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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

No. 1.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 5TH JANUARY, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

VOL. XXIV.

It is hereby notified that, for the current year, the monopoly of Slaughtering Cattle in Hongkong and its dependencies, is granted to HAU-LEUNG-TSUN of the TSHAP WO TONG, No. 160, Hollywood Road. By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 2nd January, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

No. 2.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Captain T. C. DEMPSTER of H. M. 28th Regiment, to be Acting Superintendent of Victoria Gaol, vice Captain DUCAT, resigned.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd January, 1878.

No. 3.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

Notice is hereby given, that at Noon on Monday, the 14th instant, the Privilege of Farming the Quarry in Kowloon, during the year 1878, will be put up to Public Auction at the Government Offices. 1. The Monopoly shall begin on the 21st of January, 1878, and terminate on the 31st of December of the same year.

　　　　　　2. The highest bidder above the upset price shall be recommended to His Excellency The Governor as the purchaser, but His Excellency reserves the right of not accepting the highest bid. If any dispute arise, the Monopoly may be put up again at a former bidding.

3. No person shall at any bidding advance less than $50.

　　　　　　4. Immediately after the fall of the hammer, the purchaser shall sign a Memorandum of Agree- ment for completing the purchase according to these conditions, and shall on the same day give security of two householders, approved by the Government, each to the amount of one-twelfth of the total annual premium for the due fulfilment of the contract, if approved by His Excellency the Governor.

　　　　　　5. The Monthly Premium shall be paid into the Colonial Treasury upon the Twenty-first day of each month.

　　　　　　6. Persons desirous of bidding at this Auction are directed to call at the Surveyor General's Office, where further particulars may be obtained.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th January, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

No. 4.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Notice is hereby given, that the Hongkong Quarry Farm for the current year is let to LEE-A-TU of No. 5, SHUI-TSING-WAN, Shau-ki W?n.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th January, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

No. 5.

the hongkong gOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH JANUARY, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.

By Command,

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th January, 1878.

Government of Queensland.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

SHOAL, TRINITY BAY.

Captain Saunders, of the S.S. Alexandra, reports having found a shoal in Trinity Bay with not more than 9 feet of water over it at low water. This danger is composed of sand and broken coral, is small in extent, and lies in the following approximate position:-

Island Point, nearly in line with a remarkable peaked mountain..... Round Hill

W. by N. 1 N. .S.S.W. 1 W.

G. P. HEATH,

Commander, R.N., Portmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours, Brisbane, 16th November, 1877.

Government of India.

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE, AND COMMERCE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

(No. 24.)

ENGLISH CHANNEL-DUNGENESS TO DOVER.

Night Signals Shown by British Pilot Vessels.

The Trinity House, London, has given notice, that on and after the 1st December 1877, the Pilot-cutters cruising between Dungeness and Dover, with Pilots for London on board, will exhibit, in addition to the white mast-head light, two flare lights in quick succession, every fifteen minutes.

These flare lights will distinguish such Pilot-cutters from Foreign Pilot boats in the vicinity.

By Direction of the Government of India,

A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr. (late I. N.),

Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.

MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, 7th December 1877.

This Notice affects the Admiralty Channel Pilot, Part I, page 227.

NOTICE TO MARINERS. DIRECTIONS FOR KURRACHEE HARBOUR.

Latitude of Light-house on Manora Point..

Longitude...

New Revolving Light.

.24° 47′ 21′′ N. .66° 58′ 15′′ E.

　　　　　The present light is a revolving white light of the first order, elevated 150 feet above the level of the sea, showing a bright flash every two minutes, visible in clear weather

High water, full and change. Average rise and fall-Spring tides.

Tides.

.20 Miles.

.10 h.

9 feet

30 m.

6 inches.

Do.

do.

-Neap tides.

3 to 4 feet.

Depth of Water in Entrance Channel, at High Water.

Spring tides Neap tides

29 feet.

24 to 25 feet.

Draught of Vessels Entering or Leaving Port.

Vessels with a draught not exceeding 22 feet can now enter and leave the Port without difficulty or delay during all seasons of the year.

During the fair season, from October to 15th May, Vessels with a draught not exceeding 24 feet can enter and leave the Harbour.

Fixed Moorings are placed for Vessels of the largest class.

Time of Tide for Entering Port.

Sailing Vessels should enter Port on the ebb-tide.

Steamers can enter either flood or ebb at the Pilot's discretion.

Masters of Ships should not on any account attempt to enter the Harbour without a Pilot.

Harbour Improvements.

Among the extensive works executed, a Breakwater has been built, running out from Manora Point in a S. by E. ection, to a distance of 1,500 feet into 5 fathoms of water. This affords complete shelter to the entrance channel during South-West Monsoon; also a channel has been opened through the Bar with a depth of 20 feet at low water spring tides, feet in breadth. The entrance is marked by buoys, one on either side of the channel.

OTE. A Mail Steamer arriving off the Port at night should burn two blue lights in quick succession; during the fair season a Pilot will at once but during the monsoon she must keep off the Port until daylight.

Red Light is exhibited at the extreme end of the Breakwater during the fair season only.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH JANUARY, 1878.

Approaching the Port.

COAST OF SIND.

Indus Banks.

　　　　　The Coast of Sind should be approached with great caution; too much attention cannot be paid to the lead, more especially in passing the banks of the Indus, which are extending considerably to seaward.

By recent Survey,* the edge of the shoal water is 31?2 miles to seaward of the former position. It is now in-

Latitude ... Longitude

..24° 4′ 20′′ N. 67° 11′ 50′′ E.

　　　　　By night, a Vessel should give the banks a berth of 15 to 20 miles, and if after passing the "Swatch," she does not get less than 18 to 20 fathoms, she may haul to the Northward, not coming into less than 15 fathoms until the Kurrachee Light

is seen.

By day, the breakers on the edge of the banks are a good guide, unless the water is quite smooth; but it is hardly possible for a Vessel to run ashore by day on account of the marked discoloration of the water, which extends some distance outside the banks.

The tides during the springs are strong, the flood sets to the S. E., and the ebb to the N. W.

　　　　　From February to end of Monsoon a strong South-Easterly current may be expected, running at a rate of from 15 to 45 miles a day.

　　　　　During the South-West Monsoon, Vessels should make Ras Mauri (Cape Monze), which is 18 miles W. N. from Manora Light-House, and keep to windward of the Port if the weather is thick, or if the tide does not suit for entering the Harbour. Allowance must also be made for a strong set to the South-East, which prevails more or less during the South- West Monsoon.

　　　Do not bring Manora Point to the Southward of E. by N., or go under 15 fathoms near Cape Monze. Masters of Ships should endeavour to make the Port at daylight, and can with safety approach into 8 fathoms to about 2 miles distance from the Light-House, keeping it on any bearing from N.E. to N.N.E., and heave to for a Pilot.

Anchorage in the Roads.

　　　　　From June to the middle of September, Ships should not on any account anchor, but stand off and on, keeping the Light-house bearing from N.N.E. to N.E.,-1 to 2 miles distance-until boarded by a Pilot, or directed by signal.

September to end of March.

Anchorage-Light-house N. by E. to N.N.E.,-distance one mile, 7 fathoms.

April and May.

Anchorage-Light-house N.N.E. to N.E.,-distance half a mile, 8 fathoms. Master Attendant's Office, Kurrachee, 31st August 1877.

(Signed) GEORGE C. PARKER, Lieut., I.N.,

Master Attendant, Kurrachee.

JOHN A. M. MACDONALD, Col.,

Secretary to Government.

Bombay Castle, 20th November 1877.

* In March, 1877, by Lieutenant Stiffe, I.N.

　　　　　　NOTE. Sinces 1851, the Ships " Admiral Boxer" and "John Starr" have been totally lost on or near the Banks of the Indus, and the Ships "Thomas Campbell," " Auguta," "Diadem," and the Steamer" Pioneer” have grounded on them, but eventually floated off.

Two large Troop Ships have also in the same period touched on them.

Also these casualties were principally owing to not making allowance for a strong set to S.E. and not using the lead.

No. 266.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　　It is hereby notified that, in accordance with "The Rating Ordinance, 1875," His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice of the Executive Council, has fixed the Police Rate for the Year 1878, at Seven-and-three-quarters per cent for Houses in the City of Victoria, and at Five per cent for Houses in British Kowloon and the outlying Villages of the Colony; and the Lighting Rate at One-and-a-half per cent, the Fire Brigade Rate at Three-quarters per cent, and the Water Rate at Two per cent per annum, for Houses in the City of Victoria.

　　　　　The Police, Lighting, Fire Brigade, and Water Rates will be payable Quarterly in advance at the Colonial Treasury, between th first and last Days of the first Month in each Quarter.

These several Rates shall be charged and chargeable on, and recoverable from, the Owners of the Tenements in respect of which the above Assessments have been made.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th December, 1877.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

NOTICE.

　　　　　Notice is hereby given, that the Crown Rents for the half-year ending 25th December, 18 should be paid into the Treasury on or before the 15th January, 1878.

Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 28th December, 1877.

CECIL C. SMITH.

Colonial Trea

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH JANUARY, 1878.

Approaching the Port.

COAST OF SIND.

Indus Banks.

By recent Survey,* the edge of the shoal water is 31?2 miles to seaward of the former position. It is now in-

Latitude ... Longitude

..24° 4′ 20′′ N. 67° 11′ 50′′ E.

is seen.

The tides during the springs are strong, the flood sets to the S. E., and the ebb to the N. W.

　　　　　From February to end of Monsoon a strong South-Easterly current may be expected, running at a rate of from 15 to 45 miles a day.

Anchorage in the Roads.

September to end of March.

Anchorage-Light-house N. by E. to N.N.E.,-distance one mile, 7 fathoms.

April and May.

Anchorage-Light-house N.N.E. to N.E.,-distance half a mile, 8 fathoms. Master Attendant's Office, Kurrachee, 31st August 1877.

(Signed) GEORGE C. PARKER, Lieut., I.N.,

Master Attendant, Kurrachee.

JOHN A. M. MACDONALD, Col.,

Secretary to Government.

Bombay Castle, 20th November 1877.

* In March, 1877, by Lieutenant Stiffe, I.N.

Two large Troop Ships have also in the same period touched on them.

Also these casualties were principally owing to not making allowance for a strong set to S.E. and not using the lead.

No. 266.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　　The Police, Lighting, Fire Brigade, and Water Rates will be payable Quarterly in advance at the Colonial Treasury, between th first and last Days of the first Month in each Quarter.

These several Rates shall be charged and chargeable on, and recoverable from, the Owners of the Tenements in respect of which the above Assessments have been made.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th December, 1877.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

NOTICE.

　　　　　Notice is hereby given, that the Crown Rents for the half-year ending 25th December, 18 should be paid into the Treasury on or before the 15th January, 1878.

Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 28th December, 1877.

CECIL C. SMITH.

Colonial Trea

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH JANUARY, 1878.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

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General Post Office, Hongkong, 27th December, 1877.

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METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT

THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

THE HONGKONG

GOVERNMENT

GAZETTE, 5TH JANUARY, 1878.

1877-78.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

THERMOMETER.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

CAPE D'AGULLAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

POLICE STATION, GAP. HEIGHT 1,300 FEET.

THERMOMETER.

DAY AND

BARO-

WEA- BARO-

WINDS

Ο ΤΟ 12.

HOUR.

DATE.

METER

THER. METER

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet.

Saturday, 9 30.25 60.5

29th Noon

Dec.

60.0 59.0 c.m. 30.17 65.0 65.5 60.0 65.0 62.0 c.m. 30.12 65.0

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct.

30.10 64.0|

Force.

RAIN FALL.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

THERMOMETER.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

THERMOMETER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. | Force.

BARO-

In inches during previous METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

WEA-BARO-| THER. METER

24 hours.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

THERMOMETER.

WI DS

0 10 12.

WEA-

Attd. Max. Min. | Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

RAIN FALL

In inches

THER. during previous

24 hours.

62.5 62.0 Calm

g.d.

30.12 65.5

··

62.0 60.0 N

c.m.

57.0 56.0 NNE

28.35 | 55.0|

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o.f.m.

65.0 62.0, c.in.

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g.d.

0.00

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0 b.c.

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0.00

63.0 60.0 N

o.d.

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30.14 65.0

30th

Dec.

Monday,

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31st

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Dec.

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1878.

1st

January.

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74.0 73.0

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f.c.in.

f.c m.

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f.c m.

29.90 74.0.

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3rd

January.

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f.c.m.

0.96

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f.c.m.

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b.c.

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65.0 59.0 N

2 C.V.

C.V.

1.19

65.0 59.0 N

C.V.

Friday,

4th

January.

30.24 49.0 49.0 44.0 c. Noon 30.25 51.0 54.0 47.0 51.0 47.0 c. 30.20 52.0!

3 52.0 48.0, c.

30.06 59.0 30.09 60.0 58.5 45.0 53.0 50.0 N 30.07 69.0

50.5 48.0 N

b.c.

30.11 61.0;

50.0 46.0 N

0.00

54.0 52.0 N

30.12 61.0 61.5| 55.0 55.0 50.0|| N 30.08 61.0! 56.0 53.0, N

b.c.

2 b.c.

46.0 44.0, NNE 2 0.

28.28 41.0 42.0 40.0 41.0 41.0 NW 28.25 45.0j 45.0 44.0 NW

distance unusually visible . wet (dew). STATE OF WEATHER:-b. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; f. foggy; g. gloomy; h. hail; 7. lightning; m. misty (hazy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; 9. squally; 7. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility. Objects at a NOTE:-A bar ( ? ) under any letter augments its signification, thus f, very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and continuing rain, &c., &c.

C.V.

:??

60.0 43.0 45.0 45.0 NNE

f.m.

28.30 57.0 58.0 53.0 57.0 57.0 E

o.p.f.

0.00

45.0 45,0 NNE

3 f.m.

28.25 57.0

57.0 57.0

o.c.m.

16:

61.5 61.0, NNE

f.m.

28.28 62.0

62.0 62.0 SE

5 o.f.

69.0 57.0 64.0 62.0 SSW

2 b.c.

28.24 65.0 65.0 55.0 65.0 65.0 SE

b.p.f.

0.00

66.5, 66.0 SSW

b.c.

28.20 65.0

65.0 65.0 SSE

o.f.m.

69.0 69.0 SSW

70.0 68.0 70.0 70.0|| SSW

70.0 70.0 SSW

f.m.

28.24 68.0

68.0 67.0 S

5 o.f.

f.m.

28.21 68.0 68.0, 64.0 67.0 67.0 S

5 o.f.

0.00

f.m.

28.15 68.0

68.0 68.0 S

o.f.

··

70.5 70.0 SSW

f.m.

28.16 70.0

70.0 69.0 S

o.f.

71.0 69.0 71.0 71.0 SSW

fm.

71.0 71.0 SSW

???:

28.16 70.0 70.0 68.0 70.0 69.0 S

o.f.

0.08

28.16 70.0

70.0 70.0 SSW

fm.

28.15 70.0;

71.0 68.0 71.0 71.0, SSW

f.m.

71.0 71.0 SSW

f.m.

28.10 69.0

: 80

70.0 69.0 S

o.f.

70.0 70.0 S

o.f.

28.14 69.0 70.0 68.0, 69.0 68.0 S

o.l.d.

:???

0.20

69.0 69.0 S

6 o.f.

45.0 44.0 NNE

28.18 48.0

71.0 44.0 45.0 44.0 NNE

b.c.

爸:

46.0 44.0 NNE.

b.c.

28.17 45.0

45.0 45.0 NNE

28.30 42.0]

48.0 47.0 NNW

28.15 45.0 46.0 44.0 45.0 45.0 NNW

45.0 45.0 NNW

o.p.f.

4 b.p.f.

1.25

5 b.c.

C.V.

0.00

46.7 40.0 45.0 45.0' NNE

C.V.

42.0 41.0 NNE

b.c.

0.00

1 o.c.m.

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to denote

Illustrations of the power of the Wind as regards a well-conditioned Man-of-War or First-class Clipper Ship.

Kate of the Wind

per Hour in Miles.

the Force

of the

Wind.

Calm

Light Air

Light Bracze

Gentle Breeze Moderate Breeze. Fresh Breeze

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Strong Breeze

Moderate Gale.. Fresh Gale

Strong Gale....

Whole Gale..

Storm.... Hurricane..

Just sufficient to give steerage way With which the above Ship with all sail set and clean full would go in smooth

water.

0 to 2

3 10

1 to 2 knots

3 to 4

(5 to 6

Royals, &c.

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails.

Triple Reefs, &c..

45 52

Close Reefs and Courses

53 60

above 80

full and by In which she could just carry in chase, Double Reefs and Jib, &c.

In which she could just bear close-reefed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail Under Storm Staysail ....

Bare Poles...

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Description of Wind.

Wind,

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NOTICE.

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VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 12TH JANUARY, 1878.

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PROCLAMATION.

VOL. XXIV.

　　　　By His Excellency JOHN POPE HENNESSY, Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.

　　　　Whereas intelligence has reached this Colony of the death of His Majesty, VICTOR EMMANUEL, King of Italy, a most faithful Ally of our Gracious Sovereign QUEEN VICTORIA, I, JOHN POPE HENNESSY, Governor as aforesaid, direct that, as a mark of respect to His Memory, the Colonial Government Flags be flown half-mast high on Tuesday next, the 15th instant, and that twenty-one minute guns be fired the same day at Noon.

No. 6.

By His Excellency's Command,

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

Given at Government House, Hongkong, this 11th Day of January, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　The following Letter from the Inspector of Schools, enclosing turn of the Results of the First Examination under the amended Grant-in-Aid Scheme, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th January, 1878.

[No. 3.]

J. GARLINER AUSTIN,

Coloniai Secretary.

HONGKONG, 7th January, 1878.

　　　　　SIR, I have the honour to enclose a Return of the results of the first examination under the amended Grant-in-Aid Scheme. I regret to find that the total grant exceeds the sum on the Estimates by $252.90; but, in future, it will be possible to gauge with more precision the operation of the recent changes. The number of scholars presented amounted to 459, as against 390 in 1876; and the passes amounted to 86 per cent, as against 77 per cent in the previous year.

The Reverend Dr. EITEL was Assistant Examiner in the three Hakka Schools belonging to the Basel Mission. Lady SMALE, Mrs. PHILLIPPO, Mrs. REMEDIOS, Mrs. EITEL and Mrs. HUTCHINSON kindly examined the needle-work.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

The Honourable J. GARDINER AUSTIN, C.M.G.,

Colonial Secretary, &c.,

&c.

FREDERICK STEWART, Inspector of Schools.

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No. 2.

No. 1.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 12TH JANUARY, 1878.

[L.S.] J. POPE HENNESSY.

PROCLAMATION.

VOL. XXIV.

No. 6.

By His Excellency's Command,

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

Given at Government House, Hongkong, this 11th Day of January, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　The following Letter from the Inspector of Schools, enclosing turn of the Results of the First Examination under the amended Grant-in-Aid Scheme, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th January, 1878.

[No. 3.]

J. GARLINER AUSTIN,

Coloniai Secretary.

HONGKONG, 7th January, 1878.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

The Honourable J. GARDINER AUSTIN, C.M.G.,

Colonial Secretary, &c.,

&c.

FREDERICK STEWART, Inspector of Schools.

NATION OF THE GRANT-IN-AID SCHOOLS IN 1877.

RESULTS OF THE EXAMI

SCHOLARS WHO

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH JANUARY, 1878.

NAME OF SCHOOL.

1. Baxter School, Sai Ying-p'?n,

1 1

2. Baxter School, Staunton Street,..

74 1

...

3 2

2 2

3. Baxter School, T'?i-p'ing Sh?n,

32 14 9 1

3 2 1

1 1 1

4. London Mission School, T'ai-p'ing Sh?n,. 5. London Mission School, W?ntsai,

8 16

1 18 3

...

5 9

...

6. St. Stephen's School, Sai Ying-p'?n,. 7. St. Stephen's School, T'?i-p'ing Sh?n,.

7 14 12 2

8. Basel Mission Boys' School,

III

9 1

9. Basel Mission Girls' School,

46 12

...

35 11 56

11 17 11 6 5

7 3 6 34 6

...

1 3

...

I 34 17 10

Class of School.

No. of Scholars

Presented.

Standard I.

Standard II.

Standard III.

Standard IV.

Standard V.

Standard VI,

Standard I.

Sadard II.

Standard III.

Standard IV.

Standard V.

Standard VI.

Total Passed.

Total Failed.

NO. OF SCHOLARS WHO

PASSED.

No. OF FAILED.

tendance during School Year.

Average Daily At-

& da o Standard I.

8 ∞ ∞ #8 Standard II.

32 2 42

6 47 65

25 7 46

54 7 8

46 3 67 35 48 112 56

54 20

36 21

22 23

...

3 5 5 3 A

42 28

26 27

4419.50 1

: *

Standard III.

Standard IV,

Standard V.

SUMS TO WHICH THE SCHOOL IS ENTITLED.

Needle-work.

Standard VI.

Very

good.

Good.

Fair.

Average Daily Attendance.

Assistant Exami-

ner's Fee.

To Teacher.

To Manager.

GRANT-IN-

AID.

TOTAL

GRANT.

REMARKS.

69.75 209.25

279.00

75.38 226.12

301.50

60.50 181.50

...

242.00

98.00 294.00

392.00

39.25 117.75

157.00

2 45

84 16

...

66.00 198.00

264.00

10 75

55 102

...

105.50 316,50

422.00

6 41

54 7

...

25.50 76.50

117.00

72 49 24 54 30 48 42 81.50

102.62 307.88

425.50

14 1

...

26.25 78.75'

...

120.00

10. Basel Mission School, Sh?u-k? W?n, .

...

11. Diocesan Home and Orphanage,..

6. 5 4 2 ...

12. St. Paul's College School,

14 8

10 11

...

13. Victoria Boys' School,

14. Victoria Girls' School,

1 1

3 2

...

38 43.20 38.40 40.00 38.40 22.40

Θε

64 100 132

??? ??

...

9.60 2.40 1.60 30.40

56.60 169.80

226.40 Calculated on 160

attendances=four-

...

113.50 340.50

454.00

fifths values.

8 | 30 24 28

29.25 87.75

117.00

18 32 60 36 28 16

14 4.50 2 25

58.88 176.62 235.50

3 4

1 1

TOTAL GRANT,.

..$3,752.90

→

FREDERICK STEWART,

Inspector of Schools.

No. 7.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12 JANUARY, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Notice is hereby given, that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to recognize FRANCIS BULKLEY JOHNSON, Esquire, as administering the affairs of the Hawaiian Consulate General, during the absence of the Honourable WILLIAM KESWICK from the Colony.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th January, 1878.

No. 8.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

　　　　　　　The following Return, received from Mr. HENRY DICKIE, of the quantity of Spirits distilled at the China Sugar Refinery, is published for general information.

Spirits manufactured during the quarter ending 10th January, 1878,.......................

By Command,

Gallons. 1,873

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th January, 1878.

No. 9.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Notice is hereby given, that after the 16th instant and pending repairs to the Public Tank on Bonham Road, the houses and hydrants in the undernamed Streets will be applied with water only between the hours of 4 and 6 P.M.: Hollywood Road, Lyndhurst Terrace, Wellingen Street, D'Aguilar Street, Gage Street, Stanley Street, Gough Street, Upper and Lower Lascar Row and Square Street. By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th January, 1878.

No. 10.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

　　　　　　　The following Hydrographic Notice, received from the Admiralty, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th January, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

The information contained in this Notice is to be carefully considered, to be noted in the Sailing Directions, and compared with the chart when the ship is navigating the parts to which it refers.

HYDROGRAPHIC NOTICE.

[ No. 18. ]

CHINA SEA DIRECTORY VOL. I.

NOTICE NO. 13.

SINGAPORE STRAIT.

The following information relating to a shoal in the western part of Singapore strait is by Navigating Lieutenant J. W. McFarlane, H.M.S. Growler, 1877.*

[All Bearings are Magnetic. Variation 1° 30′ Easterly in 1877.]

Ajax Shoal, on which the steam vessel of that name touched in 1877, lies on the north side of Salat Sinki, one mile S.E. by E. E. from the Sultan shoal beacon; this shoal, composed of coral with sharp pinnacles, is about half a cable in extent N.E. by N. and S. W. by S., and has on its south-west extremity a depth of 19 feet, at low water, spring tides.

　　　　　　　The following bearings were taken from the Growler whilst at anchor in 5 fathoms, on the shoal: viz:-Sultan shoal beacon, N.W. by W. W.; Raffles lighthouse, S.E. E.; and Tan jong Bolus, W. by N.

　　　　　　　A nun buoy, painted red, has been placed by the Master Attendant at Singapore, on the centre of Ajax shoal; this buoy should be given a berth of 2 cables when passing it, on either side.

Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 19th July 1877.

　　　　　　　　　* See Admiralty Charts:-Indian ocean, No. 748 b; Indian ocean, general, No. 2483; China sea, southern portion, No. 2660 a; Malacca strait, sheet 2, No. 1355; Singapore Main strait, No. 2404; anu ngapore strait, No. 2403: Also China Sea Directory, vol. 1, 1867, pages 290 and 292.

No. 11.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH JANUARY, 1878.

GGVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.

By Command,

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th January, 1878.

The substance of this Notice, as soon as it is received on board, is to be inserted in red ink on the Charts affected by it; and introduced into the margin, or otherwise in the page, of the Sailing Directions to which it relates. See Instructions, Navigation and Pilotage, p. 172.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

[No. 88.]

EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO-JAVA. SUNDA STRAIT.

Revolving Light on First Point, Princes Channel.

With reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 12, of 20th January 1877, on the intended exhibition of a light on First point (Java head), Princes channel, Sunda strait:-

The Netherlands Government has given further Notice, that the light was exhibited on 16th June 1877.

The light is a revolving white light, showing two flashes every minute, each flash being of six seconds duration, followed by an eclipse of twenty-four seconds, elevated 315 feet above the level of the sea, and should be visible in clear weather from a distance of 25 miles.

The lighthouse, built of stone, is painted white.

The illuminating apparatus is catadioptric, or by reflectors and lenses of the first order. Position, lat. 6° 44′ S., long. 105° 11′ 30′′ E.

By Command of their Lordships,

FREDK. J. EVANS,

Hydrographer.

Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 16th July 1877.

　　　　This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Indian Ocean, No. 748 a; Eastern Archipelago, No. 941 a'; Tyingkokh bay to Sunda strait No. 2671; and Sunda strait, No. 2056: Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, &c., 1877, page 18; and Seaman's Guide round Java, 1852 page 4.

The substance of this Notice, as soon as it is received on board, is to be inserted in red ink on the Charts affected by it; and introduced into the margin,

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　See Instructions, Navigation and Pilotage, p. 172. or otherwise in the page, of the Sailing Directions to which it relates.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

(No. 103.)

CHINA-EAST COAST. HAI-TAN STRAIT-SOUTH ENTRANCE.

(1) Position of Sedan Rock.

The following particulars relative to Sedan rock, south entrance Hai-tan strait, have been received from Commander R. H. Napier, H.M. Surveying vessel Nassau (1877) :-

Sedan rock is of small extent, with 8 feet water over it, steep to, having 11 to 13 fathoms close around, and lies N. 37° E., distant one mile from the position originally assigned to it (1874).

From the shoalest part, Red Yit island summit is just open northward of the north extreme of Double Yit island, bearing N.; and Chim island summit is in line with the eastern extreme of the reef lying 3 cables westward of Bent island, bearing N. by W. W.

FORMOSA STRAIT.

(2) Sunken Rocks near Turnabout Island.

Also, with reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 35, of 27th March 1876, on the existence of a sunken rock, on which the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam vessel Sunda struck in September 1875, and which was reported as being distant from one mile, to one and a half miles, North of Turnabout island:-

　　　A close examination made by the Nassau of the reported locality, resulted in finding no trace of a rock in the position assigned; the depths everywhere being from 20 to 25 fathoms, mud.

　　　A sunken rock was however found nearer Turnabout island:--this danger (Sunda rock), drying 3 feet at low water spring tides, bears North from the northern extremity of Turnabout island, distant 3 cables, with foul ground inside.

Also, a rock, awash at low water spring tides, was found lying South of the south point of Turnabout island, distant 13 cables.

NOTE. Vessels navigating in this vicinity should not approach Turnabout island within three quarters of a mile. The lighthouse keepers on Turnabout island report that several steam vessels have been hazarded, by rounding the South point of the island too closely.

[The Bearings are Magnetic. Variation 1° Westerly in 1877.]

By Command of their Lordships,

Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 15th August 1877.

FRED?. J. EVANS,

Hydrographer.

　　　This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Formosa and Japan, islands between, No. 2412; Formosa island and strait, No. 1968; port Matheson to Ragged point, No. 1761; and Hai-tan strait, No. 1985: Also, China Sea Directc:, Vol. III., 1874, pages 190 and 196.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 2TH JANUARY, 1878.

NOTICE TO MARINERS. (No. 105.)

CHINA. FORMOSA-NORTH COAST.

Position of Audacious Rock.

- With reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 157, of 6th December 1876, on the position of Audacious rock, near the entrance of Ke-lung harbour:-

　　　　　The following additional information, the result of further examination of the locality, by Captain B. W. Bax, H.M. Surveying vessel Sylvia, has been received :-

Audacious rock is a small pinnacle, with 21 feet over it, and 10 fathoms at the distance of 50 yards in all directions. From the shoalest part, the islet, 100 feet high, adjacent to the west side of Ke-lung island, bears E. 3 S., distant 1 miles; and the second peak west of Image point (293 feet high), S. by W. W., distant 24 miles.

Clearing Marks.-Petou point, just overlapping the south point of Ke-lung island, bearing S.E. by E. E., leads about 2 cables north-estward of Audacious rock. The summit of the distant range of hills (southward of Ke-lung town) in line with the Saddle between the first and second peaks west of Image point, bearing S. W., leads about 2 cables westward of Audacious rock in 15 fathoms water.

[The Bearings are Magnetic. Variation 1° Westerly in 1877.]

By Command of their Lordships,

Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 15th August 1877.

FREDK. J. EVANS,

Hydrographer.

　　　　　　　This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Formosa island and strait, No. 1968 and Ke-lung harbour, No. 2618: Also, China Sea Directory, Vol. III., 1874, pages 252 and 253.

The substance of this Notice, as soon as it is received on board, is to be inserted in red ink on the Charts affected by it; and introduced into the margin, or otherwise in the page, of the Sailing Dir ctions to which it relates. See Instructions, Navigation and Pilotage, p. 172.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

(No. 108.)

JAPAN-YEZO ISLAND.

Alteration i Position of Cape Noyshap Light.

　　　　　　The Japanese Government has given Notice, hat on 15th May 1877, a light was exhibited from a lighthouse erected on the eastern extreme of cape Noyshap, the easternmost point of Yezo island; instead of from a beacon as formerly:

　　　　　　The light is a fixed white light of the fifth order, elevated 74 feet above the sea, and should be visible from seaward in clear weather, through an arc of 282°, or between the bearings of N. 2940 E. and S. 724° E., from a distance of about 10 miles.

The lighthouse, constructed of wood, is 35 feet high, hexagonal, and painted white.

This light will be exhibited from the 1st April to the 15th December; for the remainder of the year it will not be shown. Also, that on 15th May 1877, the Beacon light was discontinued, and the spherical wooden cage that surmounted the beacon removed.

[The Bearings are Magnetic. Variation 2° Westerly in 1877.]

By Command of their Lordships,

Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 17th August 1877..

FREDK. J. EVANS,

Hydrographer.

This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Kuril island, No. 2405: Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, Japan, &c., 1877, No. 217 c and China Sea Directory, Vol. IV. 1873, page 345.

Government of New Zealand.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

LIGHTS ON PORTLAND ISLAND, CENTRE ISLAND, AND PUYSEGUR POINT.

PRELIMINARY NOTICE.

Customs Department (Marine Branch), Wellington, 22nd October, 1877.

Notice is hereby given, that Lighthouses are now in the course of erection at Portland Island, Centre Island, and Puy- segur Point. It is anticipated that Portland Island Light will be ready for exhibition early in 1878, Centre Island and Puy- segur Point a few months later. The following is a description of the lights that will be exhibited :-

Portland Island Lighthouse

Is situated on the southern extremity of Portland Island, which lies off the southern end of the Mahia Peninsula, Hawke's Bay, on the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The Light will be a Second-Order Revolving White Light, visible all round seaward. It will attain its greatest brilliancy every thirty seconds. From the lower part of the tower a Fixed Red Light, having an arc of about 6o, will be shown over Bull Rock, which bears N. E. from the lighthouse distant four miles.

Centre Island Lighthouse

Is situated on the Island of that name in Foveaux Strait. The Light will be a First-Order Fixed Light, showing white from the bearing (from ship) of about W. by N. 3 N. round over a southern arc of 1970, to the bearing of about E. & S., and red over certain inshore dangers. Particulars of the bearings of the red arcs will be given in a future notice.

Puysegur Point Lighthouse

Is situated on the Point of that name, at the south-western extremity of the Middle Island of New Zealand. The Light will be a First-Order Flashing White Light, visible all round seaward, and will show a flash every ten seconds.

Due notice will be given of the exact date when these lights will be first exhibited.

G. GREY.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH JANUARY, 1878.

ERRATUM.

In Government Notification No. 4 of the 5th instant, for LEE-A-TUK read LEE-A-FUK.

No. 3.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Notice is hereby given, that at Noon on Monday, the 14th instant, the Privilege of Farining the Quarry in Kowloon, during the year 1878, will be put up to Public Auction at the Government Offices. 1. The Monopoly shall begin on the 21st of January, 1878, and terminate on the 31st of December of the same year.

3. No person shall at any bidding advance less than $50.

5. The Monthly Premium shall be paid into the Colonial Treasury upon the Twenty-first day of

each month.

　　　　6. Persons desirous of bidding at this Auction are directed to call at the Surveyor General's Office, where further particulars may be obtained.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th January, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

No. 266.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　It is hereby notified that, in accordance with "The Rating Ordinance, 1875," His Excellency the Governor, and with the advice of the Executive Council, has fixed the Police Rate for the Year 1878, at Seven-and-three-quarters per cent for Houses in the City of Victoria, and at Five per cent for Houses in British Kowloon and the outlying Villages of the Colony; and the Lighting Rate at One-and-a-half per cent, the Fire Brigade Rate at Three-quarters per cent, and the Water Rate at Two per cent per annum, for Houses in the City of Victoria.

The Police, Lighting, Fire Brigade, and Water Rates will be payable Quarterly in advance at the Colonial Treasury, between the first and last Days of the first Month in each Quarter.

These several Rates shall be charged and chargeable on, and recoverable from, the Owners of the Tenements in respect of which the above Assessments have been made.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th December, 1877.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given, that the Crown Rents for the half-year ending 25th December, 1877, should be paid into the Treasury on or before the 15th January, 1878.

Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 28th December, 1877.

CECIL C. SMITH,

Colonial Treasurer.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

General Post Office, Hongkong, 27th December, 1877.

ALFRED LISTER,

Postmaster General.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH JANUARY, 1878.

ERRATUM.

In Government Notification No. 4 of the 5th instant, for LEE-A-TUK read LEE-A-FUK.

No. 3.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

3. No person shall at any bidding advance less than $50.

5. The Monthly Premium shall be paid into the Colonial Treasury upon the Twenty-first day of

each month.

　　　　6. Persons desirous of bidding at this Auction are directed to call at the Surveyor General's Office, where further particulars may be obtained.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th January, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

No. 266.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The Police, Lighting, Fire Brigade, and Water Rates will be payable Quarterly in advance at the Colonial Treasury, between the first and last Days of the first Month in each Quarter.

These several Rates shall be charged and chargeable on, and recoverable from, the Owners of the Tenements in respect of which the above Assessments have been made.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th December, 1877.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given, that the Crown Rents for the half-year ending 25th December, 1877, should be paid into the Treasury on or before the 15th January, 1878.

Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 28th December, 1877.

CECIL C. SMITH,

Colonial Treasurer.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

General Post Office, Hongkong, 27th December, 1877.

ALFRED LISTER,

Postmaster General.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH JANUARY, 1878.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Unclaimed Correspondence, 11th January, 1878.

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Geyer, G.

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Ughes, G.

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Henry

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If not claimed within ten days they will be

THE

HONGKONG GOVERNMENT

GAZETTE,

12TH JANUARY,

1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

CAPE D'AGUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

POLICE STATION, GAP. HEIGHT 1,300 FEET.

VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

THERMOMETER.

DAY AND

HOUR.

DATE.

BARO-

METER

WEA- BARO-1

THER, METER |

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet.

Saturday,

5th

January.

30.21 | 53.5 53.0 50.5. c. Noon | 30.16 | 54.0 55.5 50.0 54.0|| 52.0 c. 3 30.10 55.0

55.0 53.0 0.m.

53.5 51.5 NE 30.02 58.0' 55.0 47.0 55.5 54.0 NE 29 97 58.0

WINDS

0 TO 12. Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

30.05 59.j

RAIN FALL.

WEA- In inches THER. during previous

THERMOMETER.

BARO-

METER

24 hours.

WINDS

0 TO 12. Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

WEA-

THER.

RAIN FALL. }

In inches during previous 24 hours.

THERMOMETER.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

WINDS

RAIN FALL

THERMOMETER.

WEA BARO-| THER. METER

0 TO 12. WEA-

THER.

In inches

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

during previous

24 hours.

g.p.

g.m.

0.07

Sunday, 9 6th Noon 30.14 | 58.0 January, 3 30.14 57.0

30.16 56.0

Monday, 9 30.4244.0

7th Noon 30.40 47.0 48.0, 43.0 47.0 43.0 c. January, 3 30.37 48.0] 48.0 44.0 c.

56.0 55.0 o.c.d.m. 29.98 60.9,

58.0 56.0 c.m.

55.5 14.0 ESE

o.p.

57.5, 56.5 N

o.p.

30.00 62.01

29.98 60.0 61.0 52.0 61.0 59.0 N

b.c.

0.12

: ?

30.06 | 58.0| 52.0 50.0 N 30.02 58.5 59.0 47.0 52.0 50.0 NNE 29.97 58.0

6 C.V.

45.0, 45.0 NNE 3

f.m.

28.25 44.0

44.0 44.0 E

0.f.

0.m.

0.00

53.0.55.0 NNE

0.1.

: ?:

46.0 46.0 47.0 47.0 NNE

f.m.

28.23 46.0 46.0 41.0 46.0 13.0 E

0.f.

0.00

47.0 47.0 NNE

f.m.

28.16 46.0

46.0 46.0 E

f.d.

57.0 57.0 N

o.m.

30.01 62.5 63.0 52.0 58.0 57.0 SE

0.m.

0.09

57.0 55.0 c.

29.98 60.0

57.5 56.0 NW

b.c.

30.02 62.0

56.0 55.0 N

p.m.

44.0 40.0, c.

30.23 52.0!

45.5 43 0, N

b.c.

30.0655.0

30.24 53.0 62.0 41,0, 48.5 45.0 N

b.c.

0.00

30.04 | 56.0 60.0 50.0 48.0 45.0 N

30.2154.0i

49.0 46.0 NE

30.02 56.0]

45.0 42.0 N

C.V.

0.00

48.0 45.0 N

C.V.

January.

Tuesday, 9 30.45 45.0 47.0 45.5 c. 8th Noon 30.40 | 47.0 48.5 43.0 46.0 45.0; c. 3 30.36 46.0

48.0 44.0 c.

30.45 48.0

January.

30.36 48.0

Wednesday, 9 9th Noon 30.41 48.0 48.5 45.0 48.0 45.0 c. 48.0 45.0 c.

48 0 44.0 c.

30.25 50.0

: ?

30.24 50.0 30.25 | 51.0 53.0 40.0 47.0 46.0 N 30.22 51.0

45.5 44.0, N

30.27 | 52.0

46.0 43.0 N

5 o.h.

g.m.

0.00

47.0 46.0 N

g.m.

30.27 54.0 56.0 41.0 45.0 45.0 N 30.23 54.0 45.0 45.0 N

5 o.h.

0.00

5 o.h.

47.5 45.5 N 30.25 51.0 53.0 43.0 47.5 46.0 N 30.20 50.0

30.29 53.0

47.0 45.0 N

o.m.

b.c.

0.00

30.27 54.0 55.0 44.0 47.0 45.0 N

o.m.

0.00

48.0 46.0 N

30 23 54.0

46.0 45.0 N

o.m.

Thursday,

9 30.48 48.0

10th

Noon 30.42 | 51.0 53.5 45.0 51.0, 48.0 c. January. 3 30.41 53.0

48.0 46.0 c.

30.29 50.0]

53.0 50.0 c.

49.0 48.0 N 30.28 52.0 52.0 47.0 57 0 54,0 N 30.26 54.0

2 b.c.

30.32 53.01

46.0 45.0 N

5 o.h.

b.c.

0.07

54.0 52.0 Calm 0 b.c.

39.31 53.5 54.0 44.0 50.0 45.0 N 30.28 52.0

o.h.

0.03

50.0 45.0 N

o.h.

Friday, 9 30.52 | 51.5 51.5 48.0 c.

11th Noon 30.1 € 1.5 55,0 50.0 54.0 50.0 c. January. 3 30.46 54.0

··

54.0 48.5 c.

30.35 58.0 52.5 50.5 N 30.35 54.0 58.0 47.0 56.0 53.0 N 30.31 | 55.0 56.0 53.0 N

b.c.

30.37 53.0

b.c.

0.00

53.0 50.0 N 30.37 54.0 56.0 48.0 53.0 50.0 N

30.34 | 55.0 54.0 50.0 N

b.c.

3 b.c.

0.00

b.c.

54.0 54.0 NNE

().

28.25 56.0

56.0 55.0 ENE

f.r.

55.0 54.0 54.0 54.0 NNE

f.m.

28.28 50.0 51.0, 45.0 50.0 50.0 NNW

3 f.p.

48.0 48.0 NNE

f.m.

28.27 46.0;

46.0 46.0 NNW

o.f.

0.26

38.0 36.0 NNE

ni.

28.43 37.0

40.0 40.0 40.0 38.0 NNE

b.c.

41.0 39.0 NNE

28.39 39.0

37.0 36.0 N

o.c.m.

28.41 37.0 44.0 36.0, 38.0 36.0 NNW

o.c.m.

0.00

39.0 38.0 N

o.c.m.

: 8

40.0 40.0 NNE

40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 NNE

41.0 41.0 NNE

42.0 39.0 NNE

41.0 41.0 41.0 40.0 NNE

f.m.

28.47 39.0

39.0 39.0 E

o.f.m.

f.m.

28.43 39.0 40.5 37.0 39.0 39.0 E

o.f.m.

0.00

f.m.

28.38 40.0

··

40.0 40.0 NE

o.f.m.

b.c.

28.46 39.0

39.0 38.5 ENE

o.c.m.

b.c. 28.42 39.0 41.0 38.0 39.0 39.0 NNE

o.c.m.

0.00

41.0 40.0 NNE

f.m.

28.37 39.0

43.0 43.0 NNE

f.m.

28.52 40.0

46.0 46.0 41.0 40.0 NNE

b.c. 28.48 43.0 44.0 37.0 44.0 44.0 E

47.0 46.0 NNE

28.47 42.0

:::

39.0 39.0 N

o.c.m.

41.0 41.0 ENE

o.f.

o.p.f.

43.0 43.0 ENE

0.c.

: :

0.00

46.0 45.0 NNE

48.0 48.0 45.0 45.0 NNE

b.c.

28.55 44.0

47.0 43.0 NNE 3

b.c.

28.58 45.0 46.5 41.0 45.0 44.0 N 28.52 45.0

44.0 43.0 N

O.C.

0.00

45.0 43.0 N

O.C.

STATE OF WEATHER:-b. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain ; ?. foggy; g. gloomy; h. hail; 7. lightning; m. distance unusually visible w. wet (dew). NOTE:-A bar (— under any letter augments its signification, thus f, very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and continuing rain, &c., &c.

misty (hazy); o. overcast ; p. passing showers; q. squally; ?. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility.

Objects at a

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

Description of Wind.

Illustrations of the power of the Wind as regards a well-conditioned Man-of-War or First-class Clipper Ship.

Rate of the Wind

per Hour in Miles.

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

Bare Poles..

Calm

Light Air Light Breeze.. Gentle Breeze

Moderate Breeze.

Fresh Breeze ··

Strong Breeze

Moderate Gale..

Fresh Gale

Strong Gale

Whole Gale...

Storin..

Hurricane..

With which the above Ship with all sail ( 1 to 2 knots

In which she could just carry in chase, Double Reefs and Jib, &c. full and by

Close Reefs and Courses

In which she could just bear close-reefed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail Under Storm Staysail

Just sufficient to give steerage way.......

set and clean full would go in smooth water...

3 to 4

(5 to 6

Royals, &c.

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails.

Triple Reefs, &c....

2||||||

ORKA35R2

0 to 2

3 - 10

45 52

61 - 69

70 - 80

above 80

CL23400 2000-2

1878.

THE

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, .2TH JANUARY, 1878.

NOTICE.

the

HE next Criminal Sessions of the Supreme

　　　　　　　Court will be held on Friday, Eighteenth day of January, A.D. 1878, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in its Summary Jurisdiction, on every Tues- day, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in

Thursdays.

By Order,

Mondays and

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. IN BANKRUPTCY.

?OTICE.— TAM-CHOW, LEE-KWONG and KUNG-LOK, trading together in copartner- ships, at Yau-m? T?, in the Colony of Hongkong,

the Supreme Court of IIongkong, in its Probate Jurisdiction, on the 8th day of November, 1877, are hereby required to send, in writing, the Par- ticulars of their CLAIMS or DEMANDS to the said WILLIAM HOWELL FORBES, at his address aforesaid, or to the Undersigned, WILLIAM HENRY BRERETON, the Solicitor of the said WILLIAM HOWELL FORBES, at the Office of the said WILLIAM HENRY BRERETON, 29, Queen's Road, Hongkong, on or before the 1st day of May, 1878.

NOTICE.

F. H. F. MEYERINK has been admitted

M PARTNER in our firm from this date.

MEYER & Co.

Hongkong, 1st January, 1878.

NOTICE.

Ald Notice is hereby given that at the expira admitted a Partner in our Firm on the

tion of the last mentioned day, the said WILLIAM HOWELL FORBES will proceed to distribute the Assets of the said GEORGE UNDERHILL SANDS amongst the Parties entitled thereto, having regard to the Claims of which the said WILLIAM HOWELL FORBES shall then have had notice; and that the said WILLIAM HOWELL FORBES will not be liable for the Assets, or any part thereof, so distributed, to any person of whose Claim the said WILLIAM HOWELL FORBES shall not have had notice at the time of the distribution. Dated this 1st day of January, 1878.

WM. H. BRERETON,

Solicitor for the said WILLIAM HOWELL FORBES.

IN THE GOODS OF

JAMES SMITH FERRIES, deceased.

under the shop name of " KWONG-MAN-YUNE," NOTICE is hereby given that all Creditors

having been adjudged Bankrupts under a Peti- tion for adjudication in Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong on the 1st day of October, 1877, a public sitting for the said Bank rupts to pass their last examination, and make application for their orders of discharge, will be held before the Honourable Sir JOHN SMALE, Knight, Chief Justice of the said Court, at the Supreme Court House, Victoria, aforesaid, on Monday, the 28th day of January, 1878, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon of that day pre- cisely.

　　　　　　　　The Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee in the Bankruptcy. Dated the 12th day of January, 1878.

STEPHENS & HOLMES, Solicitors, acting in the Bunkruptcy, 2, Club Chambers.

Hongkong,

IN THE GOODS OF GEORGE UNDERHILL SANDS, DECEASED.

NOTICE is hereby given that all creditors and

　　　　　　　　　other Persons, having any CLAIMS or DEMANDS upon or against the Estate of GEORGE UNDERHILL SANDS, late of Vic- toria, Hongkong, Patent Slip Proprietor and Ship-| builder, who died at Victoria, aforesaid, on the 30th day of October, 1877, and whose Will was duly proved, Probate whereof was granted to WILLIAM HOWELL FORBES, of Victoria, afore- said, Esquire, the Executor therein named, by

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DROIT.

THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

Published by Authority.

No. 3.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 19TH JANUARY, 1878.

VOL. XXIV.

No. 12.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Report from CHARLES MAY, Esquire, Superintendent of the Fire Brigade, for the quarter ending 31st December, 1877, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 19th January, 1878.

[No. 1.]

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

FIRE BRIGADE DEPARTMENT,

HONGKONG, 18th January, 1878.

SIR, I have the honour to forward to you, to be laid before His Excellency the Governor, the Fire Brigade Report for the 4th quarter of 1877.

The regular Parades and Inspections were held on the 5th November, 5th December, 1877, and 7th January, 1878, at which the Government Steam and Manual Engines were present as also those of the Chinese Volunteer Associations. All were worked from the sea, and, with the exception of No. 1 Steam Engine, three tubes of which gave way at the last Inspection, all were found in order.

The Fire Ladders, Hose, Implements and Extincteurs were found to be in good condition. The Manual Engines at Yau-m? T?, Sh?u-k? W?n and Aberdeen have been examined and found in order.

Monthly reports have been made by the Government Engineer of the state of the Steam Engines, which were duly tested by hydraulic pressure, and the Manual Engines.

A trifling fire occurred on the 28th December, 1877 which was duly reported.

I have the honour to be,

Sir, Your most obedient Servant,

C. MAY,

Superintendent, Fire Brigade.

The Honourable J. GARDINER AUSTIN, C.M.G.,

&c.,

Colonial Secretary,

&c.,

&c.

HONGKONG.

No. 13.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Notice is hereby given, that the Kowloon Quarry Farm for the Year 1878, has been let to TSANG-A-YEE of To-KWA-WAN, Kowloon.

By Command,

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 19th January, 1878.

No. 14.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

His Excellency JOHN POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G., has been pleased to appoint provisionally, and until Her Majesty's pleasure may be known, FRANCIS BULKLEY JOHNSON, Esquire, to be a Member of the Legislative Council of Hongkong, vice the Honourable WILLIAM KESWICK, absent on leave.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 19th January, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH JANUARY, 1878.

No. 15.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Table of Meteorological Observations, taken at the Government Lock Hospital, during the Month of December, 1877, is published for general information.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 19th January, 1878.

By Command,

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS

TAKEN AT THE GOVERNMENT LOCK HOSPITAL, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, 1877. 137 feet above mean low level of Spring Tides.

THERMOMETERS (Fahrenheit.)

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

WIND.

CLOUD.

RAIN IN

INCHES

HYGROMETER.

MIN.

IN SOIL,

DRY BULB IN WET BULBIN SHADE. SHADE.

HUMIDITY

COMPLETE SATURATION ==100.

DEW POINT.

QUARTER.

DAY OF MONTH.

SELF REGISTERING

BAROMETER.

DAY OF WEEK.

ATTACHED IN SHADE.

MAX.

IN THE SHADE. Max, and Min. of the previous 24 hours, taken at Noon.

SUN, BULB

MAX.

SUN,

DIUR-

MIN. NAL

RANGE,

BULB

VACUO.

Ex- GRASS. IN

POSED.

SHADE.

Temp. at

9 A.M.

3 P.M.

9 A.M. 3 P.M.| Min. | Max.

Noon.

DIURNAL

RANGE, BULB

EXPOSED.

DURING

THE

PREVI-

OUS 24

HOURS.

0-10.

INCHES

DEEP.

9 A.M. 3 P.M. 9 A. M. 3 P.M. 9 A. M. 3 P.M. 9 A.M.3 P.M.

9 A.M.

P.M.

9 A.M. 9 A.M. 3 P.M.

Saturday,

2 Sunday,

30.00

29.92

64.0

65.0

60.0

67.0

66.0

125.

85.

61.0

7.0

24.0

64.0

64.0 65.0 62.0

63.0

88. 88.

60.3

61.4

N.W.

0.25

30.05

30.00

65.0

69.0

57.0

69.0

68.0

116.

82.

58.0

12.0

24.0

61.0

65.0

69.0

62.0

64.0 83.

73.

59.5

60.1

N.W.

3 Monday,

30.08

30.0268.0

69.0

63.0

70.0

69.0

111.

80.

62.0

7.0

18.0 | 65.0

68.0

69.0

65.0

83.

78.

62.6

61.9 N.E.

N.E.

0.01

30.10

30.04 67.0

67.0

61.0 70.0

68.0

110.

80.

62.0 9.0

18.0: 64.0

67.0

63.0

78.

59.8

N.E.

0.03

Tuesday,

5 Wednesday,

30.00

29.95

67.0

68.0 61.0

68.0

67.0

97.

77.

62.0

7.0

64.0

15.0

67.0 68.0 62.0 64.0

73.

78.

58.0

60.8

Thursday,

30.00

29.94

66.0

67.0

61.0

69.0 68.0

97.

77.

62.0

8.0

15.0

64.0 66.0 67.0

64.0

65.0 88.

62.4 63.4

Friday,

30.04

29.95

66.0

61.0 68.0

66.0

90.

75.

62.0

7.0

13.0

65.0

66.0

64.0

88. 88.

62.4

N.E.

0.35

Saturday,

30.05

30.00

68.0

60.0

69.0

68.0

113.

83.

61.0

9.0 22.0

64.0

68.0

64.0

64.0 78.

78.

60.8

Sunday,

30.08

30.05 68.0 68.0

61.0

69.0 68.0

123.

83.

62.0

8.0

21.0 64.0

68.0

64.0

63.0

78.

73.

60.8

59.1

30.14

30.05

67.0

61.0

Monday,

105.

69.0 | 67.0

80.

62.0 8.0

18.0

64.0

67.0

64.0

63.0

83.

78.

61.6

59.8 E.

11 Tuesday,

30.04

29.90

65.0

60.0

67.0

69.0

68.0

123.

84.

61.0

9.0

23.0

63.0

65.0

67.0

63.0

64.0

88.

83.

61.4

61.6

Wednesday,

29.90

29.85

73.0

76.0

61.0 77.0 76.0

125.

85.

62.0

16.0 23.0

64.0

74.0

76.0

71.0

72.0

84.

79.

68.8

69.2

S.E.

29.90

29.83

72.0

76,0

67.0

76.0

78.0

132.

101.

66.0

11.0

35.0

68.0

72.0 76.0

70.0

71.0

89.

75.

68.5

67.4

Calm

0.08

Thursday,

29.94 29.85

70.0

69.0

65.0

71.0

70.0

143.

103.

66.0

6.0

37.0

69.0 70.0

69.0

68.0

67.0

88.

66.5

65.4 E.

Friday,.

15 Saturday,

29.90

29.84 70.0

64.0

77.0

70.0

72.0

129.

95.

65.0 8.0

30.0

67.0 70.0 77.0 68.0

16 Sunday,

29.90

29.84

77.0 77.0

65.0

79.0

77.0 125.

95.

66.0 14.0

29.0 69.0 77.0

77.09

73.0

88.

79.

66.5

70.2 E.

73.0

74.0

79.

84.

70.2

71.9 S.

'0.62

Monday,

29.90 29.84

76.0

77.0

70.0

79.0 77.0

110.

85.

69.0

9.0 15.0

71.0

77.0

76.0

73.0

79. 84.

70.2 70.9

18 Tuesday,

29.98

20 Thursday,·

Wednesday,

21 Friday,

30.18

30.14

29.98 30.00 29.96 65.0 66.0 53.0

29.94 67.0 29.86 66.0

69.0

62.0

70.0 69.0

121.

87. 64.0

23.0

69.0

66.0

69.0

64.0

63.0

88.

68.

62.4

58.3

N.E.

0.38

66.0

61.0 68.0

67.0

122.

92.

62.0

30.0 65.0

66.0

64.0

88.

83.

62.4

61.6

0.15

60.0 67.0 66.0 110.

85.

61.0

24.0

64.0 65.0

66.0

64.0

65.0 94.

88.

63.2 63.4

0.05

55.0

49.0

56.0 55.0

93.

80.

51.0

7.0

29.0

58.0

53.0

55.0

47.0

50.0

64.

70.

41.0 45.2

N.N.W.

0.18

Saturday,

30.23

30.15 52.0 56.0

46.0 57.0

56.0

117.

78.

50.0 11.0

28.0

55.0

52.0 56.0

48.0

51.0

74.

70.

43.9

46.3

N.E.

23 Sunday,

30.25

30.15

54.0

57.0

45.0

58.0 57.0

108.

75.

44.0

13.0

31.0

52.0

54.0

57.0

50.0

53.0

74.

75.

46.1

49.3

N.E.

24 Monday, 25 Tuesday,

30.13

30.05

59.0

65.0

55.0 65.0 64.0

121.

87.

54.0

10.0

33.0

56.0

59.0 65.0

55.0

59.0

76.

60.

51.4

42.4

N.N.W.

N.W.

30.12

30.06 63.0

64.0

56.0 67.0

65.0

132.

92.

11.0

57.0

35.0

59.0 64.0 64.0

59.0 58.0 72.

67.

54.8 53.0

N.W.

Wednesday,

30.21 30.15 55.0

58.0

50.0 61.0

60.0

122.

86.

52.0

11.0 34.0

57.0

55.0 58.0

50.0

52.0 70.

66.

45.2

46.6

Thursday,

30.18 30.10

53.0

58.0

47.0

58.0

57.0

110.

80.

48.0

11.0

32.0

52.0

55.0

58.0

49.0

52.0 80.

66.

45.9

46.6

N.N.W.

N.W.

28 Friday,

30.10

30.00

58.0

62.0

52.0 63.0

62.0

110.

80. 52.0 1.0

28.0

56.0 58.0

62.0

53.0

57.0

71.

72.

48.5

52.7

N.W.

29 Saturday,

30.02

29.90 61.0

66.0

56.0 66.0

65.0

107.

80.

57.0

10.0 23.0

60.0

61.0

66.0 59.0

88.

73.

57.3

57.0

N.E.

0.02

30 | Sunday,

29.90

29.80| 65.0

66.0

59.0

67.0

66.0

107.

80.

60.0

8.0

20.0

62.0

65.0

66.0

63.0

64.0

88.

61.4

62.4

0.02

Monday,

29.85

29.80

70.0

75.0 61.0

74.0

77.0

101.

82.

62.0

13.0

20.0

64.0

70.0 75.0 68.0

73.0

88.

89.

66.5

N.E.

71.6

20 10 10 10 10 1-∞∞

078000030 03 10 00 10 10 10 9∞

Mean

30.05

29.96 64.5

66.9

58.6 68.0

66.9

114.

84.

59.3

9.4 21.6

62.2 64.8

66.9

61.7 63.0

81.

77.

59.2

59.4

2.14

Summary of December, 1876:-Mean Shade Temp.,

.61.6

Total Rain fall,

3.30 inches.

Rain fell on

6 days.

1875:-

.60.5

2.46

1874:-

.66.5

0.31 ""

1873:-

..66.6

0.65 77

}}

1872:-

...67.7

0.40

PH. B. C. AYRES, Colonial Surgeon.

1871:-

.60.0

0.18

No. 16.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH JANUARY, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION..

The following Notice to Mariners is published for general information.

By Command,

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 19th January, 1878.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 80.

CHINA SEA.

YANGTZE RIVER-SHANGHAI DISTRICT.

Kiutoan Light- Vessel.

　　　　　NOTICE is hereby given that on or about the 1st March next a light-vessel, showing a fixed white light, will be moored in mid-channel to the N.E. of the Kiutoan Lighthouse.

　　　　　The Light will be a catoptric one, elevated 35 feet above the sea, and, in clear weather, it should be visible from a distance of 11 nautical miles.

　　　　　A small white light will be exhibited from the fore-stay, at a height of 6 feet above the rail, for the purpose of showing in what direction the vessel is riding.

　　　　　The light-vessel will be painted red, with the word "Kiutoan” in white letters on each side, and she will have one mast surmounted by an 8-feet black ball.

　　　　　In foggy weather a 10-cwt. fog-bell will be struck three double blows in each minute, the interval between the blows of each pair being 5 seconds, and between two successive pairs of blows, 15 seconds.

　　　　If the light-vessel be driven from her proper position to one where she is of no use as a guide to shipping, the usual light will not be exhibited, but a fixed red light will be exhibited at each end of the vessel; the ball will be struck as soon as possible, and till struck it will be surmounted by a red flag.

Kiutoan Lighthouse.

　　　　　As soon as the above-mentioned light-vessel is in position, the light now shown from the Kiutoan Ighthouse will be discontinued. This is the Light No. 24 in the 1877 or Fifth Issue of Chinese Lights.

By order of the Inspector General of Customs,

DAVID M. HENDERSON, Engineer-in-Chief.

IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS, ENGINEERS' OFFICE, SHANGHAI, 11th January, 1878.

NOTICE.

　　　　　A Public Examination of the scholars at the Government Central School will be held on Friday next, the 25th instant, at 10 o'clock A.M.

His Excellency the Governor will distribute the Prizes at noon.

Government Central School, 18th January, 1878.

FREDERICK STEWART, Head Master.

No. 6.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Letter from the Inspector of Schools, enclosing a Return of the Results of the First Examination under the amended Grant-in-Aid Scheme, is published for general information.

By Command,

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th January, 1878.

[No. 3.]

HONGKONG, 7th January, 1878.

SIR,-I have the honour to enclose a Return of the results of the first examination under the amended Grant-in-Aid Scheme. I regret to find that the total grant exceeds the sum on the Estimates by $252.90; but, in future, it will be possible to gauge with more precision the operation of the recent changes. The number of scholars presented amounted to 459, as against 390 in 1876; and the passes amounted to 86 per cent, as against 77 per cent in the previous year.

The Reverend Dr. EITEL was Assistant Examiner in the three Hakka Schools belonging to the Basel Mission. Lady SMALE, Mrs. PHILLIPPO, Mrs. SMITH, Mrs. REMEDIOS, Mrs. EITEL and Mrs. HUTCHINSON kindly examined the needle-work.

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Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

The Honourable J. GARDINER AUSTIN, C.M.G.,

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OTICE.-TAM-CHOW, LEE-KWONG and KUNG-LOK, trading together in copartner- ships, at Yau-m? T?, in the Colony of Hongkong, under the shop name of "KwONG-MAN-YUNE," having been adjudged Bankrupts under a Peti- tion for adjudication in Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong on the 1st day of October, 1877, a public sitting for the said Bank- rupts to pass their last examination, and make application for their orders of discharge, will be held before the Honourable Sir JOHN SMALE, Knight, Chief Justice of the said Court, at the Supreme Court House, Victoria, aforesaid, on Monday, the 28th day of January, 1878, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon of that day pre- cisely.

The Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee in the Bankruptcy. Dated the 12th day of January, 1878.

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VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 26TH JANUARY, 1878.

VOL. XXIV.

GOVERNMENT EDUCATION, HONGKONG.

The following account of the proceedings at the Central School on the 25th of January, 1878, is republished from the report of the Daily Press, for general information.

PRIZE DAY AT THE CENTRAL SCHOOL.

Yesterday morning the Annual Public Examination of the pupils of the Government Central School was held, after which the prizes were distributed by His Excellency Governor POPE HENNESSY. His Excellency was accompanied by his Acting Aide-de-Camp, Mr. CREAGH, and his Private Secretary, Mr. G. STAFFORD NORTHCOTE. Among those present to witness the proceedings were the Honourable J. G. AUSTIN, C.M.G., the Honourable C. C. SMITH, the Honourable J. M. PRICE, the Honourable F. B. JOHNSON, Mr. Justice SNOWDEN, Captain H. G. THOMSETT, Mr. J. RUSSELL, Mr. A. LISTER, Mr. H. E. WODEHOUSE, Dr. WHARRY, Dr. YOUNG, Mr. T. JACKSON, Mr. J. J. FRANCIS, Mr. H. E. BRADDON, Rev. Dr. EITEL, Rev. R. LECHLER, Rev. J. C. EDGE, Rev. J. REUSCH, a large number of ladies, and other foreign residents, besides a good sprinkling of natives.

　　　　　HIS EXCELLENCY having carefully looked over the examination papers and returns of the School, said the first duty he had to perform was to distribute the prizes which Mr. STEWART had put into his hands, which he proceeded to do, addressing to the different recipients a few words of congratulation and encouragement. To Mr. FRANK HAZELAND, who took the prize in the first class, (a watch presented by His Excellency), he said he was happy to give the prize to the son of a worthy resident of the Colony. Mr. HAZELAND's father was for many years our Crown Solicitor, he (Mr. FRANK HAZELAND) was himself born in Hongkong, and all were aware of the intimate connection his family had with the Colony for many years. In giving him this prize, His Excellency hoped it would only be one of many steps in progress he would make.

The following is the Prize list:-

NAME.

Tsang Kit-fan,

Hung Kam-shing,

PRIZE.

SPECIAL PRIZES.

BEST SCHOLAR.

.....Morrison Scholarship,

Watch,

TRANSLATION.

DONOR.

.Morrison Trustees.

Honourable C. C. Smith.

Lung Man-piu,

......

Frank Hazeland, Tsang Kam-chiu, A. J. Reid,

Wong Ching-ki,. Ho Fuk, Cowasjee Eduljee,

Yeung I-kam,.. Miu Yeuk-ki, R. Gomes,

2nd Class.

.......

GENERAL PROFICIENCY.

J An appointment ($20 a month), Mr. Commissioner Bredon.

Chinese Customs,.

ORDINARY PRIZES.

Watch,

1st Class.

..Gold Pencilcase,......

.Pencilcase,

...Watch,

...H. E. The Governor.

...Mr. Romano.

.Mr. Romano.

....Gold Pencilcase,

Pencilcase,

..Mr. Romano.

3rd Class.

Watch, .Inkstand,.

.Inkstand,

.Mr. Russell. Old Scholar. .Old Scholar.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26TH JANUARY, 1878.

Luk King-fo, Chan Ping-hang,

Kwong Chiu-wing,..

Chan Kam-fong,

Lai Ping-chiu,

Li Yau, .....

Ho Tseung-hang,

Wong Kam-sau,. Leung U-in,

Hau Fung-shu, Ng Man-ki,...

4th Class.

Watch,

....Gold Pencilcase,....

Mr. Kwok Tsung.

..Gold and Rubber Pencilcase, ....Mr. Ball.

Watch,

5th Class.

..Gold and Rubber Pencilcase,

6th Class.

Watch,

.Silver Pencilcase,

7th Class.

.....Watch,

.Mr. Kwok Tsung.

......Gold and Rubber Pencilcase, .... Mr. Piercy.

8th Class.

Watch, .....Silver Pencilcase,.

9th Class.

Kwan Shiu-ping,

...Gold Pencilcase,...

Lau Chak,

Silver Pencilcase,

10th Class.

Chan Ting-sui,

.Silver Pencilcase,

...........Mr. Gerard.

P'un Chi,

.Ivory and Silver Pencilcase,......

......

Lam Cheung,

...Ivory and Silver Pencilcase,......

CHINESE CLASSES.-FORTNIGHTLY EXAMINATIONS.

Leung Shiu-kong,

Sham Tin-shan,

Chung Shing-hong, Wat Ying-cho,

Cheung Yung-kan, Chan Tin-tseung,

Ho Tun-yung, Tsang King-tsz,

Li Ip, Chan Un-fan,

Sheik Akbar, A. Ramjan,...

Li Fai,......................

F. Machado,

G. Basa,

C. Franco,

1st Class.

....Binocular,

....Head Master.

2nd Class.

.Silver Pencilcase,

........Second Master.

ORDINARY PRIZES.

1st Class.

Mr. Wong Tso-leung.

2nd Class.

.Watch, .Silver Pencilcase,

..Silver Pencilcase, Silver Pencilcase,

3rd Class.

....Silver Pencilcase,

....Ivory and Silver Pencilcase,......

4th Class.

.Silver Pencilcase,

...Ivory and Silver Pencilcase,......

CHINESE CLASS FOR EUROPEANS, &c.

1st Division.

Watch, ..Three Books,

2nd Division.

Three Books, Dictionary,

....

3rd Division.

Three Books, ..Two Books,.....

Having completed the distribution of the prizes,

...Honourable J. G. Austin.

Mr. Machado.

.Mr. Romano.

Mr. Hyndman.

..Mr. J. J. dos Remedios. Mr. J. J. dos Remedios.

His EXCELLENCY said:-Ladies and gentlemen, it becomes my pleasing duty to congratulate my friend Mr. STEWART, on the number of scholars who are here to-day. On one of the last occasions I appeared in public in Hongkong-it was at a concert--I saw that the hall in which the concert was held was but half filled. Well, Mr. STEWART cannot complain to-day that this spacious hall is only half-filled; indeed, on the contrary, the hall in this school, though very spacious, is not, on an occasion like this, large enough to contain, I may say, one half of the pupils who are in attendance throughout the

　　　　year. I suppose the number of pupils who are sitting before me amounts to something like two hundred and fifty or three hundred. The total number of scholars attending this school during the year 1877 amounted to six hundred and ten and at this moment there are four hundred and thirty- three boys in attendance at the Central School, so that a considerable number of the pupils are not now inside this room. So far, therefore, Mr. STEWART has no cause of complaint as to the attendance at the school; and, I may add, it is not only to-day very large, but, I believe, I am right in saying that in the history of the school it has never been so large as it is to-day. Mr. STEWART now tells me it is larger than it has ever been before. The daily average attendance, which after all is the real test of the working of a school so far as the attendance is concerned, was this year four hundred and thirty- one, being considerably in excess of that of the previous year. But whilst I congratulate Mr. STEWART on that important fact, I must condole with him and the scholars upon the loss that this institution

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sustained during the past year. The third master, Mr. GAIR, obtain d leave of absence on account of the delicate state of his health, and, I regret to say, he died in Japan. Mr. GAIR was for a long time in the public service of the Colony. He was an Inspector of Police previous to his connection with the Central School. Before joining our Police force he was a school-master in Scotland, and when he was promoted to the important post of third master in this school, I believe I am justified in saying, in the presence of Mr. STEWART and those who knew him well, that he was an able assistant to the head master, that he gave the utmost satisfaction to Mr. STEWART and the pupils who came in contact with him. Whilst, therefore, I am bound to express publicly my great regret at his loss, I have at all events the satisfaction of recording the fact that the Government have been able to obtain the assistance of a competent gentleman to take his place, and I may say in passing, that on a recent visit to this school I was much pleased to see how admirably Mr. FALCONER, the second master in the school, Mr. BALL, and Mr. PIERCY assisted Mr. STEWART. When you think of the large number of pupils in this school, you

will appreciate the responsibility of Mr. STEWART and the other gentlemen who are entrusted with the management of this institution. What I saw in the school and what I have read of the previous reports of Mr. STEWART and of the progress of the school, all convince me that a change is necessary in the management of this institution in the direction of giving more leisure to Mr. STEWART to attend to the higher duties of inspector of schools. (Applause). I think we are exacting from Mr. STEWART more than any one man, no matter how accomplished and able he may be, can perform in asking him to be not only the inspector of all our schools, but also to retain the post of head master in this school. I believe that if Mr. STEWART were to take the position of inspector of schools, maintaining of course in that position a proper supervision over this school, he would be able to give to the whole educational scheme of the Colony a closer attention than he is at present able to bestow upon it. It does not do for us if we happen to have a very good officer to overwork him; with the growth, the steady but yet rapid growth, of this school, the work of Mr. STEWART must have grown in proportion, and the time has come when, I think, I may fairly consider whether or not some change should be made of the nature I have indicated. Of course, as you are aware, whatever change I may think it necessary to recommend, it will be my duty to report to Her Majesty's Government, but, knowing what the services of Mr. STEWART have been to the school, I believe the Secretary of State would favourably entertain any recommendation in that direction by the Governor of the Colony.

　　　　　　Perhaps I may take this opportunity of saying a word or two to the students who are present on a subject which at one time attracted a good deal of my attention and which, close as we are to China, is not an inappropriate subject in addressing an audience such as this. You are all aware that the Government of the Great Empire close to us relies for obtaining its official element upon a system of open competitive examination, established now for many centuries in China, and you are also aware that some of the countries in Europe-I will not say following the example of China, but certainly treading in the footsteps of China-have established also a system of open competitive examination for appointments in the civil service. Now one of my predecessors, many, many years ago, in writing to the Secretary of State, expressed his opinion that the Government of China was able to conduct the administration of China-of that vast empire stretching down from Peking to Canton--was able to conduct that government from Peking mainly by reason of this system of open competitive examin- ations, and by relying on certain great moral principles, such as parental authority, which that govern- ment at all times enforces. Not long since, when paying a flying visit to Canton, I was shown by Archdeacon GRAY the examination halls in that city. As well as I remember, he told me that at the last examination there were three thousand candidates, and there were very few more than one hundred of these three thousand that were to obtain the degrees; that is, there were few more than one hundred degrees to be given. The result was that during the two or three days the examination lasted the intellectual struggle between these three or four thousand students was very great. The names of the hundred who passed were recorded, and from time to time, as vacancies occurred in the public service of China, they obtained appointments, and in that way some of the most powerful mandarins in China have obtained the public offices they hold. Now the question occurred to me when I arrived in this Colony, would it be possible for me to do anything in that direction here? And perhaps you will excuse me if I refer to the personal reminiscence that some years ago, in the House of Commons, I made a motion for a committee to ascertain whether it was possible to throw open to public competition the whole of the appointments of the civil service in England. We had a debate upon that subject. Lord PALMERSTON, no doubt a very wise statesman, though perhaps on that occasion in the wrong, opposed my motion. The House of Commons, however, supported me; I had the satisfaction so far of defeating the Ministry. My committee was appointed and that committee recommended that the civil service of England should be thrown open to free public competition. It came to pass a few years later, in 1870, that Mr. GLADSTONE, who was then the Prime Minister of England, by an Order in Council carried into effect the recommendation of that committee, and I had the great satisfaction of receiving from him a letter in which he acquainted me with what he had done, and he was pleased to say that he had all along sympathised with my efforts to throw open the civil service of the United Kingdom to public com- petition. And at this moment, if a clerkship is vacant in the Colonial Office, in the Board of Admiralty, in any of the great departments of the State (with one exception), any young man in England, Ireland, or Sectland, without any favour or patronage, can c result? I am told by the heads of the departments

te for the appointment. And what is the Secretary of the Treasury has

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may

told me so, many of the leading e ficials in the public service have told me that since this system was established they find the tone of the service has improved and they have now an admirable staff of clerks. I add that in India a similar result has occurred. The system was, to a great extent, brought into operation in the time of Lord LAWRENCE, and his present brilliant successor, Lord LYTTON, has borne testimony to the fact that the system of open competitions for the appointments in India has been most beneficial to the administration of that great Empire. Under these circumstances I thought it possible, perhaps, to introduce the system into this Colony, and accordingly we have had already one or two examinations. On one occasion there was a clerkship worth ?200 per annum to be given away. It was a Chinese clerkship, and usually such a post was given by the Governor of the Colony, who looked over his list of applicants, and gave the appointment as he might think best, but I thought it well to try the experiment of an open competition. Accordingly, I asked the head of the department (it was in the Magistracy) to become an examiner, and Mr. MAY was good enough to undertake the duty. I also asked a Chinese scholar, Bishop BURDON, and my Right Reverend friend consented, and to these two, I added Mr. NG CHOY, a Chinese gentleman who is now a member of the English bar. Well, these three examiners were good enough to prepare the examination papers, and they made their report to me in course of time. I was disappointed, undoubtedly, at the result of that examination. The examiners reported that none of the candidates passed the examination sufficiently well to entitle them to the appointment. The examination consisted of translating a document which had come to the Magistracy in the ordinary course of business, a Chinese document, into English, and of translating the deposition of a witness taken at the Magistracy some weeks before into Chinese, and in reading and writing from dictation. That was a simple test, and, nevertheless, eleven candidates having presented themselves, I regretted to find that the examiners could not recommend to me any one of the eleven as having properly passed the examination. Now, it would be, I think, very foolish for us to shut our eyes to a fact of that kind. The examination could hardly be simpler than it was. The clerkship to be given away was of some value, $80 a month, and the result was certainly somewhat disappointing. But, I venture to repeat what I at that time put in a minute, published in the Gazette, that looking at the report of the examiners, though I regretted the result, I felt the Chinese students who competed at that examination had shown great intelligence and industry, and I had every hope that at a subsequent examination some of them would be successful. I have no doubt that, in sub- sequent examinations some of them will be successful. Whatever scheme I may establish, that scheme of examination should be in accordance with the educational position of the Colony, and in endeavouring to introduce this system, we must not fly too high at first, but if possible bring our standard down to that which we know to exist in the Colony. And on this subject, I am bound to say--my friend Mr. STEWART mentioned there was a position in the Customs given by Mr. BREDON, which appointment has been awarded to-day to a Chinese youth whom I see here on my right--it is fair to mention that, two of the best pupils in this school declined to take the small appointment given by Mr. BREDON. It does not at all follow that the best pupils of this school, or of the others in the Colony, aspire to Government employment. I may say for my own part, though I have the honour to be in the service of Her Majesty, I would not recommend the youth of this Colony, or any other, to look forward to Government employment as the sole end or aim of their education. Fortunately, we are living in the centre of a great mercantile community, and I believe the small number that competed for the clerkship, to which I have been referring is, to some extent, owing to the fact that many who could undoubtedly have passed that examination with credit, preferred, and very rightly preferred, to devote themselves to other pursuits. Now, in giving whatever appointments may be at the disposal of the Governor of this Colony, I shall still adhere, within certain safe limits, to the arrangements already announced upon this subject, but I believe I will be justified from time to time in selecting clerks from young men who may be recommended to me by Mr. STEWART or other competent gentlemen in the colony. To give occasionally an appointment by open competition, and on the other hand to retain in my own gift a little share at all events of that patronage which all Governors heretofore have kept in their own hands exclusively, will, I believe, not be detrimental to the public service of Hongkong. (Applause).

which Now, ladies and gentlemen, you are all aware that the subject of education is not one upon people in this Colony have been silent. For many years past it has been discussed in every shape and form, and indeed I was not many hours in the Colony before it was brought to my notice; even before I went down to the Council Chamber to read Her Majesty's commission, I was advised by the intelligent organs of the Press to announce what was called my policy on the subject of education. However, I had other things to do, and in addition to that, I thought it well to pay some attention to the actual educational condition of the Colony, to study it on the spot, before I ventured to express any opinion. And what is my policy? It is to promote Education; and I may say in one word, that, in doing this, I shall be most happy, during the five or six years that it may be my pleasure to be here, to do all in my power to promote the success of this institution, the Central School. (Applause.)

When I visited it the other day and saw Mr. FALCONER and the other gentlemen going through the daily routine of their duties, I was struck by some incidents, which it is well for us to bear in mind, because they suggest the possibility of improvements which I know Mr. STEWART has at heart. ? visited one large class-room, indeed a sort of double class-room, on the other side of that passage. In that room I should think there must have been a hundred and fifty Chinese youths who were being instructed by three Chinese chers ey were reading the Chinese classics. I found that them in the Chinese classics had themselves no the three Chinese teachers who

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knowledge whatever of the English language. These three Chinese teachers spoke no English; and of the pupils in that particular class-room not one could speak English. These pupils, I was glad to see, were reading the Chinese classics. During the whole of the year we have had six hundred and ten pupils attending the school. I asked Mr. STEWART this morning how many of these were able to speak English, and he said under fifty or sixty, and this small number very imperfectly. Now, these are grave facts. They point to that which Mr. STEWART wishes--to the desirability of our endeavouring to keep the pupils a little longer in the school. In this English Colony we must not be satisfied with 60 out of 600 being able to speak English in our principal Government school, and that imperfectly. Afte Hongkong has enjoyed thirty years of Colonial Government and large annual grants for education, I expected to find the new generation with something like a knowledge of English. The system unfortunately is that after learning perhaps only what we might call a smattering of our language, a few of the pupils leave the school and go at once into native business houses, whilst nine tenths leave the Government school entirely ignorant of the English language. I believe Mr. STEWART will be able to suggest to me means by which we might induce the pupils to devote a longer period to their school studies. I do not mean a longer period each day, but a greater number of years. But it also suggests something else. With whom do those boys that I now see before me mix after they leave this school-how many English speaking associates or friends have they? Very, very few. In this Colony--and in that respect it is unlike Singapore- you don't meet with many Chinese who in the ordinary course of business can speak or write English. I think one of our principal duties as educationists should be to increase the number of English speaking and English writing Chinese inhabitants of Hongkong. We must endeavour to do that not only by means of this valuable institution, but also by the other educational agencies in this Colony.

Now, Mr. STEWART has placed in my hands a list of the one hundred and forty-eight pupils of this school who left the school during last year, and I find on glancing through it that pupils left the school to obtain employment in life. I find the first pupil is now a master in this many of the very school, another pupil is a clerk to one of our leading merchants, another pupil is now employed in a piece goods shop, another pupil has become a compradore. I see another pupil has become an assistant in his father's business. Some of them have gone into business on their own One of them, I see, has become a medical student. Well, I read that with great interest, but on looking a little closer at the list I see it is not a Chinese boy who has become a medical student, and this brings me to a suggestion I have to make to Mr. STEWART. I should like very much to ask Mr. STEWART whether it might be possible in connection with this school to do anything in the way of promoting medical education among the Chinese. (Applause.) We all know that there is in this Colony a large and excellent institution called the Tung Wah Hospital, supported and managed by the leading Chinese residents. Can we in any way combine clinical teaching which might be received in that establishment with a little instruction in physiology in this school? Will it be possible for Mr. STEWART, having consulted with the Colonial Surgeon and with some of our medical friends and the committee of that institution, will it be possible, I say, for Mr. STEWART to form a scheme by which we might have some young Chinese trained to a knowledge of European medicine? If he succeeds in putting a plan, a practical plan, before me, I certainly will consult my honourable friends on the Council as to providing funds for carrying it into effect.- (Applause).

account.

I am bound, as the Governor of this Colony, to say that there is one object of public instruction that above all others should engage my attention. Nothing is now so universally recognised as this fact, that education is the greatest enemy to crime, and therefore it is my duty, and has been since I arrived here, to consider how far our educational system co-operates with the Government in the repression and in the prevention of crime. On this subject, I noticed a paragraph in the last report of my friend Mr. STEWART which is undoubtedly a very serious one. At the end of his report he mentions the fact that whilst there were 26,247 children in the Colony, only 4,640 were attending school. Deducting those under the age of six, there are, he says, no less than twelve thousand children of age to attend school who are attending no school whatever. Where are they? Well, as you go along to East Point, you have an opportunity of seeing some of these little boys. They are running about in the streets, picking up bits of coal or other articles that may fall from the bags that are carried from the stores to the ships. They are the very class a Government is bound to educate. As you come along here, you see numbers of them also. I say it is my first duty to endeavour with Mr. STEWART to educate as many of these uneducated children as we can. (Applause). I therefore contemplate consulting my Council upon the establishment in this Colony of an industrial school, and of extending the reformatory system, such as it is at this moment. It is our duty to do so, a duty we owe not only to the children, but a duty we also owe to the tax-payers of this Colony, to prevent our juvenile population from growing up into a criminal class. It is our duty on all hands to endeavour to diminish that serious number of twelve thousand which Mr. STEWART mentions. (Applause). I tell

may of my own experience in the very last Colony I had the honour of governing-I was looking only a few weeks ago over a parliamentary return laid before the House of Commons, in which it is said by the legislature of that Colony, that one in eighteen of the population are attending school. Well, in this Colony the number is only, as far as I have been able to ascertain, one in fifty-two, so that there is here a very large margin for educational work. We have much to do, and crowded as this hall is to-day, we must have many halls like it filled before the public instruction of Hongkong will be on the

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same satisfactory basis as I have seen it in other Colonies. These are facts, ladies and gentlemen, which it is desirable for us to remember. It is by knowing them and by co-operating together that we can secure in this Colony that proper quantity and quality of public instruction which a Govern- ment ought to provide. And I may say this is especially our duty here upon the confines of China, for speaking in the presence of perhaps one of the most distinguished scholars of China and Chinese- my friend Dr. EITEL-he will bear me out in saying the instruction of the people, no matter how rude and elementary, is carried out in that great Empire, and has been for centuries carried out in a mode which should set us an example. In the Chinese villages at the other side of the water, you see all or nearly all the little boys attending school. It may be that they learn, from our point of view, very little. They get off by heart a few moral and ethical precepts, but such as they are, there they are kept repeating them. They are kept at school away from the streets, and whatever the educational result may be, it is manifest that the peace and good order, speaking generally, of that vast Empire, is in no small degree dependent on the vast network of public instruction there is over the whole of China. Now, ladies and gentlemen, this I think is a fitting opportunity for me, in again congratulating Mr. STEWART and congratulating the pupils who have obtained these prizes to-day, to say that whatever discussions there may have been in this Colony, and they have raged pretty warmly now for a good many years, I believe we all unite in an earnest desire to promote the public instruction of the people, and I believe when we come to examine what are called the differences that exist, it will be found they are not very deep and that they should not keep us apart. On a recent occasion, during the absence of my Right Revd. friend Bishop BURDON, I had the pleasure of distributing the prizes at St. Paul's College. What I then said I now repeat, that the Government of this Colony is above the quarrels, discussions, and controversies of the educationists; the only desire of the Government is to do full justice and give fair play to all parties, and it is not because the Government gives assistance one day to one particular party that it is to be debarred the next day from as heartily and equally assisting another party. As long as we can promote public instruction so long, I believe, you will all co-operate with me in carrying out that policy of perfect fairness to all. In doing that, not only will we educate the people, but we will also what is perhaps a secondary consideration but not unimportant-restore a little more harmony into our educational polemics. (Applause).

　　　　HIS EXCELLENCY again rose and said:--I think, gentlemen, I may, imitating the example of my worthy predecessor, SIR ARTHUR KENNEDY, ask Dr. EITEL if he will favour us with a few remarks on a subject on which there is no better authority than himself the great subject of public instruction.

　　　　The Revd. Dr. EITEL:- Your Excellency, ladies and gentlemen, I feel very much at a loss as to what I can possibly say after the very admirable remarks that have already fallen from His Excellency, which have touched a responsive chord in all our hearts, as they ought to do, for we all have at heart the education of our fellow creatures. Only one thing I notice not specially mentioned in His Excellency's speech, but which no doubt is included in His Excellency's programme, and that is, the education of girls. A great deal has indeed already been done in this Colony for the education of boys, but very little for the education of female children, and I hope His Excellency, in his scheme for the future education of this Colony, will make special provision by the institution of girls' schools. (Applause). I have no doubt I am expressing the feelings of all present when I say the education of the Colony is in excellent hands. (Applause).

　　　　Mr. STEWART:-I have to thank Your Excellency, and the ladies and gentlemen who have favoured us with their presence to-day, for your attendance and for the presents which have been given as prizes. If your Excellency will now dismiss us for our holidays until the 1st March we shall be very glad.

HIS EXCELLENCY then announced the holidays and the proceedings terminated.

No. 17.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　The following Despatch, No. 159 of the 7th December, 1877, from the Colonial Office, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 21st January, 1878.

HONGKONG.

No. 159.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

DOWNING STREET,

7th December, 1877.

SIR,-With reference to your Telegram of 3rd August, and your Despatch No. 86 of the same date, respecting the selection of trained Officers in England for service in the Victoria Gaol, Hongkong, I have the honor to transmit to you, for your information, copies of correspondence between this Department and the Home Office, from which, you will learn that GEORGE HAYWARD has been selected for the Office of Warden, and THOMAS COLE for that of Head Turnkey.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26TH JANUARY, 1878.

HIS EXCELLENCY then announced the holidays and the proceedings terminated.

No. 17.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　The following Despatch, No. 159 of the 7th December, 1877, from the Colonial Office, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 21st January, 1878.

HONGKONG.

No. 159.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

DOWNING STREET,

7th December, 1877.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26TH JANUARY, 1878.

　　　　　The Crown Agents have been instructed to provide passages for these Officers and their families at an early date.

I have the honor to be,

Governor HENNESSY, C.M.G.,

No. 18.

&c.,

&c.

Sir,

Your most obedient humble Servant,

ROBERT G. W. HERBERT, (for the EARL OF Carnarvon.)

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　　Notice is hereby given, that His Excellency J. POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G., has been pleased to recognize TOBIAS PIM, Esquire, provisionally and until Her Majesty's pleasure may be known, as Vice-Consul for Peru.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 21st January, 1878.

No. 19.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

　　　　　Notice is hereby given, that Saturday, the 2nd February, being the Chinese New Year's Day, will be observed as a Holiday throughout the Government Departments.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd January, 1878.

No. 20.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

　　　　　The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hongkong, during the Month ending 31st December, 1877, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd January, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

BANKS.

AVERAGE

SPECIE

AMOUNT.

IN RESERVE.

Oriental Bank Corporation,

373,016

200,000

Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,..

407,298

150,000

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,

544,670

200,000

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,

1,516,781

600,000

TOTAL,...

2,841,765

1,150,000

No. 21.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Tenders will be received at this Office, up to the 15th February next, for the construction of a High Pressure Boiler, to be built of the best Lowmoor Plate Iron for No. 1 Government Steam Fire Engine, similar in plan to that now fitted to No. 2 Engine, which can be seen at No. 1 Fire Brigade Station, Cross Roads, and for the thorough overhaul and needful repairs, if any, of the said Engine.

Tubes for the said Boiler to be obtained from England by the Contractor, being telegraphed for. Plan and Specification to accompany each Tender.

The entire work to be completed on or before the 31st May, 1878.

Further information can be obtained upon application to the Superintendent of Fire Brigade. By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th January, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

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　　　　　The Crown Agents have been instructed to provide passages for these Officers and their families at an early date.

I have the honor to be,

Governor HENNESSY, C.M.G.,

No. 18.

&c.,

&c.

Sir,

Your most obedient humble Servant,

ROBERT G. W. HERBERT, (for the EARL OF Carnarvon.)

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 21st January, 1878.

No. 19.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

　　　　　Notice is hereby given, that Saturday, the 2nd February, being the Chinese New Year's Day, will be observed as a Holiday throughout the Government Departments.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd January, 1878.

No. 20.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

　　　　　The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hongkong, during the Month ending 31st December, 1877, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd January, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

BANKS.

AVERAGE

SPECIE

AMOUNT.

IN RESERVE.

Oriental Bank Corporation,

373,016

200,000

Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,..

407,298

150,000

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,

544,670

200,000

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,

1,516,781

600,000

TOTAL,...

2,841,765

1,150,000

No. 21.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Tubes for the said Boiler to be obtained from England by the Contractor, being telegraphed for. Plan and Specification to accompany each Tender.

The entire work to be completed on or before the 31st May, 1878.

Further information can be obtained upon application to the Superintendent of Fire Brigade. By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th January, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

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ERRATUM.

In Government Notification No. 7 of the 11th January, and No. 14 of the 19th January, for FRANCIS BULKLEY JOHNSON, Esquire, read FARNCIS BULKELEY JOHNSON.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

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1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

STONE CUTT RS' ISLAND.

CAPE D'AGUILAR. HEight 170 FEET.

VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

THE HONGKONG

GOVERNMENT

GAZETTE,

DAY AND

DATE.

HOUR.

BARO-

METER

THERMOMETER.

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WI DS

RAIN FALL

THERMOMETER.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous, 24 hours.

BARO-

METE:

0 TO 12.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

WEA-

In inches

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

BARO- during previous METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

24 hours.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches

during previous 24 hours.

Saturday,

19th

January.

45.0 42.0

30.55 45.0

9 Noon? 30.52 48.0 51.0 44.0 48.0 43.0 3 30.45 50.0

b.c.

30.34 | 50.0'

46.0 43.0 N

b.c.

30..054.0]

47.0 42.0 N

C.V.

28.55 35.0

36.0 35.0 NNW

o.m.

··

b.c.

0.00

50.0 44.0

b.c.

30.36 | 52.0 54.0 41.0 53.0 48.0 N 57.0 52.0 NE

30.3154.0]

???

h.c.

0.00

b.c.

30.40 | 55,0 56.5 42.0 52.0 46.0 NNW 30.34 66.0

*b.c.v.

0.00

28.56 | 40.0 44.0 35.0] 40.0 39.0] NNW]

b.c.

0.00

56.0 49.0 NNW

b.c.v.

28.50 43.0

44.0 41.0 NNW

b.c.

Sunday,

30.52 43.0

20th

9 Noon 30.48 47.0 54.5 43.0 47.0 43.0]

··

43.0 41.0

30.3150.0

45.0 43.0 N

30,36 | 53.0|

45.0 43.0 N

C.V.

28.53 36.0]

37.0 35.0 NW

o.p.f.

January.

80.40 51.0

:::

b.c.

0.00

51.0] 46.0]

b.c.

30.31 | 50.0 57.0 40.0 51.0] 48.0 NNW 30.2656.0]

b.c.

0.00

30.36 54.5 56.5 46.0 52.0 46.0 N

C.V.

0.60

28.52 40.0 43.0 36.0 41.0 40.0 NNE

b.c.

0.00

56.5 52.0 NW

b.c.

30.29 56 01

56.0 50.0 SW

b.c.

28.44 43.0]

Monday,

30.43 49.5

21st

January.

Noon 30.41 53.5 54.0 46.5 53.0 49.0||

30.36 54.5

54.0 50.0

49.01 47.0

b.c.

30.25 52.0

51.0 48 5 NNW

b.c.

30.30 57.5]

43.0 41.0 NW

b.c.

58.0 53.0 N

b.c.

28.50 44.01

44.5 43,5 NE

b.m.

Tuesday,

22nd

January.

30.40 53.0

53.0 50.0

Wednesday,

23rd

January.

Noon

Noon 30.38 57.5 58.0 52.0 57.0 52.0

30.3358.5]

30.38 52.0

30.35 56.0 59.0 50.0 56.0 46.0

58.0 53.0

30.30 58.5

52.0 42.5

True wind cannot be registered.

Do.

b.c.

0.00

30.25 | 55.0 56.0 44.5 56.0] 52,0] NW

b.c.

0.00

30.29 | 58.5 60.0 47.5 61,0 54,0 N

b.c.

0.00

28.45 43.0 44.5 40.0 44.0 41.5| NW

b.m.

0.00

b.c.

30.22 57.0

58.0 55.0 NW

b.c.

30.26 58.0

30.23 56.0

55.0 52.0 N

b.c.

30.25 56 0

60.0 55.0 SE

b.c.

28.45 45,0

56.0 50.0 N

b.c.m.

28.45 45.0

46.0 44.0 NW

b.m.

46.0 44.0 NE

c.m.

0.00

b.c.

30.20 55.0

80.22 | 58.0 60,0 50.0 60.0 56.0 W 30.18 60.0

b.e.

0.00

30.26 | 60.0 61.5 46.0 60.0 52.0 N

b.c.m.

0.00

28.47 50.0 51.0] 43.0 50.0 48.0 Calm

c.m.

0.00

03:0

61.0 57.0 W

b.c.

30.21 | 61.0]

53.0 48.0 NE

b.c.

30.22 | 60.0)

58.0 51.0

b.c.

0.00

30.20 58.0 62.0 48.0] 62,5 54.0 NE

b.c.

0.00

∞

61.0 55.0] S

b.c.m.

28.42 52.0

52.0 48.0 Calm

b.c.

52.0 45.0 N

b.c.

28.42 48.0

49.0 46.0 NNE

b.m.

30.18 60.0

61.5 57.0 SW

b.c.

30.23 60.0 62.0 48.0 56,0| 47.0] N 30.21 61.0

b.c.

0.00

:??

28.42 48.0 49.0 42.0, 49.0 46.0 NNE

c.m.

0.00

··

58.0 49.0] S

b.c.

28.39 48.0

49.0 44.0 N

cm.

sday,

24th

January.

30.36 56.0

56.0 51.0

9 Noon 30.34 57.5 59.0 54.0 57.0, 53.0 30.28 58.0

30.17 58.0

57.0 53.0 E

b.c.

30.22 57.0

54.051.0 NE

c.m.

28.40 | 45.0

b.c.

0.00

58.0 52.5

b.c.

30.17 59.0 64.0 52.0 59.0 55.0] E 61.0 55.0 E

30.15 60.0

0.00

30.23 59.0 61.0 51.0 55.0 52.0 NE

b.c.

0.00

:??

46.0 44.0 E

c.m.

28.40 49.0 50.0 42.0 50.0 47.0 E

c.m.

0.00

b.c.

30.16 59.0]

Friday,

30.30 58.0

58.0 54.0

b.c.

30.1460.0

59.0 55.0 ESE

b.c.

30.16 55.0]

55.0 50.0 NE

b.c.

28.37 50.5

51.0 47.0 E

c.m.

55.0 53.0 N

b.c.

28.43 56.0]

56.0 54,0 SE

b.c.

25th

Noon 30.26 61.0 61.5 54.0 61.0 56,0|

b.c.

0.00

b.c.

January.

30.18 61.5

61.0 58.0

b.c.

··

30.13 62.0 68.0 51.0 68.5 62.0 ESE 67.5 64.5 ESE

30.08 64.0

STATE OF WEATHER:-6. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); ddrizzling rain; f. foggy; g. gloomy; h. hail; 7. lightning; m. misty (hazy); o overcast; p. passing showers; g. squally; r. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility. Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). NOTE:-A bar (—) under any letter augments its signification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and continuing rain, &c., &c.

0.00

30.16 61.0 52.0 62.0 58.0 55.0 N 30.09 62.0

b.c.

0.00

56.0 54.0 N

b.m.

28.40 59.0 59.0 49.0 59.0 55.0 S 28.33 60.5 61.0 57.0 SE

: ?

b.m.

0.00

b.m.

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

Description of Wind.

Calm

Light Air Light Breeze ... Gentle Breeze... Moderate Breeze. Fresh Breeze ·?*?· Strong Breeze

Moderate Gale. Fresh Gale..

Strong Gale

Whole Gale..

Hurricane.

Storm....

Figures

Illustrations of the power of the Wind as regards a well-conditioned Man-of-War or First-class Clipper Ship.

Kate of the Wind per Hour in Miles.

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

Just sufficient to give steerage way

With which the above Ship with all sail ( 1 to 2 knots set and clean full would go in smooth water..

3 to 4

5 to 6

(Royals, &c.

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails.

Triple Reefs, &c.....

In which she could just carry in chase, Double Reefs and Jib, &c. full and by

Close Reefs and Courses

In which she could just bear close-reefed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail

Under Storm Staysail

Bare Poles.......

16 - 20

31-36

37-44

53 - 60

OL2B4DONGGOIN

61 - 69

- 80

above 80

26 H

JANUARY, 1878.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26TH JANUARY, 1878.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

UNTIL further notice, the. Court will sit in

its Summary Jurisdiction, on every Tues- day, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

?NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in

Thursdays.

By Order,

Mondays and

C. B. PLUNKET,

Registrar.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG

IN BANKRUPTCY.

OTICE. TONG-YUT, of No. 83, Queen's Road Central, Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, Trader in European goods, carrying on business there in copartnership with TONG- HIP-Wo, now absent from the Colony, under the style or firm name of “ KOONG-CHEONG,” having been adjudged Bankrupt under a Petition for adjudication of Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong in Bankruptcy, on the 21st day of January, 1878, is hereby required to sur- render himself to the Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET, the Registrar of the said Court, at the first Meeting of his Creditors to be held before the said Registrar, on the 8th day of February, 1878, at Eleven of the clock in the forenoon precisely, at the said Court.

　　　　　　The said Hon. CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee, and Messrs. SHARF TOLLER & JOHNSON are the Solicitors acting in the bankruptcy.

A Public Sitting will hereafter be appointed by the said Court for the said Bankrupt to pass his final examination, and to make application for his order of discharge, of which sitting notice will be given in the Hongkong Government Ga- zette.

　　　　At the first Meeting of Creditors the Registrar will receive the proofs of the debts of Creditors, and the Creditors may choose an Assignee or Assignees of the Bankrupt's Estate and Effects.

Notice is hereby also given to all persons in- debted to the said Bankrupt or that have any of his effects, not to deliver the same but to the said Registrar.

Supreme Court House,

26th day of January, 1878.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

In re WONG-AKOw, of Tye-Kok-Tsui, British Kowloon, in the Colony of Hongkong, a Bankrupt.

OTICE is hereby given that a Meeting of the Creditors of the above named WONG-AKOW,

will be held pursuant to the 151st Section of

MR.

NOTICE.

R. H. F. MEYERINK has been admitted

a PARTNER in our firm from this date.

MEYER & Co.

Hongkong, 1st January, 1878.

NOTICE.

the Bankruptcy Ordinance, in the Supreme Court Madmitted a Fartner in our Firm on the

House, on Friday, the 8th day of February, 1878, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, before the Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET, Re- gistrar of the Supreme Court, the Officer ap- pointed by the Supreme Court sitting in Bank- ruptcy.

Proofs of debts will be received, and the Creditors who have not proved, or who shall not then prove, will be excluded from the benefit of any Dividend that may be declared, and ail claims not proved will be disallowed.

Supreme Court House,

26th January, 1878.

IN THE GOODS OF GEORGE UNDERHILL SANDS, DECEASED.

NOTICE is hereby given that all Creditors and

WM. H. BRERETON, Solicitor for the said WILLIAM HOWELL FORBES.

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No. 5.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 2ND FEBRUARY, 1878.

VOL. XXIV.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

No. 22.

The following Notice to Mariners is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st February, 1878.

Government of India.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE, AND COMMERCE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

(No. 23.)

GONG

BAY OF BENGAL-CHITTAGONG COAST.

　　　　　　Alteration in Position of the Beacon Lights at the Entrance to Chittagong or Kornafuli River. The following information (with slight alteration) is extracted from a Notice to Mariners published in the Calcutta Gazette. The two beacon lights situated on the southern shore at the entrance to Kornafuly river, have been removed 2,417 yards due south of their former position. The lights, 40 yards apart on a S. E. by E. E. bearing, were exhibited from the new site on the 20th October 1877, the inner or eastern light from a tripod, the outer or western one from a mast, both beacons being painted white.

　　　　　The inner light is elevated about 5 feet higher than the outer one, and both are visible in clear weather from a distance of 7 miles through an arc of 160,° or when bearing from S. E. by S., through east and north, to N. by W.

During southerly winds, sailing vessels from the southward and westward (especially those at some distance in the offing) should avoid getting to the northward of the lights; but at night with the outer or western light bearing E. N., should run in and anchor in 5 fathoms at low water springs, about 2 miles from the light, to await day-light.

　　　　　The Beacons in line, and the Hill flagstaff bearing N. E., will place a vessel about half a mile southwestward of the bar buoys; from this position the bar and river buoys will be distinctly seen, and the services of a local pilot are always obtainable. Vessels should not attempt to cross the bar without a pilot, as the channel to Chittagong is long, narrow, and somewhat intricate.

Position of beacons, latitude 22° 10' 50" N., longitude 91° 48′ 29′′ E.

[Bearings are Magnetic and from Seaward. Variation 3o Easterly in 1877.] By Direction of the Government of India,

MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, 6th December 1877.

A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr. (late I. N.,)

Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.

　　　　　　This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Chittagong or Kornafuly river, No. 84; Sea-face of Sunderbuns, No. 138c; Sheet 5: Palmyra point to Chittagong, No. 1681; Bay of Bengal, No. 70b; Indian Ocean, Sheet 2: Northern portion, No. 748b: also, Admiralty List of Lights, South Africa, East Indies, &c., 1877; Marine Survey of India Light list, No. 8; and Taylor's Sailing Directory, Vol. I., page 484.

　　　　　　　If this Notice is received on boardship, the substance of it should be inserted on the Charts affected by it, and introduced into the Sailing Directions to which it relates.

No. 21.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　Tubes for the said Boiler to be obtained from England by the Contractor, being telegraphed for. Plan and Specification to accompany each Tender.

The entire work to be completed on or before the 31st May, 1878.

Further information can be obtained upon application to the Superintendent of Fire Brigade. By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th January, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

Letters. Papers.

A-Cum

Gaitano Ravano 1

A-Lock

Algudo, V. de 1

Donkin, F. W. 3

Hutchinson 1

Adwands & Co. 4

Deverill, John 1

Hansen, P. G. 1

Aruta, G.

Douglas, J.

Hernand, A. D. 1

Asplans, E. H. 1

Duchesne, M.

Harriman, H. 2

Dantra, K. R. 1

Hartye, W.

Brattley, C. O. 1

Doherty, J.

Blight, John J. 1

1bk. Hampton, Wm. 1

Davis, Quintin 1

Holam, E.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 2ND FEBRUARY, 1878.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Unclaimed Correspondence, 31st January, 1878.

Letters. Papers.

Donohne, Hugh 1 De Souza

Letters. Papers.

Lannigar, J. 1 Lader, A. B.

Robinson, C.

Letters. Papers.

Rayment, E. W. 11 Robertson, R.

Lets. Pprs.

Thede, Heinrich 1 Tocque, P. Thomas, F. F. 1 Tong Hing 2 Tonnochy, M. S. 1 Tirofille, Monsr. 1 Tucker, B. W. 1

Thomas, Jas., 2

1 parcel

Macpherson, G. 3

Rutgers, P. A. 1

Markham, C. W. 1 regd.

Rosahl, J. E. 1

Moller, J. F.

Ryan, John

Merali, Albert

Rollan, Monsr. 1

Moore, Miss

Rosenthal, P.

Buchanan, G. 1

Mahd., Meedye I regd.

Burnell, K. A. 1

Evans, C. H.

Murray, W. M. 1

Storror, Dr.

Barnby, Alfred 1 Barnes & Co., 1 Batten, W.

Irommonger,

MacDonald, J. E.1

Evans, E.

Shuraffally, T. 6

NUT

Ughes, G.

Imbert, B.

Moreland, L.

Solomon, J. A. 1

Ing Gung

Mann, Henry

Stuebuck, J.

Bun Hang Hau 1 regd. Bushamante, A. 1

Ferrari, A.

Viaggiatore, F. 1

Fadden, Thos. I

McEnary, J.

Joseph, Elia

Smith, Geo.

Vidal, A.

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Fisher, Joseph 1

Scott, Mrs. E. 1

Johnston, Fred. 1

Mills, Chas. F. 2

Fox, Mrs.

Silva, A. B.

Jessop, H. R. H. 3

Campbell, W.

Muller, Andr?

Slater, A. T. 1

Wing Seng

J. S., (M.D.) J

Spence, A. S.

Gillis, Jas. A.

Kelly, J. W.

Chick, Mrs.

Nicholls, J. T. B.

Stronach, W. S. 1

Gibson, Edward 1

Campbell, W. 4

Gardner, C. J. 1

Chun, F.

2 regd.

Gayer, M. G.

Kirk, Mrs. N. 1 Koh See Nah 1 Kerr, Thomas I

Sasso, Luigi

Ohana, Miss O'Hushi, T.

Shannon, J. H.

Williams, T.

Williams, John 1

Whitney, H. T. 1 Walker, Joseph 1 1

1 regd.

Chun, F.

1 1

Geldart, Rev. E. 1

Crovat, P. L.

Caven, George 1bk.regd.

Gilkison, W. P. 1 Garceau, A.

Tayt, C.

Luna, Miss L'Estrange, H. 2

Peet & Co., J. Pelago, Jos?

Tucker, Robt. E. 1 Tooth, R.

Young Lung Yung Tung Hoi 1

1 regd.

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Harriet

Armitage

}

Lombardian

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Dougall

Harkaway 20

Madra

Roving Sailor Rhoda Redive

Thomas Bell 7 The Murray

Twilight

Elgin

Hosea, s.s.

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Ritt

Tail Long

Benefactor

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Harbinger

Moss Glen

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Tai Watts

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General

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1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND,

CAPE D'AGUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT 1.823 FEET.

WINDS

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

DAY AND

BARO-

0 TO 12.

HOUR.

DATE.

METER

WEA-

THER.

BARO-

0 TO 12.

WEA-

In inches

METER

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force. Saturday, 9 30.18 62.0

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

Atta. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches

during previous 24 hours.

62.0 59.5

b.c.

30.04 64.0|

64.5 62.0 ESE

b.c.

30.06 63.0

61.0 59.0 NNE

b.c.

28.34 60.0

60.0 57.0 SSE

b.e.

26th Noon 30.15 65.5 66.0 59.5 65.0 62.0 January. 3 30.10 65.0

b.c.

30.04 68.0 71.0 57.0 70.0 65.5 ESE

b.c.

0.00

65.0 62.0

30.00 68.0

68.0 65.0 SE

b.c.

30.05 64.5 65.0 56.0 62.0. 59.0 NNE 30.03 64.5

b.c.

0.00

28.31 63.0 63,0 56.0 63.0 60.0 SE

b.c.

0.00

61.5 60.0 NE

b.c.

28.26 62.0

62.0 61.0 SSW

b.c.

Sunday, 30.21 67.0 67.0 65.0 27th Noon 30.20 | 67.5 68.0 60.0 67.0 64.0 January. 3 30.16 67.0 67.0 65.0

: 8

€.

30.06 68.0 68.5 66.5 E 30.07 69.0 71.0 61.0 68.0 67.0 E 30.05 71.01

30.11 65.0

66.0 64.0 NNE

O.C.

28.38 63.0

63.0 63.0 SSE

o.p.f.

o.r.

0.00

30.11 | 67.0 69.0 65.0 68.0 64.0 NE

O.C.

0.00

28.27 63.0 63.0 56,0| 6300 63.0, SSE

o.f.

0.00

73.0 69.0 ESE

b.c.

