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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.

GA.M.

NOON.

6 P.M.

1865.

April

Barometer.

Thermometer. Barometer. Thermometer.

Barometer,

Thermometer.

00

8

29.02

79

30.00

80

"T

10

30.00

80

11

30.15

""

12

30.10

3)

13

30.12

">

14

30.06

288PRN*

29.96

80

29.98

80

30.01

82

29.97

82

30.04

64

30.10

mary

75

30.15

73

30.10

75

75

30.10

76

30.12

78

**

30.10

74

30.08

74

30.04

78

30.02.

74

DATE.

6 A.M.

REGISTER AT BLOCK HOUSE, VICTORIA PEAK.

Height above Sea Level 1,770 feet.

THER- MOMETER.

BAROMETER.

HYDROMETER.

WINDS.

DRY BULL.

WET BULB.

9 A.M.

NOUS.

3 r.M.

6 P.M.

6 A.M.

NOON.

6 P.M.

6 A.M.

NOON.

6 P.3.

Self Re- gistering Min. Mar.

Force, ranges from 0 to 12.

REMARKS AS TO WEATHER.

6 A.M.

Dir. P.

NOON

G P.M.

Nira. Dira. .

F.

Noou.

1865.

Apr. 8 28.02 28.04 28.04 28.00 27.99 69.30 73.30 70.30 69.00 71.30 70.0002.30 $1.30 WSW

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9 28.02 28.10/28.09 28.04 28.04 70.30 73.00 72.00 69.30 71.50 71.0063.00 82.00 S 10 28.02 28.08 29.12 28.08 28.06 72.30 75.30 71.30 71.00 73.50 70.30:54.80 84.30 SSE

ct

3

2 S

3

Pussing fee mill 19 A.M., then clear at 6 P.M..

pariur fag, latter do. do.

3

3 S

1

Dense fog natil 9 A.M, then clear.

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2 E

2 E

3

Clear until 530 e.M., then pussing fog.

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11 28.10 28.16 28.18 28.18.28.15 65.30 66.30 66.00 64.30 €5.00 65.00159.30 76.00 E

3 E

3 ENE

3

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

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12 2813 518 23.2 28.15 281264.30 6.30 010 65.0 61.00 63.500 73E

13 28.12 28.15 28.18 28.15 28.10 63.00 G8.30 68.00 62.30 64.00 61.0654.30 79.30 ESE

2 E

4 E

3

Dense fog sutil 11 AM,, then clear.

:

1

3 ESE

:>

!

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14 28.09 28.10 28.11 28.10 28.06 62.30 69.80 70.30 62.00 67.30 68.30 59.00 80.30 E

2 SE

3 Ebs

3 SW

1

Fine throughout.

1

Detse log uni? 9 ABD, then clear, lutter do, do,

NOTICE.

THE next CRIMINAL SESSIONS of the Su- THE

preme Court will be held on Tuesday, the Eighteenth day of April, A.D. 1865, at Twelve

o'clock Noon.

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.

BY

NOTICE.

Y direction of His Hawaiian Majesty's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, the undermen- tioned Acts of the Hawaiian 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 Specific Duty on Rice, and the admission of Coals free of Duty, are hereby published for general information.

J. WHITTALL,

H. H. M. Consul General for

Honghong 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 form.

CERTIFICATE TO INVOICE,

I of ---- do solemnly and truly swear that the Invoice now prodnend and herenato 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 thereon, and that the said Invoice contains no discounts, bounties or drawbacks, but such as have been actually allowed,

me

(Signed)

1 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 such Certifientes 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 bo 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,

SEO. 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 ia Europe or on the Atlantic coast of North Amerien 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 oue year from the date of its publication.

Approved this 30th day of Dec., A. D. 1804.

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 Code, 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 probibit 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 "Burean in the Department of the Interior, to be styled the Bureau of Immi- 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 Are Members of the Privy 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 su as convenient after the passage of this Act, 19 devise and recomand for the adoption of His Majesty the King in Privy Council, such anves as may be necessary to secure the import tion of a sufficient number of foreign laborers supply the wants of planters and others; 34 such regulations as may be deemed expedient.