min.

Мах.

March

789

30.13

59

30.16

60

59

67

30.09

30.08

63

30.09

60

59

64

30.10

30.00

60

29.96

66

60

66

30.00

"}

10

30.01

66

30.00

72

66

72

30.05

"

11

30.08

66

30.12

65

64

72

30.12

""

12

30.08

64

30.09

67

63

67

30.00

"

13

30.03

67

30.08

72

66

72

30.05

SJERERN

63

61

66

70

66

70

71

REGISTER AT BLOCK HOUSE, VICTORIA PEAK.

Height above Sea Level 1,770 feet.

THERMO-

BAROMETER.

DATE.

HYDROMETER.

DRY BULB.

WET BULB.

WINDS.

RAIN.

METER.

Self Registering.

In inches during the

6 A.M.

9 A.M.

'NOON

3 P.Y.

6 P.M.

6 A.M.

*NOON

6 P.M.

Min. Max.

NOON. Dira.

6 A.M.

Force, range from 0 to 12,

NOON.

previous 24 hours.

REMARKS AS TO WEATHER.

F. Dirn. F.

6 P.M.

Dirn.

9 A.M.

F.

1868.

"

Mar. 728.05| 28.07] 28.10 28.12 28.13| 52.00| 53.00| 54,00| 50.05 51.05| 52.00) 51,05| 59.00 NE

8 28.11 28.14 28.18 28.20, 28.21 51.00 53.00| 53,00| 50.00| 32.00| 52.05, 50.05 52.05 NE

928.45 28.47 28.49 28.47 28.43 62.00 65.00 64.00 61.05 64.00 63.00; 62.00 65,00 NDE

4 NE

5 NE

7

0.03

7 NE

8 ENE

6

0.00

6 S

5 IS

3

0.05

3

25

10 | 28.35 28.35 28.43 28.48 28.44 62.00 66.00 65.05| 61.00 64.00 64.05] 62.00] 66.00) NNW

2 SEDE

1

0

0.04

>>

-

"

11 28.26 28.20 28.19 28.16 28.18 61.05 60.00† 60.00| 60.00| 59.00] 56.00, 59.05 67.05 EbS

12 28.14 28.17 28.27 28.30′ 28.31| 59,05] 62.05| 63.05| 58.00| 61,00) 62.05) 58,00| 61,05 E

6 E

7 E

0.00

7 E

6 E

6

0.00

"

13 28.35 28.20 28.37 28.43 28.34 65.00 65.05 65.00 64.00] 64.00| 64.00, 60.05 65.05 EbS

4 SW

2 SSE

4

0.59

Fine though hazy until 10 A.M.; pass- ing fog until 3 P.M.; Dense fog throughout.

Dense fog; and slight rain all day.

Do.

Dense fog until 8.43 A.M.; then fine

though hazy throughout. Dense fog all day with dew. Dense fog all day; heavy squalls of

wind at intervals.

Dense fog with dew until 7 A.M.; then heavy rain until 8.30 A.M.; then passing fog until 12 noon; then fine heavy squalls of wind during past night.