30.06 67.5

Monday, 9 30.30 56.5

28th Noon 30.25 56.5 57.5 55.5 56.0 55.0

January. 3 30.18 56.5

Tuesday, 9 30.20 60.0

29th Noon 30.18 62.0 63.0 55.5] 62.0 61.0 30.12 62.0

January. 3

56.0 55.0

c.m.

30.12 62.0

57.5 57.0 E

o.d.

30.16 61.0|

56.0 55.0

60.0 55.0

:??

Wednesday, 9

30.28 59.0

62.0] 61.0

59.0.56.0

30th Noon 30.27 57.5 63.0 56.5 57.0 54.0

True wind

cannot be registered.

c.m.

30.12 62.0 72.0] 54.0 58.0 56.5 E

o.m.

0.02

c.m.

30.06 62.0)

58.0 56,0 ESE

o.m.

30.08 61.0

Do.

c.f.

30.02 62.0

60.5 60.0 E

g.m.

30.07 61.5

: ?

67.0 64.0 NE

O.C.

28.33 63.0

63.0 63.0 SSE

b.p.c.

54.0 54.0 NE

o.m.

28.37 50.0;

50.0 50.0 E

o.f.

30.14 60.0 62.0 52.0 54.0 53.0 NE

o.d.

0.00

28.30 | 50.0 51.0 50.0 51.0 51.0 E

o.f.

0.00

55.0 55.0 NE

o.d.

28.24 50.0

51.0 51.0 SE

o.f.

59.0 58.5 N

28.32 60.0

61.0 61.0 SE

30.03 64.0 63,0 54.0 63.0 62.0 ESE

4 g.p.

0.00

30.08 62.0 63.0 56.5 60.0 59.0] N

0.00

January.

30.24 58.0

Thursday,

9 30.35 54.0

58.0 53.0

b.c.

30.01 64.0]

30.1061.0

30.11 60.0 64.0 53.0 60.0 56.5 NW 30.09 61.0

59.5 56.5 W

63.0 62.0 ESE

g.m.

30.03 62.5

57.0 55.0 NW

b.c.

30.13 63.5|

59.0 58.5 N

o.m.

28.31 62.0 63.0 56.0 63.0 63.0 SE

28.28 63.0

o.f.

0.00

63.0 3.0 SE

o.f.

56.0 52.0 N

b.c.

28.36 49.0

50.0 50.0 NW

o.f.

b.c.

0.00

30.14 63.5 64.0 54.0 56,0 52,5| N

b.c.

0.00

b.c.

30.12 62.0

58.0 53.0 N

b.c.

8:0

28.34 49.0 49.0 47.0 48.0 48.0 NW

b.c.m.

0.00

28.31 49.0

49.0 47.5 NNW

b.c.m.

54.0 50.0

30.17 58.0

55.5 52.0 N

b.c.

30.20 | 60.0

31st

January.

Noon 30.32 55.0 58.5 52.0 55.0 51.0]

30.28 55.0

?? :

55.0 51.0

30.17 | 60.0 61.0 50.0 56.5 53.0 NE 30.1559.0 56.0 53.0 ENE

0.01

3 g.

52.0 48.0 NE 30.21 | 60.0 62.5 55.0 53.0, 49.5| NE 30.16 60.0 53.0 50.0 NE

O.C.

28.41 45.0

45.0 44.0 ENE

b.c.

3 O.C.

0.00

··

0.0.

28.39 46.5 47.5 45.0 47.0 45.5 E 28.34 45.0

c.m.

46.0 45.0 E

o.m.

: 8:

0.00

Friday,

1st

30.30 55.0

55.0] 53,5

c.m.

30.15 58.0|

Noon 30.28 55.0 56.0, 54.0 55.0] 53.5]

c.m.

February. 3 30.22 55.0

55.0 53.5

c.m.

56.5 54.0 E 30.1459.0 57.0 52.0 59.0 56.0 E 30.09 59.0 59.0 56.0 ESE

3 g.

3 g.m.

3 g.p.

28.37 46.5

47.5 47.5 ESE

o.f.

0.00

Telegraph wire out of order.

范:

28.33 | 48.0 49.0 46.0 49.0 49.0 E 28.23 47.0

0.f.

49.0 48.0 E

0.00

STATE OF WEATHER:-b. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; f. foggy; g. gloomy; h. hail; 7. lightning; m. misty (hazy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; g. squally; 7. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility. Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). NOTE:--A bar (-) under any letter augments its signification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and continuing rain, &c., &c.

Illustrations of the power of the Wind as regards a well-conditioned Man-of-War or First-class Clipper Ship,

Rate of the Wind per Hour in Miles.

Figures to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

Calm

Light Air

Light Breeze

Gentle Breeze Moderate Breeze. Fresh Breeze..

012340UZBCOL2

Strong Gale.

Whole Gale..

Hurricane.

Strong Breeze

Moderate Gale.. Fresh Gale

Storm...

Just sufficient to give steerage way.

With which the above Ship with all sail ( 1 to 2 knots set and clean full would go in smooth 3 to 4 water.. 5 to 6

Royals, &c.

In which she could just carry in chase, full and by

0 to 2

3 - 10

11 - 15

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails.

Double Reefs and Jib, &c.

37 - 44

Triple Reefs, &c...

Close Reefs and Courses

53 - 60

www

70 80

above 80

OLQB45C7BDO-2

In which she could just bear close-reefed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail

Under Storm Staysail

Bare Poles...

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Description of Wind.

Wind.

THE HONGKONG COVERNMENT GAZETTE, 2ND FEBRUARY, 1878.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

UNTs stuntary Jurisdiction, on ev'ry Tues-

NTIL further notice, the Cour will sit in

its

day, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in

Tofiginal Jurisdiction on Mondays and

Thursdays.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

OTICE.-TONG-YUT, of No. 83, Queen's

Road Central, Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, Trader in European goods, carrying

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

In re WONG-AK?w, of Tye-Kok-Tsui, British Kowloon, in the Colony of Hongkong, a Bankrupt.

NOTIC

OTICE is hereby given that a Meeting of the Creditors of the above named WONG-AKOW, will be held pursuant to the 151st Section of the Bankruptcy Ordinance, in the Supreme Court House, on Monday, the 18th day of February, A.D. 1878, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, before the Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET, Registrar of the Supreme Court, the Officer ap- pointed by the Supreme Court sitting in Bank- ruptcy.

Proofs of debts will be received, and the Creditors who have not proved, or who shall not then prove, will be excluded from any benefit of any Dividend that may be declared, and all claims not proved will be disallowed.

Supreme Court House,

2nd February, 1878.

THE HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

HE NINTH ORDINARY ANNUAL

the above Company will be held at the Office of the Company, No. 7, Queen's Road, on Monday, the 18th February next, at Three o'clock in the afternoon, to receive a State- ment of Accounts for the year 1877, the Report of the General Managers, and to elect a Con- sulting Committee and Auditors.

on business there in copartnership with TONG-MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS in HIP-Wo, now absent from the Colony, under the style or firm name of " KOONG-CHEONG," having been adjudged Bankrupt under a Petition for adjudication of Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong in Bankruptcy, on the 21st day of January, 1878, is hereby required to sur- render himself to the Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET, the Registrar of the said Court, at the first Meeting of his Creditors to be held before the said Registrar, on the 8th day of February, 1878, at Eleven of the clock in the forenoon precisely, at the said Court.

　　　　The said Hon. CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee, and Messrs. SHARF TOLLER & JOHNSON are the Solicitors acting in the bankruptcy.

　　　At the first Meeting of Creditors the Registrar will receive the proofs of the debts of Creditors, and the Creditors may choose an Assignee or Assignees of the Bankrupt's Estate and Effects.

Notice is hereby also given to all persons in- debted to the said Bankrupt or that have any of his effects, not to deliver the same but to the said Registrar.

Supreme Court House,

26th day of January, 1878.

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., General Managers, Hongkong Fire Insurance Company, Limited.

Hongkong, January 26th, 1878.

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Hongkong, January 26th, 1878.

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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

No. 6.

No. 23.

Published by Aathority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 9TH FEBRUARY, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

VOL. XXIV.

The following letter from His Grace the Duke of BUCKINGHAM AND CHANDOS, dated Government House, Madras, 28th December, 1877, together with a letter from Mr. MUNSIE, Officiating Honorary Secretary to the General Committee, Madras Famine, dated Madras, 29th December, 1877, are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th February, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

MADRAS, 28th December, 1877.

　　　　　SIR, I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 4th December, 1877, enclosing Draft for Rupees 1,719.6.4 towards the Indian Famine Relief Fund.

I beg to convey to you, and through you to the residents at Hongkong, my best thanks for the sympathy felt, and the aid extended towards the suffering poor of this Presidency.

His Excellency JOHN POPE HENNESSY, Esq.,

Governor of Hongkong.

I remain, Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

BUCKINGHAM AND CHANDOS.

THE MADRAS FAMINE, 1877.

GENERAL COMMITTEE, MADRAS, 29th December, 1877.

Honble. J. POPE HENNESSY,

Governor of Hongkong,

Hongkong.

YOUR HONOR,-I am directed by the Committee of the above Fund to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 4th instant, to the address of His Grace the Duke of BUCKINGHAM AND CHANDOS, Governor of Madras, enclosing a Draft for Rupees 1,719.6.4 for the above Fund, being proceeds of a concert given by Members of the German Club, &c., and an Amateur Dramatic Performance by the Sailors of H. M.'s Ship Audacious, for which I beg to thank you in the name of the Committee.

I remain,

Your Honor's most obedient Servant,

W. W. MUNSIE,

Offg. Hon. Secretary.

No. 24.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9?? FEBRUARY, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　The following letter from THOMAS G. KNOX, Esquire, Her Majesty's Political Agent and Consul General at the Court of Siam, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th February, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

BANGKOK, January 19th, 1878.

SIR,-I have the honour to inform you that the prohibition laid by the Siamese Government on the Export of Rice from Siam has been removed from this day.

To His Excellency

No. 25.

JOHN POPE HENNESSY,

&c.,

&c.

Governor and Commander-in-Chief,

HONGKONG.

I have the honour to be,

Your Excellency's

Most obedient Servant,

THOMAS GEORGE KNOX.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　The scarcity of water in the Pok-foo-lum Reservoir rendering necessary the greatest economy of the present diminished supply, persons having water laid on to their premises are enjoined to see that leaky and defective pipe joints, taps and other fittings are made watertight.

They are also earnestly requested to adopt all precautions against too lavish a use of water obtained from the mains and to prohibit their servants from drawing water from that source for the irrigation of gardens.

By Command,

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th February, 1878.

No. 26.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Notice is hereby given, that by request of the Marine Survey Department, Calcutta, as per Memorandum subjoined, the date of Notice to Mariners No. 23 of 1877, regarding the lights at the entrance to the Chittagong River is altered from the 6th to the 22nd December, 1877.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th February, 1877.

MEMORANDUM.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

It is hereby requested that the date of Notice to Mariners No. 23 of 1877, regarding the lights at the entrance to the Chittagong River, may be altered from the 6th to the 22nd December, 1877.

A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, (Comdr, late I. N.),

Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.

MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, the 4th January 1878.

No. 27.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th February, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

No. 24.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9?? FEBRUARY, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　The following letter from THOMAS G. KNOX, Esquire, Her Majesty's Political Agent and Consul General at the Court of Siam, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th February, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

BANGKOK, January 19th, 1878.

SIR,-I have the honour to inform you that the prohibition laid by the Siamese Government on the Export of Rice from Siam has been removed from this day.

To His Excellency

No. 25.

JOHN POPE HENNESSY,

&c.,

&c.

Governor and Commander-in-Chief,

HONGKONG.

I have the honour to be,

Your Excellency's

Most obedient Servant,

THOMAS GEORGE KNOX.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

By Command,

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th February, 1878.

No. 26.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th February, 1877.

MEMORANDUM.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

It is hereby requested that the date of Notice to Mariners No. 23 of 1877, regarding the lights at the entrance to the Chittagong River, may be altered from the 6th to the 22nd December, 1877.

A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, (Comdr, late I. N.),

Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.

MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, the 4th January 1878.

No. 27.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th February, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, TH FEBRUARY, 1878.

Government of India.

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE, AND COMMERCE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

(No. 1.)

HINDOSTAN-WEST COAST-BOMBAY HARBOUR.

Position of Middle Ground.

Notice is hereby given that the Middle Ground battery, Bombay harlar, as at present delineated on the Admiralty Chart No. 2621, is upwards 10 degrees ont in its relative bearing from the Dolphin beacon light, being nearly two cables

to the northward of its correct position.

　　　　　The centre of the Middle Ground should bear from the Dolphin light N. 66° E. 1450 yards, instead of, as now shewn on the chart, N. 54° E.

　　　　　The soundings along the foreshore, extending from abreast Colaba point to Mody bay and to a distance of half a mile from that shore, appear to have been incorrectly reduced on the above Chart, as a further reduction of from 3 to 5 feet is necessary to represent the actual depth in that portion of the harbour,

[Bearings are Magnetic. Variation 0° 55′ Easterly in 1878.]

By Direction of the Government of India,

A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, (Comdr., late I. N.),

Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.

MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, 5th January 1878.

　　　　　　If this Notice is received on boardship, the substance of it should be inserted on the Charts affected by it; but it does not affect the Directions in the Admiralty West coast of Hindostan Pilot, page 136, where the marks given for clearing the Middle Ground are correct.

Government of South Australia.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

RIVER MURRAY,

Lake Alexandrina.

Referring to the Notice issued from this Office dated 1st September, 1877, Mariners are now hereby informed that on the 1st of February, 1878, a Revolving White Light, having total eclipses every 30 seconds, will be exhibited at the Lighthouse on Point Malcolm, and will be visible in clear weather from a distance of ten (10) miles. When much refraction exists it will be seen further.

The Tower and Keeper's Cottage are painted white.

The focal plane of the light is about 70 feet above the ordinary level of the lake.

Marine Board Office, Port Adelaide, December 11, 1877.

R. H. FERGUSON,

President Marine Board.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

MILANG-RIVER MURRAY-LAKE ALEXANDRINA.

Referring to a Notice issued from this Office on 5th October, 1877, Mariners are now hereby informed, that on the 1st of February, 1878, a Fixed Bright White Light will be exhibited during the Night at the end of the Milang Jetty, and will be visible in clear weather from a distance of about (5) five miles.

December 11, 1877.

R. H. FERGUSON,

President Marine Board.

No. 21.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　Tubes for the said Boiler to be obtained from England by the Contractor, being telegraphed for. Plan and Specification to accompany each Tender.

The entire work to be completed on or before the 31st May, 1878.

Further information can be obtained upon application to the Superintendent of Fire Brigade.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Ofice, Hongkong, 25th January, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH FEBRUARY, 1878.

No. 28.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Table of Meteorological Observations, taken at the Government Lock Hospital, during the Month of January, 1878, is published for general information.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th February, 1878.

By Command,

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS

TAKEN AT THE GOVERNMENT LOCK HOSPITAL, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY, 1878. 137 feet above mean low level of Spring Tides.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

THERMOMETERS (Fahrenheit.)

HYGROMETER.

DAY OF MONTH.

WIND.

CLOUD

RAIN IN

INCHES

BAROMETER.

SELF REGISTERING

DAY OF WEEK.

ATTACHED

IN SHADE.

IN THE SHADE. Max. and Min. of the previous 24 hours, taken at Noon.

MAX.

DIUR-

SUN,

BULB

SUN,

BULB

Ex-

MIN.

NAL

RANGE,

VACUO.

GRASS.

POSED.

SHADE.

9 A.M.

3 P.M.

9 A.M. 3 P.M. Min. Max.

Temp. at

Noon.

DIURNAL

RANGE, BULB

EXPOSED.

MIN.

IN SOIL,

DRY BULB IN WET BULBIN SHADE. SHADE.

HUMIDITY

COMPLETE SATURATION =100.

DEW POINT.

QUARTER.

INCHES

DEEP.

A.M.

P.M. 9 A. M. 3 P.M. 9 A.M. 3 P.M. 9 A.M. 3 P.M.

9 A.M.

3 P.M.

DURING

THE

PREVI-

OUS 24

HOURS.

9 A.M. 9 A.M.3 P.M.

0-10.

Tuesday,

29.80

84.

68.0

Wednesday,

29.80

Thursday,

Friday,

Saturday,

...

Sunday,

Monday,

Tuesday,

Wednesday,

Thursday,

Friday,.

Saturday,

Sunday.

Monday,

Tuesday,

Wednesday,

Thursday,.

Friday,

Saturday,

Sunday,

21 Monday,

22 Tuesday,

Wednesday,

24 Thursday,

Friday,

26 Saturday,

27 Sunday,

Monday,

30.06

29 Tuesday,

Wednesday,

Thursday,

Mean

77.

Summary of January, 1877:-Mean Shade Temp.,

.63.4

Total Rain fall, .

29.74 76.0 77.0 67.0 78.0 77.0 100. 70.0 76.0 77.0 73.0 74.0 84. 84. 29.70 76.0 79.0 66.0 71.0 76.0 122. 95. 67.0 5.0 28.0 69.0 76.0 78.0 74.0 76.0 89. 29.85 29.85 52.0 53.0 48.0 54.0 53.0 110. 90. 51.0 6.0 39.0 57.0 52.0 53.0 49.0 49.0 80. 30.02 29.95 49.0 52.0 43.0 52.0 50.0 90. 76. 45.0 9.0 31.0 52.6 49.0 52.0 45.0 48.0 73.

29.96 29.90 52.0 53.0 46.0 54.0 53.0 85. 74. 48.0 8.0 20.0 53.0 52.0 53.0 49.0

29.92 29.90 55.0 55.0 50.0 58.0 57.0 82. 72. 52.0 8.0 20.0 54.0 55.0 55.0 53.0 30.16 29.13 44.0 48.0 40.0 48.0 47.0 78. 68. 41.0 8.0 27.0 50.0 43.0 48.0 39.0 30.20 30.10 45.0 46.0 40.0 49.0 47.0 76. 66. 41.0 9.0 25.0 48.0 45.0 46.0 43.0 44.0 85. 30.22 30.14 47.0 45.0 41.0 49.0 47.0 75. 65. 43.0 8.0 22.0 40.0 47.0 45.0 43.0 43.0 73.

30.25 30.16 48.0 53.0 41.0 54.0 53.0 94. 65. 40.0 13.0 25.0 47.0 48.0 53.0 46.0 49.0 86. 30.30 30.24 51.0 54.0 45.0 56.0 55.0 97. 70. 46.0 11.0 24.0 50.0 51.0 54.0 47.0 49.0 74. 69. 30.30 30.22 49.0 52.0 44.0 52.0 51.0 108. 67. 45.0 8.0 22.0 51.0 49.0 52.0 46.0 47.0 30.28 30.20 52.0 56.0 45.0 57.0 56.0 115. 77. 47.0 12.0 30.0 50.0 52.0 57.0 48.0 51.0

30.20 30.06 55.0 57.0 49.0 58.0 57.0 115. 74. 50.0 9.0 24.0 53.0 55.0 57.0 51.0 54.0 75. 30.20 30.10 53.0 54.0 46.0 55.0 53.0 105. 70. 47.0 9.0 23.0 51.0 53.0 54.0 51.0 51.0 86. 30.30 30.24 49.0 54.0 46.0 54.0 53.0 92. 67. 47.0 8.0 20.0 51.0 49.0 54.0 45.0 49.0 73. 30.25 30.20 50.0 55.0 45.0 56.0 54.0 120. 75. 48.0 11.0 27.0 51.0 50.0 55.0 46.0 49.0 74. 30.25 30.20 50.0 48.0 45.0 54.0 52.0 100. 72. 46.0 9.0 26.0 50.0 50.0 48.0 47.0 46.0 80. 30.30 30.23 45.0 51.0 40.0 51.0 49.0 111. 71. 42.0 11.0 29.0 46.0 45.0 51.0 40.0 46.0 66. 30.27 30.16 43.0 51.0 38.0 50.0 48.0 118. 78. 40.0 12.0 38.0 44.0 43.0 53.0 40.0 48.0 78. 30.20 30.14 49.0 55.0 42.0 54.0 50.0 116. 76. 50.0 56.0 46.0 50.0 30.18 30.10 55.0 57.0 48.0 58.0 57.0 110. 75. 55.0 10.0 20.0 50.0 56.0 58.0 51.0 52.0 70. 66. 46.3 46.6 30.15 30.07 53.0 58.0 46.0 | 61.0 60.0 128. 88. 60.0 15.0 28.0 48.0 53.0 60.0 48.0 51.0 69. 54. 43.0 30.14 30.05 57.0 58.0 50.0 59.0 58.0 128. 88. 55.0 9.0 33.0 51.0 57.0 58.0 50.0 51.0 61. 61. 43.6 44.7 30.09 30.00 58.0 64.0 51.0 66.0 65.0 122. 85. 65.0 15.0 20.0 52.0 59.0 66.0 54.0 59.0 71. 64. 49.5 53.3 30.00 29.90 64.0 66.0 55.0 70.0 67.0 130. 93. 68.0 15.0 25.0 56.0 65.0 66.0 61.0 62.0 78. 78. 57.7 58.8 30.02 29.95 69.0 68.0 61.0 71.0 69.0 116. 89. 68.0 10.0 21.0 60.0 69.0 68.0 66.0 65.0 83. 83. 63.7 62.6 29.95 56.0 56.0 53.0 57.0 56.0 106. 85. 56.0 1.0 29.0 55.0 56.0 56.0 54.0 54.0 87.

29.98 29.90 60.0 61.0 53.0 64.0 63.0 100. 80. 54.0 11.0 26.0 52.0 60.0 61.0 58.0 59.0 88. 30.05 30.00 55.0 58.0 50.0 57.0 56.0 92. 78. 56.0 7.0 22.0 55.0 55.0 58.0 53.0 52.0 87. 30.10 30.05 54.0 55.0 48.0 56.0 55.0 122. 81. 52.0 8.0 29.0 49.0 64.0 55.0 49.0 50.0 69.

30.12 30.01 53.9 56.4 48.1 57.5 56.2 105. 51.8 9.7 26.0 52.3 54.0 55.8 50.4 0.03 inches. Rain fell on

11.0

16.0

89.

74.

70.9 71.9 72.6 74.6 45.9 45.0 40.7 43.9

S.W.

N.W.

Bzzz

N.W.

1.00

49.0 80.

74.

45.9 45.0

N.E.

N.E

0.07

52.0 87.

81.

51.1 49.1

N.W.

0.11

44.0 71.

73.

34.2

39.6

86.

40.7 41.7

N.E.

85.

38.5

40.7

N.W.

0.03

74.

* 43.8

45.0

N.N.E.

N.W.

0.10

42.8 44.1

N.N.W.

79.

69. 42.8

41.9

74.

65.

43.9

45.5

N.W.

N.E.

81.

47.2

51.2

N.E.

80.

49.0 48.1

N.W.

0.12

69.

40.7 44.1

N.W.

0.05

86.

65. 41.8 43.2 43.8 43.8 N.E. 68. 34.2 40.8 N.W.

N.E.

N.W.

69. 36.4

43.0

N.W.

43.0 12.0 33.0 48.0

74.

65. 41.8 44.4

N.W.

43.1

N.W.

N.E.

87.

52.1 52.1

88.

56.2 57.3

66.

70.

51.1 46.6 44.1 45.2

N.W.

N.E.

0.04

52.3 77.

74.

48.2 49.7

1.52

...

1 days.

1876:-

1.01

1875:-

.57.8

1.74

1874:-

59.5

0.33

1873:-

..58.9

1.47

1872:-

.60.1

0.08

PH. B. C. AYRES, Colonial Surgeon.

是

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

CAPE D'AGUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH

FEBRUARY,

1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

WINDS

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

DAY AND

BARO-

0 TO 12.

WEA-

BARO-

THERMOMETER.

0 TO 12.

DATE.

HOUR.

METER

THER.

METER

WEA-

THER.

In inches

Attd. Max. Min.] Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

THERMOMETER.

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct.

Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

Saturday, 9 30.19 57.0 57.0 56.0 2nd Noon 30.17 58.0 58.5 53.5 58.0 57.0 February. 3 30.10 58.0

c.m.

30.06 60.0

58.0 58.0 E

g.m.

30.07 58.0|

c.m.

58.0 52.0

c.m.

30.06 60.0 59.5 52.0 59.5 58.5 E 30.00 60.0

o.d.

0.01

60.0 59.0 SbE

··

o.d.

30.01 60.0

55,0 55.0 NE

o.m.

28.27 56.0

57.0 57.0 ESE

o.f.

30.05 59.0 61,0 56.0 55.0 55.0 NE

o.m.

0.00

55.0 55.0 NE

o.d.

28.27 58.0 59.0 48.0 58.0 58.0 ESE 6 o.f.

28.23 60.0

0.00

60.0 59.0 ESE

o.f.

Sunday,

3rd

30.16 62.5

62.0 62.0]

c.f.

30.01 64.01

February.

Monday,

。?8

Tuesday,

5th

30.23 60.0

30.4251.0

Noon 30.15 61.0 63.0 57.0 61.0 61.0

30.12 61.0

30.31 57.0

Noon 30.27 59.0, 62.0 56.0 59.0 57.0

4th

February. 3

c.f.

61.0 61.0

c.f.

64.5 64.0 Calm?

g.m.

30.32 61.0

60.0 60.0 N

f.f.

28.33 64.0

30.02 64.0 65.0 56.0 62.0 62.0 NNW 30.02 63.0

3 o.r.

0.01

30.34 62.0 63.0 54.0 61.0 61.0 N

f.d.

0.00

55:

? :

64.0 64.0 SSW

o.f.

28.32 65.0 65.0 58.0 65.0 65.0 SSW

o.f.

0.00

61.5 61.0 NNW

g.m.

30.2 62.0

62.0 62.0 Calm

28.28 61.0

61.0 61.0 NNW

o.f.

57.0 55.0

30.12 62.0

60.0 57.0

51.0 48.5

Noon 30.43 49.5 50.0 48.0 49.0 48.0|

February.

3 30.40 50,0

00:0

··

50.0 48.0

Wednesday,

6th

9 30.56 45.0

Noon 30.54 48.0 50.5 44.5 48.0 45,0

February. 3 30.47 49.0

45.0 43.5

True wind cannot be registered.

Do.

58.0, 57.0 N

2 o.d.

30.13 61.0

30.12 62.0 64,0 55.0 60.0 58.0 E 30.12 62.0;

b.c.

0.10

30.14 61.0 63.0 54.0 55.0 55.0 NE

3540:0

55.0 55.0 NE

o.h.

28.36 52.5

53.0 52.5 E

o.f.

o.h.

0.30

59.5 58.0 E

g.m.

30.11 | 61.0

c.m.

30.23 58.0

56.0 50.0 N

o.r.

30.28 59.0

55.0 55.0 NE

o.h.

28.35 53.0 53.0 52.0|| 53.0 53.0 E 28.32 51.0

o.p.f.

0.47

52.0 51.0 E

O.C.

49.0 47.5 N

o.d.

28.46 44.0

44.0 44.0 NNE

o.f.

c.m.

30.26 56.0 60.0 48.0 51.0 50.0 Calm

o.r.

0.19

30.28 58.0 59.5 50.0 48.0 48.0 N

o.d.

0.00

28.46 44.0 45.0 43.0 44,0 44.0 NNE

0.1

0.29

c.d.

30.2558.0

52.0 50.0 NE

g.m.

30.25 58.0

48.0 47.0 N

4 0.f.

28.41 43.5

44.0 44.0 NNE

o.f.

c.d.

30.3753.0

45.5 45.0 N

49.0 46.0

30.38 53.0 52.0 42.0 51.0 48.5 N 30.32 55.0

o.r.

30.38 55.5

b.c.

0.14

51.5 49.0 N

Thursday, 9 30.50 53.0

7th

February.

53.0 49.5 Noon 30.51 54.0 54.5 48.0 54.0 50.0| 3 30.41 54.0

30.33 54.0

b.c.

30.30 55.5

43.0 42.0 N

o.d.

28.55 38.0

39.0 39.0 N

o.r.

30.86 55.5 56.0 49.5 42.0 42.0 N

0.22

28.55 40.0 44.0 38.0 41.0 40.0 NE

O.C.

43.0 43.0 N

c.v.

28.49 41.5

42.0 42.0 NE

O.C.

0.15

30.33 | 55.0 56.0 47.0 56.0 53.0 E

54.0 50.0

30.28 56.0

53.5 51.0 NE

b.c.

30.36 54.5!

52.5 49.0 NE

C.V.

28.53 42.0

b.c.

0.00

55.0 52.0 E

b.c.

30.34 55.0 56.5 52.5 52.5 49.0 NE 30.30 54.5 52.5 49.0 NE

4 C.V.

0.00

4 C.V.

28.45 43.0

28.52 43.0 45.0 40.0 44.0 43.0 E

43.0 42.0 E

O.C.

0.00

44.0 43.0 E

3 O.C.

8th

February.

30.27 58.0

Friday, 9 30.32 55.0 55.0 53.0 Noon 30.33 58.0 58.5 53.0 58.0 55.0

b.c.

58.0 50.0

30.20 57.0 30.20 59.0 58.5 56.0 58.5 56.0 ESE 30.20 60.0 58.5 56.5 ESE

57.0 55.0 E

b.c.

30.20 54.5

g.m.

0.00

g.m.

30.20 56.5 58.0 50.0 54.0 52.0] NE 30.15 | 57.0 55.0 53.5 NE

: 2

54.0 52.5 NE

b.c.

28.39 52.0

c.u.

0.00

c.d.

28.36 50.0 51.0 44.0 50.0 50.0 SE 28.33 49.0 50.0 50.0 SE

52.0 52.0 SE

4 o.f.

o.f.

0.00

o.f.

STATE OF WEATHER:-6. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; f. foggy; 9. gloomy; h. hail; 7. lightning; m. misty (hazy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; q. squally; 7. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility. Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). NOTE:--A bar (-) under any letter augments its signification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and continuing rain, &c., &c.

Figures

to denote

the Force

Description of Wind.

of the

Wind,

Wind.

Figures

Illustrations of the power of the Wind as regards a well-conditioned Man-of-War or First-class Clipper Ship.

to denote

Rate of the Wind

per Hour in Miles.

the Force

of the

Calm

Light Air... Light Breeze

Gentle Breeze.. Moderate Breeze. Fresh Breeze.. Strong Breeze

012345678ROIE

Fresh Gale

Strong Gale

Whole Gule.......

Storm...

Hurricane..

Moderate Gale.

Just sufficient to give steerage way....

With which the above Ship with all sail ( 1 to 2 knots set and clean full would go in smooth water...

In which she could just carry in chase, full and by

3 to 4

to 6

Royals, &c.

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails.

Double Reefs and Jib, &c. Triple Reefs, &c...

Close Reefs and Courses

In which she could just bear close-reefed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail

Under Storm Staysail

Bare Poles..

0 to 2

3 - 10

11 15

16 20

53 60

- 69

70 - 80

above 80

012345OZOGOCN

1878.

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Sinning, O. A., M?rshausen, bei Melsungen, Hesse, Germany,

Sturrock, Miss, care of Mrs. Passmore, Gresham Road, Staines,

Sweetser, Mrs. C. W., Hull, Yorkshire,

Thomas, Mrs. W., 837, Clay Street, Oakland, Cal.,

Wai Asliau, Hongkong,

Webster, R. P., Harbour Office, Hongkong,...

wilson, Mrs. Rose, 8, Union Terrace, Everton, Liverpool,

The above letters have been returned from various places at which the addressees cannote found. If not claimed within ten days they will be

opened and returned to the writers.

General Post Office, Hongkong, 8th February, 1878.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH FEBRUARY, 1878.

1ST DRAWING.

CHINESE IMPERIAL 8 PER CENT. LOAN OF 1877.

OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that in conformity with the stipulation contained in the Bonds of this Loan, the following numbers of Bouds to be paid off at par, in Hongkong, Shanghai, and London, on the 28th of February, 1878, when the Interest thereon will cease to be payable, were this day Drawn at the Offices of the HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, situate No. 31, Lombard Street, in this City, in the presence of Mr. WILLIAM NICHOLLS, Acting Accountant of the said Corporation, and of the undersigned Notary Public.

1,146 BONDS Nos.:—

100

116

140

144

164

361 365

Numbers of Bonds Drawn.

9750 10565 11370 12193 12993 13809 14618 15436 9761 10580 11393 12200 13018 13822 14638 15448 9773 10586 11407 12209 13024 13843 14646 15466 9789 10608 11417 12230 13045 13854 14665 15478 9803 10615 11429 12249 13051 13874 14683 15487 9823 10634 11444 12262 13067 13888 14691 15506 9834 10646 11455 12274 13085 13902 14701 15521 9850 10664 11470 12287 13093 13911 14715 15539 9868 10677 11491 12298 13105 13926 14732 15546 9878 10692 11508 12315 13131 13931 14749 15561 9888 10704 11515 12321 13141 13948 14764 15573 9908 10712 11524 12344 13154 13969 14774 15590 9919 10727 11538 12354 13174 13981 14793 15604 9939 10743 11555 12376 13183 13996 14804 15620 9951 10758 11571 12379 13193 14003 14816 15633 9960 10774 11590 12391 13205 14025 14840 15645 9972 10790 11604 12411 13226 14032 14844 15657 9988 10796 11616 12425 13237 14051 14858 15667

3 808 1629 2442 3249 4061 4876 5697 6499 7316 8124 8934 816 1640 2462 3264 4077 4891 5702 6512 7328 8138 8951 838 1661 2465 3281 4095 4911 5717 6537 7337 8158 8968 846 1667 2481 3295 4113 4920 5730 6549 7352 8173 8978 867 1690 2493 3316 4117 4935 5750 6557 7368 8178 8992 871 1702 2514 3330 4134 4945 5763 6571 7380 8198 9005 884 1720 2528 3333 4152 4957 5771 6581 7398 8213 9027 907 1734 2547 3360 4170 4972 5787 6601 7415 8221 9032 917 1739 2557 3363 4177 4985 5799 6613 7425 8239 9049 938 1763 2563 3379 4199 5010 5812 6628 7443 8252 9069 947 1772 2587 3400 4204 5014 5825 6642 7453 8267 9079 955 1792 2592 3407 4220 5035 5839 6651 7467 8278 9096 177 972 1795 2606 3430 4242 5042 5854 6672 7489 8295 9101 185 983 1808 2626 3433 4245 5058 5875 6679 7495 8311 9120 204 999 1827 2636 3450 4266 5080 5885 6694 7516 8324 9137 211 1026 1846 2653 3467 4284 5093 5903 6707 7526 8334 9155 235 1044 1854 2662 3484 4294 5106 5913 6730 7545 8349 9166 243 1054 1875 2686 3499 4308 5114 5935 6748 7551 8366 9174 266 1072 1878 2692 3504 4316 5138 5949 6752 7569 8375 9193 10003 10811 11627 12443 13245 14060 14871 15689 273 1079 1891 2710 3522 4327 5149 5952 6764 7579 8392 9207 10016 10830 11640 12447 13264 14079 14884 15705 287 1094 1914 2717 3541 4350 5159 5973 6782 7592 8408 9215 10028 10844 11658 12473 13273 14089 14904 15718 297 1107 1920 2738 3551 4362 5177 5982 6802 7609 8421 9234 10049 10854 11666 12480 13287 14100 14911 15735 312 1129 1942 2758 3564 4380 5181 6000 6811 7621 8429 9249 10061 10871 11679 12493 13302 14119 14935 15737 334 1145 1947 2759 3578 4391 5198 6017 6830 7631 8443 9263 10070 10889 11694 12506 13318 14139 14943 15756 350 1152 1971 2785 3590 4399 5210 6025 6833 7652 8467 9272 10092 10900 11712 12518 13333 14148 14960 15774 1164 1982 2792 3600 4417 5223 6038 6854 7671 8484 9294 10105 10918 11730 12532 13343 14160 14978 15788 1179 1995 2810 3617 4425 5249 6050 6861 7678 8489 9303 10113 10932 11736 12552 13357 14172 14991 15797 389 1191 2006 2825 3636 4444 5256 6063 6879 7693 8504 9315 10124 10937 11755 12563 13372 14190 15000 15815 405 1205 2026 2841 3646 4460 5270 6087 6895 7707 8513 9334 10140 10960 11770 12576 13395 14206 15017 15827 417 1232 2039 2849 3659 4474 5286 6100 6905 7718 8527 9350 10155 10965 11782 12588 13399 14220 15028 15835 421 1245 2046 2863 3671 4484 5293 6113 6917 7731 8551 9359 10165 10983 11801 12607 13421 14227 15042 15850 436 1259 2068 2884 3684 4502 5311 6123 6934 7743 8568 9367 10182 11001 11816 12616 13434 14249 15051 15868 450 1272 2074 2895 3698 4512 5332 6141 6958 7769 8571 9381 10200 11016 11823 12631 13451 14266 15072 15890 463 1275 2098 2910 3721 4525 5342 6151 6972 7780 8591 9404 10210 11028 11837 12647 13468 14271 15087 15892 483 1295 2112 2916 3725 4550 5359 6165 6976 7786 8599 9416 10223 11044 11856 12659 13469 14286 15095 15916 497 1311 2117 2938 3745 4554 5368 6177 6995 7804 8620 9427 10237 11055 11869 12673 13487 14308 15108 15923 505 1324 2132 2947 3761 4565 5378 6191 7013 7825 8632 9447 10252 11071 11881 12695 13497 14322 15128 15942 528 1337 2154 2961 3770 4580 5393 6205 7026 7835 8639 9461 10266 11080 11892 12709 13517 14336 15137 15952 534 1347 2162 2980 3792 4606 5412 6229 7038 7848 8657 9468 10283 11102 11912 12721 13531 14350 15153 15974 548 1369 2178 2985 3807 4620 5421 6236 7050 7864 8670 9485 10299 11116 11916 12731 13547 14355 15163 15981 564 1373 2186 2999 3822 4624 5434 6251 7066 7874 8684 9496 10315 11117 11941 12752 13562 14378 15186 15999 581 1390 2205 3021 3835 4646 5448 6266 7072 7889 8707 9517 10322 11140 11945 12763 13575 14382 15192 16013 593 1403 2216 3031 3842 4660 5470 6285 7091 7900 8710 9534 10334 11158 11965 12782 13581 14398 15210 16023 610 1423 2231 3049 3854 4673 5479 6296 7103 7914 8724 9543 10349 11169 11979 12793 13599 14407 15230 16037 624 1430 2249 3056 3878 4679 5490 6301 7121 7929 8741 9555 10365 11185 11996 12810 13609 14431 15237 644 1453 2266 3078 3890 4700 5504 6318 7130 7941 8752 9564 10385 11195 12012 12819 13632 14444 15255 648 1466 2278 3086 3896 4708 5527 6342 7143 7964 8768 9587 10401 11205 12021 12836 13648 14449 15269 661 1471 2294 3100 3920 4730 5535 6346 7160 7978 8784 9599 10406 11219 12038 12849 13663 14473 15279 680 1488 2298 3115 3927 4746 5558 6360 7173 7992 8797 9610 10418 11240 12044 12859 13674 14483 15297 696 1504 2311 3131 3945 4758 5560 6384 7195 7998 8819 9622 10431 11254 12058 12868 13686 14495 16209 701 1515 2332 3138 3959 4771 5582 6386 7200 8018 8826 9636 10455 11270 12071 12881 13703 14506 15324 716 1533 2341 3156 3966 4778 5592 6406 7218 8029 8842 9648 10466 11279 12095 12895 13710 14527 15336 721 1545 2366 3172 3981 4800 5602 6413 7234 8044 8858 9670 10473 11293 12100 12916 13726 14538 15358 737 1566 2371 3184 3991 4806 5618 6433 7239 8056 8867 9676 10497 11301 12111 12935 13740 14559 15364 753 1573 2390 3194

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　4005 4817 5640 6450 7260 8078 8885 9690 10507 11321 12125 12947 13750 14571 15382 764 1592 2395 3211 4027 4841 5646 6455 7280 8089 8892 9708 10523 11330 12146 12962 13767 14585 15397 771 1605 2416 3225 4035 4846 5657 6481 7288 8101 8910 9724 10533 11346 12154 12973 13782 14598 15409 789 1618 2423 3237 4047 4861 5671 6485 7298 8117 8920 9733 10546 11363 12173 12989 13801 14608 15418

For ?100 Sterling each=?114,600.

For the HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,

Countersigned,

W. W. VENN, Junior,

Notary Public,

2, Pope's Head Alley, Cornhill, E.C.

WM. NICHOLLS,

Acting Accountant.

LONDON, 27th December, 1877.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH FEBRUARY, 1878.

NOTIFICATION.

Copy of the Jury List for 1878, is posted at the Supreme Court House for inspection. Notice of any inaccuracies, omissions, objections, &c., must be given to the Registrar, on or before Saturday, the 16th day of February, A.D. 1878, in accordance with the provisions of Section 8 of Ordinance No. 11 of 1864.

　　　　　It is further notified that no person whose name is on the List as a Juror, will be excused from service on the ground of any exemption to which he may be entitled, or on the ground of any want of qualification, unless such exemption shall have been claimed and established, or such want of qualification duly proved, at or before the time above specified.

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in its Summary Jurisdiction, on every Tues- day, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

Foreign Attachment.

Suit No. 2.

Plaintiff.-CHUN-A-YAU. Defendant.-NG KEW.

OTICE is hereby given that a Writ of

　　　　day of February, instant, against all the Property moveable or immoveable of the above named De- fendant within the Colony, has been issued in this Suit pursuant to the Provisions of Section LXXXII of "The Hongkong Code of Civil Pro- cedure."

Dated the 5th day of February, A.D. 1878.

WILLIAM II. BRERETON, Solicitor for the Plaintiff,

29, Queen's Road, Hongkong.

NOTICE.

HEREAS pursuant to the Provisions of Ordinance No. 14 of 1862, the following Petition to His Excellency the Governor in Council for Letters Patent for the Exclusive Right to use within this Colony and its Depend- encies, the Invention hereinafter mentioned, has, together with the Specifications and Declarations required by the said Ordinance, been filed in the Office of the Colonial Secretary, that is to say :-

"The Petition of the Honourable WILLIAM

KESWICK as Assignee of ABRAM LYLE for improved apparatus or machinery for shaping Lump Sugar in a simple, rapid and economical manner."

　　　　　Notice is hereby given, that His Excellency the Governor has appointed MONDAY, the 18th day of February, 1878, at noon, for a Sitting of the Executive Council at the Offices of the Government, for the purpose of entertaining the said Petition, and that at such Sitting of the Council, Application will be made for such Letters Patent as aforesaid.

Dated at Victoria, Hongkong, this 9th day of February, 1878.

WM. H. BRERETON, Solicitor for the Petitioner, 29, Queen's Road, Hongkong.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

OTICE. TONG-YUT of No. 83, Queen's Road Central, Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, Trader in European goods, carrying on business there in copartnership with TONG-HIP- Wo, now absent from the Colony under the style or firm name of "KOONG-CHEONG," having been adjudged Bankrupt under a Petition for adju- dication of Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong, in Bankruptcy, on the 21st day of January, 1878, a public sitting for the said Bankrupt to pass his last examination, and to make application for his order of discharge, will be held before the Honourable Sir JOHN SMALE, Knight, Chief Justice of the said Court, at the Supreme Court House, Victoria, aforesaid, on Friday, the 1st day of March, 1878, at Eleven of the clock in the forenoon of that day precisely.

　　　　　The Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee in the Bankruptcy. Dated the 9th day of February, 1878.

SHARP, TOLLER & JOHNSON,

Solicitors in the Bankruptcy.

THE HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

HE NINTH ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS in the above Company will be held at the Office of the Company, No. 7, Queen's Road, on Monday, the 18th February next, at Three o'clock in the afternoon, to receive a State- ment of Accounts for the year 1877, the Report of the General Managers, and to elect a Con- sulting Committee and Auditors.

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., General Managers, Hongkong Fire Insurance Company, Limited.

Hongkong, January 26th, 1878.

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

TWENTY-FIFTH

REPORT OF THE COURT OF DIRECTORS

TO THE

ORDINARY YEARLY GENERAL MEETING

SHAREHOLDERS

TO BE HELD

AT THE CITY HALL, HONGKONG, On Thursday, the 14th February, 1878,

AT 3 P.M.

To the Proprietors of the

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

GENTLEMEN,

The Directors have now to submit to you a general statement of the affairs of the Bank, and Balance Sheet for the half-year ending 31st December last.

The net profits for that period, including $14,027.45 brought forward from last account, after paying all charges, deducting interest paid and due, making provision for all bad and doubtful debts, and for difference in Exchange between the rate at which the Dividend is declared, and the current rate of the day, amount to $553,086.44, of which, after taking out Rebate on Bills not yet due, and Remuneration to Direc- tors, there remains for appropiation $539,012.50. From this sum, the Directors recommend the payment of a Dividend of One Pound Sterling per share, which will absord $177,777.78.

The Directors recommend placing $350,000 to credit of Reserve Fund, which will then stand at $1,000,000, and carrying forward the balance, $11,234.72, to credit of new Profit and Loss Account.

The Directors congratulate the Proprietors on the above favourable results, and have much satisfaction in pointing out the steady develop- ment of the Bank's resources and the increase of its business, as is shewn by comparing the prin- cipal items of the Balance Sheet with the accounts published six months ago.

Agencies.

A Special Agent of the Bank has been ap- pointed at Singapore.

Directors.

The

Mr. A. McIVER having decided to remain absent from the Colony until the end of the present year, the Directors have invited Mr. A. LIND to join the Board in his stead. Directors have to regret the death of Mr. EDWARD TOBIN. Mr. H. ?. DALRYMPLE has been appointed to the vacant seat. These appointments require confirmation by the Share-

holders.

Mr. F. D. SASSOON has been appointed Chair- for the year 1878, and Mr. W?. H. FORBES Deputy Chairman.

man

According to the provisions of the Deed of Settlement, two members of the Court, Messrs. E. R. BELILIOS and WM. REINERS, retire from the Direction, but are eligible for re-elec- tion, and offer themselves accordingly.

Auditors.

ABSTRACT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES, HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. 31st December, 1877. ASSETS.

Cash and Bullion,

Government Securities,

.$ 5,725,788.41 2,313,666.61

Bills Discounted, Loans and Credits,... 10,345,968.59 Exchange Remittances,

Bank Premises,.. Dead Stock,

LIABILITIES.

Paid-up Capital,.. Reserve Fund,

.$650,000.00 Marine Insur. Account,... 70,395.06

34,014,103.16

206,987.84

104,652.02

$52,711,166.63

..$5,000,000.00

720,395.06

20,317,114.55

22,358,505.39

24,079,179.74

553,086.44

$52,711,166.63

Notes in Circulation,...$ 2,041,390.84 Deposits,.........

Exchange Acceptances, Profit and Loss Account,

PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT, HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING

Dr.

CORPORATION.

31st December, 1877.

To AMOUNTS WRITTEN OFF:

Remuneration to Directors, $10,000.00 Rebate on Bills not due,...

4,073.94

$14,073.94

To DIVIDEND ACCOUNT:

?1 per Share on 40,000 Shares

?40,000 @ 4/6,...

To RESERVE FUND,...

........

177,777.78 350,000.00

To BALANCE:

Carried forward to next half-year,...... 11,234.72

Cr.

By Balance of Undivided Profits, 30th

June, 1877,

By Amount of Net Profits for the Six Months ending 31st December, 1877, after deducting all Expenses and Interest paid and due,.....................

RESERVE FUND,

$553,086.44

$ 14,027.45

539,058.99

$553,086.44

To Balance on 31st December, 1877,....$1,000,000.00

$1,000,000.00

.$650,000.00

By Balance on 30th June,

1877, By Amount from Profit

and Loss Account, 350,000.00

***

T. JACKSON, Chief Manager. H. SMITH, Chief Accountant. II. HOPPIUS,

$1,000,000.00

E. R. BELILIOS, Directors WM. REINERS,

We have compared the above Statements with the Books, Vouchers and Securities at the Head Office, and with the Returns received from the various Branches and Agencies, and have found the same to be correct.

P. RYRIE, H. B. GIBB,

}

Hongkong, 9th February, 1878.

Auditors:

THE HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE. COMPANY, LIMITED.

THE

NOTICE.

HE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Com- pany will be Closed from the 4th to the 18th February next, both days included.

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.,. General Managers, Hongkong Fire Insurance Company, Limited.

Hongkong, January 26th, 1878.

NOTICE.

R. H. F. MEYERINK has been admitted

MR. H. F.

MEYER & Co.

Hongkong, 1st January, 1878.

NOTICE.

R. CHARLES DAVID BOTTOMLEY was

The accounts have been audited by the Hon. Madmitted a Partner in our Firm on the

PHINEAS RYRIE and Mr. H. B. GIBB, and the Directors have pleasure in recommending te election of these gentlemen as Auditors for the year 1878.

H. HOPPIUS,

Chairman.

HONGKONG, 9th February, 1878.

1st July, 1877.

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co. Hongkong, 22nd September, 1877.

Printed and Published by NORONHA & SONS, Printers to the Hongkong Government, OswALD'S TERRACE, WELLINGTON STREET, Hongkong.

DIE

SOIT

QUI MAL

MON

DROIT.

THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

No. 7.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 16TH FEBRUARY, 1878.

THE TUNG WAH HOSPITAL, HONGKONG.

VOL. XXIV.

　　　　The following account of His Excellency The Governor's Visit to the Tung Wah Hospital on the 8th February, 1878, is extracted from the report of the China Mail, for general information.

THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT TO THE TUNG WAH HOSPITAL.

　　　　His Excellency Governor POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G., paid a ceremonial visit to the Tung Wah Hospital on the 8th of February at 3 o'clock. Early in the afternoon, the crowded streets leading to the Hospital were kept clear by a detachment of Police, composed of Europeans, Sikhs and Chinese, and the full force of the District Watchmen for this District. It was no easy matter to clear the way, at the time of the Chinese New Year festivities the streets are unusually crowded, and the three Chinese Theatres, all in this locality, were in full swing. About 2.30 P.M. a guard of honour from the 74th Regiment, with the Regimental Band, arrived, and lined the road leading up to the Hospital. Shortly after 3 P.M., His Excellency arrived, accompanied by Mr. CREAGH, acting A.D.C., and Private Secretary NORTHCOTE; and Admiral HILLYAR, accompanied by Secretary PARISH and Flag-Lieutenant WILLOUGHBY, preceded a few minutes before by Dr. MowLL, formerly of H. M. S. Vigilant. Among the foreign visitors present to witness the ceremony, were Mr. HAYLLAR, Q.C., Rev. Dr. E. J. EITEL, Mr. J. J. FRANCIS, and Mr. D'ALMADA. The Chinese community was very fully represented, there being present nearly 300 influential native residents from all classes of the community; and of those present some 50 or 60 were in their Mandarin costumes, some with blue buttons, some with crystal, and some with gold buttons; while a few had the additional honour of wearing the peacock's feather. Among those in uniform, we observed: Messrs. LEONG ON, CHUN TING CHEE, KWOK ACHEONG, CHEANG SING YEONG, LING Ho WOON, WONG YIK PAN, WAI AKWONG, NG CHOY, CHUN AYIN, FUNG MING SHAN, WONG KWAN TONG, NG SANG, WONG SHING, NG CHEUK CHEE, and others. On the arrival of His Excellency and party, the Band of H.M. 74th Regiment struck up a familiar strain; while as the Governor and party entered, a salute of three guns was fired and some Chinese music was performed. Those of the Chinese who were in uniform then placed themselves in two lines from the door up to the Hall, and saluted the Governor and Admiral in proper Chinese style. His Excellency was then conducted to the top of an oblong table, with Admiral HILLYAR on his right and Dr. MowLL on his left. After all were seated, tea, and refreshments in the shape of confectionery were brought in. This over, the Governor and party were conducted through the patients' wards, and then back to the

Hall.

Mr. NG CHOY, then rose and said:-YOUR EXCELLENCY AND GENTLEMEN, I have been asked to be spokesman on this occasion, and I have accepted that honour with very great pleasure, though I think there may be more competent persons present to undertake the task. In the first place I have been requested to thank Your Excellency, for your kind visit here to-day, on behalf of the Chinese community of Hongkong. We are here to receive and welcome Your Excellency in this hall. I may be permitted to say that we have represented every class of the Chinese community. The gentlemen here represent the Committee of this Hospital, Merchants, Compradores, Shopkeepers, and, in fact, every trade and profession in this Colony. We have thought it advisable to commit what we have to say on this occasion to writing, and to consider it well before doing so. That being the case, Your Excellency may take this address, which we shall have the honour to present to you, as expressing not only our own views, who are here, but the unanimous sentiment of the Chinese community. This address is in two parts; one part is in Chinese and the other part is in English. The latter is a free translation of the first, and, with Your Excellency's permission, we shall read the Chinese part first, and then I shall follow by reading the English part. I will now call upon my Chinese friend, to read the Chinese part.

Mr. WONG KWAN TONG then read the address in Chinese,

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH FEBRUARY, 1878.

Mr. NG CHOY then read the English translation, which is as follows:---

"To His Excellency JOHN POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G., Governor, and Commander-in-Chief of the

Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, &c., &c., &c.

"MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY,-We on behalf of the Chinese Community of Hongkong are grateful to Your Excellency for the honour you have done us by paying a visit here on this occasion. The Colony has been established now for about 36 years, and this Hospital for 9 years, but we believe it is the first instance in the history of Hongkong of a Governor making a formal cail on the Chinese on the occasion of their New Year.

"Your Excellency's liberal policy of treating and respecting all classes of people alike over whom you govern, without distinction of race, is well known and appreciated by us all, and if an illustration is needed, this visit is another instance of it. Your Excellency has not been long with us, but we feel certain in this, that in Your Excellency we have a just, impartial, and humane Governor. The active steps taken by Your Excellency to relieve the sufferings of the wounded persons occasioned by the sad catastrophe of the Yesso are beyond all praise and fully confirm our opinion. Your Excellency took a deep interest in their unfortunate case and personally visited them both in Gaol and in this Hospital, and when some of the prisoners in the Gaol had attended on them, Your Excellency, as an approval of their conduct, considerately pardoned them according to the degrees of offences of which they have been convicted.

"We may, therefore, safely conclude that from Your Excellency we need fear no harsh measures or class enactments which may press hardly on us, but that whatever measures enacted during the tenure of your high office will, we may be sure, tend to increase the prosperity of the Colony and to promote the welfare of all the inhabitants, natives as well as foreigners. In conclusion we beg again to thank Your Excellency for your kind visit to-day: we heartly wish Your Excellency and Mrs. HENNESSY happiness and prosperity, and trust that Your Excellency may long remain as Governor of this Colony." His Excellency then said:-Mr. LEONG-ON, and Members of the Committee of this Hospital,-I receive with the greatest satisfaction the address that has now been presented to me. In that address you say that it is my policy to make no distinction between any class, or creed, or nationality; but, in truth, that is not my policy alone, it is the policy of the Sovereign I have the honour to represent. When we remember that England is the greatest colonial empire on the face of the globe, the reason is that that policy of perfect fair play and justice to all is the Colonial policy of the British Government; and I say this in the presence of my gallant friend, Admiral HILLYAR, who in all quarters of the globe has seen that policy carried out by himself and everyone who represents the Queen of England. It is the fixed policy of England. The result certainly is gratifying to all of us, and must be gratifying to Her Majesty's Government. Here in this Colony, established six and thirty years, what do we find to-day? We find that Hongkong in its commercial movement exceeds, far exceeds, the whole of the West Indian Islands. We know also that in the value of its shipping and commerce it exceeds the flourishing colonies in Australia. The value of this commerce is immense and it is of great advantage. to England. Well, in developing that commerce no doubt England sent to this Colony and still sends here commercial men well fitted for the task, but these men are assisted by those I see round me to-day. Is there nothing that we Europeans can learn from the Chinese community of Hongkong? What causes commercial greatness?--Industry, temperance, probity in commercial dealings. All these are characteristics of the Chinese that I am now addressing; and I say there is no country in Europe that may not learn an example in commercial probity, in the strict payment of debts, in industry, from the Chinese community of Hongkong.

You have touched in your address upon that sad calamity which occurred not long ago in this Colony by which nearly a hundred persons were killed. Even from such an event we may take some useful lessons, and in connection with it there is something which we ought to be proud of. These are critical times; and that terrible event showed that in the Harbour of Hongkong we had an adequate representative of the British Navy, for with promptitude the signal was made by Admiral HILLYAR, and from every one of Her Majesty's ships in the Harbour there went instantly a medical officer to attend upen the wounded. It is public spirit of that kind; that zeal, promptitude, and readiness for duty which has always distinguished the British Navy, that has made it successful in the past, and which at this very moment, perhaps while I am speaking, may be again demanded on the part of ships in Her Majesty's service to maintain the honour

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　of our flag. Therefore, I say that from what then occurred, we ourselves can learn a useful lesson. I rejoice to know that amongst the naval officers present to-day is the medical attendant in the Admiral's own ship, who, I understand, is about to receive from you some testimony of the appreciation, the just and proper appreciation, that you entertain of the devotion with which that gentleman discharged the duties he then undertook.

This institution has done an immense amount of good. That there should be benevolent institutions wherever there is a Chinese community, we all know. We know that in all the great cities of China, there are institutions where the aged and destitute are cared for; and why should there not be such institutions in Hongkong? The whole expenses of this institution are defrayed by the voluntary contributions of the Chinese community, and I am happy to remind you that the EARL OF KIMBERLEY, while he was Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, conveyed to my predecessor, Sir- ARTHUR KENNEDY, the sense of Her Majesty's Government of the admirable xample that the Chinese commu- nity had set in establishing this institution; and I shall now be able, from the visit I have paid to-day,

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH FEBRUARY, 1878. 49

and from the minute inspection that the Admiral and myself have made of this Hospital, to do that which my predecessors have done,-bear testimony to the admirable way in wlrich it has been conducted. It has been my duty to visit many hospitals; men in my position must do so; but I am bound to say that I have never gone through the wards of any hospital in any country in which I found better ventilation, and less of that hospital character, that we so often see, and unfortunately so often experience, than in this building. I see that in this institution you understand the great value of cleanliness and fresh air. One of my predecessors, Sir RICHARD MACDONNELL, speaking at this table perhaps, and referring to his visit, made a similar observation, adding that it would be a fortunate thing for the Colony, if our own Civil Hospital had been so well built, and if the windows, doors and other means of ventilation were as adequately constructed as you have them here. Now, gentlemen, I do not on this occasion desire to sit down without bearing my testimony also, as Governor of this Colony, to what has been, from time to time, done by the Committee of this Hospital on other subjects of public importance. Many years ago, the attention of the Government was directed to a scandal, which also attracted the notice of my gallant friend, Admiral HILLYAR, the evils of the coolic trade, and one of my predecessors called the attention of the Secretary of State to the fact that the communications from the Tung Wah Hospital were those which gave him the first intimation of the evils perpetrated in that trade. While the Government of that day had to thank the Committee of the Tung Wah Hospital, it is my duty now publicly to do the same. Government to that which undoubtedly was a grave abuse.

It is not many weeks since you drew the attention of the it was the practice to issue tickets to Chinese Emigrants in this Colony for a certain sum of

You brought to my notice the fact that the tickets purported that that sum was paid in full, whereas, as you pointed out, in reality but a very money; small sum was paid, and the emigrant was expected to bind himself for so long a period as two years, to work off his passage, in the sugar plantations of the Sandwich Islands. That was an infraction of our law. It was you who drew our attention to it, and it is my public duty to thank you, as I now do, for the valuable information you thus conveyed to the Government.

I am sure I only express the sentiments of the European gentlemen that I see around me, and of my gallant friend, Admiral HILLYAR, and of his Officers, in cordially wishing you a happy New Year, and long continued prosperity; and I need hardly add that if I can in any way promote that prosperity, it will afford me indeed great satisfaction when the time comes, and I make up my own accounts, on leaving this Colony.

　　　　　　Mr. NG CHOY then interpreted the substance of His Excellency's speech to the Chinese present, a great majority of whom did not understand English.

　　　　　　Mr. WAI AKWONG then rose to present a silver cup to Dr. MowLL, for the services he rendered to the sufferers by the explosion of the S. S. Yesso. The cup is very handsomely chased in Chinese style, and is a piece of exquisite workmanship from Canton. It stands on a nicely carved black-wood pedestal, and bears the following inscription:" Presented to Rd. W. MOWLL, Esq., M.D., R.N., by the Chinese Community of Hongkong, as an expression of their high estimation of his medical abilities, and gratitude for his kind attention as displayed towards the sufferers from the accident on board the S. S. Yesso, 22nd November, 1877, Hongkong." In presenting it to Dr. MowLL, Mr. WAI AKWONG said it was a small token of their esteem and gratitude, and he begged the doctor to accept it.

Dr. MowLL replied in a few appropriate words, and said no one deplored the sad accident more than he did, and that in attending on the sufferers, he was only doing his duty for the cause of humanity. He thanked the Chinese for their kind gift, and said he would ever prize it.

　　　　　　Tea was again brought in, and after sipping it, His Excellency rose to depart. The Chinese Band again struck up, and a salute of three salvoes was fired.

Νο. 29.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. FAMINE. NORTH-CHINA.

The following Papers in reference thereto, are published for general information.

By Coinmand,

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th February, 1878.

CHINESE FAMINE RELIEF FUND,

Sin,-In name of the Chinese Famine Relief Committee, we take the liberty of addressing you on

SHANGHAI, 29th January, 1878. the subject of the Famine now raging in the North of China. The accounts that have reached the Committee are most distressing and there is occasion for immediate action in the matter. accounts have been published in the local papers here, and we beg to refer you to them for information. These It will be seen that the Famine extends over at least four provinces, Shensi, Shansi, Chilli and Honan, and is far more terrible than it was last year in Shantung. It includes a population of nine millions, thousands of whom are dying daily from sheer starvation. Not only are women and children being freely sold for a mere pittance, but human flesh is resorted to as a means of subsistence in many instances.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH FEBRUARY, 1878. 49

It is not many weeks since you drew the attention of the it was the practice to issue tickets to Chinese Emigrants in this Colony for a certain sum of

　　　　　　Mr. NG CHOY then interpreted the substance of His Excellency's speech to the Chinese present, a great majority of whom did not understand English.

　　　　　　Tea was again brought in, and after sipping it, His Excellency rose to depart. The Chinese Band again struck up, and a salute of three salvoes was fired.

Νο. 29.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. FAMINE. NORTH-CHINA.

The following Papers in reference thereto, are published for general information.

By Coinmand,

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th February, 1878.

CHINESE FAMINE RELIEF FUND,

Sin,-In name of the Chinese Famine Relief Committee, we take the liberty of addressing you on

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH FEBRUARY, 1878.

Happily the Chinese Government and private individuals are exerting themselves in the matter, and large contributions have been raised and forwarded both in money and food to the Famine stricken districts.

But the whole is of course utterly inadequate to meet the wants of the case, and Missionaries alike Catholic and Protestant, are engaged to the utmost of their ability in the work of distribution and more are ready to enter on it, if means are provided for the purpose. Urgent appeals are to hand for aid, and the Relief Committee here have resolved on adopting the same line of action that was pursued last year, namely, canvassing the foreign settlements at this place, writing to the outports, including Hongkong and Japan, and, in addition to telegraph to England and America.

Last year the Colony of Hongkong responded liberally to the appeals that were made for Shantung, and the necessities of the case compel us to renew our appeals this year, also in the hope that they will be as effective as they were then.

We have been appointed to write your Excellency for this purpose, and to lay the matter before you, requesting that such means may be carried out at Hongkong, as may be thought most suitable. Your kind attention to this will be the occasion of much thankfulness to the members of our Relief Committee and it is desired that any monies contributed for the object may be sent to the Treasurer of the Fund, F. W. LEMARCHAND, Esq., Agra Bank, Shanghai.

We have, &c.

WM. MUIRHEAD,

Hon. Sec., China Famine Relief Fund. E. REEVES PALMER,

His Excellency

The Governor of Hongkong,

&c.,

&c.

Minister of Union Church, Shanghai.

R. C. MISSION HOUSE,

HONGKONG, 7th February, 1878.

EXCELLENCY,-The appalling news of the horrors of famine, which I almost daily receive from the North of China, compels me to recur to the generosity of the heart of Your Excellency, craving for a relief for so many fainine-stricken fellow-creatures. As Procurator of the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda Fide, I continually receive letters froin the heads of the Italian Missions, that is the Provinces of Shen-Shi, Shan-Shi and Honan, the Provinces most suffering from famine. My great friend the Right Reverend Bishop VOLONTERI, Vicar Apostolic of Honan, well known here in Hongkong (where he worked as Missionary for 10 years and who made the so widely spread chart of the San-on district) writes me in date of 12th January, that the horrors of famine are so great, that fathers are seen eating the corpse of their children, and children assisting at the death of their fathers, eating them immediately as they have expired. Indeed the local Mandarins do something, but quite powerless for so many dying people in those huts where at times some 5 or 6 thousand people collected receive a daily soup by the Government, some 60 or 100 corpses are extracted every day.

After such terrible description of the horrors of famine, the Right Reverend Bishop VOLONTERI, and the Right Reverend Bishop LING, Vicar Apostolic of Shan-Shi pray me to do all that lay in my power to find some relief for so many poor creatures, whom they are condemned to see dying every hour around them, unable as they are through poverty to stretch forth their hands to help them. urged by such pitiful motives take courage to put my humble petition for some relief in the hands of Your Excellency, knowing the sincere feelings of charity which animates your heart, and hoping that the Colonial Government, which was so liberal last year for the poor people of Shantung Province will also come to the help of those of Shan-Shi and Honan.

I have, &c.,

His Excellency

JOHN POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G.,

Governor of Hongkong,

&c.,

Sc.,

&c.

No. 30.

G. BURGHIGNOLI,

Procurator of Pro.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following letter from His Grace the Duke of BUCKINGHAM AND CHANDOS, dated Government House, Madras, 11th January, 1878, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th February, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH FEBRUARY, 1878.

We have, &c.

WM. MUIRHEAD,

Hon. Sec., China Famine Relief Fund. E. REEVES PALMER,

His Excellency

The Governor of Hongkong,

&c.,

&c.

Minister of Union Church, Shanghai.

R. C. MISSION HOUSE,

HONGKONG, 7th February, 1878.

I have, &c.,

His Excellency

JOHN POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G.,

Governor of Hongkong,

&c.,

Sc.,

&c.

No. 30.

G. BURGHIGNOLI,

Procurator of Pro.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following letter from His Grace the Duke of BUCKINGHAM AND CHANDOS, dated Government House, Madras, 11th January, 1878, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th February, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH FEBRUARY, 1878.

GOVERNMENT House, MADRAS, 11th January, 1878.

SIR,-I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of two drafts amounting to Rupees 543.10.4, towards the Famine Relief Fund.

　　　　I beg that you will convey to Bishop RAIMONDI and to the Officers and Men of the Portuguese Gun-vessel Tejo, my best thanks for the remittance.

I remain, &c.,

BUCKINGHAM AND CHANDOS.

Governor of Hongkong.

His Excellency JOHN POPE HENNESSY, Esq.,

No. 31.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

TEACHING OF ENGLISH IN THE GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.

The following Letters and Minutes are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th February, 1878.

[No. 15.]

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

HONGKONG, 28th January, 1878.

SIR,-Referring to your Letter No. 132 of the 2nd March last, informing me of the Secretary of State's approval of the proposal for introducing a system of payment by results in the Government Schools of the Colony, I have the honour to report as follows:-

The Schools ranked as very good are the-

1. Tang-lung Chau (P?nti) School.

2. Wantsai School.

3. Stanley School.

The Schools ranked as good are the-

1. Sai Ying-ph?n (P?nti) School.

2. H? W?n School.

3. Sh?ung W?n School.

4. Sh?u-ki W?n School.

4. Girls' School.

5. Tang-lung Chau (Hakka) School.

5. Ap-li Chau School.

6. Shek-t'ong Ts?i School. 7. Ts'at Tsz-m?i School.

According to tais classification, 5 Masters receive $25 each,..

and 7

$15

Total,......

$125.00 105.00

$230.00

　　　　This payment comes under the denomination of Grants-in-Aid. I have already, in my Letter No. 3 of 7th instant, (C. S. O. No. 38), reported that the Grants-in-Aid this year are in excess of the sum voted for the purpose. I trust, however, that 'His Excellency the Governor, on considering the circumstances of the present year, will not object to making provision for this further sum; and I shall be glad if the Warrant for payment is issued in time to enable me to pay the Masters on the 1st proximo, before they go home for their New Year holidays.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

FREDERICK STEWART, Inspector of Schools.

The Honourable J. GARDINER AUSTIN, C.M.G.,

Colonial Secretary,

&c.,

&c.

Minute by His Excellency the Governor.

　　　　　I have already sanctioned the extra payments in accordance with Mr. STEWART'S recommendation, subject to the approval of the Legislative Council.

　　　　　On visiting some of these Village Schools, I found the Schoolmasters could not speak a word of English, and as far as I could ascertain, none of the pupils had any knowledge of English.

Possibly, in some of the Government Schools I have not yet been able to visit, there may be instruction in English; I should therefore be glad if Mr. STEWART would make out a list of the Schoolmasters of the Village Schools, marking in each case, those who can teach English, and those who cannot.

　　　　　Also the total number of pupils in each Village School, and the number in each that can speak English.

J. POPE HENNESSY,

29th January, 1878.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH FEBRUARY, 1878.

GOVERNMENT House, MADRAS, 11th January, 1878.

SIR,-I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of two drafts amounting to Rupees 543.10.4, towards the Famine Relief Fund.

　　　　I beg that you will convey to Bishop RAIMONDI and to the Officers and Men of the Portuguese Gun-vessel Tejo, my best thanks for the remittance.

I remain, &c.,

BUCKINGHAM AND CHANDOS.

Governor of Hongkong.

His Excellency JOHN POPE HENNESSY, Esq.,

No. 31.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

TEACHING OF ENGLISH IN THE GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.

The following Letters and Minutes are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th February, 1878.

[No. 15.]

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

HONGKONG, 28th January, 1878.

The Schools ranked as very good are the-

1. Tang-lung Chau (P?nti) School.

2. Wantsai School.

3. Stanley School.

The Schools ranked as good are the-

1. Sai Ying-ph?n (P?nti) School.

2. H? W?n School.

3. Sh?ung W?n School.

4. Sh?u-ki W?n School.

4. Girls' School.

5. Tang-lung Chau (Hakka) School.

5. Ap-li Chau School.

6. Shek-t'ong Ts?i School. 7. Ts'at Tsz-m?i School.

According to tais classification, 5 Masters receive $25 each,..

and 7

$15

Total,......

$125.00 105.00

$230.00

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

FREDERICK STEWART, Inspector of Schools.

The Honourable J. GARDINER AUSTIN, C.M.G.,

Colonial Secretary,

&c.,

&c.

Minute by His Excellency the Governor.

　　　　　I have already sanctioned the extra payments in accordance with Mr. STEWART'S recommendation, subject to the approval of the Legislative Council.

　　　　　On visiting some of these Village Schools, I found the Schoolmasters could not speak a word of English, and as far as I could ascertain, none of the pupils had any knowledge of English.

　　　　　Also the total number of pupils in each Village School, and the number in each that can speak English.

J. POPE HENNESSY,

29th January, 1878.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH FEBRUARY, 1878.

Minute by the Inspector of Schools.

　　　　Before the establishment of the Central School, English was taught in a few of the Schools by visiting Masters, who attended for that purpose a few hours a week. This, the Board of Education found to be highly unsatisfactory. Accordingly, when the Central School was established, the teaching of English was abolished in all the other Schools.

The only exception now is the Aberdeen * School, which is, and has been, in such a backward state that I almost despair of the success of the experiment, and often think we should revert, in this School, to the teaching of Chinese pure and simple.

With this one exception, therefore, what are conveniently called the Village Schools are simply Schools where the children receive a Chinese education in their own language.

The School Book Committee's Series and Geography have been added to this course of instruction; but these subjects excepted, they are such Schools as might be found anywhere in any part of the Chinese Empire.

Except that there is no religious instruction, the Schools correspond exactly with the Grant-in- Aid Schools in Class I, namely, the Baxter, the London Mission, and the St. Stephen Schools. Neither Masters nor Scholars know anything of English.

FREDERICK STEWART,

29th January, 1878.

HONGKONG, 10th February, 1878.

many others

　　　MY DEAR MR. STEWART,-Looking to the views entertained by the Governor, and as to the expediency of giving greater facility to the boys at the Central School, for the study of the English language, it seems to me very desirable that we should have your views as early as possible as to the arrangements which should be made. Could you not therefore postpone your departure for a fortnight? If prior to sending in a report you would like to discuss the matter with the Governor, myself, and a few others, I am sure His Excellency will afford you every facility.

FREDERICK STEWART, Esq.

Yours, &c.,

J. GARDINER AUSTIN.

　　Inspector of Schools to The Honourable J. Gardiner Austin, C.M.G., Colonial Secretary. [No. 23.]

HONGKONG, 11th February, 1878. SIR,-In answer to your note enquiring if I could not postpone my departure for a fortnight, in order to give the Government my views on the expediency of affording greater facility to the boys at the Central School for the study of the English language, I have the honour to inform you that it would be exceedingly inconvenient for me to postpone it, for several reasons: this one among others, that I had to telegraph to Shanghai to secure a passage for the 21st instant, and that I have no chance of being able to get one by the following steamer. I should, of course, at once sacrifice my own private interests for the sake of the public service, did I think it necessary; but I expect to be able to send you to-morrow, or the day after, a communication which, I believe, will set at rest this question of English at the Central School.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

FREDERICK STEWART, Inspector of Schools.

Minute by His Excellency the Governor.

Let this await the further communication Mr. STEWART tells us he is preparing. I should be very sorry to stop him, for no Officer has earned his leave of absence better, but I fear he is somewhat over-sanguine in thinking that the communication he contemplates will set this question at rest; and it is to be regretted that he does not think it necessary for the public service to act on the suggestion conveyed in Mr. AUSTIN's letter, and thus be able to discuss with the Colonial Secretary, myself and others (such as the Members of Legislative Council who represent commercial interests) the problem of of again teaching English in all the Government Schools, and of making the nominal programme four hours a day of English for every boy at the Central School a reality, so that all the pupils in that school should be able to speak English-perfectly or imperfectly-instead of only 60 out of 610.

J. POPE HENNESSY.

11th February, 1878.

* No. of Day Scholars in 1877,

No. of Evening Scholars in 1877,

Total,..

All these learn English; none of thein speak it. The Master, Wong K?p, speaks English fairly.

30 21

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH FEBRUARY, 1878. Inspector of Schools to The Honourable J. Gardiner Austin, C.M.G., Colonial Secretary.

HONGKONG, 12th February, 1878.

　　　　　SIR,-I have the honour to bring to your notice that there is a serious misapprehension abroad as to the working of the Central School.

2. This misapprehension has arisen from a question put to me by His Excellency the Governor, on the 25th ultimo, at the Distribution of the Prizes at the Central School.

3. I was then asked, "How many of the boys now in the school speak English?" I answered, "From fifty to sixty; and that imperfectly."

　　　　　4. His Excellency, in his speech as published in the Government Gazette of the 26th of January, said, "In this English Colony we must not be satisfied with 60 out of 600 being able to speak English in our principal Government School, and that imperfectly.'

5. On the following day, these words appeared in the "Catholic Register," "He" (His Excellency) "remarked on the small proportion, only 50 or 60 out of that number (610), who knew anything of

sh and of their very imperfect knowledge of the language."

6. At an interview to which the Governor invited me in the forenoon of the 9th instant, on reference being again made to the speaking of English in the school, I called His Excellency's special attention to the distinction between speaking a language and learning, that is studying it; as the impression was then gaining upon me that there was a misapprehension on the subject.

　　　　　7. In the afternoon of the same day, on the occasion of the Distribution of Prizes by His Excellency the Governor at St. Joseph's College, Mr. FRANCIS is reported in the "China Mail" of that date to have said, "He was astonished to find at the recent examination of the Central School that only forty or fifty of the Chinese youths receiving instruction there were being taught English, or able to speak the language to any extent. He was under the impression previously that every Chinese boy who went there was taught English, and he was much surprised to find that that was not the case.'

8. In the report of the same proceedings_contained in the "Daily Press" of the 11th instant, Mr. FRANCIS is similarly reported to have said, "I was astonished to find at the recent examination of the Central School only forty or fifty of the boys were able to speak English. I had always been under the impression that the one thing that school existed for was to teach English, that every boy was taught English, and I was very much astonished to find that was not the case.'

9. On the same occasion, His Excellency is reported in the "China Mail" to have stated, "You have heard it said that only about forty or fifty, I think the actual number given to me by Mr. STEWART was fifty or sixty of the Chinese boys being educated in the Central School last year spoke English and that imperfectly."

10. Further on, His Excellency is reported to have said, "It was only this very morning in an interview I had with Mr. STEWART, who is at the head of our Government educational system, I told him, what I was bound to repeat to him, namely, the views of leading merchants, un-official members of my Council, and others in this Colony, which are that they desire the Government Schools in Hongkong to teach more English, and that no boy should, in time to come, leave the Government Schools, without being able to speak English.

　　　　　11. The report of His Excellency's words in the "Daily Press" is in precisely the same terms, and need not therefore be repeated.

　　　　　12. Now I very respectfully beg to point out that in all this there is a fallacy lurking, and I have italicised the words on which I think that fallacy turns.

13. The belief now abroad in the Colony is that no attempt is made at the Central School to teach more than fifty or sixty of the boys English; and that the study of that language is subordinated to the study of Chinese, which both the English and the Chinese masters devote their time and their energies to teach. Indeed, it is difficult to see how people could believe otherwise, considering that Mr. FRANCIS, as appears above, stated at St. Joseph's College on the 9th instant, that he was astonished to find that only forty or fifty of the boys at the Central School were being taught English, and that His Excellency practically endorsed the statement by allowing it to pass unchallenged although touching upon it.

　　　　　14. The simple fact however is quite otherwise. Every boy in the Central School is taught English during four hours every day, a period which I think it impossible to extend with any good result. In addition to this teaching of English, but in subordination to it, the boys are also taught their own language by non-English-speaking masters; for I hold that no boy can master a foreign language without a competent knowledge of his own, unless he resides in the country in which the foreign language is spoken.

　　　　　15. When I said to His Excellency that only 50 or 60 of the boys spoke English, I referred to those who had been some years in the school, and who were about to leave it on obtaining employment. When I used the word "imperfectly," I did so in contradistinction to the facility with which one speaks a foreign language from actual experience in life, as apart from the slow and imperfect speaking of it which one acquires by learning it only from the lips of a master: and I did not for a moment intend to suggest that none of the others knew anything of English.

　　　　　16. In the "China Mail's" account of the proceedings already referred to, His Excellency is reported to have said, "I asked His Lordship when I came in this morning what was the number of Portuguese in the school, and what number left the school, able to speak English. He answered, first, that there

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH FEBRUARY, 1878.

　　cannot be far short of 200 Portuguese trained in the school, and that all these, practically speaking, leave the school able to speak English more or less."

　　　　17. If His Excellency will take the same reply from me now, I can give it, without hesitation or reservation, as regards the boys at the Central School.

　　　　18. That more can be done at the Central School as it is, than is being done, to teach English, I believe to be impossible: that more could be done at the school as I should like to see it, than is done now, it would be impossible to deny: but, to reach that stage, the new school must be built, more accommodation provided, smaller classes formed, a stronger staff of teachers obtained, and a play ground supplied as the most practical of all forms of teaching the boys to speak English.

19. I have repeatedly referred to all these matters in my Annual Reports, but it is now necessary to repeat and emphasize them; and, as much evil must result to the school from the currency given to the impression that is now prevailing, I venture to request that His Excellency will permit the publication of this letter in next Saturday's Gazette, in order that this serious public misapprehension may be authoritatively removed on the earliest possible occasion.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

FREDERICK STEWART,

Inspector of Schools.

The Governor to the Colonial Secretary.

As the Colonial Secretary was with me when I put the questions to Mr. STEWART about the amount of English spoken in the double class-room where there were one hundred and fifty boys being taught by three Chinese teachers, and about the amount of English spoken by the six hundred and ten pupils in the whole school for 1877, I should be glad if he would record his recollection of Mr. STEWART's answer.

Minute by the Colonial Secretary.

J. POPE HENNESSY.

12th February, 1878.

　　　　The information given to Your Excellency by Mr. STEWART conveyed an impression to my mind that only 50 or 60 of the boys knew anything of English. Indeed when these figures were given in Your Excellency's speech I understood Mr. STEWART to say, when turning round to me, that he feared they were in excess.

I must confess that in consequence I left the school with an unfavourable impression as to the extent to which instruction was being given in English, as I hold that political and commercial interests render the study of English of primary importance in all Government schools.

　　　　I quite agree, however, with Mr. STEWART that we should obtain better results with more accommodation, smaller classes and a stronger staff of teachers.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Minute by His Excellency the Governor.

Colonial Secretary.

13th February, 1878.

　　　　Send copies of these Minutes to Mr. STEWART, and say I should be glad if he would prepare an approximate estimate of the total cost of the whole scheme of Government Education, assuming that the Legislative Council will concur with Mr. AUSTIN in thinking that political and commercial interests render the study of English of primary importance in all Government Schools: and that as regards the principal Government School (the Central School) smaller classes be formed, and a stronger staff of teachers be obtained.

As regards providing increased accommodation, I signed warrants last year for over ten thousand dollars for this object, in addition to more than forty thousand spent by my predecessor; and in this year's Estimates, I have taken a further vote on account of the new Central School of $25,000.

No. 32.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

J. POPE HENNESSY.

14th February, 1878.

Applications will be received at this Office for the appointment of Fourth Master at the Central School during the absence on leave of th. Head Master, Mr. STEWART.

Salary $120 per month and an Allowance of $30 per month for House Rent. Applications to be addressed to the Office of the undersigned.

For further particulars, apply to F. STEWART, Esquire, Head Master, Central School.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th February, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH FEBRUARY, 1878.

　　cannot be far short of 200 Portuguese trained in the school, and that all these, practically speaking, leave the school able to speak English more or less."

　　　　17. If His Excellency will take the same reply from me now, I can give it, without hesitation or reservation, as regards the boys at the Central School.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

FREDERICK STEWART,

Inspector of Schools.

The Governor to the Colonial Secretary.

Minute by the Colonial Secretary.

J. POPE HENNESSY.

12th February, 1878.

　　　　I quite agree, however, with Mr. STEWART that we should obtain better results with more accommodation, smaller classes and a stronger staff of teachers.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Minute by His Excellency the Governor.

Colonial Secretary.

13th February, 1878.

No. 32.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

J. POPE HENNESSY.

14th February, 1878.

Applications will be received at this Office for the appointment of Fourth Master at the Central School during the absence on leave of th. Head Master, Mr. STEWART.

Salary $120 per month and an Allowance of $30 per month for House Rent. Applications to be addressed to the Office of the undersigned.

For further particulars, apply to F. STEWART, Esquire, Head Master, Central School.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th February, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

No. 33.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH FEBRUARY, 1878. 55

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Return, received from Mr. JOHN JACK, of the quantity of Spirits distilled at the Hongkong Distillery, is published for general information.

Spirits manufactured during the quarter ending 11th February, 1878,........

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th February, 1878.

Proof Gallons.

..14,520

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

No. 34.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Return of Convictions under the Cargo-boat Ordinance, No. 15 of 1860, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th February, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

Convictions under Ordinance No. 15 of 1860, namely, the Cargo-boat Ordinance, for the Year ending 31st December, 1877.

DATE.

NAMES OF THE PARTIES TO THE SUIT.

OFFENCE.

SENTENCE.

REMARKS.

1877.

April 6 R. at complaint of James H. Grimes, Inspector

of Police, European, Plaintiff,"

May

Chang-a-Kau, Boatman of a Cargo-boat,

Chinese, Defendant.

R. at complaint of William McClellan, Ins-

pector of Junks, European, Plaintiff,

1. Wong-a-Yeung, Owner of Cargo-boat

No. 361,

2. Lo-a-Tai, Boatwoman of Cargo-boat

No. 109,

3. Chau-tin-Hi, Owner of Cargo-boat

Chinese, Defendants.

No. 138,

R. at complaint of William McClellan, Ins-

pector of Junks, European, Plaintiff,

1. Leung-a-Ming, Master of Cargo-boat

No. 160,

2. Ching-Tun-Ip, Master of Cargo-boat

No. 202,

3. Leung-a-Sam, Master of Cargo-boat

Plying an unlicensed Cargo- | Bail forfeited.

boat on the 5th April.

Employing unregistered per- sons on board their Cargo- boats on the 11th May.

Employing unregistered per- sons on board their Cargo- boats on the 10th May.

Defendant was bailed out at the Water Police Station in the sum of $5, and fail- ed to put in an ap- pearance.

First and second De- Fines paid.

fendants fined $5

each, in default 14 days' imprisonment with hard labour.

Third Defendant fined

$10, in default 14 days' imprisonment

with hard labour.

Fined $5 each, in de- Fines paid.

fault 14 days' im-

prisonment with

hard labour.

July

Oct.

No. 299,

Chinese, Defendants.

14 R. at complaint of William McClellan, Ins-

pector of Junks, European, Plaintiff,

Tang-a-Ling, Master of Night Soil Boat

No. 11,

Chinese, Defendant.

R. at complaint of William McClellan, Ins-

pector of Junks, European, Plaintiff,

1. Hu-a-Sing, Owner of Cargo-boat No. 75, 2. Ho-a-Kau, Owner of Cargo-boat No. 96, 3. Leung-Hoi-Wan, Owner of Cargo-boat

No. 305,

4. Leung-Kau-Yau, Owner of Cargo-boat

No. 111,

5. Leung-a-Kau, Owner of Cargo-boat

No. 372,

Chinese, Defendants.

Carrying cargo in his boat without a Licence on the 14th July.

Fined $2, in default 7 Fine paid.

days' imprisonment.

Making alterations in their Cautioned & discharged.

Cargo-boats on or about

the 27th September.

Harbour Department, Hongkong, 14th February, 1878.

H. G. THOMSETT, R.N., Harbour Master, &c.

No. 35.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH FEBRUARY, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following List of Masters and Mates who have passed their Examinations before the Board of Examiners provided by Ordinance No. 17 of 1860, during the year ending 31st December, 1877, is published for general information.

By Command,

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th February, 1878.

List of Masters and Mates who have passed their Examinations, during the Year ending 31st December, 1877.

DATE.

No. of CERTIFICATE.

1877.

NAMES.

RANKS.

January 3

588

589

Arthur Hamilton Dundas Beaver,.. James Thomas Thomson,

February 6

590

Charles James Holland,

591

Martin Luther Bevis,

592

Johann Christian Jepsen,

March

593

594

April

595

596

597

Robert John McConnell,

May

598

Gustaf Leonard Oberg,

599

Hans Emanuel Taubert,

600

Edward Le Mesurier Robinson,

Arthur Jackson,

George William Frederick Browne,

John Clark Main,............

Charles Henry Lancaster,

Master. First Mate.

Master.

Do.

First Mate.

Do.

Do. Master.

First Mate. Master.

Do.

First Mate.

June

601

John Handy Wade,

602

Henry Hugh Lightwood,.

July

603

John William Lowson,

604

Philip James Hawken,

August 30

605

Felice Carozzi,

Sept. 11

606

Richard McCartney Passmore,

Master.

First Mate.

Do.

Second Mate.

Dec.

607

Whiteman Freeman,

608

John Roberts Tiddy,

First Mate.

Do.

H. G. THOMSETT, R.N.,

Harbour Department, Hongkong, 14th February, 1878.

No. 36.

Harbour Master, &c.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation. in Hongkong, during the Month ending 31st January, 1878, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th February, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

BANKS.

AVERAGE AMOUNT.

SPECIE IN RESERVE.

Oriental Bank Corporation,

292,431

200,000

Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,.

528,452

200,000

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,

686,121

300,000

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,

1,631,959

600,000

TOTAL,...

3,138,963

1,300,000

No. 25.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 15TH FEBRUARY, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.?

They are also earnestly requested to adopt all precautions agains too lavish a use of water obtained from the mains and to prohibit their servants from drawing water from that source for the irrigation of gardens.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th February, 1878.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

J..GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

Unclaimed Correspondence, 15th February, 1878.

Letters. Papers.

Adwands & Co. 5 Asplans, E. H. 1

Letters. Papers.

Blight, John J. 1

Doherty, J.

Evans, C. H. Evans, E.

Lets. Pprs.

1 bk. Holler, Frederice 1 Harris, Capt. 2

Moreland, L. Mann, Henry

Rosenthal, P.

111

McEnary, J. I

Storror, Dr.

Buchanan, G.

Burnell, K A. 1

Imbert, B. Ing Gung

Mirza, A. M. S. 1 regd.

Shuraffally, T. 6

Mills, Chas. F. 2

Fadden, Thos. 1

Solomon, J. A. 1

Barnby, Alfred 1

Fisher, Joseph 1

Mansau, Thos. 1

Thomas, F. F. 1 Tong Hing Tonnochy, M. S. 1 Tirofille, Monsr, 1 Tucker, B. W. 1

Barnes & Co., 1

Boon, Mrs. W. J. 1

Johnston, Fred. 1

Stucbuck, J.

Fox, Mrs.

McCunn, Wm. 2

Smith, Geo.

Bun Hang Hau 1 regd.

Jessop, H. R. H. 3

McCunn, Thos. 2

Scott, Mrs. E. 1

Ughes, G.

Gillis, Jas. A.

Kerr, Thomas 1

Silva, A. B.

Brown, Capt. 1

Nicholls, J. T. B.

Gibson, Edward 1

Slater, A. T.

Kong-ung War 1 regd.

Vidal, A.

Gardner, C. J. 1

Spence, A. S.

Campbell, W. 4

Geldart, Rev. E. 1

　　　　　Crovat, P. L. Caven, George 1 bk.regd.

Luna, Miss

Gilkison, W. P. 1

Lannigar, J.

Pelago, Jos? 1 Paulsen, H. Price, Mrs. S. 1

Stronach, W. S. 1

Sasso, Luigi

Wing Seng

1 regd.

Loder, A. B.

Seymour, Esq. 1

Williams, T.

Hutchinson

Donohne, Hugh 1

3 Lin, Mandarin 1 regd.

Sarda, Monsr.

Rayment, E. W. 11

Hernand, A. D. 1

De Souza

Deverill, John 1

Duchesne, M.

Dantra, K. R. 1

Harriman, HI.

Merali, Albert

Hartye, W.

Moore, Miss

Robertson, R.

1 parcel Rutgers, P. A. 1 Rosabl, J. E.

Tayt, C.

Hampton, Wm. 1 Holam, E.

Tooth, R.

Mahd., Meedye 1 regd.

MacDonald, J. E.1

Ryan, John Rollan, Monsr. 1

Thede, Heinrich 1 Tocque, P.

1 1

Tucker, Robt. E. 1

Williams, John 1 Walker, Joseph 1 Wah Tan

Wingfild, A.

Yung Tung Hoi 1

1 regd.

I regd.

Young Lung

For H. M. Ships.

Audacious,.........4 Letters.

Lapwing,

..1 Letter.

Victor Emanuel,......4 Letters.

Vigilant,

.........1 Letter. 1 Paper.

For Merchant Ships.

Letters. Papers.

Lets Pprs.

　　　　　　Adonis Anazi

Edward Albroth

H. Armitage

1 regd.

E. Dougall

Hosea, s.s.

Maggie Douglas 1 Messenger

Riga, s.s.

River Lagan 26

Tail Long Tai Watts

Elgin

Harbinger

Merse

1 regd. 2

Benefactor

Emily Chaplin 2

Humboldt

Roderick Hay 1

Thales, s.s.

M. of Argyle

1 regd,

Rhuddland

Beemah

E. M. Young

Hawkesbury

Mars

Castle

Benarty, s.s.

Elizabeth Ostel 2

Martha Jackson 1

Ulloch Undaunted

Batavia

1 regd.

Empreza

Imbros, s.s.

Sarah Nicholson 1

Explorador 1

Northampton 13

Carrizal

Sapphire

Emma Florence 1

Jubilee

Star of the North 1

C. W. Cochrane 3

Eastern Isles, s.s. 1

James Shepherd 2

Patria

St. Elino

Victoria Victory

Commissary

P. J. Carleton 1

Sophia

Chili

Cashmere

Firth of Tay

Kaisow

Palestine

Sophie

Presto

City of Aberdeen

Staghound

Lass of Gawler 1

Peruvian

S. R. Mead

Wm. Turner Winlow

Wildwood

Calabar, s.s.

G. Caulfield

Loweswater

Strathmore

W. Pendleton

2511

Chandos

Gunga, s.s.

Leon Crespo

Roving Sailor

Store Dealer

Carnatic

George Crashaw 5

Largs

Rhoda

Sir Harry Parkes 2

Corona

Globe

Ladoren

2 1 regd.

Redive

Yentai, s.s.

Cilurnum

Garmouth

Lombardian

Ritt

Thomas Bell

Golden Russett 1

Rosina

Daphine

Genevieve

Madra

Renton

The Murray Twilight

Zamora Ziba

Age.

Astenbladet.

Ardrossan & Saltcoats

Herald.

Art of Building.

　　　　　　　Bremer Handelsblatt. Belgravia.

Court Journal.

Dunfermline Saturday

Press. Daily Recorder. Daily Telegraph.

Der Landbote.

Der Weinlander.

Die Modenwelt.

Die Gartenlaube.

Dorf Chronik.

Catalogue of Steam En- El Imparcial.

gines.

Dagbladet.

Fuchs and Kunad, p.c. Fanfulla.

Japan Herald Mail Sum..

mary. Journal Amusant.

Books, &c., without Covers. Glasgow Weekly Herald. Germania Lebens Bersi- cherungs Artien Gesel- lschaft. Genoeskundige Courant. Geo. Curling, p.c. Grammatica Italiana. Gazzetta de Venezia.

Iron Trade Circular. Illustrirte Zeitschrift, &c.

J. Monton en Zonen, p.c. Jahreshbericht.

Journal de D?bats.

Lloyds Weekly. Le Propagateur.

London Iron Trade Ex-

change.

Le Nord.

Mail.

Mitchell's Maritime Re-

gister. Moller & Co., Hagen p.c.

Detained for Postage.

Thomaz, Antonio, Rua do Peligro, Callao, (30 cents),..............

General Post Office, Hongkong, 15th February, 1878.

Niederl?ndische Handels,

&c. Norddeutsche Allgemeine

Zeitung.

New Zealand Advertiser. Nature, &c.

Public Ledger.

Punch.

Ragione.

Revue des Deux Mondes. Rotterdamsche Courant.

Standard.

Sample of Cotton.

Statuten der Lebens und

Pensions Bersechc-

rungs.

Stieler's Schul Atlas. South Pacific Times. Sample of Ribbons.

Teviotdale Record. The Times, Weekly Edi-

tion

Zoebeli & Co., p.c.

...1 Letter.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

CAPE D'?GUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

VICTORIA PEAK. IIEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

THE

HONGKONG GOVERNMENT

1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

WINDS

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

DAY AND

BARO-

0 TO 12.

HOUR.1

DATE.

METER

WEA-

THER.

BARO-

Ο TO 12.

METER!

WEA-

THER.

Saturday, 9

9th

February.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force. 58.0 52.0

30.31 58.0 Noon 30.27 60.0 60.5; 55.0 60.0 58.0 30.17 61.0

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previousji 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max, Min. Dry, Wet. Direct.

Force.

In inches

during previous

24 hours.

c.m.

b.c.m.

61.0 59.0

b.c.

59.0 58.0, ESE

30.15 60.0 30.15 | 62.0 60.0 53,0 60.5 59.0 ESE 30.09 62.0

g.m.

30.1358.0

g.m.

0.00

61.0 61.0 E

g.m.

30.09 58.0

55.0 55.0 NNE

28.40 51.0;

52.0 52.0 E

o.f.

30.10 58.0 58.5 52.0 55.0 55.0 NE

o.h.

0.00

28.38 53.0 56.0 49.0 53.5 58. E

o.f.

0.00

55.0 55.0 NE

o.h.

28.31 55.0;

56.0 56.0 ESE

o.f.

Sunday,

10th

February. 3

30.25 62.0

62.0, 61.0

c.f.

30.09 63.0

Noon 30.23 64.0 65.0 56.0 64.0 63.0

b.c.

63.0, 62.0 SE 30.0964.0 68,0 56.0 68.0, 66.0 ESE

g.m.

30.10 59.5

59.0 59.0 N

b.c.

0.10

30.09 | 61.0 63.0 60.0 60.0 60.0' NE

30.14 64.0

64.0 63.0

b.c.

30.06 65.0

72.0; 69.0 E

b.c.

30.05 | 62.0!

61.0 61.0 N

0.20

:??

28.37 80.0j

28.37 64.0 64.0 52.0) 64.0 64.0 SE

28.30 05.0

60.0 60.0 SE

o.f.

0.07

65.0: 65.0 SE

··

o.p.f.

··

Monday,

11th

February.

Tuesday,

12th

30.32 59.0

Noon 30.3358.5 60.5 57.0 58.0 56.0; 30.30 59.0

30.42 51.0

59.0 58.0

30.15 64.0

62.0 60.0 NW

g.m.

30.20 61.5

58.0 58.0 NNW

C.V.

28.44 59.0

59.059.0 N

o.p.f.

59.0 55.0

51.0 49.5!

Noon 30.42 51.5 54.5 50.5 51.0 50.0

February.

3 30.37 51.5

51.0 50.0

Wednesday,

13th

February.

Noon

30.44 53.0

53.0 50.0

30.41 57.0 58.0 50.0 57.0 53.0

True wind cannot be registered.

30.16 63.0 73.0 55.0 61.0 59.0 NNW

g.m.

0.00

30.19 61.5, 64.0 54.0 58.0 58.9 Calm

c.v.

0.10

28.40 55.0 55.0 52.0 50.0 55.0 N

o.f.

0.00

30.16 62.0

59.0 58.0 NNW

o.d.

30.16 62.0

55.0 55.0 N

c.m.

28.27 51.0.

51.051.0, NW

o.f.

30.23 58.0

Do.

52.0 31.0 N

o.r.

30.25 56.5

50.0 48.0; N

0.0.

28.46 45.0

46.0 46.0 NNE

30.24 56.0 61.0 48.0 53.0 51.0 N

30.22 57.0

30.25 57.0

o.p.

0.00

30.24 57.5 60.0 57.0 51.0 49.0 N

0.0.

0.00

28.14 44.0 45.0, 44.0 45.0 45,0, NNW

53.0 52.0 N

o.m.

30.24 57.0

50.0, 48.0 N

0.V.

28.40 45.0

45.0 45.0 N

Z? z l

o.f.

0.00

o.f.

54.0 52.0 N

b.c.

30.29 56.0

51.0 50.0 NNW

C.V.

28.49 45.0

46.0 45.0 ENE

C.V.

30.25 58.0 58.0 48.0 58.5 56.0 N

b.c.

0.00

30.28 56.5 57.0 48.5 51.5, 50.0 NNE

C.V.

0.00

30.35 57.0|

57.0 53.0

30.2159.0

58.0 55.0 N

b.c.

30.21 56.0

52.0 48.0 NNE

C.V.

28.47 48.0 49.0 43.0 48.5 47.0 E

28.40 46.0;

c in.

0.00

47.0 46.0 E

om.

Thursday, 30.39 | 53.0 53.0 1.0

9 14th Noon 30.38 54.0 57.0 52.0 54.0 52.0 3 30.31 56.0 56.0' 52.0

February.

o.c.d.

30.21 56.0

53.0 52.0 SW

o.r.

30.25 56.0

53.5 52.0 N

C.V.

28.46 45.0

30.21 58.0 59.0 49.0 55.0 54.0 NE

g.m.

0.10

30.26 56.0 57.0 54.5 55.0: 53.0 N

C.V.

0.18

30.18 58.0

57.0 55.0 NE

g、

30.18 56.0

56.0 54.0 N

C.V.

28.38 46.0

46.0 46.0 N

c.r.

28.43 45.0 47.0 44.0 46.0 46.0 N

o.f.

:???

0.00

47.0 47.0 N

o.p.f.

Friday,

15th

February.

30.4251.0

51.0 49.0

30.25 58.0

Noon

30.42 52.5 56.0 49.5 52.0 49.0

30.37 54.0

54.0 51.0

30.20 56.01

51.5 50.0 N 30.25 56.0 57.0, 46.0 54.5 52.0 N 54.5 52.5 N

30.26 56.0

50.0 48.0 N

3 c.m.

28.47 43.0

g.m.

0.00

30.26 56.5 57.5 46.0 54.0 43.0 N 30.24 57.0

C.V.

0.00

52.0.43.0 N

5 C.V.

: 3

44.0 44.0 ENE

o.f.

28.46 44.0 45.5 43.0 45.0 45.0 NE 23.42 45.0 46.0 45.0 ENE

o.f.

0.15

2 0.c.m.

GAZETTE,

16TH FEBRUARY,

1878.

STATE OF WEATHER:--b. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; foggy; g. gloomy; h. hail; 7. lightning; m. misty (hazy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; q. squally; 2. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility. Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). NOTE:—A bar (→) under any letter augments its signification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and continuing rain, &c., &c.

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

Description of Wind.

Illustrations of the pow of the Wind as regards a well-conditioned Man-of-War or First-class Clipper Ship.

Kate of the Wind

Figures

to denote

the Force

per Hour in Miles.

of the

Wind.

Calm

Light Air

Just sufficient to give steerage way.

Light Breeze

Gentle Breeze

Moderate Breeze.

With which the above Ship with all sail ( 1 to 2 knots set and clean full would go in smooth water...

3 to 4

Fresh Breeze

5 to 6

Royals,

&c.

Strong Breeze

Moderate Gale.

Fresh Gale

Strong Gale

Whole Gale..

Storm..

In which she could just carry in chase, Double Recfs and Jib, &c. full and by

In which she could just bear close-reefed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail

Under Storm Staysail ...

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails. Triple Reefs, &c.. Close Reefs and Courses

ESPRAY NEED

26 30

45 52

70 80

above 80

2888***INDON

Hurricane.

Bare Poles...

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH FEBRUARY, 1878.

NOTICE.

　　THE Coext will be held on Monday, the Eighteenth day of February, A.D. 1878, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.

HE next Criminal Sessions of the Supreme

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in its Summary Jurisdiction, on every Tues- day, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.

UNI

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in its Original Jurisdiction on Mondays and Thursdays.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

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SUMMARY JURISDICTION.

Suit No. 168.

Suit No. 173.

Plaintiff,-LEONG A Soo. Defendant,-NG Kew.

{Plaintiff -VIP TAI NGAN.

Defendant,-NG Kew.

ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.

Suit No. 5.

Plaintiff,-Ho A Tow, Defendant,-NG KEW.

[OTICE is hereby given that Writs of For-

day of February instant, against all the Property moveable or immoveable of the above named De- fendant within the Colony, has been issued in each of the above Suits pursuant to the Provisions of Section LXXXII of "The Hongkong Code of Civil Procedure."

Dated the 14th day of February, A.D. 1878.

SHARP, TOLLER & JOHNSON, Solicitors

for the several Plaintiffs, Supreme Court House, Hongkong.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF

HONGKONG.

Foreign Attachments.

ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.

Suit No. 7. {Plaintiff,-Lo A NGAN.

Defendant,-NG A KEW.

Suit No. 8.

{ Plaintiff,-LEUNG A WOON. \ Defendant,-NG A KEW.

OTICE is hereby given that Writs of For- eign Attachments returnable on the 1st day of March, 1878, against all the Property moveable or immoveable of the above named De- fendant within the Colony, has been issued in each of the above Suits pursuant to the Provisions of Section LXXXII of "The Hongkong Code of Civil Procedure."

Dated the 15th day of February, A.D. 1878. SHARP, TOLLER & JOHNSON, Solicitors for the Plaintiffs, Supreme Court House, Hongkong.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.

Foreign Attachment.

Suit No. 6.

　　　　Plaintiff,-KwOK ACHIU. Defendant,-NG KEw.

OTICE is hereby given that a Writ of Foreign Attachment returnable on the 1st day of March, 1878, against all the Property

　　　　　　　　moveable or immoveable of the above named De- fendant within the Colony, has been issued in this Suit pursuant to the Provisions of Section LXXXII of "The Hongkong Code of Civil Procedure.”

Dated this 15th day of February, 1878.

W. H. BRERETON, Solicitor for the Plaintiff,

29, Queen's Road,

Hongkong.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

SUMMARY JURISDICTION.

Foreign Attachment.

Suit No. 176. Plaintiff,-YIP LAI KUM. Defendant,-No Kew. OTICE is hereby given that a Writ of Foreign Attachment returnable on the 27th day of February, 1878, against all the Property moveable or immoveable of the above named De- fendant within the Colony, has been issued in this Suit pursuant to the Provisions of Section LXXXII of "The Hongkong Code of Civil Procedure.”

Dated this 15th day of February, 1878.

W. H. BRERETON, Solicitor for the Plaintiff, 29, Queen's Road, Hongkong.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

SUMMARY JURISDICTION.

Foreign Attachment.

Suit No. 177.

Plaintiff,-LEONG A SUEY, Defendant,-NG KEW.

OTICE is hereby given that a Writ of

A on

day of March, 1878, against all the Property moveable or immoveable of the above named De- fendant within the Colony, has been issued in this Suit pursuant to the Provisions of Section LXXXII of "The Hongkong Code of Civil Procedure.”

Dated this 15th day of February, 1878.

W. H. BRERETON, Solicitor for the Plaintiff, 29, Queen's Road,

Hongkong.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

Foreign Attachment.

Suit No. 2.

Plaintiff.-CHUN-A-YAU, Defendant.-NG KEW.

OTICE is hereby given that a Writ of Foreign Attachment returnable on the 20th day of February, instant, against all the Property moveable or immoveable of the above named De- fendant within the Colony, has been issued in this Suit pursuant to the Provisions of Section LXXXII of "The Hongkong Code of Civil Pro- cedure."

Dated the 5th day of February, A.D. 1878.

WILLIAM H. BRERETON, Solicitor for the Plaintiff, 29, Queen's Road, Hongkong.

NOTICE.

HEREAS pursuant to the Provisions of

Ordinance No. 14 of 1862, the following Petition to His Excellency the Governor in Council for Letters Patent for the Exclusive Right to use within this Colony and its Depend- encies, the Invention hereinafter mentioned, has, together with the Specifications and Declarations required by the said Ordinance, been filed in the Office of the Colonial Secretary, that is to say :— 66 The Petition of the Honourable WILLIAM KESWICK as Assignee of ABRAM LYLE for improved apparatus or machinery for shaping Lump Sugar in a simple, rapid and economical manner."

Notice is hereby given, that His Excellency the Governor has appointed MONDAY, the 18th day of February, 1878, at noon, for a Sitting of Government, for the purpose of entertaining the the Executive Council at the Offices of the said Petition, and that at such Sitting of the Council, Application will be made for such Letters Patent as aforesaid.

Dated at Victoria, Hongkong, this 9th day of Feb: aary, 1878.

WM. H. BRERETON, Solicitor for the Petitioner, 29, Queen's Road, Hongkong.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

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OTI?E.—TONG-YUT of No. 83, Queen's Froad Central, Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, Trader in European goods, carrying on business there in copartnership with TONG-HIP- Wo, now assent from the Colony under the style or firm name of "KOONG-CHEONG," having been adjudged Bankrupt under a Petition for adju- dication of Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong, in Bankruptcy, on the 21st said Bankrupt to pass his last examination, and day of January, 1878, a public sitting for the to make application for his order of discharge, will be held before the Honourable Sir JOHN SMALE, Knight, Chief Justice of the said Court, at the Supreme Court House, Victoria, aforesaid, on Friday, the 1st day of Murch, 1878, at Eleven of the clock in the forenoon of that day precisely.

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VOL. XXIV.

VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF HONGKONG.

No. 9 OF 1877.

MONDAY, 19TH NOVEMBER, 1877.

PRESENT:

His Excellency Governor POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G.

The Honourable the Chief Justice (Sir JOHN Smale).

The Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary (CECIL CLEMENTI SMITH).

The Honourable the Attorney General (GEORGE PHILLIPPO).

The Honourable the Acting Colonial Treasurer, (CHArles May).

The Honourable HENRY Lowcock.

The Honourable WILLIAM KESWICK.

The Honourable JOHN MACNEILE PRICE.

ABSENT:

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary (JOHN GARDINER AUSTIN, C.M.G.), absent on vacation leave. The Honourable PHINEAS RYRIE, on leave of absence.

The Council meets this day at 2.30 P.M., pursuant to adjournment.

The Minutes of the Council held on the 12th November are read and confirmed.

　　　　　HIS EXCELLENCY moves the second reading of the Ordinance appropriating a sum of $783,000 for the public service for 1878.

THE GAOL.

