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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND DECEMBER, 1866.

NOTICE.

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 1 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.

Emigration Office, Hongkong, 1st November, 1866.

H. G. THOMSETT, Emigration Officer, &c.

POST OFFICE NOTIFICATION.

It is hereby notified that henceforward correspondence addressed to Portugal may be forwarded vid Marseilles in the Mails by both the French and English Pockets at the following rates of postage, viz. :—

here.

Under of an oz. in weight.

20 cents.

FOR A LETTER Above and not exceeding Above and not exceeding

} an oz.

3 of an oz. 40 cents.

60 cents

For every additional

ounce. 20 cents.

Prepayment of the postage on Letters is optional, the postage on Newspapers and other Printed Papers cannot be prepaid

Letters may be registered, provided double the ordinary postage be paid in advance.

General Post Office, Hongkong, 11th December, 1866.

POST OFFICE NOTIFICATION.

F. W. MITCHELL, Postmaster General,

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--

F. W. MITCHELL,

Postmaster General.

General Post Office, Hongkong, 24th September, 1866.

WEATHER TABLES FOR THE PAST WEEK. REGISTER AT HARBOR MASTER'S OFFICE, QUEEN'S ROAD.

8 A.M.

NOON.

6 P.M.

1866.

Barometer. Thermometer.

Barometer. Thermometer. Barometer.

Thermometer.

December 15

30.05

60

30.05

61

30.15

60

16

30.18

58

30.19

60

30.26

58

17

30.29

54

30.30

55

30.30

54

"

18

30 29

52

30.30

54

* 30.27

53

"

19

30.25

53

30.23

54

30.21

53

"

20

30.20

53

30.21

53

30.20

53

"

21

30.18

55

30.18

55

30.18

54

"

DATE.

6 A.M.

BAROMETER.

'K'Y 6

REGISTER AT BLOCK HOUSE, VICTORIA PEAK.

Height above Sea Level 1,770 feet.

HYDROMETER.

DRY BULB.

WET BULE.

THER- MOMETER.

Self Re- gistering.

WINDS.

Force, range from 0 to 12.

NOON.

3 P.M.

6 P.M.

6 A.M.

NOON

6 P.M.

6 A.M.

ΚΟΟΝ

6 r.M.

REMARKS AS TO WHATher.

Min. Max.

6 A.M.

NOON.

6 P.M.

Dirn. F.

Dirn. F. Dira.

F.

Noon.

1866.

17

Dec. 15 28.36 28.40 28.37 28.32 28.30 52.00 60.40 59.0045.00 51.00 54.0049.00 61.00 NE 16 28.38 28.46 28.45 28.42 28.4251.00 58.40 56.00 43.00 49.00 47.00-18.00 59.00 NE

2 N

1 Calm

Fine, though bazy.

I

3 N

2 E

3

Do.

17

17 28.45 28.50 28.49 28.44 28.4145.00 54.30 52.00 39.00 45.30 42.00 42.00 55.00]

N

4 N

3 NbE

4

Do.

1 18 28.45 28.51 28.50 28.44 28.4343.00 51.40 50.0036.00 44.00 40.0039.00 52.00 N

4 N

3 N

4

Do.

>>

1

"

19 28.42 28.48 28.46 28.43 28.42 42.00 53.40 52.00 35.00 45.00 44.0038.00 54.00 N

5 NNE

8 NE

1

Do.

י

20 28.40 28.45 2842 28.39 28.37 49.00 56.30 54.00 41.00 48.00 47.0045.00 57.00 NNE 21 28.39 28.46 28.4528.4128.40 49.00 58.00'57.00 41.00'50.00 50.00 45.00 58.30 NE

4 Calm

NьE

2

Do.

4 NEьN

1 NE

1

Do.