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294 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH SEPTEMBER, 1861.

POST OFFICE NOTIFICATION.

In consequence of the resumption of the second Mail each month, and the consent of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to the payment of a subsidy to the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company for this service, the postage on Letters between Hongkong, China, &c., &c., and the United Kingdom, has been increased to the undermen tioned rates, viz:—

For Letters to be forwarded viá Marseilles.

For a Letter not exceeding A

ounce.

For a Letter above 1 ounce and not exceeding § ounce.

For a Letter above § ounce and not exceeding 4 ounce.

For a Letter above ₫ ounce and not exceeding 1 ounce.

1s. 6d.

28. Id.

3s. Od.

1s. 3d.

ounce.

And so on,--and für Letters to be forwarded viâ Southampton.

For a Letter above 1 ounce and not exceeding 2 ounces.

For a Letter not exceeding §

For a Letter above 1 ounce and not exceeding 1 ounce.

1s. Od.

28. Od.

4s. Od.

For a Letter above 2 ounces and not exceeding 3 ounces.

6s. Oil.

and so on, and a corresponding increase is made upon Letters passing through the United Kingdom for, or from, Hongkong, China, &c., &c.

It has also been decided that in future a postage of 1s. per ounce, instead of the present rate of 4d. per ounce, be levied on each Letter forwarded viâ Point de Galle to any of the Australian Colonies or New Zealand.

General Post Office, Hongkong, 23rd September, 1861.

F. W. MITCHELL, Acting Postmaster General.

WEATHER TABLES FOR THE PAST WEEK.

REGISTER AT HARBOUR MASTER'S OFFICE, QUEEN'S ROAD.

GA.M.

NOON.

6 P.M.

1861.

Barometer.

Thermometer. Barometer. Thermometer. Barometer.

Thermometer.

Sept.

21,

29.90

81

29.88

22,

29.83

80

29.83

81

"" 23,

29.83

$1

25.90

"

24,

29.96

81

30.01

""

25,

30.11

79

30.15

"

26,

30.15

79

30. 4

"

27,

30.17

79

30.13

3788228

29.84

82

29.83

81

29.93

81

30.05

81

79

30.12.

79

70

80

30.14 30.11

79

80

";

DATE.

BAROMETER.

REGISTER AT BLOCK HOUSE, VICTORIA PEAK.

Height above Sea Level 1,770 feet.

HYGROMETER.

DRY BULB.

WET BULB.

GA.M.

9 A.M.

Νούν.

3 P.M.

6 P.M.

6 AM.

ΝΟΟΝ.

6 r.M.

GA.M.

NOON.

G P.M.

THER- MOMETER.)

Self Re-

WINDS.

Force, runges from 0 to 12.

REMARKS AS TO WEATHER.

6 A.M.

NOON.

6 P.M.

GA.M. 3PM.

|gistering.

Min. Mar

1861

Sept.

21

"

Dirn. F. Dirn. F. Dirn. F.

28.0028.12/28.0928.04 28.03 72.00|76.00 74.00 58.09|73.00|71.0569.0079.0 NьE 22 28.04 28.10:28.10/28.06;28.04170.00 .00173.00j67.00 72.00/70.00 £8.3078.00 NEW

5 N 7 NbW

7 N

8 Strong breeze, fine.

6 NNW

4 Fine.

*

>>

"2

+1

"

23 28.04 28.1128.10 28.0828.1070.00 77,30|74,00|67.00|73.00|70.45|9.0078.00 NNW 2428.17 28.2428.20 28.1928,1970.30|77.0073.00|68.0071.0070.1068.1077.00 NEUN 25 28,28 28.3328.30 28.27 28.29 67.00|70.1070.00 63.00 67,00|06.0067.0075.00 NE 26 28.31 28.5428.33 28.3228.3167.0071.00 69.00|65,00|66.45|68.19066.00 74,00 ENE 27 28.29 28.84|28.33|28,31|28.30)67.00/72.00|70.00|66.00 69.00|69.00[66.00|75.00 EьN

5 NWEN

3 WNW

4 Fine.

5 NLE

5 INEEN

6 Fine.

6 NEVE

7 E

7 E

5 E

6 ENE 6 Fine.

7 EBN

7 Fine, towards evening slight fog & drizzle G❘ Hazy, fine.

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