The Honourable W. KESWICK:-Before proceeding into committee with the estimates, I think, as a matter of principle, it would be well that when we are dealing with public works, works that are likely to cost a very large sum of money, and where the amounts in the estimates to be expended do not indicate precisely the total estimated cost of these works, we should have before us, and stated in the estimates, the estimated amount required to complete what is undertaken, and that the sums in the year's estimate should be stated as simply on account, and the sums in future estimates, sums on further account. The statement which Your Excellency made at the last meeting of the Council was one of the most satisfactory character. The revenue, I think, is calculated to meet the expectations which have been formed of it; but when we come to large expenditure it behoves us to be most careful that we do not initiate public buildings and spend money without considering whether in future it will be It as prosperous as it at present looks. At any rate, we should keep well within our resources. would be very well for the well-being of the Colony that there should be some reduction of taxation. I do not say it is incumbent, but it would be desirable. Some of the public works are desirable, but not urgently so. It is a grand programme, which if completed within the next five or ten years would be a credit to the Colony, but I don't know that there is any urgent need for some of its items. The separate system in the Gaol would no doubt have a deterrent effect, but it raises the question whether it is the duty of Hongkong to become the prison-house of China, whether some policy should not be pursued which would keep crime from our borders. It does not originate with us; it comes to us,

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD FEBRUARY, 1878.

and we should not be burdened with more than we can help. Crime committed by people who come here for a few hours, a few days, or a few weeks, should not be settled on the Colony. The system of separate imprisonment would prove very salutary. It is likely to affect the Chinese, perhaps, more than most people; but we must consider the cost. The cost I consider very great. It is estimated at $95,000, and I presume it would be a hundred thousand dollars. That further entails other expenditure, and it is a serious matter when we look at this vast programme of expenditure, and I think it is desirable that it should be extended over a long period. In all accounts where sums on account only are taken it should also be clearly stated what the full amount is likely to be.

The GOVERNOR: Perhaps I may venture to ask the Surveyor General to explain to the Council our plans and estimates for providing the separate system in the Gaol.

The SURVEYOR-GENERAL:-Without entering into the question of ways and means, I would desire in continuation of the remarks which have fallen from the honourable member on my left (Mr. KESWICK), to express a word of explanation of my own on a most important subject which should not be lost sight of in dealing with this matter. I refer to the possibility of reducing the cost of this scheme proportionately with the diminished number of prisoners which we may possibly have to deal with in the event of Your Excellency's succeeding in carrying out a project of trans- portation, which, I hope, I am not indiscreet in mentioning at this Council. The Superintendent of Victoria Gaol informs us that the average number of long-sentenced prisoners is about one hundred. If these men come under Your Excellency's admirable scheme of transportation, it will be possible to reduce by one hundred the number of solitary cells we are called upon now to provide, and this would of course reduce the estimate. I hold in my hand a detailed estimate of the cost, and I see that doing with one hundred solitary cells in the new Gaol would effect a saving of no less than $24,000 (I I shall deal, for convenience sake, with round numbers), and that would bring the original estimate down to $75,000. We have all read in Blue Books and in the published literature on the subject of prison discipline how the separate system strikes at the root of crime; how prisons conducted on this principle are shown by statistics seldom again to receive into their living graves (as one may almost call the solitary cells) those who have been fortunate enough to once emerge from them. Hongkong would not form a solitary exception to a rule almost universal, and I am sanguine we may look forward with confidence to a reduction in the number of our habitual criminals by the institution of the separate system. I think, therefore, one or more of the present wings of the Gaol might at once be adapted to the separate system, and set aside for habitual criminals and the effect observed. I attach great importance to this, because if the result were so far favourable by the diminution of crime as to render it possible make another reduction of say 30 cells in addition to the 100 just-mentioned, it would render feasible the doing away entirely with what is shown in the plans as the proposed new North Block, a huge structure involving no less an outlay than $34,000, and one which, if we can do without, will reduce our original estimate of $95,000 to $60,000. On this point to render the matter intelligible to the Council, I should explain that the necessity of making room for the proposed new North Wing, makes it necessary to remove the Superintendent's Residence, the Turnkeys' Barracks, the Gaol out- offices, the Police Courts, the offices of my honourable friend opposite (Mr. MAY) and his brother Magistrate, and the Police Cells, but all these buildings may remain undisturbed, and an additional $13,000 saved, if we can make shift without the 130 cells represented by the new North Block. This last deduction finally reduces the original estimate to $48,000, or one half its original dimensions, and this is the sum of the reductions I am able to suggest in respect of the Gaol Establishment proper. But this is not all. There is another extensive undertaking which, although not connected with the Gaol, forms a part of it as it were, and must be carried out with it hand-in-hand. I refer to the long contem- plated project of the Central Police Buildings extensions. On this subject, full details are given in the report I have recently had the honour of addressing to Your Excellency, and which will in due time perhaps be published, but I may mention, while on the subject, that the scheme for extending the Central Police Buildings was contemplated as far back as 1872 by one of Your Excellency's predecessors, Sir RICHARD MACDONNELL, upon the advice of the Royal Commission that sat that year to enquire into Police matters. If now the extension of Victoria Gaol renders necessary the demolition of the present Police Courts, it naturally follows that we shall have to seek a place for them elsewhere, and the best site will be unquestionably that on Arbuthnot Road, opposite the present temporary Hospital; it was bought in 1872, and is still the property of the Government. If these new Police Courts are erected on this site, it will be a matter of true economy to carry out at the same time the original scheme of new Police Officers' quarters, since both will be under one and the same roof, that is to say, there is room for both under the same roof and on the same site. I will not however occupy the time of honourable members by matters of detail---suffice it to say, that such a joint building as the one alluded to will cost about $18,000. But, I repeat, if the avoidance of the new North Block of the Gaol renders unnecessary the removal of the present Magistrates' Courts, there will be no need for any new fabric on Arbuthnot Road, and the $18,000 involved may therefore be thrown in among the other curtailments. Your Excellency will therefore perceive that everything hinges upon the avoidance of the new North Block, and the necessity or otherwise of this block or wing will depend upon the success of Your Excellency's proposals to Her Majesty's Government on the subject of transportation. In the face of the figures before us, we may therefore practically consider the assent of the Secretary of State to those

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23 FEBRUARY, 1878. proposals, to have a hard cash value of $66,000, and under the circumstances, I am sure there will not be a single member of this Council who will not heartily wish success to Your Excellency's appeal on the important subject of transportation, and moreover I am certain that not one of the community, except its criminals in Gaol, but will wish with all earnestness to see it realised.

The GOVERNOR-Gentlemen, I entirely concur with my honourable friend Mr. KESWICK that it is highly desirable, in submitting any scheme of a financial nature to the Council, that the Council should have before it full details as to the ultimate cost of such a scheme. It has been necessary from time to time to take a vote on account, the estimates not being prepared, and the ultimate expense not actually being before the Council. For instance, I notice the fact that a sum was taken last year for the Central School of $30,000 and we spent $52,000, or more nearly $60,000 in buying the site, quite irrespective of the building. There are cases in which it is extremely difficult to arrive at an estimate of what the cost of a project may be. Sir ARTHUR KENNEDY therefore put down $30,000, which he thought might purchase a site, but owing to the increase in the value of land it cost a good deal more, and the plans have not yet been sent home. Similar remarks apply to the important question touched upon by my honourable friend Mr. KESWICK. I think I may read to the Council a passage from a despatch addressed by Lord CARNARVON to me in May last, and which was laid before the Executive Council in August. I was under the impression it had been submitted to the Legislative Council, but I see it has not. "That committee," His Lordship says, referring to the Gaol Committee, "seem to have considered the question of the reconstruction of the Gaol upon the separate system as beyond the scope of their inquiries, though expressing an opinion in favour of the plan. I consider the separate system to be the only true basis of prison discipline, and among Chinese prisoners there are very special reasons for its adoption. It is mentioned in the report that few of the warders know Chinese, and the terrible outbreak in the Singapore prison is a warning of the danger of affording Chinese prisoners an opportunity to combine. I have to request that you will at once call on the Surveyor General to draw out plans for consideration, showing the alterations that would be requisite and the surrounding ground and buildings." Well, that has been done. You have now heard from the Surveyor General that the scheme, if carried out in its entirety, would cost $95,000, but he has pointed out that it is quite possible to reduce that by a considerable sum, about fifty per cent., and that reduction would depend upon a project which he is quite justified in mentioning to the Council, namely, my policy of securing the little Colony of Labuan as a sort of convict settlement for Hongkong. I have been in correspondence with the Governor of Labuan and the Secretary of State on the subject. It unfortunately happens that the Governor took a somewhat different view from mine as to the utility of convict labour in Labuan. He has expressed to me his opinion that convict labour is so detrimental to free labour that he doubts whether it would do the Colony of Labuan any good. However, that depends neither upon his opinion nor upon mine, but on the decision of Her Majesty's Government, and I have every hope that the Secretary of State will be of opinion that convict labour would not be detrimental to free labour, but would, on the contrary, enable that little Colony to develope its coal mines and other resources. As to the advantage to Hongkong there can be no question. I have some little confidence that my views on the subject will be supported, and that the Chief Justice will be enabled, in dealing from time to time with the worst classes of criminals, to use that severe deterrent, transportation. As

As my honourable friend the Surveyor General has pointed out, if the Secretary of State sanctions that plan, no doubt the expense of this project would be reduced fifty per cent. we do not ask the Council now to vote more than $10,000. That sum is in truth all that could be But spent by the Surveyor General's department in one quarter of the year, and we cannot expect to have the plans approved of and returned before the latter quarter of the year. And I think, as the Secretary of State has expressed this wish of having the plans and alterations proposed sent to him, that it would be well so far to comply with the wish of Her Majesty's Government to have $10,000 voted on account, which, if spent, will be spent in converting into separate cells a few of the wings of the present Gaol without really involving any very large expenditure. I apprehend no objection to that. It is clearly desirable to have as many separate cells as we can, and independently of taking the officers' quarters and putting cells there, as far as the vote now goes, it only pledges the Colony to the conversion of part of the present Gaol into separate cells. The $10,000 I think a very safe item for the Council to pass. There is no doubt whatever that the very fact to which Lord CARNARVON refers, the outbreak in the Singapore Gaol, ought to be a warning to us. reports of the Commission and of the Judge who tried the prisoners reached Lord CARNARVON, then When the there came out to the late Governor of Singapore, Sir WILLIAM JERVOIS, a long despatch from Lord CARNARVON, in which his Lordship pointed out that Her Majesty's Government had urged upon the Government of Singapore the absolute necessity of the separate system and said in very distinct language that the outbreak which occurred and its shocking consequences should be laid at the door of those who, not complying with the instructions of Her Majesty's Government, had neglected to carry out the separate system. The Secretary of State wrote to Sir WILLIAM JERVOIS that both Lord KIMBERLEY and himself had pointed out to the Government of Singapore that the separate system was essential and yet it was not carried out. He called upon him to let him have the minutes in reference to the matter, and to let him know how it was the Governor and Council of Singapore had neglected to do that which Her Majesty's Government had so often pressed upon them. In these matters we must of course look to the experience of Her Majesty's Government. And about the

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separate system, as I pointed out the other day, one of my colleagues admitted that he was wrong when, on his arrival in Ceylon, he said he thought the separate system was not necessary; before leaving that Colony he said nothing had been so deterrent to crime as the establishment of the separate system, not only there but in India. There can be no doubt about its efficacy, and on that I am glad to see Mr. KESWICK entertains an opinion as strong as mine, which he fortifies with arguments which no one can deny. Under these circumstances, you are only asked to vote the small sum of $10,000, which we cannot spend until the plans have been approved by the Secretary of State, and so far as it goes it is a perfectly safe expenditure. It will not pledge us to the total expenditure of $95,000, though of course if it should happen that my transportation scheme falls through, that it cannot be carried out, then, of course, we must make up our minds to deal with a Gaol in which we might have five hundred separate cells. Of that there can be no doubt. However, as I said, I entertain some hope that Her Majesty's Government will take the same view that I do of the scheme, and that we shall be able to carry it into effect.

Honourable W. KESWICK:-After the explanation of Your Excellency and the full information you have given, I have nothing to urge further in opposition to our proceeding into Committee.

The Bill is read a second time.

THE VOTES.

The Council goes into Committee, and the different votes are agreed to, with the following alterations only:-

The vote for the Postmaster General's Department is increased by $192, making the whole vote $31,200.

On the vote for the Judicial Establishment, the Governor moves that the sum of $600 for a Clerk to the Crown Solicitor be retained. Agreed to.

　　　On the Gaol Vote, $650 are added to pay for an assistant Caretaker in the Infirmary and for the cost of the dry-earth system.

In the vote for Works and Buildings, a clerical error is corrected.

All the votes having been approved, the Governor moves that the Bill be passed.

　　　Mr. Lowcock calls attention to an article in the "Catholic Register" about Wellington Street, and after some remarks by the Acting Colonial Secretary, the Governor, and the Chief Justice, the matter drops.

　　　The Bill is then passed, bearing the Title of“ An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to apply a sum not exceeding Seven hundred and Eighty-three thousand Dollars to the Public Service of the Year 1878,"--being "No. 3 of

1877."

His Excellency adjourns the Council at 4.45 P.M. sine die.

J. POPE HENNESSY,

Read and confirmed, this 19th day of February, 1878.

H. E. WODEHOUSE,

Clerk of Councils.

Governor.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　The following List of Jurors for the Year commencing on the 1st March, 1878, as revised and amended by the Legislative Council, is published for general information.

By Command,

Council Chamber, Hongkong, 19th February, 1878.

H. E. WODEHOUSE,

Clerk of Councils.

64 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD FEBRUARY, 1878.

Honourable W. KESWICK:-After the explanation of Your Excellency and the full information you have given, I have nothing to urge further in opposition to our proceeding into Committee.

The Bill is read a second time.

THE VOTES.

The Council goes into Committee, and the different votes are agreed to, with the following alterations only:-

The vote for the Postmaster General's Department is increased by $192, making the whole vote $31,200.

On the vote for the Judicial Establishment, the Governor moves that the sum of $600 for a Clerk to the Crown Solicitor be retained. Agreed to.

　　　On the Gaol Vote, $650 are added to pay for an assistant Caretaker in the Infirmary and for the cost of the dry-earth system.

In the vote for Works and Buildings, a clerical error is corrected.

All the votes having been approved, the Governor moves that the Bill be passed.

1877."

His Excellency adjourns the Council at 4.45 P.M. sine die.

J. POPE HENNESSY,

Read and confirmed, this 19th day of February, 1878.

H. E. WODEHOUSE,

Clerk of Councils.

Governor.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　The following List of Jurors for the Year commencing on the 1st March, 1878, as revised and amended by the Legislative Council, is published for general information.

By Command,

Council Chamber, Hongkong, 19th February, 1878.

H. E. WODEHOUSE,

Clerk of Councils.

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JURY LIST FOR 1878.

I. SPECIAL JURORS.

Hongkong to wit.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION AND ADDRESS.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION AND ADDRESS.

Belilios, Emanuel Raphael Beyer, Ludwig Bottomley, Charles David Burnett, George Henry

Costa, Polycarpo Antonio da Coughtrie, James Billington Coxon, Atwell

Crawford, David Robert Fenton

Dalrymple, Henry Liston Davis, James Kennard Dickie, Henry

Du Pouey, Hippolyte Pierre

Emory, George Bache Erdmann, Hermann C?sar

　　　　　Forbes, John Murray, Jr. Forbes, William

Gillies, David

Grobien, Fritz Adolp Friccius G?ltzow, Albert

Harper, Robert Innes

　　　　　　Hassell, John Gordon Talbot Heaton, Alexander McGlashan Hoppius Heinrich

Jackson, Thomas

Kahn, Charles

Katz, Charles

Kerr, Charles Morland Ki?r, Hans

Merchant, Lyndhurst Terrace Merchant, Schellhass & Co. Merchant, Lapraik & Co. Sub-Manager, HK. & Shanghai Bank

Secretary, HK., C. & M. Steam-boat Co. Secretary, Ch. Fire Insurance Co. Broker, Seymour Terrace Storekeeper, Lane Crawford & Co.

Merchant, Birley & Co. Agent, North-China Insur. Co. Manager, China Sugar Refinery Agent, Messageries Maritimes

Agent, Oriental & Occidental Co. Merchant, Carlowitz & Co.

Merchant, Russell & Co.

Landstein, William Rudolph Lind, Adam

Linstead, Theophilus Gee

Manger, Alfred Thomas McEwen, Alexander Palmer

Newton, Alexander Nicaise, Hippolyte Nicholson, William Kerr

Pim, Tobias Pustau, Wilhelm Carl Engelbrecht

von, Senior

Reiners, Wilhelm

Remedios, Jo?o Henrique dos Remedios, Jos? Antonio dos Romano, Agostinho Guilherme Rozario, Marcos Calisto do

Secretary, HK. & Whampoa Dock Co. Ruttonjee, Dhunjeebhoy

Merchant, Sander & Co. Merchant, Siemssen & Co.

Manager, Chartered Bank Merchant, Birley & Co. Broker, Cohen & Heaton Merchant, Siemssen & Co.

Chief Manager, HK. & S'hai Bank

Merchant, Reiss & Co. Merchant, Deetjen & Co. Manager, Oriental Bank Merchant, Club Chambers

Sassoon, Edward Elias Sassoon, Frederick David Scott, James Henry Smith, Edward Carey Smith, Herbert

Thomson, Charles Edward

Vogel, Emile Ernst William

Walker, Robert Williamson, Thomas Gibb Wilson, Wilberforce

Merchant, Landstein & Co. Superintendent, P. & O. S. N. Co. Merchant, Queen's Road

Merchant, Lapraik & Co. Assistant, Holliday Wise & Co.

Manager, Gas Works Merchant, Borneo Company

Acting Manager, Chartered Mer. Bank

Merchant, Olyphant & Co.

Merchant, Pustau & Co.

Merchant, Melchers & Co.

Merchant, J. J. dos Remedios & Co. Merchant, Remedios & Co. Merchant, 16, Gough Street |Merchant, Rozario & C?.

Merchant, Pottinger Street

Merchant, E. D. Sassoon & Co. Merchant, D. Sassoon Sons & Co. Merchant, Butterfield & Swire Merchant, Turner & Co.

Merchant, Jardine Matheson & Co.

Manager, National Bank

Merchant, Vogel Hagedorn & Co.

Merchant, Gough Street Merchant, Adamson Bell & Co. Civil Engineer, Queen's Road

II. COMMON JURORS.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION AND ADDRESS.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION AND ADDRESS.

Abraham, Abraham Eleazer Ahlmann, Jens Anton Aitken, Alexander Geddes Alabor, Johannes

Alford, Edward Fleet

Alford, Robert Gervase

Allan, George

Allison, James

Alon?o, Vicente

Assistant, D. Sassoon Sons & Co. Assistant, P. & O. Co.

Supt. Engineer, HK. & Wh. Dock Co. Merchant, 4, Stanley Street

Assistant, Jardine Matheson & Co. Surveyor, 2, Queen's Road

Assistant, Hongkong Ice Co. Engineer, West Poin

Assistant

B (Continued.)

Bleecker, Alexander Blogg, John Amos

Assistant, Sailors' Home Assistant, Butterfied

Bobers, Wilhelm Emil Wolfgang von Assistant Boffey, William

Bohlschau, Paul La

Anthony, Thomas Thornton

Anton, James Ross

Anton, Peter Will

Arjance, Framjee

Arnhold, Philipp

Arnold, Thomas

Azevedo, Fulgencio Hilar

Bailie, Henry Clery

Bain, William Neish

Baird, John Vincent

Bamsey, William Sydney Baptista, Louren?o Manuel Barretto, Jo?o Antonio, Jr. Barretto, Jos? Antonio

Barretto, Leopoldo Francisco Barros, Francisco Jorge Barrow, Edmund Thomas Bastos, Hermenegildo Maria Battles, William Ward Beart, Edward

Beaton, James

Beaton, Kenneth

Bentivigni, Clemens Adolph von Bernhard, Robert

Beurmann, Carl

Bevis, Herbert Mar rice

Bieber, Theodor

Blackweli, Richard

Blanchard, Henry Martin

Beery Path

Co.

Cssistant, Jardine Matheson & Co.

Manager, Novelty Iron Works Proprietor, Ice Co.

Assistant, Falconer & Co. Assistant, Gas Co.

Assistant, Russell & Co.

Assistant, Jardine Matheson & Co.

Assistant, Chartered Bank Assistant, Oriental Bank Assistant, Oriental Bank

Assistant, Sayle & Co.

Assistant, Siemssen & Co.

Merchant, Queen's Road Secretary, Hongkong Club Assistant, China Sugar Refinery Assistant, China Sugar Refinery Assistant, Vogel & Co.

Ship Broker, Heinemann & Co. Assistant, Arnhold Karberg & Co. Assistant, Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Assistant, Lembke & Co. Assistant, Russell & Co.

Assistant, O. & O. Steamship Co.

Torne

Braddon, Hauzy Edward Brand?o, Adelino Januario Britto, Alexandre de Brizzle, Donald Br?ckelmann, Julius Richard Bush, Frederic Deblois Bush, Lafayette Langsdale

Caldwell, Charles Francis Campos, Eduardo Pereira de Carvalho, Marcos Antonio de Chang Shun Yee

| Chart, Arthur

Chastel, Edward Charles Chater, Catchick Paul Chater, Joseph Theophilus Cheyne, Arthur

Clipperton, Henry James Cohen, Charles Coleman Cohen, Henry

Colla?o, Leonardo Francisco

Augusto Cook, Jesse Cooke, Robert

Cooper, Hormusjee Nusserwanjee Cope, Augustus Edward

Olyphant & Co. Broker, Bank Buildings Assistant, National Bank

Broker, Hongkong Hotel

Assistant, D. Sassoon Sons & Co.

Assistant, Jardine Matheson & Co.

Assistant, China Sugar Refinery

Assistant, Deetjen & Co.

Assistant, Russell & Co.

Assistant, C. P. Chater, Bank Buildings Assistant, P. & O. Co.

Assistant, Turner & Co.

General Merchant, Yee Tuk Hong,

Praya West

Manager, Victoria Foundry Merchant, Bank Buildings |Broker, 17, Caine Road Broker, 17, Caine Road

Assistant, Jardine Matheson & Co. Assistant, Eastern Extension Tel. Co.

|Broker, Cohen & Heaton

Broker, Cohen & Heaton

Assistant, Messageries Maritimes Assistant, Sayle & Co.

Shipwright, Patent Slip and Dock Co. Merchant, Pottinger Street

Assistant, Hongkong & Shanghai Bank

.66

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD FEBRUARY, 1878.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION AND ADDRESS.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION AND ADDRESS.

C (Continued.)

Cordeiro, Albano Antonio Costa, Jos? Phillippe da Costa, Luiz da

Cotewall, Hormusjee Rustomjee Cox, James Henry Cox, John Samuel

Crawford, Henry Croker, John William Crutch, Sydney John Cruz, Evaristo da

D'Almeida, Isidoro Antonio Danenberg, Carlos

　　Darby, William Homfray Fuller Deacon, Richard

Deneke, Carl Theodor Detmers, Willelm

Dittmer, Friedrich Christian Dolan, William

Doral, Phillip Robert Dorrinck, Johannes Julius Dougal, Williama

Driscoll, Thomas Nathaniel Dunman, William

Dunn, William Edward Henry

Edgar, John

Edger, Joseph Stirling Edwards, William Cochran Emanuel, Joseph Moses Eth?, Carl August Bernhard

Fairbairn, John

Falconer, Matthew Farrell, Edwin

Favacho, Vicente Andr?

Favre, Virgil

Ferr?s, Joaquim Antonio Ferreira, Casimiro Jos? Fonseca, Etelvino Fortunato

Foster, Frederick Thomas Pearce

Franco, Filomen, Junr. Franco, Filomero Maria Fraser-Smith, hobert Freire, Francisc

Tang

Assistant, Russell & Co. Assistant, Jardine Matheson & Co. Assistant, China Sugar Refinery Assistant, Tata & Co. Assistant, Turner & Co. Storekeeper, Lane Crawford & Co. Assistant, Lane Crawford & Co, Assistant, Patent Slip & Dock Co. Assistant, Reiss & Co.

Assistant, Arnhold Karberg & Co.

Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Assistant, Reiss & Co. Assistant, Gibb Livingston & Co. Broker, College Gardens Assistant, Pustau & Co. Assistant, R?decker & Co. Assistant, Sander & Co.

Storekeeper, McEwen Frickel & Co. Assistant, Hughes & Legge Assistant, Schellhass & Co. Assistant, Chartered Bank

Clothier, 47, Queen's Road

Assistant, Holliday Wise & Co. Assistant, H. Ki?r & Co.

Assistant, Sayle & Co.

Assistant, Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Undertaker, Queen's Road, East Shipwright, Spratt & Co.

Assistant, Pustau & Co.

Storekeeper, Lane Crawford & Co. Assistant, G. Falconer & Co. Assist., Lammert Atkinson & Co. Assistant, T. G. Linstead Proprietor, H?tel de L'Univers Assistant, Oriental Bank

Assistant, O. & O. S. S. Co.

Assistant, Lammert Atkinson & Co. Assistant, Birley & Co.

Assistant, Great Northern Tel. Co. Assistant, Olyphant & Co.

Assistant, HK. & Whampoa Dock Co. Assistant, T. G. Linstead

Secretary, Chinese Insurance Co.

Assistant, Siemssen & Co.

Secretary, HK. Chamber of Commerce

Assistant, China Sugar Refinery

Ass

tant, Sayle & Co.

Jardine Matheson & Co.

nd?o & Co.

T?o & Co

d?o & Co.

Palilios

& Shanghai Bank Lozario & Co.

Assistant Melchers & Co.

H (Continued.)

Hartmann, Julius Harton, Charles Frederick Hauschild, Louis Heermann, Carl

Hennequin, Luigi Roberto Hennings, John Herbert, Harry Herbst, Edward

Heuermann, Friederich Wilhelm Hind, John

Hintzman, Wilhelm Hirst, Charles Ho A-mei Holmes, George Holmes, Joseph Henry Horgan, John Francis Hudson, Arthur John Hughes, Edward Jones Hughes, John Robert Hughes, Samuel Hughes, William Kerfoot Humby, John

Humphreys, William Griffiths Hutchison, John Duflon Hyndman, Henrique

Inglis, John

Innes, Robert

Jack, John

James, Horatio Gay

Jameson, James Nelson

Jantzen, Laurenz Heinrich Carl

Melchers

Jenkins, John Howe Jesus, Jo?o Antonio de Jesus, Joaquim Victor de Johannes, Stephen Paul Johnson, George Frederick Johnston, Andrew Jordan, Paul Jorge, Acurcio

Jorge, Emilio Antonio

Jorge, Francisco Jos? Vicente Just, Hermann Zadick Juster, John

Keating, James Keiser, Jules

Keller, John Keller, William Kennedy, John

Kent, Robert

Assistant, Pustau & Co. Assistant, Gilman & Co. Assistant, German Consulate Assistant, Gaupp & Co.

Assistant, Messageries Maritimes Co. Assistant, Steward's Boarding House Assistant, Chartered Mercantile Bank Storekeeper, Heuermann Herbst & Co. Storekeeper, Heuermann Herbst & Co. Draper, Thompson & Hind Assistant, Meyer & Co. Assistant, Hesse & Co.

Secretary, On Tai Insurance Co.

Broker, Pedder's Hill

Foreman, West Point Foundry

Assistant, Anthony & Co.

Engineer, Oriental Sugar Refinery

Assistant, Hughes & Legge

Assistant, Chartered Mercantile Bank

Assistant, Reiss & Co.

Broker, Queen's Road

Innkeeper, Empire Tavern

Assistant, McEwen Frickel & Co. Assistant, R. Walker

Assistant, China Sugar Refinery

Shipwright, Inglis & Co.

Assistant, Oriental Bank

Proprietor, Hongkong Distillery Co. Merchant, G. R. Stevens & Co. Assistant, Olyphant & Co.

Assistant, Melchers & Co.

Assistant, Russell & Co. Assistant, Turner & Co.

Assistant, HK. & W. Dock Co.

Assistant, E. D. Sassoon & Co. Assistant, P. & O. Co.

Engineer, West Point Foundry

Assistant, HK. & Shanghai Bank Assistant, HK. & Shanghai Bank Assistant, Remedios & Co. Assistan', Russell & Co.

Broker, 47, Wyndham Street Innkeeper, Liverpool Arms

Assistant, Driscoll & Co.

Kirchmann, Louis Kock, Christian

Koss, Friedrich Wilhelm

Kuhlmann, Carl Theodor Henry Kyle, JohnTM

Ladage, Amandus

Watchmaker, Gaupp & Co.

Assistant, Sailors' Home

Assistant, Hongkong Distillery Co.

Assistant, Williams' Stables

Trainer, Bowrington

Innkeeper, Land we live in

Innkeeper, "City of Hamburg" Inn

Clothier, Koss & Co.

Storekeeper, Kruse & Co.

Proprietor, Hongkong Ice Co.

Ginge Glover, T

Gomes, August

Gomes, Francisco.

Gomes, Jo?o Baptista,

Gomes, Norberto Joaquim

Gonsalves, Constancio Joaquim

Gonsalves, Francisco Mamede

Goosmann, Johann Nicolaus

Gordon, Alexander Jorge

Gorham, Charles Leary Grant, David Brown

Grant, John

Gray, Roderick Mackenzie Green, Sophus Axel Albert Grossmann, Christian Friedrich Grossmann, Gustav Adolph Grote, Max. Carl Johann Guedes, Florindo Duarte Guedes, Jos? Maria, Jr. Gutierrez, Adelino Oscar Gutierrez, Jocelyn Antonio Gutmann, Sander

Haden, Charles Sydenham Hahn, Albert Carl Ferdinand Halliburton, Charles Dallas Hammond, William Henry Hancock, Alfred Hancock, Sydney Hanlon, Joseph Martin Hansen, John Anton Harling, Gustav

Harper, William Dean

Assistant, Inglis & Co.

Assistant, P. M. S. S. Co.

Assistant, Chartered Bank

Assistant, Lapraik & Co. Assistant, Reiss & Co.

Assistant, Great Northern Tel. Co. Merchant, Grossmann & Co.

Assistant, Grossmann & Co.

Assistant, Melchers & Co.

Assistant, Guedes & Co. Auctioneer, Guedes & Co.

Assistant, China Fire Insurance Co. Assistant, Russell & Co. Assistant, Sander & Co.

Assistant, Russell & Co. Piano Tuner, 1, Praya East Assistant, Chartered Bank Assistant, Sayle & Co.

Broker, Seymour Road

Teacher, Hollywood Road

Assistant, Schellhass & Co.

Assistant, Sayle & Co.

Lamke, Johannes

Lammert, George Reinhold Lapsley, William Ledbury, John

Legge, William

Le Glay, Julien Andr? Gustave

Edward

Lembke, Justus Peter

Levy, Alexander Lewis, Arthur James

Liddell, James Gilmour

Lilley, Elijah

Lima, Jos? Maria d'Oliveira Linde, Frederick Asmus

Lopes, Lino Jos?

Love, Andrew Napier Loxley, William Richard Luk Sow Tin

Luz, Januario Antonio da

Teacher of Music, 45, Wyndham Street MacDonald, John

MacClymont, Archibald

Maclean, Hector Coll Madar, Ismael Pulley

Assistant, & Co.

Assistant, Arnhold Karberg & Co. Storekeeper, Pedder's Wharf Assistant, Sugar Refinery Gunner, P. & O. Co. Broker, Hughes & Legge

Assistant, Messageries Maritimes Co. Merchant, Justus Lembke & Co. Assistant, Landstein & Co.

Assistant, China Fire Insurance Co.

Assistant, HK. & Whampoa Dock Co.

Clothier, Stanley Street

Assistant, Holliday Wise & Co.

Proprietor, British Hotel

Assistant, Ki?r & Co.

Storekeeper, Anthony & Co.

Assistant, Sayle & Co.

Assistant, Yee Cheung Hong, Bonham

Strand

Assistant, Olyphant & Co.

Assistant, Jardine Matheson & Co. Shipwright, Mosque Terrace Assistant, Jardine Matheson & Co. Book-keeper. Hongkong Hotel

THE HONGKong goverNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD FEBRUARY, 1878.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION AND ADDRESS.

NAME IN FULL.

? OCCUPATION AND ADDRESS.

M (Continued.)

Mallory, Laurence

Manson, William

Mardfeldt, Johannes Friedrich Mathisen, Wilhelmu

McAllister, Daniel

McBain, George

McCallum, John McConachie, Alexander McCulloch, David McFie, Donald

McLeod, Joseph

Medina, Jo?o de Cunha Melbye, Emil Mendel, Louis

Mercantile, John

Metzenthin, Paul Meyenberg, Victor Louis Meyer, Adolph Emile Meyer, Johann Friedrich

Meyerink, Hermann Friedrich Millar, Andrew

Mody, Hormusjce Nowrojee Moore, Edward

　　　　Moore, William Henry More, Robert

Morgan, William Mostyn Morris, Alfred George Morrison, James Kennedy Mosely, John Alexander Moses, Jacob Silas Moss, Dominik

M?ller, Hermann

Muncherjee, Dadabhoy

Nazer, John Stewart

Nicholson, George Hansen Noble, John

Noodt, Oscar

　　　　　Notley, Walter Hyde Nowrojee, Dorabjee

Nunn, Charles Faulkner

Olson, John

Otto, Hermann

Oxley, Edward Hayes

　　　　　　Ozorio, Candido Antonio Ozorio, Candido Julio

Page, Owen Edward

Proprietor, Hongkong Timber Yard Assistant, G. N. Telegraph Co. Assistant, Melchers & Co. Assistant, F. Degenaer Assistant, Jardine Matheson & Co. |Broker, Gough Street

Assistant, Lane Crawford & Co. Assistant, McEwen Frickel & Co. Assistant, Turner & Co. Assistant, China Sugar Refinery Assistant, Gibb Livingston & Co. Proprietor, British Crown Tavern Assistant, H. Ki?r & Co.

Merchant, Arnhold Karberg & Co. Assistant, China Sugar Refinery Assistant, Carlowitz & Co. Assistant, Gaupp & Co. Merchant, Meyer & Co.

Sugar Boiler, 76, Queen's Road East Assistant, Meyer & Co.

|Plumber, 1, Queen's Road East

Broker, Graham Street

Assistant, Union Insur. Society Storekeeper, Lammert Atkinson & Co. Storekeeper, More & Siemund Broker, Pedder's Hill

Broker, Queen's Road

Assistant, Oriental Bank

Assistant, D. Sassoon Sons & Co. Assistant, E. D. Sassoon & Co. Merchant, T. Howard & Co. Assistant, Arnhold Karberg & Co. Merchant, Framjee Hormusjee & Co.

Assistant, Inglis & Co.

Assistant, Great Northern Tel. Co. Gentleman, care of D. R. Crawford Assistant, Vogel Hagedorn & Co. Merchant, Queen's Road Merchant, Queen's Road Assistant, Gibb ?Livingston & Co.

Proprietor, National Tavern Assistant, Meyer & Co. Assistant, Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Assistant, Jardine Matheson & Co. Assistant, J. Y. V. Shaw

Assistant, Sayle & Co.

R (Continued.)

Ribeiro, Alfredo Jorge Vieira Ribeiro, Alfredo Vieira Ribeiro, Athanazio Francisco Richmond, Thomas Gillies Rien?cker, Robert Robinson, John

Rodatz, Gottfried Carl Friedrich Rogers, Frederick Robert Rose, Edward

Rose, Paul

Rose, Thomas Isaac Ross, Kenneth McKenzie Ross, William

Roza, Antonio Braz da

Roza, Jos? Francisco Campos da

Assistant, Jardine Matheson & Co. Assistant, Jardine Matheson & Co. Assistant, Borneo Company Assistant, Lane Crawford & Co. Assistant, Siemssen & Co.

Broker, Morrison Hill

Secretary, Club Germania

Assistant, Lammert Atkinson & Co.

Innkeeper, Oriental Hotel

Assistant, Siemssen & Co.

Assistant, Borneo Company

Assistant, Jardine Matheson & Co.

Assistant, Falconer & Co.

Assistant, Birley & Co.

Manager, Moore & Co.

Roza, Maximiano Maria Campos da Assistant, Birley & Co. Rozario, Sabino Reys

S?, Francisco de

Sapey, Edward Daniel Sapoorjee, Eduljee

Sassoon, Meyer Elias

Sayle, Boardman Broadhead Dalton Schmidt, William August Fer-

dinand

Schomburg, August

Sch?nberger, Richard

Assistant, Lane Crawford & Co. Foreman, Gas Company

Assistant, P. & O. Co.

Merchant, E. D. Sassoon & Co. Draper, Sayle & Co.

Gun-maker, Peel Street Assistant, Meyer & Co. Assistant, Kruse & Co.

Schultz, Hermann Wilhelm M?nster Assistant, Wieler & Co.

Scott, William Lackland

Seier, Julius

Seimund, Carl Heinrich

Sewell, Thomas William

Sharp, Granville

Shaw, John Yardley Vernon

Sheppard, Herbert

Shirkey, William Shuster, Jacob Fritz

Siebs, Nicolaus August Silva, Emiliano Maria da Silva, Ernesto Estev?o da Silva, Jos? Pedro Nolasco da Silva, Miguel Antonio da Silveira, Albino de Sivart, Julius

Smith, Alexander Findlay Smith, Charles Vincent Smith, Edward Underhill Smith, Henry Smith, Henry

Smith, James Bradlee

Smith, John Grant

Smith, John Henry

Proffessor of Music, care of Kruse & Co. Smith, Peter

Panizza, Felix

Parker, Thomas Daniel Cox

Assistant, Gas Co.

Pascoal, Jo?o Pedro

Peguin, Max.

Percival, William Howes

Pereira, Alfredo Maria da Roza

Pereira, Antonio Louren?o Gonsalves Pereira, Ignacio Pires Peterson, Christian Frederick

William

Philipsen, Paul Emil Severin Plage, Philip Poesnecker, Lorenz

Polishwalla, Merwanjee Byramjee Potts, John

　　　　　Pressick, Charles Frederick Pustau, Wilhelm Carl Engelbrecht

von, Junr.

Quin, John

R?decker, Richard Hermann

Rapp, Fritz

Ray, Edward Constant

Ray, William Henry

Raynal, Gustave

Reddie, Arthur Campbell

Remedios, Adelino Augusto dos

Remedios, Alexandre Antonio dos

Remedios, Demetrio Antonio dos

Assistant, Holliday Wise & Co. Assistant, Carlowitz & Co.

Assistant, North-China Insurance Co. Assistant, O. & O. S. S. Co. Assistant, National Bank Assistant, Lammert Atkinson & Co.

Innkeeper, German Tavern Assistant, Ki?r & Co. Assistant, China Sugar Refinery Assistant, Arnhold Karberg & Co. Broker, Lyndhurst Terrace Engineer, 101, Praya West Assistant, Sayle & Co.

Assistant, Pustau & Co.

Assistant, Lane Crawford & Co.

Merchant, R?decker & Co.

Auctioneer, Zetland Street

Shipbroker, Queen's Road

Merchant, Stanley Street

Soares, Alfredo Francisco de Jesus Souza, Antonio Jos? da Silva e Souza, Jo?o Jos? da Silva e Souza, Marcellino de Souza, Miguel de Specht, Fritz

Speidel, Paul Hermann Spitz, Engelhard Spratt, William Bolton

Stael, Leonhard

Stanford, George Alfred Steil, Friedrich Richard Stevens, George

Stevens, Jacob

Stewart, George

Stockhausen, Francis Walde-

mar George von Stolterfoht, Hermann Sykes, James Walter

Taufer, Edward Taufer, George

Tavares, Jos? Philippe

Taylor, Charles Smith Terry, James William

Secretary, China Traders' Insurance Co. Thevenin, Louis Charles

Assistant, Holliday Wise & Co. Assistant, Vogel & Co.

Assistant, J. J. dos Remedios & Co.

Remedios, Alexandrino Francisco dos Assistant, Lapraik & Co.

Remedios, Filomeno Antonio dos

Remedios, Francis o Jos? dos

Remedios, Geraldo dos

Remedios, Jeronymo Miguel dos Rhodes, Percival

Assistant, Kozario & Co.

Assistant, Union Insurance Society Assistant, Lapraik & Co.

Assistant, Jardine Matheson & Co.

Assistant, J. J. dos Remedios

Co.

Assistant, D. Sassoon Sons & Co.

Thompson, William James Tolatee, Framjee Merwanjee Traill, Edward

Travers, Dudley Colethurst

Vale, Thomas Harold, Junr. Vaucher, Albert Emile Vinton, William

Vogel, Charles

Assistant, Victoria Foundry

Assistant, Meyer & Co.

Storekeeper, More & Seimund

Assistant, McEwen Frickel & Co.

Broker, Bank Buildings

Agent, Praya

Assistant, Meyer & Co.

Boilermaker, HK. and W'poa Dock Co.

Steward, Sailors' Home

Assistant, Siemssen & Co.

Assistant, Oriental Bank

Assistant, China Sugar Refinery

|Broker, Gough Street

Assistant, Chartered Mercantile Bank

Assistant, Union Insurance Co.

Assistant, Russell & Co.

Storekeeper, McEwen Frickel & Co,

Assistant, Russell & Co.

Assistant, Olyphant & Co.

Accountant, HK. & Shanghai Bank

Assistant, HK. & Whampoa Dock Co.

Assistant, Olyphant & Co.

Storekeeper, McEwen Frickel & Co. Storekeeper, Blackhead & Co. Boarding H.keeper, Queen's Road Assistant, North-China Insurance Co. Printer, De Souza & Co. Printer, De Souza & Co.

Assistant, HK. & Whampoa Dock Co.

Assistant, Union Insurance Society

Assistant, Blackhead & Co.

Assistant, Gaupp & Co.

Assistant, Pustau & Co.

Shipwright, Praya East

Merchant, Hesse & Co.

Assistant, Lane Crawford & Co.

Broker, Heinemann & Co.

Merchant, Stevens & Co.

Assistant, HK. & Whampoa Dock Co.

Chief Engineer, HK. & W. Dock Co.

Hotelkeeper, Oriental Hotel

Merchant, Hesse & Co. Proprietor, London Inn

Assistant, HK. Fire Insurance Co. Assistant, HK. Fire Insurance Co. Assistant, Messageries Maritimes Co. Assistant, Jardine Matheson & Co. Teacher, Wyndham Street Wine Merchant, Queen's Road Clothier, Queen's Road

Merchant, 18, Hollywood Road Assistant, Mercantile Bank

Assistant, Borneo Company Limited

Agent, Wyndham Street

Broker, Ball's Court

Assistant, P. & O. Co.

Assistant, Vogel Hagedorn & Co.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD FEBRUARY, 1878.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION AND ADDRESS.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION AND ADDRESS.

Wai Kwong

Wasserfall, Alexander Wemyss, Alexander

Wheeler, William

White, John Robinson

Wicking, Harry

Wieler, Oscar Wilhelm Williams, James

Williamson, John Wise Lenton Wilson, Charles Henry Wilson, Robert

W (Continued.)

Compradore, Chartered Mercantile Bank Wohlters, Andreas

Proprietor, British Inn

Wong Shing

Assistant, Oriental Bank

Assistant, Olyphant & Co.

Woodford, James Daniel Woodin, Edward Littlefield

Assistant, Siemssen & Co.

Innkeeper, Stag Hotel

Assistant, Lane Crawford & Co. Merchant, Wieler & Co. Proprietor, Horse Repository Assistant, Holliday Wise & Co. [Assistant, East. Ext. Telegraph Co.

Assistant, Hongkong & Shanghai Bank

Young, Alexander

Young, George Graham Bell Yuill, George Skelton

Merchant, 7, Peel Street

Assistant, Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Assistant, P. & O. Co.

Shipwright, HK. & W'poa Dock Co.

Assistant, Birley & Co.

Assistant, Butterfield & Swire

G. S. NORTHCOTE,

Deputy Sheriff.

Revised, corrected, and the Special Jurors designated by the Legislative Council, this 19th day of February, 1878.

H. E. WODEHOUSE, Clerk of Councils.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Bill, which was read a first time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council held on Tuesday, the 19th February, is published for general information.

By Command,

Council Chamber, Hongkong, 20th February, 1878.

Title.

Preamble.

Short title.

Interpretation clause.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to provide for the Survey and Regulation of Steam- ships and Vessels propelled by Steam.

[

1878.]

What provisions should be made for the survey and regu-

HEREAS it is expedient for the prevention of accidents

lation of steam-ships and vessels propelled by steam: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

Preliminary.

I. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as "The Steam- ship Survey and Regulation Ordinance, 1878.”

II. In the construction and for the purposes of this Ordinance (if not inconsistent with the context or subject matter) the follow- ing terms shall have the respective meanings hereinafter assigned to them, that is to say :--

Stipendiary Magistrate" shall mean and include the Police Magistrates of the Colony, and the Marine Magistrate.

"Master" shall include every person (except a pilot) having command or charge of any ship.

"Seaman" shall include any person (except masters, pilots and apprentices duly indentured and registered) employed or engaged in any capacity on board any ship..

Ship" shall include any description of vessel used in naviga- tion not propelled by oars, whose real substantial business is to go to sea, except Chinese junks or lorchas not propelled by

steam.

Steam-ship" shall include every ship propelled or partially propelled by steam.

99.66 Tons Tonnage "shall mean tons and tonnage, as cal- culated according to British measurement of registered tonnage. The term "Waters of the Colony" shall (except as herein- after provided) be, for the purposes of this Ordinance, deemed to comprise the waters situate within a radius of one marine league from the shores of the Colony: Provided always that this interpretation shall not be construed to affect waters within such radius in any case where such waters are situate within the territorial limits or jurisdiction of the empire of China.

Passenger" shall mean and include any person carried in any vessel other than the master, seamen and apprentices duly indentured and registered.

H. E. WODEHOUSE, Clerk of Councils.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD FEBRUARY, 1878.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION AND ADDRESS.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION AND ADDRESS.

Wai Kwong

Wasserfall, Alexander Wemyss, Alexander

Wheeler, William

White, John Robinson

Wicking, Harry

Wieler, Oscar Wilhelm Williams, James

Williamson, John Wise Lenton Wilson, Charles Henry Wilson, Robert

W (Continued.)

Compradore, Chartered Mercantile Bank Wohlters, Andreas

Proprietor, British Inn

Wong Shing

Assistant, Oriental Bank

Assistant, Olyphant & Co.

Woodford, James Daniel Woodin, Edward Littlefield

Assistant, Siemssen & Co.

Innkeeper, Stag Hotel

Assistant, Lane Crawford & Co. Merchant, Wieler & Co. Proprietor, Horse Repository Assistant, Holliday Wise & Co. [Assistant, East. Ext. Telegraph Co.

Assistant, Hongkong & Shanghai Bank

Young, Alexander

Young, George Graham Bell Yuill, George Skelton

Merchant, 7, Peel Street

Assistant, Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Assistant, P. & O. Co.

Shipwright, HK. & W'poa Dock Co.

Assistant, Birley & Co.

Assistant, Butterfield & Swire

G. S. NORTHCOTE,

Deputy Sheriff.

Revised, corrected, and the Special Jurors designated by the Legislative Council, this 19th day of February, 1878.

H. E. WODEHOUSE, Clerk of Councils.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Bill, which was read a first time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council held on Tuesday, the 19th February, is published for general information.

By Command,

Council Chamber, Hongkong, 20th February, 1878.

Title.

Preamble.

Short title.

Interpretation clause.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to provide for the Survey and Regulation of Steam- ships and Vessels propelled by Steam.

[

1878.]

What provisions should be made for the survey and regu-

HEREAS it is expedient for the prevention of accidents

lation of steam-ships and vessels propelled by steam: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

Preliminary.

I. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as "The Steam- ship Survey and Regulation Ordinance, 1878.”

Stipendiary Magistrate" shall mean and include the Police Magistrates of the Colony, and the Marine Magistrate.

"Master" shall include every person (except a pilot) having command or charge of any ship.

"Seaman" shall include any person (except masters, pilots and apprentices duly indentured and registered) employed or engaged in any capacity on board any ship..

Ship" shall include any description of vessel used in naviga- tion not propelled by oars, whose real substantial business is to go to sea, except Chinese junks or lorchas not propelled by

steam.

Steam-ship" shall include every ship propelled or partially propelled by steam.

Passenger" shall mean and include any person carried in any vessel other than the master, seamen and apprentices duly indentured and registered.

H. E. WODEHOUSE, Clerk of Councils.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD FEBRUARY, 1878. 69

Survey of Steam-ships of 50 tons and upwards.

III. This section shall apply:---

(a.) To all British steam-ships being within the waters of the [See M. S. A.

Colony which have not been surveyed in the United 1854.] Kingdom or in any British possession within the pre-- ceding twelve months under the provisions of "The Merchant Shipping Acts, 1854 to 1876," or any legisla- tive enactment for the time being in force in Great Britain or Ireland or in any British possession.

(b.) To all vessels of fifty tons and upwards propelled by steam plying within the waters of the Colony, whether for hire

or not.

(c.) To all steam-ships registered in this Colony of fifty tons

and upwards.

2. Such steam-ships and vessels propelled by steam shall be Equipment provided as follows, that is to say:-

of steam-ships.

(a.) Every steam-ship or vessel propelled by steam of which [Ibid s. 301.]

a survey is required by this section shall be provided

with a safety valve upon each boiler, so constructed as Safety valve. to be out of the control of the engineer when the steam is up, and, if such valve is in addition to the ordinary valve, it shall be so constructed as to have an area not less, and a pressure not greater than the area of and pressure on that valve.

(b.) Every steam-ship shall have her compasses properly Compasses to

adjusted from time to time; such adjustment, in the be adjusted. case of ships surveyed as hereinafter mentioned, to be made to the satisfaction of a Government Surveyor ap- pointed for the purpose, and according to such regula- tions as may be issued by the Governor.

(c.) Every steam-ship (unless used solely as a steam-tug) Fire hose.

shall be provided with a hose adapted for the purpose of extinguishing fire in any part of the ship and capable of being connected with the engines of the ship.

(d.) Every steam-ship employed to carry passengers shall be Signals.

provided, to the satisfaction of the Governor :-

(1.) With means for making the signals of distress at [39 & 40 Vict, night specified in the first schedule to "The Mer- c. 80, par. 21.] chant Shipping Act, 1873," or in any rules substi- tuted therefor, including means of making flames on the ship which are inextinguishable in water, or such other means of making signals of distress as the Governor may previously approve; and

(2.) With a proper supply of lights inextinguishable in

water, and fitted for attachment to life buoys.

(e.) Every steam-ship employed to carry passengers by sea, Shelter for

not coming within the provisions of "The Chinese Pas- deck pas- sengers Act, 1855," or of any Ordinance made in sengers.

　　　　　　　　　　　　pur- suance thereof, shall be provided with such shelter for [M. S. A.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　s. 301.] the protection of deck passengers (if any) as the Gover- nor, having regard to the nature of the passage, the number of deck passengers to be carried, the season of the year, the safety of the ship, and the circumstances of the case may require.

And if any such steam-ship as aforesaid goes to sea from any port in the Colony without being so provided as herein before required, then for each default in any of the above requisites, the owner or agent shall (if he appears to be in fault) incur a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars, and the master shall (if he appears to be in fault) incur a penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.

3. If any person places an undue weight on the safety valve Penalty for of any steam-ship or vessel propelled by steam, or, in the case of improper steam-ships or vessels propelled by steam surveyed as hereinafter weight on mentioned, increases such weight beyond the limits fixed by such [Ibid s. 302.]

safety valve. Government Surveyor as hereinafter mentioned, he shall, in addi- tion to any other liabilities he may incur by so doing, incur a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars.

their remu-

4. The Governor may, from time to time, appoint such number Governor to of fit and proper persons to be Government Surveyors for the pur- appoint sur- poses of this Ordinance as he thinks proper, and appoint their veyors, and fix duties, and may, from time to time, remove such surveyors, or any neration. of them, and may, from time to time, fix and alter the remune- [Ibid s. 305.] ration to be received by such surveyors.

5. The said surveyors shall execute their duties under the Governor to direction of the Governor, and the Governor may make regulations regulate mode as to the manner in which the surveys hereinafter mentioned shall of survey. be made, and as to the notice to be given to the surveyors when [Ibid s. 307.]. surveys are required, and as to the amount and payment of any other expenses incurred by such surveyors in the execution of their duties, and may thereby determine the person by whom and the conditions under which such payment shall be made.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD FEBRUARY, 1878.

Surveyors to 6. It shall be lawful for the said surveyors in the execution of their have power to du.ies to go on board any steam-ship or vessel propelled by steam inspect.

to which this section applies, at all reasonable times, and to [Ibid s. 306.]

inspect the same, or any part thereof, or any of the boilers, machinery, boats, equipments, or articles on board thereof, or any pro- certificates of the master, mate, or engineer, to which the visions of "The Merchant Shipping Acts, 1854 to 1876," or any Ordinance, or any of the regulations made, or to be made under the said "Merchant Shipping Acts," or such Ordinance, for the time being in force in this Colony apply, not unnecessarily detaining or delaying the ship from proceeding on any voyage, and, if in consequence of any accident to any such ship, or for any other reason they consider it necessary so to do, to require the ship to be taken into dock for the purpose of surveying the hull thereof; and any person who hinders any such surveyor from going on board any such steam-ship or vessel propelled by steam, or otherwise impedes him in the execution of his duty under this Ordinance, shall incur a penalty not exceeding twenty- five dollars.

Penalty on surveyors re- ceiving fees unlawfully. [Ibid s. 308.]

Owners to

have surveys

made by Government

7. Every surveyor who demands or receives directly or indirectly from the owner, agent, or master of any ship surveyed by him under the provisions of this Ordinance, or from any other person, any fee or remuneration whatsoever for or in respect of such survey, otherwise than as the officer and by the direction of the Governor, shall incur a penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.

8. The owner, agent, or master of every steam-ship or vessel propelled by steam being within the waters of the Colony shall, where such ship or vessel comes within the meaning of this section, Surveyors, and cause the same to be surveyed by one or more of the Government Surveyors so appointed as aforesaid; who shall be appointed for the special purpose by the Governor, and such surveyor or sur- [Ibid s. 309.] veyors shall thereupon, if satisfied that they can with propriety do

so, give to such owner declarations as follows:-

surveyors to give declarations.

(a.) The declaration of the surveyor appointed for that pur- pose shall contain statements of the following particulars, that is to say :-

(1.) That the hull of the ship is sufficient for the service

intended and in good condition.

(2.) That the partitions, boats, rafts, life buoys, or other appliances for saving life, lights, signals, compasses, and shelter for deck passengers, and the certificates of the master and mate, or mates, are such, and in such condition as required by law.

(3.) The time (if less than six months) for which the

said hull and equipments will be sufficient. (4.) The limits (if any) beyond which, as regards the hull and equipments, the ship is, in the surveyor's judgment, not fit to ply.

(5.) With reference to all steam-ships. or vessels pro- pelled by steam not coming within the provisions of "The Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855," or any Ordinance made in pursuance thereof, if plying or intended to ply for hire, the number of passengers which such ship or vessel is, in the judgment of the surveyor, fit to carry, distinguishing, if necessary, between the respective numbers to be carried on the deck and in the cabins, and in the different parts of the deck and cabins; such numbers to be subject to such conditions and variations, according to the time of the nature of the voyage, the cargo

year, carried, or other circumstances, as the Governor in Council may, from time to time, direct by any Regulation to be made by him for this purpose, and until such Regulations are made and so far as the same shall not extend, according to the Regu- lations contained in table A in the schedule here- unto annexed.

(b.) And the declaration of the surveyor appointed for that purpose shall contain statements of the following par- ticulars, that is to say:-

(1.) That the boilers and machinery of the ship or vessel is sufficient for the service intended, and in good condition.

(2.) The time (if less than six months) for which such

boilers and machinery will be sufficient.

(3.) That the safety valves and fire hose, when requisite, are such and in such condition as are required by this Ordinance.

(4.) The limit of the weight to be placed on the safety

valves.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD FEBRUARY, 1878.

(5.) The limit (if any) beyond which, as regards the

machinery, the ship or vessel is, in the surveyor's judgment, not fit to ply.

And such declarations shall be in such form as the Governor

directs.

Penalty for

9. The said owner, agent, or master shall transmit such Transmission declarations to the Governor within fourteen days after the of declarations dates of the receipt thereof respectively; and in default shall to the forfeit a sum not exceeding two dollars for every day that the Governor. sending of such declarations is delayed; and such sum shall be delay. paid upon the delivery of the certificate herein before mentioned in [Ibid s. 310.] addition to the fee payable for the same, and shall be applied in the same manner as such fees.

10. Upon the receipt of such declarations, the Governor shall, Governor to if satisfied that the provisions of this section have been com- issue cer- plied with, cause a certificate in duplicate to be prepared and tificate. issued, to the effect that the provisions of the law with respect to

[Ibid s. 312.] the survey of the ship and the transmission of declarations in respect thereof have been complied with, and such certificate shall state the limits (if any) beyond which, according to the decla- rations of the surveyors, such ship is not fit to ply, and shall also contain a statement of the number of passengers which, according to the declaration of the surveyor appointed for the purpose, such ship is fit to carry, distinguishing, if necessary, between the respective numbers to be carried on the deck and in the cabins, such number to be subject to such conditions and variations, according to the time of year, the nature of the voyage, the cargo carried, and other circumstances, as the case requires.

11. The Governor shall transmit such certificate in duplicate Issue and to the Harbour Master, who shall deliver the same to the owner, transmission master, or agent on his applying and paying the fee and other of certificates. sums (if any) hereinafter mentioned as payable in that behalf. [Ibid s. 313.] 12. The owner, agent, or master of every steam-ship or vessel Fees to be paid propelled by steam, requiring a certificate under this section, shall for certificate. pay for every certificate granted by the Governor the fees men- [Ibid s. 314.] tioned in the table marked B in the schedule hereto.

How long certificates to continue in force.

13. No certificate shall be held to be in force for the pur- poses of this section beyond a period of six months; and no certificate shall be in force after notice is given by the Governor to the owner, agent, or master of the ship or vessel to which the [Ibid s. 315.] same relates, that he has cancelled or revoked the same: Provided that, if any steam-ship is absent from the Colony at the time when her certificate expires, no penalty shall be incurred, until· she commences a voyage after her next subsequent return to the Colony; and the Governor may require any certificate which has expired, or has been revoked or cancelled, to be delivered up as he directs, and any owner, or agent, or master who, without any reasonable cause, neglects or refuses to comply with such requirement shall incur a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars.

14. The Governor may revoke and cancel such certificates Governor any case in which he has reason to believe:-

(a.) That the declarations of the sufficiency and good and require

condition of the hull, equipments, and machinery of fresh de- any steamer or vessel, or either of them, have been clarations. fraudulently or erroneously made; or

[Ibid s. 316.]

(b.) That such certificate has otherwise been issued upon

false or erroneous information; or

(c.) That since the making of such declarations, the hull, equipments, or machinery of such ship or vessel have sustained any injury, or are otherwise insufficient: And in every such case the Governor may, if he thinks fit, require the owner to have the hull, equipments, or machinery of such ship or vessel again surveyed, and to transmit a further declaration or declarations of the sufficiency and good condition thereof, before re-issuing any certificate, or granting a fresh one in lieu thereof.

may cancel certificates,

conspicuous

15. The owner, agent, or master of every such steam-ship, or Copy of cer- vessel propelled by steam, shall forthwith, on the transmission of tificate to be any such certificate as aforesaid to him or his agent, cause one of placed in the duplicates thereof so transmitted to be put up in some conspi- part of ship. cuous part of the ship, so as to be visible to all persons on board [Ibid s. 317.] the same, and shall cause it to be continued so put up so long as such certificate remains in force and such ship is in use; and in default, such owner, agent, or master shall, for every offence, incur a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars.

and other

16. The said surveyors shall, from time to time, make such Surveyors to returns to the Governor as he requires with respect to the build, make returns dimensions, draught, burden, rate of sailing, room for fuel, and of the build the nature and particulars of machinery and equipments of the particulars of ship or vessel surveyed by them; and every owner, master and steam-ships, engineer of any such ship or vessel shall, on demand, give to such and owners surveyors all such information and assistance within his power as and masters they require for the purpose of such returns; and every such to give in-

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD FEBRUARY, 1878.

formation for owner, inaster, or engineer who, on being applied to for that that purpose. purpose, wilfully refuses or neglects to give such information or [Ibid s. 321.] assistance, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five

dollars.

Harbour Master may

refuse clear- ances to ship

Penalties for carrying Passengers in excess of the Numbers allowed by Certificate, or in a certain proportion to tonnage. IV. The master of any steam-ship carrying more than ten pas- sengers shall, upon application to the Harbour Master for a port clearance, state the number of passengers he purposes to carrying more carry in the then projected voyage; and if such number shall be in excess of the number mentioned in the certificate or where no certificate is required in excess of the proportion to tonnage con- by certificate, tained in table A of the schedule hereunto annexed, the Harbour [Ibid s. 318.]

Master may refuse a port clearance to such ship. Any master wilfully misrepresenting the number of passengers so about to be carried shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.

passengers

than allowed

Penalty for taking more passengers

2. Any master of any such ship who shall, after having obtained such port clearance, wilfully take or receive on board such vessel than allowed any number of passengers greater than that allowed by the said by certificate. port clearance, shall, on conviction, be subject to a penalty not [Ibid s. 319.] exceeding two hundred dollars in addition to a penalty of five dollars for every such passenger in excess of the number permitted to be carried by the said port clearance; and the master of any ship proceeding to sea without a port clearance shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars.

Governor may prohibit con- veyance of deck passengers.

Steam vessels

under 50 tons

not to carry passengers for hire without licence. [No. 8 of 1875.j

The Harbour

3. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to prohibit the conveyance of deck passengers by any steam-ship or vessel pro- pelled by steam.

4. This section shall not apply to ships or vessels which come within the operation of "The Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855," or of Ordinance made or hereafter to be made in pursuance of the provisions thereof.

any

Steam-vessels under 50 tons.

V. It shall not be lawful for any steam-vessel of less than fifty tons burden to carry passengers for hire within the waters of the Colony, or to any place outside the waters of the Colony, unless she has obtained a licence as hereinafter provided; and in case any such steam-vessel shall be so employed as aforesaid without a licence, the owner, master, or person in charge thereof shall be- liable to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars.

2. The Harbour Master may issue to steam-vessels of less than Master to issue fifty tons burden licences for carrying passengers upon the condi- tions prescribed by such regulations as are for the time being in force under this section.

licences.

Regulations.

Alteration or repeal of regulations.

Penalty for earrying pas-

sengers in excess of the licence. Penalty for unlicensed steamer

arriving with excessive number of

passengers.

Steamers to

3. The regulations contained in table B of the schedule here- unto annexed shall continue in force until altered or repealed as hereinafter provided.

4. The Governor in Council may, from time to time, alter, amend, or repeal the said regulations or any of them, and may make other regulations as he deems requisite. Every new regula- tion and every alteration, amendment, or repeal of an existing. regulation shall be published in the Gazette, and after such publication shall have the force of law.

5. If any steam-vessel licensed under this section carries within the waters of the Colony more passengers than her licence allows, the owner or master thereof shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.

6. If any unlicensed steam-vessel of less than fifty tons burden. arrives in the waters of the Colony carrying more passengers in proportion to her size than she would be licensed to carry under the regulations for the time being in force under this section, the master thereof shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars.

7. Every steam-vessel, whether licensed or not, of less than fifty exhibit lights. tons burden shall, when under way between sunset and sunrise, exhibit a green light on the starboard bow and a red light on the port bow and a bright light at least ten feet above the coloured lights; and every such steam-vessel shall, when at anchor between sunset and sunrise, exhibit a bright light at least 10 feet above the gunwales.

Offences against regulations.

8. Any person offending against any of the provisions of this section, or against any of the regulations in force for the time being under this section, where no penalty is specified, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars.

River Steamers.

Steamers leav- VI. The Governor in Council may, from time to time, grant ing Hongkong, special licences for steam-ships or vessels propelled by steam, Macao, or Can- leaving or entering the waters of the Colony for or from Canton, or for or from any place on the Canton river, or for or from limited number Macao, in respect to the number of passengers to be carried on

ton only allow- ed to carry a

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD FEBRUARY, 1878.

each such steam-ship or vessel propelled by steam, and in case of passengers. any steam-ship or vessel propelled by steam, shall leave or enter [No. 11 of the waters of the Colony as aforesaid, having passengers on board

1876.] in excess of the numbers authorised by such special licence as aforesaid, or in case any steam-ship not having such special licence shall leave or enter the waters of the Colony as aforesaid, having passengers on board in excess of the proportion of two passengers for every three tons of the registered net tonnage of such steam- ship, the owner or master thereof, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, in addition to a penalty of five dollars for every passenger on board, in excess of the number permitted by the licence, or when no special licence has been granted in excess of the proportion of two passengers for every registered three (net) tons of the said steam-ship.

General.

VII. All offences against this Ordinance, or any regulations Recovery of made thereunder, except when otherwise provided, may be heard and penalties and determined by any Stipendiary Magistrate, and all penalties imposed expenses. by and expenses recoverable under this Ordinance, or any regula- tion made thereunder, except when otherwise provided, may be recovered in a summary way before any Stipendiary Magistrate.

2. Every person who knowingly and wilfully makes, or assists Forgery. in making, or procures to be made a false or fraudulent declara- tion or certificate with respect to any steam-ship or vessel pro- pelled by steam, or any steam-vessel of less than fifty tons burden requiring a certificate under this Ordinance, or a licence under table B, or any regulation made in lieu thereof, or who forges, assists in forging, or procures to be forged, fraudulently alter, assists in fraudulently altering, or procures to be fraudulently altered any such declaration or certificate, or any such certificate or licence, or any words or figures therein respectively, or any signature thereto, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour, and shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour.

Repealing Clause.

VIII. On and from the coming into operation of this Ordinance Repealing the Ordinances hereunder specified shall be repealed to the extent clause. herein mentioned: Provided that any officer appointed in pur- suance of any such enactments shall be deemed to have been appointed under this Ordinance, and any rules or regulations made by the Governor or the Governor in Council in pursuance of any such enactment and not repealed by this Ordinance or by any rules or regulations hereafter made or to be made thereunder, shall be deemed to have been made under this Ordinance, and this Ordinance shall not affect :-

(1.) Anything done or suffered under any enactment hereby

repealed; nor

(2.) Any right, power, duty, obligation, or liability acquired, imposed, accrued, or incurred under any enactment hereby repealed; nor

3.) Any penalty, forfeiture, or punishment incurred in respect. of any offence against any enactment hereby repealed;

nor

(4.) Any legal proceeding in respect of any such right, power, duty, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture, or punishment, and any such legal proceeding may be carried on as if this Ordinance had not passed; nor revive any enactment repealed by any of the said ?rdinances

or sections.

Ordinance 8 of 1875,

The whole.

11 of 1876,.

Suspending Clause.

IX. This Ordinance shall come into operation on a day to be Suspending hereafter proclaimed by the Governor.

clause.

SCHEDULE TO THIS ORDINANCE. TABLE (A.)

Spaces to be allotted to passengers in ships not within the "Chinese l'assengers Act, 1855."

Between the 15th of October, and the 31st of May, inclusive :-

1. The space to be provided on the between decks shall be for the lower between decks 12 superficial and 84 cubic feet of space for each passen- ger; and in the upper between decks there shall be 9 superficial and 54 cubic feet for each passenger.

2. On the upper or weather deck there shall be provided 4 superficial feet of deck space for exercise for the crew and for every passenger accom- modated in the between decks; and if it shall be intended to carry passengers on the

of the said weather deck then 12 shall be provided for each such

superficial feet of such remaining

upper deck passenger.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD FEBRUARY, 1878.

Between the 1st of June, and the 14th of October, inclusive :-

3. The space to be provided in the between decks shall be in accordance with the first paragraph of this table, but no ship shall carry upper deck passengers unless she is furnished with a deck house or other permanent protection against the weather for the number of passengers such structure will accommodate at 12 superficial feet and 72 cubic feet per adult passenger.

Generally.

Passengers are not to be carried on more than two decks on any one voyage. The superficial area of a deck shall mean the area of the deck itself exclusive of skylights, hatchways and other encumbrances.

TABLE (B.)

I. The owner of any steam-vessel of less than fifty tons burden desirous of obtaining a licence to carry passengers for hire within the waters of the Colony, or to any place outside of the waters of the Colony, shall cause the said vessel to be surveyed by a Surveyor or Surveyors appointed by the Governor.

II. The certificate of the Surveyor, appointed for this purpose, shall contain statements of the following particulars:—

a. That the hull, length-breadth-

-depth-

for the service intended, and in good condition.

tons, is sufficient

b. The number of passengers which the vessel is fit to carry, being, for vessels plying beyond the waters of the Colony, at the rate of ten superficial feet of the upper or weather deck, and at the rate of ten superficial feet of the deck immediately below the upper deck, for each passenger and member of the crew; and for vessels plying within the waters of the Colony, at the rate of seven superficial feet per passenger and member of the crew.

c. That the master possesses a certificate of competency from the Harbour

Master of Hongkong.

d. That provision is on board for the shelter of deck passengers, and that

there are two approved life buoys on board.

e. That the vessel carrying passengers outside the waters of the Colony has boats sufficient for the accommodation of half of the number of passen- gers and crew which the vessel is certified to carry.

f. That the vessel is properly fitted with bow and masthead lights and also a

riding light.

g. That the vessel is properly found with anchors and chains.

h. That the crew is sufficient for the requirements of the vessel in the

opinion of the Harbour Master.

III. The certificate of the Surveyor, appointed for this purpose, shall contain statements of the following particulars :--

a. That the machinery and boiler of the vessel are sufficient for the service intended, and in good condition, and that the safety valve is so construct- ed as to be out of the control of the engineer when the steam is up and is not loaded beyond the pressure permitted by the Engineer Surveyor's certificate.

b. The time for which such machinery will be sufficient.

c. That the engineer of the vessel possesses a certificate of competency from

the Harbour Master of Hongkong.

IV. Such certificates shall be in force for the period of six months.

V. On the receipt of the before-mentioned certificates, the Harbour Master will cause a licence to be issued to the owner or master empowering the therein des- cribed vessel to convey the number of passengers certified to on the Surveyor's declaration for a period not exceeding six months.

VI. Every vessel licensed under this Ordinance shall have her name in English and Chinese legibly painted on her stern and on each bow, together with the number of passengers she is licensed to carry.

VII. The Surveyor or Surveyors shall be entitled to a fee of ten dollars for the certificates of survey, recoverable from the owner of the vessel, to be divided equally between them if more than one.

VIII. Vessels plying for hire within the waters of the Colony shall pay a licence fee at the rate of $5 per annum, and vessels plying for hire outside the waters of These fees shall · the Colony shall pay a licence fee at the rate of $10 per annum.

be payable for half-yearly.

Objects and Reasons.

The objects of this Ordinance sufficiently appear from its Title and Preamble.

The bulk of it is adapted from "The Merchant Shipping Acts,"

and a reference is given to the various sections of "The Merchant Shipping Act," in the marginal notes.

Ordinances 8 of 1875 and 11 of 1876 are also incorporated, with some alterations. The most important alteration is contained in section VI, by which power is given to The Governor in Council to grant special licences for River Steamers.

I do not think that the other alterations proposed call for any special remarks.

G. PHILLIPPO,

8th February, 1878.

Attorney General.

No. 37.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Calendar of Grants of Probates during 1877, made under Ordinance No. 8 of 1860, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th February, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD FEBRUARY, 1878.

Between the 1st of June, and the 14th of October, inclusive :-

Generally.

TABLE (B.)

II. The certificate of the Surveyor, appointed for this purpose, shall contain statements of the following particulars:—

a. That the hull, length-breadth-

-depth-

for the service intended, and in good condition.

tons, is sufficient

c. That the master possesses a certificate of competency from the Harbour

Master of Hongkong.

d. That provision is on board for the shelter of deck passengers, and that

there are two approved life buoys on board.

f. That the vessel is properly fitted with bow and masthead lights and also a

riding light.

g. That the vessel is properly found with anchors and chains.

h. That the crew is sufficient for the requirements of the vessel in the

opinion of the Harbour Master.

III. The certificate of the Surveyor, appointed for this purpose, shall contain statements of the following particulars :--

b. The time for which such machinery will be sufficient.

c. That the engineer of the vessel possesses a certificate of competency from

the Harbour Master of Hongkong.

IV. Such certificates shall be in force for the period of six months.

VII. The Surveyor or Surveyors shall be entitled to a fee of ten dollars for the certificates of survey, recoverable from the owner of the vessel, to be divided equally between them if more than one.

be payable for half-yearly.

Objects and Reasons.

The objects of this Ordinance sufficiently appear from its Title and Preamble.

The bulk of it is adapted from "The Merchant Shipping Acts,"

and a reference is given to the various sections of "The Merchant Shipping Act," in the marginal notes.

I do not think that the other alterations proposed call for any special remarks.

G. PHILLIPPO,

8th February, 1878.

Attorney General.

No. 37.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Calendar of Grants of Probates during 1877, made under Ordinance No. 8 of 1860, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th February, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD FEBRUARY, 1878.

CALENDAR OF PROBATES AND ADMINISTRATIONS GRANTED BY THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG, DURING THE YEAR 1877.

Date

Name of Testator

or Intestate.

Place and Time

of Death.

Grant.

Probate, Administration, with Will annexed, or Administration.

Name and Description

of the Executor or Administrator.

Value of the Effects as sworn. to, or set forth in the Commission of Appraisement.

1877.

Jan. 5

Tam-Yik-Sam,

Lee-Chik,

Chia-Tong-Hong,

Vicente de Paula Portaria,... Macao,

John Steward,

Tew-A-Tee,

Wan-Chee,

Hongkong, 2nd Mar., 1877 Malta, 3rd April, 1876 Canton, 5th Feb., 1877

Wong-Yook,..

17 Ah-Loong,

Lam-Hiep,

O-Sai,

*NN 2*2

Assh?,

Oct.

Prosper E. H. Derode, .............

Hongkong, 27th Aug., 1877 Hongkong, 27th Aug., 1877

Cannes, France,

Feb. 9

Mar. 2

April 3

May 1

George Henderson Heaton,... London,

Chun-Tye-Hee,

　Francisco Antonio Seabra,... Leung-A-Lee,

John Cook Brett,

Chun-Yau-Kum, alias

Chun-Sun-Hing,

Horatio Forbes Stuart, Wm. Haselden Cowley,.... Lo-Pak-Sheung, alias Lo-

Chun-Hong, William Wilson,

Tam-A-Yau, otherwise Pow-

Tam-You,

Erskine Lorraine Stuart,

5 Leung-Chi, alias Leung-

Hong, alias Leung-Toi- Hong,

George Ashwell Kneebone,... Chaong-Poo, otherwise

Cheong-Pit-Choy,

June 18 A-Ching,

July 13

Henry Thorburn,.... Ne-Ying,

13 Chew-Sam,

24 Ho-Asseck,

Aug. 2

Sept. 22

Achan, alias Lum-A-Gin,

Alexander Murray,

Ho-Ching-Ling,

Alexander Morrison, William Harvey Bell,.. James Smith Ferries,

William Tulloch Gair, John Phillip Donaldson..... Wong-Wai-Kum, alias Fat-

Qui,

Silluck Kannoo,

4 Jos? Gomes Brand?o,

Hongkong, 23rd Dec., 1876

Hongkong, 25th Dec., 1876

24th Aug., 1876

Hongkong, 23rd Dec., 1876 At Sea, on board the S. S. Singapore, 16th Dec., 1876 Hongkong, 1st Jan, 1877 At Sea, S.S. Ganges,

21st Nov., 1876 25th Aug., 1874

Hongkong, 22nd Jan., 1877 At Sea, S.S. Achilles,

14th Jan., 1877

At Sea, S.S. Ganges,

21st Jan, 1877 Hongkong, 19th Jan., 1877 Fat-shan, 12th Feb., 1877

Nairn, Scotland,

16th Dec., 1866 San-cheong, near Macao,

28th Jan., 1877 Hongkong, 18th Mar., 1877

Hongkong, 5th Mar., 1877

Hongkong, 30th Mar., 1877 Shau-ki W?n, Hongkong,

21st Sept., 1866

Ho-nam, Poon Yu District, 9th Dec., 1876 At Sea, on board the

Christina McAwland,

21st Apr., 1877 At Sea, on board the S.S.

McGregor, 12th May, 1877 At Sea, on board the S.S.

Bowen, 8th June, 1877 Macao, 1st Apr., 1877 Hongkong, 19th Apr., 1877 At Sea, on board the S.S.

Belgic, 19th June, 1877 Hongkong, 22nd June, 1877 Pang-Poo in San-Tuk

District, 3rd July, 1877 At Sea, S. S. Gaelic,

6th July, 1877 At Sea, on board the S. S.

Gunga, 17th July, 1877 At Sea, on board the S.S.

Malacca, 11th June, 1877 At Sea, on board the S.S.

Mirzapore, 10th July, 1877 Hongkong, 14th July, 1877 Marseilles, 16th May, 1877 At Sea, on board the S.S.

Zelandic, 7th Feb., 1877 Yokohama, 27th Aug., 1877 Hongkong, 6th Sept., 1877 Hongkong, 22nd Mar., 1877

Ad., with Will

annexed, Probate,

Wang-Sa-Tai, Executor,

Administration, Official Administrator,

Probate, Administration,

Probate,

Administration, Probate,

John Noble, Executor,

John Fairbairn, Administrator,

Ad., with Will annexed,

Tam-Ah-Tong, the elder Son, and Low-Shee, second

Concubine,

8,870.00

Chun-Chak and Kong-How-Son, appointed by the De-

ceased,

1,500.00

Alfred Thomas Manger, as Attorney for John Raven,

one of the Executors..

32,000.00

Administration,

Chun-Tai-Fook, the only Brother,

2,200.00

Chau-Tai-Ng, the Brother,

89.68

Anna Pascoa Thereza Seabra, Widow, the Relict,

2,057.00

Leung-Chun-Shee, Widow, the Relict,

Francisco Jos? Vicente Jorge, as Attorney for Francisca

35.59

Glafira de Portaria, Widow,

520.00

Probate, Adininistration,

Abdool Rozak Madar, sole Executor,

3,000.00,

Official Administrator,

30.65

Do.,

8.26

1,053.35

Chun-Mui-Sun, the Brother,

3,250.00

Probate,

William Porter Moore and Peter Smith, the Executors, Adam Lind, Executor for China,.

500.00

6,000.00.

Lo-Hok-l'ung, Executor, according to the tenor of the

Will,

44,595.00

John Grant Smith, one of the Executors,

13,000.00,

Pow-Chee, the second Son,

1,500.00

Judith Eleazar Stuart, the Widow, Executrix, and

William Porter Moore, Executor,

200.00

Ad., with Will annexed,

Probate,

Leung-Chew, only Son, sole Legatee,

450.00

Jane Kneebone, the Widow, sole Executrix,

500.00

Cheong-Fook, otherwise Cheong-Lok-Yu, the Son, Executor, according to the tenor of the Will and sole Legatee.

3,000 00 6,000.00

57.00

Do.,

9.25

Cheang-Fo-Ken,

82.41

O-Po, the elder Son, the sole Executor, William Forrest,

25,000.00

3,120.37

Leung-Chung-Shing, the elder Son, Administrator,

0.84

Official Administrator,

81.34

Ho-Leong-She, the Widow, Administratrix,

11,835.00

Administrator, Lum-Foon-Sun, his Father,

70.85

Official Administrator,

571.61

Do.,

13.80

Do.,

26.34

Do.,

1,459.85

100,000.00

16,000,00

A. M. Gair, the Widow, Executrix,

3,000.00

Official Administrator,

504.24

Wong-Woo-Shee, the Widow, Administratrix,

2,300.00

Yip-A-Kum, the Widow, Administratrix,

135.00

Izabel Francisca Brand?o Gutierres, the Mother, Admi-

nistratrix,

402.98

25 Wong-Loi-Kong,

26 Wong-Yik-Sam,

26 Ling-Fai,

Yew-Nam,

Nov. 2

3421

Chan-Woon-Fong,

George Underhill Sands,.... Tam-Sik,

Li-Tsing, Ah-Kee,

Wong-A-Chip,.

Lauriano Faustino Vieira

Ribeiro, Yung-Chea-Kwai,

Dec. 8 Kwong-King-Foong,

Ah-Ling,

Lock-Sung, alias Foong-

Tok-Sung, John Huggart,.............

10th Dec., 1869 Hongkong, 19th Sept., 1877 Heung-Shan, China,

6th July, 1877 Lin-Pin, District of Poon-

yu, China, 15th Sept., 1877 At Sea, on board the S.S.

Normandy, 12th Oct., 1877 Sun-tak, China,

30th Aug., 1877 Hongkong, 30th Oct., 1877 Canton, 16th Aug., 1877 Hongkong, 21st Sept., 1877 At Sea, on board the barque Harriet N. Carleton,

6th Oct., 1877 Hongkong, 29th Sept., 1877 Hongkong, 19th Oct., 1877

At Sea, on board the S.S.

Oceanic, 6th Oct., 1877 Hongkong, 9th Sept., 1877 At Sea, S.S. Sunda,

14th Nov., 1877 At Sea, S.S. Sunda,

15th Nov., 1877 Hongkong, 22nd Nov., 1877

Administration, Andr? Darninann, Attorney for Caroline Marie Augusta

Probate, Administration,

Wong-Say-Kut, his Son, Executor,

On-Su-Fan, the Nephew,

Official Administrator,

200.00

William Howell Forbes,......

230,000.00

Tam-Yee, the Nephew, Executor,

Official Administrator.

10,000.00

19.46

Lee-Chau-Kee, the Widow, Administratrix,

33.55

Wong-Young-Shce, the Widow, Administratrix,

30.00

Micaella Vieira Ribeiro, the Widow, Administratrix,

98.00

Kwan-Sam-Kwai, the Brother, Administrator,

108.95

Kong-A-Kam, the Son, Administrator, Lo-Un-Hang, the Uncle, Administrator,...

166.00

119.35

Foong-A-Chik, the Brother, Administrator,

72.25

Alfred Thomas Manger, Administrator,

393.00

Gamomt, the Widow,

5,000.00

Tang-Wong-Shee, the Widow,

260.00

Probate,

Ad., with Will annexed,

Ling-Sew, Administrator,

46,000.00

1,000.00

98.03

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

No. 38.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD FEBRUARY, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　The following Intestate Estates' Returns for the Year ending 31st December, 1877, are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th February, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

RETURN of BALANCES of ESTATES deposited as Residue in the Colonial Treasury by the Registrar of the Supreme Court as Official Administrator, from 1st January to 31st December, 1877.

NAME OF Deceased.

DATE OF DEATH.

DATE OF ADMINISTRATION.

AMOUNT.

DATE OF Deposit.

REMARKS.

Men-chan,.

Lam-Kok-Cheong,.

10th Oct., 19th Aug.,

1875,

3rd Dec., 3rd Dec.,

1875, 1875,

$ 0.41 66.44

31st March, 1877,

Deposited as Residue.

Do.

Tong-Quang,.

29th Jan.,

1876,

6th March, 1876,

9.02

Do.

Hung-Chew-Sz-Ki,

3rd Feb.,

1876,

6th March, 1876,

1.59

Do.

Leong-a-Lock,

23rd Dec.,

1875,

11th Feb.,

Do.

1875,

3.89

Lee-a-Yow,.....

9th Sept.,

1875,

3rd Dec.,

1875,

0.49

Dq.

Ah-Fong,

11th Dec.,

1875,

11th Feb.,

Do.

1876,

15.31

Ping-Cheong,.

2nd April,

1876,

23rd Dec.,

1876,

9.16

21st April, 1877,

Do.

Chinaman, name unknown

1st April,

1876,

5th May, 1876,

Do.

4.74

No. 12,..

Do.

James Freeman,.

9th Feb.,

1876,

10th March, 1876,

104.01

Do.

S. A. Seth,

11th Feb.,

1875,

27th Feb.,

1875,

· 16.60

Michael Gorman, Kwong-Hing-Wo,

25th Oct.,

1876,

21st Nov.,

1876,

27th June, 1876,

25th July,

1876,

62.88 13.22

15th Oct.,

1877,

Do.

C. B. PLUNKET,

Registrar.

RETURN of ESTATES of INTESTATES for the year ending 31st December, 1877.

NAME OF INTESTATE.

AMOUNT RE-

CEIVED ON ACCOUNT OF THE ESTATE.

DEDUCTIONS

BALANCE ON

FOR

DISBURSEMENTS.

CLOSING ACCOUNTS.

DISPOSAL OF BALANCE.

TOTAL BALANCE.

$ c.

Tew-a-Tee,

9.01

3.00

6.01

Wan-a-Chee,

John Cook Brett,.

A-Loong,..

29.25

4.00

25.25

965.69

234.91

730.78

Remaining in Registry, Do., Remitd. to Miss A.C. Brett, L’don. Paid to the Grand-father of the

6.01 25.25

58.82

1.82

57.00

Deceased.

Lam-Hiep......

9.00

5.19

3.81

Remaining in Registry,

3.81

Forwarded through Colonial Se-

Chew-Sam,.......

81.34

5.03

76.31

cretary to H. B. M.'s Consul at Amoy.

Alexander Murray,

479.66

107.29

372.37

Remaining in Registry,

372.37

Asshii,

10.15

1.55

8.60

Do.,

8.60

Ho-Ching-Ling,....

25.60

1.59

24.01

Do.,

Alexander Morrison,

1,425.54

207.66

1,217.88

Do.,

John Phillip Donaldson,

45.00

17.43

27.57

Do.,

Chan-Woon-Tong,.

82.83

9.64

73.19

Do.,

24.01

1,217.88

27.57

73.19

Li-Tsing,

1.25

C. B. PLUNKET,

Registrar.

No. 39.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23?D FEBRUARY, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

His Excellency Governor POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G., has been pleased to recognize provisionally Theophilus Gee LINSTEAD, Esquire, as Acting C?nsul for Belgium, and THOMAS ISAAC ROSE, Esquire, as Acting Vice-Consul for Siam at this Port during the absence on leave of H. NICAISE, Esquire.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th February, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

No. 40.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Applications will be received here for the Office of Shroff and Chinese Clerk at the Magistracy up till Monday the 11th March.

　　　　　The selected candidate will be required to enter into a bond with a surety or sureties to the amount of $1,000.

The Salary of the Office is $30 per month.

For further particulars apply to the Magistrates.

By Command,

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th February, 1878.

No. 25.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th February, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

No. 32.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Applications will be received at this Office for the appointment of Fourth Master at the Central School during the absence on leave of the Head Master, Mr. STEWART.

Salary $120 per month and an Allowance of $30 per month for House Rent.

Applications to be addressed to the Office of the undersigned.

For further particulars, apply to F. STEWART, Esquire, Head Master Central School.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th February, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

THE

HONGKONG

GOVERNMENT

GAZETTE, 23RD FEBRUARY,

1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

CAPE D'AGUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

WINDS

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

DAY AND

DATE.

BARO-

0 TO 12.

WEA-

BARO-1

0 TO 12.

THERMOMETER.

WEA-

HOUR.

In inches

METER

THER.

METER

THER.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

Attd. Max. M?n. Dry. Wet. Direct. | Force.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. | Force.

during previous 24 hours.

WEA-

THER.

In inches

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry.Wet. Direct. Force.

VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

RAIN FALL.

In inches

during previous 24 hours.

WEA-

THER.

Saturday,

16th

February.

80.39 2.0

52.0 51.0

30.22 | 56.0|

53.0 52.0, E

g.p.

80.2355,0]

52.0 50.0 NE

p.m.

28.43 43.0

44.0 44.0 E

o.f.

Noon 30.36 57.0 57.5 50.5 57.0 54.0 30.31 58.0

58.0 55.0

30.22 58.0 57.5 49.0 57.5 56.0 E 30.20 58.0

g.p.

0.42

30.2355.0 57.0 48.0 52.0 50.0 NNE

c.m.

0.10

: ?

28.44 45.0 46.0 42.0 46.0 46.0] E

o.f.

0.45

58.0 56.5 Calm

30.21 56.0

54.0, 52.0 NNE

c.m.

28.37 $7.0

48.0 48.0 E

o.p.f.

Sunday,

17th

February.

30.2158.0 58.0 56.0

9 Noon 30.20 | 60,5 61.5 54.0] 60.0 57.0 30.15 60.0

30.11 60.0|

59.5 58.0 Calm

g.m.

30.09 57.0

54.0 54.0 N

60.0 57.0

Monday,

18th

February.

30.26 56.5

Noon 30.25 | 61.0 61.5 54.0 61.0 58.0 30.19 | 61.0

56.0 55.0

b.c.

30.09 60.0

61.0 58.0

Tuesday,

19th

February.

30.34 57.0

57.0 55.0

Noon 30.36 57.0 61.5 55.0 57.0 53.5| 30.31 56.5

Wednesday,

20th

February.

30.38 55.0

56.0 54.5

55.0 54.5

30.31 57.0

Noon 30.37 56.5 57.5 54.0 56.0 55.0)

True wind cannot be registered.

b.c.

30.09 | 62.0

: ?

30.10 61.0 62.0 51.0 62.0 59.0 ESE 30.05 62.0

b.c.

60.0 58.0 ESE

g.m.

C.V.

28.33 50.0

0.00

30.08 58.0 59.5 49.0 55.0 54.0 NNE 30.03 59.0}

c.h.

0.00

56.0 54.0 NNE]

c.h.

28.36 51.0

51.0 51.0 SE

28.36 52.0 54.0 46.0 53.0 53.0 SE

0.07

52.0 52.0 ESE

59.5 57.0 NW

b.c.

30.08 59:0

30.09 60.0 63.0 51.0 63.0 59.0 NW

b.c.

0.02

1959

58.0, 55.0 NNW

b.c.

28.35 51.0]

30.10 62.0 65.0 53.0 63.0 57.0 NE

b.c.

0.00

68.0 64.5 NW

b.c.

30.10 62.5

b.c.

30.15 60.0

57.5 56.0 E

b.c.

30.17 58.0

63.0 57.0 SSE

b.v.

28.33 58.0

55.0 53.0 NNE

O.C.

28.40 49.0

:::

52.0 51.0 NNE

O.C.

28.37 54.0 54.0 48.0 54.0 52.0 NE

b.c.

0.00

58.0 56.0 Calm

b.c.

49.0 49.0 E

om.

Do.

30.16 | 60.0 68.0 53.0 58.0 56.0 E

g.m.

0.00

30.18 58.0 59.0 52.0 55.0 53.0 NNE

O.C.

0.00

28.40 49.051.0 48.0 50.0 49.0 E

b.c.

0.00

c.1.

30.16 60.0

58.0 56.0 E

0.1.

30.16 58.0

55.0 53.0 N

o.m.

28.36 49.0

50.0 50.0 E

o.p.s.

c.d.

30.21 60.0

55.5 55.0 ENE

0.1.

30.22 | 58.0]

53.0 53.0 NE

c.d.

28.40 48.0

c.m.

30.21 60.0 58.0 58.0] 56.0 53.5 ENE

o.d.

0.10

30.22 58.0 58.5 51.0 52.0' 52.0 NE

c.d.

0.00

57.0 55.01

c.m.

30.19 | 60,0

57.0 56.0 Calm

o.m.

30.19 58.0

53.0 53.0 NE

c.m.

Thursday,

21st

February.

80.41 55.0

55.0 54.0

30.2158.0

56.0 55.0 N

30.31 | 57.0

Noon 30.39 56.0 57.0 53.5 56.0 54.0

30.20 58.0 58.0 51.0 57.0 56.0 N

z z

g.m.

30.25 58.0

0.r.

57.0 55.0

30.18 60.0|

58.0 57.0 Calm

8:0

0.00

30.18 59.5|

Friday,

30.39 58.0

9 22nd Noon 30.35 61.5 62.0 55.0 61.0 56.0|

:??

550:0

58.0 56.0

30.20 60.0 30.20 | 60.0 50.0 53.0 59.0 57.0 ESE

58.0 57.0 Calm

03 09

30.21 58.5

: 2:

54.5 53.0 NNE

O.C.

30.23 59.0 59.5 51.0 56,0 55.0 N

0.c.

57.0 56.0 N

O.C.

: 8:

49.0 49.0 E

o.f.

28.44 49.051.0 48.0 50.0 50.0 E

o.f.

0.12

28.37 49.0

50.0 50.0 E

o.f.

: ??:

28.45 48.0

0.00

28.45 49.0 50.0 47.0 50.0 50.0 E

28.38 50.0

49.0 49.0 E

o.f.

o.d.

51.051.0 E

o.f.

: 8:

0.00

53.5 53.0 NE

28.42 49.0

50.0 50,0) E

0.00

February.

3 30.27 | 68.5

63.0 60.0

b.c.

30.15 62.0

62.5 59.5 ESE

b.c.

30.22 59.0 59.5 52.0 55.0 55.0 NE 30.19 59.5

0.C.

0.00

55.0 55.0 NE

4 b.c.

: x

o.f.

28.43 52.0 52.0 48.0 52.051.0 E

28.38 54.0 54.0 53.0 E

O.C.

·?

b.c.

0.00

STATE OF WEATHER:-b. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; f. foggy; g. gloomy; 7. hail; 7. lightning; m. misty (hazy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; 9. squally; r. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility. Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). NOTE:-A bar (→) under any letter augments its signification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and continuing rain, &c., &c.

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

Description of Wind,

Figures

to denote

Illustrations ?f t power of the Wind as regards a well-conditioned -of-Wer or First-class Clipper Ship.

Rate of the Wind per Hour in Miles.

the Force

of the

Wind.

Calm

Light Air

Light Breeze ...

Moderate Breeze.

022940UNBDD-2

Gentle Breeze

Fresh Breeze

Strong Breeze

Moderate Gale.

Fresh Gale..

Strong Gale

Whole Gale..

Storm...

Hurricane...

Just sufficient to give steerage way With which the above Ship with all sail ( 1 to 2 knots set and clean full would go in smooth

3 to 4

5 to 6

Royals,

&c.

water.

In which she could just carry in chase, Single Reets and T. G. Sails..

full and by

Double Reefs and Jib, &c. Triple Reefs, &c..

Close Reefs and Courses

In which she could just bear close-reefed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail

Under Storm Staysail

Bare Poles. · · · · ·

0 to

37 44

45 -- 52

53 60

above 80

Lotters. Papers.

　　　　　　　Adwands & Co. 5 Asplans, E. H. 1

Doherty, J. Dezzerette, E. 1

Blight, John J. 1 Burnell, K A. 1

Evans, C. H. Evans, E.

Barnby, Alfred 1

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD FEBRUARY, 1878.

Letters. Papers.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Unclaimed Correspondence, 22nd February, 1878.

1 bk. Holam, E.

Letters. Papers.

Holler, Frederico 1 Harris, Capt. 2 Harman, J.

Hen Quang Yung 1

Letters. Papers.

MacDonald, J. E.1

Mann, Henry

McEnary, J.

Lewers. Papers.

Rosenthal, P.

Storror, Dr. Shuraffally, T. 6 Solomon, J. A. 1

10 2

Lets. Pprs.

Tocque, P. Thomas, F. F. 1 Tong Hing Tirofille, Monsr. 1

Mahd., Meedye 1 regd."

Moreland, L.

Mirza, A M. S. 1 regd.

Smith, Ge.

Barnes & Co., 1

Fadden, Thos

Ing Gung

Mills, Chas. F. 2

Bun Hang Hau 1 regd.

Fisher, Joseph 1

Scott, Mrs. E.

Ughes, G.

Mansau, Thos. 1

Silva, A. B.

Brown, Capt.

Fox, Mrs.

Johnston, Fred. 1

Macpherson, G.

Slater, A. T.

Jessop, H. R. H. 3

Vidal, A.

Campbell, W. 4

Gillis, Jas. A.

Spence, A. S.

Nicholls, J. T. B.

Stronach, W. S. 1

Crovat, P. L.

Gibson, Edward 1

Kong-ung War 1 regd.

Seymour, Esq. 1

Caven, George 1bk.regd.

Gardner, C. J. 1

Choa Ma Ong 1

Geldart, Rev. E. 1

Luna, Miss

Gilkison, W. P. 1

Lannigar, J.

1 1

Pelago, Jos? Paulsen, H.

Sarda, Monsr.

Wing Seng Williams, T.

1 regd.

Donohne, Hugh 1

Lie, Mandarin 1 regd.

Robertson, R.

De Souza

Hutchinson

Look Sung

1 parcel

1 regd.

Rutgers, P. A.

Deverill, John 1

Hernand, A. D. 1

Rosahl, J. E.

Duchesne, M.

Hartye, W.

Dantra, K. R. 1

Hampton, Wm. 1

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BAY OF BENGAL, COAST OF BURMA.

Position of Krishna shoal Light-vessel.

With reference to notice to Mariners, No. 21 of 1877, notice is hereby given that the Star light-vessel which was reported by the Marine Authorities in Rangoon to be placed 4 miles eastward of the position of the recently destroyed Krishna light-house, is reported to be from 3 to 5 miles in error on the Charts and Notices lately issued.

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BAY OF BENGAL-BRITISH BURMA.

　　　　The following information, gathered on an inspection tour along the coast of British Burma in 1876, by Commander A. D. Taylor, F.R.G.S., late Indian Navy, Superintendent of Marine Surveys to the Government of India, is reproduced with additions and corrections.

[All Bearings are Magnetic. Variation 2° 30′ E. in 1878.]

MERGUI ARCHIPELAGO.*

Navigation of the Mergui Archipelago.-Between Tavoy point and Pakchan river, a distance of nearly 250 miles, there is almost completely sheltered navigation amongst the islands for steamers and small sailing craft. What may be called the beaten track (which will be here described) was frequented by Chinese junks long before Burma became a British possession. Of late years the vessels of the British India Steam Navigation Company have been subsidized to carry the mails from Calcutta to the various ports of British Burma, and onward to Penang. Their officers have begun to furnish notes of their experience, and may be looked upon as the pioneers of navigation in those waters, and of a regular interportal trade along the eastern side of the Bay of Bengal.

　　　　Outside Soundings.---The bank of soundings extends for some distance outside most of the islands, but has not yet been thoroughly examined; near some of them the water is deep, yet their proximity may easily be known by the lead, if kept going in the night. In passing through any of the channels, or inside the islands, a good look-out will be necessary, as some undiscovered dangers may very probably exist.

　　　　The Islands of the Mergui Archipelago extend from Tavoy island, in latitude 13° 13′ N., to the Seyer islands in latitude 8° 30′ N., and in some parts they are 70 miles off the mainland. These islands, being usually high, may be seen from 25 to 40 miles. They are covered with large trees, thick underwood difficult to penetrate, and there is scarcely an acre of level ground on any one island fit for cultivation, which may account for their having no inhabitants. A few wandering fishermen of a peculiar race, who live in their boats, are the only perennial residents of the Archipelago. Malays and a few Chinese from about Penang visit certain islands annually to collect edible birds' nests, found mor or less in almost every little rocky island. Trepong or Biche de Mer (sea-slug) is an object of search, but it is scarce, there being no extensive coral shoals. The junks or proas from Fenang and the Straits are numerous in the fine season; and doubtless, as the Commissioner of Mergui has no steamer to make inspection tours, the men of these proas will trespass on the rights of those who farm the collection from Government. On the beaches of several islands the marks of deer and hog were seen, also a foot-print, said to be the tiger's; but none of these animals were met with by the surveyors. The islands rest on a rocky basis, and on many of the rocks wholesome oysters abound. On Mainghy island, which lies about 23 miles westward of Mergui harbour, there is abundance of lead ore. There are many small barren rocks amongst the islands of the Archipelago, usually with deep water near them, but few hidden dangers were found by Captain Ross. However, some dangers, which will be described further on, have recently been discovered.

Winds and Weather.-The northerly or fair-weather monsoon commences at Mergui about the middle of October, at which time the wind hangs at East, occasionally blowing fresh. In December, about noon the sea-breeze sets in from N. W., veering to North about sunset, and by midnight the wind is from E.N.E. or East, at times blowing strong between sunset and 11 A.M. Therefore, by keeping near the islands, a sailing ship will get rapidly to the northward; whereas, in the offing, the wind is chiefly from N.N.E. to N.N.W. In March the sea-breezes amongst the islands set in from the southward of West, with light winds and calms in the offing; on two occasions, in February and March, the surveying vessels made but 8 or 10 miles per day, having experienced very light weather between Cabossa and cape Negrais with a drain of current to the southward. This southerly set, down the east side of the Bay of Bengal, apparently synchronizes with the northerly set along the Coromandel coast, and the easterly set at the Sandheads and past the Mutlah. In April the afternoon becomes squally with the wind at East, and much thunder and lightning amongst the islands.

The southerly or rainy monsoon sets in about the second week or middle of May, after which the Archipelago is subject to very squally weather for successive days, and a deluge of rain; the rains last till September. Judging of the weather by the log-book of the Nearchus, which vessel was the whole monsoon amongst the islands, it appears that one may easily beat to the southward within the islands, as she frequently experienced the wind from S. E., and had several successive days of Several square- fine weather. Chinese junks are well accustomed to this navigation amongst the islands in smooth water. rigged vessels of light draught used formerly to trade between Penang, Mergui and Tavoy, but they are rapidly being superseded by steamers; their route was usually to the eastward of St. Matthew's, Hastings islands, and up through Forrest strait to the northward, passing to the eastward of Owen islands;? when abreast the middle of Domel island, however, the passage becomes very shallow, being nearly dry all across at low-water springs, with only a narrow creek which lies through sandbanks, on the west side of the channel near the Domel shore. The best route at present known (now called the beaten track) passes to the westward of Domel island and Bushby.

　　　Entering passages.-The soundings amongst the outer islands are so deficient on the Admiralty charts, that it is deemed advisable to warn navigators against adopting any of the central entrance channels from seaward except Forrest passage in latitude 11° 5' N., and Investigator channel in latitude 10° 15′ N. If well to the northward or southward of these, it is better only to approach the mainland through the Tavoy channel, which lies between 13° 20′ and 13° 30′ N.; or by passing to the south of Chance island on the parallel of 9° 20′ N.

　　　Recently discovered dangers.-The attention of navigators is drawn to the following dangerous reefs, because no account of them is yet given in any Books of Directions.

* See Admiralty charts:-Mergui Archipelago, No. 216 (a & b).

+ Shoal water has been reported about 4 miles to north-eastward of High island, where no soundings are given on the charts.

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　　　　　　　Pollock Reef. The British India Steam Navigation Company's steamer Madras, Captain Pollock, in 1875, ran in towards Pakchan river by passing between the Loughborough and Swinton islands. Here, in mid-channel, she discovered a rock above water, and a reef below water, and only narrowly escaped striking. This reef is in latitude 10° 30′ N. and longitude 98° 0′ E. The Loughborough passage should therefore be avoided.

On an old chart there is a rock marked doubtful about midway between Christie and Chance islands.

Richelieu Rock lies about half-way from Chance island towards Kopah inlet, and, being in mid-channel, is very dangerous. Kurrachee Rock, lying in Forrest strait, about 3 miles to east-south-east of the Gregory south-east island, is very dangerous, having 16 fathoms water close to.

Fly rock. This sunken reef, said to break at times, lies about midway between Domel island and the north island of the 5 Sisters. From it Fly island bears S. E. by E. E., and the north-west point of Bushby S. E.

All other known outlying dangers are inserted on the Admiralty Charts and fairly described in Taylor's Sailing Directory, volume 1, pages 506-12.

Tavoy River.-The entrance to this river is pretty well described in the "Sailing Directory," and with the conected chart a vessel may easily enter without a pilot. The edge of the shoal flat, which lies to the south of Crab island, and forms the eastern boundary of the fair western channel up Tavoy river, is marked by some fishing stakes, or traps. The British India steamers generally run up along the west side of Crab island and anchor off the Goodrich plains, and from this anchorage they communicate with Tavoy town by boat, but it is a long and tedious journey without steam. Some small coasting steamers take the passage to eastward of Crab island, and anchor near a godown and temporary jetty lately erected abreast of the new little island, which has formed during the last quarter of a century just above, and to the north-east of Crab island.

Caution. The old sailing directions are vague; they describe the best anchorage for large ships as being "close to the uppermost bluff or rocky point," by which it is presumed they indicate the place marked by an anchor on the present and latest edition of Admiralty chart No. 835, corrected to 1867. But it has been now proved in a practical manner that no good anchorage exists there; in fact, it is dangerous ground, as the following remarks will show.

　　　　　　Dangerous rock-Whilst proceeding up river on 20th December 1875, the British India Steam Navigation Company's steamer Mahratta, being near the position formerly indicated as the best anchorage for large ships, suddenly struck on a sunken rock, on which there is only 11 or 12 feet at low water spring tides. The vessel was considerably damaged, several plates having been ripped off, and she had to undergo an expensive docking at Calcutta.

From the rock Round hill point bears N. W. by N. 4 N.; the point next southward of Round hill S. S. W.; and the south-east extreme of Crab island trees N. N. E.

To clear this rock, when proceeding up the river, keep the Button and Reef islands just open or visible to the left of the Middle island and Grindstone, till Round hill bears N. W.; then haul up towards the west shore, passing not more than two cables off Round hill, and keeping that distance off shore, till the vessel reaches abreast of Goodrich plains.

Another rock, which has likewise been discovered by Captain Pollock, lies about 2 miles southward of the Goodrich plains. This river should therefore be navigated cautiously and towards high water, certainly not before half flood, as it has not yet been thoroughly examined.

　　　　　　The Inner Passage or Beaten Track.-The route from Tavoy to Mergui and onwards towards Kopah for steam vessels, com- ing from the northern ports of Burma, is to pass inside of Tavoy island, keeping about 2, or not more than 3 miles from it, to avoid the shoal water, which extends 6 miles off the mainland of Burma. The Bank Canister and Long island, on the eastern side of the fair channel, are excellent marks by day or night, and so are Iron island, the Great and Little Canisters to the westward, and King's and Plantain islands to the southward, by the bearings of which a vessel's position can be easily found. Keep on a southerly course, steering for Plantain island, till Barn island (or Jockey-cap) bears E. S. E., then steer for Madramakan peak about S. S. E. E., but when Iron island nearly touches Plantain island keep more to the south-east and stand on till the beacons at Mergui entrance are made out.

　　　　　　Mergui Harbour.-When steering for Mergui harbour,* keep the Little Canister in sight between Iron island and Plantain island; or, if the Canister be obscured by haze or rain, do not allow Plantain and Iron islands to close upon each other till the beacons are sighted. To enter the harbour-which may be done after the first-quarter flood, with a small vessel, but at half-flood with a large vessel steer for the eastern beacon (these beacons are only baskets on poles) till the west beacon is in line with Madramakan hill, then head up about S. E. for the fish trap, which stands next south of the east beacon. This course will lead between the beacons, but nearer the east than the west one, in about 13 feet at low water. The shoalest water is on the inner bar (10 or 11 feet), which is further in, or about 3 or 4 cables S. E. by S. of the outer black buoy.

　　　　　　Anchorage. When the whole of Mergui town is seen to the east of the outer black buoy, haul up for Mergui pagoda, and passing about one cable to the eastward of both buoys, anchor about 13 cables off the main pier in 33 fathoms (low water). Some rocks lie about 1 cables W. by S. from this anchorage, with only 5 feet over them at low-water springs; therefore good swinging room should be allowed for a long vessel.

　　　　　　Tides. It is high water F and C at 10 hours 30 minutes. Rise and fall at high springs 19 feet; ordinary springs 17 feet; at neaps 11 or 12 feet. The tidal stream runs about 3 miles an hour off the pier at spring tides, flood to southward, ebb to northward.

This is to avoid the

Fell Passage. The inner navigation between Mergui and Pakchan river is the southern and intricate portion of the beaten track. The inner route along the east side of King island has been named Fell passage after an island which stands at the south entrance of this narrow channel. Padau-or is a round islet which marks the northern entrance. Leaving Mergui harbour in a steamer at the first-quarter flood, steer out to the north-west, keeping Plantain island and Iron island open, or just touching each other, till Fell passage is seen well open; then gradually haul round by the westward till Padau-or island is 2 points on the port bow; keep it in that position till you see right through the Fell passage or till the east extreme of Padau-or bears S. S. W.; then starboard the helm and pass round the east side of that island about 2 cables off, altering course so as, when past the island, to head up about S. by W. and steer on that course away from Padan-or. north-west extreme of the rocky shoal on which stands the islet that marks the east side of this Fell passage entrance, leaving only a narrow gut of deep water near Padau-or island. Then keep in mid-channel for a distance of 4 miles, when haul up to the south-west to pass between the first small low-level tree island and the lofty King island. The next course is more southerly to take the vessel between the first and second tree islands, as near mid-channel as possible; then, passing within a cable's length of the south-east point of the second wooded island, steer across towards the small pagoda of Pee-ay-kyoor (about a S. by W. course). Should the vessel get out of the proper track, the water will shoal to 3 fathoms, but after half Hood, there will be 9 feet more than the chart shews. As the pagoda is approached, haul to the south-west to pass between Pagod island and a little islet with a few trees on it. When abreast of the latter, one cable off, steer to pass, in mid-channel, betwe Pagoda island and the good-sized tree island which lies to the west of it. Afterwards haul in towards King island age keeping along it at the distance of 2 cables, till you emerge from the passage mid-way between Fell island (which is h and the great and much loftier King island, where, in mid-channel, there are depths of 10 or 12 fathoms and upwards.

Fell island. This is a round island, about 200 feet high, covered with trees; the channel between it and King isl only about a quarter of a mile broad, but the water is very deep. There is another high, round island, standing abe mile to southwest of Fell's; it has been named Passage island, because it (rather than Fell's) stands at the very ent: the passage. There are 4 or 5 small islets called Lah-chee, all much alike, lying to southward of Fell's island.

