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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 15ти APRIL, 1865.

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

6 A.M.

NOON.

6 P.M.

1865.

Barometer.

Thermometer. Barometer. Thermometer,

Barometer.

Thermometer.

April 8

29.92

79

29.98

80

29.98

80

30.00

80

30.01

82

29.97

82

10

30.00

80

30.04

79

30.10

""

11

30.15

75

30.15

73

30.10

775

"}

12

30.10

75

30.10

76

30.12

78

"}

13

30.12

77

30.10

74

30.08

74

14

30.06

74

30.04

78

30.02.

74

"

DATE.

REGISTER AT BLOCK HOUSE, VICTORIA PEAK.

Height above Sea Level 1,770 feet.

THER-

MOMETER.

BAROMETER,

HYDROMETER.

WINDS.

DRY BULL.

WET BULB.

· Self Be- gistering

GA.M.

9 A.M.

NOON.

3 P.M.

6 P.M.

6.A.M.

NOON.

6 r.M.

6 A.M.

XOON.

Min Mar

6 A.M.

Force, ranges from 0 to 12.

Noos

REMARKS AS TO WEATHER.

6 P.M.

Dirn. F. Dira. }^.

Dirn.

F.

Noom.

1865.

Apr. 8 28.02 28.04 28.04 28.00 27.99 69.30 73.30 70.30 69.00 71.30,70.00 02.80 $1.30, WSW

3 S

2 'S

ww

Passing fog

afil 10 At, then clear at 6 P.X.,

9 28.02 28.10 28.09 28.04 28.04 70.30/78.00 72.00 69.30 71.80 71.0063.00 82.00 S

3 S

3 S

1

pasi fag, latter do, do.

Dense fog uaril 9 A.M., then clear,

27

i

10 28.02 28.08 28.12 28.08 28.06 72.30 75.30 71.80 71.00 73.50 70.30 64.30 81.30 SSE

2 E

ra

3

Clear until 5.30 2.M., then pessing fog.

>>

i

i

11 28.10.28.16 28.18 28.18,28.15 65.30 66.30 66.00 64.30 05.00 65.00159.30 76.00 E

3 E

3 ENE

3

Passing fog until 1.30 P.M., then clear.

37

I

12 28.15 28.18 28.29 28.15 28.12 64.30 65.30 64.00 63 30 64.00 63.30:58.00 75.30 E

2 E

4 E

3

Dense fog until H. A.3. then clear,

52

;

13 28.12 28.15 28.18 28.15 28.10 63.00,68,30 68.00 62.30 64.00 61.00j54.30 79.30 ESE

"

1

14 28.09 28.10 28.11 28.10 28.06 62.80 69,80 70.30 62.00 67.30 68.30,59.00 80.30;E

3 ESE

2 SE

3 Ebs

3 SW

1

Fine throughout.

1

Dense fog until 9 A.., then cleur, lutter do. de.

11

TUIE

NOTICE.

HE next CRIMINAL SESSIONS of the Su- preme Court will be held on Tuesday, the Eighteenth day of April, A.D. 1865, at Twelve o'clock Noon.

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By the Court,

N. R. MASSON, Acting Registrar.

SUMMARY JURISDICTION COURT.

T is hereby notified that the next sitting of the above named Court will be held on Thursday, the 20th instant, at 10 o'clock A.M. By order of the Court,

HENRY J. HOLMES, Clerk of Court.

Court House, Hongkong,

15th April, 1865.

NOTICE.

Y direction of His Hawaiian Majesty's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, the undermen→ tioned Acts of the Hawaiiau Legislature, relating to the Attachment of Consular Certificates to invoices, the Prohibition of Natives from leaving the Hawaiian Islands, the Importation of Labourers and the Encouragement of Immigration to the same, the Impost of a Specifte Duty on Rice, and the admission of Coals free of Duty, are hereby published for general information.

J. WHITTALL,

II. H. M, Consul General for

Hongkong and Macao.

Hongkong, 27th March, 1865.

