488 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 15TH DECEMBER, 1866.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION,
Several quarterly Occupants, half yearly and yearly Tenants of Tenements Assessed to the Police, Lighting and Water Rates for the Third and Fourth Quarters 1866, having failed as yet to pay the Rates for the current half year, the Owners or Landlords of such Tenements, or the Agents or Attornies for the same are informed that in accordance with the provisions of the XIVth clause of the Ordinance No. 5 of 1863, they are liable for the payment of the Arrears upon each case in default; and Notice is hereby given that if on or before the 15th of November next, the said Rates in Arrear are not paid at the Treasury, immediate Legal Proceedings will be commenced against all Owners, Landlords, Attornies or Agents, where Tenants shall have failed to pay the Rates Assessed.
Treasury, Hongkong, 20th October, 1866.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
FRED. FORTH, Colonial Treasurer.
A supply of Silver Ten Cent Pieces, Bronze Cents and Copper Cash, having been received from the Royal Mint, London--and some 5 Cent and 20 Cent Pieces from the Royal Mint at Hongkong, the Public is informed that 5 Cent, 10 Cent and 20 Cent Pieces, Bronze Cents and Copper Cash, cán be obtained at this Treasury in exchange for Bank Notes, Mexican, or Hongkong Dollars, in sums varying from One Dollar to Five hundred more or less Dollars.
Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 26th October, 1866.
NOTICE.
FRED. FORTH, Colonial Treasurer,
Applications for Passage Broker's Licenses for the year 1867, under Ordinance No. 11 of 1857, will be received at this Office from this date up to the 31st December next.
Applicants are requested to state the names and addresses of the Parties they offer as Sureties, under Clause I of the Ordinance aforesaid.
Medical Men desirous of practising under the Emigration Act and Local Emigration Ordinances whose Diplomas are not already registered, are requested, to send them to this Office for Registration, otherwise their Certificates will not be received,
H. G. THOMSETT, Emigration Officer, &c.
Emigration Office, Hongkong, 1st November, 1866.
POST OFFICE NOTIFICATION.
The writer of an anonymous letter addressed to the Postmaster at Sydney, which was posted at this Office in August, 1865, can hear of the fate of the money the said letter contained, on application to-
General Post Office, Hongkong, 24th September, 1866.
F. W. MITCHELL,
WEATHER TABLES FOR THE PAST WEEK. REGISTER AT HARBOR MASTER'S OFFICE, QUEEN'S ROAD.
Postmaster General.
6 A.M.
NOON.
6 P.M.
1866.
Barometer.
Thermometer. Barometer. Thermometer. Barometer.
Thermometer.
December 8
30.19
60
30.25
9
30.28
58
30.29
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10
30.25
59
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11
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60
30.28
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12
30.24
59
30.19
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13
30.13
59
30.14
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14
30.03
61
30.03
61
8855885
63
30.25
60
60
30.25
61
61
30.28
61
61
*30.25
60
60
30.15
60
60
30.05
62
30.05
61
REGISTER AT BLOCK HOUSE, VICTORIA PEAK.
Height above Sea Level 1,770 feet.
BAROMETER.
HYDROMETER.
DRY BULB.
WIT BULB.
DATE,
THER- MOMETER.
Self Re- gistering.
Min. Maz.
WINDS.
6 A.M.
Dira. F.
Force, range from 0 to 12.
Noox. 6 P.M.
REMARKS AS TO WEATHER.
Dirn.
Dirn. X.
NOOD.
1866.
Dec.
8 28.40 28.48 28.46 28.40 28.3958.00 58.00 56.00 45.00 50.00 49.00.51.00 65.30 NNE 9 28.46 28.50 28.49 28.46 28.43:56.00 58.00 54.00 42.00 58.00 45.00.47.00 60.00 NNE
4
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10 28.45 28.52 28.50 28.46 28.46 52.00 57.40 55.00 48.00 49.30 49.00 49.00 58.30 NE
5 NNE
2 NE
3 NE
4 NNE
2 NE
2 Fine, though hazy.
2 Fine, slight overcast.
2 NE
2
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Fine, though hazy, wet dew during past
night.
13
11 28.47 28.54 28.52 28.47 28.42 48.30 59.00 55.00 43.30 54.00 46.0046.30 60,00 NE
2 NE
2 ENE
3
Fine, though hazy.
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2 Ebs
3 Calm
Do.
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3 NE
2 NbE
1
Wet dew during past night
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