　　　　See Admiralty chart, Tavoy river, No. 835. See also Sketch of Tavoy river, published by the Marine Survey Department, Calcutta. * See Flans of Mergui harbour on Admiralty charts Nos. 218 and 70b.

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Bentinck route.-Passing about half a mile west of Passage island, steer towards Christmas island, about S. W. by S., so as to leave Round and Cantor's island respectively about one mile to the westward. Pass about 2 miles to the westward of Christmas island, then steer for West Passage island, between which and the little islet crowned with a tuft of trees (which is aptly called Cap and Feather) lies the fair channel to the southward.

　　　Borrow on the West Passage island, where there are depths of 5 or 6 fathoms (low water), but towards Cap and Feather the water shoals to 3 and 2 fathoms. Pass the West Passage at not less than 2 cables' distance and the south Passage island at half a mile. From South Passage island steer S. by W. for 10 miles to clear the south end of Bentinck island, then about S. S. W. for the purpose of clearing Fly rock lying 3 miles to the north-west of Fly island. When near Maria island, steer more southerly, passing midway between Bushby island and the group called the Five Sisters. Being 3 miles to the west of Bushby island, steer to pass between High island and Sullivan's. On this course the flood stream will set to the eastward, and therefore the time of tide must be calculated and some allowance must be made for the tidal stream.

　　　Anchorages.-On a dark rainy night of the south-west monsoon, a steamer, coming from northward, might conviniently and prudently anchor till day-break to leeward of the Great Bentinck island in 6 or 7 fathoms, or about 2 miles eastward of the South Passage island.

　　　When going northward from Pakchan, advantage may, on similar occasions be taken of the good anchorage in Forrest strait to leeward of Sullivan's and to southward of High island, when there are depths of 7 to 9 fathoms.

　　　Forrest Strait towards Pakchan.-The Gregorys are five low-level tree islands, on a white sandy base. The little North Gregory is 18 miles to the southward of High island, and a vessel should pass to the eastward of all the Gregorys.

　　　Boyce shoal.--The British India Steam Navigation Company's steamer Madras passed over a small shoal (Boyce shoal), on which there were 2 fathoms (reduced to low water). It lies between Boyce hill and the main body of the Gregorys, and there is a space of little more than 2 miles between the latter and the shoal. Caution is necessary, and it is prudent to borrow towards the Gregory's.

　　　Kurrachee rock. This dangerous sunk rock, which is a pinnacle, with only 5 feet at lowest tide, on which the British India Steam Navigation Company's steamer of that name was totally lost in 1877, lies E. by S. S. distant 12 miles from the large or Eastern Gregory. There is deep water close to, 16 fathoms being found about 100 yards off.

Beyond the Kurrachee rock and the Gregorys a straight southerly run of about 25 miles puts the vessel about 2 or 3 miles to the eastward of the Five islands, from which position haul up to S. by W., or perhaps more westerly to avoid the extensive flat of sand and mud lying off the entrance to Pakchan river.

Pakchan River.-Maliwoon is a small town famous for its tin mines on the British side of this river, about 25 miles from the entrance, up a creek situated amongst the high hills of Maliwoon. The British India Steam Navigation Company's steamers carry on a monthly mail service from Rangoon, Moulmein and Mergui to this place. They sometimes go up the river, and about 5 miles up Maliwoon creek, where they are still 7 miles below the town. Sometimes they anchor off the mouth of Rehnoung creek on the Siam side, as there is some slight trade with that place.

　　　Entrance to Pakchan river.-Coming from northward, do not shoal the water towards the flat under 7 or 8 fathoms, till the open sea is visible between Hastings island on the one side, and the islands of St. Luke and St. Matthew on the other side. Then haul round to the south-east towards Saddle island, and run in about East with a small round island just touching the sloping south extreme (angle of 45°) of Boundary island, which has a barnlike appearance, and stands nearly 2 miles seaward of Victoria island. This course leads towards Boundary island and in not less than 5 fathoms at low water. Proceeding eastward, Victoria Point (the southern reddish termination of the Maliwoon hills, on which the tree have lately been thinned and cut down) will be made out; keep it just touching the northwest tip of Victoria island, steering exactly on that line (3 fathoms at low-water springs may be had when abreast of Boundary island) till within a quarter of a mile of Victoria, when haul a little northerly to pass the island at about one cable from a small islet off its north side.

　　　Reef-Between Long island and Victoria island, there is a reef of rocks, which uncover only at low water, but the passage just described is fully one mile wide. There is said to be a good passage into the river to the north of these rocks, but shoal water apparently extends over 3 miles to W. S. W. of them.

　　　Another entrance to Pakchan river is adopted by some Chinese pilots. The approach is between Spiteful rock (which is really a good-sized round island) and Harry's head, the north-west point of Saddle island; but caution is necessary, as the shoal bank westward of Spiteful rock is unexamined. Approaching from the southward, borrow on Tree island to avoid that bank. Steer from Spiteful on an easterly course to Stainer rock; when 3 cables from that rock, haul up E. N. E. for one mile, then N. E. and N. N. E. so as to pass within 2 cable lengths of Dyke's and two round islets beyond. When the east point of Victoria island is visible, steer for it and pass it also about 2 cables off; then, if bound to Rehnoung, keep away to N. E. and E. N. E., and anchor in 4 fathoms, low water, to southward of the small rocky islet as follows.

　　　Anchorage off Rehnoung.-Having entered the river between Victoria point and island, steer to the eastward, when the mouth of the Rehnoung creek will be visible, and anchor in 4 fathoms low water, with a little rocky islet bearing N. E. by N., 2 cables distant, and Victoria point N. W. by W. W., Long island being visible through the opening of the river, and the high peak of St. Matthew's island just over the north point of Victoria island. At this anchorage the outline of the bank that dries at low-water springs will be visible to the south and south-east of the vessel. The bottom is stiff clay, good hold- ing ground.

　　　The southern entrance to Pakchan river and Rehnoung has been described. This route lies to the north of Saddle island, passing between it and the Spiteful rock; it then runs to the southward and eastward of Mostyn, Dyke, and Festing islands, and hauls up close along the east shore of Victoria island, where there is deep water.

　　　Tides. It is high water at F. and C. of the moon at the entrance of Pakchan river at 10 hours 30 minutes; the rise of tide is about 14 feet at springs, and 8 feet at neaps. The ebb tide, rushing out of the Pakchan river, splits at the north-east point of Victoria island and bifurcates to the west and to the south, both streams being rapid at spring tides in both entrance channels.

The Coast below Pakchan river is quite unexamined, and should not be approached without a pilot. Kopah river entrance was formerly supposed to be only 20 miles southward of Rehnoung, but it is double that distance. The boundary between British Burma and Siam is supposed to run through Mostyn, Saddle and De Lisle islands, but these islands and the adjacent raters are not surveyed. The Sugar loaves are good landmarks, and the Round or Funnel mountain on the mainland, which

18 miles southward of Rehnoung, is a magnificent peak.

Richelieu rock. This is a danger recently discovered by Captain A. De Richelieu, of the Siamese Royal Navy; it lies niles due west from Hayes' island. The discovery of such a rock points to the necessity of navigating these waters with

me caution.

Kopah River, in the province called Muang Takuapah, belongs to Siam, and is becoming of importance on account of trade; its position was not shewn on any chart until the year 1876. The river has two entrances, the northern being t for the south-west monsoon, but during the fine season a great saving of time and fuel may be made by adopting the a entrance. This latter was made mention of in Horsburgh's Directory as Bangri, properly Bang-yee, which is the fa town inside the Quoin hill. Several small junks trade between Kopah, Junkseylon, and Penang.

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　　　　　　North Entrance.-To enter Kopah river from the north, give Hayes island a good wide berth by keeping at least 24 miles off, on account of off-lying reefs. Then steer straight in for the north-east point of Kopah head on about a S. E. course. The extreme north-east low point of the head is composed of casuarina trees on a sandy point. Pass round this point about one cable off, and then haul up S. by W. for the next, or the east prominent Bluff point of the head. Without a chart or pilot a steamer could not go up Kopah river, but even a stranger, with the aid of the sketch* of this river, may feel his way up at half tide. This has been done by the enterprising commanders of the British India Steam Navigation Company.

The

　　　　　　South Entrance.-The southern entrance of Kopah river has not less than 13 feet at lowest spring tides, and is safe for small steamers during the north-east monsoon. It would not be prudent to attempt to enter during the southwest monsoon.

passage is between two sandbanks, which are nearly covered at high-water springs. The course in is about E. by N. N., or with the low casuarina tree point (which extends westward from the Quoin) on with the first south notch of River hill. 1-1/4 Inside the bar the water deepens to 5 and 6 fathoms.

Kopah or Takuapah town.—This place lies about 20 miles up the river which winds away to the southward nearly parallel to the coast line, and has another small mouth about 10 miles below Bang-yee. The town is famous for its tin mines, which the Raja profitably works. The land about Kopah and to the north is very mountainous and undulating, and is seen a long way from seaward. Pia Sima, the highest mountain, about 10 miles to eastward of Kopah head, culminating in 3 peaks of nearly equal elevation, is upwards of 3,500 feet above the sea.

The steamer anchorage inside the river is in about 5 fathoms, nearly 5 miles E. S. E. from the south or Bang-yee entrance. The Coast to the southward of Kopah runs nearly due south for 25 miles to the entrance of Bagatae river. Besides the circular reef, with a white sand patch on it, situated 5 miles S. S. W. from Bang-yee entrance and noted on the old charts, there is a reef stretching about 2 miles off a point called Lem Krang-jai, which is 16 miles southward of Bang-yee.

Cape Dolphin, or Lem Thom-job, a prominent and moderately elevated point of the coast, in about latitude 8° 32′ N., forms the west or left bank of the river Bagatae, the entrance of which is about 3 miles northward of the cape; inside this and behind the cape there is apparently sheltered anchorage in 5 fathoms. Near the town of Bagatae, which is up a creek, and about 10 miles from the anchorage, there are tin mines.

　　　　　　Below cape Dolphin, the coast of the Siamese province of Tak?atung trends about S. by E. for 22 miles to Pak-prah, the little strait that separates Junkseylon from the mainland. It seems safe not to approach this coast within 3 miles, as it has been only cursorily examined.

　　　　　　The many outlying islands below Pakchan river-extending to the Seyers group, which are in about the same latitude as cape Dolphin-render it easy to fix a ship's position both by night and day.

Marine Survey Department, Calcutta, January 1878.

* See Sketch of Kopah Inlet, published by the Marine Survey Department, Calcutta.

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Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 1st March, 1878.

No. 40..

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

CECIL C. SMITH,

Colonial Treasurer.

　　　　　Applications will be received here for the Office of Shroff and Chinese Clerk at the Magistracy up till Monday the 11th March.

The selected candidate will be required to enter into a bond with a surety or sureties to the amount of $1,000.

The Salary of the Office is $30 per month.

For further particulars apply to the Magistrates.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th February, 1878.

No. 32.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Applications will be received at this Office for the appointment of Fourth Master at the Central School during the absence on leave of the Head Master, Mr. STEWART.

Salary $120 per month and an Allowance of $30 per month for House Rent. Applications to be addressed to the Office of the undersigned.

For further particulars, apply to F. STEWART, Esquire, Head Master Central School.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th February, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

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The

　　　　　　The many outlying islands below Pakchan river-extending to the Seyers group, which are in about the same latitude as cape Dolphin-render it easy to fix a ship's position both by night and day.

Marine Survey Department, Calcutta, January 1878.

* See Sketch of Kopah Inlet, published by the Marine Survey Department, Calcutta.

NOTICE.

Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 1st March, 1878.

No. 40..

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

CECIL C. SMITH,

Colonial Treasurer.

　　　　　Applications will be received here for the Office of Shroff and Chinese Clerk at the Magistracy up till Monday the 11th March.

The selected candidate will be required to enter into a bond with a surety or sureties to the amount of $1,000.

The Salary of the Office is $30 per month.

For further particulars apply to the Magistrates.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th February, 1878.

No. 32.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Applications will be received at this Office for the appointment of Fourth Master at the Central School during the absence on leave of the Head Master, Mr. STEWART.

Salary $120 per month and an Allowance of $30 per month for House Rent. Applications to be addressed to the Office of the undersigned.

For further particulars, apply to F. STEWART, Esquire, Head Master Central School.

By Command,

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J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

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1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

Cape d'AGUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

WINDS

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

THERMOMETER,

THERMOMETER.

DAY AND

BARO-

0 TO 12.

HOUR.

DATE.

METER

WEA-

THER.

BARO-

0 To 12.

METER

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min.] Dry. | Wet. Direct. Force.

Saturday,

23rd

February.

80.27 61.0 Noon 30.24 64.0 65.0 57.0 64.0 61.0 30.16 65.0

61.0 59.0

b.c.

65.0 62.0

b.c.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. | Force.

30.13 62.0

In inches during previous, 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-I

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

|Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

62.0 60.0 ESE

30.13 59.0

30.13 64.0 66.0 55.0] €6.0 63.5 ESE 30.07 66.0

0.00

56.0 56.0 NNE

O.C.

28.42 59.0

59.0 59.0 ESE

O.C.

65.5 63.5 ESE

30.12 61.0 61.0 53.0 57.0 57.0 NNE 30.06 61.0

o.c.

0.00

28.381 60.0 60,0, 52.0 60.0 59.0 SE

0.0.

0.00

58.0 57.0 NE

O.C.

28.32 63.0

63.0 61.0 S

O.C.

Sunday,

24th

February.

30.23 62.0

Noo

36 52.0

Tuesday,

26th

February.

Monday,

25th

February.

Noon 30.33 | 52.0; 55.0 49.0 50.0 50.0 30.26 51.0]

30.27 54.0!

Noon 30.22 55.5 56.0 50.0 55.0 52.5 30.15 55.0

62.0 61.0

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2159.0

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30.08 64.0

o.c.r.

59.0 58.0

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53.0 50.0

c.r.

30.20 60.0]

51.0 50.0

5.4.0 52.01

Wednesday, 9

27th

30.05 57.0

55.0 53.01

57.0 56.0

Noon 30.04 | 61.0 63.0 54.0 61.0] 60,0

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Do.

c.r.

30.15 60.01

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60.0 60.0] NW

o.r.

30.06 62.0|

30.08 63.0 67.0 55.0 59.0 59.0 NW 30.0863.0

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g.p.

30.07 62.0

62.0 62.0 N

28.36 59.0

60.0 60.0] WNW|

o.f.

30.09 62.5 64.0 55.5 60.0 60.0 N

0.16

28.34 53.0 53.0 52.0 53.0 53.0! NW

c.r.

59.0 58.0 N

o.d.

28.29 52.0

53.0 53.0 N

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52.051.0 N

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30.26 58.5

48.0 48.0 N

o.r.

28.40 | 45.0

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30.22 58.0 60.0 47.0 48.0 48.0 N

o.r.

0.22

52.0 51.5 Calm

o.r.

30.14 58.0

48.0 48.0 N

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28.35 45.0

46.0 46.0 N

o.r,

28.39 47.0 47.0 46.0 46.0 46.0 NE

o.r.

0.92

46.0 46.0 E

O.C.

52.0 50.0 NE

O.C.

28.31 44.0

45.0 45.0 E

O.C.

g.m.

0.56

30.13 56.0 57.0 50.0 52.0 50.0 NE

O.C.

0.03

55.5 54.0 ESE

o.m.

30.12 56.0

53.051.0 NE

O.C.

28.25 47.0

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28.28 48.0 49.0 44.0 48.0 48.0 E

o.f.

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c.d.

29.96 60.0

59.0 58.0 E

28.22 63.0

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c.r.

February. 3

29.96 64.0

Thursday, 9 30

30.16 63.0

64.0 63.0

c.r.

29.95 62.0 63.0 57.0 63.0 62.0 E

29.88 64.0

o.r.

0.02

66.0 65.0] Calm

o.r.f.

28.22 64.0 64.0 47.0 64.0 64.0 S 28.20 65.0

64.0 64.0. E

o.f.q.

65.0 65.0 S

o.f.d.

0.15

28th

February.

Noon 30.19 64.5 68.0 60.0 64.0 59.0 30.17 66.0

Friday, 9 30.38 57.0

63.0 61.0

··

63.5 63.0 Calm

30.00 64.0 30.0266.0 68.0 59.0 67.5 63.0 NE

0 b.c.

28.30 56.0

56.0 56.0 NNE

O.C.

b.c.

0.48

Telegraph wire out of order.

28.31 57.0 66.0 52.0 56.0 55.0 N

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O.C.

0.38

66.0 60.0

b.c.

30.02 67.0

71.5 65.0 NE

b.c.

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Triple Reefs, &c.... Close Reefs and Courses

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VOL. XXIV.

THE GOVERNOR'S INSPECTION OF THE POLICE FORCE.

The following account of His Excellency The Governor's Inspection of the Police Force on the 26th February, 1878, is extracted from the report of the Daily Press, for general information.

Yesterday (February 26th) afternoon Governor PoPE HENNESSY inspected the Police Force. His Excellency arrived at the Central Station shortly after three o'clock, attended by his Private Secretary, Mr. G. STAFFORD NORTHCOTE, and was received with a general salute. The force was under the command of Acting Captain Superintendent CREAGH and Mr. McEUEN, Deputy Superintendent. Captain DEMPSTER, Acting Superintendent of the Gaol, was also present. The land force were drawn up in two ranks facing the North, with the Europeans to the East, the Chinese in the centre, and the Indians to the West. There were on parade forty-four Europeans, ninety-eight Chinese, fifty-six Indian Constables, and four Troopers, with Acting Chief Inspector HORSPOOL and six other Inspectors, one Jemadhar, seven European Sergeants, four Indian Sergeants, and three Chinese Sergeants. The Water Police, numbering one hundred men, with Inspector GRIMES in charge and four Sergeants, were drawn up opposite. His Excellency walked along the ranks, making a close inspesion. This concluded, the men were formed into square, and-

　　　　　　His Excellency then said:-Mr. CREACH, allow me to express to you and the men under your command the great satisfaction I have experienced to-day in seeing the admirable appearance and discipline of this force. In the whole of Her Majesty's Colonial Empire there is no Police Force of equal strength, and perhaps I can add with truth, of greater efficiency, as compared with the size and requirements of the Colony. The Government of this Colony has spent money, not lavishly but wisely, in providing, for the preservation of order, a body of men that can compare with the Police Force in any part of the Colonial Empire. We have got from to time from England a number of well trained Constables. I see to-day Inspectors of the European Force who have been for many years in the Colony, and whose good pay is the result of their good conduct. I can only say to those who have come from the United Kingdom recently to Hongkong that by emulating the example they will see presented by the Inspectors and Sergeants to whom I refer, they themselves can look forward to receiving in time the promotion and rewards of the service. With respect to the contingent on my right, which owes its efficiency so peculiarly to my friend, Mr. CREAGH, the Acting Captain Superin- tendent of Police, all must feel that the Sikh corps is a credit to the Colony and to Mr. CREAGH. And with respect to the important body of Chinese, it is enough to recall the fact that of late years the detection of crime in the Colony has been owing in no small degree to the fact that the Chinese Police Force has been rendered so numerous and efficient. I have recently received from Mr. CREAGH a recommendation that I should consider the advisability of creating in the Chinese Force an additional number of Sergeants, and possibly in course of time an Inspector; and that recommendation, like every- thing which comes from Mr. CREAGH, is receiving my best attention. At this moment the Europeans and Indians are a well armed force. You correspond to that armed force which in other Colonies has imposed upon it the sole defence of the Colony. Here we have also Her Majesty's troops, but I do not hesitate to say that by proper care, by strict discipline, and by developing that public spirit which I have found here in existence, we should be able to establish in this Colony an armed force which would be of the utmost importance to us in the event of any contingency arising which might induce Her Majesty's Government to diminish the number of troops in Hongkong. It is well to know that if such a contingency should arise the Government can rely with confidence on the loyalty and efficiency of those I now see around me. I will take the opportunity of saying that looking to the large body of men assembled in this square, and remembering also that a considerable number are now on duty in various parts of the Colony, I think I am bound to provide a force so numerous with a greater number of officers. I am entirely satisfied with the ability and zeal of my friends Mr. CREAGH and Mr. McEUEN. They are first rate officers. But when your experienced Captain Superintendent

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH MARCH, 1878.

(Mr. DEANE) arrives, I mast consult him as to a possible increase of the staff. I have only to add that I shall take a personal interest in the welfare of every man in the force, and you may rely at all times from you is on receiving the sympathy and support of the Government. All the Government expects a faithful discharge of your duty in the suppression of crime and the preservation of order. I will now call upon you to give three cheers for the Queen.

　　　Three hearty cheers were given in response to His Excellency's call. His Excellency then went through the barracks, attended by Mr. CREAGH and Mr. McEUEN, and displayed much interest in the arrangements and appointments of the various rooms. On his returning to the square a photograph of the force was taken. His Excellency then left, receiving another salute as he went away.

GOVERNMENT EDUCATION, HONGKONG.

At a conference held at the Council Chamber on the 25th February, 1878, to consider the question of the teaching of English in the Government Schools, the following gentlemen were present by invitation of His Excellency the Governor, who presided:-

The Honourable the Colonel Commanding the Troops, (Colonel BASSANO, C.B.) The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (J. GARDINER AUSTIN, C.M.G.)

The Honourable PHINEAS RYRIE. The Honourable HENRY LOWCOCK.

The Honourable J. MCNEILE PRICE.

The Honourable FRANCIS BULKELEY JOHNSON.

FREDERICK STEWART, Esquire, Head Master of the Central School.

The Reverend E. J. EITEL, Ph. D.

The following resolutions were arrived at:--

1. That the primary object to be borne in view by the Government should be the teaching of English. 2. That to enable the Central School to give more time to English and less time to Chinese studies, without materially diminishing the amount of Chinese knowledge on the part of the scholars on leaving the School, the preliminary requirements in Chinese knowledge be raised in the case of all such candidates for admission as do not already speak English fairly well to the requirements of Standard IV. of Class I. of the Grant-in-Aid Schedule, (with the exception of Geography).

3. That five hours be given every day (except Saturday) to English, and 24 hours to Chinese studies, but with the understanding that all English lessons will be obligatory, and all Chinese lesson optional, according to declaration on the part of the parents.

The above resol ions were arrived at without a division, with the exception of that portion of the latter which makes the study of Chinese optional on the declaration of the parents. On that point, the voting was as follows:---

For making Chinese optional.

The Honourable the Colonel Commanding

the Troops.

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary.

The Honourable J. M. PRICE.

The Honourable F. B. JOHNSON.

The Reverend E. J. EITEL.

For making Chinese compulsory.

The Honourable P. RYRIE.

The Honourable H. LowCOCK. Mr. STEWART.

4. That increased accommodation, more English speaking Masters, and smaller classes are essential to the proper teaching of English at the Central School.

5. That as a preliminary step, the staff of English Masters be doubled forthwith.

　　6. That with regard to the other Government Schools entirely supported by Government, arrangements be made, as soon as possible, to teach the boys English in all of them.

Read and confirmed this 5th day of March, 1878.

No. 44.

H. E. WODEHOUSE, Clerk of Councils.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

J. POPE HENNESSY,

Governor.

　　His Excellency the Governor in Council having been pleased, subject in all respects to the approval of the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, to grant Two months vacation leave and Ten months leave on half salary, to the Chief Justice the Honourable Sir JOHN SMALE, Knight, the following provisional appointments have been made by His Excellency :-

His Honour FRANCIS SNOWDEN, Puisne Judge, to be Acting Chief Justice. JAMES RUSSELL, Esquire, Police Magistrate, to be Acting Puisne Judge.

C. V. CREAGH, Esquire, Acting Captain Superintendent of Police, to be Acting Police Magistrate and Coroner.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 7th March, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH MARCH, 1878.

GOVERNMENT EDUCATION, HONGKONG.

The Honourable the Colonel Commanding the Troops, (Colonel BASSANO, C.B.) The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (J. GARDINER AUSTIN, C.M.G.)

The Honourable PHINEAS RYRIE. The Honourable HENRY LOWCOCK.

The Honourable J. MCNEILE PRICE.

The Honourable FRANCIS BULKELEY JOHNSON.

FREDERICK STEWART, Esquire, Head Master of the Central School.

The Reverend E. J. EITEL, Ph. D.

The following resolutions were arrived at:--

For making Chinese optional.

The Honourable the Colonel Commanding

the Troops.

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary.

The Honourable J. M. PRICE.

The Honourable F. B. JOHNSON.

The Reverend E. J. EITEL.

For making Chinese compulsory.

The Honourable P. RYRIE.

The Honourable H. LowCOCK. Mr. STEWART.

4. That increased accommodation, more English speaking Masters, and smaller classes are essential to the proper teaching of English at the Central School.

5. That as a preliminary step, the staff of English Masters be doubled forthwith.

　　6. That with regard to the other Government Schools entirely supported by Government, arrangements be made, as soon as possible, to teach the boys English in all of them.

Read and confirmed this 5th day of March, 1878.

No. 44.

H. E. WODEHOUSE, Clerk of Councils.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

J. POPE HENNESSY,

Governor.

His Honour FRANCIS SNOWDEN, Puisne Judge, to be Acting Chief Justice. JAMES RUSSELL, Esquire, Police Magistrate, to be Acting Puisne Judge.

C. V. CREAGH, Esquire, Acting Captain Superintendent of Police, to be Acting Police Magistrate and Coroner.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 7th March, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

No. 46.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Circular Despatch from Her Majesty's Principa ecretary of State for the Colonies, together with a copy of the Order in Council accompanying it, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th March, 1878.

CIRCULAR.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

DOWNING STREET, 7th December, 1877. SIR,-I have the honour to transmit to you a copy of an Order of The QUEEN in Council, dated the 28th December, 1866, applying the Foreign Deserters' Act 1852, to the Kingdom of Madagascar. This Order appears to have been sent out in original to the Governor of Mauritius without any steps having been taken at the time to communicate it to the rest of the Colonies. It is therefore now forwarded for your information and for publication in the Colony under your Government.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient, humble Servant,

The Officer Administering the Government of

CARNARVON.

HONGKONG.

AT THE COURT AT OSBORNE HOUSE, ISLE OF WIGHT, The 28th day of December 1866.

PRESENT,

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

　　　　Whereas by the "Foreign Deserters' Act, 1852," it is provided that whenever it is made to appear to Her Majesty that due facilities are or will be given for recovering or apprehending seamen who desert from British merchant ships in the territories of any Foreign Power, Her Majesty may by Order in Council stating that such facilities are or will be given, declare that seamen, not being slaves, who desert from merchant ships belonging to such Power when within Her Majesty's dominions, shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective ships, and may limit the operation of such Order, and may render the operation thereof subject to such conditions and qualifications, if any, as may be deemed expedient; and whereas it has been made to appear to Her Majesty that due facili- ties are given for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British merchant ships in the territories of Her Majesty the Queen of Madagascar:

　　　　Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of the powers vested in Her by the said "Foreign Deserters' Act, 1852," and by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, is pleased to order and declare, and it is hereby ordered and declared that from and after the publication hereof in the London Gazette, seamen, not being slaves, and not being British subjects, who within Her Majesty's dominions desert from merchant ships belonging to the Kingdom of Madagascar, shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective ships:

　　　　Provided always, that if any such deserter has committed any crime in Her Majesty's dominions, he may be detained until he has been tried by a competent Court, and until his sentence (if any) has been fully carried into effect.

　　　　And the Right Honourable the EARL OF CARNARVON, the Right Honourable VISCOUNT CRANBORNE, and the Right Honourable SPENCER HORATIO WALPOLE, three of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, are to give the necessary directions accordingly.

EDMUND HARRISON.

No. 48.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th March, 1878.

Government of India.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

(No. 3.)

EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO—SUNDA STRAIT-SUMATRA.

(1.)-Intended Light on Flat Point.

The following has been published by the Hydrographer to the British Admiralty.

　　　　The Netherlands Government has given notice of the intended establishment of a light on Flat Point (Pamantyass), north-west entrance point of Sunda Strait.

　　　　The light will be a flashing light of the first order, showing three flashes in quick succession every half minute, followed by a short eclipse.

BALY ISLAND-NORTH COAST.

(2)- Harbour Light at Sangsit.

Also, of the establishment, probably on 20th September 1877, of a fixed red harbour light at Sangsit (Pabejan), Baly

Island."

CELEBES ISLAND-EAST COAST. (3.)—Proposed Light at Gorontalo.

Also, that it is proposed to establish a harbour light at Gorontalo, Celebes Island. The light will be a fixed red light, shown from an iron post 26 feet high. The illuminating apparatus will be dioptric, or by lenses, of the sixth order.

TIMOR ISLAND-WEST COAST. (4.)-Intended Light at Koepang. Also, of the intended establishment of a harbour light at Koepang, Timor Island. The light will be a fixed red light, shown from an iron post 39 feet high. The illuminating apparatus will be dioptric, or by lenses, of the sixth order.

By Direction of the Government of India,

MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, 4th February 1878.

This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts :-

A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr., (late I. N.),

Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.

　　　　(1.) Indian Ocean, No. 748 b; Eastern Archipelago, No. 941 a; Sunda Strait, &c., No. 2,056; and Tying-kokh Bay to Sunda Strait, &c., No. 2,761: also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, East Indies, &c., 1877, page 18; China Sea Directory, Vol. I, 1867, page 21; and Taylor's Sailing Directory, Vol. I, page 623.

　　　　(2.) Indian Ocean, No. 748 b; and Eastern Archipelago, No. 941 b: also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, &c., 18-7, No. 123 a; and Seaman's Guide round Java, 1852, page 168.

　　　　(3.) Eastern Archipelago, No. 942 a; and anchorages in the Celebes Islands, No. 931: also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, &c., 1877, page 20.

　　　　(4.) Eastern Archipelago, No. 942 a; Baly and Timor Islands anchorages, No. 935: also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, &c., 1877, page 20; and Australia Directory, Vol. III, page 40.

No. 48.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th March, 1878.

Government of India.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

(No. 3.)

EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO—SUNDA STRAIT-SUMATRA.

(1.)-Intended Light on Flat Point.

The following has been published by the Hydrographer to the British Admiralty.

　　　　The Netherlands Government has given notice of the intended establishment of a light on Flat Point (Pamantyass), north-west entrance point of Sunda Strait.

　　　　The light will be a flashing light of the first order, showing three flashes in quick succession every half minute, followed by a short eclipse.

BALY ISLAND-NORTH COAST.

(2)- Harbour Light at Sangsit.

Also, of the establishment, probably on 20th September 1877, of a fixed red harbour light at Sangsit (Pabejan), Baly

Island."

CELEBES ISLAND-EAST COAST. (3.)—Proposed Light at Gorontalo.

By Direction of the Government of India,

MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, 4th February 1878.

This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts :-

A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr., (late I. N.),

Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.

　　　　(2.) Indian Ocean, No. 748 b; and Eastern Archipelago, No. 941 b: also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, &c., 18-7, No. 123 a; and Seaman's Guide round Java, 1852, page 168.

　　　　(3.) Eastern Archipelago, No. 942 a; and anchorages in the Celebes Islands, No. 931: also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, &c., 1877, page 20.

　　　　(4.) Eastern Archipelago, No. 942 a; Baly and Timor Islands anchorages, No. 935: also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, &c., 1877, page 20; and Australia Directory, Vol. III, page 40.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH MARCH, 1878.

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE, AND COMMERCE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

(No. 4.)

BAY OF BENGAL-COAST OF BURMA.

Corrected Position of Krishna Shoal Light-vessel.

With reference to Notices to Mariners, No. 22 of 1877 and No. 2 of 1878, issued by this Department, respecting the light-vessel marking the Krishna Shoal:-

Telegraphic information has been received from Rangoon, that the light-vessel Star has now been placed in latitude 15° 36′ 15′′ N., longitude 95° 34′ 30′′ E.

By Direction of the Government of India,

MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, 4th February 1878.

A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr., (late I. N.),

Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.

This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Gulf of Martaban, No. 823; Bay of Bengal, No. 70b; Indian Ocean, No. 748b; also, Admiralty List of Lights, East Indies, &c., No. 96, page 16; Marine Survey of India Light List, No. 87; and Taylor's Sailing Directory, Vol. I., page 498.

　　　　　　If this Notice is received on boardship, the substance of it should be inserted on the Charts affected by it, and introduced into the Sailing Directions to which it relates.

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE, AND COMMERCE. NOTICE TO MARINERS. (No. 5.)

BAY OF BENGAL-CHITTAGONG COAST.

(1.)—Colour of Beacons at the Entrance to Chittagong or Kornafuli River.

With reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 23 of 1877, issued by this Department, stating that the beacons at the entrance to Chittagong or Kornafuli river were painted white, further information has since been received announcing that the beacons have not been so painted, but allowed to remain as formerly, viz., the tripod or inner beacon, black, the mast red.

HINDOSTAN-WEST COAST-BOMBAY HARBOUR.

(2.)—Intended Alteration in Dolphin Rock Light.

　　　　　The Bombay Port Trustees have notified the following intended alteration in the light apparatus of the Dolphin rock light-house:-

　　　　　From the 1st March 1878, the present light will be replaced by an improved dioptric light of the 5th order, and will appear green between the bearings of S. S. E. E., and S. W. by W. W., and also from North to West.

Between the bearings from West to S. W. by W. W., the light will show white to indicate the anchorage for the English Mail steamers at night; and from S. S. E. & E., through east, to North, or towards Colaba, the light will be masked. [The Bearings are Magnetic and from Seaward. Variation 1o Easterly in 1878.]

By Direction of the Government of India,

A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr., (late I. N.),

Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.

MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, 11th February 1878.

(2.)-This Notice affects the following Admiralty Chart:-Bombay Harbour, No. 2621: also, Admiralty List of Lights, East Indies, &c., for 1877, page 10; Admiralty West Coast of Hindostan pilot, pages 132 and 136, and Taylor's Sailing Directory, Vol. I, pages 377 and 379.

If this Notice is received on board ship, the substance of it should be inserted on the Charts affected by it, and introduced into the Sailing Directions to which it relates.

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE, AND COMMERCE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

(No. 6.)

INDIA-WEST COAST.

Intended Alteration of Light at Malwan.

　　　　　　The Collector of Salt Revenue, Bombay, has given notice that on the 1st March 1878, the light at present exhibited from a post close to the white stone cross on the sandy beach at the port of Malwan will be discontinued.

　　　　　　In lieu thereof, a green light, at an elevation of 20 feet above the level of high-water, will be exhibited from the beach, 230 yards to the northward of the present position.

　　　　　　Also, that a red light will be exhibited from a boat moored to the south-east of the rock at the entrance, which is at present marked by a beacon.

　　　　　　Directions.-A vessel running into the port should keep the green light just to the right, or open south, of the red light, passing close to southward of the red light, thereby avoiding the rock awash, the Malwan and Johnston Castle rocks, and should anchor with Vingorla rock light in line with the small fort bearing about S. ? W. .

By Direction of the Government of India,

MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, 13th February 1878.

A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr., (late I. N.,)

Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.

　　　　　　This Notice will affect the following Admiralty Charts:-West Coast of India, ?chira river to Cape Ramas, No. 740; Sheet 1, Kutch Gulf to Vizia- droog, No. 2736; Sheet 2, Viziadroog to Cochin, No. 2737; Indian Ocean, No. 748b; Indian Marine Survey Chart, No. 826-also, Admiralty West Coast of Hindostan Pilot, page 114; Light List for South Africa, China, &c., for 1877, page 10; Indian Marine Survey Light List, No. 34 a, and Taylor's Sailing Directory, vol. I, page 390.

　　　　　　　If this Notice is received on board ship, the substance of it should be inserted on the Charts affected by it, and introduced into the Sailing Directions to which it relates.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH MARCH, 1878.

Government of South Australia.

NOTICE TO MARINERS. PENGUIN ISLAND-RIVOLI BAY.

　　　Notice is hereby given to Mariners and others that the Lighthouse on Penguin Island, Rivoli Bay, will probably be complete in time to allow the exhibition of a bright revolving light, of the third order, on or about the 1st August, 1878.

Further particulars will be furnished.

R. H. FERGUSON,

President Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide, 25th January, 1878.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

INVESTIGATOR STRAIT,

ALTHORPE ISLAND.

　　　Mariners and others are informed that, in all probability, the Althorpe Island Light, referred to in the Notice issued from this Office, dated the 27th July, 1877, will be exhibited on or about the 1st August, 1878.

Further particulars will be furnished.

Marine Board Office, Port Adelaide, 25th January, 1878.

R. H. FERGUSON,

President Marine Board.

Government of China.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 81.

CHINA SEA.

YANGTZE RIVER-SHANGHAI DISTRICT.

Replacing the Tungsha Light-vessel.

With reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 79, of the 14th December, 1877, on the temporary withdrawal of the Tungsha Light-vessel,

Notice is hereby given that the Tungsha has again been placed in her station, and the temporary Light-vessel withdrawn.

Kiutoan Light-vessel.

The Kiutoan Light-vessel will not be ready for her station till about the 1st April next.

By order of the Inspector General of Customs,

DAVID M. HENDERSON,

Engineer-in-Chief.

IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS, ENGINEERS' OFFICE, SHANGHAI, 28th February, 1878.

No. 41.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 2nd March, 1878.

No. 40.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

　　　Applications will be received here for the Office of Shroff and Chinese Clerk at the Magistracy up till Monday the 11th March.

　　　The selected candidate will be required to enter into a bond with a surety or sureties to the amount of $1,000.

The Salary of the Office is $30 per month.

For further particulars apply to the Magistrates.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th February, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

CAPE D'?GUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH

1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

VICTORIA PEAK,

HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

WINDS

THERMOMETER.

DAY AND

DATE.

HOUR.

BARO-

METER

0 TO 12.

WEA-

BARO-

THERMOMETER.

WINDS

RAIN FALL.

0 TO 12.

WEA-

THER.

METER

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct.

Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

THERMOMETER.

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

In inches

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

BARO- during previous METER

THERMOMETER.

WINDS

RAIN FALL.

0 TO 12.

WEA-

THER.

24 hours.

Attd. Max. Min.

Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches

during previous 24 hours.

Saturday, 9 30.36 55.0

55.0 58.0

b.c.

30.17 58.0

55.5 54.0 E

30.12 58.0

55.0 55.0 NE

b.c.

28.40 46.0

2nd

Noon 30.34 57.0 58.0 53.0 57.0 53.0] March. 3 30.28 58.0

b.c.

58.0 54.0

Sunday,

3rd

March.

30.30 | 55,0 55.0 53.0 Noon 30.25 56.0 59.0 53.0 56.0 54.5 3 30.22 57.0

b.c.

c.r.

30.13 58.0

30.17 59.0 61.0 51,0 57.5 55.0 ESE 30.15 60.0

b.c.

0.00

30.11 59.0 60.0, 53.0 56,0 56.0 NE

b.c.

0.00

58.5 55.0 SE

b.c.

30.06 59,5|

57.0 57.0 NE

b.c.

28.35 50.0

47.0 47.0 E

o.f.

28.38 48.0 49.0 46.0 49.0 48.0 E

o.f.

0.00

51.0 49.0 E

b.m.

55.0 54.0 E

o.r.

30.14 56.5

52.0 52.0 NNE

28.35 45.0

46.0 46.0 E

o.f.d.

c.r.

57.0 55.0

30.10 58.0 59.0 51.0 57,0 56.0 ESE 30.10 59.0

0.55

30.14 56.5 57.5 52.0 53.0 53.0 NNE

0.c.

0.22

:????

28.33 | 49.0 50.0) 45.0) 50.0 50.0 ESE

o.f.d.

0.00

57.5 56.0 ESE

o.p.

30.09 57.0

54.0 53.0 NNE

O.C.

28.28 49.0!

Monday, 9

4th

March. 3

30.28 59.0

59.0 57.0

30.14 60.0

59.5 58.5 ESE

4 o.m.

30.13 57.5

55.5 55.5 NE

o.d.

28.36 53.0

50.0 50.0 E

o.f.

53.0 53.0 E

o.f.

Noon 30.27 60.0 61.0 55.0 60.0 58.0!

30.19 59.5

Tuesday, 9

30.27 62.5

59.0 58.0

62.0 61.5

5th

March. 3

Noon 30.26 62.5 63.0 58.0 62.0 61.5] 30.18 61.0

Wednesday,

6th

9 30.26 59.5

61.0 60.0

59.0 58.0

March.

Noon 30.28 59.5 63.0 58.0 59.0 58.0

30.22 62.0

: :

True wind cannot be registered.

30.13 62.0 60.5 53.0 60.5 59.0 ESE 30.10 63.0

g.m.

0.00

30.13 58.5 59.5 50.5 55.5 55,5 NNE

o.d.

0.00

28.36 55.0, 56.0 49.0 55.0 55.0 E

o.f.

62.0 60.0 ESE

30.10 63.0

Do.

c.r.

g.m.

30.08 59.0

55.5 55.5 N

o.d.

62.0 61.5 SE

1 o.r.

30.11 60.0

60.0 60.0 N

o.d.

28.30 55.0

28.37 58.0}

:|:

55.0 55.0 E

o.f.

0.10

58.0, 58.0 E

o.f.

30.11 63.0 63.5 57.0 62.5 62.0] Calm

0.r.

1.54

30.10 | 60,0 60.0 53.0 59.0 59.0] N

0.00

28.38 56.0 57.0 49.0 57.0 57.0 E

0.1.

1.27

c.r.

30.10 63.0

60.5 60.0 E

0.1.

30.08 56.0

56.0 56.0 N

28.33 57.0

57.0 57.0 E

o.r.

30.11 62.0

60.0 59.0 NW

g.m.

30.12 61.0

56.0 56.0 Calm

0.m.

28.36 54.0

54.0 54.0 N

62.0 60.0

30.11 62.0 63,5 56,0 59.5| 59,0| NW

30.11 64.0

0.1.

0.28

30.13 | 61.0 61.0 54.0 58.0 58.0) N

o.d.

0.68

65.0 62.0 Calm

b.c.

30.09 61.0

60.0 60.0 N

O.C.

··

28.36 54.0 55.0 53.0 54.0 54.0, ENE 28.32 | 56.0

o.f.d.

0.55

56.0 56.0 ENE

b.c.

Thursday,

7th

March.

9 30.38 57.5

57.0 54.0

Noon 30.38 60.0 63.0 57.0 60.0 55.0

30.21 61.0f

58.0 55.0 N

30.24 60.0!

56.0 54.0 N

O.C.

28.45 50.0

51.0 50.0 ENE

o.m.

30.22 62.0 65.0 55.0 61.0 58.0 N

b.c.

0.00

30.36 59.0

59.0 56.0

30.22 62.0

61.0 58.0 NE

30.24 60.5 61.0 54.0 55.0 54.5 NE 30.23 | 60.0 54.0 54.0 NE

O.C.

0.09

28.46 49.0 51.0 49.0 50.0 49.0 ENE

o.m.

0.10

O.S.

28.43 51.0

52.0 50.0 ENE

o.m.

Friday,

30.48 58.5,

58.0 55.0

b.c.

30.28 61.0

60.0 57.0 NE

b.c.

8th

March.

30.46 62.5 63.5 55.0 62.0 56.5 30.42 61.0

61.0 54.5

30.28 62.0 63.0 53.0 62.5 57.0 E 30.28 62.0 61.5 55.0 E

b.c.

0.00

b.c.

30.30 59.0: 55.0 52.0 NE 30.30 60.0 60.5 53.0 57.0 53.0 NE 30.28 59.0 57.0 53.0 NE

o.c.

28.51 49.0

b.c.

0.00

5 O.C.

28.51 53.0 54.0 48.

28.49 52.0

50.0 47.0 E

4.0 51.0 E

53.0 49.0 E

O.C.

o.c.

0.00

b.c.

Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). NOTE:-A bar (→) under any letter augments its signification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and continuing rain, &c., &c. STATE OF WEATHER:-b. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; ?. foggy; g. gloomy; h. hail; 7. lightning; m. misty (hazy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; q. squally; r. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility.

Figures

to denote

Illustrations of the power of the Wind as regards a well-conditioned Man-of-War or First-class Clipper Ship.

Kate of the Wind

per Hour in Miles.

the Force

of the

Wind.

Calm

Light Air Light Breeze

Gentle Breeze

0 to 2

Just sufficient to give steerage way. With which the above Ship with all sail set and clean full would go in smooth

3 - 10

Moderate Breeze..

water..

1 to 2 knots

3 to 4

(5 to 6

Fresh Breeze

Royals,

&c..

26 30

Strong Breeze

Moderate Gale..

Fresh Gale

Strong Gale

Whole Gale...

Storm...

Hurricane......

Bare Poles....

full and by In which she could just carry in chase, Double Reefs and Jib, &c.

In which she could just bear close-reefed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail Under Storm Staysail

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails.

Triple Reefs, &c...

45 52

Close Reefs and Courses

61 69

above 80

012345OD#DO-2

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Description of Wind.

Wind.

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MARCH, 1878.

　　　　　　　　　　　　Letters. Papers. Adwands & Co. 5 Asplans, E. H. 1 Alves, J. M.

Burnell, K. A. 1

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VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 16TH MARCH, 1878.

VOL. XXIV.

No. 49.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Tenders will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office, until Noon on Saturday, the 30th March, for the making up and supply of the undermentioned Summer Clothing for the use of the Police Department:-

More or less.

42 Suits White Duck, for Inspectors, &c.

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530 Suits Drabette for Europeans and Indians.

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170 Conical Bamboo Hats, for Chinese.

540 Pairs of Shoes, for Chinese.

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17€ Puggaries.

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Uniform Buttons.

Trowser Buttons.

Turkey Red.

Hooks and Eyes.

Scarlet Cloth for Stripes of Troopers' Trowsers.

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By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th March, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

No. 50.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH MARCH, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　The following Telegram received from the Minister Controlling Northern Territory of South Australia, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th March, 1878.

No. 21.

Received the following Telegram :--

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

TELEGRAM.

HONGKONG, AT 8.35 A.M., ON 14th March, 1878,

From Adelaide dated 11th. Time 12.13 P.M.

To H. G. THOMSETT, Esquire, R.N.,

Harbour Master, Hongkong.

Have been informed that it is understood in Hongkong that Chinese can earn thirteen Shillings a day in the Port Darwin country, this is quite wrong, there is not at present employment for a great influx of Chinese there.

No. 51.

N. BLYTH,

Minister Controlling Northern Territory of South Australia.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hongkong, during the Month ending 28th February, 1878, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th March, 1878.

BANKS.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

AVERAGE AMOUNT.

SPECIE IN RESERVE.

Oriental Bank Corporation,

268,013

100,000

Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,..

540,810

200,000

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,

680,498

250,000

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,

1,513,620

600,000

TOTAL,..

3,002,941

1,150,000

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH MARCH, 1878.

DAY OF MONTH.

DAY OF WEEK.

BAROMETER.

ATTACHED IN SHADE.

SELF REGISTERING

IN THE SHADE. Max. and Min, of the previous 24 hours, taken at Noon.

MAX.

DIUR-

SUN,

BULB

!IN

VACUO.

BULB

Ex-

POSED.

MIN.

NAL

RANGE,

GRASS. IN

SHADE.

No. 52.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

information. The following Table of Meteorological Observations, taken at the Government Lock Hospital, during the Month of February, 1878, is published for general

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th March, 1878.

By Command,

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS

TAKEN AT THE GOVERNMENT LOCK HOSPITAL, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, 1878. 137 feet above mean low level of Spring Tides.

THERMOMETERS (Fahrenheit.)

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

WIND.

CLOUD.

RAIN IN

INCHES

HYGROMETER.

MIN.

IN SOIL,

DRY BULB IN WET BULBIN SHADE. SHADE.

HUMIDITY

COMPLETE SATURATION

=100.

DEW POINT.

QUARTER.

INCHES

DEEP.

9 A.M.

3 P.M.

9 A.M. 3 P.M. Min. | Max.

Temp. at

Noon.

DIURNAL

RANGE, BULB

EXPOSED.

9 A.M. 3 P.M. 9 A. M. 3 P.M.9 A.M. 3 P.M. 9 A.M.3 P.M.

9 A.M.

3 P.M.

DURING

THE

PREVI-

OUS 24

HOURS.

9 A.M. 9 A.M. 3 P.M.

0-10.

123

Friday,

Saturday,

3 Sunday,

Monday,

30.06

30.00

54.0 54.0

50.0

56.0 55.0 105. 72.

54.0 6.0 18.0

29.95 29.90

57.0

60.0

50.0

59.0

58.0

85. 70.

54.0

....

9.0

16.0

29.95

29.90

63.0

60.0

54.0 62.0

61.0

82. 68.

61.0

8.0 7.0

30.05

30.00

57.0

60.0

53.0 59.0

58.0

84.

66.

56.0

5.0 10.0

Tuesday,

30.16

30.12

50.0

45.0 51.0

50.0

82.

62.

50.0

6.0 12.0

Wednesday,

30.30

30.23

45.0

50.0

41.0 51.0

49.0

78.

Thursday,

30.28

30.16

62. 46.0

19.0 16.0

53.0

54.0

45.0 55.0

54.0

92.

66.

50.0

Friday,.

30.10

30.05

55.0

57.0

49.0 59.0

58.0

83. 63.

52.0

55.0

52.0

48.0 10.0 16.0 48.0 19.0 11.0

52.0 54.0 54.0 52.0 52.0 52.0 57.0 60.0 55.0 54.0 63.0

57.0 50.0 50.0 48.0

86. 86.

50.0 50.0 E.

58.0

87.

88.

53.2 56.2 E.

0.02

60,0 $1.0

58.0

88.

59.3

56.2 E.

0.02

60.0 65.0

54.0

87.

86.

53.2

48.7 E.

0.14

48.0

86.

49.5 49.5

N.E.

N.N.E.

0.12

45.0 50.0

53.0

43.0

45.0 85.

68.

40.7

39.7 N.

0.20

54.0

49.0

74.

69.

45.0

44.1

0.02

50.0 55.0

57.0 53.0

55.0

87.

51.1

53.2 E.

9 Saturday,

30.06

29.95

58.0

61.0

51.0 61.0

60.0 83. 63.

54.0

10.0 9.0

52.0

58.0

61.0

56.0

58.0 87.

82.

54.2

55.4 E.

10 Sunday,

30.00

29.96

62.0

66.0

54.0

66.0

65.0

116. 78.

62.0

12.0

16.0

54.0 62.0

66.0

60.0

64.0

88.

58.3

62.4 E.

0.17

Monday,.

30.08

30.05

58.0

56.0

52.0 58.0

57.0

124. 84.

57.0

6.0

27.0 56.0 58.0

56.0

55.0

54.0 81.

87.

52.3

52.1 W.

N.W.

12 Tuesday,

30.16

30.10

51.0

50.0

47.0 52.0

51.0 115.

75.

51.0

5.0 24.0

Wednesday,

30.20

30.10

53.0

57.0

47.0

58.0 57.0

103. 73.

53.0 11.0

14 Thursday,.

30.15

30.08

52.0

56.0

47.0 56.0

54.0

89.

68.

52.0 9.0

20.0 51.0

16.0 51.0

53.0 51.0

53.0

52.0 56.0

50.0

49.0 48.0

86.

46.9

49.5 N.E.

N.N.W.

0.03

57.0 50.0 52.0 80.

70.

47.0 47.4

N.E.

50.0 53.0 86.

81.

48.0

50.2 N.F.

N.E.

15 Friday,

30.15

30.11

50.0

53.0

45.0

53.0 52.0

82.

66.

51.0

8.0 15.0 52.0

50.0

53.0

48.0 50.0 86.

80.

49.5

47.0

N.N.E.

0.12

16 Saturday,

30.15

30.10 52.0

57.0 46.0

55.0

54.0

78.

62,

51.0

9.0

11.0 50.0

52.0

57.0

50.0 54.0 86.

81.

48.0

51.2

N.E.

0.30

17 | Sunday,

30.03 29.95

58.0

59.0

50.0 62.0 60.0

123.

80.

59.0

12.0

21.0

56.0

58.0

59.0 56.0

56.0 87.

82.

54.2

53.3

N.E.

Monday,

30.03

30.00

55.0

61.0

50.0

61.0

60.0

117.

75.

61.0

14.0

57.0

55,0 61.0

53.0 58.0

87.

82.

51.1

55.4

N.W.

0.03

10 Tuesday,

30.10

30.06 56.0

56.0

50.0

57.0

56.0

124.

79.

56.0

7.0

23.0

55.0

56.9 56.0 54.0 54.0

87.

52.1

52.1 E.

20 Wednesday,

30.15

30.08

55.0

56.0

50.0

57.0

56.0

112.

75.

55.0 7.0

20.0

53.0

55,0 56.0

21 Thursday,

30.15

30.08

55.0

57.0

49.0

57.0

55.0

105. 73.

54.0

19.0

53.0

Friday,

30.15

30.05

60.0 63.0

52.0

64.0

63.0 115. 78.

60.0

18.0

54.0

23 Saturday,

30.05

29.97 62.0

66.0

54.0

65.0 64.0

113.

76.

58.0

11.0 18.0

55.0

Sunday,

30.02

29.96

58.0

54.0 59.0

58.0

124. 82.

58.0

5.0 24.0

54,0 54.0 93. 55.0 57.0 53.0 55.0 87. 60.0 63.0 57.0 58.0 82. 62.0 66.0 59.0 63.0 82. 57.0 58.0 58.0 56.0 56.0 87.

87.

53.0

52.1

N.E.

0.08

87.

51.1

53.2

N.E.

N.W.

72.

54.4 53.8

83.

56.4 60.6

0.02

87.

54.2 54.2

N.W.

Monday,

30.12

30.02

51.0 51.0

45.0 52.0

51.0 105.

70.

51.0

7.0 19.0

53.0

50.0 50.0 49.0

49.0 93.

93.

47.9 47.9

N.W.

N.E.

0.53

26 Tuesday,

30.05

29.90

54.0

55.0

46.0

56.0

55.0

98.

69.

5%.0

10,0

17.0

50.0

54.0 55.0

51.0

53.0

SO.

87.

48.1

51.1

N.E.

0.61

Wednesday,

29.83

29.76

59.0

63.0

50.0

64.0 62.0

95.

68.

55.0

14,0

13.0

52.0

59.0 63.0 57.0

62.0

88.

94.

55.2

61.2

N.E.

Thursday,

29.95

29.91

63.0

65.0

57.0

66.0 65.0

93.

75.

61.0

9.0 14.0 55.0 63.0

65.0 59.0 63.0

77.

88.

55.6 61.4

N.E.

0.28

...

Mean.

30.08 30.01 55.5 57.5 49.3 58.2 57.0

99.

71. 54.7

? 2

16.5 52.8 55.5 56.7 53.2 54.7 85.

82.

51.4 52.4

Summary of February, 1877:-Mean Shade Temp.,

.58.3

Total Rain fall,

1.60 inches. Rain fell on 11 days.

1876:-

0.45

1875:-

.61.5

0.58

1874:-

.61.4

1.44

1873:-

62.7

0.00

1872:-

.57.5

0.66

2.69

PH. B. C. AYRES, Colonial Surgeon.

100

Letters. Papers.

　　　　　Adwands & Co. 5 Asplans, E. H. 1

Alves, J. M.

Letters. Papers.

1 Duchesne, M.

1 Dantra, K. R. Davidge, Mrs. L. 1

Letters. Papers.

Barnby, Alfred 1

Evans, E.

Hampton, Wm. I Holain, E. Holler, Frederico 1 Harris, Capt. 2 Hen Quang Yung 1

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH MARCH, 1878.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Unclaimed Correspondence, 15th March, 1878.

Mirza, A M. S. 1 regd.

Mills, Chas. F. 2 Mansau, Thos. 1

Paulsen, H. Pembroke, F.

Letters. Papers.

Robertson, R. 1 parcel Rosenthal, P. 1 Rosselet, J.

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Moreland, L. Mann, Henry McEnary, J.

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Fox, Mrs.

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French, Hon. G. 1

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Macpherson, G.

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Maher, J. M.

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Ing Gung

Campbell, W.

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Colliver, Capt. 1

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Collins, E. F.

Clark

Hartye, W.

Koon, W. K. Kennett, Mr.

Lie, Mandarin

1 regd. 1 regd.

1 regd.

Spence, A. S.

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1 regd.

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Stronach, W. G. 3 Seymour, Esq. 1 Sarda, Monsr. 1

Vidal, A.

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THE

HONGKONG

9th

March.

Sunday,

Saturday, 9 80.40 59.5

Noon 30.36 62.5 63.5 57.0 62.0 56.0 3 30.28 62.0,

30.27 61.0

1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

WINDS

THERMOMETER,

DAY AD

HOUR.

DATE.

BARO-

[METER│

0 TO 12.

WEA-

THER.

BARO-

METER

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct.

Force.

59.0, 54.0

30.25 60.0|

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

CAPE D'?GUILAR,

HEIGHT 170 FEET.

WINDS

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

0 To 12.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

in inches d ring previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

THERMOMETER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

In inches during previous 21 hours.

BARO-

METER

VICTORIA PEAK.

THERMOMETER.

Heton 1,823 FEET.

WINDS

RAIN FALL.

0 40 12.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet,; Direct. Force.

In inches

duri previous

21 hours.

59.5 55.0 ESE

30.25 59.0

56.0 52.0 NE

O.C.

28.48 51.0

52.0 48.0' E

o.in.

62.0 56.0

30.25 61.0 63.0, 55.0 63.0 56.0 ESE 30.20 62.0

b.c.

0.00

62.0 57.0 ESE

b.c.

30.24 59.5 60.5; 53.0 57.0 53.0, N 30.16 60.0

O.C.

0.00

57.0 53.0 NE

0.0.

28.45 | 53.0, 54.0 49.0 54.0 50.0' E 28.88 58.0

0.m.

0.00

54.0 50.0 ESE

o.m.

10th

March.

Noon

61.0 59.0

30.26 63.0 65.0, 59.0 63.0 61.0| 30.23 | 63.0

30.14 61.0

61.5 60.0, ESE

???

g.m.

30.11 60.0

57.0 56.0 N

O.C.

28.4057.0

58.0. ?8.0 SE

o.f.

30.14 62.0 64.0 55.0 62.5 60.5 E

g.m.

0.00

30.11 60.5 61.0 55.0 59.0 57.0 N

O.C.

0.00

28.40 58.0 58.0 55.0 58.0 48.0 SSE

o.f.

0.00

63.0 61.5

30.14 63.0

Monday,

11th

March.

9 30.40 58.0

Noon

58.0 56.0

30.23 62.0

30.39 60.0 65.0 57,5 60.0 56.0j

3 30.35 60.5

60.0 57.0

Tuesday,

12th

March. 3

30.39 61.0

61.0 60,0

Noon 30.38 64.0 65.0 59.0 64.0 60.0

30.31 66.0

66.0, 61.0

Wednesday,

13th

March.

30.37 60.5

60.0 56.0

Noon 30.38 63.0, 67,0 58.0 63.0 56,0

True wind cannot be registered.

Do.

b.c.

30.22 64.0

64.0 63.0 Calm

g.m.

30.10 60.0

59.0 57.0 N

0.c.

28.36 58.0

59.0 52.9. ESSE

o.f.

60.0 58.0 NE

g.m.

30.23 60.0

30.23 63.0 64.5 56.0 62.0 58.5 E

b.c.

0.04

30.26 61.0 63.0 54.5 56.0 55.0 N

63.0 59.0 E

b.c.

30.22 62.0

56.0 55.0 N

O.C.

28.46 52.0!

52.0, 52.0E

o.f.

0.c.

0.08

28.47 53.0, 53.0 50.0 53,0 52.0 E

52.0

o.p.c.

0,00

57.0 55.0 NNE

b.c.

28.43 55.0,

30.23 63.0

61.0 59.5 SE

4 0.01.

30.25 62.0j

57.0 55.0 N

O.C.

28.49 54.0

55.0 54.0 E

b.c.

55.0 55.0 E

0.f.

30.20 65.0 66.5 56.0 66.5 62.0 SE

b.c.

0.00

30.25 62.0 63.5 55.0 60.0 7.0 N

b.c.

0.00

28.47 56.0 56.0 53.0 56.0 55.0' E

b.c.

0.00

b.c.

30.20 66.0

66.5 62.0' SE

b.c.

30.18 63.0

60.0 57.0 N

b.c.

28.44 58.0

b.c.

30.21 62.0

60.5 56.5 E

b.c.

80.24 61.0;

57.0 55.0. NNE

b.c.

28.45 54.0'

:|:

58.0 56.0 E

b.m.

55.0, 51.0 E

b.n.

b.c.

30.21 63.0 67.5 56.0 G3.0 57,5 E

b.c.

0.00

55.0 30.25 62.0 62.5, 55.0! 59.0, 55.0; NNE!

b.c.

0.00

28.4456.0 56.0, 50.0 56.0 55.0 E

b.m.

0.00

30.33 62.5

62.0 58.0

30.21 | 63.0;

62.5 58.0 E

b.c.

80.22 62.0

60.0 56.0 NNE

O.C.

28.42 55.0

56.0 53.0 E

b.nl.

Thursday,

14th

March.

9 30.38 58.5 Noon 30.36 63,5 65.0 57.0′ 63.0, 58.5 30.31 66.0°

58.5 56.0

b.c.

30.21 62.0

60.0 57.5 E

b.c.

30.23 58.01

57.0 52.0, NE

b.c.

28.47 53.0

b.c.

30.22 64.0 64.0 55.0, 63.0 59.0 E

b.c.

0.00

66.0 61.0

b.c.

30.20 65.0|

65.0 61.0, ESE

b.c.

30.24 61.0 63.0 55.0 60.0|| 54.0 NE 30.19 62.5

b.c.

0.00

62.9 56.0 NE

b.c.

28.45 56.0 56 0 51.

28.43 58.0

53.0 51.0: E

56.0, 58.0 E

58.0 35.9 E

3 | 11].

c.in.

0.00

b.m.

March

Friday, 9 30.39 61.0i 61.0 58.0 15th Noon 30.34 62.0 64.0, 59.0: 62.0 58.0; 3 30.26 63.5

b.c.

30.22 63.0.

61.5 59.0 E

g.m.

30.23 58.0

56.0 58.0 NE

b.c.

28.48 53 0

b.c.

30.21 64.0 67.5 58.0 63.0 60.0 E

b.c.

0.00

63.0 59.0

b.c.

30.17 | 64.0!

64.0 60.0 SE

b.c.

30.2362.0 64.0) 54.0) 57.0 55.0 NE 30.19 62.5 || 60.0 57.0 NE

b.c.

0.00

b.c.

53.0 E 28.45, 58.0 58.0, 58.0 580 54.9 E 28.40 57.0 $7.0 55.0 E

0.f.

b.m.

0.00

3 b.m.

Figures

GOVERNMENT

GAZETTE,

16TH

MARCH.

1878.

161

Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). STATE OF WEATHER:-7, blue sky; c. clonds (detached); d. drizzling rain; f. foggy; g. gloomy; h. hail; 7. lightning; m. misty (hazy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; 4. squally; 7. rain; s. snow; 7. thunder; u, ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; e. visibility. NOTE:—A bar (--) under any letter augments its signification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and continu: ng rain, &c., &c.

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

Description of Wind.

Calm

Illustrations of the power of the Wind as regards a well-conditioned Man-of-War or First-class Clipper Ship.

Rate of the Wind

to denote

per Hour in Miles.

the Force

of the

Wind.

Light Air

Light Breeze

Gentle Breeze

Moderate Breeze.

Fresh Breeze Strong Breeze

Fresh Gale Strong Gale

Storm...

Whole Gale..

Hurricane...

Moderate Gale..

Just sufficient to give steerage way

With which the above Ship with all sail ( 1 to 2 knots set and clean full would go in smooth water.

In which she could just carry in chase, full and by

In which she could just bear Under Storm Staysail

Bare Poles..

3 to 4

5 to 6

Royals,

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails. Bonble Reefs and Jib, &c.

Triple Reefs, &c..

Close Reefs and Courses

reefed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail

0 to 2

26 30

31 36

4.1

70- 80

above 80

102

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH MARCH, 1878.

NOTICE.

HE next Criminal Sessions of the Supreme

　THE next will be held on Monday, the Eighteenth day of March, A.D. 1878, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in

day, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET,

Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in its Original Jurisdiction on Mondays and Thursdays.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

"IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG

IN BANKRUPTCY.

OTICE.-JOHN ROBINSON WHITE, of Vic- toria, in the Colony of Hongkong, late Hotelkeeper, having been adjudged Bankrupt under a Petition for adjudication of Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong in Bankruptcy, on the 11th day of March, 1878, is hereby required to surrender himself to the Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET, the Registrar of the said Court, at the first Meeting of his Creditors to be held before the said Re- gistrar, on the 28th day of March, 1878, at Eleven of the clock in the forenoon precisely, at the said Court.

The said Hon. CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee.

will

and:

Ass.

At the first Meeting of Creditors the Registrar re the proofs of the debts of Creditors, Creditors may choose an Assignee or of the Bankrupt's Estate and Effects. is hereby also given to all persons in- debted to the said Bankrupt or that have any of his effects, not to deliver the same but to the said Registrar.

Supreme Court House,

16th day of March, 1878.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

NOTI

[OTICE,-NG-A-KIU, a Widow, of Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, having been adjudged Bankrupt under a Petition for adjudica- tion of Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong in Bankruptcy, on the 1st March, 1878, is hereby required to surrender herself to the Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET, Registrar of the said Court, at the first Meeting of her Creditors, to be held before the said Regis- trar, on the 1st April, 1878, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely, at the said Court.

The said Hon. CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee, and Messrs. STEPHENS & HOLMES are the Solicitors in the matter of the said Petition.

A Public Sitting will be appointed by the said Court for the said Bankrupt, to pass her final examination, of which sitting, notice will be given in the Hongkong Government Gazette.

At the first meeting of Creditors, the Registrar will receive the proofs of the debts of Creditors, and the Creditors may choose an Assignee or Assignees of the Bankrupt's Estate and Effects.

All persons who have possession of any of the Effects of the said Bankrupt must deliver the same to the Official Assignee, and all debts due to the said Bankrupt must be paid to the said Official Assignee.

Hongkong, 16th March, 1878.

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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

No. 12.

No. 53.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 23RD MARCH, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

IC?

VOL. XXIV.

The following Extract from the decision of a Court of Enquiry held at the United States Consulate, as to the loss of the American Barque Forest Belle, Captain ALEX. NOYES, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd March, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

EXTRACT.

That the American Barque Forest Belle, while running through the Bashee Channel between Little Botel Tobago and Gad Rock, was lost on a danger not marked on the Charts, Lat. 21.51 N., Long. 121. 34. 25 E. Little Botel Tobago (centre) bearing N. 9° 45" E. by compass, distant 6 miles. Gad Rock bearing S. 15° 30′′ E. by compass, distant 71?2 miles.

No. 54.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notice to Mariners is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd March, 1878.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 82.

CHINA SEA.

FOOCHOW DISTRICT.

Reef of Rocks to the Westward of Matsou Island.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

　　　　　Notice is hereby given that the dangerous reef of rocks on which the bark Benjamin Aymar recently struck has been surveyed by the Revenue Cruiser Ling Feng, Captain J. FARROW.

The following magnetic bearings are from the centre of the reef:---

"Sharp Peak"

"Sea Dog" Islet.

Eastern Square Rock”

.S. 7610 W.

.S. 56° E.

..N. 10° W.

　　　　　This reef, about three cables in length and two in width, extends in a north-easterly direction and has two pinnacle rocks, about two cables apart, with 10 feet of water on them at low water springs. These rocks have from three to eight fathoms of water between them.

By order of the Inspector General of Customs,

DAVID M. HENDERSON,

Engineer-in-Chief.

IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS, ENGINEERS' OFFICE, SHANGHAI, 9th March, 1878.

104

THE

HONGKONG GOVERNMENT gazette, 23rd

1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

CAPE D'AGUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

WINDS

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

AY AND

DATE.

HOUR.

BARO-

METER

0 TO 12.

WEA-

BARO-

0 TO 12.

THER.

METER

WEA-

THER.

aturday,

16th

March.

64.0 60.0 Noon 30.29 64.5 66.0 62.5 64.0 60.5 30.22 65.0

: ?

: ?:

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct.

30.33 | 64.0

Force.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

VICTORIA PEAK.

THERMOMETER.

HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

'METER

WINDS

RAIN FALL.

0 TO 12.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches

during previous 24 hours.

30.18 64.0!

64.0 61.0 ESE

b.c.

30.18 62.5

62.5 59.0 NE

28.45 55.0|

b.c.

65.0 61.0

30.18 66.0 68.0 58.0 68.0 64.0 SE 30.14 67.0

b.c.

0.00

69.0 64.5 ESE

30.19 64.0 64.0 56.0 64.0, 59.0 NE 30.11 64.0

0.00

64.0 60.5 NE

56.0 55.0 E 28.42 61.0 61.0 55.0 61.0 58.0 ESE 28.38 63.0

c.m.

C.V.

0.00

63.0 60.0 E

C.V.

Sunday,

17th

March.

30.34 61.0

61.0 59.0

30.18 64.0

62.0 61.0 E

g.m.

30.20 62.5

58.0 56.0 E

o.c.

28.45 54.0

55.0 54.0 E

o.f.

Noon? 30.35 | 60.0 66.0 60.0 60.0 58.0

20.31 59.5

59.0 57.0

€.

30.20 63.0 70.0 58.0 61.0 59.0 E 30.20 63.0

g.m.

0.00

60.0 59.0 E

o.r.

30.21 63.0 66.5 57.0 59.0 57.0 E 30.19 62.0

O.C.

0.00

28.43 53.0 54.0 52.0 54.0] 53.0 E

o.f.

0.00

57.0 55.5 E

O.C.

28.40 52.0

53.0 53.0 E

o.f.

Monday,

18th

March.

30.33 60.0

60.0 58.0

b.c.

30.20 60.0

59.0: 54 0 E

b.c.

30.19 62.5

63.0 52.0 NE

b.c.

28.41 52.0!

52.0 47.0 E

o.m.

Noon 30.33 61.0 62.5 55.5 61.0 54.0 30.25 61.0

55:

Tuesday,

19th

March.

30.28 61.0

Noon 30.27 62.5, 64.0 57.5 62.0 56.5

30.22 64.0

61.0 55.0

61.0 53.5

64.0 59.0

Wednesday,

20th

March.

30.31 66.5

66.0 64.0

Noon 30.31 68.0 69.5 62.5 68.0 64,5

True wind cannot be registered.

Do.

30.20 60.0 66.0 56,0 59.0 54.0 E

b.c.

0.00

€

30.18 60.0

59.0 54.0 E

b.c.

30.16 62.0]

??? :

30.19 : 62.0 62.5 54.0 60.0 53.0 NE

6 b.c.

0.00

60.0 53.0 NE

O.C.

28.37 53.0, 53.0 49.0 53.0 50.0 E 28.34 51.0

o.m.

0.00

52.0 49.0 E

o.m.

b.c.

30.15 66.0

30.27 68.0

68.0 64.0

:::

30.15 62.0

30.1564.0 67.0 53.0 65.0 64.0 E

30.15 64.0

62.0 56.0 E

b.c.

30.14 61.0|

65.0 64.0 E

?????

b.c.

0.00

b.c.

30.10 64.0

61.0] 55.5 NE

b.c.

28.38 57.0

30.14 62.0 €6,5| 56.0 62.0 57.0 NNE

b.c.

0.00

64.0 58.0 NE

O.C.

28.3356.0

58.0 55.0 SE

115

c.m.

28.38 56.0 56.0 50.0 56.0 53.0 ESE

c.m.

0.00

57.0 55.0 ESE

c.m.

67.0 64.0 Calm 30.15 68.0 69.0 60.0 69.0 66.0 Calm 30.1568.0

g.m.

30.17 65.0

63.0 62.0 NE

O.C.

28.43 58.0

59.0 58.0 ESE

o.f.

g.m.

0.00

66,5 65.0 N

2 o.d.

30.15 66.0 67.5 C2.0 63.0 63.0 NE 30.10 67.0

???

O.C.

0.00

28.45 60.0 61.0 55.0 61.0 60.0 ESE

:??

o.f.

0.00

63.0 62.0 NE

O.C.

28.40 58.0|

59.0 58.0 NNW

o.f.

Thursday,

21st

March.

30.35 61.0 61.0 59.0 Noon 30.39 61,5 65.5 60,0] 61.0 60.0] 30.31 61.0

30.18 64.0

61.0 60.0

62.0 61.0 E 30.24 64.0 69.0 57.0 61.5 61.0 NE 30.20 64.0

g.m.

30.18 64.0

60.0 59.0 NE

O.C.

o.r.

0.15

61.5 60.0 EbN

30.19 64.0 66.0 60.0 60.0 59.5 NE 30.15 65.0

o.m.

61.0 59.0 NNE

o.m.

Friday,

22nd

March.

30.41 60.0 60.0] 56.0]

9 Noon 30.39 | 63.0 64.0 57.0 63.0 58.0 30.33 64.0

€.

30.26 62.0

b.c.

64.0 59.0

b.c.

60.01 58.01 ENE 30.26 | 64.0 64.5 55.0 64.0 59.0 E 66.5 60.0 ESE

30.25 65.0|

30.26 64.0]

b.c.

0.10

b.c.

61.0 56.0 NE 30.24 64.0 67.0 64.0 58.5 56.0 NE 59.0 56.0 NE

30.20 64.0

28.43 55.0

56.0 55.0 E

o.f.

0.11

28.41 54.0

28.45 54.0 54,0 53.0 54.0 54.0 E

o.p.s.

0.00

54.0 54.0 NE

o.f.r.

28.45 51.0]

52.0 52.0 E

o.p.f.

b.c.

0.06

b.c.

28.48 56.0 56.0) 51.0; 56.0 54.0 ESE 28.42 55.0 55.0 51.0 ESE

b.c.m.

0.20

b.p.c.

2||||||||

70 80

012345678OOLR

above 80

Figures

to denote

Mlustrations of the power of the Wind as regards a well-conditioned Man-of-War or First-class Clipper Ship.

Rate of the Wind

per Hour in Miles.

the Foree

of the

Wind!

STATE OF WEATHER:-6. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; f. foggy; g. gloomy; h. hail; 7. lightning; m. misty (hazy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; q. squally; r. rain; s. snow t. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility. Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). NOTE :—A bar (—) under any letter augments its signification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and continuing rain, &c., &c.

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

Description of Wind.

012346ON-GOI2

Calm

Light Air Light Breeze

Gentle Breeze Moderate Breeze.

Fresh Breeze

Strong Breeze

Moderate Gale..

Fresh Gale..

Strong Gale

Whole Gale..

Storm..

Hurricane....

Just sufficient to give steerage way.

With which the above Ship with all sail ( 1 to 2 knots. set and clean full would go in smooth 3 to 4 (5 to 6

water.

Royals, &c..

In which she could just carry in chase, Single Reefs and T. G. Sails.. full and by

Double Reefs and Jib, &c. Triple Reefs, &c..

Close Reefs and Courses

In which she could just bear close-reefed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail Under Storm Staysail

Bare Poles..

MARCH,

1878.

No. 49.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD MARCH, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

105

More or less.

42 Suits White Duck, for Inspectors, &c.

18 Helmets with 2 Covers and 1 Blue Silk Puggary each, for Inspectors.

530 Suits Drabette for Europeans and Indians.

70 Rattan Helmets with 2 Covers and 1 Blue Puggary each.

580 Suits Drabette, for Chinese.

170 Conical Bamboo Hats, for Chinese.

540 Pairs of Shoes, for Chinese.

340 Pairs of Stockings, for Chinese.

176 Puggaries.

340 Pairs of Garters, for Chinese.

The Contractor will be supplied with the undermentioned Articles only, from the Police Stores; ll other Materials to be supplied at his own cost, and included in the prices tendered:-

White Duck.

Drabette.

Uniform Buttons.

Trowser Buttons.

Turkey Red.

Hooks and Eyes.

Scarlet Cloth for Stripes of Troopers' Trowsers.

-inch White Braid for Inspectors' Jackets.

Forms of Tender, Samples of Uniform, and any further information, can be obtained on applica- tion at the Office of the Captain Superintendent of Police.

No Tender will be received unless sent in in the Form required.

The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any Tender.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th March, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

Letters. Papers.

Adwands & Co. 5 Asplans, E. H. 1 Alibhay, A.

1 regd.

Duchesne, M. Dantra, K. R. 1 Davidge, Mrs. L. 1 Davieson, W.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Unclaimed Correspondence, 22nd March, 1878.

Letters. Papers.

Hampton, Wm. 1 Holam, E. Holler, Frederico 1

Letters. Papers.

Lie, Mandarin 1 regd.

Lim Yun Yutsy? 1

Latham, L. H.

Letters. Papers.

Lets. Pprs.

Osgood, J. P.

Smith, Chas. Smith, L. J.

Pelago, Jos?

Harris, Capt.

Shadforth, Jno. 1

Paulsen, H.

Barnby, Alfred 1

Barnes & Co., 1

Busk & Co., C.J. 1

Hen Quang Yung 1

Smith, Heer

Bun Hang Hau 1 regd.

Blankenger, J. 1

Evans, E.

Fox, Mrs. French, Hon. G. 1 Flamankotesey 1

Moreland, L.

Hawkins, Capt. 1

Pembroke, F.

Simani, F.

Mann, Henry

Price, Mrs. G. 1

Harvey, A. S.

Scott, F.

McEnary, J.

Harvey, Capt. 1

Mirza, A. M. S. 1 regd.

Hancock, W. 1 Honsego

Mills, Chas. F. 2

Robertson, R. Rosenthal, P.

1 parcel

Thede, Heinrich 1

Campbell, W. 4

Colliver, Capt. 1

Collins, E. F.

Gardner, C. J. 2 Geldart, Rev. E. 1 Gilkison, W. P. 1

Ing Gung

Joyner, R. B.

Clark

Croad, A.

Clark, Miss M. 1

Hartye, W.

Graves, Miss A. 1

Koon, W. K. Kennett, Mr.

1 regd. 1 regd.

Mansau, Thos. 1

Macpherson, G. Machado, Crus 1 Maher, J. M. McLelland, Jno. 1 Mayers, W. F. 1

Nicholls, J. T. B.

Shuraffally, T. 1 Scott, Mrs. E. 1 Silva, A. B.

Thomas, F. F. 1 Tong Hing

Tirofille, Monsr. 1 Thornton, T.

Slater, A. T. Spence, A. S. Stronach, W. G. 3 Seymour, Esq. 1 Sarda, Monsr. 1

Vidal, A.

Wah Tan

1 regd.

Winsor, Miss A. 2

Watters, T.

Audacious,............5 Letters.

For H. M. Ships.

1 Paper.

Victor Emanuel,............1. Letter.

No. 49.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD MARCH, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

105

More or less.

42 Suits White Duck, for Inspectors, &c.

18 Helmets with 2 Covers and 1 Blue Silk Puggary each, for Inspectors.

530 Suits Drabette for Europeans and Indians.

70 Rattan Helmets with 2 Covers and 1 Blue Puggary each.

580 Suits Drabette, for Chinese.

170 Conical Bamboo Hats, for Chinese.

540 Pairs of Shoes, for Chinese.

340 Pairs of Stockings, for Chinese.

176 Puggaries.

340 Pairs of Garters, for Chinese.

The Contractor will be supplied with the undermentioned Articles only, from the Police Stores; ll other Materials to be supplied at his own cost, and included in the prices tendered:-

White Duck.

Drabette.

Uniform Buttons.

Trowser Buttons.

Turkey Red.

Hooks and Eyes.

Scarlet Cloth for Stripes of Troopers' Trowsers.

-inch White Braid for Inspectors' Jackets.

Forms of Tender, Samples of Uniform, and any further information, can be obtained on applica- tion at the Office of the Captain Superintendent of Police.

No Tender will be received unless sent in in the Form required.

The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any Tender.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th March, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

Letters. Papers.

Adwands & Co. 5 Asplans, E. H. 1 Alibhay, A.

1 regd.

Duchesne, M. Dantra, K. R. 1 Davidge, Mrs. L. 1 Davieson, W.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Unclaimed Correspondence, 22nd March, 1878.

Letters. Papers.

Hampton, Wm. 1 Holam, E. Holler, Frederico 1

Letters. Papers.

Lie, Mandarin 1 regd.

Lim Yun Yutsy? 1

Latham, L. H.

Letters. Papers.

Lets. Pprs.

Osgood, J. P.

Smith, Chas. Smith, L. J.

Pelago, Jos?

Harris, Capt.

Shadforth, Jno. 1

Paulsen, H.

Barnby, Alfred 1

Barnes & Co., 1

Busk & Co., C.J. 1

Hen Quang Yung 1

Smith, Heer

Bun Hang Hau 1 regd.

Blankenger, J. 1

Evans, E.

Fox, Mrs. French, Hon. G. 1 Flamankotesey 1

Moreland, L.

Hawkins, Capt. 1

Pembroke, F.

Simani, F.

Mann, Henry

Price, Mrs. G. 1

Harvey, A. S.

Scott, F.

McEnary, J.

Harvey, Capt. 1

Mirza, A. M. S. 1 regd.

Hancock, W. 1 Honsego

Mills, Chas. F. 2

Robertson, R. Rosenthal, P.

1 parcel

Thede, Heinrich 1

Campbell, W. 4

Colliver, Capt. 1

Collins, E. F.

Gardner, C. J. 2 Geldart, Rev. E. 1 Gilkison, W. P. 1

Ing Gung

Joyner, R. B.

Clark

Croad, A.

Clark, Miss M. 1

Hartye, W.

Graves, Miss A. 1

Koon, W. K. Kennett, Mr.

1 regd. 1 regd.

Mansau, Thos. 1

Macpherson, G. Machado, Crus 1 Maher, J. M. McLelland, Jno. 1 Mayers, W. F. 1

Nicholls, J. T. B.

Shuraffally, T. 1 Scott, Mrs. E. 1 Silva, A. B.

Thomas, F. F. 1 Tong Hing

Tirofille, Monsr. 1 Thornton, T.

Slater, A. T. Spence, A. S. Stronach, W. G. 3 Seymour, Esq. 1 Sarda, Monsr. 1

Vidal, A.

Wah Tan

1 regd.

Winsor, Miss A. 2

Watters, T.

Audacious,............5 Letters.

For H. M. Ships.

1 Paper.

Victor Emanuel,............1. Letter.

106

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD MARCH, 1878.

For Merchant Ships.

Anazi

Aberney

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【OTICE,—NG-A-KIU, a Widow, of Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, having been adjudged Bankrupt under a Petition for adjudica- tion of Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong in Bankruptcy, on the 1st March, 1878, is hereby required to surrender herself to the Honourable CARLES BUSHE PLUNKET, Registrar of the sand Court, at the first Meeting of her Creditors, to be held before the said Regis trar, on the 1st April, 1878, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely, at the said Court.

The said Hon, CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee, and Messrs. STEPHENS & HOLMES are the Solicitors in the matter of the said Petition.

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Hongkong, 16th March, 1878.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

NOTICE, JOHN ROBINSON WHITE, of Vie

toria, in the Colony of Hongkong, late Hotelkeeper, having been adjudged Bankrupt under a Petition for adjudication of Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong in Bankruptcy, on the 11th day of March, 1878, is hereby required to surrender himself to the Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET, the Registrar of the said Court, at the first Meeting of his Creditors to be held before the said Re- gistrar, on the 28th day of March, 1878, at Eleven of the clock in the forenoon precisely, at the said Court.

The said Hon. CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee.

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By the Court,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

NOT

The said Hon, CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee, and Messrs. STEPHENS & HOLMES are the Solicitors in the matter of the said Petition.

A Public Sitting will be appointed by the said Court for the said Bankrupt, to pass her final examination, of which sitting, notice will be given in the Hongkong Government Gazette.

At the first meeting of Creditors, the Registrar will receive the proofs of the debts of Creditors, and the Creditors may choose an Assignee or Assignees of the Bankrupt's Estate and Effects.

Hongkong, 16th March, 1878.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

NOTICE, JOHN ROBINSON WHITE, of Vie

The said Hon. CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee.

At the first Meeting of Creditors the Registrar will receive the proofs of the debts of Creditors, and the Creditors may choose an Assignee or Assignees of the Bankrupt's Estate and Effects.

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No. 55.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 30TH MARCH, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

VOL. XXIV.

His Excellency Governor POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G., has received a Despatch dated Downing Street, 4th February, 1878, in which he is informed that Her Majesty The QUEEN has been graciously pleased to entrust the Seals of the Colonial Department to the Right Honourable SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH, Bart., M.P.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th March, 1878.

No. 56.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. TEACHING OF ENGLISH IN THE GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.

The following documents are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th March, 1878.

[No. 40.]

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, HONGKONG, 28th March, 1878.

　　　　　SIR, I have the honour to submit for the approval of His Excellency the Governor, certain recommendations with a view to filling up the vacancy caused by the resignation of the Master of the School at Wong-nai-ch'ung, in such a way as to conform with the desire of His Excellency the Governor, and also with the wishes of the community at Wong-nai-ch'ung to have English included among the subjects taught at the School in question.

1. SALARY.-To obtain a teacher qualified to teach the rudiments of both the English and Chinese languages, I consider it imperative to double the salary, ten dollars per month, at present connected with the post, and I may state that the Acting Head Master of the Government Central School, whom I consulted on the subject, is of the same opinion. As I find from Petition No. 103, presented to the Honourable the Colonial Secretary by the community of Wong-nai-ch'ung, on 25th March, that the community are prepared to contribute five dollars per month towards the salary of the teacher, I beg to recommend that the salary connected with the vacant post be fixed at twenty dollars per month, viz., fifteen dollars from the Colonial Treasury and five dollars from the community, with free quarters. There would thus be an increase of five dollars per month not provided by the Estimates.

　　　　　　2. MODE OF SELECTING A MASTER.-As to the mode of selecting a competent teacher qualified to teach the rudiments of both the English and Chinese languages, as required by the character of the School, which should be an Elementary Anglo-Chinese School corresponding to the Preparatory Classes of the Government Central School, I beg to recommend that Competitive Examinations be resorted to. I have therefore drawn up and append hereto draft of a Government Notification to be published in the Government Gazette as early as possible, so as to allow of the School at Wong-nai-ch'ung being re-opened

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No. 13.

No. 55.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 30TH MARCH, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

VOL. XXIV.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th March, 1878.

No. 56.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. TEACHING OF ENGLISH IN THE GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.

The following documents are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th March, 1878.

[No. 40.]

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, HONGKONG, 28th March, 1878.

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by the new Master on 16th April, that being the day when all the Schools will be re-opened after the approaching holidays. I further append draft of a Schedule stating in detail the subjects of the proposed Competitive Examination, which might be published in the Government Gazette as an Appendix to the foregoing Notification.

　　　With regard to the list of subjects which I selected for the proposed Competitive Examination, I beg to point out that I have chosen those books and subjects only which are taught in the Prepara- tory Class, and the Lower School of the Government Central School. But I have further to point out, that I intentionally omitted the subject of Arithmetic, as I am decidedly of opinion that an Elementary School embracing both the Chinese and English languages would be overburdened with subjects, and consequently unable to attain to efficiency in either of the two languages if time were curtailed by including also the subject of Arithmetic. I may add the further consideration, that among the Chinese people, who are as good at Arithmetic as any foreign nation, Arithmetic is not taught in the Schools, and that the national arithmetical instrument, the Abacus, daily used in every house of business in the Colony, and even in the foreign Banks, is not likely to be ever superseded by the European system of teaching Arithmetic. For these reasons, I propose to reserve the teaching of European Arithmetic for the Central School, and to exclude it from the Elementary Schools, outside the Central School, which may be established in future.

I have the honour to be,.

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

E. J. EITEL,

Acting Inspector of Schools.

The Honourable J. GARDINER AUSTIN, C.M.G.,

&c.,

Colonial Secretary,

&c.,

&c.

Minute by His Excellency The Governor.

Inform Dr. EITEL that I entirely approve of the recommendations contained in his letter of yesterday's date. The interest evinced by the villagers of Wong-nai-ch'ung in the teaching of English, and in the improvement of the Village School is most satisfactory.

No. 57.

J. POPE HENNESSY,

29th March, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

A Competitive Examination for the Mastership of the Anglo-Chinese Elementary School at Wong-nai-ch'ung, will be held at 2 P.M. on Tuesday, the 2nd April, at the Government Central School.

The salary of the post will be Fifteen Dollars a month, from the Colonial Treasury, and free quarters, and further Five Dollars a month from the community of Wong-nai-ch'ung.

Candidates should send in their names, with any Certificates or Testimonials they may possess, to the Acting Inspector of Schools, before Noon on the 2nd of April.

The limits of age for this appointment are 18 to 50 years.

The Examiners will be appointed by the Governor.

The subjects of the examination are detailed in the subjoined Schedule.

The Examiners will lay before the Governor the names of those Candidates who pass to their satisfaction in all the subjects mentioned in the subjoined Schedule. From the number of successful Candidates, thus reported, the Governor will select the person to be appointed for the present vacancy, but certificates of competency will be issued to the others exempting the holder, if competing for any future similar vacancy, from examination in the subjects mentioned under Articles I and II of the subjoined Schedule.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th March, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

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I have the honour to be,.

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

E. J. EITEL,

Acting Inspector of Schools.

The Honourable J. GARDINER AUSTIN, C.M.G.,

&c.,

Colonial Secretary,

&c.,

&c.

Minute by His Excellency The Governor.

No. 57.

J. POPE HENNESSY,

29th March, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

A Competitive Examination for the Mastership of the Anglo-Chinese Elementary School at Wong-nai-ch'ung, will be held at 2 P.M. on Tuesday, the 2nd April, at the Government Central School.

The salary of the post will be Fifteen Dollars a month, from the Colonial Treasury, and free quarters, and further Five Dollars a month from the community of Wong-nai-ch'ung.

Candidates should send in their names, with any Certificates or Testimonials they may possess, to the Acting Inspector of Schools, before Noon on the 2nd of April.

The limits of age for this appointment are 18 to 50 years.

The Examiners will be appointed by the Governor.

The subjects of the examination are detailed in the subjoined Schedule.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th March, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH MARCH, 1878.

SUBJECTS OF EXAMINATION

For Candidates applying for the Mastership of an Anglo-Chinese Elementary School.

I. ENGLISH.

109

1. Reading, a passage in the Second Reading Book of the Irish National School-book

Society.

2. Writing, from dictation, a passage from the First Reading Book of the Irish National

School-book Society.

3. Grammar,-analysis and parsing of a sentence chosen by the examiners.

4. Geography,-outlines of Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, and America.

II. CHINESE.

1. Reading, a short passage in each of the Four Books.

2. Writing,-from memory a passage from the Ts'in-tsz-man.

3. Explanation,-(a.), in writing (Chinese characters) of a passage from the Sam-tsz-king;

(b.), orally (in Cantonese Colloquial) of a chapter in the Second Reading

Book of the Government School-book Committee.

4. Composition, three antithetical sentences () of seven characters each.

5. Geography, outlines of the eighteen Provinces of China.

III. PRACTICAL TEACHING.

Candidates having satisfactorily passed in the above subjects, both English and Chinese,

will further be required to give, in the presence of the examiners, to a class of boys,-

1. An English Reading Lesson, with oral and written explanations (in Chinese). 2. An English Dictation Lesson including correction of the boys' exercises.

No. 58.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

It is hereby notified, that Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies has been pleased to extend the leave of absence of the Revd. R. HAYWARD KIDD, Colonial Chaplain, for four months, commencing on the 8th July next, on the ground of urgent private affairs.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th March, 1878.

No. 59.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

　　　　　The following Annual Report for 1877, received from the Postmaster General, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th March, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

GENERAL POST OFFICE, HONGKONG, 28th March, 1878.

SIR,-I have the honour to report on the British Postal Service in China and Japan during 1877. 2. On April 1st this Colony entered the General Postal Union, and although its Agencies in China and Japan did not at first share the entire benefits of that entry, the differences of detail applied to them were gradually modified until they ceased to exist. Japan entered the Union independently on June 1st, and meanwhile the foreign settlements on the Coast of China had been completely assimilated to Union countries. The International Bureau has been asked to notify, and has notified all Union Offices, that correspondence for or from any part of China, to which there is communication, is to be treated exactly as if it were for or from Hongkong, except that to places where there are no Post Offices prepayment is compulsory, and Registration does not extend beyond the nearest British Office.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH MARCH, 1878.

SUBJECTS OF EXAMINATION

For Candidates applying for the Mastership of an Anglo-Chinese Elementary School.

I. ENGLISH.

109

1. Reading, a passage in the Second Reading Book of the Irish National School-book

Society.

2. Writing, from dictation, a passage from the First Reading Book of the Irish National

School-book Society.

3. Grammar,-analysis and parsing of a sentence chosen by the examiners.

4. Geography,-outlines of Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, and America.

II. CHINESE.

1. Reading, a short passage in each of the Four Books.

2. Writing,-from memory a passage from the Ts'in-tsz-man.

3. Explanation,-(a.), in writing (Chinese characters) of a passage from the Sam-tsz-king;

(b.), orally (in Cantonese Colloquial) of a chapter in the Second Reading

Book of the Government School-book Committee.

4. Composition, three antithetical sentences () of seven characters each.

5. Geography, outlines of the eighteen Provinces of China.

III. PRACTICAL TEACHING.

Candidates having satisfactorily passed in the above subjects, both English and Chinese,

will further be required to give, in the presence of the examiners, to a class of boys,-

1. An English Reading Lesson, with oral and written explanations (in Chinese). 2. An English Dictation Lesson including correction of the boys' exercises.

No. 58.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th March, 1878.

No. 59.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

　　　　　The following Annual Report for 1877, received from the Postmaster General, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th March, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

GENERAL POST OFFICE, HONGKONG, 28th March, 1878.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH MARCH, 1878.

SUBJECTS OF EXAMINATION

For Candidates applying for the Mastership of an Anglo-Chinese Elementary School.

I. ENGLISH.

109

1. Reading, a passage in the Second Reading Book of the Irish National School-book

Society.

2. Writing, from dictation, a passage from the First Reading Book of the Irish National

School-book Society.

3. Grammar,-analysis and parsing of a sentence chosen by the examiners.

4. Geography,-outlines of Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, and America.

II. CHINESE.

1. Reading, a short passage in each of the Four Books.

2. Writing,-from memory a passage from the Ts'in-tsz-man.

3. Explanation,-(a.), in writing (Chinese characters) of a passage from the Sam-tsz-king;

(b.), orally (in Cantonese Colloquial) of a chapter in the Second Reading

Book of the Government School-book Committee.

4. Composition, three antithetical sentences () of seven characters each.

5. Geography, outlines of the eighteen Provinces of China.

III. PRACTICAL TEACHING.

Candidates having satisfactorily passed in the above subjects, both English and Chinese,

will further be required to give, in the presence of the examiners, to a class of boys,-

1. An English Reading Lesson, with oral and written explanations (in Chinese). 2. An English Dictation Lesson including correction of the boys' exercises.

No. 58.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th March, 1878.

No. 59.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

　　　　　The following Annual Report for 1877, received from the Postmaster General, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th March, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

GENERAL POST OFFICE, HONGKONG, 28th March, 1878.

110

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH MARCH, 1878.

3. It had been settled that the Union arrangements should commence on April 1st, but up to little more than a fortnight before that time this Department was in absolute ignorance of any Detailed instructions details whatever. Not even the rates of Postage to be charged were known.

from the London Office arrived on the evening of March 12th. It may be imagined that the task of re-organising almost every detail of the service in so short a time was not light, and indeed the amount of work imposed on the Department has been such as to tax all its resources for the remainder of the For although the Union arrangements seemed to work at once smoothly and effectively, as far as the public were concerned, yet as far as concerns International organisation many points are even yet far from being decided.

year.

4. The great advance effected by the Treaty of Berne may be said to be this;-that whereas before that Treaty the transmission of correspondence was practically subordinated to the keeping of accounts, the keeping of accounts is now subordinated to the real business of the Postal service, transmission. This Department, for example, would not have ventured to send the Postmaster at San Francisco a single letter for Canada, without first enquiring whether he could arrange to receive and forward it. The Office of the United States would probably have replied (as would any other Office) How do you propose to bring such correspondence to account? and the absence of any special arrangement for this purpose, or the fact that the few, but possibly important letters to be forwarded were not numerous enough to justify a complicated and perhaps expensive system of accounts, was everywhere regarded as a conclusive reason why such letters should not be sent.

5. Now, however, every Union Office is bound to forward as a matter of course all Union corres- pondence received by it, whether in closed Mails or ? d?couvert, by the best route open, leaving questions of account for subsequent consideration. In other words, the principle of the service has become, Transmission first, questions as to payment afterwards.

6. The weak point of the old system was that the development of new and speedier routes for correspondence was checked by incessant difficulties presented in the complicated system of paying sea-conveyance on each letter. The weak point of the new seems to be that a good deal of sea-convey- ance will probably never be paid for at all, which, however, inflicts no inconvenience on the public. The great marine services of England and France, and the Railway systems of the old and new con- tinents cannot, of course, be availed of by all comers without any attempt at payment, and therefore Periods of Statistics have been devised, during which a careful account is kept of the weight of cor- respondence forwarded, and from these observations it is thought that an approximation may be obtained to the sums due for the entire year.

　　　7. The selection of these periods, and the fixing of their duration has given rise to voluminous correspondence. The Berne Congress originally selected a week in August and a week in December. However well these periods might answer in Europe, where there are several departures by Railway each day, they were obviously useless in determining anything as to sea-transit effected only at fort- nightly intervals. The month of June was then agreed on, but the observations taken during that period with much care and labour were cancelled, fortunately for this Colony, for, June being in the height of the Tea and Silk season, the results must have been greatly exaggerated. Finally, statistics were taken during the first 28 days of December. It is proposed that in future the statistical periods be May and November, which, except by limiting them to 28 days each, are perhaps not susceptible of improvement.

　　　8. It is greatly to be hoped that a few years' experience will lead to what must be regarded as the only satisfactory solution of the question, viz., that each Union Country shall pay a commuted annual sum to a common fund for reimbursing the Governments which provide transit, this payment ensuring liberty to forward all the correspondence there may be to send, anywhere within the Union, by any route, and thus almost realising the popular idea, that there is nothing to do with letters but to put them into bags and send them off.

9. The Period of Statistics for 1877 having been fixed so late as December, it is not possible to speak with any certainty of the financial result of the year. With one exception, all claims of the London Office have been paid to date, but as regards other countries, this Department has been receiving the entire Postage on correspondence despatched since April 1st, and paying nothing for contract convey- The balance ance, nor is it yet known what there will be to pay to France, Italy, &c., on this account. at the end of the year, after paying working expenses and all claims which have been received, is $37,919.39, but out of this there is the Crown Agents' account to settle, sea and other conveyance by foreign countries to be paid for*, and nine months' proportion of the annual sum of ?3,150 due to the London Office to be provided. Bearing this in mind then, the financial position on December 31st was as follows:-

1876.

1877.

Colonial Expenditure,...

Balance in hand,

Imperial Share of Revenue, ....$109,044.68 $ 54,615.21 $37,934.34 $ 38,072.77 13,828.13 $ 37,919.39

Decrease $54,429.47 Increase $ Increase

138.43

$24,091.26

Gross Revenue,

$30,199.78

$160,807.15 $130,607.37 Decrease

* Since writing the above, $43 has been paid to Batavia for sea-conveyance of correspondence originating in Hongkong or its Agencies between Singapore and Batavia by Netherlands packets from May 1st to December 31st,

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH MARCH, 1878.

111

　　　　　10. Part of the large decrease in the Imperial share of Revenue arises from the fact that the sums due to all other countries used to be paid to London on their account, but since the entry of this Colony into the Union this practice has been abandoned,* and such sums will be remitted direct.

　　　　　11. No considerable increase of correspondence was anticipated by this Department as a result of lowering the rates of Postage; on the contrary, it was always maintained that no such increase would take place. These views are now proved correct. The weight of letters forwarded to London by all routes from April 1st to December 31st, as compared with the weight of those forwarded during the same period in 1876, shows an increase of only 3 per cent, which may be purely accidental.

　　　　　12. The question arose whether Mails forwarded by private vessels come under the operation of the Treaty of Berne, this Office maintaining that they do, which view has been supported by the various Postal administrations. A decision to the contrary would have been much to be regretted.

13. Some years ago the mercantile community expressed a wish to have a supplementary mail closed on board the French as on board the British Packets, but the difficulties of account alluded to above were found to be almost insuperable. These are now removed, and the question has been revived by the French Post Office. There is every reason to hope for its favourable settlement early in this year. A supplementary mail on board the Torres Straits Packets has been successfully established.

　　　　　14. The transmission of correspondence to the Continent vi? Trieste has been abandoned, no practical advantage arising from it. On the other hand a quicker route vi? Naples for Continental correspondence by French Packet has been introduced. It is suggested that the superscription via Marseilles should now be discontinued, and the words By French Packet used instead, as this will leave the Agent on Board free to select the best route.

15. The increasing acceleration of the outward British Packets, with the retardation of the outward French Packets has been gradually bringing the two arrivals nearer together, until now they nearly or sometimes quite coincide. This is most inconvenient, both to the public and departmentally. Instead of there being one opportunity of the best class for Shanghai and Yokohama every week, the two coincident packets really furnish only fortnightly communication. In the case of Yokohama this is particularly to be regretted, because there are but few private steamers to fall back upon.

16. The usual Tables are appended. It will be remarked that they shew some increase in Money Orders drawn on the United Kingdom, due perhaps to the more favourable rates of exchange which have prevailed.

17. The quickest passages home have been made by the Messageries packets. The Mail once reached London vi? Marseilles in 34 days (Peiho), and twice in 35 days. The shortest passage by P. & O. packet has been 38 days. The Gaelic once, and the Oceanic twice reached San Francisco in 25 days.

18. The quickest passages out have been made by the P. and O. packets, which have delivered the mails seven times within 36 days. The Messageries Packet Ava arrived on May 12th, and the Sindh on September 1st with Mails 37 days from London. The Oceanic on May 18th, and City of Tokio on June 25th were arrivals 28 days out from San Francisco.

19. Tables B. & C. afford the following averages:-

Gain or loss as compared

with 1876.

Gain day.

Average voyage allowed.

Average voyage taken.

37 days.

38 21/0

1/10

40/1/

British Packets, Outward, ......40 days. French Packets, Homeward, ....421 French Packets, Outward,.......41

British Packets, Homeward,....42}

"" 4, ""

20. The French packet Meikong left here for Europe on May 26th, and was lost near Cape Guardafui with all the Mails except the Registered letters for the Continent, which were under the personal care of the Agent. On December 31st, for the first time for twelve years, the French and English Mails from Europe arrived here together, and, to make matters worse, the English Mail was unsorted. The two Mails were landed, within a few minutes of each other, about half past ten in the morning, and the delivery, including the Brisbane's Australian Mail, which arrived soon afterwards, was completed shortly after two o'clock.

　　　　　　21. An English Mail for Amoy was accidentally sent round by way of Formosa, and was further delayed by very heavy weather. Finally, on September 2nd, by the negligence of three of the junior officers of the Department, of whose conduct exemplary notice was taken, the Douglas was allowed to leave for the Coast without the French Mail. This completes the year's catalogue of mishaps.

* Except in regard to the Mails for London transported through Italy, &c., or by French Packet.

112

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH MARCH, 1878.

22. Partly through the exertions of a Chinese resident, an ingenious and complicated system of stealing stamps was discovered, the details of which may not be uninteresting. It had been the custom for years to make up as much as possible of the Mails the afternoon before the departure of the Mail steamer, and the bags thus partially made up were left hanging in the Office. The thief had abstracted bundles of Chinese letters for Singapore from the still open sacks, and had picked off all the high value stamps, leaving a few of trifling value on each letter to keep up appearances.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　He calculated that the letters, having passed the triple examination to which they are subjected before being made up, would not be looked at again; that the Singapore Office would deliver them without scrutiny as paid; or that at any rate the addressees, being Chinese, would make no complaints. He thus acquired a collection of obliterated stamps of various values. The next step would be, in obliterating stamps on newly posted letters, to purposely leave some clean (which, if detected, could always be ascribed to accidental omission) and to watch an opportunity of replacing these clean stamps with the obliterated ones already stolen. The only witness obtainable, who was doubtless an accomplice, absconded, and in the absence of legal proof the principal was allowed to resign his employment under Government.

23. The enquiry made into this case revealed a system of petty frauds on the Revenue, and on small Indian traders, either by abstracting unpaid letters and not accounting for the postage, or by collecting postage on what were really paid letters. There can be little doubt, moreover, that letters duly delivered to the servants of this class of addressees as paid have been charged by them as unpaid, and the so-called postage retained. Precautions have been taken against further dishonesty by Postmen, but it is not easy to guard against frauds by private servants. The Calcutta and Straits correspondents of the Indian community here will persist in putting their letters loose on board ship in spite of the heavy rate (18 cents per half ounce) levied here expressly to check that practice, which habit it is that renders these and other frauds possible, delays the delivery of Mails, and inconveniences everybody concerned.

24. The Postal service has lost an excellent and efficient public servant in the person of Mr. MARTIN, late Postmaster at Shanghai, who died there on July 2nd. Mr. MACHADO, now Postmaster at Yokohama, has been appointed to the vacancy.

25. The new Post Office Ordinance has been brought into force during the year, and a Postal Guide has been published. Hongkong was perhaps the only Postal Administration of any importance which did not issue this kind of useful handbook.

26. Complaints have been received from time to time that the local papers suppress, in certain cases, the names of vessels by which Mails are to be despatched, an innovation wrongly ascribed by the public to this Office as a device to compel the posting of letters. Whilst the views of the newspaper proprietors and of this Department must remain different on the question thus raised, it is necessary to acknowledge the ready co-operation always received in all other details of conveying intelligence to the community.

27. Communication with the ports of Hoihow and Haifong has greatly increased. Through the kind assistance of the Commissioners of Customs at Hoihow and Pakhoi it has been possible to extend some share of the increased facilities thus afforded to the latter place also.

28. A tour of Inspection of the Post Offices and Agencies was completed in the autumn. No serious complaint as to the working of the Department was received, the community of Amoy, which might reasonably have had a grievance, ignoring the disasters alluded to in paragraph 21 with the most perfect good humour. The Right Reverend Bishop RUSSELL stated that during an unusually long residence at Ningpo, in the heart of a Chinese city, he had never missed a letter, except once when a Mail packet was wrecked at Galle. And even then, of the two letters lost he subsequently received one unopened, and the other was returned to the writer.

29. A strong feeling prevails at Foochow, and has prevailed there for some years, that the service to that port should be subsidised. This involves very serious considerations, but it cannot be denied that the wish is natural when it is remembered how often during the past year the Coast Mail has just missed the French packet. It may not be amiss, however, to remind the Communities of the three Coast Ports that it is only by the courtesy of Messrs. DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co., that the British, French, American, Indian, and Australian Contract Mails are conveyed to and from those settlements, without remuneration to any person concerned.

30. It is to be regretted that the work of the Post Office should sometimes involve inconveniences to H. M. Consuls, and thanks are due to them not only for their cordial and unfailing support during the late inspection, but also for their constant co-operation and the cheerfulness with which the inconveniences referred to are borne. This opportunity may be taken to acknowledge the invaluable assistance rendered by His Excellency Sir HARRY PARKES in our not altogether untroubled Postal relations with Japan, an assistance for which the deepest gratitude must be expressed, as also the courtesy of Mr. MAYESIMA, the Postmaster General of Japan, who left nothing undone to aid, not only in the inspection of British Offices, but also in an examination of those of his own country.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH MARCH, 1878.

113

　　　　31. The irregularities brought to light by former inspections, consisting chiefly of accumulations of undelivered letters, &c., have now ceased to be possible, precautions against them having been adopted in this Office.

32. In Japan, as also in Shanghai, erroneous ideas got afloat, very much exaggerating the aim and scope of what was merely a round of Office Inspection. In Japan it was supposed that negotiations were in hand as to the withdrawal of British Post Offices; in Shanghai, that something was to be done to fuse the existing five Postal Administrations into one.

33. The Postal service of Shanghai, considered as a whole, is not satisfactory. Nowhere, perhaps, are the grooves of business life adjusted to work more smoothly than in this splendid settlement. Everything that a business man can desire is anticipated, and in the most effective way, except that his correspondence has to be distributed to and by five different and almost rival Post Offices, to which it is not impossible that a sixth may be added.

　　　　34. Nevertheless, the scheme for an Imperial Chinese Local Post Office said to be set on foot by the Customs Authorities should be hailed as a step in the right direction. The only practical remedy at all likely to be devised for existing evils must be devised in the name of the Emperor of China. An Imperial Chinese Post Office, under exclusive foreign management, central, efficient, amply guaranteed, extended to all the open Ports, and admitted to the Postal Union, would make the Coast service of China more effective than it ever has been or otherwise ever can be.

35. It is matter of regret not to have been able to effect more for the simplification of the present state of things at Shanghai. The only point which suggested itself was to resign the service between Shanghai, Foochow, Amoy, and Swatow wholly into the hands of the efficient and deservedly popular Municipal Post Office, so as not to have two offices advertising Mails for the same places. But as the British Post Office gives facilities for Registry, which the Local Post Office does not at present afford, it has been thought better to make no immediate change.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

The Honourable J. GARDINER AUSTIN, C.M.G.,

Colonial Secretary,

&c.,

&c.

APPENDIX.

(A.) GENERAL RETURN OF POST OFFICE BUSINESS.