AN ACT REQUIRING CONSULAR CERTIFICATES TO BE ATTACHED TO INVOICES OF GOODS IMPORTED FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

BE IT ENACTED, by the King and the Legis- lative Assembly of the Hawaiian Islands, in the Legislature of the Kingdom assembled: SECTION 1. That there shall be attached to all invoices of Goods imported into this Country from any Port within the Consular Jurisdiction of any of His Majesty's Consuls or Commercial Agents, an Oath and a Certificate in the following formi.

I

CERTIFICATE TO INVOICE,

of ---- do solemnly and truly swear that the Invoice now produced and hereunto annexed, contains a true and faithful account of the goods, wares and merchandise therein describ- ed, at their market value at at the time the same were procured, and of all charges thercon, and that the said Invoice contains no liscomuts, bounties or drawbacks, but such as have been actually allowed.

me

1

(Signed)

__

His Hawaiian Majesty's Consul for do hereby certify that on the

day of of the year

personally appeared before who subscribed and swore to the above; and I further certify that I am satisfied that is the person he represents himself to be, that he is a credible person, and that the statements made by him under said oath are truc.

[Seal]

Signed

H. II. M.'s. Consul.

And that it shall be lawful for such Consul or Commercial Agent to charge and receive from the person requiring sach Certificates as for his own proper fee or reward, the sum of One dollar on all Invoices under Five hundred Dollars, and Two dollars on all Invoices of Five hundred Dollars and upwards.

SEC. 2. It shall be lawful for any Collector of Customs in this Kingdom, on the presentation of any Invoice purporting to be shipped at any Port where one of His Majesty's Consuls is resident, when said Invoice he not attached to the Oath and certificate, as in the preceding section set forth, to cause to be added to the Invoice twenty-five per cent., and the duties shall be collected on the said increased valuation.

SEC. 3. This law shall take effect as regards all Invoices of Goods shipped by vessels sailing from the Ports on the Pacific coast of North America after the full expiration of three months from the date of its publication, and as regards these shipped from Ports in Europe or on the Atlantic coast of North America after the full expiration of six months from the date of its publi- cation; and upon all Invoices of Goods arriving from other ports after the full expiration of one year from the date of its publication.

Approved this 50th day of Dec., A. D. 1864.

KAMEHAMEHA R,

AN ACT

TO RE-ENACT AN ACT, ENTITLED “AN ACT TO PROHIBIT NATIVES FROM LEAVING THE ISLANDS," PASSED ON THE SECOND DAY OF JULY, A. D. 1850.

BE IT ENACTED, by the King and the Legisla

tive Assembly of the Hawaiian Islands, in the Legislature of the Kingdom assembled: That so much of Section 1191 of the Civil Cole, as repeals the Act entitled, “An Act to prohibit natives from leaving the Islands,” passed on the 2nd day of July, 1850, is hereby repealed, and the said Act to prohibit natives from leaving the Islands, is hereby re-enacted, and shall be of full force and effect, from and after the date of the publication of this Act.

Approved this 31st day of Dec., A. D. 1864.

KAMEHAMEHA R.

AN ACT

TO PROVIDE FOR THE IMPORTATION OF LABORERS, AND FOR THE EN- COURAGEMENT OF IMMIGRATION. BE IT ENACTED, by the King and the Legis- lative Assembly of the Hawaiian Islands, in the Legislature of the Kingdom assembled: SECTION 1. That there shall be, and is hereby created a "Bureau in the Department of the Interior, to be styled the Bureau of Inami- gration," for the purpose of Superintending the importation of foreign laborers, and the introduc tion of immigrants.

Sec. 2. That the said Bureau shall be undes the control of the Minister of the Interior, assist ed by a Committee of five Members of the Pri Council of State, to be appointed by His Majesty the King, for that purpose.

SEC. 3. That it shall be the duty of the Minister of the Interior, with the assistance of the Committee of Privy Council aforesaid, as soc as convenient after the passage of this Act, th devise and recommend for the adoption of His Majesty the King in Privy Council, such as sures as may be necessary to secure the importan tion of a sufficient number of foreign laborers supply the wants of planters and others; a such regulations as may be deemed expedient.