ALFRED LISTER,

Postmaster General.

SENT.

RECEIVED.

1876.

1877.

INCREASE. DECREASE.

1876.

1877.

INCREASE. DECREASE.

Letters.

Books and Papers.

Letters.

Books

Books and Letters and Papers.

Papers.

Books Letters and Letters Papers.

Books and Papers.

Books Letters and

Papers.

Letters

Books and

Books Letters and

Papers.

UNITED KINGDOM.

Per British Packets,

Per French Packets,

　　　No 131,580 83,898 117,666 record.

67,620 27,722 75,901

13,914

No No No No record. record. record. record..

...

8,281

...

UNITED STATES. ?

Per United States Packets,

32,827 46,821 32,195 44,299

REGISTERED CORRESPONDENCE.

United Kingdom,

3,871

4,114

243

Continent,

648

671

Australia,

127

137

Ports of China and Japan,

1,249

1,564

315

Straits, Ceylon, India, &c.,

795

828

Total Registered Correspondence,...

6,690

7,314

624

Ship Mails,

1,939

2,140

201

632 2,522 20,003?

2,169 923

2,521

352

1,484

561

486

582

1,189

1,431

242

1,771

2,279

508

6,538

8,297

1,759

1,696

1,800

104

Lacluding a very small Mail for Yokohama by each U. S. Packet.

* Registered Papers, Books, and Patterns, not being numerous, are included under Registered Letters.

114

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH MARCH, 1878.

Sale of Postage Stamps.

1877.

1876.

DENOMINA-

TION,

Number.

Amount.

Number.

Amount.

INCREASE.

Number.

Amount.

2 Cents.

292,566

5,851.32

241,370

4,827.40

218,603

8,744.12

181,865

7,274.60

51,196 36,738

1,023.92 1,469.52

DECREASE.

Number.

Amount.

26,928

1,615.68

65,004

3,900.24

116,211

9,296.88

167,788

13,423.04

161,826

19,419.12

42,634

5,116.08

119,192

71,847

11,495.52

71,847

...

14,303.04

11,495.52

...

38,076 51,577

2,284.56 4,126.16

...

12,987

2,337.66

40,900

7,362.00

...

27,913

5,024.34

45,165

10,839.60

71,718

17,212.32

26,553

6,372.72

35,390

9,909.20

43,518

12,185.04

...

8,128

2,275.84

3,578

1,071.90

80,087

24,026.10

腰

76,514

22,954.20

15,791

7,579.68

20,266

9,727.68

4,475

2,148.00

9,594

9,210.24

16,955

16,276.80

7,361

7,066.56

2 Dollars.

1,418

2,836.00

2,069

4,138.00

651

1,302.00

560

1,680.00

1,096

3,288.00

536

1,608.00

129

→ 1,290.00

303

3,030,00

174

1,740.00

Total,.....

$103,176.92

$131,787.30

$28,292.00

$56,302.38

1877.

Total Sale, Hongkong,.........................

$62,234.30

Shanghai,

29,032.34

1876. $74,518.72 40,186.50

Increase.

Decrease. $12,284.42

***

11,154.16

Yokohama,

7,580.58

10,947.40

...

3,366.82

Other Ports of China and Japan,..

4,329.70

6,134.68

1,804.98

$103,176.92

$131,787.30

Total Decrease in 1877,..

$28,610.38

MONEY ORDER BUSINESS.

(1.)—Orders drawn upon the United Kingdom.

1877.

1876.

INCREASE.

DECREASE.

No. of

Colonial Commis- sion.

No. of

Colonial Commis- sion.

Orders

Amount.

Orders

Amount.

No. of Orders

Colonial Commis- sion.

No. of

Colonial Commis- sion.

Amount.

Orders

Amount.

drawn.

Hongkong,

1,639

? 7,687. 8.10

s. d.

267.68

Shanghai,

678

2,748. 7. 0

118.67

Yokohama,

380

1,536. 7.10

64.76

1,249 715 372

? 6,415.14.11

s. d.

3,286.12.11

1,552.13. 2

$ C. 206.32 125.14 63.00

? s. d.

390 1,271.13.11

$ c. 61.36

? s. d.

538. 5.11

...

6.47

1.76

16. 5. 4

...

Total,......

2,697 11,972. 3. 8451.11

2,336 11,255. 1. 0

394.46

398 1,271.13.11

63.12

554.11, 3

6.47

Deduct Decrease,..

Total Increase,..

361

554.11. 3

717. 2. 8

6.47

6.65

(2.)—Orders drawn in the United Kingdom.

1877.

1876.

INCREASE.

DECREASE.

Colonial

UPON

No. of Orders

Commis- sion.

No. of

Colonial Commis- sion.

Amount.

drawn.

Orders drawn.

Amount.

No. of Orders

Colonial Commis- sion.

Amount.

drawn.

No. of Orders drawn.

Colonial Commis- sion.

Amount.

Hongkong,

Shanghai,

Yokohama,

? s. d. 287. 2. 7 99.12. 3 72.14. 1

$ c.

13.01

5.24

3.61

28885

s. d. 384.19. 7

$ c.

? s. d.

$ c.

15.60

97.17. 0

2.59

***

Total,....

138

459. 8.11

21.86

146

89.10. 7 90. 1. G

564.11. 2

4.55

10. 1. 8

0.69

4.46

17. 6.11

0.85

...

24.61

10. 1. 8

0.69

115. 3.11

3.44

Deduct Increase,

Total Decrease,

(3.)—Local Money Orders.

10. 1. 8

0.69

105. 2. 3

2.75

DRAWN IN

1877.

1876.

INCREASE.

DECREASE.

No. of Orders.

Amount.

Com- mission.

No. of Orders.

Amount.

$ c.

Hongkong on Shanghai,

687.93

$ c. 7.50

Hongkong on Yokohama,

344.60

3.90

Shanghai on Hongkong,

Yokohama on Hongkong,

100

1,322.57 12.80 2,084.52

18.30

3985

$ c. 1,432.88

Com- mission.

$ c. 11.10

No. of

Amount.

Orders.

Com-

No. of mission. Orders.

Amount.

Com- mission.

$ c.

$ c. 744.95

$ c.

3.60

342.14 3.30

2.46

0.60

2,297.92 1,321.72

20.25 12.60

975.35

7.95

762.80 5.70

...

Total,......

228

4,439.62

42.00

233

5,394.66

47.25

765.26

6.30

41-

1,720.30

11.55

Deduct Increase,..

36 765.26 6.30

Total Decrease,

955.04 5.15

FRENCH.

(B.) ARRIVALS OF THE CONTRACT PACKETS DURING 1877,

AMERICAN.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,

30TH

MARCH, 1878.

Number of Days.

Number of Days from

Packet.

Date due.

Reached

Hongkong.

Vi? Southampton.

Via Brindisi.

Packet.

Date due.

Reached

Hongkong.

Number of Days.

Packet.

Left

San

Reached

Francisco. Hongkong.

London.

Allowed. Taken. Gained. Lost.

Allowed. Taken. Gained.

Lost.

Allowed, Taken. Gained. Lost.

San

Francisco.

Greatest.

Least.

Kashgar,

Mar. 1

Feb. 26 50

Geelong,

Mar. 12

Khiva,

ad an ad

Anadyr,.

Peiho,

Feb. 23

Mar.

Lombardy,

Apr.

Zambesi,

Djemnah,

Iraouaddy,

Sindh,

Gwalior,

...

May 7 May

Kashgar,

Teheran,.

June

Cathay,

Peking,

July 2

Mirzapore, Hindostan,

Peshawur,

16 July 13

Aug. 13

Lombardy,

Khiva,.

Sept. 10 Sept. 7

Geelong,

Nizam....

Oct.

Zambesi,

Gwalior,

Nov.

494544

Thibet,

Teheran,.

Dec.

Geelong,

1878.

12∞D CD CD ON CD ON CD CD CD IEE

Meikong,

Ava,

Amazone,

Hooghly,

Anadyr,.....

Peiho,

DR.

Apr.

May

Apr.

1 May

June 12

June

202482222

Feb. 22

Mar.

2221

City of Pekin,

Jan.

Jan. 31

Oceanic,

Feb.

Alaska,

Feb.

Mar.

Belgic,

July 10 July 8

Djemnah, Iraouaddy,

Aug.

7 Aug.

Tigre,

Sindh,

Yangtse,

Sept.

4 Se.

pt.

Ava,

Oct.

Amazone,

Anadyr,.

Oct.

Nov.

Peiho,

Djemnah,

COT NN wi HNNNO-i wi?

City of Tokio,

Mar.

3 Apr.

19669

No mail. No mail.

Gaelic,

City of Pekin,

Apr. 3 May

Oceanic,

Alaska,

May 5 June 10

BRENJB888

Belgic,

No mail. No mail.

City of Tokio,

Gaelic,

June

9 July 10

City of Pekin,

No mail. No mail.

Oceanic,

July 3

3 Aug.

China,

Belgic,

City of Tokio,

Aug.

Sept.

Gaelic,

City of Pekin,

Sept. 12

Oct. 14

Oceanic,

}}

China,

Oct.

11 Nov.

Iraouaddy,

Dec. 14

Dec.

Belgic,

21.

· Mirzapore,

Jan. 3

Mongolia,

Indus,

Lombardy,

1878.

Jan.

Feb. 14 Feb.

2222

27 50

???

I 00 00 00

Tigre,

242

2222

1878.

'1878.

City of Tokio,

Nov.

3 Dec. 1

Gaelic,

Sindh,

Jan.

242

Yangtse,

Ava,

Feb.

City of Pekin, Oceanic,

Dec.

1878.

Jan.

RH-BONAR O

BRITISH.

115

FRENCH.

(C.) DEPARTURES OF THE CONTRACT MAIL PACKETS DURING 1877.

AMERICAN.

116

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH MARCH, 1878.

BRITISH.

Number of Days to

Via Southampton.

Vi? Brindisi,

Number of Days.

Packet.

Via Brindisi.

Date due.

Reached

London.

Date due.

Reached

London.

Gained. Allowed. Taken.

Lost.

Via Southampton.

Allowed. Taken. Gained.

Packet.

Date due.

Reached

Londen.

Number of Days.

Packet.

Left Hongkong. Francisco.

Reached

San

Francisco.

London.

Allowed. Taken. Gained. Lost.

Lost.

Kashgar,

Feb. 19

Feb.

Feb. 12

Feb.

10 40

Geelong,

Mar.

Khiva,.

Mar. 12

NN:

Sindh,

Feb.

Meikong,

Mar.

Ava.

Lombardy,

Apr.

2 Apr.

Amazone,

Apr.

Zambesi,

15 Apr.

Apr.

Travancore,

}}

Kashgar,.

May

May 13 May 7 May

6 40

Khiva,..

Geelong,

Lombardy,

June 10

Zambesi,

June 4 June 2 45

June 11

18 July 9 July 9 July 2 July

Tigre,

Anadyr,.

Peiho,

Djemnah, Iraouaddy,

DOONOO

19 Feb.

15 40

Mar.

16 Apr. 15

16897

May 14

May 8

24 40

Sindh,

Meikong,

July

June 11

June

σ a

Gwalior,

Ava,

Str. lost. 23 July 18

45 40

315

Kashgar,

Aug. 6 Aug.

Amazone,

Aug.

Teheran,

}}

18 Aug, 13

Aug. 11

Cathay,

Sept.

3 Sept.

Hooghly,

Anadyr,..

Aug. 17

Sept. 3

Pekin,.

}}

Sept. 10 Sept.

Peiho,

Sept. 13

Mirzapore,

Oct.

21 45

Djemnah,

Oct.

Hindostan,

Peshawur, Lombardy,

Khiva,.

Geelong,

Nizam,.....

Zambesi,

15 Oct.

Oct.

8 Oct.

Iraouaddy,

Oct.

Tigre,

}}

Nov. 12 Nov. 12

Nov.

5 Nov.

Dec.

-100

Dec.

1878. 1878.

Jan. 7

Jan.

1878.

Gwalior,

Jan.

9999 9 9

Sindh,

Yangtse,

Nov.

Ava,

Amazone,

Dec.

Dec. 6

Thibet,

Feb.

Anadyr,

Peiho,

Djennah,

1878.

Jan.

1878.

Jan. 3

Feb.

*** *888*==***6: 8****5 25 25 25 25 25

Belgic,

Jan.

+91 IMOTNO

City of Tokio, Gaelic,

Feb.

Feb

City of Pekin,

Oceanic,

Mar. 17

No mail.

Mar. 3

Alaska,

Apr.

Belgic,

Apr. 3

City of Tokio,

Gaelic,

14 May 13

No mail.

May 1

City of Pekin,

June

Oceanic,

~?649N CTIA W W aer:

Alaska,

June 18 July 17

多

Belgic,

City of Tokio, Gaelic,

July 2

* 29

Aug. 10

City of Pekin,

Aug.

Oceanic,

22 Sept. 15

China,

* 31

}}

Belgic,

Sept. 10

Oct.

City of Tokio,

}}

Gaelic,..

Oct. 2

Nov.

City of Pekin,

Oceanic,

Nov.

Dec.

China,

MAN

* 33

1878.

Belgic,

Dec.

Jan.

City of Tokio,

8:3

* Approximate dates.

No. 60.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH MARCH, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notice to Mariners is published for general information.

By Command,

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

117

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th March, 1878.

Government of India.

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

(No. 7.)

CHINA SEA.-YANG-TSE-KIANG.

Kiutoan Light-Vessel.

The Inspector General of Customs, Shanghai, has given notice that, on or about the 1st March 1878, a light-vessel painted red with the word "Kiutoan" in white letters on her sides. and a mast surmounted by an 8-feet black ball, will be moored in mid-channel to the north-east of Kiutoan light-house.

　　　　　　The light to be exhibited ill be a fixed catoptric white light, elevated 35 feet above the sea level, and in clear weather should be visible from a distance of 11 miles.

　　　　　　The usual riding light, a small white light, will be exhibited from the forestay, 6 feet above the rail, to indicate the direction the vessel is riding.

　　　　　　During foggy weather a 10-cwt. fog-bell will be struck three double blows in each minute, the interval between the blows of each pair being 5 seconds, and between two successive pairs of blows, 15 seconds.

　　　　　　If the light-vessel be driven from her proper position and of no ase as a guide to shipping, the fixed white light will not be exhibited, but in lieu thereof a fixed red light will be shown at each end of the vessel; the black ball also will be removed as soon as possible, and, till removed, will be surmounted by a red flag.

On the light-vessel being placed in position, the light at present exhibited from Kiutoan light-house will be discontinued.

By Direction of the Government of India,

A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr., (late I. N.),

MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, Calcutta, 22nd February 1878.

Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.

　　　　　　　This Notice will affect the following Admiralty Charts:-Yang-Tse- Kiang entrance, No. 1602; Hieshan islands to Yang-Tse-Kiang, No. 1199; Yang-Tse-Kiang to Nanking, No. 1480; Islands between Formosa and Japan, No 2412; Hongkong to Liautung Gulf, No. 1262; also, Admiralty list of lights in South Africa, Chira, &c., 1877; and China Sea Directory, Vol. III, page 348.

　　　　　　　If this Notice is received on boardship, the substance of it should be inserted on the Charts affected by it, and introduced into the Sailing Directions to which it relates.

No. 61.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Hydrographic Notice, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th March, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

The information contained in this Notice is to be carefully considered, to be noted in the Sailing Directions, and compared with the Charts,

when the ship is navigating the locality to which it refers.

Government of India.

HYDROGRAPHIC NOTICE. [ No. 9. ]

SIND-WEST COAST OF HINDOSTAN.

　　　　　　The following information relating to the Indus Banks and Kurrachee with directions for approaching and entering the harbour, is derived from a Report by Lieutenant A. W. Stiffe (late Indian Navy) and Notices issued by the Master Attendant of that port, 1877.*

[All Bearings are Magnetic. Variation 0°.55′ Easterly in 1878.]

INDUS BANKS AND KURRACHEE.

　　　　　　The Coast of Sind should be approached with great caution; too much attention cannot be paid to the lead, more especially in passing the banks of the Indus, which have recently been resurveyed with the following result. Since their examination in 1867, the Haj?mro mouth is found to have extended 3 nautical miles to seaward, and the beacon at that mouth appears to have been moved more than 3,000 yards to S. S. W. since that date; whilst the Kukaiwari bank has rather diminished in extent, and is much less steep to. The head of the "Swatch" also appears to have silted up to some extent, and the deep water found in 1867 close to the edge of this part of the banks no longer exists.

An island covered with tufts of grass has formed at the Haj?mro mouth, 24 miles to seaward of the old site of the beacon. Lieutenant Stiffe, who executed the survey, has communicated much valuable information as to the recent changes; and from his remarks and other documents the following amendment of the Sailing Directions for that part of the coast has been drawn up.

　　　　　　* See Admiralty Charts: India West Coast, Coasts of Sind and Kutch, Nos. 38 and 42; and Kurrachee Harbour, No. 40; also, West Coast of lindostan Pilot, pages 232 to 243; Persian Gulf Pilot, Supplement, 1875, pages 25 to 27; and Taylor's Sailing Directory Vol. I, pages 333 to 338.

No. 60.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH MARCH, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notice to Mariners is published for general information.

By Command,

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

117

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th March, 1878.

Government of India.

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

(No. 7.)

CHINA SEA.-YANG-TSE-KIANG.

Kiutoan Light-Vessel.

　　　　　　The light to be exhibited ill be a fixed catoptric white light, elevated 35 feet above the sea level, and in clear weather should be visible from a distance of 11 miles.

　　　　　　The usual riding light, a small white light, will be exhibited from the forestay, 6 feet above the rail, to indicate the direction the vessel is riding.

On the light-vessel being placed in position, the light at present exhibited from Kiutoan light-house will be discontinued.

By Direction of the Government of India,

A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr., (late I. N.),

MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, Calcutta, 22nd February 1878.

Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.

　　　　　　　If this Notice is received on boardship, the substance of it should be inserted on the Charts affected by it, and introduced into the Sailing Directions to which it relates.

No. 61.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Hydrographic Notice, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th March, 1878.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

The information contained in this Notice is to be carefully considered, to be noted in the Sailing Directions, and compared with the Charts,

when the ship is navigating the locality to which it refers.

Government of India.

HYDROGRAPHIC NOTICE. [ No. 9. ]

SIND-WEST COAST OF HINDOSTAN.

[All Bearings are Magnetic. Variation 0°.55′ Easterly in 1878.]

INDUS BANKS AND KURRACHEE.

118

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH MARCH, 1878.

　Indus Banks.-Approaching Kurrachee from the southward, land is not generally seen before making Manora point. When coming from the westward, the first landfall may be the Lakki hills, a sharp ridge of even outline, 740 feet high, terminating at Cape Monze; that steep point should not be approached within 2 miles, but the Indus Banks are the principal danger. The coast line southward of Kurrachee consists of low sandy ridges, with tufts of grass, barely above the highest sea level, and not visible more than 5 or 6 miles. In passing the banks by daylight, too near the shore, herds of cattle, wading over the submerged land, are sometimes the first objects sighted.

　Fresh Water Mouth.-The Jua is the debouchure by which the fresh water of the Indus is now discharged, but in 1848 the greatest body of it came from the Kediwari. Intermediately (1867) the Haj?mro was the fresh water mouth and the only navigable one; but Lieutenant Stiffe has ascertained it to be now nearly closed. The great body of fresh water, having breached the bend of that river below Keti, now passes through the Gabei and Buri creeks, and enters the sea at the Jua Seeshur mouth, or about 10 miles northward of its position ten years ago. For the above reasons the Haj?mro mouth has been totally abandoned by the country shipping, and the pilots have removed to the new mouth.

　Dangers. A great extension of the banks off the fresh water mouth is in constant progress, so that a near approach to them must be always made with great caution. The banks, especially near the mouths, are generally of soft mud with ridges, here and there, of hard sand, which appears to be a kind of quicksand.

　By day the surf on the edge of the banks is generally sufficient warning, except when the sea is smooth near high water. In clear weather the low shore, its isolated huts, or one of the beacons, will be seen in time to avoid accident, provided a vigilant look-out be kept. The discolouration of the water is very marked, particularly off the fresh water mouth; it extends far outside the edge of the shoals, and should be a sufficient warning by day. Even at night the discolouration has been observed and profited by.

　Soundings-During the night the banks should not be approached nearer than 20 or 15 miles, because the soundings will not be an infallible guide. For instance, at miles outside the projecting point of the Haj?mro bank there is a depth of le fathoms, where formerly 13 were found, and to the southward of Kukaiwari less than 20 fathoms are found in the head of the "Swatch" at a distance of 5 miles off the banks, whilst the latter depth is also found at 15 miles to the westward.

　Proceeding down the coast from Kurrachee, a vessel is quite safe by attention to the lead. After deepening off Manora on a south course to 12 fathoms, she may run down the coast in that depth steering S. by E. to S.by E. E., and when the water deepens in the "Swatch" she will be southward of all dangers. In the south-west monsoon it would be desirable to give a wider berth, especially in a sailing vessel, and not to shoal under 15 fathoms.

　For a vessel proceeding up the Sind coast, and making the banks from the southward or south-eastward, the lead is not a safe guide, unless a wide berth is given to pass outside the great Kori bank, which involves an unnecessary detour. A vessel should take a good departure from the Kattywar coast near Dwarka, by a bearing or latitude, and the depth of water, and shape a course to give the Indus Banks a berth of about 15 miles if passing them at night. If, after crossing the "Swatch,

not less than 20 fathoms be obtained, haul up for Kurrachee, being careful not to shoal into less than 15 fathoms, until the light is sighted.

By day in the fine season a vessel may sight the Haj?mro beacon; but it should be remembered that it is ill adapted for visibility, and also too nearly resembles a ship's mast when seen from a distance; neither is it visible from the Kukaiwari banks. Attention to the lead is therefore necessary in passing the banks; off them do not shoal under 12 fathoms, but when past them, a vessel might proceed to Kurrachee in a depth of 10 fathoms.

Currents. The indraught of tide into the rivers is only felt when close in; the tidal current sets along shore following the direction of the edge of the bank. The ebb streani from the fresh water mouth sets seaward for a distance of 4 or 5 miles, accompanied by a very turbid state of the water, which also, during the high season of the river, is more or less fresh on the surface at the above distance off shore. The flood setting into the river is weaker. At the latter end of March, whilst the survey was being made, the set of the tide was weak, the flood setting to S.E. or S.S.E. and the ebb scarcely perceptible. except off the mouth.

　After March and until September, a set to the south-east is experienced, extending as far out as the bank of soundings. Its strength varies from a half to 14 knots per hour, and when the wind hangs much to the southward, may be replaced. for a time, by a current in the opposite direction.

Caution.-Several vessels liave grounded on these Indus Banks, through not making due allowance for the south-easterly set before mentioned, and neglecting the use of the lead.

port

Sea-borne Traffic of River Indus.—Kurrachee is the only Sind port which is lighted, or where dues are levied. The of the river Indus is the town of Keti (mis-spelt Kellee on most charts), which stands on the left bank of the Haj?mro. 10 miles from the present (Jua) mouth, and has a population of about 2,000. All sea-going vessels enter and clear from this place, cargoes being brought down by flat-bottomed river boats and then transhipped. Trade is chiefly grain. The season for navigation is from the end of August to the end of May, the port being closed during the monsoon months. The tots! present sea-going trade is about 2,400 vessels per season, aggregating 78,000 tons. The largest boats are little over 100 tons" burthen, with a draught not exceeding 9 or 10 feet.

　A pilot is kept at the mouth of the river, whose boat leads vessels out and in, flyingja red flag if the flood is running, and a blue flag during the stream of ebb.

Tides. It is high water, full and change, about 10 hours 45 minutes; springs rise 9 or 10 feet; neaps about 4 feet. The first part of the ebb runs to west-south-west, and as the reefs become dry, the stream changes its course to north-west, running parallel to the coast.

The tidal streams, especially the ebb, are strong in the river up to Keti, running in places about 5 knots an hour: the also are strong for several miles outside the bar. On the ebb the surface of the sea is fresh to a distance of 4 or 5 miles of when the river is high. With that tide there is a heavy break on the bar when the sea breeze is fresh, and the native craf appear generally to leave the river in the morning at such times.

KURRACHEE (KARACHI) HARBOUR.

　Manora Point, forming the west side of Kurrachee Harbour, is about 100 feet in height, and can be approached to depth of 5 fathoms or within half a mile on any bearing from north to east. As at certain times of tide pilots cannot board vessels, attention should be given to all directions signalled from the station on Manora point.

　Light.-On Manora point is situated a new lighthouse which exhibits, at an elevation of 150 feet, a revolving dioptri white light, the greatest brilliancy of which is attained every two minutes and is visible in clear weather from a distance 20 miles.

Anchorage in the Roads.-From June to the middle of September, vessels should not on any account anchor, but stan off and on, keeping the lighthouse bearing from N.N.E. to N.E., one to two miles distant, until boarded by a pilot or directed by signal.

　From the middle of September until the end of March, ships may anchor with the lighthouse bearing N. by E. to N.N.E. distant one mile, in 7 fathoins water, and during the months of April and May the lighthouse should bear N.N.E., to N.E distant 1 miles in 8 fathoms.

The Harbour.-A breakwater has been built extending from Manora Point in a S.by E. direction to a distance of 1,50) feet into 5 fathoms water; this affords complete shelter to the entrance channel during the south-west monsoon.

Light.-A red light is exhibited from the end of the breakwater during the fine season only, i. e., from the 30th Septembe: to 1st June.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH MARCH, 1878.

119

Channel.—A channel 500 feet wide, with a depth of 20 feet at low-water spring tides, has been opened through the bar. The entrance is marked by buoys, one on each side of the channel.

The depth of water in entrance channel at high water is— at spring tides....

"" neap

.29 feet. .24 to 25 feet.

　　　　Vessels with a draught not exceeding 22 feet can now enter and leave the harbour without difficulty or delay during all seasons of the year.

　　　　During the fair season, vessels with a draught not exceeding 24 feet can enter and leave the harbour. Fixed moorings are placed for vessels of the largest class.

Tides.-It is high water, full and change, at 10 hours 30 minutes; average springs rise 9 feet 6 inches, and neaps 3 to

4 feet.*

Directions. Masters of vessels should endeavour to make Kurrachee Harbour during the day, and they may with safety approach into a depth of 8 fathoms at about 2 miles from Manora lighthouse, between the bearings of N.E. to N.N.E., but should then heave to for a pilot.

　　　　Pilots.-Masters of ships should not under any circumstances attempt to enter the harbour without a pilot. The pilots always come off in a pulling boat in the fine weather, but in a 50-ton cutter during the monsoon.

Steam vessels can enter the harbour either on flood or ebb tide at the pilots' discretion. Sailing vessels should enter on

the ebb.

A mail steamer arriving off the harbour at night should burn two blue lights in quick succession. During the fair season a pilot will at once board, but during the south-west monsoon the vessel must be kept off the harbour until daylight.

MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT; CALCUTTA, 19th February, 1878.

Adwands & Co. 5 1

* Tide tables for Kurrachee are published by authority of the Secretary of State for India.

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Channel.—A channel 500 feet wide, with a depth of 20 feet at low-water spring tides, has been opened through the bar. The entrance is marked by buoys, one on each side of the channel.

The depth of water in entrance channel at high water is— at spring tides....

"" neap

.29 feet. .24 to 25 feet.

　　　　Vessels with a draught not exceeding 22 feet can now enter and leave the harbour without difficulty or delay during all seasons of the year.

　　　　During the fair season, vessels with a draught not exceeding 24 feet can enter and leave the harbour. Fixed moorings are placed for vessels of the largest class.

Tides.-It is high water, full and change, at 10 hours 30 minutes; average springs rise 9 feet 6 inches, and neaps 3 to

4 feet.*

Steam vessels can enter the harbour either on flood or ebb tide at the pilots' discretion. Sailing vessels should enter on

the ebb.

MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT; CALCUTTA, 19th February, 1878.

Adwands & Co. 5 1

* Tide tables for Kurrachee are published by authority of the Secretary of State for India.

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT

1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

CAPE D'AGUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

VICTORIA PEAK,

HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

WINDS

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

DAY AND

DATE.

BARO-

0 TO 12.

WEA-

BARO-

Ο ΤΟ 12.

HOUR.

METER

THER.

METER

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches [during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

? TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct.

Force.

In inches

during previous

24 hours.

Saturday,

23rd

March.

30.31 63.0

63.0 60.0 Noon 30.30 | 65.5 66.5 58.5 65.0 61.0 30.25 65.0

30.20 64.0

64.0 62.0 E

b.c.

30.15 63.0

58.0 58.0 NE

O.C.

28.41 55.0

55.0 55.0; ESE

o.p.f.

65.0 61.0

30.20 | 65,0 69.0 57.0 67.0 63.0 E

30.17 | 66.01

b.c.

0.00

30.17 64.0 65.057.5 61.0 57.5 NE

0.0.

0.00

28.47 57.0 57.0 52.0 57.0 55.0 E

0.m.

0.00

66.5 62.5 SE

b.c.

30.14 64.0

61.0 58.0 NE

O.C.

28.56 57.0

57.0 56.0 ESE

Sunday,

30.20 66.5

24th

March.

66.0 61.0

9 Noon 30.18 68.0 70.0 63.0 70.0 63.0

3 30.12 70.0

30.11 67,0

67.0 63.0 ESE

b.c.

30.08 66.0|

66.0 60.0 NE

b.c.

28.36 42.0°

62.0 60.0 SE

0.0.

Monday,

25th

30.16 67.5

March.

Noon 30.14 71.5 73.0 65.0 71.0 69.0 30.09 71.5

199

b.c.

30.10 | 68.0 69.0 60.0′ 69.0 66.0 Calm

b.c.

0.00

30.06 | 66.0 67.5 60.0 66.0 61.0 NE

b.c.

0.00

28.35 42.0. 62.0 56.0 63.0 61.0 SE

D.C.

0.00

70.0 65.0

b.c.

30.04 71.0

74.5 69.0 SW

b.c.

30.02 67.0

66.5 62.0 NE

b.c.

28.28 45.0

67.5

30.00 70.0

Tuesday,

26th Noon

March.

30.1771.0

71.0 69.0

71.0 71.0.

30.20 78.0 74.5 68.0 73.0 71.0

30.13 75.5

Wednesday,

30.21 66.0

75.0 73.0

66.0 61.0

27th

March.

Noom 30.19 68.0 70.5' 62.0 68.0 61,5

True wind cannot be registered.

Do.

30.00 72.0 74.0 62.0 72.5 71.0 SW

225

68.5 68.0 Calm

b.c.

30.03 66.0

63.0 61.5 SE

O.C.

28.32 65.0|

b.c.

0.00

30.00 70.0 73.0; 69.0 71.0 70.5) SE

0.g.

0.00

30.00 74.0

74.5 73.0 Calm

c.f.

30.04 74.0!

c.m.

:|:

:| :

30.04 | 76.0 76.0 66.0 75.0 74.0 E

30.05 76.0

30.08 69.0

: : | :

g.m.

30.00 71.0

72.5 72.0 NE

o.d.f.

30.07 71.0

71.0 70.0! Calm

28.23 67.0

71.0 70.5 Calm

0 f.

28.37 70.0

g.p.

0.08

30.07 71.5 78.0 69.0 71.5 71.5 Calm

0.00

28.37 70.0 71.0 66.0 70.0 70.0 S

76.5 75.0 E

b.c.

30.03 72.5

72.0 72.0 Calm

28.32 70.0

: : : :]:

65.0 63.0 $

O.C.

65.0 65.0 SSW

o.f.

28.30 67.0 67.0, 62.0 67.0 67.0 SSW

0.p.f.

0.00

67.0 67.0 SSW

0.p.f.

70.0 70.0 8

o.f.

0.00

70.0 69.0 S

o.f.

67.5 63.0 E

b.c.m.

30.07 67.0|

62.5 60.0 NE

o.f.

28.34 61.0|

61.0 59.0 ESE

o.c m.

b.c.m.

30.08 71.0 78.0 60.0 72.0 67.0 E

b.c.m.

0,00

30.11 68.0

68.0 64.0

c.m.

30.03 72.0

69.5 66.0 ESE

b.c.m.

30.09 | 68.0 73.5 69.0 64.0 60.0 NE 30.09 68.5

o.f.

0.01

65.0 61.0 NE

o.f.

28.31 62.0 63.0 56.0 63.0 60.0 SE 28.27 62.0

o.c.m.

0.00

63.0 60.0 SE

o.c.m.

Thursday,

28th

March.

9 30.12 72.0| 72.0 69.0 Noon 30.11 72.5 73.5 66.0 72.0 69.5 30.04 73.0

··

b.c.m.

29.98 72.0

c.m.

73.0 70.0

c.m.

29.96 74.0

72.0 70.0 Calm

g.m.

30.00 67.0

29.99 75.0 76.0 63.5 75.5 73.0 E

o.m.

0.29

73.0 71.0 ESE

o.p.

30.02 71.5 74.0 62.5 70.0 67.5 NE 29.96 71.0. 68.5 67.5 N

71.5 70.0 NE

b.c.

O.C.

Friday,

29th

Noon

March.

30.07 77.0

30.09 78.5 79.5 70.0 78.0 75.0

30.04 73.0

77.0 74.0

c.m.

73.0 69.0

o.c.r.t.l.

76.5 75.0 SE

29.94 77.0] 29.94 78.0 79.0 68.0 78.5 75.0 S 69.0 69.0 NW

29.95 76.0

b.c.m.

3 b.c.m.

6 o.q.r.t.l.

0.02

28.24 70.0 71.0 63.0 70.0 70.0 S 28.18 65.0 68.0 68.0 W

STATE OF WEATHER:-b. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; f. foggy; g. gloomy; h. hail; 7. lightning; . misty (hazy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; q. squally; r. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility. Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). NOTE:-A bar (-) under any letter augments its signification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and continuing rain, &c.; &c.

29.95 73.0 76.5 75.0 S 29.97 76.0 79.0 66.0 78.0 76.0 SSW 29.95 75.0 75.5 74.0 SW

O.C.

28.32 68.0

68.0 68.0 S

0.m.

0.31

28.24 70.0

28.28 69.0 69,0 61.0 69.0 69.0 S

28.25 | 70.0

o.m.

0.10

69.0 69.0

o.f.

70.0 70.0 S

o.f.

0.00

o.f.

0.10

o.r.l.t.

0.g.

Fig?res

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

Description of Wind.

Figures

Illustrations of the power of the Wind as regards a well-conditioned Man-of-War of First-class Clipper Ship.

Rate of the Wind

to denote

per Hour in Miles.

the Force

of the

Wind.

Calm

Light Air

Light Breeze

Gentle Breeze

Moderate Breeze..

Fresh Breeze

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Strong Breeze

Fresh Gale

Strong Gale

Whole Gale.......

Storm...

Hurricane.

Moderate Gale.

Just sufficient to give steerage way With which the above Ship with all sail ( 1 to set and clean full would go in smooth water...

Knots

3 to 4

5 to 6

Royals, &c.

Single Reets and T. G. Sails.

In which she could just carry in chase, Double Reefs and Jib, &c. full and by

Triple Reefs, &c..

【Close Reefs and Courses

In which she could just bear close-reefed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail. Under Storm Staysail ...

Bare Poles.....

0 to 2

11 15

16 20

70 - 80

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above 80

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30TH

MARCH,

1878.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH MARCH, 1878.

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

SUMMARY JURISDICTION.

Foreign Attachment.

Suit No. 277.

Plaintiff,-THE HONGKONG AND CHINA RICE COMPANY, LIMITED. Defendant,-LEONG-TAM-KU.

OTICE is hereby given that a Writ of Foreign Attachment returnable on the 16th day of April, 1878, against all the Property moveable or immoveable of the above named De- fendant within the Colony, has been issued in this Suit pursuant to the Provisions of Section LXXXII of 44

The Hongkong Code of Civil Procedure."

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Hongkong.

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No. 62.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 6TH APRIL, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

VOL. XXIV.

　　　　　His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to grant Two months vacation leave and Five months leave on half-salary to the Honourable J. GARDINER AUSTIN, C.M.G., Colonial Secretary, and Auditor General.

His Excellency has made the following temporary appointments:-

The Honourable J. M. PRICE, to be Acting Colonial Secretary. The Honourable C. MAY, to be Acting Auditor General. EDWARD BOWDLER, Esquire, to be Acting Surveyor General.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th April, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

No. 63.

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W. M. DEANE, Esquire, Captain Superintendent of Police, having reported his return to the Colony, has resumed his duties from this date.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th April, 1878.

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

No. 64.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　　　Notice is hereby given, that His Excellency the Governor in Council, under and in pursuance of Ordinance No. 14 of 1862, entitled An Ordinance for granting Patents for Inventions within this Colony, has granted Letters Patent bearing date the 25th Day of March, 1878, unto the Honourable WM. KESWICK, of Victoria in this Colony, as Assignee of ABRAM LYLE, for and on behalf of the partners for the time being in the China Sugar Refinery of Hongkong, for securing to him as such Trustee as aforesaid, the exclusive right of using within the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, an Inven- tion, for which Her Majesty's Letters Patent have been obtained in England for "Improvements in Apparatus for shaping Sugar," for the residue of the term of Fourteen Years from the 29th Day of July, 1876, subject to certain conditions in the said Patent specified.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th April, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

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No. 65.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

His Excellency the Governor having granted Four months vacation leave and Twelve months leave of absence on half-salary to H. G. THOMSETT, Esquire, R.N., His Excellency is pleased to make the following temporary appointment, to date from the 7th instant,-

J. P. MCEUEN, Esquire, R.N., to be Acting Harbour Master and Marine Magistrate.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th April, 1878.

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

No. 66.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

His Excellency the Governor is pleased to make the following Regulations under Section XII of the Post Office Ordinance, 1876, for facilitating the Local Delivery of correspondence, and for establishing a Local Parcel Post.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th April, 1878.

Local Delivery.

　　1. All correspondence posted before 5 P.M. on any week day for addresses in Victoria will be delivered the same day, and generally within two hours, unless the delivery should be retarded by the Contract Mails.

2. Invitations, &c., can generally be delivered within Victoria at the private houses of the addressees rather than at places of business, if a wish to that effect be expressed by the sender, otherwise all cor- respondence is invariably delivered at the nearest place of business. (See Postal Guide, par. 103.)

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Local Parcel Post.

　　1. Small Parcels may be sent by Post between any of the British Post Offices in China or Japan, as well as to Macao, Pakhoi, Haifong, Singapore, Penang, and Malacca. They must not exceed the following dimensions, 2 feet long, 1 foot broad, 1 foot deep, nor weigh more than 5lbs. The postage will be 20 cents per lb., which will include Registration. The parcels may be wholly closed if they bear this special endorsement, PARCEL, CONTAINING NO LETTER, but any parcel may be opened by direction of the Postmaster General.

　　2. The following cannot be transmitted: Parcels insufficiently packed or protected, or liable to be crushed (as bandboxes, &c.) Glass, Liquids, Explosive substances, Matches, Indigo, Dyestuffs, Ice, Meat, Fish, Game, Fruit, Vegetables, or whatever is dangerous to the Mails, or likely to become offensive or injurious in transit.

　　3. Parcels will as a general rule be forwarded by Private Ship, not by Contract Mail Packet. The Post Office reserves the right of selecting the opportunity for transmission, and of delaying delivery in case the number of parcels is such as to retard other correspondence. No responsibility is accepted with regard to any parcel, but the system of Registration will secure the senders against any but a very remote probability of loss.

4. The public are cautioned not to confound these facilities with a Parcel Post to Europe, &c., which does not exist.

No. 67.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH APRIL, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

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The following Return of Revenue collected by the Collector of Stamp Revenue, is published for general information.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th April, 1878.

STATEMENT of the REVENUE under the Stamp Amendment Ordinance, 1868, the Sheriff's Ordinance, 1873,

and the Chinese Emigration Consolidation Ordinance, 1874.

Total Revenue for the month of March, 1878,

Collected in 1878 up to March 31st,

Do.

in 1877 up to March 31st,

Increase,

Stamp Office, Hongkong, 1st April, 1878.

.$11,366.43

.$31,323.63

26,273.63

$5,050.00

A. LISTER, Collector of Stamp Revenue.

No. 68.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　The following Annual Report from the Acting Captain Superintendent of Police, for the is published for general information.

year 1878,

By Command,

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th April, 1878.

[No. 31.]

CENTRAL POLICE Barracks, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, 15th February, 1878.

　　　　SIR, I have the honour to forward the Criminal Statistics and other Annual Returns of this Department for 1877, for transmission to His Excellency the Governor.

　　　　2. Compared with the previous year, there has been an increase of 481 cases in Serious Offences, 361 cases in Minor Offences, and 842 cases or 12.86 per cent, in the total number of Offences coming under the notice of the Police.

　　　　3. There is little doubt that the famine and floods on the mainland and the unusually high price of rice throughout the year have caused much of the crime against property to which the increase in Serious Offences is chiefly due. Turning to Table C. it will be found that while Robbery with Violence, Burglary, and Larceny in a Dwelling House at Night have decreased, Unlawful Possession and Larceny shew an increase of 446 on the number of cases reported during the previous year; many of these Larcenies relate to property of very small value, and of all the cases in which the amount has been given 35 per cent are thefts of articles valued at less than $5.

　　　　4. Of the five cases of Murder, two arose out of piratical attacks on villages. The first of these occurred about midnight on the 2nd May, when 20 armed men attacked a Chandler's Shop in the village of Ap-Li-Chau; CHING-HUN-TAI one of the inmates of the shop received a gunshot wound which subsequently caused his death. The pirates carried off property valued at $84, together with one of their comrades who had been shot by the Indian Constable on duty. The night being dark, their boat was out of sight before the Inspector could cross the bay with assistance from the Aberdeen Police Station. The second occurred on the night of the 15th October, when a band of robbers, who had landed from a boat on the eastern shore of Tsim-Sha-Tsui, broke into and plundered the house of a boat-builder in the village of Mong-Kok-Tsui; KWOK-SING-KIT one of the shop coolies died two days afterwards of a wound received during the attack.

No. 67.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH APRIL, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

125

The following Return of Revenue collected by the Collector of Stamp Revenue, is published for general information.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th April, 1878.

STATEMENT of the REVENUE under the Stamp Amendment Ordinance, 1868, the Sheriff's Ordinance, 1873,

and the Chinese Emigration Consolidation Ordinance, 1874.

Total Revenue for the month of March, 1878,

Collected in 1878 up to March 31st,

Do.

in 1877 up to March 31st,

Increase,

Stamp Office, Hongkong, 1st April, 1878.

.$11,366.43

.$31,323.63

26,273.63

$5,050.00

A. LISTER, Collector of Stamp Revenue.

No. 68.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　The following Annual Report from the Acting Captain Superintendent of Police, for the is published for general information.

year 1878,

By Command,

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th April, 1878.

[No. 31.]

CENTRAL POLICE Barracks, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, 15th February, 1878.

　　　　SIR, I have the honour to forward the Criminal Statistics and other Annual Returns of this Department for 1877, for transmission to His Excellency the Governor.

126

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH APRIL, 1878.

　　　5. I believe the increase in Kidnapping to be only apparent, the total for the past year having been swelled by an unusually large number of suspicious cases brought to trial by the Police, which, upon investigation at the Magistracy, proved to be unfounded.

6. Verdicts of Felo de Se were returned at no less than thirteen Coroner's Inquests during the year. 7. Judging from the reports of native traders, I fear that Piracy is steadily increasing.

8. As regards Minor Offences, it will be seen that the increase is caused by an advance of nearly per cent in the number of Nuisance cases, and by the large number of Chinese arrested for being out at night without a pass, for assault, and for public gambling. The latter offence, which for reasons explained in my special Report of 6th December, 1877, (C.S.O. No. 2,530), had rapidly increased during the months of May and June, has now been reduced within narrow limits.

9. The daily average number of prisoners in Gaol during the year was 395 compared with 433 the average number during 1876.

POLICE.

1. The conduct of both officers and men has been exceptionally good, and it is satisfactory to find from Table D. that in the entire force only 22 were dismissed for misconduct during the year.

2. The large number of vacancies in the European element, which for several months affected the efficiency of the force, was remedied in October last by the arrival of twenty well-conducted and intelli- gent men, who had been carefully selected by Inspector THOMSON from the Glasgow Police.

3. The detective force continues to work faithfully and well, but the great difficulty of getting Chinese to come forward as witnesses is found a serious obstacle to bringing criminals to justice; a more liberal system of compensating witnesses for time lost in attendance at Court, would remove one cause of their dislike to give evidence in criminal cases.

4. On several occasions, Chinese Officials have rendered valuable assistance to this Department. In two cases they have assisted in recovering large sums of money from criminals who escaped from Bri- tish jurisdiction, but were subsequently traced to villages in Chinese territory.

5. A system of mounted and foot road patrols, which was established between the different out- lying villages in June last, has had most satisfactory results in suppressing Highway Robbery, which was becoming frequent.

6. We are indebted to the Naval and Military anthorities for the use of Rifle Ranges at Kowloon, which has enabled all members of the force, including the Chinese, who were not previously instructed in the use of the rifle, to go through a course of target practice.

　　　7. Having regard to the great expense and numerous defects of the telegraph instruments now supplied to this Department, I think the Telephone might be substituted with advantage. This instru- ment appears to be in many respects superior to the Telegraph for Police purposes.

　　　8. I had the honour to make special Reports to His Excellency the Governor on the following subjects:-

I. The defective accommodation in many of the Police buildings.

II. The purchase of Steam Launches for Harbour Police work.

III. The enrollment of Special Constables for the better protection of some of the outlying

villages.

9. I enclose Mr. FALCONER'S annual Report on the Police School.

The Honourable J. GARDINER AUSTIN, C.M.G.,

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

C. V. CREAGH,

Acting Captain Superintendent of Police.

Colonial Secretary,

&c.,

&c.

TABLE A.

RETURN of SERIOUS and MINOR OFFENCES reported to have been committed during the Year 1877, with Results of such Reports.

Burglary and Larceny

Assaults

Felonies

not

Assaults.

already

Robbery

with Violence from

the Person.

Dwelling House

at night.

with

Intent

to rob.

Larceny.

given.

Gambling.

Kidnapping and abduction

or detention of Chinese women and

Female

children.

Unlawful

Possession.

Piracy.

Europeans

and

Indians. Chinese.

Miscellaneous

Total.

Offences.

Aniericans.

1877.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.*

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Person discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged..

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

January,

February, ......

March, .........

104 59

April,

May,

June,

]

12 42 7

740

782

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted. No. of Persons discharged.

Drunkenness.

Nuisances.

No Pass or Light.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

29 66 183

9 2

24 1

31 27 84,

359

417

177

102

131

4 5 ..

62 105 17

5 4

23 10

44 55 98

587

099

800

Cases.

305

299

23]

808

112

106 15

430

229

651

100

14 1

72 108

26 13

25 61 94

4 3

2 576 77 610

216

291

636

July,

August,

129

829

77 18

108 26

26 1 7 4 5

23 17

37 93 155

3 2 1 710

773

100

246

805

126

110 46 70

8 232

676

84 716

141 142 21

793

133

81 122

23 23 45 13 6 2 4

28 12

23 105

74 5 5 2 528

87 607

94 171 170

623

133 76 32

1 ..

77 127

4 1 5

15 6

70 67 61

86 14 4 2 511

77 601

333

93 131 124 25

709

601

September,..... 3

October,...

November, .....

December,......

135

3 1

113

T ..

51 6 14

49 6

2 506

72 548 79 123 118

128

74 22

5 5 5 1

1....

32 40

53 5

440

64 497

497

141 136

134

76 19

149 38

29 6 1

33333

....

39 17 20]

4 2

505 120

1920

573

124

142 134 32]

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH APRIL,

REMARKS.

823

134

12 2 2

55 47 12 1 8

20 5

58 24

354 103 428 110

92 19

480

TOTAL,....

2 1,437

813

Police Department, Hongkong, 15th February, 1878.

19% 37 28 4 841 1,282

281

282

497 146 73

35 36

309

291 105 9....

* This total includes 5 murders.

464 611 1151 693 84 27 12 6,492 947 7,212 1,043 2,073 2,012 275 7,388

C. V. CREAGH,

Acting Captain Superintendent of Police.

1878.

127

128

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6??

1877.

Mendicants.

Unlicensed

Hawking.

TABLE B.

RETURN of MISCELLANEOUS OFFENCES reported to have been committed during the Year 1877, with Results of such Reports.

Desertion,

Street Cries. Refusal, and

Neglect of

Duty.

Rogues, Vagabonds, and

Suspicious

Characters.

Breach of

Public

Vehicles

Ordinance.

Breach of Har-

bour and Coasts Ordinances.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases

reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases

reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No.

of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Breach of Spirits and Opium Ordinances.

Breach of Registration Ordinance.

February,..

11.

4 54 49 5 41

March, .....

April, ...... 27 24 3 125 118 7

44| 42 9 971

1 13

January, ...

35 31 4 170 165 5 23 23 .. 21 20

96]

必

1 24] 23

1 7

6 2

28 27 1 15 11 4 ..

16 23

12 1

11 11 ..

4 4 20 16 4

..:

May,....... 23] 16 7

88 86 2

33 33 ..

22 1 23

11 12

June, .......

18 16 2

42 42

21 ..

16 23 7

July, ....... 20 13 7

63 59 4

7 7 .. 33

3 3

August, .... 16 12 4

49 48

251 3

September,.

5 .. 53 49 4

2 2 ..

17 22 3 7

October,....

2 62 61 1

2 2...

21 21.. 11 6 5

November,.

9 6 61 60 1

18 25

December,..

34 33 1 2

11 13 2

10 13

? 3 2 2

-3

22.

Breach of

Police,

Gaol,

and

Deportation

Ornances.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

1 1

Breach of

Pawnbrokers,

Nights a

and

Measures

Ordinances.

Intimidation,

Extortion,

Bribery and

Conspiracy.

Cutting

Trees

Earth.

Obtaining Goods and

Money,

by False

Pretences.

Cruelty

Furious Driving.

Damage to Property.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged. Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

Spurious Coin.

1 1

4 2

11.

2 2

3 3

1 13 16 10

3 2

··

12 13

4 1 1

7..

Animals, or

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

Totals.

No. of Persons convicted. Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons con?icted.

No. of Persons discharged. Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged. Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

Trespass.

Attempt at

Suicide.

False Evidence

and for Charge, and Contempt of Court.

given.

demeanors

not already!

Mis-

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

Gunpowder Ordinance.

15 6

22.

30, 46

305 299 23

000

112 106 15

236 229 15

229

236

235 216 29

244 246

3 2.

15 25 3

13 5 ..

10]

10 21

141 142 21

171 170 29

131 124 25.

123 118 26

141 136] 11

142 134 32

81 51

92 92 19

TOTAL,. 231 189 42 898 866 32

136 134 2

226 263 23 146 100 72

14.

}

Police Department, Hongkong, 15th February, 1878.

8 38 40 31013..10 11 4 31

2 45

25 6

2 11 10 4 9

APRIL, 1878.

79 88 20 26 16 455 126 31 325 25 8 8 5 3 6 5 2 133 159 33 1| 1| 2,073 2,012 275

C. V. CREAGH,

Acting Captain Superintendent of Police.

Description.

. COMPARATIVE RETURN of OFFENCES coming u

SERIOUS.

Number of Cases.

Number of Persons.

Convicted.

Discharged.

BLE C.

notice of POLICE, during the Years 1875, 1876, and 1877.

1875 1876 1877 1875 1876 1877 1875 1876 1877

MINOR.

Number of Persons.

Number of Cases.

Description.

Convicted.

Discharged.

1875 1876 1877 1875 1876 1877 1875

1876 1877

796

255 489 323 497 1,505 2,438 2,073 | 1,864 |2,889 |2,012

786 841 1,270 1,298 |1,282 159 282

269

267

281

146

334 299

275

549

317

664

523 464 306 611 No analysis of Convictions and Discharges. 849 1,151

Murder,

3**

5? 4t

Robbery with Violence from the Person,

Burglary or Larceny from a Dwelling House at Night,

107

Assault with Intent to rob,.............

Kidnapping and Abduction or detention of Chinese

Larcenies,..

Women and Female Children,

Piracy,

Unlawful Possession,

Felonies not already given,.

251

?????

GLON

20-

TORT Y

. 2|||

Assault,

Gambling,

Miscellaneous,

Drunkenness,

Nuisances,

No Pass or Light,

239 309 242

230

938 1,059 1,437

597

291

671 813 178 26 10

59 105

180 192

Total,..................... .............

1,395 1,485 1,966

949

974 1,196 324

295

341

Increase-481 Cases, or 32.39 per cent.

Total

4,086 5,061 5,422 3,623 4,510 3,791 645 592

702

Increase-361 Cases, or 7.13 per cent.

* One Case also given under Piracy.

+ Two Prisoners convicted, but received a free pardon, and sentence of one prisoner was commuted to Penal Servitude for Life. Two Prisoners were convicted of Manslaughter.

# Two Cases also reported under Burglary, and one under Robbery with Violence from Person.

Central Police Barracks, Hongkong, 15th February, 1878.

Total Cases-7,388.

Increase-842 Cases, or 12.86 per cent.

C. V. CREAGH,

Acting Captain Superintendent of Police.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH APRIL, 1878.

129

130

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH APRIL, 1878.

TABLE D.

CASUALTIES in the POLICE FORCE during the Year 1877.

Force.

Deaths.

Resignations through Sickness.

Resignations

through Expiry of Dismissals. Pensioned. Desertions.

Service or other

Transferred to other Department.

Total.

Causes.

Europeans,

...

Indians,

Chinese,

co co

Total,....

227

12..

∞ ∞ co

69 6

- :0

24 33

111

Central Police Station, Hongkong, 15th February, 1878.

C. V. CREAGH,

Acting Captain Superintendent of Police.

POLICE SCHOOL, HONGKONG, 1st February, 1878.

　　SIR,-I have the honour to forward for your perusal the Report on the Police School for the year ending 31st Decem- ber, 1877.

　　2. During the year, the School has been pursuing a quiet course of usefulness. The sad death of Mr. GAIR has been a great loss to the School: his intimate knowledge of Police work, and his excellence as a teacher, made his services especi- ally valuable, and it was a difficult matter to fill his place satisfactorily. Mr. DUGGAN however since his appointment has performed his duties well, and increased experience will make him a very valuable teacher.

3. Mr. CHEUNG-A-LEUNG, who left for a post in the Chinese Mission to Japan, was succeeded by Mr. CHIU-CHI-Tsung. 4. As a large number of Europeans now possess exemption certificates, and a considerable number have left the Colony on the expiration of their term of service, the attendance has been small, but as only three of the last draft succeeded in passing the examination I expect a larger attendance during 1878. The number of men who presented themselves during A feature worthy of note in the examinations the year

for examination was 19, of whom 13 passed and the remainder failed. of this year is that a number of those who passed consisted of men whose education had been neglected in early life, but who are now qualified for promotion, which they could never hope to obtain but for the education received at the school.

5. To make the teaching of the Europeans as practical as possible, I have introduced the Police Regulations as a text book, and have made the writing of Reports a weekly exercise.

6. There have been two examinations of the Indian Constables during the year, one, to test their knowledge of English and Chinese in order to select two intelligent men for Corporalships; the other was the ordinary Annual Examination. English and Chinese led to The first examination has produced a most satisfactory effect. The fact that a knowled

and accordingly I am able promotion has caused a greater interest to be taken in these studies by a larger numbe to report a marked progress on the part of the indians during the year, and at the examination at its close much higher results were obtained, than at the examinations of previous years. I may note that one Indian Corporal passed the Euro- pean examination.

　7. Towards the end of the year the attendance of the Constables was considerably diminished in consequence of all practice at Kowloon, but this was partly compensated by the attendance of Indian Candidates, who, while waiting for a vacancy in the force, employ their leisure in the study of English and Chinese.

8. I have to make the same Report on the Chinese Constables that has been made in previous years. They make good progress in the time they are allowed to come to school; in some instances more than can be reasonably expected under the circumstances. Still, as long as promotions are made from the ranks to Interpreterships, so long will these men make up by private study for the loss of school time of which the exigencies of the service deprive them. Three Interpreters have been taken from the school, and one English speaking Lokang transferred for service to the Gaol department during the

year.

9. In conclusion I beg to throw out the suggestion that the scheme of quarterly examinations be so extended as to comprise promotions to Sergeantships and even to higher positions in the service. Such a scheme would induce many of the more studious men to prosecute their studies after their attendance at school is no longer compulsory. I am sure that if it were understood that a higher grade certificate formed a factor in selection for promotion, a very large number of men would work to obtain it.

The following are the Statistics for the

year:-

Nationality.

Europeans,

Indians, Chinese,

School days. 156

152

Average Attendance.

4.16 28.07 115.46

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

ALEXANDER FALCONER, Master in Charge.

No. 69.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Financial Returns are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th April, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

130

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH APRIL, 1878.

TABLE D.

CASUALTIES in the POLICE FORCE during the Year 1877.

Force.

Deaths.

Resignations through Sickness.

Resignations

through Expiry of Dismissals. Pensioned. Desertions.

Service or other

Transferred to other Department.

Total.

Causes.

Europeans,

...

Indians,

Chinese,

co co

Total,....

227

12..

∞ ∞ co

69 6

- :0

24 33

111

Central Police Station, Hongkong, 15th February, 1878.

C. V. CREAGH,

Acting Captain Superintendent of Police.

POLICE SCHOOL, HONGKONG, 1st February, 1878.

　　SIR,-I have the honour to forward for your perusal the Report on the Police School for the year ending 31st Decem- ber, 1877.

5. To make the teaching of the Europeans as practical as possible, I have introduced the Police Regulations as a text book, and have made the writing of Reports a weekly exercise.

year.

The following are the Statistics for the

year:-

Nationality.

Europeans,

Indians, Chinese,

School days. 156

152

Average Attendance.

4.16 28.07 115.46

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

ALEXANDER FALCONER, Master in Charge.

No. 69.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Financial Returns are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th April, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG DURING THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1877.

REVENUE.

AMOUNT.

EXPENDITURE.

AMOUNT.

THE HONGKONG governmENT GAZETTE, 6TH APRIL, 1878.

131

Spirit Retailers,.

Lard Revenue,

Rents, exclusive of Lands,.

LICENCES:-

Pawnbrokers,

Auctioneers,

$ C.

222,656.72

58,578.66

CIVIL DEPARTMENTS:- Governor,

28,395.00

9,450.00

27,666.19

3,300.00

Tenements for Emigrants,..

47.40

Emigration Brokers,

1,600.00

Billiard Tables and Bowling Alleys,..

1,025.00

Opium Monopoly,

132,000.00

Boarding Houses,

224.00

Marriages,

273.00

Chinese Undertakers,

70.00

Money Changers,

770.00

Colonial Secretary,

Colonial Treasurer, Auditor General, Clerk of Councils,. Surveyor General, Postmaster General, Registrar General, Harbour Master,.

Lighthouses,

Collector of Stamp Revenue,

Judicial Departments,

Ecclesiastical

17,757.43

9,099.50

18,083.56

973.00

35,114.08

39,598.21

15,883.42

32,366.60

Marine Store Dealers,.

1,875.00

Spirit Distillers, .

310.00

Educational

Medical

Department,

do.,

4,614.22

4,205.37

44,711.57

5,010.11

19,766.71

32,381.33

TAXES:-

179,339.40 Police Magistrates' do.,

17,395.64

Stamps,

118,488.93

Police

do.,

181,066.28

Police, Lighting, Water, and Fire Brigade Rates,

190,864.58

Gaol

do.,

31,478.14

3353.51

Fire Brigade

do.,

9,694.53

Postage,

6,675.78

Government Gardens Department,

4,150.57

Fines, Forfeitures, and Fees of Courts :-

Pensions, Retired Allowances, and Gratuities,

13,731.59

Fines,

Forfeitures,

Fees,

FEES OF OFFICE:-

On Cemetery Burials,.

13,594.10

Charitable Allowances,

4,056.86

Transport,

3,166.95

Works and Buildings,

20.817.91

Roads, Streets, and Bridges,.

5,605.58

4,291.60

83,409.54

73,045.42

792.50

Lighthouses,

663.15

Licences for Junks, &c.,

19,051.50

Miscellaneous Services,

Registry of Boats,

3,438.76

Do.

of Cargo Boats and Crew, of Hawkers,

2,347.29

Military Contribution,

Land and Houses Purchased,

39,256.37

101,183.15

1,005.00

3,165.50

Cargo Boats Certificates,

397.00

Registration of Householders,

1,441.25

Do. of Servants, &c.,

168.50

Official Signatures,

Registration of Deeds,

Shipping Seamen,

Examination of Masters and Mates,

Ship Surveys,

Colonial Registers,

Merchant Shipping Act,.

Registry of Carriages, Chairs, &c.,

Registration of Companies,..

78.00

3,153.00

7,358.00

430.00

50.00

65.00

321.00

1,599.50

546.00

Medical Fees on Examination of Emigrants,

11,969.00

Registration of Births, &c.,

Light Dues,

Licences for Steam Launches,

Official Administrator and Assignee,.

Registration of Trade Marks,..

Licences of Chinese Passengers Ships,

Sale of Government Property,

Reimbursements,

Interest,

Miscellaneous Receipts,...

Special Receipts under Ordinance No. 10 of 1867,

38.00

14,984.33

122.50

603.41

0.50

375.00

72,495.54

2,305.06

35,343.01

9,802.36

24,920.18

7,023.90

TOTAL,.

Colonial Treasury, Victoria, Hongkong, 2nd April, 1878,

|1,005,312.03

A. F. ALVES, Accountant.

TOTAL,..

Examined,

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Auditor General.

873,207.86

CECIL C. SMITH, Colonial Treasurer.

132

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH APRIL, 1878.

REVENUE.

INCREASE,

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG IN 1876 AND 1877.

1876.

1877.

DECREASE.

EXPENDITURE.

1876.

1877.

INCREASE.

DECREASE.

Land Revenue,

Rents, exclusive of Lands,

LICENCES:-

136,413.40

61,446.10

222,656.72

86,243.32

CIVIL DEPARTMENTS:-

58,578.66

2,867.44

Governor,

27,907.83

27,666.19

Colonial Secretary,

17,802.86

17,757.43

241.64

45.43

Spirit Retailers,

28,085.44

26,395.00

309.56

Pawnbrokers,

8,750.00

9,450.00

700.00

Auctioneers,

3,425.00

3,300.00

125.00

Tenements for Emigrants,

66.45

47.40

19.05

Colonial Treasurer, Auditor General, Clerk of Councils,.

Surveyor General,

9,083.99

9,099.50

14,046.77

18,083.56

15.51

4,036.79

1,003.62

973.00

30.62

30,674.12

35,114.08

Emigration Brokers,

1,800.00

1,600.00

200.00

Postmaster General,.

38,675.40

39,598.21

4,439.96

922.81

Billiard Tables and Bowling Alleys,.

852.09

1,025.00

172.91

Registrar General,

16,891.50

15,883.42

Opium Monopoly,..

133,000.00

132,000.00

1,000.00

Harbour Master,

32,464.63

32,366.60

Boarding Houses,.

192.00

224.00

32.00

Lighthouses,

5,639.70

4,614.22

1,008.08

98.03

1,025.48

Marriages,...

204.00

273.00

69.00

Collector of Stamp Revenue,

3,925.27

4,205.37

280.10

Chinese Undertakers,

80.00

70.00

19.00 | Judicial Departments,

42,826.94

44,711.57

1,884.63

Money Changers, .

755.00

770.00

15.00

Registrar of Companies, .

192.00

Marine Store Dealers,

Spirit Distillers,

2,070.00

110.00

1,875.00

310.00

200.00

195.00 Ecclesiastical Department, Educational

5,136.00

5,010.11

Do.,

20,572.31

19,766.71

192.00

125.89

805.60

TAXES:---

Medical

Do.,

34,934.31

32,381.33

Stamps,

103,845.69

118,488.93

14,643.24

Police Magistrates' Do.,

18,108.73

17,395.64

2,552.98

713.09

Police, Lighting, Water, and Fire Brigade Rates,

184.509.25

190,864.58

6,355.33

Police

Do.,

176,628.61

181,066.28

4,437.67

Postage,

53,760.01

62,675.78

8,915.77

Gaol

Do.,

31,770.31

31,478.14

Fines of Courts,

12,464.64

13,594.10

1,129.46

Fire Brigade

Do.,

15,299.29 9,694.53

Forfeitures of Courts,

290.77

4,056.86

3,766.09

Government Gardens Department,

4,299.18

4,150.57

292.17

5,604.76

148.61

Fees of Courts,

3,787.68

3,166.95

620.73 Pensions, Retired Allowances, and Gratuities,

14,288.86

13,731.59

557.27

FEES OF OFFICE:-

Charitable Allowances,

3,588.76

5,605.58

2,016.82

On Cemetery Burials,

555.50

792.50

237.00

Transport,

1,248.33

4,291.60

3,043.27

Licences for Junks, &c.,

18,073.00

19,051.50

978.50

Works and Buildings,

136,400.55

83,409.54

52,991.01

Registry of Boats,

3,410.90

3,438.76

27.86

Roads, Streets, and Bridges,

54,554.02

73,045.42

Do.

of Cargo Boats and Crew,

2,026.46

2,347.29

320.83

Lighthouses,

499.08

663.15

18,491.40

164.07

Do.

of Hawkers,

2,882.00

3,165.50

283.50

Cargo Boats Certificates,

362.00

397.00

35.00

Registration of Householders,

1,337.50

1,441.25

103.75

Miscellaneous Services,

Land and Houses Purchased,

Military Contribution,

38,181.71

39,256.37

1,074.66

1,005.00

105,855.53

101,183.15

4,672.38

Do.

of Servants, &C.,..

Official Signatures,

198.00

66.00

168.50

*9.50

78.00

12.00

Registration of Deeds,

2,456.75

3,153.00

696.25

Shipping Seamen,..

7,141.00

7,358.00

217.00

Examination of Masters and Mates,

690.00

430.00

260.00

Ship Surveys,

50.00

Colonial Registers,

30.00

65.00

35.00

Merchant Shipping Act,

335.00

321.00

14.00

Registry of Chairs, Carriages, &c.,..

1,619.00

1,599.50

19.50

Registration of Companies,

66.00

546 00

480.00

Medical Fees on Examination of Emigrants,.

14,075.75

Registration of Births, &c.,

44.60

11,969.00

38.00

2,106.75

6.60

Light Dues,

15,741.18

14,984.33

.....

756.85

Registration of Trade Marks,

0.50

Licences for Steam Launches,.

105.00

122.50

17.50

Official Administrator, and Assignees,

636.67

603.41

33.26

Licences of Chinese Passengers Ships,

309.50

375.00

65.50

Sale of Government Property,..

3,761.69

2,305.06

1,456.63

Reimbursements,

40,209.06

35,343.01

4,866.05

Interest,...

5,995.85

9,802.36 3,806.51

Miscellaneous Receipts,

20,742.51

Special Receipts under Ordinance No. 10 of 1867,

6,530.10

24,920.18

7,023.90

885,308.54 | 1,005,312.03

Deduct Decrease,.

Nett Increase,.

4,177.67

493.80

134,589.85

14,586.36

120,003.49

14,586.36

A. F. ALVES,

Examined,

Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 2nd April, 1878.

Accountant.

Deduct Increase,.

Nett Decrease,..

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Auditor General,

902,500.21

873,207.86

41,812.69

71,105.04

41,812.69

..$

29,292.35

CECIL C. SMITH,

Colonial Treasurer.

STATEMENT OF THE ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG, ON THE 31ST DECEMBER, 1877.

ASSETS.

LIABILITIES.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH APRIL, 1878.

By Monies deposited in Chartered Banks

at interest,

Silver Currency,

? Copper Currency,..

? S. d. $ C. 56,250. 0. 0.270,000.00 9,502. 1. 8 45,610.00 3,750. 0. 0 18,000.00

To Deposits not available,..

10,201.11. 4 48,967.52

Pensions due on 31st December, 1877,

645.16. 8

3,100.00

,, Balance in Bank at Current Account,. 15,668.13. 4

75,209.61

Expenses of 1877, payable after the end of the year,. Military Contribution, 4th Quarter of 1877, ?5,000 @ 3/103, General Post Office, Imperial Share of Revenue for December,

12,500. 0. 0

60,000.00

5,347.11.10

25,668.45

434.12. 0

2,086.09

Remittances to the Crown Agents not yet due, ?5,000.0.0 @4/0,. Balance in hands of the Crown Agents, ?1,174.10.0 @ 4/07/, Balance due by the Government of India,..

Advances and other Sums to be recovered,

Outstanding Revenue, viz. :-

Land Revenue,.

85,170,15. 0 408,819.61

5,208. 6. 8 1,201.10. 8

17. 0. 4

393. 6. 1

25,000.00

5,767.36

81.68

1,887.87

?409.12.3 @ 3/1111,

Pensions due to ex-Police Constables, for 1877,

Refund of Police, Lighting and Water Rates for 1877,

271.10.5

1,303.31

416.13. 4

2,000.00

Officers' Remittances, not yet paid,

853. 3. 4

4,095.20

Balances of Estates,

do.,

Loan from Special Fund, to defray the cost of Lighthouse,

8,333. 6. 8

40,000.00

S. d.

Taxes,

Postages,.

Interest,

Other Revenue,

10,053.11.11

62. 1. 1

$ C.

48,257.26

297.86

912. 9. 7

4,379.90

Total Liabilities,....

590. 3. 5

2,832.83

11,618. 6. 0 55,767.85

TOTAL ASSETS,..........

.? 103,609. 4.101 497,324.37

39,004. 5. 8 187,220.57

Balance to the Credit of the Colony,

64,604.19. 2 310,103.80

?103,609. 4.10 497,324.37

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Auditor General.

The amounts in the second columns show the actual sums to the debit or credit of the Colony. The amounts rendered in Sterling in the first columns are merely calculations at the uniform rate of 4/2 per dollar.

Auditor General's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2nd April, 1878.

133

1877.

RECEIPTS.

July

1 Balance from last Account,

2 Interest on Fixed Deposits,

October 6

Do.

do.,

Nov.

Do.

don.

Do.

do.,

Dec.

THE SPECIAL FUND ACCOUNT.

134

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6?? APRIL, 1878.

g. 8

1877.

PAYMENTS.

€

520

380,000

00 July

For detection and suppression of Gambling,

1,500

00 Aug.

Do.

do.

do.,

320

100

1,500 00 Sept.

Do.

do.

do.,

320 00

1,500 00 Oct. 1

Do.

do.

do.,

320

1,500

Nov.

Do.

do.

do.,

Dec.

Do.

do.

do.,

5,343 18

....

Contribution towards Police Expenditure for the quarter ending this day,

Balance,-Fixed Deposits,

320

9,223 18

380,000 00

Do. received in England (October 1st ), on Fixed Deposits of

?29,750 at 5% to 30th June, 1877, ?1,088.2.4 at 4/07,

$391,343 18

$391,343 | 18

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Auditor General.

No. 70.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH APRIL, 1878.

OVERN

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th April, 1878.

Government of India.

135

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS. (No. 8.)

BAY OF BENGAL-BRITISH BURMA-BASSEIN RIVER.

Burgess Rock off Hinghie Island.

With reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 8, dated 16th June 1877, issued by this Department, further information regarding the rock situated in mid channel abreast of the north-east point of Hinghie island, states that a second class iron buoy, painted white and black vertically, has been laid 10 yards N. N. E. of the rock, now called Burgess rock, over which there is a depth of 17 feet at low-water springs, on the following bearings:-

Collier's house at N. E. end of Hinghie.. Stony point (north side of river). Ward point (south side of river)

N. W. N., distant one mile. N. E. N., 6 miles.

E. by N., N. (northerly,) 2 miles.

It is also reported that the sand to the east of the Wolf rock, situated on the east side of Hinghie island, has extended a quarter of a mile to the eastward.

[Bearings are Magnetic. Variation 2° 45′′ Easterly in 1878.] By Direction of the Government of India,

A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr., (late I. N.),

Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.

MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, 1st March 1878.

　　　　　　This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Rangoon and Bassein or Negrais rivers, No. 834; Preparis North Channel, No. 152; Coronge island to White point, No. 823; Bay of Bengal, Eastern Sheet, No. 70 b; and Tailor's Sailing Directory, Vol. I, page 496.

　　　　　　If this Notice is received on boardship, the substance of it should be inserted on the Charts affected by it, and introduced into the Sailing Directions to which it relates.

Government of India.

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE, AND COMMERCE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

(No. 9.)

BAY OF BENGAL-COAST OF ORISSA. Fairway Buoy at False Point.

　　　　　Notice has been given by the Harbour Master at False Point that the Outer or Fairway Buoy has been moved 21?2 cables in a north-westerly direction from its former position. It now lies in 23 feet at low-water springs; from it the Tripod beacon on the Sandy Point bears S. S. E. E., distant nearly one sea mile; and Temple Tree, near Jumboo, bears W. by S. 1S.

[The Bearings are Magnetic. Variation 2° 40′ Easterly in 1878.]

By Direction of the Government of India,

MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, 5th March 1878.

A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr., (late I. N.),

Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.

This Notice affects the Admiralty Chart of False Point anchorage, No. 755; also, Indian Marine Survey Charts, False Point anchorage, No. 1165; and False Point to Mutlah river, No 115; also Taylor's Sailing Directory, Vol. I., page 469.

If this Notice is received on boardship, the substance of it should be inserted on the Charts affected by it, and introduced into the Sailing Directions to which it relates.

Government of India.

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE, AND COMMERCE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

(No. 10.) INDIA.

CEYLON-SOUTH-EAST COAST.

(1).-Intended Light and Fog Signal on Little Bassas Rocks.

　　　　　Information has been received that it is intended, on or about the 25th March 1878, to exhibit a light from a light-house now nearly completed on Little Bassas rocks:-

the

The light will be a flashing white light, showing two flashes in quick succession every minute, elevated 110 feet above sea, and should be visible in clear weather from a distance of about 16 miles.

Also, that during thick and foggy weather, a bell will be sounded twice in quick succession every half minute. Further notice will be given when this light is exhibited.

(2).-Intended Alteration in Great Bassas Rocks Fog Signal.

　　　　　Also, that on or about 25th March 1878, it is intended to make the following alteration in the fog signal at Great Bassas rocks:-

136

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH APRIL, 1878.

During thick and foggy weather the bell will be sounded once every fifteen seconds, instead of every seven seconds as at present.

Further notice will be given when this change is effected.

NOTE.-Great and Little Bassas light-houses may be distinguished in day time by the following distinctive features:--- The lantern of Great Bassas light-house has a conical roof and one gallery at the top of the tower. The lantern of Little Bassas light-house has a domed roof and two galleries at the top of the tower.

By Direction of the Government of India,

A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr., (late I. N.),

Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.

MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, 8th March 1878.

　　　　This Notice will affect the following Admiralty Charts:-Bengal Bay, No. 70a; Ceylon island, Southern part, No. 813; cape Comorin to Coconada, No. 828; and Ceylon, S.E. coast, &c., No. 2815: also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, &c., 1878, Nos. 66 and 67; Indian Marine Survey light list, 1878, Nos. 51 and 52; and Taylor's Sailing Directory, Vol. I, page 438.

NOTICE.

Owners of Tenements assessed to the Police, Lighting, Water and Fire Brigade Rates, are hereby informed that the Rates for the Second Quarter of the year 1878, are payable in advance, during and within the Month of April.

It is requested that such Rates may be paid before the 30th April, as after that date application will be made to the Supreme Court for the recovery of arrears.

Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 6th April, 1878.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Unclaimed Correspondence, 5th April, 1878.

Letters. Papers.

CECIL C. SMITH, Colonial Treasurer.

Lets. Ppra,

1 regd.

Letters. Papers.

Adwands & Co. 5 1

Asplans, E. H. 1

Alibbay, A.

A-Foo

Bun Hang Hau 1 regd.

Collins, E. F. 8

Clark

Letters. Papers.

Gilkison, W. P. 1

Graves, Miss A. 1

Koon, W. K. Kennett, Mr.

1 regd. 1 regd.

Carson, D.

Gillespie, C.

Coulson, A.

Gregg, Dr.

Letters. Papers. Mitchell, MissE. 1 MacDonald, J. 1 Mally, F. d?

1 regd.

Clarke, Miss M. 1

Slater, A. T. 1 Seymour, Esq. 1 Sarda, Monsr. 1

Smith, Chas.

Cruz, B. A. da 1

Lie, Mandarin 1 regd.

Busk & Co., C.J. 1

Caurisulo, A.

Holam, E.

Blankenger, J. 1

Bullock, T. L. 1

Duchesne, M.

Holler, Frederico 1' Harris, Capt.

Lim Yun Yutsy?l Latham, L. H. 1

Nicholls, J. T. B.

Osgood, J. P.

Smith, L. J.

Shadforth, Jno.

Smith, Heer

Simani, F.

Batten, Mrs.

Davidge, Mrs. L. 1

Bryce, Mr.

Davieson, W.

Boas, J.

Burry, A.

Davidson, G. B. 1 Davis, T. K.

Barnard, Miss L. 1

Banks. Geo

1 re?d.

Evans E.

Hen Quang Yung 1 Hawkins, Capt. 1 Harvey, A. S. Harvey, Capt. 1 Honsego Hudson, Mrs. A.J. 1

Mirza, A M. S. 1 regd. Mills, Chas. F. 2 Mansau, Thos. 1

Macpherson, G.

Pinchen, F.

Paulsen, H. Pembroke, F. 2 1

Tong Hing

Machado, Crus 1 Maher, J. M. 1

Ponomareff, P.A.1

Van Dyke, Miss 1

ACOC sir. I

McLelland, Jr. 1

Campbell, W. 4

Colliver, Capt. 1

Gardner, C. J. 2 Geldart, Rev. E. 2

Irwin, Dr.

Menegante, A. A. 1 Martin, Mrs. H. 1

Robertson, R. 1 parcel Rosenthal, Rozario, P. P. do 1

Wah Tan Weilings, H.

1 regd.

Victor Emanuel,............................

For H. M. Ships.

For Merchant Ships.

.....1 Letter.

Letters. Papers.

Lets Pprs.

Anazi Aberney

1 regd.

Eastern Isles, s.s. 1

Elizabeth Chills 1

Henry S. Sanford 1 Hopeful

Maggie Douglas 1

Pacific, s.s.

Messenger 1

Tai Watts Taunton

Antipodes

Empress

Henrik Hsen 1

Merse

H. G. Johnson 1

Mars

Roderick Hay 1

Thingvalla, s.s. 1

Tape Sing

Benefactor

Firth of Tay

Mikado

Tokatea

Benarty, s.s.

Flodden

Madeline

Sarah Nicholson 4

James Shepherd 2 3

The Murray

Fitzpatrick, s.s. 1

Maid of Judah 1

Star of the North 1

Thos. Fletcher 1

Chili

F. Nightingale 1

McCallum More 2

St. Elmo

City of Aberdeen

Carnatic

G. Caulfield

Killarney, s.s. Karo, s.s.

Madras, s.s.

Sophia

Undaunted 1

Sophie

Creswell

Staghound

George Crashaw 5 Garmouth

Loweswater

Oneida

S. R. Mead

Victoria

Devana

Leon Crespo

Strathmore

Victory

Largs

Store Dealer

Emily Chaplin 2

H. Armitage

Ladoren

2 1 regd. Peruvian

Sir Harry Parkes 4

Elizabeth Ostel 2

Empreza

Explorador

1 1

Hosea, s.s.

Harbinger Hawkesbury

Lombardian

Paracca

Pauline P. Fitzpatrick 1

Syringe

Twilight

Wandering Jew 1

1 1

Yentai, s.s.

Art of Building. Association of Female

　　　　　Workers. Alphabet.

Bulletin, Am. Geo. So-

ciety. Birmingham Weekly

Post.

Baiss Brothers & Co., p.c. B?richerische Freitags

Zeitung.

Catalogue of Steam En-

gines. Catalogue de la Littera- ture Fran?aise Moderne. Central-Blatt f?r das

Deutsche Reich.

Die Modenwelt. Dorf Chronik. Die Limmat. Dresdner Nachrichten.

Express.

L. R. Burnham 1 Lady Penrhyn 7

Books, &c., Iron Trade Circular. Illustrirte Zeitschrift, &c.

without Covers.

Le Belge. Lennox Herald. La Gazette. La Nazione.

Journal Amusant. Journal de St. Peters-

bourg.

Monatsschrift f?r den

Orient.

Newcastle Weekly Chro-

nicle.

Punch.

Preussisches Handelsar-

chin.

Rotterdamsche Courant. Record.

Le Propagateur. London Iron Trade Ex- Niederl?ndische Handels, Revue Scientifique, &c.

change. Le Nord.

South Pacific Times.

&c.

Neblspalter.

Detained for Postage.

Thomaz, Antonio, Rua do Peligro, Callao, (30 cents),

Sample of Ribbons. Saturday Review.

Teviotdale Record. The Implement Manu-

facturer's Review. The Jersey Weekly Press. The Westminster Papers.

Zeitschrift f?r Ethno-

logie.

............1 Letter.

136

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH APRIL, 1878.

During thick and foggy weather the bell will be sounded once every fifteen seconds, instead of every seven seconds as at present.

Further notice will be given when this change is effected.

By Direction of the Government of India,

A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr., (late I. N.),

Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.

MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, 8th March 1878.

NOTICE.

It is requested that such Rates may be paid before the 30th April, as after that date application will be made to the Supreme Court for the recovery of arrears.

Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 6th April, 1878.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Unclaimed Correspondence, 5th April, 1878.

Letters. Papers.

CECIL C. SMITH, Colonial Treasurer.

Lets. Ppra,

1 regd.

Letters. Papers.

Adwands & Co. 5 1

Asplans, E. H. 1

Alibbay, A.

A-Foo

Bun Hang Hau 1 regd.

Collins, E. F. 8

Clark

Letters. Papers.

Gilkison, W. P. 1

Graves, Miss A. 1

Koon, W. K. Kennett, Mr.

1 regd. 1 regd.

Carson, D.

Gillespie, C.

Coulson, A.

Gregg, Dr.

Letters. Papers. Mitchell, MissE. 1 MacDonald, J. 1 Mally, F. d?

1 regd.

Clarke, Miss M. 1

Slater, A. T. 1 Seymour, Esq. 1 Sarda, Monsr. 1

Smith, Chas.

Cruz, B. A. da 1

Lie, Mandarin 1 regd.

Busk & Co., C.J. 1

Caurisulo, A.

Holam, E.

Blankenger, J. 1

Bullock, T. L. 1

Duchesne, M.

Holler, Frederico 1' Harris, Capt.

Lim Yun Yutsy?l Latham, L. H. 1

Nicholls, J. T. B.

Osgood, J. P.

Smith, L. J.

Shadforth, Jno.

Smith, Heer

Simani, F.

Batten, Mrs.

Davidge, Mrs. L. 1

Bryce, Mr.

Davieson, W.

Boas, J.

Burry, A.

Davidson, G. B. 1 Davis, T. K.

Barnard, Miss L. 1

Banks. Geo

1 re?d.

Evans E.

Hen Quang Yung 1 Hawkins, Capt. 1 Harvey, A. S. Harvey, Capt. 1 Honsego Hudson, Mrs. A.J. 1

Mirza, A M. S. 1 regd. Mills, Chas. F. 2 Mansau, Thos. 1

Macpherson, G.

Pinchen, F.

Paulsen, H. Pembroke, F. 2 1

Tong Hing

Machado, Crus 1 Maher, J. M. 1

Ponomareff, P.A.1

Van Dyke, Miss 1

ACOC sir. I

McLelland, Jr. 1

Campbell, W. 4

Colliver, Capt. 1

Gardner, C. J. 2 Geldart, Rev. E. 2

Irwin, Dr.

Menegante, A. A. 1 Martin, Mrs. H. 1

Robertson, R. 1 parcel Rosenthal, Rozario, P. P. do 1

Wah Tan Weilings, H.

1 regd.

Victor Emanuel,............................

For H. M. Ships.

For Merchant Ships.

.....1 Letter.

Letters. Papers.

Lets Pprs.

Anazi Aberney

1 regd.

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HARBOUR OFFICE.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

CAPE D'?GUILAR, HEIGHT 170 FEET.

VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

WINDS

RAIN FALL,

DAY AND

THERMOMETER.

BARO-

DATE,

HOUR.

? TO 12.

METER

WEA-

THER.

BARO-

THERMOMETER.

0 To 12.

WEA-

METER

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct.

Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

THERMOMETER.

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

THERMOMETER.

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct.

Force.

In inches

during previous 24 hours.

Saturday, 9 30.14 68.0]

30th

March. 3

30.10 65.0

Noon 30.15 | 66.0 70.0 65.0 66.0 63.0 65.0 62.0

Sunday, 9

31st

March.

30.1862.5

Noon

30.14 64.0 66,0 60.0 64.0 58.0

: ?

68.0 66.0

29.99 73.0)

69.5 67.0 ENE

o.p.

30.02 73.0

66.0 65.0 N

O.C.

28.80 63.0

o.c.r.t.l.

o.c.r.

30.03 | 71.0 79.0 62.0 65.0 65.0 N 29.97 69.0

o.r.l.t.

1.89

30.01 73.0 74.0 65.5 64.0] 63,0| N

o.r.t.l.

2.10

63.0 63.0 SE 28.24 60.0 61.0) 59.0 60.0 60.0] NW

O.C.

o.r.l.t.

2.10

65.5, 64.0 E

o.r.

29.99 72.0

63.5 62.0 NE

r.t.l.

28.18 59.0]

59.0 59.0 E

o.r.t.

THE

62.0 57.0

30.02 66.0

68.5 59.0 E

g.m.

30.06 66.0

30.01 66.0 67.0 59.0 65.5 60.0 ESE

b.c.

0.38

30.06 63.5

63.0 59.0

29.97 65.0

64.5 60.0 ESE

g.m.

30.05 | 66.5 66.5 58.0 64.5 57.0 NE 29.97 66.0

63.0 56.0 NE

o.m.

28.27 53.0]

54.0 52.0 E

o.c m.

0.85

28.24 55.0 55.0, 51.0 55.0 52.0 E

o.c.m.

0.45

60.0 59.0 NE

28.15 54.0]

54.0 54.0 E

o.c.m.

Monday,

1st

April.

30.17 64.0

Noon 30.14 65.0 65,5 60.5 65.0 63.0

30.08 65.0

64.0 62.5

c.m.

30.00 66.0!

65.5 64.0 E

o.m.

30.05 66.0

63.0 62.0 N

28.28 60.0

60.0 60.0 SE

o.f.d.

Tuesday,

2nd

9 30.14 70.0

Noon 30.13 73.0 74.5 64.0 73.0 70.5

65.0 63,0

70.0 67.0

April. 3

30.06 73.0

73.0 70.0

Wednesday,

3rd

30.16 72.0

9 Noon 30.16 | 77.0 78.5 70.0|| 77,0 75,0

··

72.0 72.0

True wind cannot be registered.

c.m.

30.00 68.0 67.5 58.0 66.5 65.0 E

o.m.

0.66

30.04 | 66.0 66.5 59.0 63.0 63.0 N

0.09

28.22 64.0 64.0 58.0 64.0 64.0 SE

o.f.

0.75

c.m.

29.98 68.0

66.0 65.0 ESE

o.p.

29.97 66.5

64.0 63.0] N

28.22 63.0

63.0 63.0 SE

o.f.

b.c.m.

29.99 69.0

71.0 70.0 E

b.c.m.

30.02 67.5

Do.

b.c.m.

29.98 74.0 76.0 63.0 74.5 73.0 E

b.c.

· 0.00

b.c.m.

29.98 75.0

79.0 76.5 E

b.c.

68.0 68.0 NE

o.m.

28.31 | 69.0

30.04 69.0 73.0 66.0 68.0 67.5 NE 29.97 70.0)

1 o.m.

0.04

c.m.

30.0075.0

75.0 74.0 E

b.c.

30.01 70.0

69.0 69.0 NE

o.m.

69.0 68.0 Calm

:?? ;

28.28 71.0

28.34 69.0|

69.0 69.0】 S

o.f.

28.33 71.0 71.0 64.0 70.0 70.0| SSW

O.C.

0.00

71.0 70.0 S

o.p.f.

c.m.

30.00 78.0 79.0 68.0 77.0 77,0 ESE

b.c.

0.00

30.04 | 71.0 75.5 65.0 68.5 68.5 Calm

0.02

April.

30.10 77.0

Thursday,

4th

9 30.19 73.0

77.0 74.0

c.m.

30.00 78.0

85.0 81.0 Calm

b.c.

30.04 73.0

73.0 73.0 Calm

28.30 73.0]

69.0 69.0 S

o.f.

28.35 71.0 71.0 69.0 70.0 70.0 SW

o.f.

0.00

April.

Noon 30.18 73.0 80.0 71.0 73.0 71,0] 30.1271.5

72.0

b.c.m.

30.02 76.0

73.5 73.0 ENE

b.c.

30.04 73.0

c.m.

71.0 69.0

c.m.

30.02 76,085,0 69,5 76.0 74.0 E 30.02 76.0| 75.0 73.0 E

b.c.m.

0.00

g.m.

30.04 67.5

Friday,

5th

April. 3

9 30.27 66.0

Noon 30.26 | 68.0

30.22 69.0

66.0 65.0

68.0 65.5

c.m.m.

c.m.

30.08 70.0 68.5 67.0 E 30.08 720 76.0 64.0 70.5 68.0 E

g.m.

30.13 69.0

69.0 69.0 NE

28.36 70.0

71.0 70.0] SW

b.c.

: 8:

69.0 69.0 ESE

o.f.

30.06 73.0 75,0 66.0 68.0 68.0 NE

0.04

28.33 69.0 70.0 67.0 68.0 68.0 ESE

o.f.

0.00

66.0 66.0 NE

28.30 69.0

69.0 68.0 ESE

o.f.

64.5 64.0 NE

t.o.

28.39 62.0

62.0 62.0 ESE

o.f.

g.m.

0.00

69.0 66.5

c.m.

30.08 72.0

70.0 68.0 E

g.m.

30.14 70.0 70.5 62.0 65.0 64.5 NE 30.11 70.0! 66.0 65.0 NE

0.12

4-5 0.

28.40 64.0 64.0 60.0 64.0 64,0 ESE 28.36 65.0 65.0 64.0 ESE

o.f.

0.00

o.f.

Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). STATE OF WEATHER:-6. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; ?. foggy; g. gloomy; h. hail; l. lightning; m. misty (hazy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; g. squally; r. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility. NOTE:-A bar (?) under any letter augments its signification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and continuing rain, &c., &c.

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

Description of Wind.

Figures

Illustrations of the power of the Wind as regards a well-conditioned Man-of-War or First-class Clipper Ship.

Rate of the Wind per Hour in Miles.

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

Calm

Light Air Light Breeze Gentle Breeze Moderate Breeze. Fresh Breeze .......

Strong Brecze

Moderate Gale.. Fresh Gale

Strong Gale

Whole Gale...

Storm.

Hurricane.

Just sufficient to give steerage way..

) With which the above Ship with all sail ( 1 to 2 knots

set and clean full would go in smooth 3 to 4

water....

5 to 6

(Royals, &c.

to 2

3 10

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails.

31 36

37 - 44

Triple Reefs, &c...

53 60

Main Topsail and reefed Foresail

61 - 69

above 80

01234607OROIZ

full and by In which she could just carry in chase, Double Reefs and Jib, &c.

In which she could just bear close-reefed Under Storm Staysail ............................

Bare Poles..

Close Reefs and Courses

HONGKONG

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APRIL, 1878.

137

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138

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Alves, Jo?o M., Hongkong,

Baer, Pauline, Port Said,..

Bennett, R., Rutland Road, Parnele, Auckland, N. Z., Brown, Miss Mc, 16, St. Paul's Square, Liverpool,

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Mill, W., 34, Seafield Road, Dundee,

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. IN BANKRUPTCY.

In re TAM-CHOW, LEE-KWONG and KUNG-

Lok, Bankrupts.

OTICE.-The above named Bankrupts hav-

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Honourable FRANCIS SNOWDEN, Acting Chief Justice of the said Court, at the Supreme Court House, Victoria, aforesaid, on Friday, the 12th day of April, 1878, at Ten o'clock in the fore- noon of that day precisely.

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28th day of March, 1878.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

SUMMARY JURISDICTION.

Foreign Attachment.

Suit No. 277.

Plaintiff,-THE Hongkong AND CHINA RICE COMPANY, LIMITED. Defendant,-LEONG-TAM-KU.

OTICE is hereby given that a Writ of

day of April, 1878, against all the Property moveable or immoveable of the above named De- fendant within the Colony, has been issued in this Suit pursuant to the Provisions of Section LXXXII of "The Hongkong Code of Civil Procedure."

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No. 71.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 13TH APRIL, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

CHINA FAMINE RELIEF FUND.

The following Letters are published for general information.

VOL. XXIV.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th April, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

To His Excellency

GOVERNOR POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G.

LONDON MISSION,

SHANGHAI, 4th April, 1878.

　　　　SIR, It was with feelings of unfeigned and special thankfulness, that we received notice of a vote by Your Excellency in the Hongkong Legislature of $10,000, on account of the China Famine Relief Fund.

　　　　We have also observed that the vote was sustained by the Secretary of State, and we could not but rejoice at the munificent grant of the Hongkong Government under the auspices of Your Excel- lency.

　　　　The letters we are receiving from the North continue to be of the same distressing character as before, aggravated only by the onward course of time.

　　　　Her Majesty's Consul at Tientsin, who is one of the Chairmen in our Committee there, has just written me that the appearance of things is worse than ever, the spring crops are totally destroyed, and nothing but the most gloomy prospects are before the starving millions. There are rumours also of a serious rising in Shansi and Honan, which is only to be expected in the circumstances, and the Government is utterly paralyzed by the condition of things. Large supplies of food are at their com- mand, but altogether inadequate to meet the wants of the case, while the means of conveyance are alike unequal to the severity of the situation.

　　　　The Committees formed at our instance in Tientsin and Peking are entering vigorously on the work of relief, from the funds we have been able to send them and means have been forwarded to Shansi where we hope good and efficient service is being done.

　　　　All our funds are exhausted at this point, having been either sent North by our Treasurer, or supplied to the Catholic Missionaries here for that purpose in answer to their application.

　　　　In view of this, I take the liberty of writing your Excellency, to inquire if the vote you so kindly passed in Hongkong can be conveniently sent by remittance to our Treasurer, F. W. LEMARCHAND, Esquire, Agra Bank.

　　　　We have received from England nearly Tls. 30,000, and about an equal sum from other quarters. Our hope was that the so-called China indemnity in the hands of the U. S. Government, or rather the balance of it amounting to $150,000 with interest thereon for the last twenty years, would be accorded to us for this benevolent object--the salvation of the millions now starving in China. But our appeals have remained unanswered to the present time. Should they be listened to, and this large sum come into our hands, the honour and credit attaching to it would be heralded far and wide, and be a means of blessing in the highest sense.

140

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH APRIL, 1878.

　　　　As it is, we are dependent on the sympathy and aid of friends at home and abroad, and we are thankful that these have been granted greatly beyond our expectation.

If Your Excellency car meet our request, by making the arrangements necessary for the trans- mission of the above vote, our Committee will feel greatly obliged.

I am,

Your Excellency's

Most obedient Servant,

WM. MUIRHEAD,

Honorary Secretary,

China Fumine Relief Fund.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG, 9th April, 1878.

　　　　REVEREND AND DEAR SIR,--In reply to your letter of the 4th instant, I have the pleasure of informing you that I have paid $5,000 to the Treasurer of the European Committee in Hongkong for the China Famine Fund, and $5,000 to the Treasurer of the Native Committee.

　　　　I am happy to say that both Committees have received considerable sums from munificent donors in this Colony, a result due in no small degree to the publication of your former letter in the Hong- kong Gazette and our local papers, and to the other authentic statements you and the Members of the Shanghai Committee have, from time to time, put before the public.

The Reverend WM. MUIRHEAD,

No. 72.

Honorary Secretary, China Famine Relief Fund,

Shanghai.

Believe me,

Reverend Sir,

Yours faithfully,

J. POPE HENNESSY.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　The following Report of the Examiners' conducted the recent Examination of Candidates for the Mastership of the Anglo-Chinese Elementary School at Wong-nai Ch'ung, is published for general information.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th April, 1878.

1. A Competitive Examination was held, in accordance with Notification No. 57 in Government Gazette of 30th March, 1878, at 2 P.M. on Tuesday, the 2nd April, at the Government Central School. 2. By order of H. E. the Governor, the examination was conducted by the Acting Inspector of Schools and the Acting Head-master of the Government Central School. The Acting Second and Fourth Masters of the Central School gave their assistance in supervising the Candidates whilst writing out their papers. Two of the Chinese Masters of the Central School assisted the Examiners in judging the Chinese Reading and oral Chinese Explanation. The Chinese Assistant Masters of the Central School were present, for their own instruction, during the examination of the Candidates in practical teaching, for which purpose a class of 50 boys was put through English Reading and Dictation exercises by the Candidates.

3. Seven Candidates, all present or former scholars of the Government Central School, presented themselves for examination. Arranging them in the order in which the examiners would now class them on the basis of the results of the examination, their names are as follows:-

Age in 1878.

(a.) Ch'an Man Kwong,

.20

(b.) Li Fuk-ts'?n,.......

.18

(c.) T'?m Sz-chi?,

.20

(d.) Ch'an A-hing,

(e.) Ho Tung,

..18

(f) Chi? Chi-ming,

...21

* (g.) L?i Sham-kiu,

..29

Years at Chinese Studies.

Years at English Studies.

10 7 10 577

140

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH APRIL, 1878.

　　　　As it is, we are dependent on the sympathy and aid of friends at home and abroad, and we are thankful that these have been granted greatly beyond our expectation.

If Your Excellency car meet our request, by making the arrangements necessary for the trans- mission of the above vote, our Committee will feel greatly obliged.

I am,

Your Excellency's

Most obedient Servant,

WM. MUIRHEAD,

Honorary Secretary,

China Fumine Relief Fund.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG, 9th April, 1878.

The Reverend WM. MUIRHEAD,

No. 72.

Honorary Secretary, China Famine Relief Fund,

Shanghai.

Believe me,

Reverend Sir,

Yours faithfully,

J. POPE HENNESSY.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th April, 1878.

Age in 1878.

(a.) Ch'an Man Kwong,

.20

(b.) Li Fuk-ts'?n,.......

.18

(c.) T'?m Sz-chi?,

.20

(d.) Ch'an A-hing,

(e.) Ho Tung,

..18

(f) Chi? Chi-ming,

...21

* (g.) L?i Sham-kiu,

..29

Years at Chinese Studies.

Years at English Studies.

10 7 10 577

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13?? APRIL, 1878.

141

3. One of the Candidates, LAI SHAM-KI?, expressed a wish, soon after the examination had com- menced, to be allowed to withdraw, and forthwith retired. The others were examined in all the sub- jects detailed in Notification No. 57, as published in Government Gazette of 30th March, 1878, under the headings of English, Chinese and Practical Teaching.

　　　　　4. All the Candidates, without exception, did remarkably well in English Parsing and English Dictation, also in Chinese Reading and Chinese memoriter Writing, but all were more or less deficient in English speaking, and all, with the exception of Ho TUNG, were ignorant of the art of asking ques- tions (in English). It should be noted, however, that none of the Candidates had ever before stood in front of a class.

5. The Examiners can recommend but one of the Candidates, CH'AN MAN KWONG, who passed well in English, very well in Chinese, and indifferently in Practical Teaching, as a Candidate tolerably competent to teach an Anglo-Chinese Elementary School. The Examiners regret their inability to recommend any of the other Candidates for a certificate of competency.

6. The experience gained by this Examination has suggested to the Examiners the desirability of encouraging and utilising, for the public benefit, the apparently existing desire among the best scholars of the Central School for employment as Government Schoolmasters, and of taking some steps towards meeting the growing demand of the Colony for more Elementary English teaching outside the Central School. With this end in view, the Examiners here record their opinion that a rigid continuation of the newly introduced Questionnaire system for practical exercises in Colloquial English speaking, and further an increased staff of paid Monitors to be specially trained in the technicalities of a schoolmas- ter's profession are urgently required. It would be necessary, however, that the Head-master of the Central School should set apart, for the purpose of giving these Monitors theoretical and practical in- structions in the art and methods of teaching, at least one hour every day, besides employing them in practical teaching in the Preparatory Class, and requiring their attendance at his weekly examinations. This additional work to be thrown on the Head-master with a view to procure a supply of properly qualified teachers to fill the vacancies of the Village Schools as they occur, would further necessitate an immediate addition of at least one English-born Master to the staff of the Central School, lest the efficiency of the Central School be marred by this superaddition of a Method Class for teachers to the already heavy duties imposed on the staff of English Masters.

E. J. EITEL, Acting Inspector of Schools.

ALEXANDER FALCONER, Acting Head-master Central School.

Hongkong, 5th April, 1878.

No. 73.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　　　Notice is hereby given, that Messrs. WM. HERRMANN AND KAHN, of No. 42, Rue Hauteville, Paris, have complied with the requirements of Ordinance No. 16 of 1873, for the registration in this Colony of their Trade Mark as applied to Aniline Colours, and that the same has been duly registered.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th April, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

No. 74.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　　　Notice is hereby given, that Easter Monday will be observed as a Holiday, throughout the Public Departments of this Colony.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th April, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

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E. J. EITEL, Acting Inspector of Schools.

ALEXANDER FALCONER, Acting Head-master Central School.

Hongkong, 5th April, 1878.

No. 73.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th April, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

No. 74.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　　　Notice is hereby given, that Easter Monday will be observed as a Holiday, throughout the Public Departments of this Colony.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th April, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH APRIL, 1878.

No. 75.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The subjoined Schedules of Balances of Intestate Estates are published for general information, and Notice is hereby given, that those Balances for which no application shall have been made within Twelve Months from this date, will be carried to the Credit of the General Revenue of the Colony, in terms of Ordinance No. 6 of 1854.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th April, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

SCHEDULE of UNCLAIMED BALANCES of INTESTATE ESTATES of PERSONS who have been Dead for Five Years and upwards, lying in the Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 31st December, 1877.

REMARKS.

NAMES OF DECEASED.

DATE OF DEATH.

AMOUNT.

Napaul,

John Peterson,

18th March, 9th July,

1872,

$ 3.38

Administration granted,

1st May,

1872.

1872,

217.44

Do.

do.,

26th July,

1872.

Henry Nason Middleton,

6th August,

1872.

3.51

Do.

do.,

22nd August,

1872.

Chinaman No. 5,

11th August,

1872,

2.97

Do.

do.,

22nd August,

1872.

Mehta Kurrim,

6th October,

1872,

36.55

Do.

do.,

30th October,

1872.

Tong Kew,

8th November, 1872,

1.42

Do.

do.,

28th November, 1872.

Chan Abba,.

3rd November, 1872,

29.44

Do.

do.,

28th November, 1872.

Chea Ayun, Shea-a-Pau,.

21st November, 1872, 6th December, 1872,

86.47

Do.

do.,

50.12

Do.

do.,

9th December, 1872. 6th January,

1873.

C. B. PLUNKET,

Registrar.

SCHEDULE of UNCLAIMED BALANCES of INTESTATE ESTATES of POLICE CONSTABLES who have been Dead for Five Years and upwards, lying in the Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 31st December, 1877.

DATE.

RANK.

1872

NAMES.

Nil

Police Department, Hongkong, 6th April, 1878.

No. 76.

DATE OF PAYMENT INTO TREASURY.

AMOUNT.

W. M. DEANE,

Captain Superintendent of Police,

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.

By Command,

??????

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th April, 1878.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 1 of 1878.

EXHIBITION OF REVOLVING WHITE LIGHT ON PORTLAND ISLAND, HAWKE'S BAY.

Customs Department (Marine Branch), Wellington, 10th January, 1878.

　With reference to the preliminary notice issued by this department, dated the 22nd of October, 1877, it is hereby notifi- ed that on and after the 10th day of February next a Light will be exhibited from the Lighthouse which has been erected on Portland Island, the position and characteristics of which are as follow:-

　The Portland Island Lighthouse is situated on the southern extremity of Portland Island, which lies off the southern end of the Mahia Peninsula, Hawke's Bay, on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand.

The tower is 28 feet in height, is built of timber, and painted white. The light will be a second order REVOLVING WHITE LIGHT, visible all round the horizon as far as the land will allow. It will attain its greatest brilliance every THIRTY SECONDS. The light is elevated 300 feet above the sea, and, allowing 15 feet for the height of the eye, will be seen at a dis- tance of about 24 nautical miles in clear weather, and at lesser distances according to the state of the atmosphere.

　From the lower part of the tower a Fixed Red Light, having an arc of about six degrees, will be shown in the direction of Bull Rock, which bears N.E. from the Lighthouse, distant four miles.

G. GREY.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH APRIL, 1878.

Government of South Australia.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide, 20th February, 1878.

The following particulars, furnished by Staff-Commander Howard, R.N., are published for general information.

By direction,

THOS. N. STEPHENS, Secretary.

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SOUTH AUSTRALIA.-STREAKY BAY.

A dangerous rock, which I have named Dashwood Rock, lies outside the entrance to Dashwood Channel, with the following bearings:-

Extreme of Cape B?uer, S. E. 6. 1 miles.

Centre of Olive Island, S. W. by S. 7. 6 miles.

Hill on Eba Island, E. by S. 4 S. 10. 9 miles.

The Dashwood Rock breaks only with a heavy swell; is of small extent-about 50 feet across-and has but 9 feet of water over it at low water.

There are 6 to 7 fathoms water all round it at

mile distance.

Another dangerous patch, on which we have not got less than 5 fathoms, lies with extreme of Pt. Brown, N.W. W. 4 miles, and Hill on de Mole Pt., N.N.E. E. 62 miles. This patch, about one cable in diameter, breaks but seldom, and then very heavily, and has from 14 to 18 fathoms all round at a distance of mile.

The variation is 4° east.

FREDERICK HOWARD, Staff-Commander, R.N.

H.M.S. Beatrice, Streaky Bay, 11th Feb., 1878.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide, 20th February, 1878.

The following Sailing Directions are published for general information.

By direction,

THOMAS N. STEPHENS, Secretary.

Sailing Directions for Ports Victoria, Rickaby, Minlaconie, and Turton, by Navigating-Lieutenant W. N. Goalen, R.N. from Admiralty Surveys in November and December, 1877.

[In the following all bearings and courses are magnetic; variation 4° 10′ easterly in 1877; miles are nautical miles; a cable is one-tenth of a mile, or

101.2 fathoms; depths are expressed at low water of summer springs.]

　　　　　General Remarks.-These ports are all in Hardwicke Bay, on the east side of Spencer Gulf. The bottom is rocky at all of them; with a good scope of chain a vessel will, however, ride safely. In approaching any of these ports at night a vessel should anchor immediately on shoaling her water to less than five fathoms, unless it is light enough to clearly identify her position when the most convenient berth may be sought. Five fathoms will, as a general rule, place a vessel within one mile of the shore, but in some parts of Port Victoria and Point Turton much nearer, and it will clear all dangers.

It is high water, full and change, at 2 hours 30 minutes all over Hardwicke Bay, the spring range being six feet. The tidal streams follow the direction of the coast, the flood running to the northward and ebb to the southward. For information regarding winds and tides in Spencer Gulf the mariner is referred to the Australian Directory, vol. I, published by the Admiralty

in 1876.

name.

Port Victoria. The anchorage between Wardang Island and the Peninsula to the N.E. of it was formerly known by this

The bay to the N.W. of Point Gawler is now called Port Victoria, and is the place described here—

　　　　　The jetty is three-quarters of a mile north of Point Gawler, and runs N.W. by W. 1 W. 950 feet from high water mark. It is 13 feet 6 inches above low water, or 10 feet 6 inches above the mean level of the sea. There are 9 to 9 feet water on both sides for 150 feet from the outer end, or as far as the steps; depths from 8 to 6 feet on both sides for 300 feet farther in; and from thence the depth gradually decreases to low water mark, which is 700 feet from the outer end of the jetty. This jetty is not available for a vessel drawing more than nine feet. With a fresh S.W. wind (the prevailing sea breeze), the sea comes in from that quarter, and a vessel could not lie on the south side at all.

Eclipse Rock lies W. by S. S., 23 cables from the outer end of the jetty, and N. W. 7 cables from the north part of Gawler Point. Its extent, with six feet water, is 70 yards east and west, and 100 yards north and south, and double those distances with less than 12 feet, there being 14 to 15 feet water to the eastward, and 18 to 20 feet close to the westward of the latter area.

A red buoy with staff and ball lies at the south end of the shallow part.

W. one cable

Midway between the Eclipse Rock and the jetty end there are only 8 feet water, and but 6 feet S. by W. from the outer end of the jetty. Due north of the jetty there is as much water as there is alongside it. Rocks which cover and uncover stretch from Point Gawler 3 cables towards the Eclipse Rock with 16 to 20 feet water between.

The main street of the township of Wauraltee is in line with the jetty; the houses at present are not visible until to the northward of Point Gawler.

Directions for Port Victoria.-From the northward: From one mile south of Wardang Island ste N.E. by E. 7 miles to Port Victoria jetty, taking care not to bring the extreme of the rocks off the south point of Wardang land to bear to the southward of S.W. by W. to avoid the shoals between the island and Port Victoria. From the southwa d: From one mile N.W. of Corny Point to Port Victoria jetty the course is N.E. N. 33 miles. Point Gawler is steep-to, there being 3 fa- thoms less than one cable off. The buoy on the Eclipse Rock should not be approached nearer than one cable. To clear that rock and the rocks north of Point Gawler, the extreme of the point should not be brought to bear southward of S. by E. until the outer end of the jetty bears south of east when the jetty may be steered for.

　　　　　Anchorage. Vessels of 18 feet draught may anchor in 21 to 23 feet, with the jetty end bearing S.E. E. half a mile distant. If of more draught with the same place east, three quarters of a mile, in 26 to 27 feet. Small vessels unable to go alongside the jetty should anchor in 10 to 12 feet with the jetty end S.S.E. 14 cables distant. The light at the inn above the jetty is not to be depended on at night.

Note. There is a channel between Wardang and Rocky Island with 9 feet least water at present. Its position and degel has altered so considerably since 1867 that its use cannot be recommended, neither would it be worth while to beacon it.]

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Port Rickaby, where a jetty is to be built, is off a sandy beach in latitude 34° 40′ 30′′ S. 10 miles south from Point Gawler. The length of beach clear or fronting rocks is nearly 4 cables in extent. To the northward there is a large area of rock which covers and uncovers with the tide; the most projecting point of it is N. W. half a mile from the north end of the beach, and 4 cables off the sandy bank at high water mark to the eastward. The high water line at the back of the beach runs N. by W. and S. by E., with two bare sandhills behind, the northern 58, and the southern 55 feet above high-water mark. To the northward the high line trends to the N.E. with a low bank behind covered with sheaoaks. From the south end of the beach the coast runs S.S.W. 3 cables to a rocky point. Rocks which dry at low water stretch one cable off this point. There are only 2 feet water two cables west from it, and the outer extreme of the reef with 10 feet water on it, and 20 to 22 feet close to outside, is 2 cables west of the point. South of the southern beach sandhill there is a gap through which Rickaby's house is visible from the westward; sandhills then commence again, the most conspicuous one being half a mile to the southward of the beach, 69 feet high, and with some sheaoaks on the top.

　　　Soundings.-Off the clear beach the general 3-fathom line is only 1 cables distant. Several rocky patches with 16 to 18 feet water on them, and 19 to 24 feet about them, lie farther out, the most distant being nearly 4 cables west from the centre of the beach. The bottom is very irregular farther out, but there is nothing less than 20 feet, and 5 fathoms one mile off shore.

　　　Directions for Port Rickaby.-From the northward: From 1 mile south of Wardang Island the course is S.E. E., 10 miles. From the southward: From one mile N.W. of Corny Point the course is N.E. by E. 4 E., 27 miles, but a vessel must not stand to the eastward so far as to bring Corny Point to the westward of S.W. by W. until Mount Gore (which is the highest land to the southward of Point Turton), bears south, to avoid the shoal ground in the south part of Hardwicke Bay. A large vessel should anchor three-quarters of a mile off shore, with the southern beach sandhill (on which there is a pole), bearing east, in 4 to 4 fathoms. A small vessel, with the sandhill on the same bearing, 2 cables off shore, in 3 fathoms. To clear all dangers a vessel should not come within a mile of the coast, until the southern beach sandhill bears between E.N.E. and S.E. There is a fetch of about 70 miles to the westward of Port Rickaby, so a gale from that quarter might oblige a vessel to slip her cable, and she should have room to get underway. Although there is comparatively shallow water in Hardwicke Bay, the bottom is so rocky that it has not much effect in breaking the sea. A strong sea breeze from the westward causes enough run on Rickaby Beach to make care necessary in landing on it from a boat.

　　　Port Minlacowie.-The jetty is N.E. & N., 8 miles from Point Turton, and 7 miles to the southward of Brown Point. It extends west 1,155 feet from high water mark, and is 15 feet 6 inches above low water, or 12 feet 6 inches above the mean level of the sea. There are 14 feet of water at the outer end on the south, and 13 on the north side; 11 feet water on both sides 90 feet in, and 9 feet on the north, and 10 on the south side at the steps, 150 feet from the end. Seventy-five feet further in there are only 3 feet on the north side, and depths varying from that to 5 feet in to low water mark, which is 700 feet from the outer end of the jetty. On the south side at 75 feet in from the steps there are 8 feet water, and only 3 feet 75 feet farther in, with not much more between there and low water mark.

　　　Rocks. A dangerous rock with only 4 feet water on it lies N. by E. E., one third of a cable from the outer end of Minlacowie Jetty. It is the S.W. point of a shallow ledge, with 2 to 6 feet water over it, which extends a quarter of a mile to the northward. There are only 9 feet rather more than 1 cables N.W. from the outer end of the jetty, and several places with the same depth between- -one 11 feet rock lies W. N. three quarters of a cable, and another W. by S. 4 S., nearly 1

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　A 12 feet cables from the outer end of the jetty. The former has 13 to 15 feet water all round, and the latter 16 to 17 feet. rock lies 5 E. half a cable from the last-mentioned, and there are only 11 feet S.W. 24 cables from the outer end of the jetty. A rock with 3 feet water over it lies S. by E., 75 feet from the jetty steps.

Soundings. To the northward and southward of Minlacowie Jetty the 3 fathom line is, on the average, half a mile off shore, except at rather less than a quarter of a mile to the northward of the jetty, where there are 18 feet water within a quarter of a mile from highwater mark. There are no dangers outside the 3 fathom line, the depth rapidly increasing to 5 fathoms, which will be found at an average distance of one mile from the coast.

Aspect.-About Minlacowie the shore is backed by low sandhills 20 to 40 feet high, covered with bushes and sheaoaks, and fronted by a ledge of rock which dries to about 11?2 cables from highwater mark.

Directions for Minlacowie.-From the northward: From one mile S.W. of the south point of Wardang Island, the course is S.S.E. 19 miles. In working to windward in Harwicke Bay the east coast may be approached as near as one mile, or into 5 fathoms; and a vessel should stand off about 6 or 7 miles before tacking inshore. From the southward: From 1 mile N.W. of Corny Point large vessels should steer N.E. by E. E. 16 miles, and not bring Corny Point to bear west of S.W. by W. until Mount Gore bears south; thence the course and distance to Minlacowie is E.S.E. 10 miles. Small vessels not requir- ing more than 15 feet water may, from the position off Corny Point, steer E.N.E. 10 miles, taking care not to bring Corny Point to bear westward of S.W. by W. W. until Mount Gore bears southward of S.S.E.; then steer E. N. 12 miles to Minlacowie.

Anchorage. A ship of 18 feet draught may anchor in 20 to 22 feet, with the jetty bearing E.S.E., 3 cables distant. There are 24 to 26 feet water 3 cables farther out on the same bearing. A vessel drawing more than 10 feet can only ap- proach the jetty by keeping its outer end bearing S.E. by E. 1 E., and 10 feet is the extreme draught of vessel that can be altogether alongside on either side of the jetty. One of 12 feet draught might anchor in 14 to 15 feet, one-third of a cable W.N.W. from the jetty end. A vessel of more than 8 feet draught should not bring the outer end of the jetty to bear south of S.E., or north of N.E., while within half a mile of the shore, to avoid the 9-feet rocks mentioned above.

Any sailing vessel going alongside Minlacowie Jetty should let go an anchor to ride-to, in case it becomes too rough to lie alongside. A reference to the positions of the rocks mentioned above, will show that only a steamer could get out with the wind and sea from the westward.

Port Turton.-The jetty at Point Turton is at the S.E. side of the point, and extends from the shore 300 feet in a N.E. There are 7 feet water at by E. E. direction, being 13 feet above low water, or 10 feet above the mean level of the sea. the outer end on both sides on the north side a rock with 5 feet water on it 75 feet from the end, and another with only 2 feet on it (with a 3-feet rock close to to the N.W.), 30 feet farther in, all of these being close to the jetty; thence to the inner On the southern side there are 6 feet water 75 feet from the end of the jetty the depth on the northern side is 3 to 12 feet.

end, 4 feet 50 feet farther in (just inside the steps), and 3 feet midway between them and the shore. A rock with only 2 feet water on it lies south 60 feet from the steps. Two rocks with 4 feet water on each of them lie N.W. & N. 280, and N.W. 180 feet respectively from the outer end of the jetty. The north side of this jetty is only available for one small vessel drawing about 4 feet; and the south side one of 6 feet draught, if not more than 100 feet long.

　　With a north or N.W. wind a vessel could not lie on the quarters would probably be unable to stop at the south side. very quickly, and as quickly goes down when the wind does. and anchor without delay.

northern side of the jetty, and if it became strong from those The bottom off this port is so rocky that a broker sea gets up Sailing vessels using the jetty should be prepared to haul off

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Directions for Port Turton.-From the northward: From one mile S.W. of the south point of Wardang Island, the course is S. E. 23 miles to near Point Turton Jetty. In working to windward in Hardwicke Bay, the east coast may be approached as near as one mile, or into five fathoms; and a vessel should stand off six or seven miles before tacking inshore. There is less tidal stream near the shore, than out towards the main waters of Spencer Gulf. From the southward: From one mile N.W. of Corny Point large vessels should steer N.E. by E. E. sixteen miles, keeping Corny Point bearing southward of S.W. by W. until Mount Gore bears south, then steer S.S.E. E. eleven miles for Point Turton Jetty.

Small vessels not requiring more than fifteen feet water, may from the above position off Corny Point shape a course E.N.E. for ten and-a-half miles, or until Mount Gore bears S.S.E.; keeping Corny Point bearing southward of S.W. by W. W. until then. From there steer S.E. by E. ten miles for Point Turton. Ketches with a fair wind may cross the shoals in ten feet least water, by keeping the extreme of Corny Point, bearing W. S. until abreast the west part of Souttar Point, or keeping slightly southward of the line joining Corny and Souttar Points. Keep half-a-mile off the latter in rounding at the west part of Point Turton, the three fathom line is only one cable from high water mark, north of the jetty it is two cables off and as the shore bights to the southward it increases its distance, being one mile off shore at less than a mile to the eastward of the jetty.

Anchorage.-A large vessel may anchor in twenty-one to twenty-three feet water, with the jetty bearing S. W. distant three cables, and a small vessel with the jetty in line bearing S.W. by W. one and-a-half cables distant in twelve to sixteen

feet water.

W. N. GOALEN,

Navigating Lieutenant, R.N., and Admiralty Surveyor.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—SPENCER GULF-EASTERN SHOAL.

Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide, 31st January, 1878.

Mariners are hereby informed that, in accordance with a notice issued from this office on the 26th December, 1877, a fixed white light will be shown from a lightship, to be moored in nine (9) fathoms at low water to the westward of the north end of the Eastern Shoal, Spencer Gulf, in latitude 33° 3′ 15′′ south, and longitude 137° 46′ 30′′ east.

　　　　The light will be exhibited on the night of the 1st April, 1878, and will be visible, in clear weather, from a distance of about eight (8) miles.

R. H. FERGUSON, President Marine Board.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Parcel Post to Haifong is suspended for the present.

Persons who have received a copy of Government Notification No. 66 of the 5th instant, are requested to cross out the word Haifong to prevent errors.

ALFRED LISTER,

Postmaster General.

General Post Office, Hongkong, 12th April, 1878.

ERRATUM.

In Government Notification No. 65 of the 5th April,

for "and twelve months leave of absence on half-salary "

read "and nine months leave of absence on half-salary."

NOTICE.

It is requested that such Rates may be paid before the 30th April, as after that date application will be made to the Supreme Court for the recovery of arrears.

CECIL C. SMITH,

Colonial Treasurer.

Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 6th April, 1878.

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feet water.

W. N. GOALEN,

Navigating Lieutenant, R.N., and Admiralty Surveyor.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—SPENCER GULF-EASTERN SHOAL.

Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide, 31st January, 1878.

　　　　The light will be exhibited on the night of the 1st April, 1878, and will be visible, in clear weather, from a distance of about eight (8) miles.

R. H. FERGUSON, President Marine Board.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Parcel Post to Haifong is suspended for the present.

Persons who have received a copy of Government Notification No. 66 of the 5th instant, are requested to cross out the word Haifong to prevent errors.

ALFRED LISTER,

Postmaster General.

General Post Office, Hongkong, 12th April, 1878.

ERRATUM.

In Government Notification No. 65 of the 5th April,

for "and twelve months leave of absence on half-salary "

read "and nine months leave of absence on half-salary."

NOTICE.

It is requested that such Rates may be paid before the 30th April, as after that date application will be made to the Supreme Court for the recovery of arrears.

CECIL C. SMITH,

Colonial Treasurer.

Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 6th April, 1878.

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HONGKONG

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH APRIL, 187.

1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

CAPE D'AGUILAR. HEight 170 FEET.

WINDS

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

DAY AND

HOUR.

DATE.

BARO-

METER

0 TO 12.

WEA-

THER.

BARO-

METER

0 TO 12.

WEA-

THEK.

In inches during previous

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

In inches

Saturday, 9

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

30.32 67.0

67.0 66.0

c.m.

30.11 71.0

6th

Noon 30.29 | 70.0 72.0 65.0 70.0 68.0

c.m.

April.

30.25 71.0

71.0 68.0

「:???:

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. | Force.

24 hours.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

THERMOMETER.

WINDS

0 TO 12.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max, Min. | Dry.et. Direct. Force.!

RAIN FALL.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

69.0 67.0 SE

g.m.

30.17 69.0

65.0 64.0 NE

28.40 62.0

o.f.

30.11 72.0 71.0 64.0 70.5 68.0 ESE 30.11 72.0

g.m.

0.00

30.17 69.5 70.5 64.0 66.0 64.5 NE

0.00

28.38 64.0 64,0

ESE

o.f.

0.15

71.5 69.0 ESE

3 b.c.

30.13 70.0

Sunday,

7th

30.25 68.0

68.0 66.0 Noon? 30.20 | 70.0 73.0 65.0 70.0 67.5

30.08 71.0

b.c.

April.

30.17 71.0

71.0] 67.0

b.c.

30.05 72.0

30.08 71.0 72.0 64.0 69.0 67.0 ESE

69.0 67.0 ESE

g.m.

30.12 69.0;

g.m.

0.00

71.0 68.0 ESE

b.c.m.

Monday,

8th

70.0 69.0

30.19 70.0 Noon 30.18 74.5 75.5 72:0 74.0 71.5

c.m.

30.03 730

72.0 71.0 ESE

g.m.

30.0670.0

30.05 70.5

: g

66.5 64.0 NE

28.37 64.0

...0 E

o.f.

30.11 69.5 70.5 62.5 67.0 64.0 NE

: 8:

66.0 64.5 NE

0.00

68.0 66.0 NE

28.32 65.0!

28.38 62.0

28.37 64.0 64.0 61.0 64.0 64.0 ESE

62.0 62.0 E

o.f.

0.00

65.0 65.0 SE

c.f.

69.0 69.0 NE

???

o.m.c.

28.34 66.0

66.0 66.0 ESE

c.f.

April.

30.11 75.0

75.0 71.5

Tuesday,

9th

30.22 74.0

Noon

April.

3 30.15 76.0

30.2276,5 78:0 70,0 76:0| 73,0||

74.0 72.0

76.0 72.0

Wednesday,

10th

30.20 74.0

74.0 73.0

Noon 80.17 73.5 78.0 72.5 73.0 71.5

True wind cannot be registered.

b.c.m.

30.03 | 74.0 73.5 65.0 74.0 72.0 S

1 b.c.

0.00

30.07 71.5 74.0 63.0 71.0 68.0 NE

3 c.o.d.

0.00

28.32 | 70.0| 70.0. 65 0 70.0 69.0 SE

c.f.

0.00

c.m.

30.00 76.0

Do.

b.c.

30.04 78.0

30.0675.0

30:06 74.0 77.0 67.0 76.5 74.0 ESE

3:1:

75.5 73.0 ESE

b.c.

30.02 73.0

71.5 71.0 NE

28.30 70.0|

70.0 69.0 SE

o.f.

72.5 72.0 ESE

b.c.

30.08 72.0

b.c.

0.00

79.0 76.0 ESE

3 b.c.

30.0675.0

70.0 70.0 NE

28.40 70.0;

69.0 69.0 ESE

b.p.f.

30.09 73.0 75.5 66.0 70.0 70.0 NE

0.00

73.0 73.0 NE

b.c.

28.40

28.35 71.0

71.0

71.0.

66.0 70.01 69.0 ESE

b.c.

0.00

70.0 69.0 ESE

O.C.

30.0275.0

April.

30.08 73.0

Thursday,

11th

30.08 72.0

72.0 71.0 Noon 30.05 | 73.0 75.5, 68.5 73.0 71.5

April.

29.98 73.5

Friday,

12th

30.1772.0

:::

73.0 71.0

29.99 77.0

73.0 73.0 SE

g.m.

30.07 74.0

69.0 69.0 NE

28.36 70.0

70.0 70.0 ESE

c.f.

30.02 | 76.0 74.5| 69.0 74.0 73.0 ESE

g.m.

0.00

75.0 73.5| ESE

0.m.

30.06 | 74.0 76.0 66.0|| 69.0 69.0 N 30.00 78.5

0.00

28.35 71.0 71.0 67.0 70.0 70.0 SE

c.f.

0.00

69.0 69.0 N

28.26 70.0

69.0 69.0 SE

c.f.

o.m.

29.92 76.0

76.0 73.5 E

o.d.

30.05 73.0

71.0 71.0 N

0.c.

28.26 70.0

69.0 69.0 SE

c f.

c.m.

29.91 77.0 77.0 67.5 77.0 76.5 E

b.c.m.

0.00

30.04 72.5 73.5 70.0 69.0 66.0 N

o.f

1.30

28.23 70.0 71.0 67.0 70.0 76.0! SE

c.f.

0.00

73.0 71.5

c.mt

29.90 78.0

78.0 80.5 E

b.c.

30.00 73.0

68.0 68.0 N

f.r.t.l.

28.19, 71.0

71.0 71.0 SE

71.0

c.f.

72.0 71.0

c.m.

29.99 76.0

76.0 74.0 E

g.p.t.l.

29.96 74.0

69.0 69.0 NE

28.33 68.0

68.0 68.0 ESE

o.p.f.

Noon 30.16 72.5 75.0 70.5 72.0 70.0|

c.m.

April.

30.10 72.0

72.0 71.0

o.c.t.m.

29.99 76.0 81.0 68.5 76.0 73.0] S 75.0 72.0 N

29.98 75.0

g.m.

0.00

o.r.t.l.

29.95 73.5 75.5 65.0 69.5| 69.5| NNE 29.90 75.0

0.00

69.5 69.5 NE

28.27 68.0 69.0 64.0 68.0 68.0; E 70.0 69.0 E

28.25 70.0

o.f.

0.85

o.f.

STATE OF WEATHER:-b. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; f. foggy; g. gloomy; h. hail; 7. lightning; m. misty (hazy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; 9. squally; 7. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; a. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility. Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). under any letter augments its signification, thus f. very foggy ; r. much rain; r. heavy and continuing rain, &c., &c.

NOTE:-A bar ( ·

Figures

Description of Wind.

Figures

to denote

Illustrations of the power of the Wind as regards a well-conditioned Man-of-War or First-class Clipper Ship.

Rate of the Wind

per Hour in Miles.

the Force

of the

Wind.

Calm

Light Air Light Breeze .. Gentle Breeze Moderate Breeze. Fresh Breeze · · Strong Breeze

Moderate Gale.. Fresh Gale

Strong Gale

Whole Gale.

Storm.

Hurricane.

Just sufficient to give steerage way.

With which the above Ship with all sail ( 1 to 2 knots set and clean full would go in sinooth water......

0 to 2

16 20

3 to 4

(5 to 6

Royals, &c.

26 30

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails.. Triple Reefs, &c...

31 36

37 44

53 - 60

In which she could just carry in chase, Double Reefs and Jib, &c. full and by

Close Reefs and Courses

In which she could just bear close-reefed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail Under Storm Staysail

Bare Poles.

70 - 80

above 80

to denote the Force

of the

Wind.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH APRIL, 1878.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Unclaimed Correspondence, 12th April, 1878.

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HE next Criminal Sessions of the Supreme

THE next rim be held on Thursday, the

　　　　　　Eighteenth day of April, A.D. 1878, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.

By Order

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in

Its Summary Jurisdiction, on every Tues-

day, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in its Original Jurisdiction on Mondays and Thursdays.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

In re TUNG YUT a Bankrupt. OTICE.—The above named Bankrupt having passed his last Examination, the hearing of the application by him for his Order of Discharge stands adjourned to Saturday, the 20th day of April, 1878, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon.

Dated the 6th day of April, A.D. 1878.

SHARP, TOLLER & JOHNSON,

Solicitors for the Bankrupt.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

In the matter of LUK MUI, Master of the

NOT

..1 Letter.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. IN BANKRUPTCY.

In re TAM-CHOW, LEE-KWONG and KUNG-

Lok, Bankrupts.

CHI CHUR TSAI Stocking Dealer, Shop NOTIC

No. 269 Queen's Road Central Victoria Hongkong, a Bankrupt. OTICE,-LUK MUI, of Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, lately carrying on business under the name of "CHI CHUK TSAI" having been adjudicated Bankrupt under a Peti- tion for adjudication in Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong, on the 18th day of March, in the year of Our Lord 1878, is hereby required to surrender himself to the Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET, the Registrar of the said Court, at the first Meeting of Creditors, to be held before the said Registrar, on Wednesday, the 24th day of April, 1878, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely, at the said Court.

The said Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUN- KET is the Official Assignee, and the undersigned, is the Solicitor acting in the Bankruptcy.

A Public Sitting will hereafter be appointed by the said Court for the said Bankrupt, to pass his final examination, and to make application for his discharge of which sitting, notice will be given in the Hongkong Government Gazette.

At the first meeting of Creditors, the Registrar will receive the proofs of the debts of Assignee or Assignees of the Bankrupt's Estate Creditors, and the Creditors may elect an

and Effects.

Dated the 8th day of April, A.D. 1878.

HENRY LARDNER DENNYS,

Solicitor for the said Bankrupt. 16 Bank Buildings,

Hongkong.

OTICE.-The above named Bankrupts hav- ing passed their last Examination, the hear- ing of the application by them for their Orders of Discharge stands adjourned to Tuesday, the 23rd day of April, 1878, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon.

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Hongkong, 3rd April, 1878.

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Government Gazette.

No. 16.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 20TH APRIL, 1878.

VOL. XXIV.

No. 77.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　　Consequent upon the return to the Colony of W. M. DEANE, Esquire, Captain Superintendent of Police, C. V. ?REAGH, Esquire, has resumed his duties as Assistant Superintendent of the Fire Brigade.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th April, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

No. 78.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　　The following Annual Report of the Harbour Master, with Returns annexed, for the year 1877, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th April, 1878.

[No. 41.]

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

HARBOUR DEPARTMENT,

HONGKONG, 5th March, 1878.

　　　　　SIR, I have the honour to forward the Annual Returns of this Department connected with the Trade, &c., of the Colony for the year ending the 31st December, 1877.

I. Number, Tonnage and Crews of Vessels entered.

II. Number, Tonnage and Crews of Vessels cleared.

III. Number, Tonnage and Crews of Vessels of each Nation entered. IV. Number, Tonnage and Crews of Vessels of each Nation cleared.

V. Total Number, Tonnage and Crews of Vessels entered at each Port. VI. Total Number, Tonnage and Crews of Vessels cleared at each Port. VII. Return of Junks entered from Macao.

VIII. Return of Junks cleared for Macao.

IX. Return of Junks entered at each Port from China and Formosa. X. Return of Junks cleared at each Port for China and Formosa.

XI. Gross Total Number of Junks entered at each Port.

XII. Gross Total Number of Junks cleared at each Port.

XIII. Return of Junks (Local Trade) entered.

XIV. Return of Junks (Local Trade) cleared.

XV. Summary of Arrivals and Departures of all Vessels, and of all Chinese Passengers. XVI. Return of Vessels registered.

XVII. Return of Vessels struck off the Register.

XVIII. Amount of Fees received under Ordinance No. 10 of 1860, (Imperial Registry).

XIX. Return of Chinese Passenger Ships cleared by the Emigration Officer.

XX. Return of Vessels bringing Chinese Passengers to Hongkong from Places out of China. XXI. Return of Marine Cases tried.

XXII. Diagram of Tonnage of Vessels entered.

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Government Gazette.

No. 16.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 20TH APRIL, 1878.

VOL. XXIV.

No. 77.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　　Consequent upon the return to the Colony of W. M. DEANE, Esquire, Captain Superintendent of Police, C. V. ?REAGH, Esquire, has resumed his duties as Assistant Superintendent of the Fire Brigade.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th April, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

No. 78.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　　The following Annual Report of the Harbour Master, with Returns annexed, for the year 1877, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th April, 1878.

[No. 41.]

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

HARBOUR DEPARTMENT,

HONGKONG, 5th March, 1878.

　　　　　SIR, I have the honour to forward the Annual Returns of this Department connected with the Trade, &c., of the Colony for the year ending the 31st December, 1877.

I. Number, Tonnage and Crews of Vessels entered.

II. Number, Tonnage and Crews of Vessels cleared.

III. Number, Tonnage and Crews of Vessels of each Nation entered. IV. Number, Tonnage and Crews of Vessels of each Nation cleared.

V. Total Number, Tonnage and Crews of Vessels entered at each Port. VI. Total Number, Tonnage and Crews of Vessels cleared at each Port. VII. Return of Junks entered from Macao.

VIII. Return of Junks cleared for Macao.

IX. Return of Junks entered at each Port from China and Formosa. X. Return of Junks cleared at each Port for China and Formosa.

XI. Gross Total Number of Junks entered at each Port.

XII. Gross Total Number of Junks cleared at each Port.

XIII. Return of Junks (Local Trade) entered.

XIV. Return of Junks (Local Trade) cleared.

XV. Summary of Arrivals and Departures of all Vessels, and of all Chinese Passengers. XVI. Return of Vessels registered.

XVII. Return of Vessels struck off the Register.

XVIII. Amount of Fees received under Ordinance No. 10 of 1860, (Imperial Registry).

XIX. Return of Chinese Passenger Ships cleared by the Emigration Officer.

XX. Return of Vessels bringing Chinese Passengers to Hongkong from Places out of China. XXI. Return of Marine Cases tried.

XXII. Diagram of Tonnage of Vessels entered.

150

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20?? APRIL, 1878.

SHIPPING.

　2. I am this year again able to report favourably on the trade of the Colony. The returns show that in the year 1877, 2,869 vessels, excluding junks, measuring 2,445,755 tons were entered at this Office. This is an increase on 1876 of but 2 vessels only, but the amount of tonnage shows an increase of 272,320 tons. This increase is partly due to two River Steamers having been re-measured in February last, when it was discovered that their tonnage had previously not been correctly calculated.

　3. Of the above number of vessels entering the Port, 2,109 vessels measuring 1,982,123 tons, or 73.5 per cent. of ships and 80.96 per cent. of the tonnage were steamers; and this proportion is divided as follows:-British, 1,789 vessels and 1,616,276 tons, or 84.83 and 81.54 per cent. respectively; French, 88 vessels and 159,192 tons, or 4.17 and 8.03 per cent. respectively; German, 84 vessels and 66,820 tons, or 3.98 and 3.37 per cent. respectively; Chinese, 80 vessels and 67,417 tons, or 3.79 and 3.40 per cent. respectively; Spanish, 41 vessels and 16,178 tons, or 1.94 and 0.82 per cent. respectively; the remaining 27 vessels and 56,240 tons, or 1.29 and 2.84 per cent. respectively are American, Danish, and Dutch.

　4. Of the sailing vessels, 760 in number and of 463,632 tons capacity; 286, measuring 234.282 tons, or 37.63 per cent. of vessels and 50.53 per cent. of tons, were under the British Flag; and, of the whole trade in Foreign bottoms, steam and sailing, consisting of 2,869 vessels and 2,445,755 tons, British vessels absorb 2,075 vessels and 1,850,558 tons, or 72.32 per cent. of vessels and 75.66 cent. of tonnage capacity.

per

　5. There has been an increase in the trade between Hongkong and the Coast of China and Formosa. but chiefly in Native bottoms. The trade with Cochin-China, and with Great Britain has also improved; but between this Port and other parts of the world there is no considerable difference.

　6. The trade with the Ports of Hoi-how in the Island of Hainan, and Pakhoi, and Haiphong in the Gulf of Tonquin is becoming one of importance, a total of 108 vessels and 42,155 tons having been entered, and 119 vessels measuring 46,671 tons cleared during the year, but this does not give the entire traffic of the recently opened Ports, as vessels leave here for those places and return by way of more Southern Ports in order to fill up cargo and passengers, and although these vessels may bring cargo and passengers from the new Ports, the vessels are entered at this Office as having arrived from the last Port of departure which is probably Saigon or Bangkok.

I am informed that if the Chinese Merchants at Pakhoi could depend on steam-vessels calling at that Port regularly, the trade of the place would increase. It is said that the junk owners combine together, and will not carry produce for Merchants who have been known to ship cargo by steamers. A regular line of steam-vessels would place Merchants at Pakhoi in an independent position, and wouli soon cut short the monopoly of the carrying trade now enjoyed by owners of junks.

7. I attach a Diagram showing the amount of tonnage, in Foreign and Native built vessels, that has been entered during the period contained between the years 1867 to 1877, inclusive. I purposely commence with 1867 as that was the first year in which this Government kept a record of the junk trade.

8. The Diagram will show at a glance that, while the years 1867, 1868 and 1869 were periods of depression, there was a steady increase for the three following years; and that for the years 1873 an 1874 there was again a decrease, since when the tonnage of all classes of vessels has steadily risen until it has reached its present range of 29,369 vessels measuring 4,244,543 tons, with a total of 441,972 seamen. These numbers consist of vessels arriving from Ports outside the Colony, and do not inclu the local traffic between the villages of the Colony and the City of Victoria.

9. It is only by consulting the Summary in return XV that a correct notion can be formed of the vast traffic of this Colony. That return shows that a grand total of 67,951 vessels measuring 8,594,34 tons with crews numbering 978,965 have been on the move in this Port during the year. Thes vessels have not only carried their cargoes and crews, but have assistel in the transport of 1,329,50 Chinese passengers, and this traffic is irrespective of the many steam-launches which ply in the water of the Colony, conveying passengers of whom without very great additional trouble no record cou!! be kept.

10. His Excellency the Governor in a conversation with me touched on the desirability of keepin a record of the value of the Imports and Exports of the Colony. I have made inquiries on the poin and with regard to Singapore-a free Port, like Hongkong, but with an Import and Export Office-l find that in consequence of the rapidity with which vessels arrive and leave the Colony, there is gre difficulty in keeping correct records. Vessels have to leave before there is time to deposit proper cop of the manifests, and after the vessels have left, Firms from pressure of work, frequently delay t sending in their cargo lists until much valuable time has been lost, and confusion must necessari often creep into the records.

　　　into the records. To establish such an Office here would require an addition to the Stat and increased accommodation in the building.

11. Correct trade statistics are a matter of much importance in a Colony like Hongkong, and i venture to suggest that, should the Government deem it of sufficient consequence to establish an Imp and Export Office, much valuable information on the subject could be obtained either from t Un-official Members of the Legislative Council, or from the Chamber of Commerce.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20TH APRIL, 1878.

JUNK TRADE.

151

　　　　　12. This trade, ever a fluctuating one, has kept up its character as such in 1877. In the month of January there was an increase; in February a sudden decrease took place, and little difference was observed until June when there was an increase, and this increase has continued until the end of the year.

　　　　　13. The number of documents issued from this Office, in February was nearly the lowest number issued during the eleven years that Ordinance No. 6 of 1866 has been in force, and in October the maximum for the same period was reached.

　　　　　14. The whole trade in Junks arriving from Ports outside the Colony amounted last year to 26,500 vessels and 1,798,788 tons, being 1,186 vessels and 71,332 tons in excess of the arrivals in 1876. In view of the much greater facilities offered by the conveyance of goods and passengers in vessels propelled by steam it is surprising to find the trade in native bottoms on the increase. I attribute some of the apparent increase to the having constituted Yau-m? T? in British Kowloon an Outstation. It was inconvenient to send rowing boats across the harbour to board every Junk arriving at Yau-m? T?, and it would have been hard, seeing the important station that place has become, to compel Junk Masters anchored off Yau-m? T?, to come over to Victoria to report. With the increased facilities given to Junk Masters for reporting, more correct records of the arrivals and departures are kept.

　　　　　15. The all important subject of the so-called blockade of the Colony by vessels belonging to the Chinese Government is a matter that I approach with great delicacy. It was the general opinion, and I shared in that view, that the blockade would have a tendency to check the trade and consequent prosperity of the Colony; but, in the face of the figures which these returns exhibit, and which are calculated year by year with much care, I am unable any longer to see that the effect of the blockade has been so detrimental as it was thought it would be. Grievances which at one time were continually cropping up have, in great measure, ceased; and the honest trader does not now seem to be interfered with more than is necessary to protect the Chinese revenue.

16. The Junk trade was at its minimum in 1867 and 1869. It then steadily increased until 1872, after that there was a falling off until 1875, and since the latter year the trade has continued to improve.

17. Reports have reached me of the seizure of small boats carrying salt, but on enquiry it has been found that these vessels have been captured in Chinese Waters while endeavouring to evade the payment of the salt tax. These boats of about 300 piculs (18 tons) leave-Yau-m? T? generally-with a larger number of men than vessels of their size require for purposes of navigation. The men are well armed and prepared to fight their way; and, being such, are a class of persons not deserving of encouragement.

18. The following complaint reached me in December last. The Master of the trading Junk Kwok-tak-wo cleared at this Office in the usual manner, and left the Gunpowder anchorage on the 30th November, laden with 2 cases of Cartridges, 100 cases, and 200 kegs of Gunpowder for conveyance to Macao. The boat was stopped at the Kap-shyi-m?n Pass, and the Master ordered to return to Hongkong where he re-deposited his cargo. On enquiry I ascertained that the Vice-Roy of the Qwang-tung Province had on the 17th November given instructions, that the Authorities at that Pass were not to allow any vessels having Gunpowder and such like articles on board to proceed, unless the Master of the vessel had a document signed by the Governor of the place of shipment, certifying that the Gunpowder was being legally exported. This complaint is under the consideration of His Excellency the Governor.

EMIGRATION.

19. Under this head there has been a decrease of 6,609 Chinese emigrants, chiefly due to the opposition shewn by the State of California to the further introduction of Chinese labour into that State. There is a decrease of 4,472 on the number emigrating to California in 1876.

year.

9,562 Chinese left Hongkong for San Francisco, while 7,130 returned from that place during the

Portland in Oregon has however taken 1,083 Chinese, being an increase of 168 on 1876.

20. The Government of Queensland have passed an Act by which the emigration of Chinese to that Colony has, since May last, virtually ceased. The total number of Chinese leaving for Cooktown from 1875 to 1877 inclusive was 20,960, and the number of Chinese returning during the same period was 6,193, leaving 14,767, less loss from Ordinary casualties.

21. Port Darwin in the Northern territory of South Australia received 97 Chinese during the year, and it is probable that more Chinese will be required, the climate, as in Queensland, being well adapted for the introduction of Chinese labour.

　　　　　　22. There is a decrease of 1,940 Chinese to Manila, as also a decrease of 1,225 Chinese to the Straits Settlements.

23. A Contract has been entered into between the Peruvian Government and Messrs. OLYPHANT & Co. of this place for the introduction of free Chinese labour into Peru; but the question as to, whether

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the emigration shall be of emigrants from China embarking at Hongkong for their destination, or, embarking direct from Chinese Ports, is not yet decided, and the matter is occupying the attention of this and the Imperial Governments.

24. 1,102 Chinese emigrants proceeded to the Sandwich Islands in 1877, being 16 less than the number that left in 1876. A demand has however arisen for a much larger number of Chinese labourers for those Islands. The Government in the view of this demand is instituting enquiries into the condition of the labour laws of the Sandwich Islands, and in the meanwhile emigration to Honolulu is in abeyance.

REGISTRY OF SHIPPING.

　　　25. There are at present 62 vessels registered at this Port, being 4 vessels less than were regis- tered in 1876. 8 Vessels have been added and 12 vessels registers have for various reasons been cancelled.

The amount of fees received under this heading is $321.00.

MARINE MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

26. 195 cases have been tried. None of them were of a serious character.

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EXAMINATIONS FOR THE POSTS OF MASTERS AND MATES, UNDER ORDINANCE No. 17 OF 1860.

27. There were 29 Candidates, of whom 19 obtained Certificates and 10 failed.

　　　28. It will tend greatly to the safety of many of the steam-vessels trading to this place when a Board is constituted for the examination of Engineers. At present, there are several steamers with no one but Chinese engine drivers on board. Men who, if a serious casualty happened at sea, are totally incompetent to make any, but the most trivial repairs.

　　　29. The steam-launch Ordinance provides for the examination of the men who drive licensed steam-launches, and the engines and boilers are subjected to a six monthly inspection, but for a vessel, over the size of an ordinary launch, Engineers of higher qualification than Chinese at present possess are a matter of necessity.

MARINE COURTS, UNDER ORDINANCE No. 11 OF 1860.

30. The following Courts have been held during the year:-

　　　1. On the 6th March, 1877, inquiry as to the loss of the British barque Letty Gales, Official No. 70,131, on the North East side of the Pratas' Shoal in the China Sea. Certificate of Competency returned to the Master.

　　　2. On the 27th March, 1877, inquiry as to the loss of the British ship John O'Gaunt, Official No. 24,201, on a reef on the East side of the Island of Batag, Philippine Islands. The Master's (JOHN PLEASE) Certificate of Competency was suspended for six months.

　　　3. On the 17th April, 1877, inquiry as to the loss of the British barque Naworth Castle, Official No. 58,116, on the Bombay Shoal, Paracels Group, China Sea. The Master, HENRY PHILLIP WEPPENER, was washed overboard and drowned soon after the vessel struck.

　　　4. On the 2nd July, 1877, inquiry as to the stranding of the British Steam-ship Thales, Official No. 52,608, on a rock about 2 miles S. by E. of Cambridge Point, of the Mount Adolphus Islands near North Queensland. Certificate of Competency returned to the Master.

　　　5. On the 23rd October, 1877, inquiry as to the loss of the British barque Merse, Official No. 13,777, on the North West corner of the Pratas Shoal in the China Sea. Certificate of Competency returned, to the Master.

　　　6. On the 29th November, 1877, inquiry as to the loss of the British barque Queensberry, Official No. 16,928, on a reef lying off the South West Coast of the Island of Palawan in the China Sea. Certificate of Competency returned to the Master.

SEAMEN.

31. 7,358 Seamen have been shipped and 7,728 seamen have been discharged at the Shipping Office of this Department. Of the difference, 370, most of the men have left the Colony without being regularly shipped.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

The Honourable J. GARDINER AUSTIN, C.M.G.,

&c.,

Colonial Secretary,

&c.,

&c.

H. G. THOMEETT, R.N., Harbour Master, &c.

I-NUMBER, TONNAGE, and CREWS of Vessels ENTERED at Ports in the Colony of Hongkong from each Country, in the Year 1877.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20?H APRIL, 1878.

153

H. G. THOMSETT, R.N.,

Harbour Master, &c.

BRITISH.

FOREIGN.

TOTAL.

COUNTRIES WHENCE ARRIVED.

WITH CARGOES.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

WITH CARGOES.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

WITH CARGOES.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Vessels.

Australia and New Zealand,.

Celebes,

Coast of China and Formosa,

Cochin China,.

Continent of Europe,

Great Britain,

India and Singapore,

902

203

Tons. Crews. Vessels. 79 58,258 2,102 2

950,909 39,719 149,083 6,180

4,600

103

147

172,087 4,808

130,876 6,005||

Japan,

Java and other Islands in the Indian Archi-

55,635 2,870

206 56 2,486 80 2,191 76

neloco,

donia,

e Islands,.

wich Islands,

.D.

384 14

Tons. Crews. Vessels. ! Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons. rews. Vessels. 1,782 72 60,040 2,174 37 22,433 564 601 221

18,863 645 203 149,083 6,180| 86 55,020 1,764 927 969,772 40,364 17,336 1,364,285 227,893|| 8,328 4,600 103 47 149 172,293 4,864| 47 83 133,362 6,085] 11 57,826 2,946]

384

Tons. Crews. Vessels.

Tons.

Crews. Vessels.

601

505,331 86,175 25,664 1,869,616 314,068 18,238 2,315,194 267,612 8,353

670

14 87

55,690 1,778)

289 204,103 7,944

Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels. 22,433 564 116 80,691 2,666|| 2 1,782 72 118

6011

21 524,194 86,820 26,591 2,839,388 354,432 670 290

14)

Tons. Crews.

82,473 2,738

601

204,773 7,958

76,716 3,704|

76,716 3,704| 54

81,316 3,807||

81,316 3,807

49,154 1,048

49,154 1,048|

194 221,241 5,856

206,

561

196 221,447 5,912

6,327

306

884

7,211 333

137,203 6,311|

3,370

107

140,573 6,418

36:

34,823 2,543

36]

34,823 2,543 77

90,458 5,413

2,191

81j

92,649 5,489

1,365| 43

1,365 43]

1,749 57

466 217,160 17,424||

187

467 217,347 17,435

1,000

142,674 25,419

182

16,292

10,282 845

694

· 19

10,282

694

845

17,311 1,485

2,407 1,182 530 15 2,600 86

158,966|27,826). 1,466

359,834 42,843||

183

16,479 2,418 1,649

376,313 45,261

530

19,911 1,571

...

530

27,593 2,330

2,600

30,193 2,416

2,285

...

3 2,285 50

2,285 50

694

2,979

47,024 1,972]

47,024 1,972| 85

outh America,

United States of America,..

27,851 1,399||

TOTAL,.

2,038 1,824,149 83,441

26,409

27,851 1,399] 26 959 2,075 1,850,558 84,400 18,776

41,021 2,011 665 22 52,126 1,958

851

41,021 2,011}

156

88,045 3,983

156

88,045 3,983

665

...

872

52,998 1,974

665 22 79,977 3,357

665] 22

872

80,849 3,373

866,806 268,832 8,518 527,179 88,743 27,294 2,393,985 357,572 20,814 3,690,955 352,2788,555 553,588 89,699, 29,3694,244,548 441,972

II.-NUMBER, TONNAGE, and CREWS Vessels CLEARED at Ports in the Colony of Hongkong for each Country, in the Year 1877.

154

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BRITISH.

FOREIGN.

TOTAL.

COUNTRIES TO WHICH DEPARTED.

WITH CARGOES.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

WIT I CARGOES.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

WITH CARGOES.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Vessels.

Tons. Crews. Vessels.

Australia and New Zealand,.

27,866 1,642]

British Columbia,

595

Tons. Crews. Vessels.

1,506 38 1,457 42

Tons. Crews. Vessels.

Tons.

Crews. Vessels.

29,372 1,680||

2,052

Cape of Good Hope,

210

101

210

3,334

...

157

***

2,575 42

Tons.

3,334] 157

2,575

Crews. Vessels.

Tons.

Crews. Vessels.

Tons. Crews.

31,200 1,799)

595

1,506)

4,032

43]

32,706 1,837

4,627

101

210

10]

2101

...

Celebes,

220

2201

220]

...

Coast of China and Formosa,

917 1,001,331 41,365

104

Cochin China,.

53,700 2,692?

62]

60!

32]

62,834 2,217 1,021 1,064,165 43,582 18,082 1 464,666 238,506 7,151 395,711 73,006 25,233 1,860,377 311,512 18,999 2,465,997 279,871 7,255 52,247, 2,069 159 105,947 4,761 31,480 1,187||

22,461

710

53,891 1,897

157

Continent of Europe,..

1,255

32]

2 1,255 32

63,076 3,262

85.130 3,879] 64,331 3,294}

94]

458,545 75,223 26,254 2,924,542 355,094 74,708 2,779

251 159,838 6,658

...

64,331 3,294

Great Britain,....

66,505 2,279

7 4,634

131

4,634

131

71,139 2,410

India and Singapore,

83 122,598 5,369,

5,221

175

88 127,819 5,544|

9,361 334

2,190

11,551

392

981

131,959 5,703}

7,411

233

108

139,370] 5,936

Japan,

75,173 3,840

8,346

227

Java & other Islands in the Indian Archipelago,

500

3,091

Macao,

469 219,443 17,503]

384 14!

North Pacific,

4,221|

142

83,519 4,067

3,591 470 219,827 17,517 4,221

31,336

2,471

3,904

35,240 2,555

106,509 6,311

12,250

811

118,759 6,622

101

2,8001

2,843

11|

5,643

161

3,300

106

5,934

156

16)

9.234 262

1,044

142,824 25,649)

73 5,953

882 1,117 148,777 26,531 1,513

362,267 43,152|

6.337

896

1,587

368,604 44,048

142

10,155

217

10,155 217

14,376

359

19]

14,376

359

Pellew Islands,

121

Philippine Islands,.

12,348 1,003

291 23,779

678

36,127 1,681]

331

9,619

979

27,039

614

36,658 1,593

21,967 1,982]

50,818 1,292

128

72,785 3,274

Russia in Asia,

219

480

699

Sandwich Islands,

...

2,568

46!

2,568

461

2.568

Siam,

25,728 1,075

South America,

South Pacific,

United States of America,.

TOTAL,.....

30,

37,337 1,643

1,806|1,645,753 78,524

945

10,639 3301 54 2 2,460 42j

5 3,806 94

36,367 1,405|

3,405 72

41,143 1,737 43

10,782

734

17,126

769

27,908 1,503||

36,510 1,809]

27,765 1,099

111

2,568 46 64.275) 2,908

2,458

666

735 26

66,840 2,194,

1,999

68,839 2,234

3,408

69 71 104,177 3,837

112

2,460]

5,863

154

666

735

5,805

134

78 109,982 3,971

249 179,991 6,155 2,055 1,825,744 84,679| 19,390|1,846,497 275,868 7,362

492,743' 76,524' 26,752)2,339,240) 352,392|21,196 3,492,250] 354,892′ 7,611

672,734| 82,679) 28,807|4,164,984 437,071

H. G. THOMSETT, R.N., Harbour Master, &c.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20TH APRIL, 1878.

155

III.-NUMBER, TONNAGE, and CREWS of Vessels of each Nation ENTERED at the Port of Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, in the Year 1877.

ENTERED.

NATIONALITY OF VESSELS.

WITH CARGOES.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Vessels.

Tons.

Crews.

Vessels.

Tons.

Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews.

American,

British,

2,038

103,918 1,824,149

3,022

7,037

161

102

83,441

26,409

959

Chinese,

67.417

3,456

2,075

2,075 167,417

110,955 3,183 1,850,558

84,400

3,456

Chinese Junks,..

18,023 | 1,292,731 243,092

8,477

506,057

88,047

26,500

1,798,789 331,139

Danish,

18,300

572

256

18,555

583

Dutch,

8,664

247

526

9,190

270

French,.

133

175,483

9,682

254

131

175,737

9,692

German,

284

143,096

5,043

9,231

313

302

152,327

5,356

313

Hawaiian,

313

Italian,

2,718

1,160

3,878

173

Nicaraguan,

173

Norwegian,

1,671

786

2,457

Portuguese,

1,033

Russian,

5,618

117

5,618

117

Siamese,

?25,439

1,634

Spanish,

19.915

1,804

Swedish,

317

QTT

1,308

257

288

26,747

1,709

20,172

1,842

307

624

TOTAL, 20,814 3,690,955 352,273

8,555

553,588 | 89,699

| 89,699 29,369 4,244,543 441,972

H. G. THOMSETT, R.N., Harbour Master, &c.

IV.-NUMBER, TONNAGE, and CREWS of Vessels of each Nation CLEARED at Ports in the Colony of Hongkong,

in the Year 1877.

CLEARED.

NATIONALITY

WITH CARGOES.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

OF VESSELS.

Vessels.

Tons.

Crews. Vessels.

American,

British,.

Chinese,

53 1,806 79

72,312 1,645,753

2,285 78,524

249

66,547 3,486

Chinese Junks,

18,895

1,416,200 |254,485

7,080

Tons.

32,957 179,991 870 342,643

Crews. Vessels.

Tons. Crews.

670 6,155

95 2,055

105,269

2,955

1,825,744 | 84,679

67,417

3,531

71,888

25,975

1,758,843 326,373

Danish,

5,703

221

13.114

376

18,817

597

Dutch,

French,

German,

6,155

181

4,728

148

10,883

329

.......

107

165,060

9,304

9,743

314

130

174,803

9,618

149

80,258

3,110

149

65,199

2,130

298

145,457

5,240

2,718

Italian,

Nicaraguan,

173

...

Norwegian,

786

1,671

2,457

Portuguese,

1,033

396

1,429

Russian,

830

4,495

5,325

118

Siamese,

14,918

1,075

11,490

589

26,408

1,664

Spanish,

16,179

1,613

2,105

152

18,284

1,765

Swedish,

343

614

957

TOTAL, 21,196 3,492,250 354,392

7,611

672,734

82,679

28,807 4,164,984 437,071

H. G. THOMSETT, R.N., Harbour Master, &c.

V. TOTAL NUMBER, TONNAGE, AND CREWS OF VESSELS ENTERED AT EACH. PORT IN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG, IN THE YEAR 1877.

BRITISH.

FOREIGN.

TOTAL.

NAMES

WITH CARGOES.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

WITH CARGOES.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

WITH CARGOES.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

OF PORTS.

Vls. Tons. Crews. Vls.

Tons. Crews. Vls. Tons. Crews.

Vls.

Tons. Crews. Vls.

Aberdeen, Shau-ki W?ng..

608

435

737

949

Stanley,

152

Victoria,

Yau-ma Ti,.

Total,

2,038 1,824,149 83,441

26,409

957

2,038 1,824,149 83,441

26,409

Tons. Crews. Vls.

30,301| 7,968] 51,943 13,985) 608 30,301 7,968

30,720| 6,626| 88,455 16,043) 737 30,720 6,626

12,026 2,124 141 10,578 1,811| 22,604 3,935| 152 12,026 2,124 959 2,075 1,850,558 84,400 16,322 1,713,66739,154 4,678 275,446 45,948 21,000 1,989,113 285,102 18,360 3,537,816 322,595 80,092 12,960 2,315 161,778 25,547 3,272 241,870 38,507| 957 80,092 12,960 959 | 2,075 1,850,558 84,400 18,776 1,866,806 268,852 8,518 527,179 88,740 27,294 2,393,985, 357,572 20,8143,690,955 352,273 8,555

Tons. Crews. Vis.

Tons. Crews. Vls.

Tons.

Crews.

21,642 6,017 1,043 57,735 9,417 1,686

293

435

949

141

4,715

2,315

21,642 6,017| 1,043| 57,735 9,417| 1,686| 10,578 1,811| 293 301,855 46,907 23,075 3,839,671 369,502 161,778 25,547 3,272 241,870 38,507

51,943 13,985

88,455 16,043

22,604 3,935

553,588 89,699 29,369 4,244,543 441,972 H. G. THOMSETT, R.N., Harbour Master, &c.

VI.-TOTAL NUMBER, TONNAGE, AND CREWS OF VESSELS CLEARED AT EACH PORT IN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG, IN THE YEAR 1877.

BRITISH.

FOREIGN.

TOTAL.

NAMES

WITH CARGOES.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

WITH CARGC

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

WITH CARGOES.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

OF PORTS.

Vls. Tons. Crews. Vls. Tons. Crews. Vls. Tons. Crews.

Vis.

Tons. Crews. Vls.

Aberdeen, Shau-ki W?ng

Stanley,.

Victoria,

Yau-ma Ti..

Total,

...

8,940 1,724 864 53,296 10,010| 7321 8,828 1,300| 196 1,806 1,645,753 78,524 249 179,991 6,155 2,055 1,825,744 84,679 16,884 1,670,233248.941 3,724 1,332 105,200 13,893 1,846 1,806 1,645,753 78,524 249 | 179,991 | 6,155 2,055 1,825,744 84,679 19,390 1,846,497 275,868 7,362

148

931

Tons. Crews. Vis. 41,609 11,880| 1,012| 50,549 13,604 33,945 7,758 1,663 87,241 17,768 13,770 2,594| 291 22,598 3,894}

...

Tons. Crews. Vls.

8,940 1,724 53,296 10,010| 8,828 1,300| 286,358 31,887 20,608 1,956,591 280,828 18,690 3,315,986 327,465 117,06122,405 3,178 222,261 36,298 1,332 105,200 13,893

148

931

8641

732

196

3,973

1,846

Tons. Crews. Vls.

41,609 11,880 1,012 33,945 7,758 1,663 87,241 17,768 13,770 2,594 291 22,598 3,894 466,349 38,042 22,663 3,782,335 865,507 117,061 22,405 3,178 222,261 36,298

Tons. Crews,

50,549 13,604

492,743 76,524 26,752 2,339,240 352,392 21,196 3,492,250) 354,392

7,611

672,734 82,679 28,807|4,164,984 187,071

H. G. THOMSETT, R.N., Harbour Master, &c.

156

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20?? APRIL, 1878.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20TH APRIL, 1878.

VII.-Total Number, Tonnage, Crews and Passengers of Junks ENTERED from M?cao, during the Year ending 31st December, 1877.

157

CARGO.

BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Vessels.

Tons. Crews.

Passen- gers.

Vessels.

Tons. Crews.

Passen-

gers.

Vessels.

Tons. Crews.

Passen-

gers.

Victoria,

999 142,272 25,405 4,655 180

15,766 2,384

188

1,179

158,038 27,789

4,843

Total,... 999 142,272 25,405 4,655

180

15,766 2,384

188

1,179

158,038 27,789 4,843

H. G. THOMSETT, R.N.,

Harbour Master, &c.

VIII-Total Number, Tonnage, Crews and Passengers of Junks CLEARED for Macao, during the Year

ending 31st December, 1877.

CARGO.

BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Vessels.

Tons. Crews.

Passen- gers.

Vessels. Tons. Crews.

Passen-

gers.

Vessels.

Tons. Crews.

Passen-

gers.

Victoria,.

1,044

142,824 25,649 4,964

4,888

851

261

1,114

147,712 26,500 5,225

Total,... 1,044 142,824 25,649

4,964

4,888

851

261

1,114

147,712 26,500 5,225

H. G. THOMSETT, R.N.,

Harbour Master, §c.

IX.—Total Number, Tonnage, Crews and Passengers of Junks ENTERED at each Port in the Colony of Hongkong,

from Ports on the Coast af China and Formosa, during the Year ending 31st December, 1877.

CARGO.

BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Vessels.

Tons. Crews.

Passen-

gers.

Vessels. Tous.

Passen- Crews.

Passen-

Vessels.

Tons.

Crews.

gers.

Aberdeen.. Shau-ki W?n

608

30.301 7,968

189

435

21,642 6,017

737

30,720 6,626

451

949

57,735 9,417

48 147

Stanley,

152

12,026 2,124

141

10,578 1,811

Victoria..

Yau-ma Ti,

14,570 997,320 188,009 | 121,928

957 80,092 12,960

4,457

140

2,315

238,558 42,871 161,778 25,547

27,214

Total,... 17,024

1,150,459 217,687 122,734

8.297

490,291

85,663 27,414

1,043 1,686 293 19,027 3,272

25,321

51,943 13,985

237

88,455 16,043

598

22,604 3,935

1,235,878 230,880 | 149,142

241,870 38,507

145

1,640,750 303,350 | 150,148

H. G. THOMSETT, R.N.,

Harbour Master, &c.

X.—Total Number, Tonnage, Crews and Passengers of Junks CLEARED at each Port in the Colony of Hongkong, for Ports on the Coast of China and Formosa, during the Year ending 31st December, 1877.

CARGO.

BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Vessels.

Tons. Crews.

Passen- gers.

Vessels.

Tons. Crews.

Passen-

gers.

Vessels.

Tons.

Crews.

Passen- gers.

Aberdeen,. Shau-kiW?n,

148 931

1,724 10,010

Stanley,........ 95 Victoria, Yau-ma Ti,

15,345

1,332

8,940

　　　45 53,296

418 8,828 1,300

29 .196 1,097,112 201,909 | 128,264 3,372

105.200 13,893 141

864

41,609 11,880

175

1 012

50,549 13,604

220

732

33,945 7,758

150

13,770 2,594

1,846

131,370 26,400 117,061 22,405

15,215

1,663 291 18,717 3,178

87,241 17,768 22,598 1,228,482 228,309 143,479

568

3,894

222,261 36,298

146

Total,... 17,851 1,273,376228,836 128,897 7,010

337,755 71,037

15,547

24,861 1,611,131 299,873 144,414

H. G. THOMSETT, R、N.,

Harbour Master, §e.

咖

158

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20TH APRIL, 1878.

XI.—Gross Total Number, Tonnage, Crews, and Passengers of Junks ENTERED at each Port in the Colony of Hongkong, (exclusive of Local Trade), during the Year ending 31st December, 1877.

CARGO.

BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Vessels.

Tons.

Crews.

Passen- gers.

Vessels.

Tons.

Crews.

Passen- gers.

Passen-

Vessels.

Tons.

Crews.

gers.

Aberdeen,.....

608

30,301

7,968

189

435

21,642

6,017

Shau-ki Wan,

737

30,720

6,626

451

949

57,735

9,417

48 1,043 147 1,686

51,943 13,985

237

Stanley,

152

12,026

2,124

141

10,578

1,811

293

88,455 16,043 22,604

598

3,935

Victoria,

15,569

1,139,592 213,414 126,583

4,637

254,324 45,255

27,402

20,206

1,393,916258,669 | 153,985

Yau-ma Ti,..

957

Total,... 18,023

80,092

1,292,731 243,092 127,389

12,960

140

2,315

161,778 25,547

3,272

241,870 38,507

145

8,477

506,057 88,047

27,602

26,500 1,798,788 331,139 154,991

H. G. THOMSETT, R.N.,

Harbour Master, &c.

XII.-Gross Total Number, Tonnage, Crews, and Passengers of Junks CLEARED at each Port in the Colony of Hongkong, (exclusive of Local Trade), during the Year ending 31st December, 1877.

CARGO.

BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Vessels.

Tons. Crews.

Passen- gers.

Tons. Vessels.

Crews.

Passen- gers.

Passen-

Vessels.

Tons.

Crews.

gers.

Aberdeen,

148

8,940

1,724

864

41,609

11,880

175

1,012

50,549

13 604

220

Shau-ki W?n,

931

53,296

10,010

418

732

33,945

7,758

150

1,663

87,241

17,768

568

Stanley,

8,828

1,300

196

13,770

2,594

291

22,598

3,894

Victoria,

16,389 1,239,936 | 227,558 | 133,228

3,442

136,258

27,251

15,476

19,831

1,376,194 254,809 148,704

Yau-ma Ti,..

1,332

105,200 13,893

141

1,846

117,061

22,405

3,178

222,261 36,298

146

Total,... 18,895 1,416,200 254,485 | 133,861

$7,080

342,643

71,888 15,808

25,975 | 1,758,843 326,373 | 149,669

H. G. THOMSETT, R.N.,

Harbour Master, &c.

XIII.—Return of Junks (Local Trade) ENTERED at the Port of Victoria from the Out-stations of the Island and the Villages in British Kowloon, during the Year ending 31st December, 1877.

CARGO.

BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Vessels.

Tons.

Crews.

Passen- gers.

Vessels.

Tons. Crews.

Passen-

gers.

Vessels.

Tons. Crews.

Passen- gers.

Victoria,

3,050

103,988

36,302 6,853

1,835

37,394

11,950 13,307

4,885 141,382 49,609 18,803

Total,...

3,050

103,988 36,302

6,853

1,835 37,394

13,307

11,950

4,885

141,382 49,609 18,803

H. G. THOMSETT, R.N.,

Harbour Master, &c.

XIV.—Return of Junks (Local Trade) CLEARED from the Port of Victoria for the Out-stations of the Island and the Villages in British Kowloon, during the Year ending 31st December, 1877.

CARGO.

BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Vessels. Tons.

Crews.

Passen- gers.

Vessels.

Tons.

Crews.

Passen-

gers.

Tons. Vessels.

Crews.

Passen-

gers.

Victoria,

2,310

59,175 | 22,689

12,302

2,580

84,264

25,724 6,554 4,890

143,439 48,413 18,856

Total,...

2,310

59,175 22,689

12,302

2,580

25,724 84,264

6,554 4,890

143,459 48,413 18,856

H. G. THOMSETT, R.N..

Harbour Master, &c.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20TH APRIL, 1878.

GOVERN

159

XV.-SUMMARY.

FOREIGN TRADE.

No. OF VESSELS.

TONS.

CREWS.

British Vessels entered with Cargoes,

2,038

1,824,149

83,441

Do.

do.

in Ballast,

26,409

959

Total,.

2,075

1,850,558

84,400

British Vessels cleared with Cargoes,

1,806

1,645,753

78,524

Do.

do. in Ballast,

249

179,991

6,155

Total,.

2,055

1,825,744

84,679

Total of all British Vessels entered and cleared,.

4,130

3,676,302

169,079

Foreign Vessels entered with Cargoes,.

18,776

1,866,806

268,832

Do.

do. in Ballast,

8,518

527,179

88,740

Total,..

27,294

2,393,985

357,572

Foreign Vessels cleared with Cargoes,.

19,390

1,846,497

275,868

Do.

do. in Ballast,

7,362

492,743

76,524

Total,.

26,752

2,339,240

352,392

Total of all Foreign Vessels entered and cleared,

54,046

4,733,225

709,964

Total of all Vessels entered with Cargoes,

Do.

20,814

3,690,955

352,273

do.

in Ballast,

8,555

553,588

89,699

Total of all Vessels entered,.

29,369

4,244,543

441,972

Total of all Vessels cleared with Cargoes,

21,196

3,492,250

354,392

Do.

do.

in Ballast,

Total of all Vessels cleared,

7,611

672,734

82,679

28,807

4,164,984

437,071

Do.

do.

in Ballast,

Total of all Vessels entered and cleared with Cargoes,...

Total of all Vessels engaged in Foreign Trade only, entered and cleared...

42,010 7,183,205

706,565

16,166 1,226,322

172,378

58,176

8,409,527

878.943

LOCAL TRADE.

Total of Vessels entered,

Do.

4,885

141,382

49,609

cleared,

4,890

143,439

48,413

Total of all Vessels engaged in Local Trade only, entered and cleared,..

9,775

184,821

98,022

do.

Total of all Vessels engaged in Foreign Trade only, entered and cleared,.

Do.

in Local Trade only,

Grand Total of all Vessels entered and cleared,.

58,176

8,409,527

878,943

do.,

9,775

184,821

98,022

67,951

8,594,348

978,965

SUMMARY OF ALL CHINESE PASSENGERS.

NAMES OF PLACES.

From Ports other than in China or Japan,

48,746

Do.

in China and Japan,

Do.

in Macao,.

Do.

in Villages of the Colony,

541,678

59,628

18,803

Total Arrivals,.

668,855

Left for Ports other than in China or Japan,.

39,741

Do.

in China and Japan,......

Do.

in Macao,

Do.

in Villages of the Colony,

545,501

56,551

18,856

Total Departures,.

660,649

Excess of Arrivals of Chinese over Departures,

Grand Total of Arrivals and Departures,

8,206

1,329,504

}

H. G. THOMSETT, R.N., Harbour Master, &c..

160

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20? APRIL, 1878.

XVI. RETURN of VESSELS REGISTERED at the Port of Hongkong, during the Year 1877.

NAME OF VESSEL.

OFFICIAL REGISTERED HORSE

No. TONNAGE. POWER.

RIG.

BUILT

OF.

WHERE BUILT

AND WHEN.

REMARKS, &c.

[Wood

Fei Loong, str.,

73,436

46.78

Schooner

Iron &

Hongkong, 1876.

Han Yang, str.,

64,115

404.46

Schooner

Iron

Shanghai, 1871.

Kinshan, str.,

50,652

1,381.26

150

None

Wood

New York, 1863,

Waterwitch,

50,656

279.00

Barque

Wood

Albay, str.,..

63,841

966.00

Schooner Iron

W. Cores de Vries, str.,

71,561

330.06

Rover,

73,437

19.59

W. Cores de Vries, str.,

71,561

478.17

Schooner Iron Lorcha Wood Schooner Iron

Calcutta, 1855. Glasgow, 1871.

Fyenoord, Rotterdam, 1865. Hongkong, 1877. Fyenoord, Rotterdam, 1865.

[1877. Registered anew at Hongkong, Sold to Foreigner, 1877.

H. G. THOMSETT, R.N., Registrar of Shipping, &c.

NAME

OFFI-

CIAL

VESSEL.

No.

REGIS-

TERED TON-

NAGE.

DATE

HORSE POWER.

RIG.

BUILT

OF.

REGISTRY.

XVII.—RETURN of REGISTRIES of VESSELS CANCELLED at the Port of Hongkong, during the Year 1877.

WHERE BUILT

AND

WHEN.

REASON

CANCELLATION.

Waterwitch,

Kinshan, str.,..

50,656 279.00 1866 50,652 544.79 1867

150

Charley,

64,089

359.62

1871

Barque Wood None

Wood Barque Wood

Calcutta, 1855.

New York, 1863.

Colombo,

47,664

384.48

1872

Barque

Wood

Sunderland, 1863.

[1864.

Fi Wan, str.,

41,236

89.23 1872

None

Iron

Hongkong, 1862.

Forward,.....

64,094

744.87

1872

Barque

Wood

Blue Bell, str.,

???

64,098

27.42

1872

None

Wood

Hongkong, 1872.

Ariel,

64,107 358.03

1873

Barque

Wood

Amsterdam, 1858.

Han Yang, str.,.

64,115

261.19

1874

Schooner

Iron

Shanghai, 1871.

Miuatillan,

29,148 219.38

1875

Brig

Wood

Cores de

71,561 330.06

1877

Vries, str.,

Rover,

73,437 19.59

1877

Schooner Iron

Lorcha Wood

Dumbarton, Scotland, 1860. Fyenoord, Rotterdam, 1865. Hongkong, 187.7.

0. Hammilwarden, Bremen,

Delftshaven, Holland, 1859.

Registered anew at II'kong, 1877.

Do.

Transferred to Shanghai, 1877. Transferred to Singapore, 1877. Sold to Foreigner, 1877. Registered anew at Sydney, 1877. Sold to Foreigner, 1877. Do.

Registered anew at H’kong, 1877. Transferred to Shanghai, 1877. Registered anew at H'kong, 1877. Sold to Foreigner, 1877.

H. G. THOMSETT, R.N., Registrar of Shipping, &c.

XVIII. AMOUNT of FEES received under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1855, and Ordinance No. 10 of 1860, in the

Harbour Department, during the Year 1877.

MATTER OR DUTY IN RESPECT OF WHICH

NUMBER.

FEE.

AMOUNT.

REMARKS, &C.

FEE TAKEN.

Alteration of Agreement with Seamen,.

$1.00

$4.00

Certifying Desertions,

116

1.00

116.00

Declaration of Ownership,

1.00

9.00

Endorsement of Change of Master,

1.00

32.00

Granting Certificate of Imperial Registry,

10.00

80.00

Recording Discharge of Mortgage,

5.00

10.00

Recording Mortgage of Ship,..

5.00

Recording Sale of Ship,

5.00

55.00

Registering Certificate of Sale,

5.00

10.00

TOTAL,............. .$

321.00

H. G. THOMSett, r.N., Registrar of Shipping, &c.

THE HONGKONG government GAZETTE, 20TH APRIL, 1878.

XIX.-RETURN of CHINESE PASSENGERS SHIPS Cleared by the Emigration Officer, Hongkong, during the Year ending 31st December, 1877.

161

ADULTS.

CHILDREN.

No.

DATE CLEARED.

SHIP'S NAME.

TONS.

NATIONAL TY OF SHIP

MASTER'S NAME.

WHITHER BOUND.

To- TAL.

REMARKS.

January

2 | Belgic, str.

1,716 British

J. Metcalfe

San Francisco

192

195

Cooktown

461

2345 60 10 00

3 Bowen, str.

844

J. Miller

Sydney

???

487

Esmeralda, str. ....

395

E. Thebaud

Manila

Penedo, str....

652

J. Cain

Straits Settlements

290

101

300

Priam, str.

1,572

S. H. Butler

Do.

203

204

Namoa, str...

Gloucester,

863 526

G. T. Westoby

Do.

153

179

S. Vincent

Dunedin, N.Z.

121

City of Tokio, str.

3,448 American

J. Maury ?

San Francisco

121

123

Cooktown

406

Singapore, str.

964 British

Salvadora, str...

Penguin, str.

615 Spanish 1,123 British

J. H. Peake

D. Hormaechea

Sydney

Melbourne

:::

442

Manila

240

248

W. C. Cowell

Straits Settlements

470

501

Arratoon Apcar, str..

1,392

A. B. Mactavish

Do.

446

493

Danube, str....

561

A. Clanchy

Bangkok

154

Thales, str. .....

820

C. Coles

Cooktown

452

453

Altona, str.

1,179

German

A. M?ller

Straits Settlements

159

168

Diomed, str...

1,241

British

M. H. Jackson

Do.

118

Rajanattianuhar, str.

933

G. T. Hopkins

Bangkok

February 1

Gaelic, str.

1,712

W. H. Kidley

San Francisco

Menelaus, str...

1,559

R. F. Scale

Straits Settlements

120

133

City of Peking, str.

3,448

26 Killarney, str...

1,060

American British

Z. L. Tanner

San Francisco

H. O'Neill

Cooktown

792

Straits Settlements

Cooktown

267

March

1 Brisbane, str..

891

R. Balfour

Cleveland Bay

479

Brisbane

Sydney

Melbourne

****28.

3 Oceanic, str.

2,350

H. Parsell

San Francisco

405

414

?? ? ? ?? ? ???? ???? ????

6 Rajanattianuhar, str.

933

G. T. Hopkins

Pangkok

9 Thales, str.

820

C. Coles

Cooktown

480

483

l'atroclus, str...

1,650

W. Courtenay

Straits Settlements

236

15 Esmeralda, str. .....

395

E. Thebaud

Manila

Edward James......

529 American

J. A. O'Brien

Portland, Oregon

198

202

20 Alaska, str.

2,483

H. Z. Howard

San Francisco

919

925

20 Penguin, str. ......

1,123 British

W. C. Cowell

Straits Settlements

445

486

20 Arratoon Apcar, str.........

1,392

A. B. Mactavish

Do.

455

482

Cooktown

22 Normanby, str.

664

J. A. Reddell

Rockhampton

232

Brisbane

Sydney

Danube, str..

561

??????

A. Clanchy

Bangkok

411

26 Galley of Lorne, str.

1,390

J. McDonald

Cooktown

976

31 Nestor, str.

1,414

J. K. Webster

Straits Settlements

470

494

31 Gunga, str.

798 French

A. Garceau

Bangkok

370

382

37 April

3 Belgic, str.

1,716

British

J. Metcalfe

San Francisco

596

Cooktown

500

3 Bowen, str.

844

J. Miller

Sydney

6 Rajanattianuhar, str.

933

G. T. Hopkins

Bangkok

364

::::

:::::

596

533

376

7 Agamemnon, str..

1,550

J. Wilding

Straits Settlements

244

250

Alden Besse.....

842

Belle of Oregon..

1,168

City of Tokio, str.

3,448

??? ?

American

J. Merriman

J. Maury

C. M. Noyes

Portland, Oregon

325

335

San Francisco

393

422

Do.

1,113

1,114

Garibaldi

670

T. J. Forbes

Portland, Oregon

256

265

Forward

745 British

J. W. Vandeward

Do.

270

281

17 | Argyll, str.

1,271

D. Scott

Straits Settlements

379

399

17 Japan, str.

1,865

H. de Smidt

Do.

400

460

Antenor, str.

1,645

H. Jones

Do.

176

188

25 Danube, str.......

561

A. Clanchy

Bangkok

164

2E88388E A 267?SSB

28 Gadshill, str. .....................

1,240

J. Ranton

Straits Settlements

872

396

May

1 Gaelic, str.

1,712

W. H. Kidley..

San Franci^co

5841

584

Mount Lebanon

530

7 Juan, str. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ·

1,020

Se1

W. Levi

Victoria, Van

8 I.

209

265

Cooktown

711

7 Ulysses, str............

1,561

J. Byrne

Straits Settlements

191

203

7 Rajanattianuhar, str.

933

G. T. Hopkins

Bangkok

198

7 Imbross, str...

1,276

F. Birmington

Straits Settlements

139

140

8 | Esmeralda, str.

395

E. Thebaud

Manila

9 Gunga, str.

798 French

A. Garceau

Cooktown

348

4021

Rurik

Zamboanga, str.......

City of Peking, str.

3,448

Anchises, str. ..

1,304

830 Russian 651 Spanish

American British

J. Bergelund

V. Aranguren

Sydney

Cooktown

San Francisco

307

318

352

Z. L. Tanner

San Francisco

1,042

1,089

C. Butler

Straits Settlements

127

16 | Nelson, str.

895

T. Staples

Cooktown

281

142

281

17 Venice, str......

1,271

P. L. Rhode

Straits Settlements

245 30

280

Arratoon Apcar, str..

1,392

A. B. Mactavish

Do.

202

270

Cleveland Bay

Brisbane

173

22 Brisbane, str.

891

W. Ellis

441

Sydney

153

Melbourne

23 | Adria, str.

781

W. E. Breeze

Bangkok

133

136

W. H. Deitz

487

Oceanic, str...

2,350

American British

J. S. Endicott

San Francisco

211

229

H. Parsell

Do.

830

Deucalion, str.

1,639

R. J. Brown

Straits Settlements

134

June

6 Danube, str. ......................

561

A. Clanchy

Bangkok

:::

830

154

6 Glaucus, str.........

1,648

T. S. Jackson

Straits Settlements

130

Ocean, str...

971

J. C. Jaques

Do.

136

15 Rajanattianuhar, str.

933

G. T. Hopkins

Bangkok

201

D.I

10 Argyll, str...

1,271

D. Scott

16 Japan, str.

1,865

H. de Smidt

18 Alaska, str.

Belgic, str.

23 Dale, str.

Harriet N. Carleton

July

City of Tokio, str.

Golden Horn, str.

3,448 1,024 British

Menelaus, str....

1,559

2,483 American 1,716 British

645

872 American

H. Z. Howard J. Metcalfe J. Thompson G. T. Hackness J. Maury

R. F. Scale

Straits Settlements Do. San Francisco Do. Bangkok

323

CO ON

154

147

201

332

192

251

489

499

237

242

Honolulu

363

San Francisco

127

G. Alton

Straits Settlements

212

Do.

Danube, str...

561

A. Clanchy

Thales, str.

820

C. Coles

Bangkok Straits Settlements

140

...

130

::::

368

137

221

140

141

Arratoon Apcar, str..

1,392

A. B. Mactavish

Do.

313

14 Venice, str.

1,271

P. L. Rhode

Do.

Gaelic, str.

1,712

W. H. Kidley

San Francisco

39 276 31 332

2 356

207

2 355

Achilles, str...

1,550

C. Anderson

Straits Settlements

109

117

Rajanattianuhar, str.

933

G. T. Hopkins.

Bangkok

122

24 Zamboanga, str...

August

Spartan, str.

651 987

City of Peking, str.

3,448

Danube, str.

561

Spanish British American British

V. Aranguren

Straits Settlements

J. Cooper

Do.

G. G. Berry

San Francisco

A. Clanchy

Bangkok

147 11 165 61

1 70

Thales, str.

820

C. Coles

Straits Settlements

14 Bowen, str.

844

J. Miller

Sydney

Melbourne

:::::

::::

160

183

}

Japan, str.

1,865

H. de Smidt

Straits Settlements

146

16 Argyll, str. ...

1,271

D. Scott

Do.

144

153

22 Oceanic, str.........

2,350

H. Parsell

San Francisco

100

30 China, str. .....

101

September 1

Spartan, str..................

2,323 American

987 British

D. I. Friele

Do.

J. Cooper

Straits Settlements

203

235

102

Nestc, str. ......................

1,414

F. W. Freeman

Do.

103

8 Dale, str.

645

J. Thompson

Bangkok

104

Belgic, str.

1,716

J. Metcalfe

San Francisco

1301 41

130

105

Venice, str

1,271

P. L. Rhode

106

Hindostan, str.

991

A. B. Mactavish.

Straits Settlements 192

Do.

180

221

DELO LO

226

238

Carried forward.. 136,057

Carried forward,.... 29,508|

903 350 87 30,848

162

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20TH APRIL, 1878.

RETURN of CHINESE PASSENGERS SHIPS Cleared by the Emigration Officer, Hongkong,—Continued.

ADULTS. CHILDREN To-

No.

DATE CLEARED.

SHIP'S NAME.

TONS.

NATIONA ?ITY

OF SHI

MASTER'S NAME.

WHITHER BUND.

REMARKS.

TAL.

M. F. M. F.

Brought forward..

107 September 15 Danube, str...

136,057 561

British

A. Clanchy

Brought forward,.. 29,508 Bangkok

.903 350

87 30,848

288

292

108

City of Tokio, str.

3,448

American

J. Maury

'San Francisco

109

Esmeralda, str.

395

British

E. Thebaud

Manila

110

Zamboanga, str.

651

Spanish

V. Aranguren

Straits Settlements

-347

:::

2 45

371

111

October

Gaelic, str.

1,712

British

W. H. Kidley

San Francisco

112

Burmese, str.

1,268

J. Luck

-Straits Settlements

321

378

113

4 Pajanattianuhar, str.

933

G. T. Hopkins

Bangkok

444

Straits Settlements

Cooktown

114

8 Brisbane, str.

`891

W. Ellis

Sydney

::::

Melbourne

:::::

115

Java, str.

886

116

Japan, str.

1,865

Dutch British

R. I. Weber

Straits Settlements

185

H. de Smidt

Do.

243

117

???

Argyll, str.

1,271

D. Scott

Do.

369

118

Danube, str..

561

A. Clanchy

Bangkok

403

419

199

City of Peking, str.

3,448

120

Esmeralda, str.

395

American British

Z. L. Tanner E. Thebaud

San Francisco

204

?I C? C? C? C?

203

355

390

411

23 273

Manila

121

Deucalion, str.

1,639

R. J. Brown

Straits Settlements

24 109

122

November 5

Mactan, str....

371

Spanish

A. Erquiaga

Manila

$123

Oceanic, str...................

2,350

British

H. Parsell

San Francisco

114

147

124

Ocean, str.

.971

J. C. Jaques

Straits Settlements

200

297

Sydney

125

Bowen, str.

844

J. Miller

Melbourne

126

Emuy, str.

127

Hindostan, str.

991

222 Spanish

British

F. Blanco

Manila

134

:::

::::

134

A. B. Mactavish

Straits Settlements

128

Venice, str.

1,271

P. L. Rhode

Do.

214

129

Priam, str..................

1,572

S. H. Butler

Do.

130

China, str...

131

Auguste.

132

Danube, str.

2,323 American

869 561 British

G. G. Berry

San Francisco

French

A. Bernard

Honolulu

296

55458

24222

196

264

112

383

A. Clanchy

Bangkok

168

Port Darwin

106

133

Charlton, str.

786

J. Johnson

Cooktown

134

December 1

Diomed, str..

1,241

M. H. F. Jackson

Straits Settlements

220

230

135

Belgic, str.

1,716

L. Meyer

San Francisco

113

151

136

Japan, str.

1,865

H. de Smidt

Straits Settlements

333

415

137

Argyll, str...

1,271

D. Scott

Do.

324

349

138

Harriet N. Carleton

872

139

Emuy, str...

140

Madagascar, str.

141

City of Tokio, str.

3,448

American

222? Spanish 884 German

American

F. Blanco

G. T. Harkness

Honolulu

350

-351

Manila

173

J. Timm

Straits Settlements

524

:::

173

535

J. Maury

San Francisco

124

147

142

Orestes, str...

1,323

British

J. K. Webster

Straits Settlements

'207

217

143

*27

Atalanta, str.

783

German

G. Petersen

Do.

283

333

Cooktown

261

144

27 Ocean, str.

971

British

J. C. Jaques

Sydney

259

Cooktown

145

Normanby, str.

664

W. Ellis

Sydney

Melbourne

146

31 Danube, str.

561

A. Clanchy

Bangkok

204

Total Tons,...... 184,933

Total Passengers,........

37,527 1,543

467

204 39,741

To Bangkok,

Brisbane,

Cleveland Bay and Rockhampton,

Dunedin, New Zealand,

,, Cooktown, Queensland,

Honolulu, Sandwich Islands,

SUMMARY.

....

4,220

308 47

4,253 316

6,125

2 6,165

121

1,009

15 1,102

759

774

140

144

1,049

1 1,083

9,116

192

169

85 9,562

13,516 1,271

141

101 15,029

761

775

....

259

265

37,527 1,543

467

204 39,741

Melbourne,

Manila,

Port Darwin,

San Francisco,

Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.,

Straits Settlements,

Sydney,

....

do.,

Victoria, Vancouver's Island,

....

Total Passengers,..

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

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20TH APRIL, 1878.

XX. RETURN of VESSELS bringing CHINESE PASSENGERS to the Port of Victoria, Hongkong, from Places out of the Chinese Empire, during the Year ending the 31st day of December, 1877.

163

ADULTS.

CHILDREN.

No.

DATE ARRIVED.

SHIP'S NAME.

TONS.

NATIONALITY OF SHIP.

MASTER'S NAME.

WHERE FROM.

TOTAL.

REMARKS.

DIA CONE

1 January 2

Gordon Castle, str.,...

3 Salvadora, str.,...........

2 Diomed, str........

City of Tokio, str.,

Ceylon,

8 Singapore, str.,......

1,312 British 1,241

Jones

Straits Settlements

148

Jackson

255

3,448 American 615 Spanish

Maury

San Francisco

657

Hormaechea

Manila

101

681 American

Kelly

Honolulu, Sandwich Is.

964 British

Peake

Straits Settlements

200

Cooktown

101

8 Garibaldi,

670 American

Forbes

Portland, Oregon

251

9 Arratoon Apcar, str.,

1,392 British

Mactavish

Straits Settlements

140

10 Penguin, str.,

10 Edward James,.

1,123

Cowell

252

20 00

10 10 00

150

260

665

101

3011

256

152

260

11 Danube, str.,...

529 American

561 British

O'Brien

Portland, Oregon

188

Clanchy

Bangkok

15 Menelaus, str.,

1,559

Scale

Straits Settlements

103

16 Gaelic, str.,

16 Esmeralda, str.,

17 Br?mar Castle, str.,.

18 Fran?ois I., str.,

22 Arratoon Apcar, str.,

22 Kajanattianuhar, str.,

22 Achilles, str.,

395 1,713 1,426

Thebaud

Manila

231

Kidley

San Francisco

399

Ayles

Straits Settlements

257

co co

402

260

1,131 French

Le Cachem

Bangkok

959 British 933 1,550

Peters

Hopkins Russell

175

178

Straits Settlements

246

254

25 Gunga, str.,

30 Stentor, str.,

798 French 1,304 British

Garceau

128

130

White

492

499

Esmeralda, str.,

395

Thebaud

Manila

333

24 February

Alden Besse,....

Zambesi, str.,

Benarty, str., ......

City of Peking, str.,...

3 Madagascar, str.,

842 American

1,540 British

1,119

884 German

Noyes

Portland, Oregon

Symons

Straits Settlements

136

137

Potter

127

...

3,448 American

Tanner

San Francisco

426

Timm

Bangkok

3 Galley of Lorne, str.,

1,390 British

McDonald

Straits Settlements

100

...

8 Patroclus, str.,

1,650

Courtenay

390 11

415

8 Cheang-Hock-Kian, s.,

956

Webb

420

430

9 Argyll, str.,

1,271

Scott

158 12

174

9 Cyphrenes, str.,

1,280

Wood

134

135

Hindostan, str.,

991

Gardner

12 Danube, str.,................

561

Clanchy

Bangkok

14 Namoa, str.,

862

Westoby

16 Esmeralda, str.,

395

Thebaud

Manila

19 Oceanic, str......

2,350

Parsell

San Francisco

103

105

20 Cairnsmuir, str.,

22 Zamboanga, str.,

26 Brisbane, str.,......................

1,123

Spowart

Straits Settlements

651 Spanish

Lopez

Manila

891 British

Straits Settlements

130

Balfour

242

Cooktown

111

27 State of Louisiana, str. 28 Salvadora, str.,..............

1,217

Johnston

Straits Settlemencs

615 Spanish

Hormaechea

Manila

...

'77

43 March 3 Mecca, str.,

Penguin, str.,

687 British

Johnson

Cooktown

125

128

1,123

Cowell

Straits Settlements

101

8 Arratoon Apcar, str.,

1,392

Mactavish

184

8 Esmeralda, str.,

395

Thebaud

Manila

100

9 Nestor, str.,

1,414

Webster

Straits Settlements

100

9 Normanby, str.,.............

- 664

Reddell

Cooktown Sydney

2 3

192

...

100

217

14 Glenlyon, str.,

1,373

"Vallace

Str Settlements

828**********

16 Hochung, str.,

850 Chines

Petersen

308

16 Alaska, str.,

2,483 American

Howard

San Francisco

17 Danube, str...................

561 British

Clanchy

Bangkok

17 Huai-Yuen, str.,

762 Chinese

Hutchison

Straits Settlements

433

439

19 Agamemnon, str.,................

1,550 British

Wilding

119

123

19 Loudoun Castle, str.,

1,616

Marshall

130

133

22 Hankow, str.,

2,332

Symington

Sydney

22 Viking, str.,

1,686

Castle

Straits Settlements

23 Salvadora, str.,..........

615 Spanish

Hormaechea

Manila

116

26 Belgic, str.,

1,716 British

Metcalfe

San Francisco

26 Esmeralda, str.,

27 Antenor, str.,

......

27 Khiva, str.,

395 1,644 1,506

Thebaud

Manila

145

Jones

Straits Settlements

199 19

232

Lee

153

28 Bowen, str.,

844

Miller

Cooktown

221

Brisbane

Melbourne

31 Rajanattianuhar, str.,

933

65 April

4 Argyll, str.,

1,271

Hopkins Scott

Bangkok

Straits Settlements

263

276

4 Japan, str.,

1,865

De Smidt

210

230

14 Esmeralda, str.,

14 Salvadora, str.,

19 Anchises, str.,

20 Feronia, str.,....

21 Gaelic, str.,

7 Glaucus, str.,

10 Lombardy, str.,...

10 City of Tokio, str.,

13 Fleurs Castle, str.,

3,448 American 1,622 British

395

615 Spanish 1,304 British 1,085 German 1,713 British

1,647

1,726

Jackson Hall

Maury

San Francisco

144

Thompson

Straits Settlements

224

Thebaud

Manila

150

227

150

Hormaechea

102

Butler

Straits Settlements

360

420

Schultz

151

154

Kidley

San Francisco

120

21 Gleneagles, str.,

1,840

MacBain

Straits Settlements

119

23 Zambesi, str.,

1,542

Symons

25 How-Sang, str.,

27 Deucalion, str.,........

795 Chinese 1,639 British

Lamont

381

393

Brown

250

310

30 Argentino, str.,..............

915

Barnett

81 May

1 Rajanattianuhar, str.,

933

Hopkins

Bangkok

119

121

1 Cheang-Hock-Kian, s.,

1 Esmeralda, str.,

2 City of Peking, str.,...

395

Thebaud

Manila

131

956

Webb

Straits Settlements

314

322

3,448 American

Tanner

San Francisco

161

8 Penguin, str.,

1,122 British

Cowell

Straits Settlements

200

...

8 Ajax, str.,

8 Candia, str.,

8 Arratoon Apcar, str.,

1,549 1,342 1,392

Kidd

118

Dumbreck Mactavish

302

∞ ∞

130

304

334

11 Albay, str.,

260 Spanish

Lopez

14 Scindia, str.,

1,423 British

Langley

Manila Straits Settlements

17 Huai-Yuen, str.,

762 Chinese

Hutchison

504

514

18 Brisbane, str.,

891 British

156)

Ellis

279

Cooktown

123

18 Oceanic, str..................................

2,350

Parsell

San Francisco

144

149

Carried forward,...

115,521

Carried forward,............................

16,056 318

42 16,513

164

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20TH APRIL, 1878.

RETURN of VESSELS bringing CHINESE PASSENGERS to the Port of Victoria, Hongkong,—( Continued).

ADULTS. CHILDREN.

No.

DATE ARRIVED.

SHIP'S NAME.

TONS.

NAT NALITY OF SHIP.

MASTER'S NAME.

WHERE FROM.

TOTAL.

REMARKS.

M. F. M. F.

Brought forward,... 115,521]

94 May

22 Esmeralda, str.,

395 British

Thebaud

Brought forward, 16,056 318 Manila

16,513

200

...

22 Danube, str............................

561

Clanchy

Bangkok

111

112

22 Kashgar, str.,

1,514

Baker

Straits Settlements

130

...

26 | Elgin, str.,

900

Miller

288

295

Cooktown

195

29 Bowen, str.,

844

Miller

Sydney

30 Galley of Lorne, str.,

1,390

McDonald

Cooktown

100

:::

290

100

31 Priam, str.,

1,573

Butler

Straits Settlements

210

260

...

101 June

2 Gordon Castle, str.,

1,312

Thomas

292

300

102

4 Emuy, str.,

222 Spanish

Blanco

Manila

103

5 Argyll, str.,

1.271 British

Scott

Straits Settlements

226

240

104

5 Japan, str,,

1,865

De Smidt

275

295

105

6 Rajanattianuhar, str.,

933

Hopkins

Bangkok

141

...

106

9 Esmeralda, str.,

395

Thebaud

Manila

345

347

107

Java, str..

108

Alaska, str.,

109

12 Holyrood, str.,

886 Dutch

2,483 American

333 British

Weber

Bangkok

Howard

San Francisco

131

Vicar

Manila

164

;8:

151

164

110

Dale, str.,

645

Thompson

Bangkok

621

111

15 Nankin, str.,

1,830

Brace

Straits Settlements

201

205

112

16 Cathay, str.,...

1,884

Dundas

591

113

16 Belgic, str.,

1,716

Metcalfe

San Francisco

130

114

20 Menelaus, str.,

1,559

Scale

Straits Settlements

221

115

20 Altona, str., ..............

1,179 German

M?ller

168

116

21 Amboto, str.,..

973 British

Brown

117

22 Cheang-Hock-Kian, s.,

956

Webb

526

22212

134

233

170

528

118

23 Adria, str.,

781

Breeze

Bangkok

119

23 Carisbrooke, str.,

960

Wharton

Straits Settlements

530

550

120

City of Tokio, str.,

3,448 American

Maury

San Francisco

134

138

121

122

123 July

Pekin, str.,

2,098 British

Woolcott

Straits Settlements

Mikado, str................

1,993

Barclay

230

233

...

2 Achilles, str.,

1,550

Anderson

200 15

215

124

3 Danube, str.,..

561

125

3 Venice, str.,

1,271

Clanchy Rhode

Bangkok

203 2

205

...

Straits Settlements

195

223

***

126

4 Arratoon Apcar, str.,

1,392

Mactavish

135

155

127

7 Pearl, str.,....................

706

Munk

258

269

128

9 Lorne, str.,

1,035

McCulloch

100

129

11 Gaelic, str.,

1,713

Kidley

San Francisco

126

133

130

13 Rajanattianuhar, str,.

933

131

14 Mirzapore, str.......

2,090

Hopkins Parish

Bangkok

194

213

Straits Settlements

132

16 Patroclus, str.,

1,650

Courtenay

550

603

133

18 Zamboanga, str.,

134

20 City of Peking, str.,.......

135

23 Dale, str.,

136

23 Mariveles, str.,

137

24 Glenroy, str.,

138

25 Rapid,

139

28 Atholl, str.,

652 Spanish

645 British

202 Spanish

1,370 British

429 Siamese 923 British

Aranguren

Cooktown

400

400]

3,448 American

Berry

San Francisco

172

180

Thompson

Bangkok

Munoz

Manila

216

????

221

Donaldson

Straits Settlements

155

165

Hunte

Bangkok

Thomson

Straits Settlements

140

28 Hindostan, str.,

141

29 Esmeralda, str.,

1,747 395

Roskell

Thebaud

Manila

256

142

29 Golden Horn, str.,

1,023

143

29 Nelson, str.,

894

Alton Staples

Straits Settlements

268

292

Cooktown

123

144

29 Chean-Hock-Kian, s.,

955

145

29 Crist

A. P...

173 Nicaraguan

146

Stentor, str.,

1,304 British

Webb Capra

Straits Set?

Callao

+ler

632

673

Strai

207

....

217

147 August 8

148

Danube, str.,................

561

Argyll, str.,

1,271

Clanchy Scott

Bangkok

Straits Settlements

523

550

149

Japan, str.,

1,865

De Smidt

200

250

150

9 Bowen, str.,

844

Miller

Cooktown

151

9 Thales, str.,

820

Coles

Straits Settlements

261

272

152

? 10 Oceanie, str.,......................

2,350

Parsell

San Francisco

155

153

11 Peshawur, str.,..........................

2,103

White

?Straits Settlements

...

154

11 Carisbrooke, str.,

960

Wharton

851

3601

155

15 Nestor, str.,

1,414

Freeman

268

284

156

157

158

159

25 Belgic, str.,

160

16 Rajanattianuhar, str.,

17 Esmeralda, str.,

17 China, str.,

27 Lombardy, str.,.............

933

Hopkins

Bangkok

107

110

395

Cullen

Manila

166

2,323 American

Friele

San Francisco

106

...

107

1,716 British

Metcalfe

247

CYS

255

1,726

161

27 Spartan, str......................

987

162

27 Somerset, str.,

654

163

27 Mariveles, str.,

202 Spanish

164

29 Esmeralda, str.,

395 British

165

30 Dale, str.,

645

166 September 3 Hindostan, str.,

991

Hall Cooper Torrance Munoz Thebaud Thompson Mactavish

Straits Settlements

168

170

454

463

Manila

105

132

Bangkok

Straits Settlements

240

129

133

...

256

167

3 Yorkshire, str.,......................

1,771

Langley

168

Antenor, str.,

1,647

Jones

831

169

5 Venice, str.,

1,271

Rhode

260

3001

170

7 City of Tokio, str.,

3,448 American

Maury

San Francisco

219

...

219

171

7 Danube, str.,....

561 British

Clanchy

Bangkok

172

8 Khiva, str., .........

1,515

Lee

Straits Settlements

36.

173

8 Pearl, str.,...

7051

Munk

264

174

8 Golden Horn, str.,

1,023

Alton

Bangkok

175

11 Cheang-Hack-Kian, s.,

956

Webb

Straits Settlements

418

176

12 Nelson, str.,

894

Staples

263

...

177

17 Glenartney, str.,

1,371

Gulland

229

275

54 428

263

178

20 Gaelic, str.,

1,713

179

21 Br?mar Castle, str.,

1,426

Kidley Ayles

San Francisco

263

Straits Settlements

328

554

237

269

332

180

22 | Charlton, str.,

786

Johnson

Cooktown

289

181

22 Geelong, str.,

1,125

Frazer

Straits Settlements

182

25 Rajanattianuhar, str.,

933

Hopkins

Bangkok

78 2

183

26 Marie,

455 German

Burmeister

Dunedin

145

184

27 Spartan, str., ......

987 British

185

28 Ulysses, str.,...................

1,560

Cooper Guard

Straits Settlements

260

270

300,

342

186

30 Esmeralda, str..

395

187 October 2 | Egeria, str.,

1,087 German

Thebaud Paulsen

Manila

260

Straits Settlements

421

205

188

5 Brisbane, str.,

891 British

Ellis

Cooktown

400

Melbourne

189

6 Deucalion, str...

1,639

Brown

Straits Settlements

124

130

190

6 Nizam, str.,

1,728

Barlow

...

9.7

191

7 Japan, str.,

1,865

De Smidt

263

275

192

7 Argyll, str.,

1,271

Scott

3711 7

392

19.

Carried forward................

235,669

Carried forward.................

35,172 905:

279

36,427

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20TH APRIL, 1878.

RETURN of VESSELS bringing CHIESE PASSENGERS to the Port of Victoria, Hongkong,-(Continued).

165

ADULTS.

No.

DATE ARRIVED.

CHILDREN.

SHIP'S NAME.

TONS.

NATIONALITY OF SHIP.

MASTER'S NAME.

WHERE FROM.

TOTAL

REMARKS.

M. F. M. F.

Brought forward,...|

235,669

193 October 11

Emuy, str.,

194

Danube, str.,.....

222 Spanish 561 British

Blanco

Brought forward,35,172 Manila

905 279 71

36,427

Clanchy

Bangkok

125

195

City of Peking, str.,...

196

H. N. Carleton,

3,448 American

827

Tanner

San Francisco

639

Harkness

Honolulu

197

17 Glenfinlas, str.,.......

1,366 British

Wilcox

Straits Settlements

129

130

198

18 Radnorshire, str.,....

1,201

199

18 Esmeralda, str.,

359

Thompson Thebaud

Manila

180

200

19 Glaucus, str.,

201

22 Zambesi, str.,

1,648 1,564

Jackson

Straits Settlements

∞

102

Symons

202

22 Normanby, str.,

Cooktown

664

Reddell

Sydney

112

203

22 Ocean, str.,

971

204

22 Cheang-Hock-Kian, s.,

956

205

25 Nelson, str.,

894

206

27 Zamboanga, str.,

652 Spanish

207

Oceanic, str.,

2,350 British

Jaques Webb Staples Aranguren Parsell

Newcastle, N.S.W.

108

Straits Settlements

668

232

co co

671

235

San Francisco

653

208

28 Fleurs Castle, str.,

1,622

Jones

Straits Settlements

103

209

Venice, str.,

1,271

Rhode

242

210

211

Hindostan, str.,

991

Mactavish

Priam, str.,

1,572

Butler

212 November 3

Rajanattianuhar, str.,

933

213

5 Gwalior, str.,

1,720

Hopkins Babot

Bangkok

169

8431

653

103

250

103

170

Straits Settlements

214

5 Glenlyon. str.,.

215

6 Esmeralda, str.,

1,373 395

Wallace

197

200

Thebaud

Manila

150

Cooktown

264

216

217

218

219

220

6 | Bowen, str.,

7 Kjobenhavn, str.,

10 Diomed, str.,................ 15 Charlton, str.,

China, str.

844

Miller

Sydney

297

Melbourne

701 Danish

Jerichau

Straits Settlements

1,241 British

786

Jackson

243

255

Johnson

Cooktown

160

2,323 American

Berry

San Francisco

445

221

16 Danube, str.,..

561 British

Clanchy

Bangkok

120

122

222

19 Thibet, str.,

1,672

Torbock

Straits Settlements

223

Sarpedon, str.,

1,592

Rea

340

350

224

Belgic, str.,

1,716

Meyer

San Francisco

450

225

226

Emuy, str.,

222 Spanish

Blanco

Manila

Riga, str.,

921 British

Clarke

Straits Settlements

363

227

Esmeralda, str.,.

395

Cullen

Manila

200

228

24 Feronia, str................

1,115 German

Schultz

Straits Settlements

1421

367

202

229

26 Nemesis, str., ........

2,297 British

230

231

28 Argyll, str.,

28 Japan, str.,

232 December 1 | City of Tokio, str.,

McKirdy

267

1,271 1,865

Scott

153

163

De Smidt

285

3,448 American

Maury

San Francisco

256

233

Gordon Castle, str.,...]

1,312 British

Kidd

Straits Settlements

122

234

Ocean, str.,

971 99

235

12 Menelaus, str.,

1,559

Jaques Scale

250

2601

420

440

236

13 Chin-Klang, str.,

798

Orr

Cooktown

133

Sydney

237

13 Nelson, str.,

894

238

17 State of Alabama, str.,

1,511

Staples Ritchie

Straits Settlements

336

240

139

140

239

19 Patroclus, s

1,650

240

20 Carisbrooke 'r.,

9601

Billings Wharton

210

260

102

241

Gaelic, str.

242

243

Normanby, str.,

664

Kidkr Eitis

San Fran sco

608

Cooktown

Danube, str.,......

561

Clanchy

Bangkok

120

244

Esmeralda, str.,

395

245

27 Cheang-Hock-Kian, s.,

956

246

28 Tintern Abbey, str.,..

786

Tindall

Thebaud Webb

Manila

Straits Settlements

Bangkok

160

352

223

247

Alden Besse,................

842 American

Noyes

248

249

250

Malabar, str.,

1,263 British

Gould

Portland, Oregon Straits Settlements

282

123

~~~N

3541

2801

334

124

Altona, str.,

1,179 German

M?ller

Brisbane, str.,

891 British

Reddell

Cooktown Sydney

104

204

TOTAL TONS,.

305,104

TOTAL PASSENGERS,.

47,312 1,070 289

123

48,746

From Bangkok,

Brisbane,

Callao, Peru,...............

Dunedin, New Zealand,

呼那

Cooktown, Queensland,

Honolulu, Sandwich Islands,

Manila,

Melbourne,..

Newcastle, N.S.W.,

Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.,

San Francisco, U.S.A.,

Straits Settlements,................ Sydney,

SUMMARY.

VALUE

OF TREASURE BROUGHT.

2,738 40

2,802

2,657

2,660

$253,400

145

105

111

4,425

4,437

127

108

826

834

7,046

28,831

931 258

7,130, 68 30,088

$13,491,623

257

TOTAL PASSENGERS,..

47,812 1,070

289

75 90,736

H. G. THOMSETT, R.N.,

Emigration Officer, &c.

166

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20TH APRIL, 1878.

XXI.-RETURN of MARINE CASES tried at the MARINE MAGISTRATE'S COURT, during the Year 1877.

DEFENDANTS, HOW DISPOSED OF.

No. of

NATURE OF CHARGE

No. of CASES.

labour.

DE- Impri- Impri- FEND- soned soned ANTS. with in

hard default of fine.

Fined.

Eorfei- ture of

pay.

Repri- manded.

Sent back to Duty.

To be dis- charged from

Dis-

missed.

AMOUNT OF

FINES.

Ship.

Absent from Ship without Leave,

Arrival without Report, (Junk),

Assault,

Broaching Cargo, &c.,

Desertion,

Disorderly Conduct,

Drunkenness,

False Particulars, Giving, (Junk),

1732531

$2.00 44.00 30.00

2.00

35.00

Found stowed away,

Harbour and Coasts Ord., 1866, Breach of,

Harbour Regulations, Breach of,

Insubordination,

Leaving without Clearance, (Junk),.

21.00 39.00

2.00

49.50

Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, Section

223, Breach of,.

Neglect of Duty,

Obstruction of Fairways,

Refusal of Duty,

101

Steam-Launch Ord., 1875, Breach of,

Throwing Ballast, &c., into Harbour, Wilfully remaining behind from Ship,

1.00

2.00

10.00

1.00

TOTAL,..

195

299

121

33 $238.50

H. G. THOMSETT, R.N., Marine Magistrate,&c.

No. 79.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20TH APRIL, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

169

　　　　　The following Return, received from Mr. HENRY DICKIE, of the quantity of Spirits distilled at the China Sugar Refinery, is published for general information.

Spirits manufactured during the quarter ending 10th April, 1878,

By Command,

Proof Gallons. 2,238

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th April, 1878.

No. 80.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　　The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hongkong, during the Month ending 31st March, 1878, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th April, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary. ·

BANKS.

AVERAGE AMOUNT.

SPECIE IN RESERVE.

Oriental Bank Corporation,

180,495

100,000

Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,.

491,144

200,000

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,

580,524

200,000

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,

1,623,680

600,000

TOTAL,

,843

1,100,000

No. 81.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

On and after the 1st day of May, 1878, the floating Dust Bins and Night Soil Boats will leave the respective Wharves at 6.30 A.M. All persons are requested to cause the house refuse and night soil to be removed daily from their premises and deposited on board the boats before that hour.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th April, 1878.

No. 82.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th Ap

1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

The substance of this Notice, as soon as it is received on board, is to be inserted in red ink on the Charts affected by it; and introduced into the margin or otherwise in the page, of the Sailing Directions to which it relates. See Instructions, Navigation and Pilotage, p. 172.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

(No. 162.) JAPAN-INLAND SEA.

(1) Harbour Light at Kobe.

　　　　　　The Japanese Government has given Notice, that on 15th August 1877, a light was exhibited from a staff on the Eastern pier head of the Foreign Concession at Kobe (Hiogo), gulf of ?saka:-

　　　　　　The light is a fixed green light, elevated 42 feet above the sea, and should be visible in clear weather from a distance of about 6 miles.

The staff, 34 feet high, and dwelling are painted white.

No. 79.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20TH APRIL, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

169

　　　　　The following Return, received from Mr. HENRY DICKIE, of the quantity of Spirits distilled at the China Sugar Refinery, is published for general information.

Spirits manufactured during the quarter ending 10th April, 1878,

By Command,

Proof Gallons. 2,238

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th April, 1878.

No. 80.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　　The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hongkong, during the Month ending 31st March, 1878, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th April, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary. ·

BANKS.

AVERAGE AMOUNT.

SPECIE IN RESERVE.

Oriental Bank Corporation,

180,495

100,000

Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,.

491,144

200,000

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,

580,524

200,000

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,

1,623,680

600,000

TOTAL,

,843

1,100,000

No. 81.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th April, 1878.

No. 82.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th Ap

1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

(No. 162.) JAPAN-INLAND SEA.

(1) Harbour Light at Kobe.

　　　　　　The Japanese Government has given Notice, that on 15th August 1877, a light was exhibited from a staff on the Eastern pier head of the Foreign Concession at Kobe (Hiogo), gulf of ?saka:-

　　　　　　The light is a fixed green light, elevated 42 feet above the sea, and should be visible in clear weather from a distance of about 6 miles.

The staff, 34 feet high, and dwelling are painted white.

170

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20TH APRIL, 1878.

RUSSIAN TARTARY-PETER THE GREAT BAY. PORT VLADIVOSTOK. (2) Fixed Light on Skrypleff Island.

Information has been received, that a light is now exhibited from a lighthouse recently erected on the south point of Skrypleff island, Eastern entrance of Eastern Bosporus strait, approach to port Vladivostok :-

The light is a fixed white light, elevated about 150 feet above the sea, and should be visible in clear weather from a distance of 15 miles.

The lighthouse is about 18 feet high.

Position, latitude 43° 1′ 45′ N., longitude 131° 58′ E.

By Command of their Lordships,

FREDK. J. EVANS,

Hydrographer.

Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 18th December, 1877.

This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:--

(1) Pacific, north-west sheet, No. 781; Seto Uchi or Japan inland sea, No. 2875; Hiogo and Osaka, No. 16: Also, Admiralty List of Lights, in South Africa, Japan, &c., 1877, page 30; and China Sea Directory, Vol. IV., 1873, page 221.

(2) Pacific, sheet I., No. 2459; Kuril islands, No. 2405; Tumen-ula river to Strelok bay, No. 2432; Eastern Bosporus and Novik bay, &c., No. 2407: Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, Japan, &c., 1877, No. 219; and China Sea Directory, Vol. IV., 1873, page 92.

Government of China.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 83.

CHINA SEA.

YANGTZE RIVER.-SHANGHAI DISTRICT. Kiutoan Small Beacon Light.

　　Notice is hereby given that on or about the 1st May next the Kiutoan Small Beacon Light, No. 25 of the 1878 List of Chinese Lights, will be altered so as to show a fixed red light visible all round except on the landward side; the sector of white light formerly exhibited being changed to red.

　　The illuminating apparatus is Dioptric, of the Sixth Order; and in clear weather, the light should be visible 5 nautical miles.

By order of the Inspector General of Customs,

IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS, ENGINEERS' OFFICE, SHANGHAI, 11th April, 1878.

No. 75.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

DAVID M. HENDERSON, Engineer-in-Chief.

The subjoined Schedules of Balances of Intestate Estates are published for general information, and Notice is hereby g that those Balances for which no application shall have been made within vill be carried to the Credit of the General Revenue of the Colony, 1004.

Twelve Months from t

UWA MAAN

of ( "non so

Valvo

By Command,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th April, 1878.

SCHEDULE of UNCLAIMED BALANCES of INTESTATE ESTATES of PERSONS who have been Dead for Five Years and upwards, lying in the Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 31st December, 1877.

REMARKS.

NAMES OF DECEASED. ?

DATE OF DEATH.

AMOUNT.

18th March,

1872,

$ 3.38

Administration granted,

Napaul,

John Peterson,

9th July,

1872,

217.44

Do.

do.,

1st May, 26th July,

1872.

Henry Nason Middleton,

6th August,

1872.

3.51

Do.

do.,

22nd August,

1872.

Chinaman No. 5,

11th August,

1872,

2.97

Do.

do.,

22nd August,

1872.

Mehta Kurrim,

6th October,

1872,

36.55

Do.

do.,

30th October,

1872.

8th November, 1872,

Tong Kew,

3rd November, 1872,

Chan Abba,..

Chea Ayun,

Shea-a-Pau,...

21st November, 372, 6th December, 72,

28th November, 1872.

9th December, 1872. 1873. 6th January,

C. B. PLUNKET,

Registrar.

SCHEDULE of UNCLAIMED BALANCES of INTESTATE ESTATES of POLICE CONSTABLES who have been Dead for Five Years and upwards, lying in the Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 31st December, 1877.

1.42

Do.

do.,

28th November, 1872.

29.44

Do.

do.,

86.47

Do.

do.,

50.12

Do.

do.,

DATE. RANK.

1872

NAMES.

Nil

Police Department, Hongkong, 6th April, 1878.

DATE OF PAYMENT INTO TREASURY.

AMOUNT.

W. M. DEANE, Captain Superintendent of Polico.

170

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20TH APRIL, 1878.

RUSSIAN TARTARY-PETER THE GREAT BAY. PORT VLADIVOSTOK. (2) Fixed Light on Skrypleff Island.

The light is a fixed white light, elevated about 150 feet above the sea, and should be visible in clear weather from a distance of 15 miles.

The lighthouse is about 18 feet high.

Position, latitude 43° 1′ 45′ N., longitude 131° 58′ E.

By Command of their Lordships,

FREDK. J. EVANS,

Hydrographer.

Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 18th December, 1877.

This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:--

Government of China.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 83.

CHINA SEA.

YANGTZE RIVER.-SHANGHAI DISTRICT. Kiutoan Small Beacon Light.

　　The illuminating apparatus is Dioptric, of the Sixth Order; and in clear weather, the light should be visible 5 nautical miles.

By order of the Inspector General of Customs,

IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS, ENGINEERS' OFFICE, SHANGHAI, 11th April, 1878.

No. 75.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

DAVID M. HENDERSON, Engineer-in-Chief.

Twelve Months from t

UWA MAAN

of ( "non so

Valvo

By Command,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th April, 1878.

SCHEDULE of UNCLAIMED BALANCES of INTESTATE ESTATES of PERSONS who have been Dead for Five Years and upwards, lying in the Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 31st December, 1877.

REMARKS.

NAMES OF DECEASED. ?

DATE OF DEATH.

AMOUNT.

18th March,

1872,

$ 3.38

Administration granted,

Napaul,

John Peterson,

9th July,

1872,

217.44

Do.

do.,

1st May, 26th July,

1872.

Henry Nason Middleton,

6th August,

1872.

3.51

Do.

do.,

22nd August,

1872.

Chinaman No. 5,

11th August,

1872,

2.97

Do.

do.,

22nd August,

1872.

Mehta Kurrim,

6th October,

1872,

36.55

Do.

do.,

30th October,

1872.

8th November, 1872,

Tong Kew,

3rd November, 1872,

Chan Abba,..

Chea Ayun,

Shea-a-Pau,...

21st November, 372, 6th December, 72,

28th November, 1872.

9th December, 1872. 1873. 6th January,

C. B. PLUNKET,

Registrar.

SCHEDULE of UNCLAIMED BALANCES of INTESTATE ESTATES of POLICE CONSTABLES who have been Dead for Five Years and upwards, lying in the Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 31st December, 1877.

1.42

Do.

do.,

28th November, 1872.

29.44

Do.

do.,

86.47

Do.

do.,

50.12

Do.

do.,

DATE. RANK.

1872

NAMES.

Nil

Police Department, Hongkong, 6th April, 1878.

DATE OF PAYMENT INTO TREASURY.

AMOUNT.

W. M. DEANE, Captain Superintendent of Polico.

No. 74.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20TH APRIL, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

171

Notice is hereby given, that Easter Monday will be observed as a Holiday, throughout the Public Departments of this Colony.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th April, 1878.

NOTICE.

It is requested that such Rates may be paid before the 30th April, as after that date application will be made to the Supreme Court for the recovery of arrears.

Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 6th April, 1878.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Unclaimed Correspondence, 18th April, 1878.

CECIL C. SMITH, Colonial Treasurer.

Letters. Papers.

Adwands & Co. 5 Asplans, E. H. 1

Colliver, Capt. 1 Collins, E. F. 8

Alibhay, A.

1 regd.

A-Foo

Ayala, Juan

Clark Carson, Dave Caurisulo, A. 1 Clare, T. 1 Costa, F. G. da 2

1 7

Gregg, Dr. Gye, Alfred Gowdin, A.O.D. 1

1 1

Kennett, Mr.

1 regd,

Osgood, J. P.

Lets. Pprs.

Seymour, Esq. 1 Sarda, Monsr. 1

Smith, Chas.

Holam, E.

1 Holler, Frederico 1 Harris, Capt. 2

Lie, Mandarin 1 regd. Lim Yun Yutsy? 1 Latham, L. H. 1

Paulsen, H.

Smith, L. J.

Pembroke, F. 2

Shadforth, Jno. 1

Pinchen, F.

Smith, Heer

Ponomareff, P.A.4

Bun Hang Hau 1 regd.

Simani, F.

Busk & Co., C.J. 1

Blankenger, J. 1

Bullock, T. L. 4

Bryce, Mr. i

Duchesne, M. 1 Davidge, Mrs. L. 1 Davidson, G. B. 1 Davis, T. K.

Hawkins, Capt. 1 Harvey, A. S. 2 Harvey, Capt. 1' Honsego

Mirza, A. M. S. 1 regd.

Shearer, James 1

Mills, Chas. F. 2

Sasso, Luigi

Mansau, Thos. 1

Robertson, R. 1 parcel

Hudson, Mrs. A.J. 1

Macpherson, G.

Rosenthal, P. 1

Boas, J.

Hitchcock, Mr. 1

Burry, A.

Franco,Carlos F.1

Hewlett, A. R. 1

Banks, Geo.

1 regd.

Hahn, A.

Machado, Crus 1 Maher, J. M. McLelland, Jno. 1

Rozario, P. P. do 1

Royal Bank

Tong Hing

Roberts, J. P.

Thiel, John F.A.1

Banks, G.

Gardner. C. J. 2

Brandizi, Simon 1

Geldart, ev

Irwin, Dr.

Menegante, A. A. i Mally, F. de

Rodrigues, E.E. 1

1 regd.

Booth, A.

Wah Tan

Bincker, E.

Gilkison, Graves, M

}

Koon, W. K. 1 regd.

Nicholls, J. T. B.

Strong, Miss. Slater, A. T. 1

1 regd.

Wellings, II.

Williams, Arthurl

For Merchant Ships.

Letters. Papers.

Letiers. Papers.

Letters. Papers.

Letters

Anazi

1 regd.

Emily Chaplin 2

Harbinger

Aberney

Empreza

Hawkesbury.

Maggie Douglas 1 Messenger 1

Paracca Pauline

Antipodes

Explorador

Henry S. Sanford 1

Merse

Parmenio

Annie Lorway

Eastern Isles, s.s. 1

Hopeful

Mars

Per Ardua

Empress

Henrik Hsen

Mikado

Presuits, s.s.

Benefactor

Empire

Hermann

Madeline

Benarty, s.s.

Hylton Castle 5

Maid of Judah 1

Roderick Hay 1

Belle of Oregon 1

Firth of Tay

McCallum More 2

R. B. Huller

The

Flodden

Fitzpatrick, s.s. 1

Imbros, s.s.

Madras, s.s.

Tullo

Irene

Chili

City of Aberdeen

G. Caulfield 2

Magdala

Netherton

St. Elmo

Tai Lee

Sophia

Sophie

Undaunted

Carnatic

George Crashaw 5

Loweswater

Carrisbrooke,ss.1

Golden Spur

Caller Ou

Leon Crespo Largs

221

Staghound

Ceylon

H. Armitage

Lombardian 1

Charon Wattanal

Hosea, s.s.

L. R. Burnham 1

Oneida Orange Grove 1

Peruvian

S. R. Mead

Strathmore

Wandering

Store Dealer

Sir Harry Parkes 4

Yentai, s.s.

For H. M. Ships.

Curlew ......1 Letter. Falcon....1 Letter. Growler .........1 Letter. Hart ............................1 L. 1 P. Victor Emanuel 1 Letter. Vigilant .........1 Letter

Association of Female

Workers.

Alphabet.

Bulletin, Am. Geo. So-

ciety. Birmingham Weekly

Post.

Baiss Brothers & Co., p.c. B?richerische Freitags

Zeitung.

Catalogue of Steam En-

gines. Catalogue de la Littera- ture Fran?aise Moderne. Central-Blatt f?r das

Deutsche Reich.

Dorf Chronik.

Dresdner Nachrichten.

Dagblad.

Express.

Books, &c., without Covers. Glasgow Weekly Herald.

Helensburgh News.

Iron Trade Circular. Illustrirte Zeitschrift, &c.

Journal Amusant. Journal de St. Peters-

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20?H

HARBOUR OFFICE.

AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

CAPE D'AGUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

THERMOMETER.

WINDS

RAIN FALL.

ARO-

METER

0 TO 12.

WEA-

THER.

BARO-

THERMOMETER.

METER.

..day,

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force. 80.23 75.0

Attd. Max. Min

In inches uring previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. | Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry.] Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches

during previous 24 hours.

75.0 70.0]

b.c.

30.05 75.0

73.

30.10 72.5

13th

April.

Noon? 30.22 77.5 80.0 68.0 77.0 71.0| 30.20 78.0

b.c.

30.08 81.0 80.5 65.5 80.5 77.0)

2.62

78.0 71.0

b.c.

30.07 79.0

Sunday,

14th

April.

30.22 76.5

76.0 75.0

b.c.

30.07 | 77.0

Noon 30.21 | 77.0 80.0 71.0 77.0 74.0 30.1578.0

b.c.

:????

79.5 77.0 Es.

70.0 68.0 NE

b.c.

28.40 68.0

··

68.0 67.0 E

b.c.

30 12 74.0 76.5 64.0 75.0 70.0 NE 30.09 76.0j

b.c.

2.33

74.0 70.0 N

b.c.

28.40 | 71.0 71.0, 62.0 71.0 68.0 E 28.35 71.0 71.0 67,0 E

b.m.

2.37

b.m.

77.0 72.0 ESE

b.c.

30.1173.0|

68.0 68.0 NE

28.42 70.0

69.0 67.0 ESE

b.c.

78.0 71.0

b.c.

30.07 79.0 82.0 69.0 79.0 72.5 ESE 30.06 80.0

b.c.

0.00

30.09 74.0 76.0 64.0 71.0 69.0 NE

b.e.

0.05

79.0 72.0 ESE

b.c.

30.00 74.0

74.0 69.0 NE

b.c.

28.36 70.0

Monday,

30.17 72.5

15th

April.

Tuesday,

16th

April.

Wednesday,

17th

Noon 30.17 | 75.5 79.0 70,0| 75,0| 72,5 30.0876.0

9 30.20 | 71.0

Noon? 30.18 71.0 78.0 70.0 71.0 68.5 30.13 72.0

9 30.24 70.5

Noon 30.23 71.0 74.0 68.5 71.0 68.0

72.0 71.0

30.03 76.0

74.0 72.0 E

b.c.m.

30.04 74.0

71.0 69.5 NE

O.C.

28.34 68.0

28.41 72.0 72.0 66.0 71.0 67.0 ESE

b.m.

0.00

69.0 68.0 ESE

2 b.c.

68.0 68.0 ESE

o.f.

: g

76.0 73.0

71.0 69.0

72.0 70.0

70.0 68.0

True

wind cannot be registered.

b.c.

30.04 78.0 80.0 69.0 78.5 75.0 E 30.00 79.0

b.c.m.

0.00

30.04 | 75.0 77,5 63.0 73.0 72.0 NE

o.d.

0.00

28.34 | 70.0 70.0 66.0 70.0 69.0 ?SE

o.f.

o.c.m.

30.03 75.0]

Do.

c.m.

: ?:

80.0 75.0 E

b.c.

30.00 74.5

73.5 71.0 N

O.C.

73.0 71.0 E

g.m.

30.06 72.0

30.03 76.0 80.0 69.0 74.0 71.0 E 30.03 76.0

g.m.

0.00

75.5 72.0 E

g.m.

30.03 | 74.0

30.07 | 73,5 77.0 67.5 70.0 68.5| NE

22:3

28.29 72.0

71.0 70.0 ESE

c.f.

44455

0.00

70.0 69.0 NE

0.c.

28.34 67.0

66.5 66.0 E

o.f.

4 O.C.

0.00

28.32 67.0 67.0 65.0 67.0 66.0 E

o.f.

0.12

72.0 68.0 NE

0.c.

28.29 69.0

67.0 66.0 E

o.f.

o.c.m.

30.08 74.0

··

72.0 70.0 E

g.m.

30.11 72.5

70.0 68.5 NE

m.o.

28.38 65.0

O.C.

April.

30.17 72.0

Thursday, 9 30.20 74.0

18th

April.

Noon 30.20 | 76.0 77.5 70.0| 76,0| 72.0 30.12 76.0

72.0 70.0

o.c.m.

30.08 | 75,0 81.0 67.0 73.0 70.5|| E| 30.07 76.0

g.m.

0.00

30.12 72.5 74.0 66.5 70.0 69.0 NE

0.06

75.0 72.0 E

b.e.m.

30.06 73.0

74.0 71.0

b.c.

30.06 78.0

75.0 73.0 E

100

b.c.

71.0 69.0 NE

28.37 65.0 65.0 63.0 65.0 65.0 E 28.32 68.0

64.0 65.0 E

o.f.

67.0 68.0 ESE

0.15

30.07 73.0

71.5 68.0 NE

28.35 68.0

b.c.

30.06 78.0 77.5 69.0 77.0 74.0 E

b.c.

0.00

30.08 | 75.0 75.0 68.0 74.0 71.5 NE

b.c.

0.00

68.0 67.0 ESE 28.36 71.0 71.0 65.0 71.0 69.0 ESE

2 o.f.

b.m.

0.00

76.0 73.0

b.c.

30.04 80.0

82.0 77.0 E

b.c.

30.03 75.0

75.0 73.0 NE

b.c.

28.33 71.0

71.0 69.0 ESE

b.m.

Friday,

19th

30.16 | 76.0

76.0 73.0

b.c.

30.01 78.0

Noon 30.13 80.0 84.0 74.0

b.c.

April.

30.09 83.0

83.0 75.0

b.c.

30.01 83.0

30.01 80.0 83.0 70.0 81.0 76.0 SW 84.0 79.0 SW

76.5 75.0 Calm

b.c.

30.03 76.5

76.5 73.0 N

b.c.

28.29 71.0

70.0 69.0 SSW

b.c.

0.00

2 b.c.

30.03 | 79.0 78.5 70.0 78.0 73.0 SE 30.00 76.5

b.c.

0.00

76.0 74.0 SW

b.c.

28.33 73.0 73.0 67.0 72.0 69.0 SSW 28.30 73.0 72.0 70.0 SSW

b.c.

0.00

b.c.

Figures

Illustrations cf the power of the Wind as regards a well-conditioned Man-of-War or First-class Clipper Ship.

to denote

Rate of the Wind per Hour in Miles.

the Force

of the

Wind.

bjects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). STATE OF WEATHER:-b. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; ?. foggy; 9. gloomy; h. hail; 7. lightnin NOTE —A bar (—) under any letter augments itss ignification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and cor

isty (hazy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; g. squally; r. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; ?. visibility. Pain, &c, &c.

Light Air .....

Light Breeze Gentle Breeze Moderate Breeze. Fresh Breeze

Strong Breeze

Moderate Gale.

Fresh Gale..

Strong Gale

Whole Gale..

Storm..

Hurricane.

Just sufficient to give steerage way.

With which the above Ship with all sail (1 to 2 knots 3 to 4 set and clean full would go in smooth water.. { 5 to 6

0 to 2

Royals, &c.

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails.

Triple Reefs, &c..

CRANBER

11 15

16 20

31 36

45 - 52

70 - 80

above 80

022346O7OQOL2

full and by In which she could just carry in chase, Double Reefs and Jib, &c.

Close Reefs and Courses

In which she could just bear close-reefed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail Under Storm Staysail

Bare Poles.

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

Description of Wind.

Calm

APRIL,

1878.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20TH APRIL, 1878.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

UNT

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in its Summary Jurisdiction, on every Tues- day, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in its Original Jurisdiction on Mondays and Thursdays.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

NOTICE.-NG-AKIU, of Victoria, in the Co-

　　　　　　　lony of Hongkong, a Widow, having been adjudged Bankrupt under a Petition for adjudi- cation in Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong in Bankruptcy, on the 1st day of March, 1878, a public sitting for the said Bank- rupt to pass her last examination, and make ap- plication for her order of discharge, will be held before the Honourable FRANCIS SNOWDEN, Acting Chief Justice of Hongkong, at the Su- preme Court House, Victoria, aforesaid, on Wed- nesday, the 1st day of May, 1878, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely.

　　　　　FREDERICK SOWLEY HUFFAM, Esquire, and CHUN-AYAN are the Creditors' Assignees in the Bankruptcy.

Dated the 16th day of April, 1878.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

In re TUNG YUT a Bankrupt.

NOTICE. The above name on, the pearing of

passed his last Examination, the hearing of the application by him for his Order of Discharge stands adjourned to Saturday, the 20th day of April, 1878, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon.

Dated the 6th day of April, A.D. 1878.

SHARP, TOLLEK & JOHNSON, Solicitors for the Bankrupt.,

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG

IN BANKRUPTCY.

In the matter of LUK MUI, Master of the CHI CHUK TSAI Stocking Dealer, Shop No. 269 Queen's Road Central Victoria Hongkong, a Bankrupt.

NoTony of Hongkong, lately carrying on

OTICE,-LUK MUI, of Victoria, in the

business under the name of "CHI CHUK TSAI" having been adjudicated Bankrupt under a Peti- tion for adjudication in Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong, on the 18th day of March, in the year of Our Lord 1878, is hereby required to surrender himself to the Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET, the Registrar of the said Court, at the first Meeting of Creditors, to be held before the said Registrar, on Wednesday, the 24th day of April, 1878, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely, at the said Court.

The said Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUN- KET is the Official Assignee, and the undersigned, is the Solicitor acting in the Bankruptcy.

At the first meeting of Creditors, the Registrar will receive the proofs of the debts of Creditors, and the Creditors may elect an Assignee or Assignees of the Bankrupt's Estate and Effects.

Dated the 8th day of April, A.D. 1878.

HENRY LARDNER DENNYS,

Solicitor for the said Bankrupt. 16 Bank Buildings, Hongkong.

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No. 17.

No. 83.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 27TH APRIL, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. TORNADO AT CANTON.

The following correspondence is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 17th April, 1878.

VOL. XXIV.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 13th April, 1878. SIR,-On behalf of this Government and of the inhabitants of Hongkong, I venture to ask you to convey to His Excellency the Viceroy the deep sympathy of the whole community here on the sudden blow that has befallen Canton.

11 from

TT.

　　　　　I am making arrangements with Mr. PRICE for endeavouring to repair one small part of the disaster, that relating to the Gardens at Shameen. From the Gardens at Government House, the Public Gardens, and ink I may safely a

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Le them, 72 shall send you up young trees, shrubs and plants to fill, to some sugut extent, the place of those that have been destroyed.

To Dr. HANCE,

) ?

I am, &c.,

J. POPE HENNESSY.

British Consulate, Canton.

[No. 22.]

H. M. CONSULATE, CANTON, 18th April, 1878.

　　　　　SIR,- As requested in your Despatch of the 13th instant, I conveyed to His Excellency the Viceroy the expression of the deep sympathy felt by Your Excellency and the whole of the inhabitants of Hongkong at the calamity with which this city has been visited; and I have now the honour to for- ward a copy of the communication just received from the Viceroy, expressing His Excellency's acknowledgment for the same.

　　　　　I am also desired, both by the Shameen Municipal Council and the Trustees of the Garden Fund, to whom I made known Your Excellency's most generous offer to supply trees and other plants, to replace those destroyed by the whirlwind, to tender their sincere thanks, on behalf of the entire foreign community, for the kind sympathy shown, and the aid so promptly offered; and to state that they will most probably be glad to avail themselves of the proffered aid, when time has enabled them to clear away sufficiently to ascertain what is required.

　　　　　With the expression of my own special thanks for Your Excellency's humanity and courtesy on this sad occasion,

His Excellency

JOHN POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G.,

Governor and Commander-in-Chief,

Hongkong

I have, &c.,

H. F. HANCE,

Acting Consul.

176

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH APRIL, 1878.

· His Excellency the Viceroy to H. M. Acting Consul.

GOVERNOR HENNESSY'S SYMPATHY.

17th April, 1878.

　　　I have had the honour to receive your note, in which I learn that His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong has been good enough to express his commiseration for the people of Canton under their recent sufferings caused by the late tornado; and from it I discern the breadth of His Excellency's humane sympathy, which finds equal expression irrespectively of the nationality of its object. Not only myself, but the gentry and people of the whole city, unite in lauding this trait of His Excellency's character.

I have humbly attempted to do my duty during the three years of my administration, but I feel that it is to my own shortcomings that must be ascribed this want of Heaven's favour, which has thus resulted in recurring disasters bringing sorrow to my people. I find it impossible to express my feel- ings of humiliation and awe.

I have directed the local authorities to take measures, with the charitable Association and the lead- ing gentry, for the alleviation of the people's distress; to bury the dead; to heal the wounded; and to mete out succour to those who are left destitute and without means of support: and this, too, is only what is due from any one to his fellow men.

I beg you will communicate this reply to His Excellency, at the same time conveying to him my thanks and my distinguished consideration.

No. 84.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following extract from the London Gazette of the 19th February, relative to the Treaty of July 10th, 1851, between Great Britain and the Sandwich Islands is published for general information. By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th April, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

BY RACT FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE

OF TUESDAY, FEBRUARY, 19, 1878.

Foreign Office, February 16, 1878.

Notice has been given by the Hawaiian Government to terminate Articles IV, V, and VI of the Treaty of July 10, 1851, between Great Britain and the Sandwich Islands. In consequence of this Notice these Articles will expire on the 3rd of July next.

No. 85.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　Notice is hereby given, that the Queen's Exequatur empowering TARO ANDO, Esquire, to act as Japanese Consul at this port, received Her Majesty's signature on the 4th March, 1878.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th April, 1878.

No. 86.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

　　The following Report from the Honourable CHARLES MAY, Superintendent of the Fire Brigade, for the quarter ending 31st March, 1878, is published for general information.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th April, 1878.

176

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH APRIL, 1878.

· His Excellency the Viceroy to H. M. Acting Consul.

GOVERNOR HENNESSY'S SYMPATHY.

17th April, 1878.

I beg you will communicate this reply to His Excellency, at the same time conveying to him my thanks and my distinguished consideration.

No. 84.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th April, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

BY RACT FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE

OF TUESDAY, FEBRUARY, 19, 1878.

Foreign Office, February 16, 1878.

No. 85.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　Notice is hereby given, that the Queen's Exequatur empowering TARO ANDO, Esquire, to act as Japanese Consul at this port, received Her Majesty's signature on the 4th March, 1878.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th April, 1878.

No. 86.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

　　The following Report from the Honourable CHARLES MAY, Superintendent of the Fire Brigade, for the quarter ending 31st March, 1878, is published for general information.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th April, 1878.

176

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH APRIL, 1878.

· His Excellency the Viceroy to H. M. Acting Consul.

GOVERNOR HENNESSY'S SYMPATHY.

17th April, 1878.

I beg you will communicate this reply to His Excellency, at the same time conveying to him my thanks and my distinguished consideration.

No. 84.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th April, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

BY RACT FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE

OF TUESDAY, FEBRUARY, 19, 1878.

Foreign Office, February 16, 1878.

No. 85.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　Notice is hereby given, that the Queen's Exequatur empowering TARO ANDO, Esquire, to act as Japanese Consul at this port, received Her Majesty's signature on the 4th March, 1878.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th April, 1878.

No. 86.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

　　The following Report from the Honourable CHARLES MAY, Superintendent of the Fire Brigade, for the quarter ending 31st March, 1878, is published for general information.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th April, 1878.

[No. 4.]

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH APRIL, 1878.

177

FIRE BRIGADE Department,

HONGKONG, 23rd April, 1878.

SIR,-I have the honour to forward to you, for submission to His Excellency the Governor, the Fire Brigade Report for the quarter ending 31st March ultimo.

　　　　The regular Parade and Inspections were held on the 9th February, 11th March, and 11th April, at which were present the Government Steam and Manual Engines, as also those of the Chinese Volunteer Fire Brigade Associations. All were satisfactorily worked on the Praya from the sea, and were in perfect order.

The Fire Ladders, Hose, Implements and Extincteurs were all found in good condition.

　　　　The Manual Engines at Sh?u-k?-W?n, Aberdeen, and Yau-m?-T? have been examined and found in working order.

The Government Engineer made Monthly Reports of the state of the Engines, both Steam and Manual.

The Stores for the year 1878, ordered through Her Majesty's Crown Agents for the Colonies, arrived ex Oxfordshire, and were landed on the 5th instant in good order.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

The Honourable J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary,

&c.,

&c., HONGKONG.

&c.

No. 87.

Your most obedient Servant,

C. MAY,

Superintendent, Fire Brigade..

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Orders in Council extending the provisions of the "Foreign Deserters Act, 1852,” are published for general information.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th April, 1878.

AT THE COURT AT OSBORNE HOUSE, ISLE OF WIGHT, The 18th day of August 1852.

PRESENT,

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

Whereas by the "Foreign Deserters Act, 1852," it is provided that, whenever it is made to appear to Her Majesty that due facilities are or will be given for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British merchant ships in the territories of any foreign power, Her Majesty may, by Order in Council stating that such facilities are or will be given, declare that seamen, not being slaves, who desert from merchant ships belonging to a subject, of such power, when within Her Majesty's dominions or the territories of the East India Company, shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective ships, and may limit the operation of such Order, and may render the operation thereof subject to such conditions and qualifications, if any, as may be deemed expedient.

　　　　　And whereas it hath been made to appear to Her Majesty that due facilities have been or will be given for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British merchant ships in the territories of the Emperor of all the Russias, the King of Swedert and Norway, and the Republic of Peru.

And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury and the Commissioners for the Affairs of India are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

C. C. GREVILLE.

[No. 4.]

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH APRIL, 1878.

177

FIRE BRIGADE Department,

HONGKONG, 23rd April, 1878.

SIR,-I have the honour to forward to you, for submission to His Excellency the Governor, the Fire Brigade Report for the quarter ending 31st March ultimo.

The Fire Ladders, Hose, Implements and Extincteurs were all found in good condition.

　　　　The Manual Engines at Sh?u-k?-W?n, Aberdeen, and Yau-m?-T? have been examined and found in working order.

The Government Engineer made Monthly Reports of the state of the Engines, both Steam and Manual.

The Stores for the year 1878, ordered through Her Majesty's Crown Agents for the Colonies, arrived ex Oxfordshire, and were landed on the 5th instant in good order.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

The Honourable J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary,

&c.,

&c., HONGKONG.

&c.

No. 87.

Your most obedient Servant,

C. MAY,

Superintendent, Fire Brigade..

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Orders in Council extending the provisions of the "Foreign Deserters Act, 1852,” are published for general information.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th April, 1878.

AT THE COURT AT OSBORNE HOUSE, ISLE OF WIGHT, The 18th day of August 1852.

PRESENT,

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury and the Commissioners for the Affairs of India are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

C. C. GREVILLE.

178

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH APRIL, 1878.

AT THE COURT AT WINDSOR,

The 16th day of October 1852.

PRESENT,

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

　　　Whereas by "The Foreign Deserters Act, 1852," it is provided that, whenever it is made to appear to Her Majesty that due facilities are or will be given for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British Merchant Ships in the territories of any Foreign Power, Her Majesty may, by Order in Council stating that such facilities are or will be given, declare that seamen, not being slaves, who desert from Merchant Ships belonging to a subject of such Power, when within Her Majesty's dominions or the territories of the East India Company, shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective ships, and may limit the operation of such Order, and may render the operation thereof subject to such conditions and qualifications, if any, as may be deemed expedient.

　　　Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of the powers vested in Her by the said "Foreign Deserters Act, 1852," and by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, is pleased to order and declare, and it is hereby ordered and declared, that from and after the publication hereof in the London Gazette seamen, not being slaves, who desert from Merchant Ships belonging to subjects of His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, or to citizens of the Free Hanseatic Cities of Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburg, when such ships are within Her Majesty's dominions or the territories of the East India Company, shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective ships.

And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury and the Commissioners for the Affairs of India are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

WM. L. BATHURST.

AT THE COURT AT WINDSOR,

The 16th day of October 1852.

PRESENT,

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

Whereas by the "Foreign Deserters Act, 1852," it is provided that whenever it is made to appear to Her Majesty that due facilities are or will be given for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British Merchant Ships in the territories of any Foreign Power, Her Majesty may, by Order in Council stating that such facilities are or will be given, declare that seamen, not being slaves, who desert from Merchant Ships belonging to a subject of such Power when within Her Majesty's dominions or the territories of the East India Company shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective ships, and may limit the operation of such Order, and may render the opera- tion thereof subject to such conditions and qualifications, if any, as may be deemed expedient:

And whereas it hath been made to appear to Her Majesty that due facilities have been or will be given for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British Merchant Ships in the territo- ries of His Majesty the King of Prussia, that is to say, such or the like facilities as are herein-after given for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from Prussian Merchant Ships in the dominions of Her Majesty or the territories of the East India Company:

　　Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of the powers vested in Her Majesty by the said "Foreign Deserters Act, 1852," and by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, is pleased to order and declare, and it is hereby ordered and declared, that from and after the publication hereof in the London Gazette seamen, not being slaves, and not being subjects of Her Majesty, who desert from Merchant Ships belonging to subjects of His Majesty the King of Prussia when within Her Majesty's dominions or the territories of the East India Company shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective ships.

　　And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury and the Commissioners for the affairs of India are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

WM. L. BATHURST.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH APRIL, 1878.

AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,

The 13th day of June 1853.

PRESENT,

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

179

Whereas by the "Foreign Deserters Act, 1852," it is provided that, whenever it is made to appear to Her Majesty that due facilities are or will be given for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British merchant ships in the territories of any foreign power, Her Majesty may, by Order in Council stating that such facilities are or will be given, declare that seamen, not being slaves, who desert from merchant ships belonging to a subject of such power, when within Her Majesty's dominions or the territories of the East India Company, shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective ships, and may limit the operation of such Order, and may render the operation thereof subject to such conditions and qualifications, if any, as may be deemed expedient..

And whereas it hath been made to appear to Her Majesty, that due facilities have been or will be given for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British merchant ships in the territories of His Majesty the King of Denmark; that is to say, such or the like facilities as are herein-after given for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from Danish merchant ships in the dominions of Her Majesty or the territories of the East India Company :

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of the powers vested in Her Majesty by the said “

"Foreign Deserters Act, 1852," and by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, is pleased to order and declare, and it is hereby ordered and declared, that from and after the publication hereof in the London Gazette, seamen, not being slaves and not being subjects of Her Majesty, who desert from merchant ships belonging to subjects of His Majesty the King of Denmark, when within Her Majesty's dominions or the territories of the East India Company, shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective ships.

　　　　　And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury and the Com- missioners for the Affairs of India are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

WM. L. BATHURST,

AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,

The 13th day of June 1853.

PRESENT,

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

　　　　　　Whereas by the "Foreign Deserters Act, 1852," it is provided that whenever it is made to appear to Her Majesty that due facilities are or will be given for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British Merchant Ships in the territories of any Foreign Power, Her Majesty may, by Or- der in Council stating that such facilities are or will be given, declare that seamen, not being slaves, who desert from Merchant Ships belonging to a subject of such Power when within Her Majesty's dominions or the territories of the East India Company, shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective ships, and may limit the operation of such Order, and may render the opera- tion thereof subject to such conditions and qualifications, if any, as may be deemed expedient:

　　　　　　Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of the powers vested in Her by the said "Foreign Deser- ters Act, 1852,” and by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, is pleased to order and declare, and it is hereby ordered and declared, that from and after the publication hereof in the London Gazette seamen, not being slaves, who desert from Merchant Ships belonging to subjects of the Grand Duke of Oldenburg when within Her Majesty's dominions or the territories of the East India Company, shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective Ships.

　　　　　　And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury and the Com- missioners for the affairs of India are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

WM. L. BATHURST.

180

THE HONGkong government GAZETTE, 27TH APRIL, 1878.

AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,

The 9th day of March 1854, PRESENT,

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

　　　Whereas by the "Foreign Deserters Act, 1852," it is provided that whenever it is made to appear to Her Majesty that due facilities are or will be given for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British merchant ships in the territories of any foreign power, Her Majesty may, by Order in Council stating that such facilities are or will be given, declare that seamen, not being slaves, who desert from merchant ships belonging to a subject of such power when within Her Majesty's dominions or the territories of the East India Company, shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective ships, and may limit the operation of such Order, and may render the operation thereof subject to such conditions and qualifications, if any, as may be deemed expedient

And whereas it hath been made to appear to Her Majesty that due facilities will be given for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British merchant ships in the territories belong- ing to His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury and the Commissioners for the affairs of India are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

C. C. GREVILLE,

AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE, The 9th day of March 1854. PRESENT,

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL..

Whereas by the "Foreign Desertes Act, 1852," it is provided that whenever it is made to appear to Her Majesty that due facilities are or will be given for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British Merchant Ships in the territories of any Foreign Power, He Majesty may, by Order in Council stating that such facilities are or will be given,re that seamen, not being slaves, who desert from Merchant Ships belonging to a subject of such Power when within Her Majesty's dominions or the territories of the East India Company, shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective ships, and may limit the operation of such Order and may render the operation thereof subject to such conditions and qualifications, if any, as may be deemed expedient:

　　And whereas it hath been made to appear to Her Majesty that due facilities will be given for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British Merchant Ships in the territories belonging to His Majesty the King of the Netherlands.

　　And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury and the Commissioners for the affairs of India are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

C. C. GREVILLE.

AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE, The 8th day of June 1854. PRESENT,

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

Whereas by the "Foreign Deserters Act, 1852," it is provided that, whenever it is made to appear to Her Majesty that due facilities are or will be given for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British merchant ships in the territories of any foreign power, Her Majesty may, by Order in Council stating that such facilities are or will be given, declare that seamen, not being slaves, who desert from merchant ships belonging to a subject of such power, when within Her Majesty's dominions or the territories of the East India Company, shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective ships, and may limit the operation of such Order, and may render the operation thereof subject to conditions and qualifications, if any, as may be deemed expedient.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH APRIL, 1878.

181

And whereas it hath been made to appear to Her Majesty that due facilities will be given for ecovering and apprehending seamen, not being Hanoverian subjects, who desert from British merchant ships in the territories belonging to His Majesty the King of Hanover.

　　　　And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury and the Commissioners for the Affairs of India are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

WM. L. BATHURST.

AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE, The 3rd day of July 1854. PRESENT,

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

　　　　　Whereas by the "Foreign Deserters Act, 1852," it is provided that, whenever it is made to appear to Her Majesty that due facilities are or will be given for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British merchant ships in the territories of any foreign power, Her Majesty may, by Order in Council, stating that such facilities are or will be given, declare that seamen, not being slaves, who desert from merchant ships belonging to a subject of such power when within Her Majesty's dominions, or the territories of the East India Company, shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective ships, and may limit the operation of such order, and may render the operation thereof subject to such conditions and qualifications, if any, as may be deemed expedient:

　　　　　And whereas it hath been made to appear to Her Majesty that due facilities will be given for recovering and apprehending seamen (not being French subjects) who desert from British Merchant ships in the territories belonging to His Majesty the Emperor of the French:

And the Righ. Honourable the Los omissioners of Her Majesty's Tre Commissioners for the affairs of India, are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

WM. L. BATHURST,

AT THE COURT AT WINDSOR, The 8th day of February 1855. PRESENT,

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THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

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Whereas by the "Foreign Deserters Act, 1852," it is provided, that whenever it is made to appear to Her Majesty that due facilities are or will be given for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British Merchant Ships in the territories of any Foreign Power, Her Majesty may, by Order in Council, stating that such facilities are or will be given, declare that seamen, not being slaves, who desert from Merchant Ships belonging to a subject of such Power, when within Her Majesty's dominions or the territories of the East India Company, shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective ships, and may limit the operation of such Order, and may render the operation thereof subject to such conditions and qualifications, if any, as may be deemed expedient.

　　　　　And whereas it hath been made to appear to Her Majesty, that due facilities will be given for recovering and apprehending seamen (not being Belgian subjects) who desert from British Merchant Ships in the territories belonging to His Majesty the King of the Belgians :

　　　　　Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of the powers vested in Her by the said "Foreign Deserters Act, 1852," and by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, is pleased to order and declare, and it is hereby ordered and declared, that from and after the publication hereof in the London Gazette, seamen, not being slaves (and not being British subjects), who desert from Merchant Ships belonging to subjects of the King of the Belgians, within Her Majesty's dominions or the territories of the East India Company, shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective ships: Provided ? always, that if any such deserter has committed any crime in Her Majesty's dominions, or the territories of the East India Company, he may be detained until he has been tried a competent Court, and until his sentence (if any) has been fully carried into effect.

And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, and the Com- missioners for the affairs of India, are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

WM. L. BATHURST.

182

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH APRIL, 1878.

AT THE COURT AT OSBORNE HOUSE, ISLE OF WIGHT, The 28th day of July 1856.

PRESENT,

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

Whereas by the "Foreign Deserters Act, 1852," it is provided that, whenever it is made to appear to Her Majesty that due facilities are or will be given for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British Merchant Ships in the territories of any Foreign Power, Her Majesty may, by Order in Council stating that such facilities are or will be given, declare that seamen, not being slaves, who desert from Merchant Ships belonging to a subject of such Power, when within Her Majesty's dominions or the territories of the East India Company, shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective ships, and may limit the operation of such Order, and may render the operation thereof subject to such conditions and qualifications, if any, as may be deemed expedient:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of the powers vested in Her by the said “ Foreign Deserters Act, 1852," and by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, is pleased to order and declare, and it is hereby ordered and declared, that from and after the publication hereof in the London Gazette seamen, not being slaves, who desert from Merchant Ships belonging to citizens of the Republic of Chile, within Her Majesty's dominions or the territories of the East India Company, shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective ships: Provided always, that if any such deserter has committed any crime in Her Majesty's dominions or the territories of the East India Company he may be detained until he has been tried by a competent Court, and until his sentence (if any) has been fully carried into effect.

　　　And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury and the Com- missioners for the Affairs of India are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

WM.

BATHURST.

AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE, The 6th day of May 1857.

PRESENT,

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

　　　Whereas by the "Foreign Deserters Act, 1852," it is provided that whenever it is made to appear to Her Majesty that due facilities are or will be given for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British merchant ships in the territories of any foreign power, Her Majesty may, by Order in Council stating that such facilities are or will be given, declare that seamen, not being slaves, who desert from merchant ships belonging to a subject of such power when within Her Majesty's dominions or the territories of the East India Company, shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective ships, and may limit the operation of such Order, and may render the operation thereof subject to such conditions and qualifications, if any, as may be deemed expedient.

And whereas it has been made to appear to Her Majesty that due facilities will be given for recovering and apprehending seamen (not being Moorish subjects) who desert from British merchant ships in the territories belonging to the Sultan of Morocco and Fez.

Provided always, that if any such deserter has committed any crime in Her Majesty's dominions or the territories of the East India Company, he may be detained until he has been tried by a competent Court, and until his sentence (if any) has been fully carried into effect.

And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury and the Commissioners for the Affairs of India are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

WM. L. BATHURST.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH APRIL, 1878.

AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,

The 23rd day of January 186.

PRESENT,

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

183

Whereas by the "Foreign Deserters Act, 1852," it is provided that whenever it is made to appear to Her Majesty that due facilities are or will be given for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British Merchant Ships in the territories of any Foreigh Power, Her Majesty may, by Order in Council stating that such facilities are or will be given, declare that seamen, not being slaves, who desert from Merchant Ships belonging to a subject of such Foreign Power when within Her Majesty's dominions, shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective ships, and may limit the operation of such Order, and may render the operation thereof subject to such conditions and qualifications, if any, as may be deemed expedient:

And whereas it has been made to appear to Her Majesty that due facilities will be given for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British Merchant Ships in the dominions or rier Majesty the Queen of Spain:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of the power vested in Her by the said "Foreign Deserters Act, 1852," and by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, is pleased to order and declare, and it is hereby ordered and declared, that from and after the publication hereof in the London Gazette, seamen, not being slaves, and not being British subjects who within Her Majesty's dominions desert from Merchant Ships belonging to subjects of Her Majesty the Queen of Spain, shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective ships; Provided always, that if any such deserter has committed any crime in Her Majesty's dominions he may be detained until he has been tried by a competent court, and until his sentence (if any) has been carried into effect:

　　　　　And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury and the Secretary of State for India in Council are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

W?. L. BATHURST.

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The 27th day of August 1860.

PRESENT,

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

　　　　　Whereas by the "Foreign Deserters Act, 1852," it is provided that whenever it is made to appear to Her Majesty that due facilities are or will be given for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British merchant ships in the territories of any foreign power, Her Majesty may, by Order in Council stating that such facilities are or will be given, declare that seamen, not being slaves, who desert from merchant ships belonging to a subject of such power, when within Her Majesty's dominions shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective ships, and may limit the operation of such Order, and may render the operation thereof subject to such conditions and qualifi- cations, if any, as may be deemed expedient:

　　　　　And whereas it has been made to appear to Her Majesty that due facilities will be given for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British merchant ships in the territories of the Republic of Nicaragua:

　　　　　Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of the power vested in Her by the said "Foreign Deserters Act, 1852," and by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, is pleased to order and declare, and it is hereby ordered and declared, that from and after the publication hereof in the London Gazette seamen, not being slaves and not being British subjects, who within Her Majesty's dominions desert from merchant ships belonging to citizens of the Republic of Nicaragua shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective ships: Provided always, that if any such deserter has committed any crime in Her Majesty's dominions he may be detained till he has been tried by a competent Court, and until his sentence, if any, has been carried into effect.

　　　　　And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury and the Secretary of State for India in Council are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

EDMUND HARRISON.

184

THE HONGKONG GONERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH APRIL, 1878.

AT THE COURT AT BALMORAL,

The 27th day of August 1860.

PRESENT,

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

Whereas by the "Foreign Deserters Act, 1852," it is provided that, whenever it is made to appear to Her Majesty that due facilities are or will be given for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British merchant ships in the territories of any foreign power, Her Majesty may by Order in Council, stating that such facilities are or will be given, declare that seamen, not being slaves, who desert from merchant ships belonging to a subject of such power, when within Her Majesty's dominions, shall be liable to be apprehended, and carried on board their respective ships; and may limit the operation of such order, and render the operation thereof subject to such conditions and qualifications, if any, as may be deemed expedient.

may.

And whereas it, has been made to appear to Her Majesty that due facilities will be given for recovering and pprehending seamen who desert from British merchant ships in the dominions and rossessions of His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias.

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of the power vested in Her by the said "Foreign Deserters Act, 1852," and by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, is pleased to order and declare, and it is hereby ordered and declared, that from and after the publication hereof in the London Gazette, seamen, not being slaves, and not being British subjects, who, within Her Majesty's dominions, desert from merchant ships belonging to the subjects of His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective ships: Provided always, that if any such deserter has committed any crime in Her Majesty's dominions, he may be detained till he has been tried by a competent court, and until his sentence, if any, has been carried into effect.

And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, and the Secretary of State for India in Council, are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

EDMUND HARRISON.

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AT THE COURT AT WINDSOR,

The 11th day of June 1863. PRESENT,

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCI

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JJ, or it is made to appear will be given for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British merchant ships in the territories of any foreign power, Her Majesty may, by Order in Council stating that such facilities are or will be given, declare that seamen, not being slaves, who desert from merchant ships belonging to a subject of such power when within Her Majesty's dominions shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective ships, and may limit the operation of such Order, and may render the operation thereof subject to such conditions and qualifications, if any, as may be deemed expedient:

And whereas it hath been made to appear to Her Majesty that due facilities will be given for recovering and apprehending seamen (not being Italian subjects) who desert from British merchant ships in the territories belonging to His Majesty the King of Italy:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of the powers vested in Her by the said "Foreign Deserters Act, 1852," and by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, is pleased to order and declare, and it is hereby ordered and declared, that from and after the publication hereof in the London Gazette, seamen, not being slaves (and not being British subjects), who desert from merchant ships belonging to subjects of the King of Italy, within Her Majesty's dominions, shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective ships: Provided always, that if any such deserter has committed any crime in Her Majesty's dominions he may be detained until he has been tried by a competent Court, and until his sentence (if any) has been fully carried into effect.

And Her Majesty, by virtue of the powers vested in Her by the said "Foreign Deserters Act, 1852," and by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, is further pleased to order and declare that upon and after the publication hereof in the London Gazette the Order in Council relating to seamen who desert from merchant ships belonging to subjects of the King of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, made by virtue of the said Act on the 19th day of August 1853, and published in the London Gazette on the 23rd day of August 1853, and the Order in Council relating to seamen who desert from merchant ships belonging to subjects of the King of Sardinia, made by virtue of the said Act on the 10th day of March 1855, and published in the London Gazette on the 13th day of March 1855, shall be revoked, and the same are hereby revoked accordingly.

And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury and the Secretary of State for India in Council are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

EDMUND HARRISON.

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH APRIL, 1878.

AT THE COURT AT WINDSOR,

The 11th day of June 1863.

PRESENT, .

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

185

Whereas by the "Foreign Deserters Act, 1852," it is provided, that whenever it is made to appear to Her Majesty that due facilities are or will be given for recovering or apprehending seamen who desert from British merchant ships in the territories of any foreign power, Her Majesty may, by Order in Council, stating that such facilities are or will be given, declare that seamen, not being slaves, who desert from merchant ships belonging to such powers when within Her Majesty's dominions, shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective ships, and may limit the operation of such Order, and may render the operation thereof subject to such conditions and qualifications, if any, as may be deemed expedient.

　　　　Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of the powers vested in her by the said "Foreign Deserters Act, 1852," and by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, is pleased to order and declare, and it is hereby ordered and declared, that from and after the publication hereof in the London Gazette, seamen, not being slaves, who, within Her Majesty's dominions, desert from merchant ships belonging to citizens of the Republic of Salvador, shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective ships:

And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, and the Secre- tary of State for India in 'Council, are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

No. 88.

EDMUND HARRISON.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.

By Command

J. M. FRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th April, 1878.

Government of South Australia.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

SHOAL, TRINITY BAY.

The position of the Shoal reported by Captain Saunders, of the S. S. Alexandra, and of which a notice was published from this office on the 16th November last, having been examined by Lieut. Connor, R.N., the officer in charge of the Admiralty Survey, the supposed danger has been found to be the north-east extremity of the main reef, which lies in the following position, viz.:-

North extremity of Island Point,. Round Hill,..

...

.N.W. by W. W. .S. by W. westerly.

　　　　　Vessels passing along the coast will be clear of this danger while keeping the two remarkable hills denoted on the chart as 2,652 and 2,710 feet in height respectively, and lying south-west of Cape Grafton, open to the north-east of Double Island; while vessels going to or from Port Douglas, will clear it by keeping the hill, denoted as 1,757 feet in height, open to the north-east of Island Point.

Department of Ports and Harbours, Brisbane, 1st March, 1878.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N., Portmaster.

LIGHT VESSEL OFF CHANNEL ROCK, CAPE MELVILLE.

On and after this date, a light will be exhibited from a Light-vessel moored in 14 fathoms in the following position,

viz.:-

Channel Rock,

Pipon Island Reef Beacon,.

.S. W. . E. & N.

　　　　　The Light, which is dioptric, is at an elevation of 35 feet above the water, and should be visible from the deck of a small craft about 10 miles.

Vessels in rounding the Cape will pass to the northward and eastward of the Light-vessel.

Department of Ports and Harbours, Brisbane, 6th March, 1878.

G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N., Portmaster

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH APRIL, 1878.

AT THE COURT AT WINDSOR,

The 11th day of June 1863.

PRESENT, .

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

185

And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, and the Secre- tary of State for India in 'Council, are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

No. 88.

EDMUND HARRISON.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.

By Command

J. M. FRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th April, 1878.

Government of South Australia.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

SHOAL, TRINITY BAY.

North extremity of Island Point,. Round Hill,..

...

.N.W. by W. W. .S. by W. westerly.

Department of Ports and Harbours, Brisbane, 1st March, 1878.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N., Portmaster.

LIGHT VESSEL OFF CHANNEL ROCK, CAPE MELVILLE.

On and after this date, a light will be exhibited from a Light-vessel moored in 14 fathoms in the following position,

viz.:-

Channel Rock,

Pipon Island Reef Beacon,.

.S. W. . E. & N.

　　　　　The Light, which is dioptric, is at an elevation of 35 feet above the water, and should be visible from the deck of a small craft about 10 miles.

Vessels in rounding the Cape will pass to the northward and eastward of the Light-vessel.

Department of Ports and Harbours, Brisbane, 6th March, 1878.

G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N., Portmaster

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH APRIL, 1878.

No. 89.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Table of Meteorological Observations, taken at the Govemment Lock Hospital, during the Month of March, 1878, is published for general information.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th April, 1878.

By Command,

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS

TAKEN AT THE GOVERNMENT LOCK HOSPITAL, VICTORIA, Hongkong, FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, 1878. 137 feet above mein low level of Spring Tides.

THERMOMETERS (Fahrenheit.)

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

WIND.

CLOUD.

RAIN IN

INCHES

HYGROMETER.

Day of Month.

BAROMETER.

SELF REGISTERING

DAY OF WEEK.

ATTACHED IN SHADE.

IN THE SHADE. Max, and Min. of the previous 24 hours, taken at Noon.

MAX.

BILB

MAX.

SUN, MIN SUN, BULB

Ex- G VACUO. POSED.

DIUR-

NAL

RANGE,

DE.

9 A.M. 3 PM.

9 A.M. 3 P.M. Min.

Temp. at Max. Noon.

DIURNAL

RANGE, BULB |

EXPOSED.

MIN.

IN SOIL,

DRY BULB IN WET BULBIN SHADE. SHADE.

HUMIDITY COMPLETE

DEW POINT.

QUARTER.

SATURATION

100.

INCHES

DEEP.

9 A.M. 3 P.M. 9 A.M. 3 P.M. 9 A.M. 3 P.M. 9 A.M.3 P.M.

9 A.M.

3 P.M.

DURING

THE

PREVI-

OUS 24

HOURS.

9 A.M. 9 A.M.3 P.M.

0-10.

1 Friday,

2 Saturday,

30.15

30.06

58.0

60.0

50.0

59.0 58.0

120. 85.

63D

9.0

22.0

55.0

58.0

60.0 $2.0

54.0

66.

46.6

48.7

30.10

30.02

55.0

58.0

49.0 57.0

56.0

115.

80.

55.0

8.0

25.0

54.0

55.0

58.0 52.0

53.0

81.

71.

49.1

48.5

3 Sunday,

30.06 30.00

54.0

57.0

48.0

57.0

56.0

105.

76.

30.0

9.0

26.0

52.0

54.0

57.0

52.0

55.0

86.

87.

50.0

53.2

0.28

4 Monday,

30.05 29.95

59.0

60.0

51.0

60.059.0

85.

65.

57.0

9.0

8.0

52.0

59.0

60.0

57.0

58.0

88.

55.2

56.2

0.23

Tuesday,

30.05

29.95

63.0

61.0

55.0

64.0

63.0

105.

71.

60.0

9.0

11.0

55.0

63.0

61.0

61.0 59.0 88,

88.

59.3

57.3 E.

1.06

6 Wednesday,

30.03

29.98

59.0

61.0

53.0 58.0

57.0

98.

68.

58.0

5.0 10.0

56.0

58.0

61.0

56.0 59.0

87.

88.

54.2

57.3

N.W.

0.38

7 Thursday,

30.13

30.10

58.0

59.0

53.0

60.0

59.0

102.

74.

59.0

7.0

15.0 55.0

58.0

59.0

53.0 55.0

71.

76.

48.5 51.4

N.E.

0.08

8 Friday,.

30.22

30.18

59.0

61.0

56.0

62.0

61.0

100.

72.

56.0 6.0 16.0

54.0

59.0

61.0

55.0

54.0

76.

62.

51.4

47.9

Saturday,

30.18

30.08

61.0

54.0 63.0

02.0

61.0

107.

73.

56.0

9.0 17.0

53.0

61.0

62.0

54.0

56.0

62. 67.

47.9

50.8

10 Sunday,

30.05 30.02

61.0

55.0 63.0

62.0

100.

71. 57.0

8.0

14.0 54.0

61.0

62.0

59.0

56.0

88.

67.

57.3

50.8

Monday,...

30.15

30.10

58.0

61.0

54.0

61.0

60.0

115.

72.

56.0

7.0

16.0

53.0

58.0

61.0

52.0

57.0

66.

77.

46.6

53.5

0.02

12 Tuesday, ........

30.15

30.10

60.0

67.0

56.0 68.0 67.0

130.

82.

61.0

21.0

12.0

56.0

60.0

67.0

58.0 61.0

88.

68.

56.2

56.2 E.

...

Wednesday,

30.13

30.10

61.0

63.0

55.0 64.0

63.0

122.

82.

61.0

9.0

21.0 56.0 61.0

63.0

56.0

57.0

72.

67.

51.7

51.9

14 Thursday,.

30.13

30.10

59.0

67.0

55.0 65.0

63.0

123.

82.

62.0

.0.0

20.0

56.0

53.0

68.0

55.0

61.0

76.

64.

51.4

55.5

15 Friday,

30.15

30.05

61.0

65.0

55.0 64.0

63.0

125.

86.

67.0

9.0

19.057.0

61.0

65.0

58.0

60.0

82.

73.

55.4

55.9

16 Saturday,

30.10

30.03

64.0

68.0

56.0 68.0

63.0

123.

83.

67.0 14.0

16.0 58.0

64.0

68.0

59.0

63.0

72.

73.

54.8

59.1

17 Sunday,

30.10

30.08

61.0

59.0

56.0 61.0

60,0

125. 85.

62.0 5.0

23.0 56.0

61.0

59.0

57.0

88.

57.3

55.2 E.

18 Monday,

30.10

30.05 60.0

60.0

52.0

63.0 62.0

113.

81.

62.0

11.0

19.0

55.0

60.0

54.0

55.0

66.

71.

48.7

50.6

19 Tuesday,

30.06 30.02

62.0

65,0

55.0 65,0

64.0

125.

82.

65.0 10.0

17.0

55.0

62.0

65.0

55.0 63.0

62.

88.

49.0

61.4

20 Wednesday,

30.08 30.05

67.0 66.0

60.0 69.0

67.0 125.

83.

65.0'

9.0

18.0

60.0

€7.0

66.0

63.0

78.

83.

59.8

60.6 E.

21 Thursday,.

30.12

30.08

61.0 63.0

56.0 62.0

61.0 112.

80.

62.0

6.0

18.0

58.0

61.0

63.0

59.0

60.0

88.

82. 57.3

57.5

0.02

22 Friday,

30.15

30.10

60.0

64.0

55.0

65.0

64.0

122.

81.

64.0

10.0

17.0

56.0

60.0

64.0

57.0

82.

63.

54.4

51.2

0.21

23 Saturday,

30.10

30.04

63.0

65.0

55.0 66.0 65.0 124.

82.

60.0

22.0

11.0

63.0

53.0

65.0

59.0

60.0

77.

73.

55.6

55.9

24 Sunday,

30.00

29.98

67.0 71.0

60.0

71.0

118.

78.

61.0

11.0

17.0 60.0

67.0

71.0

62.0

66.0

73.

58.0

62.2

25 Monday,.

29.95 29.90

71.0 73.0

64.0

75.0

125.

74.0

95.

67.0

11.0.28.0

62.0

71.0

73.0 68.0

70.0

83. 84.

65.7

67.8

:::

26 Tuesday,

27 Wednesday,

28 Thursday,

29 Friday,.

29.97 29.92 73.0 77.0 66.0 75.0 74.0 29.98 29.90 67.0 69.0 59.0 71.0 70.0 124. 29.90 29.85 73.0 74.0 63.0 76.0 29.85 29.90 77.0 73.0 62.0 79.0 78.0 118.

120. 91.

71.0

9.0 20.0

66.0

73.0

78.0

71.0

74.0

$9.

79.

69.5

71.2

0.03

· 5

95.

75.0

20.0

66.C

67.0

69.0

62.0

64.0

73.

58.0

60.1

75.0 120.

90.

67.0

13.0

23 0

64.0

73.0

74.0

69.0

71.0

79.

84.

66.0

68.8 E.

0.15

89. 71.0

17.0

18.0

66.0 77.0 73.0

74.0

69.0

84.

79.

71.9

66.0 E.

0.03

30 Saturday, ... .........................

29.90

29.85* 79.0

65.0

60.0

66.0 65.0

111. 84. 65.0 6.0 19.0

62.0

78.0 65.0

76.0

62.0

83.

89.

74.6

59.5 E.

0.88

31 Sunday,

29.96

29.85

63.0

63 0

56.0

66.0

64.0

104. 84.

66.0

10.0

18.0

57.0 63.0

63.0

57.0

67.

51.9

51.9 E.

0.85

Mean.

30.06

29.69

64.9

64.4

55.9

65.2 64.0

114. 80.

62.1

9.6

18,5

57.1 | 62.9

64.5

59.1

60.1

78.

75. 55.9

56.5

4.22

Summary of March, 1877:—

-Mean Shade Temp.,

..61.6

Total Rain fall,

0.80 inches. Rain fell on 6 days.

1876:-

1875:-

...68.3

11.95

3.01

1874:-

.64.7

3.11

1873:-

64.7

0.23 ""

PH. B. C. AYRES, Colonial Surgeon.

1879:-

.66.3

0.55 23

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

Cape d'AGUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

188

THE

HONGKONG

GOVERNMENT

GAZETTE,

27TH APRIL,

1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

WINDS

R.IN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

DAY AND

BARO-

0 TO 12.

HOUR.

DATE.

METER

WEA.

THER.

BARO-

0 TO 12.

WEA-

THER.

[METER

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches dur ng previous 14 hours.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. | Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

? TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. | Dry. Wet. Direct. | Force.

In inches

during previous 24 hours.

April.

80.11 78.0 78.0 75.0

Saturday, 20th Noon 30.10 | 84.0 85.0 73.5 84.0 77.5|| 30.0285.0

b.c.

29.96 82.0

82.5 78.0 SW

b.c.

30.00 77.5

78.0 75.0 NW

b.c.

28.26 71.0

71.0 71.0 SW

··

o.p.c.

··

b.c.

29.96 84.0 85.0 71.0 84.0 80.0 SW

b.c.

0.00

29.97 81.0 8.0 71.5 83.0 78.5 SW

b.c.

0.00

28.28 73.0 73.0 69.0 73.0 72.0 SW

O.C.

0.00

85.0 77.0

b.c.

29.94 84.0

85.0 80.0 S

b.c.

29.96 81.0|

83.0 78.0 SW

2 b.c.

28.22 78.0

72.0 71.0 SSW

op.c.

Sunday,

21st

30.04 80.0

April.

9 Noon? 30.00 | 86.0 87.0 78.0 86.0 79.0 3 29.94 86.0

... 80.0 77.0

b.c.

29.90 82.0

80.5 79.5 Calm

b.c.

29.93 80.0

b.c.

29.9084.0 85.0 75.0 83.5 80.5] SW

}

b.c.

9.29

29.92 81.0 84.0 73.0 82.0 80.0 SW

86.0 79.5

b.c.

29.87 85.0

85.5 81.0 SW

b.c.

29.90 81.0

78.0 77.0 SW

b.c.

28.24 73.0

73.0 73.0 SW

o.f.

b.c.

0.00

28.20 74.0 74.0 71.0 74.0 73.0 SW

b.c.

0.00

81.0 78.0 SW

b.c.

28.18 75.0

74.0 73.0 SSW

b.c.

Monday,

22nd

30.06 76.0

April.

76.0 73.0 Noon 30.06| 77.0 86.0 75.0 77.0 73.0 30.05 74.0

29.90 78.01

76.0 74.0 E

b.m.

74.0 71.0

Tuesday,

23rd

April.

30.25 68.0

68.0 68.0

Noon 30.24 71.5 79.0 65.0 71.0] 64.0

30.20 72.0

72.0 65.0

Wednesday,

24th

April.

30.25 71.5

71.0 62.0]

Noon? 30.22 72.0 74.5 67.5 72.0 62.0

? :

True wind

cannot be registered.

29.90 | 80.0 86.0 72.0 78.0 74.0 E 29.9178.0

b.c.

1.82

29.9377.0

73.0 72.0 NE

28.22 68.0

68.0 68.0 E

o.f.

29.93 76.5 84.0 71.0 73.0 72.0 NE

0.00

28.22 68.0 68.0 66.0 68,0| 68,0| E

o.p.c.

74.0 71.5 E

o.r.

29.93 76.5

··

71.0 70.0 NE

28.27 67.0

67.0 66.0] E

o.f.d.

0.47

30.08 71.0

69.0 63.0 N

b.c.

Do.

30.1073.0 78.0 63.0 74.0 69.0 NE

3 b.c.

0.00

b.c.

30.08 74.0

74.0 67.5 E

b.c.

30.07 70.0

30.1170.0

30.12 70.0 79.0 72.0 C8.0 66.0] N

68.0 67.0 N

m.o.

28.36 60.0

60.0 56.0 NE

m.o.

0.44

28.35 65.0 65.0 57.0 65.0 61.0 NE

69.0 68.5 N

m.o.

28.34 66.0

:??:

0.c.

0.€.

0.00

66.0 62.0 E

0.0.

- M | N

30.09 74.0

72.0 64.0 E

30.12 72.0

71.0 68.0] NE

6 b.c.

28.38 63.0

30.08 74.0 75,5 65,0 74.0] 66.0] E

0.00

30.16 72.0

72.0 63.0

30.06 74.0

76.0 65.5 E

Thursday,

30.22 75.0

75.0 70.0

b.c.

30.05 74.0

75.5 70.5 EbS

b.c.

30.13 72.0 76.0] 68.0 72.5| 69.0 NE 30.10 | 72.0|

30.10 | 73.0|

73.0 70.0 NE

: 8:

0.00

28.3866.0

63.0 56.0 E

b.m.

28.35 | 65.0 66.0 57.0] 66.0 57,0] ?

b.m.

0.00

66.0 60.0 E

b.m.

72.5 68.0 NE

b.c.

28.37 67.0

66.0 66.0 SSE

b.m.

25th

April. 3

| Noon 80.20 | 76.5| 78,0| 70.0 76.0 71.0) 30.12 | 76.0

b.c.

30.05 76.0 77.0 74.0 76.0| 70.5] ESE

b.c.

32.10 | 74.0 75,0| 68.0 74.0] 69.0] NE

b.c.

0.00

Friday,

26th

April.

30.21 76.0 76.0 68.0 Noon 30.22 79.5 81.5 71.5 79.0 71.0) 3 30.1680.0

76.0 70.0

b.c.

30.05 | 78.0]

79.0 73.0 ESE

b.c.

80.0 72.5

b.c.

30.05 82.0]

79.0 72.0 E

30.05 | 78.0 30.06 80.0 82.0 68.5 82.0 75.0 E?S 82.0 75.0 S

b.c.

30.04 74.0

30.0876.0|

75.0 69.0 NE

4 b.c.

28.38 70.070,0 62.0 70.0 67.0 SE 28.33 70.0

b.m.

69.0 67.0 Calm

b.m.

0.00

75.0 71.5 N

28.38 69.0

b.c.

0.00.

b.c.

30.05 76.0 80.0 68.5 78.0] 67.0? NE 30.00 76.0

77.0 72.0 NE

2 b.

0.00

69.0 65.0 NE 28.39 | 73.0 73.0 65.0 73.0 68.0 NE 28.36 75.0 74.0 70.0 NE

2 b.m.

b.m.

0.00

b.m.

STATE OF WEATHER:-6. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; f. foggy; g. gloomy; h. hail; 7. lightning; m misty (hazy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; q. squally; r. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility. bjects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). NOTE —A bar (—) under any letter augments its ignification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and continuing rain, &c., &c.

Figures

Description of Wind,

0 to 2

Illustrations of the power of the Wind as regards a well-conditioned Man-of-War or First-class Clipper Ship.

Rate of the Wind per Hour in Miles.

Figures

to denote

the Foree

of the

Wind.

Calm

Light Air Light Breeze

Gentle Breeze

Moderate Breeze. Fresh Breeze... Strong Breeze

OI2B4ONODO-2

Strong Gale

Whole Gale...

Storm....

Hurricane....

Moderate Gale.

Fresh Gale

Just sufficient to give steerage way..

With which the above Ship with al, sail ( 1 to 2 knots set and clean full would go in smooth water....

3 - 10

11 15

3 to 4 "

16 20

(5 to 6

26 30

Royals, &c.

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails.

Triple Reefs, &c..

Close Reefs and Courses

53 60

In which she could just carry in chase, Double Reefs and Jib, &c. full and by

In which she could just bear close-reefed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail Under Storm Staysail

Bare Poles

61 69

above 80

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

456789612

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH APRIL, 1878.

Arnold, Miss M., 507, Bush Street, San Francisco,

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Dead Letters.

Martin, Mrs. J., 50, Wellington Road, Bow, London,........ Mead, Miss, Prittlewell, Essex,

Robertson, James, Imperial Mint, Constantinople,.

Rogers, Miss Mary, G. P. O., Brisbane,

Bruce, W., 8, Woodland Terrace, Glasgow,

Bushnell, S. C., Shepherd's Hotel, Cairo,

Byrne, Mrs., Post Office, Port Said,

Chapman, Miss, 814, California Street, San Francisco,.

Roza, B. da, S.S. Zamboanga, Penang,

Clarke, Mrs., 18, St. John's Hill, St. George's in the East, London,

.1.

Rousset, Leon, Rue de Joumon, No. 20, Paris,..

Collins, S., 65, Amersham Road, New Cross, Surrey, Dantra, H. B., Staunton Street, Hongkong,.

Station Staff Officer, Wppalore, Madras,

Sivram Ayah & Son, Madras,

Edwards, Mrs F., Clifton Road, Aston Park, Birmingham,..

Elzaro, Mrs., Strada Pomento, Malta,

.(Registered) 1

Fluey, Alfred, care of Post Office, Cooktown,

Greenslade, Mrs., Francis Cottage, Foots Cray, Kent,

Kimpflin, Emile & Co., Paris, France,.

Mann, H., care of Welcome Tavern, Hongkong,

Thomson, Mrs. Helen, Easton, Mass. U. S. A.................... Towe, H. T., Post Office, San Francisco,.

Whalley, James, Manchester,

Whitfeild, Mrs. Laygate Hill, North Shields, Durham, Wyatt, H. H., H. M. S. Victor Emanuel,

189

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The above letters have been returned from various places at which the addressees cannot be found. If not claimed within ten days they will be

opened and returned to the writers.

General Post Office, Hongkong, 26th April, 1878.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

UNTs Summary Jurisdiction, on every Tues-

further notice, the Court will sit in

day, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

"NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in

UNTs original Jurisdiction on Mondays and

Thursdays.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG

IN BANKRUPTCY.

Nolony of Hongkong, lately carrying on

OTICE,-LUK MUI, of Victoria, in the

business under the name of "CHI CHUK TSAI" having been adjudicated Bankrupt under a Peti- tion for adjudication in Bankrup

ed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong, on the 18th day of March, in the year of Our Lord 1878, a public sitting for the said Bankrupt to pass his last exa- mination and make application for his order of discharge, will be held before the Honourable FRANCIS SNOWDEN, Acting Chief Justice of Hongkong, at the Supreme Court House, Victo- ria, aforesaid, on Wednesday, the 8th day of May, 1878, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon of that day precisely.

The Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee in the Bankruptcy.

Dated this 26th day of April, 1878.

HENRY LARDNER DENNYS,

Solicitor for the said Bankrupt. 16, Bank Buildings, Hongkong.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

NOTICE.-NG-AKIU, of Victoria, in the Co-

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Dated the 16th day of April, 1878.

NOTICE.

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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

No. 18.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 4TH MAY, 1878.

HONGKONG.

ANNO QUADRAGESIMO-PRIMO VICTORIA REGINE.

JOHN POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G., Governor and Commander-in-Chief.

No. 1 OF 1878.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, Title.

with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to relieve a certain class of Passenger Steamers from the Regulations of Schedule A of "The Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855," and from the Regulations of Schedule E of "The Chinese Emigration Colidation Ordinance 1°74," and to substitute Juner Regulations in regu

10.

[29th April, 1878.]

WHEREAS, by section 3 of "The Chinese Passengers' Act, Preamble.

1855," it is enacted that it should be lawful for the Legislature of Hongkong, by any Ordinance to be by them enacted for that purpose, to make regulations respecting Chinese passenger ships, and, in the case of British ships, respecting the treatment of passengers therein while at sea, and that until such enactment, the regulations contained in schedule A to the said Act annexed should be in force.

And whereas by the VIII section of "The Chinese Emigration Consolidation Ordinance, 1874," it is provided that all ships. clearing out or proceeding to sea upon voyages of not more than thirty days' duration shall be subject to the modified regulations contained in schedule E of that Ordinance, which, as regards such ships, shall be substituted for those contained in schedule A of "The Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855," but that nothing in the said section shall be deemed to relieve Chinese passenger ships from the operation of the said Act, except so far as the same is by the said schedule expressly modified.

And whereas it is expedient by means of this Ordinance to relieve the passenger steamers hereinafter mentioned from the regulations in the said schedule E, and to substitute other regulations in regard thereto: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

I. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as

Passengers' Ordinance, 1877, (Special Licences.)"

The Chinese Short title.

II. In the construction of this Ordinance and of the regulations Interpretation in the schedule hereto, the terms and expressions following, that clause.

is to say, "Chinese Passenger Ships," "Governor," "British Consul," "Emigration Officer," and "Master" shall have the meaning assigned to them respectively by section I of “The Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855."

"Voyage of not more than thirty days' duration" shall mean and include any voyage which, in pursuance of the third section of "The Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855," is for the time being declared to be ?? voyage of not more than thirty days' duration.

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THE LONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.

schedule.

Grant of spe-

　III. The Governor in Council may, at his discretion, and on cial licence to payment of a fee of five dollars, grant a special licence for any mall steamers, period not exceeding twelve months, or for any number of voyages &c., subject to regulation in to be performed within twelve months, to any steamer which is regularly employed in the conveyance of public mails under an existing contract with the Government of the State or Colony for which such mails are carried, or to any other steamer which is approved by the Governor as a first class steamer. Such special licence shall authorize the steamer named therein to carry a limited number of free Chinese passengers upon voyages of not more than thirty days' duration between ports to be specified in the licence under and subject to the regulations contained in the schedule to this Ordinance.

Power to annex

The number of passengers to be carried shall be inserted in the licence, and shall in no case exceed one passenger for every ten tons of the registered tonnage of such steamer.

IV. The Governor in Council may, if he think fit, annex any special conditions to the granting of any special licence applied for tions to grant under this Ordinance, and may cause such special conditions to be

special condi-

of licence.

specified in the licence.

Cancellation of V. A special licence granted under this Ordinance may, at any

time, be cancelled by the Governor in Council at his discretion.

licence.

Licensed

steamers

relieved from other

regulations.

Breach of re- gulations or conditions.

Form of

gration

er's certi-

the master's

bond.

Suspending clause.

VI. Every steamer to which a special licence is granted under this Ordinance shall, during the continuance of such licence, be relieved from the regulations contained in schedule 4 annexed to "The Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855," and from the regulations contained in schedule E annexed to "The Chinese Emigration Consolidation Ordinance, 1874," but nothing herein contained shall be deemed to relieve such steamer from the operation of any part of "The Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855," except the regulations in the said schedule A.

VII. The breach of any regulation contained in the schedule hereto, or of any condition of a special licence, shall be deemed to be a breach of regulation respecting Chinese passenger ships within the meaning of "The Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855."

Whosoever impedes the Emigration Officer in the execution or performance of any of the powers or duties vested in or imposed upon him by this Ordinance, or any regulation thereunder, shall be liable, on conviction in a summary way, to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars for each offence.

VIII. For the purposes of this Ordinance, the forms of Emigration Officer's certificate and of the master's bond contained in the schedule hereto shall substituted for the forms res ctively conanta in senet?'

Cine Calinesc

Act, 1855," annexed.

IX. This Ordinance shall not come into operation until Her Majesty's confirmation thereof is proclaimed in the Colony by the Governor.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 29th day of April, 1878.

H. E. WODEHOUSE,

Clerk of Councils.

[See Imperial Act, par. 4.]

Accommodation

passengers.

Ventilation space

and height between decks.

Male and female passengers.

Space on upper deck.

Sick bay,

&c.

SCHEDULE.

Regulations for Passenger Steamers licensed under this Ordinance.

1. No steamer licensed under this Ordinance shall clear out or proceed to sea until the master thereof shall have received from the Emigration Officer a copy of these regulations, and a certificate in the form annexed hereto, which copy and certificate, with any documents to be attached thereto, shall be signed by the Emigration Officer, nor until the master shall, with two sufficient sureties to be approved by the Emigration Officer, have entered into a joint and several bond in the sum of ?1,000 to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, in the form hereinafter contained.

2. The following conditions as to the accommodation of passengers shall be observed:-

(1.) The space appropriated to the passengers between decks shall be properly ventilated and shall contain at the least nine superficial and fifty-four cubical feet of space for every adult on board, that is to say, for every passenger above twelve years of age, and for every two passengers between the ages of one and twelve years; the height between decks shall be at least six feet.

(2.) The accommodation for female passengers between decks shall be

separate from that provided for male passengers.

(3.) A space of four superficial feet per adult shall be left clear on the upper

deck for the use of the passengers.

(4.) A reasonable space shall be set apart as a sick bay, and sufficient latrines, both as to condition and number, shall be provided in suitable parts of the ship.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.

3. Deck passengers may be carried at seasons allowed by law, upon such Deck passengers. conditions as may, from time to time, be prescribed under instructions from one

of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, and until and subject to such

instructions upon the conditions following:-

(1.) A suitable awning with screens shall be provided on deck, sufficient for Awning.

the protection of the passengers from the sun and from rain.

(2.) The space appropriated to such deck passengers shall contain at the Space.

least sixteen superficial feet for every adult, that is to say, for every passenger above twelve years of age, and for every two passengers between the ages of one and twelve years.

(3.) In case deck passengers shall be carried in addition to other passengers Reserved space.

for whom accommodation between decks shall be provided, the space to

be appropriated for deck passengers shall be reckoned exclusively of the space of four superficial feet per adult required to be left clear on the upper deck for the use of such other passengers.

4. The following conditions as to provisions shall be observed:-

Provisions.

(1.) Provisions, fuel and water shall be placed on board of good quality, Scale. properly packed and sufficient for the use and consumption of the passengers, over and above the victualling of the crew during the intended voyage according to the following scale :-

For every passenger per diem not less than,-

Rice or bread stuffs,

Dried and/or salt fish,

Chinese condiments and curry stuff,

Fresh vegetables, which will keep for short voyages, such as, sweet potatoes, turnips, carrots, and pumpkins,..

Firewood,

Water, (to be carried in tanks or sweet casks),

or, according to a scale at least equivalent to the foregoing.

1 lbs. 01/

1 oz.

1 lbs.

2 22 1 gallon.

5. The Emigration Officer may, at any time, enter and inspect the ship and Powers of the accommodation, provisions, and stores provided for the Chinese passengers, Emigration and may require the master or any other person to produce the licence, and the Officer. ship's papers for his inspection, and, if he thinks necessary after inspecting the ship's papers, he may muster and inspect the Chinese passengers.

If in any such case the Emigration Officer discovers that the number of passengers on board or intended t

arried upon that voyage exceeds the number authorised by the licence, he legal a broken, he may detain the ship has beeny condition of the licence, or any regulation contained in this scheduletion in qt number are landed, or until the until the passengers in excess of tances to thestion be fully complied with, and condition of the licence or the regula shall, on the Governor.

he shall forthwith report the circumst to which demand, produce his emigration Production of 6. The master of every British ship dominions the licence extends, or in case emigration papers to the British Consul at any phat behalf. such port shall be in Her Majesty's" authorised by the local Government in

papers at port of

to any officer appointed or destination.

Ficer's Certi

Form of Emigration 0.

icate.

of Hongkon

ig, do hereby certify

~pcca. 13

I. 4.B., Emigration Officer for the Colon

LOWS:

That Vines passenger only licensed under the provisions of an Ordinance of the Legislature of Hongkong, entitled "The Chinese Passengers' Ordinance, 1877, (Special Licences).'

2. That the said ship is licensed to carry

be under any contract of service whatever.

adults, of whom none are to

Form of Bond to be given by the Master of Chinese Passenger Ships

holding Special Licences.

Know all men by these presents that we, A.B., of

and

C.D., of

are held and fmly bound unto our Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, in the sum of one thousand pounds of good and lawful money of Great Britain, to be paid unto our said Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her Heirs and Successors; to which payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves and every of us jointly and severally for and in the whole, our heirs and executors and administrators, and every of them, firmly by these presents.

Sealed with our Seal.

Dated this

day of

Whereas by "The Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855," it is enacted that before any Chinese passenger ship shall clear out or proceed to sea on a voyage of more than seven days' computed duration, the master thereof shall, with two sufficient sureties to be approved by an Emigration Officer, enter into a bond to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors in the sum of ?1,000.

Now the condition of this obligation is this, that if (in respect of the steamship

whereof

is master) all and every the requirements of the said Chinese Passengers Act, and of an Ordinance of the Legislature of Hongkong, entitled "The Chinese Passengers' Ordinance, 1877, (Special Licences)," and of the regulations contained in the schedule to the said Ordinance annexed shall be well and truly performed [in like manner as the same ought to be observed and performed in case the said steamship were a British ship, and the said

a British subject]* then this obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and effect.

Signed, sealed and delivered by the above bounden

in the presence of

and

* The words within brackets to be inserted only in the case of a foreign Chinese passenger ship.

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Bills, which were 'read a first time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council held on Monday, the 29th day of April, 1878, are published for general information.

By Command,

Council Chamber, Hongkong, 29th April, 1878.

Title.

Preamble.

Short Title.

Interpretation Clause.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to consolidate and amend the laws relating to mer- chant shipping, the duties of the Harbour Master, the control and management of the waters of the Colony, and the regulation of vessels navigating the

same.

WHEREAS it

[

, 1878.]

HEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the laws relating to merchant shipping, the duties of the Harbour Master, the control and management of the waters of the Colony, and the regulation of all vessels navigating the same; and whereas doubts have arisen as tr applicability of certain sec- tions of "The Merchant Shippivy thet, 1854," and the Acts amend- ing the same: Be it enacted Counc Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative RELIMIl thereof, as follows:-

y be citedNARY.

I. This Ordinance malation Or for all purposes as chant Shipping Consolicion and finance, 1878."

"The Mer-

II. In the construct th the cor the purposes of this Ordinance (if not inconsistent wi the respetext or subject matter) the follow- ing terms shall have ay:- etive meanings hereinafter assigned

:--

to them, that is to sagistrate

Stipendiary M Magistrates of the

Mer

command or ch

Colony, ashall mean and include the Polic

included the Marine Magistrate.

" person (excet a pilot) ha

;

"Seaman" shall include any person (except masters, pilots and apprentices duly indentured and registered) employed or engaged in any capacity on board any ship;

"Ship" shall include any description of vessel used in naviga- tion not propelled by oars, except Chinese junks or lorchas not propelled by steam.

"Colonial Ship" shall mean and include every ship registered under section 3, part 1 of this Ordinance.

H. E. WODEHOUSE, Clerk of Councils.

"Tons," "Tonnage" shall mean tons and tonnage, as cal- culated according to British measurement of registered tonnage. The term waters of the Colony" shall (except as herein- after provided) be, for the purposes of this Ordinance, deemed to comprise the waters situate within a radius of one marine league from the shores of the Colony: Provided always that this interpretation shall not be construed to affect waters within such radius in any case where such waters are situate within the territorial limits or jurisdiction of the empire of China.

Passenger" shall mean and include any person carried in any vessel other than the master, seamen and apprentices duly indentured and registered.

No British ves- sel, without

an Imperial the waters of

PART I.

MERCHANT SHIPPING AND SEAMEN.

CHAPTER I.

REGULATION OF BRITISH AND COLONIAL SHIPS.

III. No ship owned by a British subject shall be at liberty to trade in or from the waters of this Colony, unless she is provided with a certificate of registry in conformity with the Imperial Acts of Parliament in that behalf: Provided always that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, whenever it shall appear to him necessary or expedient so to do, from time to time, and at any No. 4 of 1855, time hereafter, to suspend the operation of this paragraph, and, sec. 1.)

his discretion, to make other provisions in lieu thereof, with or without publication thereof in the Gazette.

the Colony. (SeeOrdinance

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.

2. No ship owned by a Chinese resident of this Colony, such Chinese Chinese resident not being a British subject, shall be at liberty to owned ships trade in or from the waters of the Colony, unless she has obtained to obtain a Colonial register as hereinafter provided.

Colonial

registers. (Ibid, sec. 1.)

(Ibid, sec. 6.)

3. The Governor may, at his discretion, grant a Colonial register Chinese Crown to any such Chinese person resident within the Colony applying lessees entitled for the same, provided such applicant be a registered lessee of to hold Colonial Crown lands within this Colony, and that he tenders as securities ster for the due performance by him of all the requirements of this Chapter two other Crown lessees, and that he and such lessees be severally reported by the Registrar General to be each worth two thousand dollars in this Colony, and should such applicant be member of any shop or partnership, that the seal of such shop or partnership be also affixed to the security to be given by him.

4. When any person shall be desirous of obtaining a Colonial Declarations register, such person shall forward to the Colonial Secretary a necessary for declaration in writing stating whether the ship for which obtaining such register is sought is intended to be employed solely bid, sec. 2.) in trade with China, or on more distant voyages: Provided always, that should such declaration be false, or the ship to which it relates not be employed in conformity with it, the regis- ter thereby obtained shall ipso facto become null and void.

5. A Colonial register shall be given under the hand of the Gov- Documents ne- ernor, on production of the following documents:

cessary pre- vious to grant

(a.) The Surveyor's certificate as hereinafter provided by of Colonial

paragraph 6. (b.) A declaration of ownership with proof thereof to the satis- (Ibid, sec. 3.)

faction of the Colonial Secretary.

(c.) A joint and several bond of the owner and two sureties

binding each and every of the several obligees under a penal sum of five thousand dollars, to comply with all the provisions of this Ordinance and with all the laws binding on British subjects with regard to trade with China.

6. The Surveyor's certificate, referred to in paragraph 5 of this Surveyor's section, shall be a certificate granted by a Surveyor appointed by certificate.

the Governor, and shall specify the proper measurement of the (Ibid, sec. 7.)

ship requiring a Colonial register, and that such ship has proper

anchors and chains, canvas sails, if any, her bottom sheathed with metal, and that such ship is in all respects strongly built and properly equipped for the trade for which she is intended.

7. It shall not be lawful for the owner of any Color al registered Name of Colo-

name he "n

「

her

+h..

(Ibid, sec. 4.)

bin to

o" hei istry and nial registered such owner

　??? fuse o painted in white or "p yellow letters not less than four inches long her name upon some conspicuous part of her stern and on each bow in a distinct and legible manner, both in Roman and Chinese characters, and shall so keep and preserve the same, upon pain, on breach of the provi- sions of this paragraph, of paying a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars.

看

8. The register of every Colonial ship shall be produced Production of once at least every six months to the Harbour Master, who shall Colonial regis- endorse the date of such production on such register, upon pain, ter to Harbour on failure of such production, of the forfeiture of such register, six months. unless satisfactory cause for such non-production be shown to the (Ibid, sec. 5.) Colonial Secretary.

Master every

9. Every register, certificate, endorsement, declaration, or bond Colonial regis- authorized or required by this section, may be proved in any court ters, &c. may of justice, or before any person having by law or by consent of be proved by parties authority to receive evidence, either by the production of Production of the original, or by an examined copy thereof, or by a copy

.originals or thereof copies. purporting to be certified under the hand of the Colonial Secretary, (Ordinance or other person who, for the time being, shall happen to have charge No. 9 of 1856, of the original, which certified copy he is hereby required to furnish sec. 2.) to every person applying at a reasonable time for the same, and paying therefor the sum of one dollar; and every document, when so proved as aforesaid, shall be received as prima facie evidence of all the matters therein recited, stated, or appearing.

10. The British flag may be used on board of any ship lawfully Chinese resi- possessing a Colonial register.

dents may use the British flag in

colonial regis- tered ships. (Ibid, sec. 1.)

11. Upon any change of ownership in any Colonial ship regis- Change of ow- tered under this section, such change as aforesaid shall be ner or master. endorsed upon her register under the hand of the Governor : (Ord.4 of 1855, and any change of master shall be endorsed upon the register by sec. 9.)

the Harbour Master.

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196

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.

Colonial rei. 12. Every ship, (except Chinese junks or lorchas,) provided tered ships to with a Colonial register under this section shall be, in every res- be subject to

pect, subject to the provisions of part I of this Ordinance and Merchant Shipping Acts, (except where the same are inconsistent with the terms of this section) to the provisions of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," * and to the Acts amending the same, in the same manner and to the same extent as British ships registered under the said Acts are subject thereto, in the waters of this Colony, or in trading therein or therefrom.

&c.

Duration of Colonial

(Ibid, sec.10.)

Rules as to

boats and life buoys.

(M.S. A. 1854, sec. 292.)

(M. S. A.,

1873, sec 15.)

Penalties on masters and

owners, &c., neglecting to provide boats and life buoys. (M. S. A., 1854, sec.293.)

Harbour Mas-

13. Any Colonial register granted under this section shahe in force and effect for one year from the date of such register, and no longer, and such register shall be renewable by endorse- ment on the same, under the hand of the Governor, if he shall so think fit.

CHAPTER II.

REGULATIONS CONCERNING SAFETY.

Boats for Sea-going Ships.

IV. The following rules shall be observed with respect to boats, rafts and life buoys, that is to say:--

(a.) No decked British ship (except ships used solely as steam tugs) shall proceed to sea from this Colony unless she is provided, according to her tonnage, with boats duly sup- plied with all requisites for use, and not being fewer in number nor less in their cubic contents than the boats the number and cubic contents of which are specified ?n the table marked A in the schedule hereto for the class to which such ship belongs: Provided that the Governor may, at the request of the owner, or master, authorize the reduction of the number and the variation of the dimensions of such boats and also the substitution of rafts or other appliances for saving life for any such boats, so never- theless that the boats so reduced or varied and the rafts or other appliances so substituted be sufficient for the persons carried on board the ship: Provided also that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, from time to time, or at any time hereafter, to alter, amend, peal the said table marked 4, or to make a new table. in lieu thereof. Every such new table and every altera tion, amendment, or repeal of the said table A shall be published in the Gazette, and after such publication, shall be as valid to all intents and proposes as if such or amended table had been originally inserted, aila

han -- pasagers (b.) No such ship carrying mo.

pro- ceed to sea from any place in the Colony, unless, in addition to the boats hereinbefore required, she is also provided with a life boat furnished with all requisites for use, or unless one of her boats hereinbefore required is rendered buoyant after the manner of a life boat. (c.) No such ship as last aforesaid shall proceed to sea, unless

she is also provided with two life buoys;-

? f

vance.

shall

re-

And such boats and life buoys shall be kept so as to be at all times fit and ready for use: Provided, that the enactments with respect to boats and life buoys herein contained shall not apply in any case in which a certificate has been duly obtained under the twenty- seventh section of "The Chinese Passengers Act, 1855.”

2. In any of the following cases, that is to say:

(a.) If any ship herein before required to be provided with boats, rafts or life buoys proceeds to sea without being so pro- vided therewith, or if any such boats, rafts, life buoys, or other appliances for saving life are lost or rendered unfit for service in the course of the voyage through the wilful fault or negligence of the owner or master; or, (b.) If in case of any of such boats, rafts, life buoys, or other appliances for saving life being accidentally lost or injured in the course of the voyage, the master wil- fully neglects to replace or repair the same on the first opportunity; or,

(c.) If such boats, rafts, life buoys, and other appliances for saving life are not kept so as to be at all times fit and ready for use;—

Then if the owner appears to be in fault he shall incur a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars, and if the master appears to be in fault he shall incur a penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars. 3. The Harbour Master shall not grant a clearance for any ter not to clear ship hereinbefore required to be provided with boats, rafts, life buoys, or other appliances for saving life unless the same is duly with the above so provided; and if any such ship attempts to go to sea without provisions. such clearance, the Harbour Master may detain her until she is so (M. S. A. 1854, provided.

ships not

complying

sec. 294.)

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.

Survey of Steam Ships of 50 tons and upwards.

V. This section shall apply:-

(a.) To all British steam ships being within the waters of the Colony which have not been surveyed in the United. Kingdom or in any British possession within the pre- ceding twelve months under the provisions of "The Merchant Shipping Acts, 1854 to 1876, "The Passen- gers Acts of 1855 and 1863," or any legislative enact- ment for the time being in force in any British posses-

sion.

(b.) To all vessels of 50 tons and upwards propelled by steam plying within the waters of the Colony, whether for hire

or not.

(c.) To all steam ships registered in this Colony under sec-

tion III of this Ordinance.

2. Such steam ships shall be provided as follows, that is to Equipment say: --

of steam ships.

(a.) Every steam ship or vessel propelled by steam of which (b, sec. 301.)

Safety valve. a survey is required by this section shall be provided with a safety valve upon each boiler, so constructed as to be out of the control of the engineer when the steam is up, and, if such valve is in addition to the ordinary valve, it shall be so constructed as to have an area not less, and a pressure not greater than the area of and pressure on that valve.

(b.) Every sea-going steam ship shall have her compasses Compasses to

properly adjusted from time to time; such adjustment, be adjusted. in the case of ships surveyed as hereinafter mentioned,

to be made to the satisfaction of the shipwright-surveyor, and according to such regulations as may be issued by the Governor.

(c.) Every sea-going steam ship (unless used solely as a Fire hose.

steam tug) shall be provided with a hose adapted for the purpose of extinguishing fire in any part of the ship and capable of being connected with the engines of the ship. (d.) Every sea-going steam ship employed to carry passen- Signals.

gers shall be provided, to the satisfaction of the Gover-

nor:-

(1.) With means for making the signals of distress at night specified in the First Schedule to "The Mer- chant Shipping Act, 1873," or in any rules substi- tuted therefor, including means of making flames on the ship which are inextinguishable in water, or h other means mal ng sionals distress as the G (2.) With a proper supply of lights inextinguishable in

E. 106

prove; ud

water, and fitted for attachment to life buoys.

(e.) Every steam ship employed to carry passengers by sea shelter for shall be provided with such shelter for the protection of deck pas- deck passengers (if any) as the Governor, having regard sengers. to the nature of the passage, the number of deck passen- gers to be carried, the season of the year, the safety of the ship, and the circumstances of the case may require : And if such steam ship as aforesaid goes to sea from any port in the Colony without being so provided as herein before required, then for each default in any of the above requisites, the owner shall (if he appears to be in fault) incur a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars, and the master shall (if he appears to be in fault) incur a penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.

any

3. If any person places an undue weight on the safety valve Penalty for of any steam ship, or, in the case of steam ships surveyed as improper hereinafter mentioned, increases such weight beyond the limits weight on fixed by such engineer-surveyor as hereinafter mentioned, he shall, (Ibid, sec. in addition to any other liabilities he may incur by so doing, incur 302.) a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars.

safety valve.

4. The Governor may, from time to time, appoint such number Governor to of fit and proper persons to be shipwright-surveyors and engineer- appoint sur- surveyors for the purposes of this Ordinance as he thinks veyors, and proper, and may, from time to time, remove such surveyors, or any neration. of them, and may,

from time to time, fix and alter the remune- (Ibid sec. ration to be received by such surveyors.

305.)

fix their remu-

5. It shall be lawful for the said surveyors in the execution of their Surveyors to duties to go on board any steam ship or vessel propelled by steam have power to to which this section applies, at all reasonable times, and to inspect. inspect the same, or any part thereof, or any of the machinery, 306.)

(Ibid, sec. boats, equipments, or articles on board thereof, or any cer- tificates of the master, mate, or engineer, to which the pro- visions of "The Merchant Shipping Acts, 1804 to 1876," or this Ordinance, or any of the regulations made, or to be made by virtue thereof apply, not unnecessarily detaining or delaying the ship from proceeding on any voyage, and, if in consequence of any accident to any such ship or for any

other reason they con-

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1878.

Governor to regulate mode of

survey. (Ibid, sec. 307.) -

Penalty on surveyors re-

ceiving fees unlawfully. (Ibid, sec. 308.)

Owners to have surveys

sider it necessary so to do, to require the ship to be taken into dock for the purpose of surveying the hull thereof; and any person who hinders any such surveyor from going on board any such steam ship, or otherwise impedes him in the execution of his duty under this Ordinance, shall incur a penalty not exceeding twenty- five dollars.

6. The said surveyors shall execute their duties under the direction of the Governor, and the Governor shall make regulations as to the manner in which the surveys hereinafter mentioned shall be made, and as to the notice to be given to the surveyors when surveys are required, and as to the amount and payment of any other expenses incurred by such surveyors in the execution of their duties, and may thereby determine the person by whom and the conditions under which such payment shall be made.

7. Every surveyor who demands or receives directly or indirectly. from the owner or master of any ship surveyed by him, under the provisions of this Ordinance, any fee or remuneration whatsoever for or in respect of such survey, otherwise than as the officer and by the direction of the Governor, shall incur a penalty not exceed- ing two hundred and fifty dollars.

8. The owner, agent, or master of every steam ship or vessel propelled by steam being within the waters of the Colony shall, made by where such ship or vessel comes within the meaning of this section, shipwright and engineer- cause the same to be surveyed by one of the shipright-surveyors surveyors, and and by one of the said engineer-surveyors so appointed as aforesaid; such shipwright-surveyor being, in the case of iron steamers, a person who is, in the judgment of the Governor, properly qualified to survey such ship; and such surveyors shall thereupon, if satisfied that they can with propriety do so, give to such owner declarations as follows :-

surveyors

to give declarations. (Ibid, sec. 309.)

Transmission

(a.) The declaration of the shipwright-surveyor shall contain statements of the following particulars with reference to sea-going ships, that is to say :-

(1.) That the hull of the ship is sufficient for the service

intended and in good condition;

(2.) That the partitions, boats, rafts, life buoys, or other. appliances for saving life, lights, signals, co passes, and shelter for deck passengers, and the cenficates of the raaster and mate or mates, are such, and in such condition as required by this Ordinance; (3.) The time (if less than twelve months) for which the said hull and equipments will be sufficient; (4.) The limits (if any) beyond which, as regards the

hell and er ments, the sh ?n ?

the survev

Jua (5.) With reference to all ships or vessels, whether sea- going or not, if plying or intended to ply for hire, the number of passengers which such ship or vessel' is, in the judgment of the surveyor, fit to carry, distinguishing, if necessary, between the respective numbers to be carried on the deck and in the cabins, and in the different parts of the deck and cabins; such numbers to he subject to such conditions and variations, according to the time of year, the nature of the voyage, the cargo carried, or other cir- from cumstances, as the Governor in Council may, time to time, direct by any Regulation to be made by him for this purpose, and until such Regulations are made and so far as the same shall not extend, according to the Regulations contained in table E in the schedule hereunto annexed.

(.) And the declaration of the engineer-surveyor shall con- tain statements of the following particulars, that is to say:

(1.) That the machinery of the ship or vessel is sufficient for the service intended, and in good condition; (2.) The time (if less than twelve months) for which

such machinery will be sufficient;

(3.) That the safety valves and fire hose, when requisite, are in such condition as are required by this Ordinance;

(4.) The limit of the weight to be placed on the safety

valves;

(5) The limit (if any) beyond which, as regards the machinery, the ship or vessel is, in the surveyor's judgment, not fit to ply;

And such declarations shall be in such form as the Governor directs.

9. The said owner, agent, or master shall transmit such of declarations declarations to the Governor within fourteen days after the dates of the receipt thereof respectively; and in default, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding two dollars for every day that the

to the Governor.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.

sending of such declarations is delayed; and such sum shall be Penalty for paid upon the delivery of the certificate hereinbefore mentioned in delay. addition to the fee payable for the same, and shall be applied in (Ibid, sec.

the same manner as such fees.

310.)

10. Upon the receipt of such declaration, the Governor shall, Governor to if satisfied that the provisions of this section have been com- issue cer- plied with, cause a certificate in duplicate to be prepared and tificate. issued to the effect that the provisions of the law with respect to 310.)

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　(Ibid, sec. the survey of the ship and the transmission of declarations in respect thereof have been complied with, and such certificate shall state the limits (if any) beyond which, according to the decla- rations of the surveyors, such ship is not fit to ply, and shall also contain a statement of the number of passengers which, according to the declaration of the shipwright-surveyor, such ship is fit to carry, distinguishing, if necessary, between the respective num- bers to be carried on the deck and in the cabins, such number to be subject to such conditions and variations, according to the time of year, the nature of the voyage, the cargo carried and other cir- cumstances, as the case requires.

transmission

11. The Governor shall transmit such certificate in duplicate Issue and to the Harbour Master, who shall deliver the same to the owner, master, or agent on his applying and paying the fee and other of certificates. sums (if any) herein mentioned as payable in that behalf.

(Ibid, sec. 313.) 12. The owner, agent, or master of every steamer requiring a Fees to be paid certificate under this section, shall pay for every certificate granted for certificate. by the Governor the fees mentioned in the table marked C in the (Ibid, sec. schedule hereto.

314.)

13. No certificate shall be held to be in force for the pur- How long poses of this section beyond a period of twelve months; and certificates to no certificate shall be in force after notice is given by the Governor continue in to the owner, agent, or master, of the ship to which the same (Ibid, sec. relates, that he has cancelled or revoked the same.

315.)

force.

14. The Governor may revoke and cancel such certificates Governor in any case in which he has reason to believe:—

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　may cancel (a.) That the declarations of the sufficiency and good certificates,

condition of the hull, equipments, and machinery of fresh de-

　　　　　　　　　　and require any steamer or vessel, or either of them, have been clarations. fraudulently or erroneously made, or;

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　(Ibid, sec. (b.) That such certificate has otherwise been issued 316.)

false or erroneous information, or;

upon

(c.) That since the making of such declarations, the hull, equipments, or machinery of such ship or vessel have sustained and injured, or are otherwise insufficient : And in every such case the Governor may, if he thinks fit, require

b. owner

or vessel again.

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uansmit a

er declaration or

declarations of the sufficiency and good condition thereof, before re-issuing any certificate, or granting a fresh one in lieu thereof.

15. The owner or master of every such steam ship, or vessel pro- Copy of cer- pelled by steam, shall forthwith, on the transmission of any such tificate to be certificate as aforesaid to him or his agent, cause one of the dupli- placed in cates thereof so transmitted to be put up in some conspicuos conspicuous part of the ship, so as to be visible to all persons on board the (Ibid, sec.

part of ship. same, and shall cause it to be continued so put up so long as such 317.) certificate remains in force and such ship is in use; and in default, such owner or master shall, for every offence, incur a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars.

misdemeanour.

16. Every person who knowingly and wilfully makes, or assists Forgery of in making, or procures to be made a false or fraudulent declara- declaration or tion or certificate with respect to any steamer requiring a certifi- certificate a cate under this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and on (Ibid, sec. conviction thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to 320.) be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years with or with- out hard labour.

and other

17. The said surveyors shall, from time to time, make such Surveyors to returns to the Governor as he requires with respect to the build, make returns dimensions, draught, burden, rate of sailing, room for fuel, and of the build the nature and particulars of machinery and equipments of the particulars of ship surveyed by them; and every owner, master and engineer of steam ships, any such ship shall, on demand, give to such surveyors all such and owners information and assistance within his power as they require for and masters the purpose of such returns; and every such owner, master, or information for engineer who, on being applied to for that purpose, wilfully re- that purpose. fuses or neglects to give such information or assistance, shall be (Ibid, sec. liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars.

321.)

Penalties for carrying Passengers in excess of the Numbers

allowed by Certificate.

to give

VI. The master of any ship carrying more than ten passengers Harbour (except such ship come within the operation of "The Chinese Pas- Master ma senger's Act, 1855") shall, upon application to the Habour Mas- refuse cle ter for a port clearance, state the number of passengers he purpo- carrying more ses to carry in the then projected voyage; and if such number passengers

ances to s

199

200

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.

Penalty for taking more passengers than allowed

than allowed shall be in excess of the porportion to tonnage contained in table by certificate. E of the schedule hereunto annexed, the Habour Master may refuse a port clearnce to such ship. Any Master wilfully misre- presenting the number of passengers so about to be carried shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars. 2. Any master of any such ship who shall, after having obtained such port clearance, wilfully take or receive on board such vessel any number of passengers greater than that allowed by the said by certificate. port clearance, shall, on conviction, be subject to a penalty not ex- ceeding two hundred dollars in addition to a penalty of five dollars for every such passenger in excess of the number permitted to be carried by the said port clearance; and the master of any ship proceeding to sea without a port clearance shall be liable to a pe- nalty not exceeding five hundred dollars.

Governor may prohibit con-

veyance of deck passengers.

3. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to prohibit the conveyance of deck passengers by any ship.

Penalty on 4. If any ship, shall enter the waters of the Colony and ship or ship entering discharge passengers or cargo, having on board a greater number waters of the of passengers than can be so accommodated as to give to each pas- Colony with- out sufficient senger at least the amount of space hereunder stated, the master accommodation thereof shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five hundred for passengers. dollars.

Steam vessels

Steam-ships under 50 tons.

VII. It shall not be lawful for any steam vessel of less than fifty under 50 tons tons burden to carry passengers for hire within the waters of the Colony, or to any place outside the waters of the Colony, unless she ha obtained a licence as hereinafter provided.

not to carry

passengers for hire without

licence.

2. T Harbour Master may issue to steam vessels of less than The Harbour fifty to s burden licences for carrying passengers upon the condi- Master to issue tions prescribed by such regulations as are contained in table of licences. the schedule hereunto annexed.

Regulations.

Alteration or repeal of regulations.

Penalty for carrying pas- cess of the

sengers in

licenc.. Penalty for unlicensed steamer

3. The regulations contained in the said table shall continue in force until altered or repealed as hereinafter provided.

4. The Governor in Council may, from time to time, alter, amend, or repeal the said regulations or any of them, and may make other regulations as occasion requires. Every new regula- tion and every alteration, amendment, or repeal of an existing regulation shall be published in the Gazette, and after such publication shall have the force of law.

5. If any steam vessel licensed under this Ordinance carries within the waters of the Colony more passengers than her licence allows, the owner or master thereof shall be lible to a penalty

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6. If any unlic d steam vess of ED.

ufty tons burden arrives in the waters of the Colony carrying more passengers in arriving with proportion to her size than she would be licensed to under

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　carry the regulations for the time being in force under this section, the master thereof shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars.

excessive number of

passengers. Steamers to

7. Every steam vessel, whether licensed or not, of less than fifty exhibit lights. tons burden shall, when under way between sunset and sunrise, exhibit a green light on the starboard bow and a red light on the port bow and a bright light at least ten feet above the coloured lights; and every such steam vessel shall, when at anchor between sunset and sunrise, exhibit a bright light at least 10 feet above the gunwales.

Offences

against regulations.

Steamers leav- ing Hong- kong, Macao,

or Canton only allowed.

to carry a li- mited number of passengers.

Steamers from

8. Any person offending against the provisions of this section, or against the regulations in force for the time being under this section, shall be liable, on conviction thereof, to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars.

River Steam-ships.

VIII. If any steam-ship shall leave the waters of the Colony of Hongkong for Canton, or for any place on the Canton river, or for Macao, having on board a greater number of passengers than in the proportion of one passenger for every two tons of the registered gross tonnage of such steam-ship, the owner or master thereof, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, in addition to a penalty of five dollars for every passenger on board in excess of the proportion of one passenger for every re- gistered two tons (gross) of the said steam-ship.

2. If any steam-ship shall enter the waters of the Colony of Canton and Hongkong, having passengers on board, from Canton or from Macao allowed places on the Canton river, or from Macao, in excess of the propor- to fetch only a tion of one passenger for every two tons of the registered gross ber of [passen- tonnage of such steam-ship, the owner or master thereof, shall be

limited num-

s to Hong- liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, in addition to a penalty of five dollars for every passenger on board, in excess of the proportion of one passenger for every registered two (gross) tons of the said steam-ship.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.

Unseaworthy Ships.

Power to de-

IX. Where a British ship being in any port of the Colony, is by (M.S.A. 1876, reason of the defective condition of her hull, equipment, or para. 6.) machinery, or by reason of overloading or improper loading, unfit to proceed to sea without serious danger to human life, tain unsafe having regard to the nature of the service for which she is intended, ships, and pro- any such ship (hereinafter referred to as "unsafe") may be pro- cedure for such visionally detained for the purpose of being surveyed, and either detention. finally detained or released, as follows:-

(a.) The Governor, if he has reason to believe on complaint, or otherwise, that a British ship is unsafe, may provisionally order the detention of the ship for the purpose of being surveyed. (b.) When a ship has been provisionally detained, there shall be forthwith served on the master of the ship a written statement of the grounds of her detention, and the Governor may, if he thinks fit, appoint some competent person or persons to survey the ship and report to him. (c.) The Governor on receiving the report may either order the ship to be released, or, if in his opinion the ship is unsafe, may order her to be finally detained, either absolutely or until the performance of such conditions with respect to the execution of repairs or alterations, or the unloading or reloading of cargo as the Governor thinks necessary for the protection of human life, and may, from time to time, vary or add to any such order.

and

(d.) Before the order for final detention is made, a copy of the

report shall be served upon the master of the shi within seven days after such service the owner o agent or master of the ship may appeal in the pres-ribed manner to the Court of Survey constituted under section

of this Ordinance.

(e.) Where a ship has been provisionally detained, the owner or agent or master of the ship at any time before the person appointed under this section to survey the ship makes such survey, may require that he shall be accompanied by such person of nautical, engineering, or other special skill and experience to be approved by the Governor as the owner or agent or master may select, and in such case, if the Surveyor or Assessor agree, the Governor shall cause the ship to be detained or re- sed accordingly, but if they differ, the Governor may

tion had not been made, and th master shall have the like app

C.-

(f.) Where

or as is

f the requ

agent & d

e report of

op.

the Governor may

at any time if he thinks it expedient refer the matter to the Court of Survey.

(g.) The Governor may, at any time, if satisfied that a ship detained under this Ordinance is not unsafe, order her to

be released either upon or without any conditions.

2. If it appears that there was not reasonable and probable (M.S.A. 1876, cause, by reason of the condition of the ship or the act or default para. 10.) of the owner or agent, for the provisional detention of the ship, Liability of the the Governor shall be liable to pay to the owner of the ship his Governor and costs of and incidental to the detention and survey of the ship, costs and and also compensation for any loss or damage sustained by him by damages. reason of the detention or survey.

If a ship is finally detained under this Ordinance, or if it appears that a ship provisionally detained was, at the time of such deten- tion, unsafe within the meaning of this Ordinance, the owner of the ship shall be liable to pay to the Governor his costs of and incidental to the detention and survey of the ship, and those costs shall, without prejudice to any other remedy, be recoverable in a summary way before any Stipendiary Magistrate for the pur- poses of this Ordinance the costs of and incidental to any proceed- ing before a Court of Survey and a reasonable amount in respect of the remuneration of the Surveyor of the Governor shall be deemed to be part of the costs of the detention and survey of the ship, and any dispute as to the amount of costs under this Ordinance may be referred to the Registrar of the Supreme Court, who, on request made to him for that purpose by the Governor, shall ascertain and certify the proper amount of such costs.

XIV.

ship-owner for

An action for any costs or compensation payable by the Governor under this section shall be brought against the Attorney General in a suit instituted by the plaintiff as claimant against "The Attorney General" as defendant, and provisions of sub- sections 2, 3, 4, & 5, of para. 83, chapter

　　　　　　　th of the Hongkong Code of Civil Procedure shall apply to

3. Wh Lere a complaint is ma

such suior that a British (M.S.A. 1876, ship is unsafe, he may, if he thinks fit, require th

the Goveri

e complainant to para. 11.) give security to his satisfaction for the costs and tioned.

Power to re- "ompensation which he may become liable to pay as hereinafter men

quire from complai securit

costs

201

202

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.

(M.S.A. 1876, para. 11.) Supplementary provisions as to detention of

ships.

Provided that where the complaint is made by one-fourth, being not less than three, of the seamen belonging to the ship, and is not, in the opinion of the Governor, frivolous or vexatious, such security shall not be required, and the Governor shall, if the com- plaint is made in sufficient time before the sailing of the ship, take proper steps for ascertaining whether the ship ought to be detained under this Ordinance.

4. An order for the detention of a ship provisional or final and an order varying the same, shall be served as soon as may be on the master of the ship.

(a.) When a ship has been detained under this Ordinance, she shall not be released by reason of her British register being subsequently closed.

(b.) For the purposes of a survey under this Ordinance, any person authorised to make the same may go on board the ship and inspect the same and every part thereof, and the machinery, equipments and cargo, and may re- quire the unloading or removal of any cargo, ballast, or tackle.

(c.) The provisions of the "Merchant Shipping Act, 1854,” with respect to persons who wilfully impede an Inspector, shall apply as if those provisions were herein enacted, with the substitution for the Inspector of any member of the Court of Survey, Assessor, or Surveyor, who, under this Ordinance, has the same powers as an Inspector has authority to survey a ship.

Foreign Ships, Overloading.

(M.S.A. 1876, X. Where a foreign ship has taken on board all or any part of para. 13.)

her cargo at a port in the Colony, and is whilst at that port unsafe Application to by reason of overloading or improper loading, the provisions of foreign ships of provisions as to this Ordinance with respect to the detention of ships shall apply detention. to that foreign ship as if she were a British ship, with the follow-

Sending

ing modifications :—

(a.) A copy of the order for the provisional detention of the ship shall be forthwith served on the Consular Officer for the State to which the ship belongs.

(b.) Where a ship has been provisionally detained, the

Consular Officer, on the request of the owner or agent* or ma of the ship, may require that the person appoint- Governor to survey the ship shall be accom-

person as the Consular Officer may select

, if the Surveyor and such person agr

the chi

released ingly, but ulloy er, the Governor may act as if the requisition had not been made, and the owner or agent and master shall have the appeal to the Court of Survey touching the report of the Surveyor which is before provided by this Ordinance; and (c.) Where the owner or agent or master of the ship appeals to the Court of Survey, the Consular Officer, on the request of such owner or master, may nominate any competent person or persons to be a member or members of the Court of Survey, not exceeding two.

In this Section the expression "Consular Officer" means any Consul-General, Vice-Consul, Consular Agent, or other Officer recognised by the Governor as a Consular Officer of a foreign State.

Sending Unseaworthy Ships to Sea.

XI. Every person who sends or attempts to send, or is a party unseaworthy

to sending or attempting to send a British ship to sea in such ship to sea a

unseaworthy state that the life of any person is likely to be en- misdemeanor. (M. S. A. dangered, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor unless he proves 1871, sec. 11.) that he used all reasonable means to ensure her being sent to sea in a seaworthy state, or that her going to sea in such unsea- worthy state was, under the circumstances, reasonable and justi- fiable, and for the purpose of giving such proof, he may give evidence in the same manner as any other witness.

2. Every master of a British ship who knowingly takes the same to sea in such unseaworthy state that the life of any person is likely to be thereby endangered, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, unless he proves that her going to sea in such unseaworthy state was, under the circumstances, reasonable and justifiable, and for the purpose of giving proof, he may give evidence in the same

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stituted except

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anor under this section shall not be try conviction.

THE HONGKONG Government GAZETT?, 4TH MAY, 1878. .

Dangerous Goods.

XII. If any person sends or attempts to send by, or not being Restrictions master or owner of the vessel, carries or attempts to carry in on carriage of

dangerous any vessel, British or foreign, any dangerous goods, that is to goods. say-aquafortis, vitriol, naphtha, benzine, gunpowder, lucifer (M.S. A. 1873, matches, nitro-glycerine, petroleum, or any other goods of a sec. 23.) dangerous nature, without distinctly marking their nature on the outside of the package containing the same, and giving written notice of the nature of such goods and of the name and address of the sender or carrier thereof to the master or owner of the vessel at or before the time of sending the same to be shipped, or taking the same on board the vessel, he shall, for every such offence, incur a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars: Provided that if such person show that he was merely an agent in the shipment of any such goods as aforesaid, and was not aware and did not suspect and had no reason to suspect that the goosd shipped by him were of a dangerous nature, the penalty which he incurs shall not exceed fifty dollars.

2. If any person knowingly sends, or attempts to send by, or Penalty for carries, or attempts to carry in any vessel, British or foreign, misdescription any dangerous goods, or goods of a dangerous nature, under a false of dangerous

goods. description, or falsely describes the sender or carrier thereof, he (Ibid, sec. 24.). shall incur a penalty not exceeding two thousand and five hundred dollars, to be recovered in a summary way before two Stipendiary Magistrates sitting together.

3. The master or owner of any vessel, British or foreign, may Power to refuse to carry goods refuse to take on board any package or parcel which he suspects

suspected of to contain goods of a dangerous nature, and may require it to

being be opened to ascertain the fact.

dangerous. (Ibid, sec. 25.) Power to

throw over- board dan-

gerous goods.

4. Where any dangerous goods as defined in paragraph 1 of this section, or any goods which, in the judgment of the master or owner of the vessel, are of a dangerous nature, have been sent or brought aboard any vessel, British or foreign, without being (Ibid, sec. 26.) marked as aforesaid, or without such notice having been given. as aforesaid, the master or owner of the vessel may cause such goods to be thrown overboard, together with any package or receptacle in which they are contained; and neither the master nor the owner of the vessel shall, in respect of such throwing overboard, be subject to any liability, civil or criminal, in any Court.

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5. Where any dangerous goods have been sent or carried, Forfeiture of or attempted to be sent or carried, on board any vessel, British dangerous id, or without s 1ch goods im- notice having De

Ja any such goods (Ibid,sec. 27.) have been sent or carried, or attempted to be sent or carried, under a false description, or the sender or carrier thereof has been falsely described, it shall be lawful for two Stipendiary Magistrates sitting together to declare such goods, and any package or re- ceptacle in which they are contained, to be, and they shall thereupon be, forfeited, and when forfeited shall be disposed of as the Court directs.

in absence of

6 The Court shall have and may exercise the aforesaid powers The Court of forfeiture and disposal, notwithstanding that the owner of may proceed the goods have not committed any offence under the provisions the owners. of this section relating to dangerous goods, and be not before the Court, and have not notice of the proceedings, and notwith- standing that there be no evidence to show to whom the goods belong; nevertheless the Court may, in its discretion, require such notice as it may, direct to be given to the owner or shipper of the goods before the same are forfeited.

7. The provisions of this section relating to the carriage Saving as to of dangerous goods shall be deemed to be in addition to, and not dangerous

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　goods in substitution for, or in restraint of, any other enactment for the Ordinance. like object, so nevertheless that nothing in the said provisions (Ibid,sec. 28.) shall be deemed to authorize that any person be sued or pro- secuted twice in the same matter.

CHAPTER III.

MARINE COURTS AND COURTS OF SURVEY.

?l of 1860, sec. 1.)

XIII. It shall be lawful for the Governor, from time to time Constitution and whensoever occasion shall arise or require, by Warrant under of Marine his hand and seal of the Colony, to form a Court, which shall be Court. called "The Marine Court; "" and such Court shall consist of (See Ordinance not more than five or less than three members, of whom one shall be a Stipendiary Magistrate, and one, if possible, a Commissioned Officer in the Royal Navy, and the remainder masters of the mer- cantile marine, or such persons of nautical, engineering or other special skill or knowledge as the Governor may think fit to appoint.

203

204

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.

Unofficial

members of Court to be remunerated.

Cases where inquiries are to be instituted.

Powers of Court.

(M.S.A. 1854, para. 24.)

Rules as to procedure, fees, &c. (M.S.A. 1876, pars. 30.)

Constitution

power and

procedure of Court of Survey.

(M.S.A. 1876, para. 7 & 8.)

Rules for pro-

2. Each of the unofficial members of such Court shall be paid, out of the Colonial Treasury, the sum of $5 a day, during each

ay that the Court shall hold its sitting.

3. In any of the following cases, that is to say:-

(a.) Whensoever any charge of incompetency or misconduct shall be brought by any person against any master, mate, or engineer of a British ship;

(b.) Whenever any ship is lost, abandoned, stranded, or materially damaged on or near the coasts of the Colony; (c.) Whenever any ship causes loss or material damage to

any other ship, on or near such coasts;

(d.) Whenever by reason of any casualty happening to, or on board of any ship, on or near such coasts, loss of life ensues s;

(e.) Whenever any such loss, abandonment, stranding, damage, or casualty happens elsewhere, and any com- petent witness thereof, arrive at, or be found at, any place in the said Colony;

(f) Whenever a British ship has been lost, or is supposed to be lost, and any evidence can be obtained in the Colony as to the circumstances under which she proceeded to sea or was last heard of;

It shall be lawful for the Court to hear and inquire into any such charge of incompetency or misconduct, and to make inquiry respecting such loss, abandonment, stranding, damage, or casualty, and for such purposes, it shall have the powers given by the first part of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," to Inspectors ap- pointed by the Board of Trade, and the powers given by section XXIII of "The Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862," and the Court shall, in all things, be governed by the rules provided by the said last mentioned section.

4. Every master or mate or engineer whose certificate is or is to be suspended or cancelled in pursuance of this Ordinance shall, upon demand of the Court, deliver his certificate to the Court, or- if it is not demanded by the Court, deliver it to the Governor or as he directs, and in default shall, for each offence, incur a penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars,--but no certificate shall be suspended or cancelled until such suspension or cancella- tion shall have been approved by the Governor.

5. The Governor in Council may, from time to time, make and when made revoke, alter and add to general rules for carrying into effect the enactments relating to formal investigation into shipping casualties and in particular with respect to the procedure, the parties, the persons -llowed + ar ear, the rotice

anu person. 5, of fees.

arties d application

6. All such rules while in force shall have effect as if enacted by this Ordinance.

7. Every formal investigation into a shipping casualty shall be conducted in such a manner that if a charge is made against any person that person shall have an opportunity of making a defence. 8. The Court shall also be a Court of Survey, and when sitting as a Court of Survey the following provisions shall have effe

(a) The case shall be heard in open Court.

(b.) Each member of the Court may survey the ship and shall have for the purposes of this section all the powers of an Inspector appointed by the Board of Trade under the "Merchant Shipping Act, 1854."

(c.) The Court may appoint any competent person or persons to survey the ship and report thereon to the Court, and such person or persons in case of disagreement to be appointed by a majority of the members.

(d.) The Court shall have the same power as the Governor has to order the ship to be released or finally detained, but unless a majority of the members of the Court concur in an order for the detention of the ship, the ship shall be released.

(e.) The owner or agent and master of the ship and any person appointed by the owner or agent or master, may attend at any inspection or survey made in pursuance

this section.

9. The Governor in Council may, from time to time, make and cedure of Court when made revoke, alter and add to general rules to carry into of Survey, &c. effect the provisions of this Ordinance with respect to a Court of (M.S.A. 1876, para. 9.)

Survey, and in particular with respect to the summoning of and procedure before the Court, the requiring on an appeal security for costs and damages, the amount and application of fees and the publication of the rules.

10. All such rules, while in force, shall have effect as if enacted in this Ordinance, and the expression "prescribed" in the provisions of this Ordinance relating to the detention of ships or Court of Survey means perscribed by such rules.

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powers of

(See M. S. A.,

11. The Court may also exercise the following further Further powers:

(a.) It may, if unanimous that the safety of the ship or Court.

crew, or the interest of the owner, absolutely requires 1854, it, supersede the master of any British ship then being sec. 263.) within the waters of the Colony, and may appoint another person to act in his stead; but no such appoint- ment shall be made without the consent of the consignee of the ship if within the Colony;

(b.) It may discharge any mate, engineer, or seaman from

his ship;

(c.) It may order the wages of any mate or engineer so dis- charged, or any part of such wages to be forfeited, and may direct the same to be retained by way of compen-

sation to the owner.

12. Each member of the Court shall either sign the Report made on any investigation under this section, or report to the Governor his reasons for dissent therefrom.

of costs of any

13. The Court may make such order with respect to the Court may costs of any such investigation as they think fit, and such costs order payment shall be paid accordingly, and shall be recoverable in the same investigation. manner as costs in summary proceedings before any Magistrate.

Police

14. Nothing in this section contained shall be deemed to in any way the jurisdiction of the Vice-Admiralty Court Hongkong.

Appeal on refusal of certain Certificates to Ships. XIV. If a ship-owner feels aggrieved,

affect Jurisdiction of of the Vice- Admiralty Court not to be affected.

(M.S.A. 1876,

(a.) By a declaration of a Shipwright Surveyor, or an Engi- para. 14.)

neer Surveyor under sub-section 8 of section VI, of this Ordinance, or by the refusal of a Surveyor to give the said declaration, or

(b.) By the refusal of a certificate of clearance for an emi- grant ship under the "Chinese Emigration Consolidation Ordinance, 1874," or

(c.) By the refusal of a certificate of clearance under this

Ordinance,-

the owner, charterer, or agent may appeal in the prescribed manner to the Court of Survey.

2. On such appeal, the Court of Survey shall report to the Governor on the question raised by the appeal, and the Governor, when satisfied that the requirements of the report and the provisions of the enactments have been complied with, may give the certificates required

3. Subject to an,

y Co.. Le costs of and in- cidental to an appeal under this section shall follow the event.

4. Subject as aforesaid, the provisions of this Ordinance with res- pect to the Court of Survey and appeals thereto, so far as consistent with the tenour thereof shall apply to the Court of Survey when sitting under this section, and to appeals under this section.

5. Where the survey of a ship is made for the purpose of a decla- ration or certificate under the said enactments, the

person appointed to make the survey shall, if so required by the owner, charterer, or agent, be accompanied on the survey by some competent person appointed by the owner, charterer, or agent, to be approved by the Governor, and in such case, it the said two persons agree, there shall be no appeal to the Court of Survey in pursuance of this 、 section.

CHAPTER IV.

BOARD OF Examiners.

XV. Examination shall be instituted for persons who intend to (M.S.A. 1854, become masters, engineers, or mates of foreign going ships, or who para. 131.) wish to procure certificates of competency hereinafter mentioned.

2. The Governor in Council may, from time to time, lay down (M.S.A. 1854, rules as to the conduct of such examinations, and as to the quali- para. 132.) fications of the applicants, and such rules shall be strictly adhered to by all examiners.

3. Whenever any person shall be desirous to obtain a cer- Applicant to tificate of competency as master, mate, or engineer in the give notice to mercantile marine, he shall give notice in writing to that effect to Harbour the Harbour Master, who shall forward the same to the Governor. (SeeOrdinance

17 of 1860.)

Master.

4. It shall thereupon be lawful for the Governor to con- Board of stitute and appoint a board of examiners to inquire into the Examiners to competency of such applicant, and such board shall consist of be appointed. three members, one of whom shall be the Harbour Master, and the remaining two shall be either or both Commissioned Constitution Officers in the Royal Navy, or Masters, or duly qualified Engineers of board. in the mercantile marine.

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Harbour Mas-5. Upon such appointment being notified to the Harbour ter to summon Master, he shall summon the other members of the said board

board and notify applicant.

Fee to be paid

to attend at the Harbour Master's office for the purpose of examining the said applicant, at a day and at an hour to be named in such summons, (such day not to be more than seven days after the date of such summons); and shall also notify the applicant to attend accordingly.

6. Every applicant for a certificate of competency shall, upon by applicant. lodging his application, pay to the Harbour Master a fee, if for a master's or first class engineer's certificate, of twenty dollars, and if for any other certificate, of ten dollars.

Fees to members of board.

Certificate to be given to successful candidates.

Report of result of examination

to be made to

Board of Trade.

[M.S.A. para. i40.]

Masters, mates

tificates.

7. Every member of the board, except the Harbour Master, shall be entitled to receive from the funds of the Colony a fee of five dollars for the examination of each applicant.

8. Any applicant who shall have passed a satisfactory ex- amination, and shall have given satisfactory evidence of his sobriety, experience and general good conduct on board ship, shall be entitled to receive a certificate of competency signed by the members of the board to the effect that he is competent to act as master, as first, second or only mate, or as first or second engineer.

9. The result of every such examination shall be reported to the Board of Trade by the Harbour Master.

CHAPTER V.

SHIPPING AND DISCHARGE OF SEAMEN.

XVI. The name of a master, fiist, only or second mate, or first and engineers or second engineer shall not be attached to the register, or articles to possess cer- of agreement, of any British ship, or to any ship registered under section III of part I of this Ordinance, unless such master, mate, or engineer shall possess a certificate of service or competency issued by the Board of Trade or by the proper authority in any British Possession.

[Ordinance 1 of 1862, sec. 5.]

No British

to sea without

2. No British or Colonial ship shall leave the waters of the ship to proceed Colony unless the master thereof, and the first and second or certificate of only mate have obtained and possess valid certificates of com- the master and petency or service appropriate to their several stations in such ship, or of a higher grade, and no such ship if of one hundred tons [See M. S. A. burden or upwards, shall leave the waters as aforesaid, unless at 1854, sec. 186.] least one officer, besides the master, has obtained, and possesses a

mate.

Steam-ships to carry certificated engineers. [See M. S. A. 1862, sec. 5.]

[M.S.A. 1854, para. 136.

M.S.A. 1862, para. 50 s. 5.]

Shipping of

seamen.

1. Cautif +r

to a higher grade.

vde of or

herein or

3. Every British or Colonial steam-ship of one hundred nominal horse power or upwards, leaving the waters of the Colony shall have as its first and second engineers, two certificated engineers, the first possessing a "first class engineer's certificate," and the second possessing a "second class engineer's certificate," or a certificate of the higher grade, and every British or Colonial steam-ship of less than one hundred nominal horse power shall have as its only or first engineer, an engineer possessing a "second class engineer's certificate" or a certificate of the higher grade.

4. Every person who having been engaged in any of the capaci- ties mentioned in sub-sections 2 and 3 in any such ship as afore- said goes to sea in that capacity without being at the time entitled to and possessed of such certificate as is required by this section, and every person who employs any person in any of the above capacities in such ship without ascertaining that he is at the time entitled to or possessed of such certificate as is required by this section, shall, for each such offence incur a penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.

5. No seaman shall, except with the Harbour Master's sanction, be shipped to do duty on board any merchant ship whatever else- (Ord.6 of 1852, where than at the office of the Harbour Master, who shall charge sec. 5.)

for every seaman shipped, a fee of one dollar, such fee to be paid, in the first instance, by the master of the ship shipping such seaman; and such master shall deduct the same from the wages of the seaman shipped; and the Harbour Master shall require such seaman to lodge with him his certificate of discharge from the last ship, and failing the production of such certificate, such seaman shall be bound to give satisfactory explanation to the Harbour Master of the cause of the non-production thereof.

Master shall

give to seaman discharged in Colony certifi-

6. Whenever any seaman shall be discharged from any ship within the Colony, the master of such ship shall give, at the time of such discharge, to such seaman a written certificate of ate of dis- discharge, specifying the time and nature of service, and the time arge, and, if of discharge of such seaman, signed by himself; and if such ?uired, an ac- seaman require it, shall further give him, within twenty-four nt of wages, hours after demand, a true account in writing of the wages of

2.) such seaman, and of all deductions therefrom.

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THE HONGKONG GOVE.MENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.

7. No seaman shall be discharged from an English ship, As to the dis- or any foreign ship whose flag is not represented by a Consular charge of officer resident in the Colony, elsewhere. than at the Harbour seamen. Master's office, and every seaman discharged from a foreign (Ibid, sec. 5.) ship so represented, shall, within twenty-four hours of being discharged at the office of his Consul or Vice-Consul, produce to the Harbour Master, or some person deputed by him, a certificate of his discharge, signed by such Consul or Vice-Consul.

8. No master of any ship shall discharge or force there- Seamen to be from, or wilfully or negligently leave behind him, in this Colony, discharged any seaman shipped on board thereof, unless on a certificate from mission of Har-

only by per- the Harbour Master, or other person appointed to grant the same, bour Master. (and who shall have power to withhold, or grant the same, as he (Ordinance shall see fit), under a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars;

No. 1 of 1862, and if any seaman shall wilfully or negligently remain in the

sec. 8.) Colony, after the departure of the vessel in which he shall have shipped, such seaman shall, on conviction, be subject to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars, or be imprisoned for a term not exceeding one month, with or without hard labour.

CHAPTER VI.

BOARDING-HOUSES FOR SEAMEN.

XVII. The Harbour Master shall, with the consent of any As to the es Police Magistrate, have power to license a sufficient number of fit and proper persons to keep boarding-houses for seamen, of boarding-

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　and regulation. and every such licence shall be countersigned by the Colonial houses. Secretary, and shall be granted for such period not exceeding one (Ordinance year, and upon such terms and security, and shall be renewable No. 6 of 1859, upon such conditions, as the Colonial Secretary may appoint; sec. 6.) and it shall be lawful for the Colonial Secretary to demand for every such licence an annual fee of twenty-five dollars, or at the rate thereof according to the term of such licence; and every such house shall be for the reception of such number of seamen only as shall be expressed in the licence, and shall not be granted until there have been constructed in the house to be licensed suitable rooms to be approved by the Harbour Master; and no such. boarding-house shall be a house licensed for the sale of spirituous or fermented liquors, nor shall any charge for spirituous or fer- mented liquor be allowed in any account for the amount of which any seaman may be indebted, or stated to be indebted, to any person, and such boarding-house shall not be a part of a house, and shall be separated by at least one intervening house on either side of it from any house licensed for such sale as aforesaid; and very sub ing-house ll be cher at all times to the visit of any

.r M. ster, or ot any Police Officer specially appointed for the general service of visiting such houses. And the Harbour Master may refuse to grant, any such licence, and may limit the number and description of seamen to be boarded in each house, and may make rules for the government of such houses, and regulate the charge to be made. for board and lodging; and a copy of such rules shall be hung up in each house for the inspection of the inmates; and the infrac- tion of any one of such rules shall subject the offender in every instance to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars, and for a second offence may deprive the offender, if the keeper of such house, of his licence as an additional punishment.

ustice 6.

2. If any person not having obtained a licence for keeping Penalty for a boarding-house for seamen shall keep one, he shall be liable to a keeping an un- penalty not exceeding the sum of one hundred dollars; and licensed board- the fact of more than one seaman boarding or lodging in the (Ibid, sec. 7.)

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　ing-house. house of any person, shall be prima facie proof of the keeping of a boarding-house for seamen by such person; but nothing in this Ordinance contained shall be construed to prevent any sea- man from having the whole or any part of any unfurnished house for the residence of himself, or his family, and boarding himself

therein.

3. Every keeper of a boarding-house for seamen shall cause Duties of daily to be entered in a book in English, the name and des- boarding- cription of each additional seaman who has, on that day, come

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　house keepers to board or lodge at his house, and the name of each seaman lists, returns,

with respect to who has left his house on that day after being a lodger or &c., &c. of boarder therein, and such other particulars as the Harbour their inmates. Master may direct; and every keeper of a boarding-house shall, (Ibid, sec. 8.) on the morning of Monday, in each week, send to the Harbour Master's office a list, copied from his book, of the seamen on that day boarding or lodging in his house, and of those seamen, boarders or lodgers, who left his house on any or either of the intermediate days, and shall also particularize in such list, those seamen who wish for immediate employment, and place opposite to the names of those last named, the names of the ships from which they were last discharged; and the Harbour Master shall keep the lists as furnished to him constantly in view, and in a conspicuous part

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Masters and

mates may

of his office, for the convenience of masters of ships requiring men, and shall also post in a similar manner, if required so to do, such notices for the supply of men by masters of ships as the said masters shall furnish.

4. Nothing in this section contained shall prevent masters, mates, or engineers of ships from boarding or lodging elsewhere board and lodge than at a licensed boarding-house. elsewhere, than in such houses. (Ibid, sec 9.)

No seaman

shipped under shall, during

this Ordinance

the term for which he is

shipped, be

5. No seaman, except mates or engineers, who shall have been actually shipped by the Harbour Master, or his deputy, on board any vessel in compliance with this Ordinance, shall, during the time for which he is then shipped, be liable to be arrested on civil process, unless the debt or demand shall exceed the sum of five hundred dollars: Provided always, that by the term seaman in liable to arrest this paragraph shall be meant only a person who has, within the space of one year previously, served on board a ship for wages as a seaman, and that the protection from arrest hereby granted (Ibid, sec. 10.) shall not be held to extend to any person not coming within such

definition, nor in any case to masters, mates, or engineers.

on civil pro-

cess, in cer- tain cases.

Keepers of

weekly lists of the seamen resident in their houses, and report their state of

health. Diseased

seamen to be

CHAPTER VII.

HEALTH OF SEAMEN.

XVIII. Every keeper of a licensed boarding-house for seamen, licensed board-in the list of seamen resident in his house, which he is required ing-houses for seamen to fur- to furnish to the Harbour Master, shall report as to the state of nish Harbour health of each seaman, so far as he may be able to ascertain the Master with same; and every seaman who may be reported, or may be otherwise discovered, to be affected with a contagious disease, shall be removed by warrant under the hand of the Harbour Master to a hospital, where he shall be kept until he be, by the Visiting Surgeon thereof, discharged as cured, and shall have obtained from such Visiting Surgeon a certificate of his having been so discharged, which certificate he shall produce and show to the Harbour Master when required so to do; and the expenses which may be incurred in and about the maintenance and treatment of any such seaman in such hospital, shall be a debt due to the Crown, and shall be paid by such seaman; or, in case of the keeper of the sided tore his remova. to h、

having made a false report as to the state of health of such seaman, then such ex- penses shall be paid by such boarding-house keeper, in case it shall appear to, and be certified by, the Visiting Surgeon of the hospital to which such seaman may be removed, that the disease with which he may be affected is of such a nature as that the keeper of the boarding house could, with ordinary and reasonable obser- vation, have ascertained its existence; and in all cases, such ex- penses shall, in case of non-payment, be sued for and recovered by the Harbour Master on behalf of the hospital.

removed to a Hospital. (Ordinance

10 of 1867, sec.

Penalty for

removal to Hospital.

hoarding- use in which cral

man sha'

2. If any seaman affected with a contagious disease, and offering any reported so to be by the keeper of the boarding-house in which obstruction to such seaman may be residing, shall refuse or offer any hindrance or obstruction to his removal to a hospital; or having been re- (Ibid, sec. 64.) moved to a hospital, shall attempt to leave the same before he shall be properly discharged cured; or having been discharged cured, shall refuse to produce his certificate of discharge when required by the Harbour Master authorised to demand the same; or being affected with a contagious disease, shall neglect or refuse to inform the keeper of the boarding-house in which he may be residing,- then, and in every such case, such seaman so offending shall be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars, or to im- prisonment with or without hard labour, for any term not ex- ceeding one month.

Masters of ships before shipping

seamen may require them to undergo medical inspection. (Ibid, sec. 65.)

3. The master of any merchant ship, before shipping any seaman, may require that such seaman shall be inspected by the Colonial Surgeon, by notice in writing to that effect, addressed to the Harbour Master or a Visiting Surgeon appointed in pursuance of this section, and the Colonial Surgeon or such Visiting Surgeon upon such inspection shall give a certificate under his hand as to the state of health of such seaman, which certificate such seaman shall produce and show to the master of the ship in which he may be about to serve; and for every certificate, there shall be paid the fee of fifty cents, to be paid by the master or agent of the ship in case such seaman should prove to be in sound health, and by the seaman himself, or the boarding-house keeper with whom he shall be residing, in case he shall prove to be affected with any contagious disease.

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CHAPTER VIII.

MEDICINES AND MEDICAL STORES.

XIX. This chapter applies to all British or Colonial ships, Application of other than those already provided with medicines and medical section.

stores under the provisions of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1867," or of any legislative enactment or regulations in force in any British possession, or holding special exemption under the hand of the Governor.

stores, &c. in

2. The owners, agents, or master of every such ship navigating Ships to between this Colony and any place out of the same, shall cause to carry medi- be kept on board such ship a supply of medicines and medical stores cines, medical in accordance with the scale appropriate to such ship as laid down accordance in the published scales of medicines and medical stores issued by with scale the Board of Trade, and also a copy of the book or books issued issued by Board by the said Board containing instructions for dispensing the same of Trade.

(See M. S. A., pursuant to paragraph 1 of section 4 of "The Merchant Shipping 1867, sec. 4.) Act, 1867."

of lime or lemon juice.

3. No lime or lemon juice shall be deemed fit and proper to be Health Officer taken on board any such ship for the use of the crew or passengers to approve thereof, unless the Health Officer has approved of the same; nor unless the same contains fifteen per centum of proper and palatable proof spirits to be approved by the Health Officer, or by some person appointed by him for that purpose, and to be added imme- diately before or immediately after the inspection thereof; nor un- less the same is packed in such bottles, at such time and in such manner as the Health Officer may direct.

provide me-

4. The master, owner, or agent of any such ship who shall wilfully Owners ne- neglect or refuse to provide, pack, or keep on board such medicines, glecting to medical stores, books of instructions, lime or lemon juice, sugar or dicines and anti-scorbutics as are by this section required, shall be guilty of a medical stores misdemeanour, and shall, upon summary conviction before any to be guilty of Stipendiary Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding five misdemeanour. hundred dollars.

5. The provisions of this section, so far as the same refer to lime, This section lemon juice and anti-scorbutics, shall have the same force and to have the effect as the regulations provided for by "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1867," section 6.

CHAPTER IX.

DESERTION AND OTHER OFFENCES OF SEAMEN.

same force as rules made. (M.S.A. 1867, sec. 6.)

XX. If any seaman belonging to the crew of any ship, British Seamen or foreign, shall desert therefrom, or otherwise abscond, or deserting abs him from his d while such ship or vessel is may be appre-

u may

lawil J

bonded o

on board che

belong; (Ordinance 4 of 1850, sec.

within the for any Police Officer, or for the master or person in charge of the vessels to ship, or for any one specially deputed by such master or person which they in charge, to arrest such seaman without warrant and convey him before a Justice of the Peace; and in case such seaman shall refuse to return to his duty on board the said ship, or shall not 1.) give a sufficient reason for such refusal, the Justice of the Peace may order such seaman to be put forcibly on board the ship to which he may belong, or to be confined in any gaol or other place or may be con- of security within the Colony, for any period until he can be put fined in gaol. on board his ship at her departure from the port, or until he shall be demanded by the master of the ship, or by the Consul of the country to which such ship may belong: Provided always, that the said period of confinement shall not, in the absence of such departure or demand, exceed three months.

2. It shall be lawful for any Stipendiary Magistrate, upon Ships or houses complaint of the master of such ship, to the effect that he has may be search- reasonable cause to believe that any runaway seaman belonging ed for deserters

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　from ships. to the crew of any such ship is harboured, secreted, or concealed, (Ibid, sec. 2.) or suspected to be harboured, secreted, or concealed on board any other ship, boat, or other vessel, or in any house or place what- soever, to issue a warrant directing a constable to search such ship, boat, or other vessel, or stich house or place, and such seaman to lodge in any or the nearest Police station; and every such seaman shall, with all convenient speed, be brought before a Stipendiary Magistrate, to be dealt with as is herein before directed with respect to seamen apprehended for desertion, ab- sconding, or absence from duty.

3. If any person whatsoever shall harbour, conceal, employ, Penalty on or retain, or assist in harbouring, concealing, employing, or re- persons har- taining any seaman belonging to the crew of any ship, who bouring shall have deserted therefrom, or otherwise absconded, or absented ship.

deserters from

? himself from duty, while such ship or vessel is within the waters (Ibid, sec. 3.)

of the Colony, knowing such seaman to have deserted, absconded, or absented himself from duty, or shall cause, induce, or persuade, or endeavour to cause, induce, or persuade any such seaman, in any manner whatsoever to violate, or to attempt or endeavour to violate, any agreement which he may have entered into to serve

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Harbour Mas-

ter or deputy may require, before grant- ing a port clearance to a ship, the

master thereof

for

en board any such ship, or shall knowingly connive at the desertion, absconding, or absence from duty of any such seaman, such person so offending shall, for every such offence, upon conviction thereof, be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, or to imprisonment for any period not exceeding six months.

4. The Harbour Master, or person deputed by the Harbour Master for that purpose, before granting a port clearance to any ship, may, if he have reasonable grounds for belief that any deserter from a merchant vessel be concealed on board of such ship, proceed on board thereof and then and there require her master to institute due and diligent search for such to search for deserter, and further, if he deem it necessary, require the suspected de- master to make oath or solemn declaration that to the best of serters, and to his knowledge and belief, after due and diligent search, no such make declara- deserter is concealed within or about his ship; and any master of a tion of such ship refusing or unnecessarily delaying to comply with such Penalty for not requisition, shall be liable, upon conviction, to a penalty not complying with exceeding two hundred dollars, and to imprisonment until such such request. fine be paid.

search.

(Ordinance

6 of 1852, sec. 11.)

Offences of foreign

seamen.

(See M. S. A., 1854,sec.243.) Act of disobedience.

Continued disobedience,

Assault on officers.

Combining to disobey.

of 1850, sec. 5.)

5. Whenever any seaman engaged in any foreign ship commits any of the following offences within the waters of the Colony, he shall be liable to be punished summarily by a Stipendiary Magis- trate as follows, that is to say:-

(a.) For wilful disobedience to any lawful command, he shall be liable to imprisonment for any period not exceeding four weeks, with or without hard labour, and also, at the discretion of the Court, to forfeit, out of his wages, a sum not exceeding two days' pay;

(b.) For continued wilful disobedience to lawful commands, or continued wilful neglect of duty, he shall be liable to imprisonment for any period not exceeding twelve weeks, with or without hard labour, and also, at the discretion of the Court, to forfeit, for every twenty-four hours' continuance of such disobedience or neglect either a sum not exceeding six days' pay, or any expenses which have been incurred in hiring a substitute; (d.) For assaulting any master or mate, he shall be liable

imprisonment for any period not exceeding twelve weeks, with or without hard labour;

(e.) For combining with any other or others of the crew to disobey lawful commands, or to neglect duty, or to impede the navigation of the ship, or the progress of the for any

?????????? period not aceeding twelve weeks, with or without hard labour.

Provided that when there is a Consul, Vice-Consul, or Consular Agent resident at Hongkong of the nation to which the ship belongs, the Court shall not deal with the case unless thereto requested by such officer in writing.

Expenses, by 6. All expenses incidental to the apprehension, confinement, whom payable. and removal of any seaman, under this section, shall be paid (Ordinance 4 by the master of the ship to which such seaman may belong, and be recoverable from him at the suit of the Captain Superin- tendent of Police, as a debt due to the Government of this Colony; and the subsistence money for every such seaman confined in gaol shall be paid in advance to the keeper of the gaol, and in default of such payment, the gaoler may release such seaman: Provided that every seaman imprisoned under this chapter may be sent on board his ship prior to her departure from the waters of the Colony by direction of the Governor.

Deaths,

desertions, or removals of

seamen, &c. to be reported.

Report of Death, Desertion, &c.

XXI. In the event of the death of any of the crew, pas- sengers, or other persons, occurring on board of any merchant vessel in the waters of the Colony, or in case of the desertion or removal of any of the crew, the master of such vessel shall forthwith report the same to the Harbour Master, under a penalty of 1862, sec.7.) not exceeding twenty-five dollars for every death, desertion, or

removal which he shall neglect to report.

(Ordinance 1

Penalties for

forging of do- cuments, and for false des-

Penalties for Forgery, &c.

XXII. Any seaman, or other person, who shall give a false description of his services, or show, or make, or procure to be made, any false character, or shall make false statements as to the name of the last ship in which he served, or as to any other information which may be required of him by any person having lawful authority to demand such information, shall be liable to a penalty No. 6 of 1852, not exceeding fifty dollars.

criptions and statements. (Ordinance

sec. 12.)

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CHAPTER X.

DISTRESSED SEAMEN.

to vessels re-

XXIII. All expenses which shall be incurred under the pro- Relief of sea- visions of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," in the relief of men belonging distressed British seamen who at the time of such relief being gistered in this granted shall have last served in a British ship registered in this Colony. Colony, shall be borne by the revenue of this Colony.

(Ordinance 5 of 1869, sec.1.)

of expenses in- curred in the

2. It shall be lawful for the Governor, from time to time, Governor may to order the payment, out of any monies forming part of, or arising

order payment from, the general revenue of the Colony, of all expenses which may be incurred in the Colony for the relief of such British Colony for seamen as aforesaid, under the provisions of the said Act or of any relief of such regulations in that behalf which may be made, from time to time, by the Governor in Council.

seamen out of monies form- ing part of ge- neral revenue. (Ordinance 5 of 1869, sec.2.)

3. It shall be lawful for the Governor, from time to time, to Governor may order the re-payment out of any such monies as aforesaid, of all order re-pay- sums which shall have been expended under the provisions

ment of expen- of the said Act by the Imperial Government, or by the Government elsewhere than

ses incurred of any adjacent British Colony, or by any British Consul, in the Colony Vice-Consul, or Consular Agent in any neighbouring foreign in respect of country, in and about the relief of such British seamen as

such relief, aforesaid, and such sums shall be refunded in such manner as the out of such Governor shall think fit, or as Her Majesty's Principal Secretary aforesaid. of State for the Colonies for the time being may direct.

monies as

(Ordinance 5

of 1869, sec. 3.)

PART II.

REGULATION AND CONTROL OF THE WATERS OF THE COLONY AND OF VESSELS NAVIGATING THE SAME.

CHAPTER I. REGULATIONS.

Duties of Master.

XXIV. Every master of a merchant ship shall hoist her Ships to hoist national colours and number on entering the waters of the their numbers. Colony; and shall keep such number flying until the ship shall (Ordinance 1

how hoom

of 1869 sec 3%)

hours.

2. Every such master shan, v un twenty our hours after arrival Ships to be within the waters of this Colony, report the arrival of his ship at reported the Harbour Master's office, and in the case of a. British ship, or within 24 of a ship which shall not be represented by a Consul, shall deposit (Ibid, sec. 4.) there the ship's articles, list of passengers, ship's register, and true copy of manifest if required. In the case of a foreign ship repre- sented by a Consul, the said papers shall be lodged by the master at the proper consulate. Any master offending against the pro- visions of this paragraph, shall incur a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars.

Harbour Mas-

3. Every such master arriving in the waters of the Co-Ships to be lony shall take up the berth pointed out by the Harbour Master, moored where or by any person sent on board by him for that purpose, and shall ordered by the moor his ship there properly, and shall not remove from it to take up ter, and not re- any other berth, without his permission, except in case of necessity, moved there- to be decided by the Harbour Master, under a penalty not exceeding from without one hundred dollars; and he shall remove his vessel to any new permission. berth when required so to do by the Harbour Master, under a fine (Ibid, sec. 9.), not exceeding twenty dollars for every hour that the vessel shall remain in her old berth, after notice to remove under the hand of the Harbour Master, or his deputy, shall have been given on board of her.

Master to be

4. Every such master shall immediately strike spars, clear All orders by hawse, or shift berth, or obey any other order which the Harbour the Harbour Master may think fit to give, and any master wilfully disobeying obeyed. or neglecting this regulation, shall incur a penalty not exceeding (Ibid,sec. 10:): two hundred dollars.

to be obtained

5. Every such master about to proceed to sea shall hoist a blue Blue peter to peter twenty-four hours before time of intended departure, and be hoisted and shall give notice thereof to the Harbour Master, who, if there is port clearance no reasonable objection, will furnish a port clearance, and attest before depar- the manifest, if necessary; and any master having obtained such ture. clearance and not sailing within thirty-six hours thereafter shall (Ibid, sec. 11.); report to the Harbour Master his reason for not sailing, and shall re-deposit the ship's papers if required. Any master wilfully ne- glecting or disobeying this regulation, shall incur a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars.

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The Governor

Quarantine.

　XXV. Whenever the Governor in Council has reasonable in Council may cause for believing that any country or place is infected with any make tegul infectious or contagious disease, he may make such regulations tions in respect concerning vessels arriving from such country or place as he arriving from thinks necessary for preserving the public health of the Colony:

of vessels

infected places.

port the same.

Ships arriving 2. Every commanding officer of any ship-of-war, or master having conta- of a merchant ship of whatsoever nation who may arrive in gious diseases the waters of the Colony having smallpox or any other disease on board to re- of a contagious or infectious nature on board, shall hoist the proper (Ibid, sec. 16.) quarantine flag, and shall hold no communication with any other vessel or boat, or with the shore, until permission be given by the Harbour Master; and the boarding officer on nearing such ship shall be informed of the nature of such disease. Any person offending against any of the provisions of this paragraph shall incur a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars for each offence. Shipsto remove 3. Every such commanding officer of a ship-of-war, or when ordered. master of a merchant ship, having any such disease on board, (Ibid, sec. 17.)

shall forthwith remove his ship to any berth which shall be pointed out by the Harbour Master, and there remain and keep the quarantine flag flying until a clean bill of health shall be granted by the Colonial Surgeon; and shall afford free access and render every assistance to the Colonial Surgeon or other officer of health who may be directed by the Governor to visit such ship. Any person offending against the provisions of this paragraph shall incur a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars for each offence.

Ships arriving from port where conta-

report same.

4. Every such commanding officer of a ship-of-war, or master of a merchant ship, in all cases where such ship has last touched or gious disease stayed at any port or place immediately preceding such ship's is prevalent to arrival in the waters of the Colony, and any contagious or in- fectious disease has, to such commanding officer's or master's knowledge, been prevalent at such port or place at the time of his so touching or staying there, shall report the preva- lence of such disease to any health officer of the port, upon being boarded by such officer, and in default of so reporting, the same shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars.

The Governor

5. The Governor in Council may, from time to time, make in Council may such regulations concerning vessels arriving in the waters of the make regula- Colony with any infectious or contagious disease on board as he in vessels thinks necessary for nreserving the health of the Colony. arriving with

tion concern-

disease on

board.

of law when

published in

the Gazette.

Regulations to 6. All regulations made under this section shall be published have the force in the Government Gazette, and when so published shall have the force of law, and any person offending against any such regulation shall, on conviction, by two Stipendiary Magistrates sitting together, be liable to a penalty not exceeding two thousand dollars, or to be imprisoned with or without hard labour for any period not exceeding twelve months, or at the discretion of the court, to both penalty and imprisonment as aforesaid.

Penalties.

Steamers' fair-

Steamers' Fairway.

XXVI. No vessel or boat of any description shall be way to be kept allowed to anchor within any fairway, which shall be set apart clear.

by the Harbour Master for the passage of vessels, and the master (Ibid,sec. 18.)

of any vessel or boat dropping anchor in, or otherwise obstruct- ing such fairway shall be liable, for each offence, to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars.

Vessels to ex-

hibit light at night. (Ibid, sec. 20.)

Precaution to be taken in case of fire. (Ibid, sec. 21.)

Regulations concerning the Safety of Ships and Prevention

of Accidents.

XXVII. Every master of a ship, hulk, or other vessel, not being a boat propelled by oars, in the waters of this Colony shall, from sunset to sunrise, cause to be exhibited a bright white light from the starboard foreyard arm, or at the place where it can be best seen, and in default, shall incur a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars.

2. In case of fire occurring on board any ship or vessel in the waters of the Colony, if at night three lights shall be hoisted in a vertical position at the highest masthead, and a single light at the peak, and guns shall be fired in quick succes- sion until sufficient assistance shall be rendered; if during the day the ersign Union down with the signal NM "I am on fire" shall be hoisted at the highest masthead and fired as above

　　　　　　　　　　guns provided for night time.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.

3. If on board any ship or vessel in the waters of the Colony Precautions to a disturbance or riot shall occur which the master or his officers be taken in

case of mutiny. are unable to quell if by day the ensign Union down shall be

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　(Ibid, sec. 22.) hoisted at the peak and the signal PC "want assistance; mutiny" shall be hoisted at the highest masthead or wherever practicable under the circumstances; guns may also be fired as in paragraph 2; if by night three lights shall be hoisted at the peak and a single light at the musthead, and guns may also be fired as before stated."

4. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to make Governor in and publish rules, and from time to time to vary

Council may the same,

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　make rules to concerning the lights or signals to be carried, and concerning the

prevent acci- steps for avoiding collision to be taken by all ships, boats, or dents in the vesse's, while navigating the waters of the Colony: Provided harbour. always that the same shall not be inconsistent with, or be deemed to affect the regulations for the time being in force issued by Her Majesty by Order in Council, under the provisions of section 25 of The Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862."

Offences in the Waters of the Colony.

barbour of

XXVIII. Every person who within the Colony or the waters Prohibiting thereof shall commit any of the following offences, shall be liable offences in the to a penalty of not more than fifty dollars, or to be imprisoned for Hongkong. any term not exceeding fourteen days, with or without hard labour. (Ordinance

14 of 1845, sec. 6.)

(a.) Every person who shall knowingly take in exchange Receiving

from any seaman or other person, not being the owner goods unlaw or master of any vessel, anything belonging to any fully obtained.

　　　　　　　　　　　　vessel lying in the waters aforesaid, or any part of the cargo of such vessel, or any stores or articles in charge of the owner or master of any such vessel.

(b.) Every person who shall unlawfully cut, damage, or Damaging

destroy any of the ropes, cables, cordage, tackle, head- furniture of fasts, or other furniture of or belonging to any ship, ship. boat, or vessel lying in the harbour or waters aforesaid, with intent to steal or otherwise unlawfully obtain the same or any part thereof,

(c.) Every person who for the purpose of preventing the Throwing into

seizure or discovery of any materials, furniture, stores, or water goods

　　　　　　　　　　　　　unlawfully merchandise belonging to or having been part of the obtained. cargo of any ship, boat, or vessel lying in the waters aforesaid, or of any other articles unlawfully obtained from any such ship or vessel, shall wilfully let fall or throw into the waters aforesaid, or in any other manner

vessel wharf, qua”

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fro

▼

shin. boat

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nu.. De actus-

or lang pla sory to any such offence; and it all be lawful for any constable to take any such offender into custody and to seize and detain any boat in which such person shall be found, or out of which any article shall be so let fall, thrown, or conveyed away.

boats.

paras. 8 & 9.)

(d.) Every owner, or headinan, or other person in charge Mooring of of any boat which shall be found alongside of any public hots wharf or landing-place (unless while taking on board (Ibid, sec. 3, landing passengers or cargo), or lying off the same so as to prevent the free access of other boats thereto, and the owner, headman, or other person in charge of any boat which shall be moored or at anchor at a distance of less than three hundred yards from low water mark of such parts of the Colony as may be declared by regulation, between the hours of nine o'clock at night and gunfire in the morning: Provided always, that nothing herein con- tained shall be construed to extend to any boat moored or at anchor alongside of any private wharf with the consent of the owner thereof.

(e.) Every person who shall cast or throw any dead body, bal- Obstruction of

last, rubbish, or other substance, either from shore or from harbour by any vessel, into the waters of the Colony, or shall neglect rubbish, &c. within a reasonable time to remove any sunken vessel or other obstruction in the said harbour belonging to him or

in his charge or keeping.

2. Except as is hereinbefore directed by paragraphs 2 and 3 Fire-arms not of section XXIV, or under the sanction of the Harbour Master, no to be used ex- cannon, gun, or fire-arm of any description shall be discharged cept in certain within such portions of the waters of the Colony as the Governor may, from time to time, by regulations prescribe, from any merchant of 1862, s. 1 vessel or boat, under a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars.

Removal of Obstructions.

cases.

(Ordinance 1

XXIX. The Harbour Master may, by written'notice, require Hart any person to remove from the waters of the Colony, within a reaso- ter nable time to be specified in such notice, any obstruction caused by m such person or belonging to him or in his charge or keeping, and

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.

(See Ordi-

nance 14 of

if such person fail to remove the obstruction within the specified time, the Harbour Master shall cause the obstruction to be removed, 1845, sec. 37.) and may recover the expenses of removal from the person named in

Harbour Mas-

ter may per- mit mooring

to be laid down.

the notice.

Moorings.

XXX. No person shall place moorings in the waters of the Colony except with the sanction of the Harbour Master; and the Harbour Master may, upon giving such sanction, attach such conditions to the use and employment of such moorings as he shall think fit.

Powers of Police.

Superintend- XXXI. The Captain or other Superintendent, or any Inspector ents and In- of the Police force shall have power, by virtue of his office, to spectors may enter at all times, with such constables as he shall think necessary, board vessels. (Ordinance 14 as well by night as by day, into and upon every ship, boat, or of 1845, sec. 7.) other vessel (not being then actually employed in Her Majesty's service) lying in the waters of the Colony, and into every part of such vessel, for the purpose of inspection and upon occasion directing the conduct of any constable who may be stationed on board of any such vessel, and of inspecting and observing the conduct of all other persons who shall be employed on board of any such vessel in or about the fading or unlading thereof, as the case may be, and for the purpose of taking all such measures as may be necessary for providing against fire or other accidents, and preserving peace and good order on board of any such vessel, and for the effectual prevention or detection: of any felonies or misdemeanours.

Superintend-

2. It shall be lawful for the Captain or other Superintendent, ent, &c. hav- or any Inspector, or Sergeant belonging to the Police force, ing just cause to suspect

having just cause to suspect that any felony has been or is about felony, may

to be committed in or on board of any ship, boat, or other vessel enter on board lying in the waters of the Colony, to enter at all times, as vessels and take well by night as by day, into and upon every such ship, boat, or up suspected other vessel, and therein to take all necessary measures for the effectual prevention or detection of all felonies which he has just cause to suspect to have been, or about to be committed in or upon the harbour or waters of the Colony, and to take into custody all persons suspected of being concerned in such felonies, and also to take charge of all property so suspected to be stolen.

persons.

(Ibid, sec. 8.)

/ breach of

Powers of Magistrates.

XXXII. Where no penalty is specially attached by this chapter chapter to the breach or infringement of any provision herein contained

ishable by

me he'l he

five dollars.

?? ?. (Ordinance

1 of 1862, sec. 29.)

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CHAPTER II.

ngn}:

twenty-

Interpretation clause. (Ordinance

17 of 1873, sec. 2.)

Power to erect lighthouses, &c.

(Ibid, sec. 3.)

Power to raise

necessary funds by public loan.

LIGHTHOUSES, BUOYS, OR BEACONS.

XXXIII. In the construction of this chapter, the term "light- houses" shall, in addition to the ordinary meaning of the word, include light-ships and all floating and other lights exhibited for the guidance of ships; and the terms "buoys and beacons” shall include all other marks and signs of the sea.

2. It shall be lawful for the Governor to erect and maintain within the Colony such lighthouses, buoys, or beacons as the Governor in Council shall think necesary to be exhibited for the guidance of ships.

3. It shall be lawful for the Governor, from time to time, with the assent of the Legislative Council, to raise by way of public loan, upon the security of the general revenues of the (Ibid, sec. 4.) Colony, such sums of money as may be necessary for the purposes aforesaid, and every loan so raised shall be a charge upon the. said Colonial revenue.

Power to

out of the

Colonial

Treasury.

4. It shall be lawful for the Governor, in the meanwhile, advance funds with such assent as aforesaid, to order the payment, by way of temporary advance, out of any monies for the time being in the Colonial Treasury, of such sums of money arising from the general (Ibid, sec. 5.) revenues of the Colony, as may be required for the purposes aforesaid: Provided always that all sums of money so advanced out of the general revenues of the Colony, shall be repaid into the Treasury out of the sums which may be raised by way of loan under the provisions in that behalf hereinbefore contained.

dues.

Light Dues.

XXXIV. The owner or master of every ship which enters the sec. 6.) waters of the Colony, shall pay such dues in respect of the said lighthouses, buoys, or beacons as may, from time to time, be fixed by order of the Governor in Council, to such officers as the Governor shall, from time to time, appoint to collect the same, and the same shall be paid by such officers into the Colonial Treasury,

THE HONGKONG governMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.

2. All British and foreign shi of war shall be exempt from Exemption of the payment of light dues.

men of war. (Ibid, sec. 7.) Governor to

3. It shall be lawful for the Governor, by Order in Council:-

(a.) To exempt any ships, or classes of ships, from such pay- allow certain

ment, and to annex any terms or conditions to such exemptions;

(b.) To substitute any other dues, or classes of dues, whether

by way of annual payment or otherwise, in respect of any ships, or classes of ships.

exemptions. (Ibid, sec. 8.)

4. Tables of all light dues, and a copy of regulations for the Tables of light time being in force in respect thereof, shall be posted up at the dues to be office of the Harbour Master.

same,

exhibited at Harbour Master's office. (See M. S. A. 1854, sec. 399.))

cleared with- ship, of receipt for

out production

5. A receipt for light dues shall be given by the person Ship not to be appointed to collect the same to every person paying in the and the Harbour Master shall not grant a clearance to any unless the receipt for the same is produced to him.

light d'ues. [See M. S. A.. 1854, Sec.. 400.]

dues.

6. If the owner or master fails on demand of the authorized Power of dis- collector to pay the light dues in respect thereof, it shall be tress for light lawful for such collector, in addition to any other remedy which (M. S. A. he is entitled to use, to enter upon such ship, and distrain the sec. 401.) goods, guns, tackle, or any other things of or belonging to, or on board such ship, and to detain such distress until the said light dues are paid; and if payment of the same is not made within the period of three days next ensuing such distress, he may, at any time during the continuance of such non-payment, cause the same to be appraised by two sufficient persons, and thereupon sell the same, and apply the proceeds in payment of the light dues due, together with reasonable expenses incurred by him under this section, paying the surplus (if any) on demand to the said

owner or master.

surement in '

7. In order to ascertain the burden of any ship liable to pay ship's burden light dues under this Ordinance, the person authorized to collect to be ascer-

uch dues may require the owner, master, or other person in tained by mea- command of such ship, or any person having possession of the certain cases. same, to produce the register of such ship for the inspection of mach person; and, upon the refusal or neglect of such owner or master to prod such registor r to satisfy the perso

rized Colitul nuen au

autho-

V?, va

ship, ?t shall be lawful for sucu person to ca Such ship to be measured at the expense of the master thereof, and such expense shall be recoverable in the same manner as dues payable under this Ordinance; and such measurement shall be deemed to be the real burden of the ship, and may be treated as such for all the

purposes of this Ordinance.

8. The master of any ship who shall attempt to depart from the waters of this Colony without paying the light dues in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance; or, who shall refuse to have his ship measured to ascertain her burden in tons; or who shall obstruct any person in the duties of his office, shall be subject to a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars.

Damage to Lights, Buoys and Beacons.

Penalties.

XXXV. If any person wilfully or negligently commits any of Penalty for the following offences, that is to say:

injuring

(a.) Injures any lighthouse, or the lights exhibited therein, lights, &c.

or any buoy or beacon;

(M. S. A. 1854, sec.

(b.) Removes, alters, or destroys any lightship, buoy, or 414.).

beacon;

(c.) Rides by, makes fast to, runs foul of, any lightship, or

buoy;

He shall, in addition to the expenses of making good any damage so occasioned, be liable to a penalty, not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.

Prevention of False Lights.

XXXVI. Whenever any fire or light is burnt or exhibited at Harbour such place, or in such manner, as to be liable to be mistaken for a Master may light proceeding from a lighthouse, it shall be lawful for the prohibit false Harbour Master to serve a notice upon the owner of the place (M. S. A.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　lights. where the fire or light is burnt or exhibited, or on the person 1854, sec. having charge of such fire or light, either personally, or by deli- 415.) very at the place of abode of such owner or person, or by affixing the same in some conspicuous spot near to such fire or light, and by such notice to direct such owner or person, within a reasonable time to be therein specified, to take effectual means for the extinguishing or effectually screening such existing light;

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.

If not obeyed, he may abate such lights. (M. S. A. 1854. sec. 416.)

Vessels, and buildings

and for the preventing for the future any similar fire or light, and any owner or person disobeying such notice, shall be deemed guilty of a common nuisance, and in addition to any other penalties or liabilities of any kind thereby incurred, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars.

2. If any owner or person served with such notice, as afore- said, neglects for a period of twenty-four hours to extinguish or effectually screen, the light or fire therein mentioned, it shall be lawful for the Harbour Master, by his servants or workmen, to enter into the place wherein the same may be, and forthwith to extin- guish such fire or light doing no unnecessary damage; and all expenses incurred by the Harbour Master in such extinction, may be recovered from such person or owner as aforesaid in the same way as penalties are hereby declared to be recoverable.

CHAPTER III.

IMPORTATION AND STORAGE OF GUNPOWDER.

XXXVII. The Governor is hereby empowered to provide, at the expense of the Colony, all necessary vessels and buildings to be provided for the storage of gunpowder, and no gunpowder arriving in this Colony shall be stored in any other building or vessel except as provided by paragraph 10 and subject to the observance of the rules and regulations to be made under paragraph 12 of this

for storage of gunpovvder. (Ordinance 4 of 1867, sere, 4.)

To be termed Government dep?t for the storage of

section.

2. Such vessels or buildings shall, for the purposes of this chapter, be termed a Government Dep?t or Government Dep?ts for the storage of Gunpowder, and shall be under the control and management of the Harbour Master, subject to such orders as may, from time to gunpowder. (Ibid, sec. 5.) time, be received from the Governor; and such vessels or build- ings shall be fitted and manned in such manner as the Harbour Master, with the approval of the Governor, shall deem expedient.

Master of vessel having up-

wards of two

hundred lbs.

3. The master of every vessel arriving in this Colony having on board thereof any quantity of Gunpowder exceeding two hundred bs. shall, immediately upon the arrival thereof, and be fore the discharge from the ship of any of such Gunpowder, fur of powder on board to furnish the Harbour Master with a copy of the manifest of such nish Harbour powder, the marks of all the packages wherein such gunpow

shall be contained, and the names of the consignees of such gun powder, if he shall know the same.

Master with particulars *mmediately.

bid, sec. 6.)

Musict 01.

vessel to take section me

sha.. as soon 40 possible take the same to the same to speci- place which shall be pointed out to him by the Harbour Master, or there remain his deputy, and the said vessel shall not be removed therefrom until he have without the permission in writing of the Harbour Master.

fied place and

permission to leave.

(Ibid, sec. 7.)

Mode of pro-

5. When any quantity of gunpowder exceeding two hundred ceeding when bs. is about to be conveyed out of the Colony, the master of the gunpowder is

vessel about to convey the same shall, on producing the written to be exported. (Ibid, sec. 8.) authority of the owners thereof, receive from the Harbour Master a permit to take on board the packages mentioned in such autho- rity and the master of such vessel shall thereupon move the same into such anchorage as the Harbour Master may deem expedient, and from such anchorage the master of such vessel shall not remove the same except for the purpose of proceeding on his voyage or for some other sufficient cause to approved by the Harbour Master. Masters having 6. The master of every vessel having on board more than two more than two hundred Ibs. of gunpowder, or whilst engaged in the transhipment hundred lbs. of of Gunpowder, shall exhibit a red flag at the highest masthead.

gunpowder on

board to exhibit

a flag, also

when tranship- ping the same.

(Ibid, sec. 9.)

No gunpowder to be tran- shipped at

7. It shall not be lawful for the master of any vessel to tranship from Octc- any gunpowder between the hours of 6 P.M. and 6 A.M., ber to March inclusive nor between the hours of 7 P.M. and 5.A.M. (Ibid, sec. 10.) from April to September inclusive, without the written permission

of the Harbour Master.

night.

No vessel to

anchor within

five hundred yards of a Government Dep?t for

storage of

gunpowder.

?Ibid, sec. 11.)

8. It shall not be lawful for the master of any vessel, without the written permission of the Harbour Master, to anchor such vessel within five hundred yards of any Government Dep?t for the storage of gunpowder.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.

9. It shall not be lawful for the master of any vessel having on No master of a board gunpowder exceeding in quantity two hundred lbs., to vessel having anchor nearer than five hundred yards of any other vessel.

more than two hundred lbs. of gunpowder on board to anchor within five hundred yards of any other vessel. (Ibid, sec. 12.)

10. It shall not be lawful for any person, without the permission No person to in writing of the Governor, to keep for any time however short keep in any within any house, store, godown, or other place on land, a larger house, store, quantity of gunpowder than fifteen lbs.

&c. more than fifteen lbs. of gunpowder. (Ibid, sec. 13.)

warrants to

11. It shall be lawful for any Justice of the Peace or Police Power to Jus- Officer duly authorized by warrant to enter and if necessary to tices to issue break into any house, store, godown, vessel, or place either on search. land or water within which such Justice of the Peace shall be (Ibid, sec. 14.) credibly informed on oath, or shall have reasonable grounds of his own knowledge to suspect and believe that gunpowder is kept or carried or is on board of any vessel contrary to the provisions of this chapter.

powered to

12. The Governor in Council is hereby empowered to make Governor in rules and regulations for the proper carrying out the provisions of Council em- this chapter, including the storage of gunpowder on land, and to frame rules for fix and vary, from time to time, the sums chargeable for the storage carrying out of gunpowder as hereinbefore prescribed, and every violation or provisions of neglect of any such rules or regulations shall render the party so chapter and

fix offending liable to the penalties imposed by paragraph 14 of this to charges. (Ibid, sec. 16.) section for offences against any provisions thereof.

13. The sums charged in respect of such storage shall be paid Sums how to monthly by the party claiming to be entitled to such gunpowder, be paid and if and in the event of the same not being paid within twenty-one to be recovered.

not paid how days after the same shall have become due and payable, it shall be (Ibid, sec. 17.) lawful for the Governor to direct the said gunpowder to be sold in order to defray the expense of storage, and the proceeds thereof after deducting all Government charges and the expenses of sale shall be paid to the party who shall prove himself entitled thereto to the satisfaction of the Governor.

cha

14. Every person who shall violate or refuse, or fail to comply Trial offe with the provisions of this chapter, shall incur a penalty not und exceeding three hundred dollars, or imprisonment for any period not exceeding six months

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war

Majesty's ships of war or to the ships of of any foreign nation, and Govern- or to hired armed vessels in Her Majesty's service or in the service of any foreign nation, or to any Government stores.

PART III.

REGULATION OF JUNKS AND SMALL BOATS.

CHAPTER I.

LICENSING OF JUNKS.

ment stores excepted. (Ibid, sec. 19.)

"Junk."

XXXVIII. In the construction of this chapter the term "junk" Interpretation shall mean every sea going Chinese or other vessel not coming of terms:- within the provisions of section XXI of this Ordinance and not (Ordinance being a fishing boat or vessel licensed under paragraph 24 of 6 of 1866, this chapter.

sec. 2.)

The term "licensed junk" shall mean a junk, boat, or vessel," Licensed licensed under paragraph 21 of this section to ply between the junk.” Colony and other ports.

The term 46

"" master of a junk shall include any person for "Master." the time being in command or charge of the same.

Harbour Mas-

2. Branch stations of the Harbour Master's office shall be Branch sta- maintained at such places in the Colony as the Governor tions of the from time to time, determine, which shall be under the superin- ter's office.

may, tendence and control of the Harbour Master, and shall be called (Ibid, sec. 4.) "Harbour Master's Stations."

3. The Harbour Master shall, with the approval of the Governor, Anchorages for appoint suitable anchorages for junks in the waters of the junks. Colony to be called "anchorages for junks."

(Ibid, sec. 5.)

4. No junk other than a licensed junk shall (except from stress No unlicensed of weather) anchor at any place within the waters of the Colony junk to anchor other than at an "anchorage for junks."

within colonial waters except at one of the

anchorages for junks. (Ibid, sec. 8.)

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.

Unlicensed

　5. Every junk other than a licensed junk entering the waters junks to anchor of the Colony shall immediately proceed to and take up its berth

within the limits of one of the "anchorages for junks."

in specified place.

(Ibid, sec. 9.)

Report of arrival and

particulars to be furnished

6. The master of every junk, whether licensed or not, shall, within eighteen hours after arrival within the waters of the Colony, report such arrival at the Harbour Master's office or at a “Harbour (Ibid, sec. 11.) Master's station," and shall, if a licensed junk, deposit the licence thereof, and if not a licensed junk, furnish the particulars hereinafter mentioned, which shall be entered in a register kept for the purpose, that is to say:-

Anchorage

pass.

(a.) Name and capacity of junk (in piculs.)

(b.) The name, address and description of the owner or owners

of such junk and of the master.

(c.) The name, address and description of every consignee or

agent, if any, of the junk and cargo in the colony. (d.) The description of the cargo on board, and number of

the crew.

(e.) The place from which the junk sailed on her voyage to the colony, and the date of her departure from such place, and of her arrival in the colony.

(f) Whether carrying any and what guns and ammunition. 7. Upon compliance with the provisions of the last paragraph, the master of every junk shall receive a permit to be called an anchorage pass," and shall forthwith pay such fee for the same as is hereinafter mentioned, and in default thereof shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten dollars.

(Ibid, sec. 12.) 66

Junks not to remove from anchorage

8. No licensed junk shall leave the waters of the colony, and no other junk shall leave any anchorage for junks without a without clear- clearance or a special permit, unless the safety of the vessel ance or special (through stress of weather) shall render it necessary, and in such permit. case, she shall return to her former anchorage when such necessity (Ibid, sec. 13.) for leaving it shall have ceased.

No junk to 9. No junk, whether licensed or not, shall leave her anchorage leave at night. between the hours of 6 P.M. and 6 A.M. from October to March (Ibid, sec. 14.) inclusive, nor between the hours of 7 P.M. and 5 A.M. from April

to September inclusive, without a special permit or a special clear

before

.re.

(10

'Special permit."

ance to be called a "night clearance."

10. The master of every junk, whether licensed or not, about to leave her anchorage, shall, eighteen hours before the time of the

lod dons

ime of such

all,

1- h.'

the highest mast-head

such flag or sign

　　　　　　　ne, be specified by the Harbour Master, au also shall give notice of such intended departure and the nature of the proposed voyage, together with particulars of cargo, arms, ammunition and other articles on board at the Harbour Master's office or station, as the case may be, at which the anchorage pass of such junk shall have been granted, and he will thereupon be furnished with a clearance in exchange for the anchorage pass of such junk, and if a licensed junk, the licence thereof be returned to him: Provided always that in case such junk all not leave her anchorage within twenty- four hours thereafter, the master shall report the same at the Har- bour Master's office or station, as the case may be, and the reason thereof, and shall, if so required to do, return the said clearance, and if a licensed junk, also re-deposit the licence thereof.

11. The Harbour, Master or the officer for the time being in charge of any Harbour Master's station may, from time to time, (Ibid, sec. 16.) grant to any master of a junk a permit to be called a "special permit," which shall be a sufficient warrant or authority for the doing of any act mentioned in such permit.

Penalty for infraction of

12. Every master of a junk who shall violate or refuse or fail to comply with the provisions of paragraphs 4 and 5, shall incur a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisonment (Ibid, sec. 17.) with or without hard labour for any period not exceeding six

paragraphs

4 and 5.

Penalty for

infraction of

calendar months.

13. Every master of a junk who shall refuse or fail to comply with the provisions of paragraphs 6 and 10, or shall knowingly give paragraph 6.

untrue particulars concerning the information which he is thereby (Ibid, sec. 18.)

required to furnish, shall incur a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars, or imprisonment with or without hard labour for any period not exceeding six months, and it shall be lawful for the Governor, if he shall think fit, by warrant under his hand to order that any junk whereof the master has refused or failed to comply with the provisions of the said paragraph, and whether such master shall have been brought to trial and punished or not, shall quit the waters of the Colony within twelve hours from the service of such order on board of such junk, under penalty of forfeiture of such junk to the Crown.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.

14. Every master of a junk violating the provisions of paragraphs Penalty for 8 and 9 shall incur a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars, infraction of or imprisonment with or without hard labour for any period not provisions exceeding twelve calendar months, and such junk and her cargo 8 and 9.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　of paragraphs may be forfeited to the Crown.

(Ibid, sec. 19.)

pass, clear- ance, or special

15. No licence, anchorage pass, clearance or special permit shall Penalty for be used in respect of any junk other than the junk therein specified, unlawfully or for any purpose other than the one therein mentioned, and using a licence, every master of a junk who shall knowingly use or attempt to use any licence, anchorage pass, clearance or special permit which permit. shall not have been lawfully obtained, shall be imprisoned with (Ibid, sec. 20.) hard labour for any term not exceeding twelve calendar months, and every junk in respect of which a licence, anchorage pass, clearance, or special permit shall have been used or attempted to be used in violation of this paragraph may, together with the cargo thereof, and whether the master shall have been brought to trial or not, at the discretion of the Court, be forfeited to the Crown.

dicants into

16. Every master of a junk, vessel, or boat, bringing into the Penalty for Colony, or from one part of the Colony to another, any person bringing men- who shall, in the opinion of the Court before which the offence the Colony. shall be tried, have come to the Colony for the purpose of mendi- (Ibid, sec. 21.) cancy, or any person suffering from leprosy or any contagious disease, shall be liable to pay a penalty not exceeding ten dollars for every such person so brought by him as aforesaid.

and demand inspection of

17. It shall be lawful for any person deputed thereto by the Power to Governor, or by the commander of any of Her Majesty's ships-of- board any junk war, or for any officer or constable of the Police force, at any time. to board any junk within the waters of the Colony and demand documents. the production of either an anchorage pass, a clearance, special (Ibid, sec. 22.) permit, or licence, and in case by reason of the non-production of any one of such documents, or for any other reason, there shall be ground to believe or suspect that any provision of this chapter has been violated by the master of such junk, or in case the document produced shall appear from the date thereof, or from any other cause, to have been unlawfully obtained, or to be unlawfully used, o arrest such junk and her cargo and the master of such junk, and deliver them into the custody of the Police.

(Ibid, sec. 23.

8. No junk or cargo liable to forfeiture, under the provisions Trial of offences

his chapter, shall be so forfeited, unless the offence in respect under this of arch such junk or cargo is liable to forfeiture, shall be tried chapter. by two Stipendiary Magistrates sitting together, who shall have Tower, in their discretion, to extend the neriod limited by law 101 di appeal

Je Sup. me. ulv, tisu- before or after the expiration thereoi.

tuc

master, the

19. Every junk of which the master shall be charged with In case of non- having violated the provisions of this chapter, shall be forthwith payment of arrested and detained until the said master shall either have been penalty by acquitted of the offence charged, or if found guilty, shall have paid same may be the penalty inflicted upon him, and in case he shall fail to pay, within levied by sale ten days, any penalty which may be inflicted upon him, the same of junk. may be recovered by the sale of such junk, and the balance, if any, (Ibid, sec. 24.) of the net proceeds thereof, after deducting therefrom the expenses of such sale and the amount of such penalty as aforesaid, shall be paid to the owner or owners of the junk, if claimed within twelve ca- lendar months from the date of sale, and if not claimed within that period, shall be forfeited to the Crown: Provided that in case there shall be in the Colony any consignee or agent of such junk registered under paragraph 6, no sale thereof shall be made in pursuance of this paragraph until three days' prious notice thereof shall have been given in writing to such consign or agent.

20. Every junk forfeited or sold under the prov s of this Transfer to chapter shall be transferred to the purchaser thereof, a

xpense, purchaser by a bill of sale from the Harbour Master, and such bin of sale upon sale of shall confer upon such purchaser, his executors, administrators and (Ibid, sec. 25.)

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　junk. assigns, an indefeasible title to such junk.

21. It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master, in such cases as Junk licences. he shall think fit, to grant to any owner of any junk or lorcha a (Ibid, sec. 26.) licence authorizing such junk or lorcha to ply between this Colony and other ports, during such period and subject to such conditions as the Harbour Master, with the approval of the Governor, may determine, and which conditions shall be endorsed on or contained in such licence, and such junk or lorcha having obtained a licence, the master thereof shall cause the number of said licence to be painted in black figures twenty inches in length (to the satisfaction of the Harbour Master) on a white ground on each bow: Provided that no such licence shall be granted unless the intended licensee shall enter into a bond together with one or more sureties resident in the Colony, and to be approved of by the Harbour Master, con- ditioned in any sum not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars for the observance of the conditions of such licence.

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Penalty for disobeying

22. Every master or other person in charge of any junk, vessel or boat, whether licensed or not, shall obey any lawful orders which the Harbour Master may see fit to give, under a penalty not (Ibid, sec. 27.) exceeding one hundred dollars.

Harbour Mas- ter's orders.

Governor in Council em- powered to frame rules for carrying

23. The Governor in Council is hereby empowered to make such rules and regulations as to him shall seem fit for the proper carrying out the provisions of this chapter, and also to vary, from time to time, the fees chargeable to each junk under this chapter, and out provisions to prescribe, from time to time, the forms of all licences, passes, per- of this chapter. mits, and clearances under this chapter, and to provide adequate (Ibid, sec. 28.) means for preventing by force when necessary any junk from leav- ing the waters of the Colony, or any anchorage for junks, in violation of any provision of this chapter.

Fishing boat licences.

24. It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master, in such cases as he shall think fit, to grant to any person a licence for any boat or (Ibid, sec. 29.) vessel to be used solely as a fishing boat or vessel for such period and subject to such conditions as the Harbour Master, with the approval of the Governor, may determine and which conditions shall be endorsed upon or contained in such licence. And such boat or vessel having obtained a licence, the master thereof shall cause the number of the said licence to be painted in white figures (to the satisfaction of the Harbour Master,) twenty inches in length on a black ground on each bow.

Governor in Council to make regula- tions for licensing, &c.,

boats, &c.

Punishment

passengers in overcrowded

boats.

CHAPTER II.

LICENSING, &c., of Boats, Cargo Boatmen, &c. XXXIX. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to make and publish regulations and, from time to time, to vary the same: (a.) For the licensing, due management, control and regula-

tion of all boats or vessels, plying for hire within the waters of the Colony, other than boats or vessels having British, Colonial, or foreign registers, not being Chinese registers; and also other than market boats or vessels or junks within the meaning of chapter I of part III of this Ordinance.

(b.) For the licensing registration and regulation of cargo

boatmen ;

(c.) For fixing the scale of fees payable for such licenses; (d.) For fixing the scale of fares to be charged by such

boat or vessel;

(e.) For the regulation and management of all beats,

placng withi

the waters of the y anu not plying for hire; (f.) For the registration or licensing of such last mentioned

vessels and of the people dwelling in the same.

2. In case any greater number of persons or passengers shall for drowning be taken or carried in any such licensed boat or vessel, within the waters of the Colony than are respectively allowed to be carried therein by any regulations made by the Governor in Council, and [7 & 8 Geo. 4., any one or more of such persons or passengers shall be drowned, sec. 28.]

every person who shall be in charge of such boat, or vessel, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and may be punished therefor without prejudice to any civil remedy that any person may have against such misdemeanant.

[Local and

personal.]

Deck and Load Lines.

Ships to be

XL. A hips registered in the Colony shall be marked with marked with deck and

id lines as is provided in the "Merchant Shipping deck and load lines.

Act, 18"

When a ship registered in the Colony' has been marked this section required, she shall be kept so marked until he next return to a port of discharge in the Colony.

2. The owner, or agent, or master of every British ship shall, before entering his ship outwards from any port in the Colony, Lark the load line required by section 26 of the "Merchant Ship- ping Act, 1876."

3. He shall also, upon so entering her, insert in the form of entry delivered to the Harbour Master the statement in writing required by sub-section 3 of the said last mentioned section. If default is made in delivering this statement in the case of any such ship, the Harbour Master may refuse to enter the ship outwards.

Grain Cargoes.

XLI. The penalty provided by section 22 of the "Merchant Shipping Act, 1876," for knowingly allowing any grain cargo or part of a grain cargo to be shipped on any British ship may be recovered upon summary conviction before any Stipendiary Magistrate.

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PART IV.

General.

XLII. So much of the various provisions of the third part of the "Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," and other Acts amending the same not being inconsistent with the provision of this Ordinance and now in force in England, as relates to rights to wages and remedies for the recovery thereof; to leaving seamen abroad; to the provi- sions, health and accommodation of seamen; to the power of seamen to make complaints; to the protection of seamen from imposition; to discipline; and to crimes committed abroad, shall apply mutatis mutandis, and so far as the same can be extended, to all ships registered. in this Colony when such ships are within the jurisdic- tion of this Government, and to the owners, masters and crews of such ships.

2. Every offence declared by the "Merchant Shipping Acts, 1854 (M.S.A. 1854, to 1876," to be a misdemeanour where jurisdiction is given to the para. 518.) Court in this Colony shall be tried by the Supreme Court in the same manner as other misdemeanours are tried, and every offence thereby made punishable by imprisonment for any period not exceeding six months with or without hard labour or by any penalty not exceeding ?100, shall be prosecuted summarily before any Magistrate or any two Justices of the Peace in like manner as other offences of like character committed in the Colony may be punished summarily, and any person convicted summarily shall have the like right of appeal as if the offence with which he is charged had been tried under any local Ordinance.

3. Where any order, notice, statement, or document requires, Service of for the purpose of any provision of this Ordinance, to be served on order on the master of a ship, the same shall be served where there is no master, &c. master and the ship is in the Colony, on the owner or one of the (M.S.A. 1876, owners of the ship, or if there is no owner, on the agent of the

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　para. 35.) ship in the Colony, or where no such agent is known or can be found, by affixing a copy thereof to the mast of the ship.

4. Any such order, notice, statement, or document may be served by delivering a copy thereof personally to the person to be served or by leaving the same at his last place of abode, or in the case of a master by leaving it for him on board the ship with the person being or appearing to be in command of such ship.

5. Any person who obstructs the service of any order, notice, tatement, or document on the master of a ship shall incur a penalty, not exceeding fifty dollars and if the owner, agent, or master of the ship is a party or privy to such obstruction he shall

6. Where under this Jrdinance a ship is authorised or ordered Enforcing to be detained, if the ship after such detention or after service on detention of the master of any notice of or order for such detention proceeds to ship. sea before it is released by competent authority, the master of the (M.S.A. 1876, ship, and also the owner or agent, and any person who sends the

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　para. 34.) ship to sea, if such owner or agent, or person be party or privy to the offence, shall forfeit and pay to Her Majesty a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars.

7. Where a ship so proceeding to sea takes to sea when on board thereof in the execution of his duty any officer authorised to detain the ship, or any Surveyor or officer appointed by the Governor, the owner and master of the ship shall each be liable to pay all expenses of and incidental to the officer or Surveyor being so taken to sea and also a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars, or, if the offence is not prosecuted in a summary manner, not exceeding fifty dollars for every day until the officer or Surveyor returns, or until such time as would enable him after leaving the ship to return to the port from which he is taken, and such expenses may be recovered in like manner as the penalty.

8. In addition to the powers herein before given, it shall be General power lawful for the Governor in Council, from time to time, to make, to the Governor alter and repeal regulations for the better and more effectual in Council carrying out of the provisions of this Ordinance. All such regula- to make tions shall be published in the Gazette, and when so published

regulations. shall have the force of law.

9. In any regulations under this Ordinance, except with reference And to impose to quarantine, it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to penalties. impose penalties for the breach thereof, but so nevertheless that the penalty for the breach of any such regulations do not exceed two hundred dollars or six months' imprisonment with or without hard labour.

10. Where the Governor has power to make any orders, rules, or Provision as to regulations in Council it shall be lawful for him, from time to time, rules, &c., to make such orders, rules and regulations in Council and to made by revoke, alter, or add to any orders, rules or regulations so made. Governor in

11. All such orders, rules and regulations shall be published in (M.S.A. 1876, the Gazette.

para. 38.)

Council

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Recovery of penalties and

expenses.

Forgery.

Fees payable under this Ordinance and under M. S. A. 1854.

12. Upon the publication of any such orders, rules or regulations in the Gazette they shall, after the date of such publication, or any later date mentioned in such orders, rules, or regulations, take effect as if they were enacted by the Legislature of this Colony.

13. There may be paid out of the Colonial Revenue to any member of a Marine Board, Assessor, and to any other officer or person appointed under this Ordinance, such remuneration (if any) as this Ordinance directs, or, in so far as this Ordinance does not extend, as the Governor from time to time directs.

14. There may be paid out of Colonial Revenue all costs and com- pensation payable by the Governor in pursuance of this Ordinance. 15. All offences against this Ordinance, or any regulations made thereunder, except when otherwise provided, may be heard and determined by any Stipendiary Magistrate, and all penalties im- posed by and expenses recoverable under this Ordinance, or any regulation made thereunder, except when otherwise provided, may be recovered in a summary way before any Stipendiary Magistrate. 16. Whosoever, with intent to defraud, shall forge, or alter, or shall offer, utter, dispose of, or put off, knowing the same to be forged or altered, any certificate, ticket, document, matter, or thing named in this Ordinance, or any regulation made thereunder, shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be kept in penal servitude for any term not exceeding seven years, and not less than three years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour.

Fees.

XLIII. The fees specified in tables marked B, C and D of the schedule hereto are hereby declared to be payable to the Har- bour Master as the lawful fees for the discharge of the respective duties therein specified, and the same and all other fees payable under this Ordinance, or any regulation made thereunder, may be re- covered in a summary manner before any Stipendiary Magistrate.

2. All such fees and all costs and expenses recovered under this paid into the Ordinance, after making necessary deductions, shall be paid into.

the Colonial Treasury to the use of Her Majesty.

Fees to be

Colonial

Treasury.

Abstract of Ordinance to be given

to masters of

every vessel.

Repealing clause.

Abstract of Ordinance to be given to Masters.

XLIV. An abstract of such portions of this Ordinance as the Governor in Council may direct, shall be delivered to the master of every vessel upon her entering the waters of the Colony; and if before obtaining clearance, the master do not return such abstract to the Harbour Master, he shall pay a fee of one dollar for the same.

Repealing Clause.

XLV. On and from the coming into operation of this Ordinance the Ordinances hereunder specified shall be repealed to the extent herein mentioned: Provided that any officer appointed in pur- suance of any such enactments shall be deemed to have been appointed under this Ordinance, and any rules or regulations made by the Governor or the Governor in Council in pursuance of any such enactment and not repealed by this Ordinance or by any rules or regulations hereafter made or to be made thereunder, shall be deemed to have been made under this Ordinance, This Ordinance shall not affect :-

(1.) Anything done or suffered under any enactment hereby

repealed; nor

(2.) Any right, power, duty, obligation, or liability acquired, imposed, accrued, or incurred under any enactment hereby repealed; nor

(3.) Any penalty, forfeiture, or punishment incurred in res- pect of any offence against any enactment hereby repeal- ed; nor

Ordinance 14 of 1845,.

4 of 1850,.

6 of 1852,.......

4 of 1355,

9 of 1856,

8 of 1858,

Sub-sections 8 and 9 of sec. iii; sub-sec- tions 1, 2, and 3 of sec. vi; and secs. vii and viii.

The whole.

Sec. xvi.

Steam

ships.

REGISTERED TONNAGE,

COLUMN 1. To be carried by Sailing ships

and Steam

ships.

Boats.

TABLE (A.) (See Section IV.)

Number and Dimensions of Boats with which Sea-going Ships are to be prov

To be carried by Sailing]

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COLUMN 2.

IN 3.

TOTAL

ships, and by Steam

ships, when they do not To be carried by St

ships, which do not

carry the Boats in

carry the Boa

in Column 2.

NUMBER OF

BOATS.

Column 3.

Length.

Breadth.

Depth.

Number.

Length.

Breadth.

Depth.

Number.

Length.

Breadth.

Depth.

Number.

Length.

Breadth.

nepth.

Number.

Length.

Breadth.

Depth.

Launches.

Boats.

Life Boats.

Sailing ships.

Number.

11 of 1876,

8 of 1875,

1 of 1874,

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Ordinance 10 of 1860,.

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11 of 1860,

15 of 1860,

17 of 1860,

The whole.

1 of 1862,

6 of 1866,

4 of 1867

10 of 1867

Secs. Ixiii, lxiv, and lxv.

5 of 1869,

9 of 1872,

17 of 1873,

The whole.

Suspending Clause.

be hereafter proclaimed by the Governor.

XLVI. This Ordinance shall come into operation on a day to Suspending

clause.

SCHEDULE TO THIS ORDINANCE.

As the case may be.

Tons.

800 & upwards

600 to 800

1,000 & upwards. 800 to 1,000 500 to 800

360 to

500

ft. ft.

in. ft. in.

1 18 5. 62. 3 185. 62. 3 18 5. 62. 3 16 5. 6. 2. 3

400 to 600

240 to

360

165. 62. 3

ft. ft. in.lft. 24|5. 6 2. 6 266. 62. 8 245. 62. 6 24 5. 6 2. 6 225. 62. 5

in.

27 8. 63. 8 268. 03. 8 268. 03. 8

ft. ft. in.lft.

in.

ft. ft. in.

22 5. 6

一批

22 5. 6

225. 6

25 7. 03. 6

22 5. 6

22 16. 63. 3

22 15. 6 2

120 to 240 60 to 120

under 60

145. 0 2. 2

145. 0 2. 2 145. 02.

206. 03. 0 165. 62. 9

225. 62.

18 5. 6 2.

...

200 to 400

100 to 200 under 100

NOTE.-In sailing ships carrying the number of boats above specified, and steam ships carrying the larger the boats are to be considered sufficient, if their aggregate cubic contents are equal to the aggregate cubic content

In steam ships carrying the smaller of the two numbers above specified, one of the boats must be a la column 2.

In sailing ships of 200 tons burden and under, not carrying passengers, a dingy may be substituted for In sailing ships of 150 tons burden and under, not carrying passengers, a substantial boat of capacity be substituted for those above specified.

In all steam ships, two paddle box boats may be substituted for any two of the boats in column 3,

ft. ft. in. ft. in.

2 28

8.6 | 3. 6

LO LO L? NHL GO ON

3 or 4

2 or 3

NEHEAD ON ON H

the two numbers above specified, of the boats specified.

ach of the capacity specified in

he boat in column 1.

fficient to carry the crew may

Sailing ships. Steam ships.

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TABLE (B.)

Table of Fees payable to the Harbour Master under "The Merchant Shipping

Act, 1854," and section III of this Ordinance.

Effecting an Imperial register and granting certificate thereof,.. Effecting a Colonial register and granting certificate thereof, Copy from Registry Book,.

Amount of Fee.

$15

For every declaration made in any of the forms B, C, F, G, H, or L, in the schedule to "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, or under section III, para. 4 of this Ordinance,..

Endorsing a memorandum of change of master upon certificate of registry, Endorsing a memorandum of change of ownership upon certificate of

Colonial Registry,

Endorsing a memorandum of change of ownership upon certificate of Im-

perial Register,..

Certificate of sale or mortgage,

Recording a mortgage of a ship, or shares in a ship, made under a certifi-

cate of mortgage,

Recording the transfer of a mortgage of a ship, or shares in a ship, made

under a certificate of mortgage,

Recording the discharge of a mortgage of a ship, or shares in a ship, made

under a certificate of mortgage,

Endorsement on Register of change in rig or tonnage,

For every sale of a ship, or shares in a ship, under a certificate of sale,. For every alteration in agreements with seamen,

For certifying a desertion,

For attesting a seaman's will,

For examining provisions or water (to be paid by the party failing to sup-

port his case),...........................

For renewing Colonial register under section III, para. 13,

~ 2

Nil.

TABLE (C.)

Table of Maximum Fees for the measurement, survey, and inspection of Mer- chant Ships under Sections V, VI, and VIII of this Ordinance.

For a ship under

50 tons register tonnage,

.$ 5.00

from

50 to 100 tons register tonnage,

10.00

100 to

200 to

200 500

15.00

25.00

500 to 800

35.00

800 to 1,200

45.00

1,200 to 2,000

55.00

,, 2,000 to 3,000

65.00

3,000 to 4,000

75.00

4,000 to 5,000

85.00

5,000 and upwards

95.00

TABLE (D.)

Sea-yoing

For vessels under 500 peculs bur

Fishing Licence.

a year,.

.$10.00

$1.00

For vessels under 500 peculs burden, a month

or fraction of a month,

$ 1.00

$0.20

For vessels of 500 piculs and less than 1,000

piculs burden, a year,

$15.00

$3.00

For vessels of 500 piculs and less than 1,000 piculs burden, a month or fraction of a month, For vessels of and above 1,000 piculs burden, {

$ 1.50

$0.40

$20.00

$5.00

a year, For vessels of and above 1,000 piculs burden,

a month or fraction of a month,

$ 2.00

$0.50

Anchorage pass,

.$0.25

Special permit, Day clearance,

Night clearance,

.$0.25

.$1.00

TABLE (E.)

Spaces to be allotted to passengers in ships not within the "Chinese Passengers Act, 1855."

Between the 15th of October, and the 31st of May, inclusive :-

of the said weather deck then 12 shall be provided for each such

superficial feet of such remaining upper deck passenger.

Between the 1st of June, and the 14th of October, inclusive :—

Generally.

Passengers are not to be carried on more than two decks on any one voyage.. The superficial area of a deck shall mean the area of the deck itself exclusive of skylights, hatchways and other encumbrances.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY,

TABLE (F.)

I. The owner of any steam-vessel of less than fifty tons burden desirous of obtaining a licence to carry passengers for hire within the waters of the Colony, or to ay place outside of the waters of the Colony, shall cause the said vessel to be surveyed by a Marine Surveyor and by an Engineer Surveyor both of whom shall be persons approved by the Government.

II. The certificate of the Marine Surveyor, shall contain statements of the following particulars :-

statements of the following particulars :-

a. That the hull, length-breadth-

-depth-

for the service intended, and in good condition.

-tons, is sufficient

c. That the master possesses a certificate of competency from the Harbour

Master of Hongkong.

d. That provision is on board for the shelter of deck passengers, and that

there are two approved life buoys on board.

f. That the vessel is properly fitted with bow and masthead lights and also a

riding light.

g. That the vessel is properly found with anchors and chains.

h. That the crew is sufficient for the requirements of the vessel in the

opinion of the Harbour Master.

III. The certificate of Engineer the Surveyor shall contain statements of the following particulars :-

b. The time for which such machinery will be sufficient.

c. That the engineer of the vessel possesses a certificate of competency from

the Harbour Master of Hong kong.

IV. Such certificates shall be in force for the period of six months.

V. On the receipt of the before-mentioned certificates, the Harbour Master will cause a licence to be issued to the owner or master empowering the therein des- cribed vessel to convey the number of passengers certified to on the Marine Surveyor's declaration for a period of six months.

VI. Every vessel licensed under this Ordinance shall have her name in English and Chinese legibly painted on he stern and on e;ch bow, Pragarik the number of passengers she is licensed to carry.

VII. Thengineer Surveyor and Marine Surveyor sh' be entitled to a fee of fly "doll- .he vessel.

VIII. Vessels plying for hire within the waters of the Colony shall pay a licence fee at the rate of $5 per annum, and vessels plying for hire outside the waters of the Colony shall pay a licence fee at the rate of $10 per annum. These fees shall be payable for half-yearly.

1878.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, Title.

with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend Ordinance No. 4 of 1863.

[

1878.

HEREAS doubts have arisen as to whether under sections Pre nble.

WXI and XII of Ordinance No. 4 of 1863, punishments

directed to be inflicted for breach of regulations or of prison discipline by the Superintendent of the Gaol or the Superintend- ent in conjunction with a Justice of the Peace (as the case may be) can lawfully be carried out after the expiration of the term of imprisonment for which the offender was originally sentenced, and it is desirable to remove such doubts: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:--

I. All punishments imposed under the authority of sections. XI and XII of Ordinance No. 4 of 1863, shall be valid and effectual to all intents and purposes, notwithstanding the expira- tion of the period for which the offender was originally sentenced to imprisonment by lawful authority, and the Superintendent of any Gaol may lawfully detain any prisoner after the expiration of his original sentence and deal with him, in all respects, as if his original sentence had not expired in carrying out the punish- ment imposed on such offender under the authority of sections XI and XII of Ordinance No. 4 of 1863.

225

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY,

TABLE (F.)

II. The certificate of the Marine Surveyor, shall contain statements of the following particulars :-

statements of the following particulars :-

a. That the hull, length-breadth-

-depth-

for the service intended, and in good condition.

-tons, is sufficient

c. That the master possesses a certificate of competency from the Harbour

Master of Hongkong.

d. That provision is on board for the shelter of deck passengers, and that

there are two approved life buoys on board.

f. That the vessel is properly fitted with bow and masthead lights and also a

riding light.

g. That the vessel is properly found with anchors and chains.

h. That the crew is sufficient for the requirements of the vessel in the

opinion of the Harbour Master.

III. The certificate of Engineer the Surveyor shall contain statements of the following particulars :-

b. The time for which such machinery will be sufficient.

c. That the engineer of the vessel possesses a certificate of competency from

the Harbour Master of Hong kong.

IV. Such certificates shall be in force for the period of six months.

V. On the receipt of the before-mentioned certificates, the Harbour Master will cause a licence to be issued to the owner or master empowering the therein des- cribed vessel to convey the number of passengers certified to on the Marine Surveyor's declaration for a period of six months.

VI. Every vessel licensed under this Ordinance shall have her name in English and Chinese legibly painted on he stern and on e;ch bow, Pragarik the number of passengers she is licensed to carry.

VII. Thengineer Surveyor and Marine Surveyor sh' be entitled to a fee of fly "doll- .he vessel.

1878.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, Title.

with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend Ordinance No. 4 of 1863.

[

1878.

HEREAS doubts have arisen as to whether under sections Pre nble.

WXI and XII of Ordinance No. 4 of 1863, punishments

225

226

No. 90.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

VOLUNTEER FORCE.

The following Ordinance No. 2 of 1862 is re-published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th May, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Formation of a Volunteer

rised.

No. 2 of 1862.

An Ordinance to authorize the Enrolment of a

Volunteer Force.

[17th March, 1862.]

E it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows: I. Such and so many of the Inhabitants of Hongkong as shall volunteer and offer themselves, and as His Excellency the Corps autho- Governor shall approve of, shall be permitted to form themselves into a Corps for the Protection of the Colony of Hongkong, and such Corps shall be called the "HONGKONG VOLUNTEERS, shall continue so formed during the Pleasure of His Excellency the Governor; such Volunteers shall be instructed in the Use of the Rifle and in the Management of Artillery, and be subject to drill accordingly.

Commissioned

"" and

II. The Governor shall appoint such Commissioned Officers as Officers to be to him shall seem proper for such Corps.

appointed by

the Governo..

Non-commis- III. The Commanding Officer of the Corps shall appoint the

necessary non-Commissioned Officers.

sioned Officers

appointed

andi Com-

Ficer.

IV. The Com

coi ven Aly

andino Officer ? the Corps shall is soon as he

) 8,

as ut

spor

and alter stules for regulating the Period of Enrolment, Arms, Dress, Accoutre- for the Corps.

ments, and Equipment, of the said Corps and of the Members thereof, the Time and Place of Drill and Exercise, and all Matters relating to the Enrolment, Efficiency, and Discipline of the said Corps and of the Members thereof, which Rules may be enforced by reasonable Fines and Penalties for Breach thereof; and he shall from Time to Time alter and vary such Rules and Penalties as to him shall seem fit.

Such Rules

when confirm-

ed by the Gov- ernor to have

V. All such Rules and Alterations of Rules shall be submitted from Time to Time to His Excellency the Governor, and shall not have any Force until confirmed by him; and all such Rules as shall be same Force as so made or altered, and as shall be so confirmed, shall have the to Members of same Force for the Regulation of the Members of the said Corps Corps as if in- as if the same Rules so confirmed had been inserted in, and had serted herein. formed part of this Ordinance.

Fines under VI. ?ll Fines inflicted under or by virtue of any Rule when so such Rules to confirmed as aforesaid, shall be recoverable and be enforced before be reco rable and by a Police Magistrate in like Manner as Fines imposed by before a Police such Magistrate are now recoverable and enforceable respectively. VII. ?fter the Promulgation of such Rules as aforesaid, the Officer to admit Commanding Officer shall admit Volunteers from Time to Time

and enrol them as Members of the Corps.

Magistrate. Commanding

Volunteers.

Every Volun-

VIII. Every Volunteer being a Christian upon being admitted shall subscribe his Name on the Roll of the said Corps, and shall Oath or make take before a Justice of the Peace an Oath according to the Form

teer to take

Declaration in

Form pre-

scribed

Form of Oath.

Form of De- claration.

following:-

I A.B. do promise and swear that I will be faithful and bear true Allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and that I will faithfully serve in the "Volunteer Force" during the Term of my Enrolment: So help me God. And every Volunteer not being a Christian shall make a Decla- ration according to the Form following:

I A.B. do solemnly, sincerely, and truly declare that I will be faithful and bear true Allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and that I will faithfully serve in the "Volunteer Force," during the Term of my Enrolment.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.

227

No. 91.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

EXTRADITION OF CRIMINALS.

The following Order of Her Majesty in Council is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th May, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 13th day of August, 1877.

PRESENT,

The QUEEN'S Most Excellent Majesty in COUNCIL.

　　　　　Whereas by an Act of Parliament made and passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the thirty-third and thirty-fourth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled "An Act for "amending the law relating to the Extradition of Criminals," and also by an Act of Parliament made and passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh years of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled "An Act to amend the Extradition Act, 1870," it was amongst other things enacted, that where an arrangement has been made with any foreign State with respect to the surrender to such State of any fugitive criminals, Her Majesty may, by Order in Council, direct that the said Acts shall apply in the case of such foreign State; and that Her Majesty may, by the same or any subsequent Order, limit the operation of the Order, and restrict the same to fugitive criminals who are ir or suspected of being in the part of Her Majesty's dominions specified in the Order, and render the operation thereof subject to such conditions, exceptions, and qualifications as may be deemed exp lient:

concluded on the twentieth day of May, or thousan

sang

xtr. GIUM TUL

And whereas a Treaty and seventy-six, bet er P Fugitive Criminals, to which Treaty the above-mentioned Acts of Parliament were applied by an Order in Council of the twenty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six:

　　　　　And whereas a Declaration was concluded on the twenty-third day of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, between the Government of Her Majesty and the Government of His Majesty the King of the Belgians, extending the provisions of the above-mentioned Treaty to certain additional crimes, which Declaration is in the terms following:-

　　　　The Government of Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Government of His Majesty the King of the Belgians, having judged it expedient, with the view to the more complete prevention of crime within their respective territories, that persons charged with or convicted of certain crimes in ad- dition to those enumerated in Article I of the Treaty between Great Britain and Belgium for the mutual surrender of fugitive criminals, of the 20th of May, 1876, shall, under the provision of that Treaty, be reciprocally delivered up, have agreed as follows:-

　　　　Persons charged as principals or accessories with or convicted of the undermentioned crimes committed in the territories of the one Party and who shall be found within the territories of the other Party, shall be reciprocally delivered up to each other under the circumstances and conditions stated in the Treaty between Great Britain and Belgium for the mutual surrender of fugitive criminals, of the 20th of May, 1876:-

Le Gouvernement de Sa Majest? la Reine du Royaume-Uni de la Grande Bretagne et d'Irlande, et le Gouvernement de Sa Majest? le Roi des Belges, ayant jug? opportun, afin de mieux as- surer la r?pression des crimes dans leurs ter-- ritoires respectifs, de se livrer r?ciproquement, sous les conditions ?tablies par le Trait? conclu le 20 Mai, 1876, entre la Grande Bretagne et la Belgique pour l'extradition mutuelle des mal- faiteurs, les personnes accus?es ou condamn?es du chef de certains crimes autres que ceux ?num?r?s dans le dit Trait?, sont convenus de ce qui suit:-

Les personnes accus?es ou condamn?es, comme auteurs ou complices du chef des infractions ci- dessous ?num?r?es commises dans le territoire de l'une des Parties, et qui seront trouv?es dans le territoire de l'autre Partie, seront r?ciproquement livr?es dans les circonstances et conditions ?tablies par le Trait? du 20 Mai, 1876, conclu entre la Grande Bretagne et la Belgique pour l'extradition des malfaiteurs :---

228

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.

　　1. Administering drugs or using instruments with intent to procure the miscarriage of women.

2. Bigamy.

3. Abandoning children, exposing or unlaw- fully detaining them.

4.. Any malicious Act done with intent to en- danger persons in a railway train.

5. Receiving any chattel, money, valuable se- curity, or other property, knowing the same to have been embezzled, stolen, or feloniously obtained. The provisions of the present Declaration shall come into force ten days after its publication, in conformity with the forms prescribed by the laws of the High Contracting Parties.

'In witness whereof, the undersigned have signed the present Declaration, and have affixed thereto the seals of their arms.

Done at London, in duplicate, the 23rd day of July, 1877.

1. Administration de drogues ou usage d'insrtu- ments en vue de provoquer l'avortement.

2. Bigamie.

3. D?laissement, exposition ou recel d'enfants.

4. Tout acte punissable commis avec l'intention m?chante de mettre en danger des personnes se trouvant dans un train de chemin de fer.

5. Rec?lement frauduleux d'argent, valeur ou objets mobiliers provenant d'escroquerie, vol ou d?tournement.

La pr?sente D?claration entrera en vigueur dix jours apres sa publication dans les formes prescri- tes par la l?gislation des pays respectifs.

En foi de quoi les soussign?s ont dress? la pr?- sente D?claration, qu'ils ont rev?tue du cachet de leurs armes.

Fait, en double exp?dition, ? Londres le 23 Juillet, 1877.

(L.S.) (L.S.)

DERBY.

SOLVYNS.

(L.S.)

(L.S.) DERBY.

SOLVYNS.

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, and in virtue of the authority committed to Her by the said recited Acts, doth order, and it is hereby ordered, that from and after the twenty-seventh day of August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, the said Acts shall apply in the case of the said Declaration with the Government of His Majesty the King of the Belgians as fully to all intents and purposes as in the case of the said recited Treaty.

No. 92.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following is published for general information.

By Command,

C. L. PEEL.

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th May, 1878.

Copy of Draft Article, applying Commercial Treaties to British and Foreign Colonies, 'as approved of by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, for insertion in future Treaties of Commerce.

ARTICLE.

　　The stipulations of the present Treaty shall be applicable to the Colonies and Foreign Possessions of the two High Contracting Parties named in this Article.

(Here insert names of those Colonies, &c., to be included in the Treaty.)

　　The stipulations of the present Treaty shall be also applicable to any Colony or Foreign Possession of either of the two High Contracting Parties not included in this Article, upon the conclusion by the High Contracting Parties of a Supplementary Convention to that effect.

　　In the latter case, the stipulations of the present Treaty shall, subject to such modifications as may be agreed upon by the High Contracting Parties, from and after a date to be agreed upon, not later than six months from the date of the ratification of such Supplementary Convention, become as fully applicable to such Colony or Foreign Possession as if it had been mentioned by name in the present Article.

228

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.

　　1. Administering drugs or using instruments with intent to procure the miscarriage of women.

2. Bigamy.

3. Abandoning children, exposing or unlaw- fully detaining them.

4.. Any malicious Act done with intent to en- danger persons in a railway train.

'In witness whereof, the undersigned have signed the present Declaration, and have affixed thereto the seals of their arms.

Done at London, in duplicate, the 23rd day of July, 1877.

1. Administration de drogues ou usage d'insrtu- ments en vue de provoquer l'avortement.

2. Bigamie.

3. D?laissement, exposition ou recel d'enfants.

4. Tout acte punissable commis avec l'intention m?chante de mettre en danger des personnes se trouvant dans un train de chemin de fer.

5. Rec?lement frauduleux d'argent, valeur ou objets mobiliers provenant d'escroquerie, vol ou d?tournement.

La pr?sente D?claration entrera en vigueur dix jours apres sa publication dans les formes prescri- tes par la l?gislation des pays respectifs.

En foi de quoi les soussign?s ont dress? la pr?- sente D?claration, qu'ils ont rev?tue du cachet de leurs armes.

Fait, en double exp?dition, ? Londres le 23 Juillet, 1877.

(L.S.) (L.S.)

DERBY.

SOLVYNS.

(L.S.)

(L.S.) DERBY.

SOLVYNS.

No. 92.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following is published for general information.

By Command,

C. L. PEEL.

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th May, 1878.

Copy of Draft Article, applying Commercial Treaties to British and Foreign Colonies, 'as approved of by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, for insertion in future Treaties of Commerce.

ARTICLE.

　　The stipulations of the present Treaty shall be applicable to the Colonies and Foreign Possessions of the two High Contracting Parties named in this Article.

(Here insert names of those Colonies, &c., to be included in the Treaty.)

No. 93.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. DEPORTATION OF MENDICANTS FROM HONGKONG.

The following return is published for general information.

229

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, H

ong, 4th May, 1878.

RETURN

SERIAL No.

DATE.

MES.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

ICANTS arrested from January 1st to April 30th, 1878.

AGE.

NATIVE PLACE.

HOW LONG IN THE COLONY.

HOW LONG BEGGING.

CASE

HOW DISPOSED OF.

1 2 3 4 101 100 0

January 13 Chr

13 Ch

it, uk,..

Chong,..

Wong Sing,

Wong Mun,

Choi, Him,...

Cheung Y?,

*56

The same,.

Yik Ying,.

February 17

Tsoi Kwun,

Pang Tsoi,

Wong Yau,

March

Chun Fook,

Mok Liu,

Wun Kum,

Mak Yat,

Cheung Kwai,

Ip Ming,

Wun Tung,

Chun Ch?,

Tsoi Sing,.....

H? Chung,

Au Fat,.

114

In M

15 T

ONSHJA286 :10~ARNABBARENG 28

Kan-ying-chow Sun-on

30 years

6 years

Deported.

8 months

25 years

2 years

2 months

Tung-koon

72.

Sun-on

3 months

3 11

Canton

10 years

5 years

Pun-?

1 day

Nam-tau Wai-chow

17 days

Sun-on Kwei-sin Kowloong Sun-on Tung-koon Wong-kong Sun-on

6 weeks

1 month

years

5 months

1 month

1 day

1 month

17 days 20

Sent to Hospital.

Discharged. Deported.

Discharged.

1 year

1 week

Kowloong

year

1 year

Nam-tau

6 months

Sai-hung Sun-on

7 years

1 week

Pun-ii Tam-tsui

5 weeks

Kowloong

5 days

2 days

Hom

Vong Sz

Chun T

Fan Loi.

Sin Chip,

We Chan,

Li Mok Shing,

Li Mot Tsoi,...

Wan Chun,

Wong Tim,

18.6

Fung Mun Sui,

Ng Shing,.

Li Chun,

Un Tso,.....

Lun Chan,

Mok Luk,..

Wong Po,

Chun Luk,

To Hing,

BHAKROJCIIB::ORENDERER********

Wong F?,..

Chun Fung,

Li Tang,

Fong Nui,...

Li Sze,

Wai Sam,......

Chow Loi,...

NWAAMOREHNRHENIUCUNDANANU

6 months

Sun-on Hing-lin

Sun-ui

ning

1. Woong

2 years

3 years

day

2 days

4 months

1J ytais

1 week

5 weeks

5 days 2 months

2 days

3 years

1 day

4 months

Discharged.

Deported.

Fined $1 or 3 days' imp. Deported.

I month

4 years

2 days

3 montus

Sum-chun

3 days

Shek-ki Tai-fan Tai-pung

10 years

Lai-chun Wong-kong

3 inonths 10 days

2 days

1 month

2 months 10 days

3 days

days

11 years

Kwai-chow

5 weeks

Sun-woi

Discharged.

Kowloong

Tung-koon Sun-on Tung-koon

10 days 20

Deported.

years

4 years

2 months

Sun-hing Sun-on

6 weeks

10 days

Wai-chow San-ning San-chung

18 months

years

8 years

18 months

Hoi-pong Kowloong

7 years

1 day

April

Au Sze,

Pung Tak,

Ip Loi, Lau Mui,

Lai Tsin,

2 Li Sing,....

Sui-hung

Sun-woi

Kowloong

o ao co on CO OD EN LO LO

3 days

CT OF NO Co co co co 30

Wong Ho,.

Yan-ping

years

Ng Kwai Shan,

Sun-on

3 months

Discharged. Deported.

Low Ling,......

Sun-ui

10 days

Wong A-sing,

Nam-tau

Chun Yau Hing,

1 month 10 days

Wong I',

Kowloong

35 years

Chun Chung,

Nam-tau

Lo Sam,

Tung-koon

32 years

Wo Tam,

6 days

Foo Ng,....

Kwei-sin

1 month

10 days

3 years 1 month

6 months

2 Days hard labour. Deported. Discharged.

Deported.

Chan Tai,...

Canton

3 months

Chow Chung,

Au Fat,......

Leung Kin,

24 Sun-ui

6 months

3 months

lo? Ip K?,

Kwei-sin

18 years

3 years

16 Li Sang,

Kowloong

3 days

}}

Leung Kwai,

Nam-tau

2 months

Wong Fook,

Lai-hing

1 year

230

SERIAL No.

DATE.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.

RETURN of MENDICANTS arrested, &c., (Continued.)

NAMES.

AGE.

NATIVE PLACE.

HOW LONG IN THE COLONY.

HOW LONG BEGGING.

CASES HOW DISPOSED OF.

April

Lot Ki,

Chun Kai,..

Sam-sui Tung-koon

6 years

6 months

2 months

Chow Man,

Wai-shin

Deported. Discharged. Deported.

Leung Shing,

Heung-shan

Ng Shing,...

Chun-shing-yi

Ng Foo,................

Sun-on

7 months

7 years 46

3 months 1-day

Cheung Yan,

Leung Ng,

8 months 10 years

3 years

4 months

10 days

Ip Y?,

Kwok Pak Tai,

Kowloong Heung-shan

2 days

5 months

Tang Ng,

Sun-on

5 months 1 month

Fong Shap,

Man Tak,

65 years 15

15 days

7 months

100

Keung Sun,

3 months

2 days

101

Low Kum Chow..........

102

Tung Yau,

103

Tam Sai,

Canton

104

18 Fong Chit,

Sun-ui

105

19 | Ching Sau,

Sze-chiu

106

19? Ng Pak,

Sun-on

107

Ho Fat,.......

Kowloong

3 years (deaf)

3 years 8 days 30 years 10

1 day

3 months

8 days

Denies begging Discharged.

108

Fung Sze,.

Tai-kok-sui

109

Ng Ch?,

Sun-tak

1 month 2 years

110

Tsoi Kau Wan,

Kowloong

10 days

2 years 10 days

Deported.

111

Chun Kun,

1 day

112

To Yau,.....

Chun-chin

20 years

113

Chun Fuk,

Kowloong

2 months

114

Chun Lum,

Kwai-sin

115

Li Ho,

Sun-ui

116

Chun Wah,

Kowloong

3 years

1 month

1 year

5 months

1 month

117

Tsung Shap,....

Heung-shan

6 months

118

Wong Kwai,..

Tum-sui

1 day

119

Wong Chi,

Leung-nan

1 month

12 days

120

Wong Sam,

Kowloong

12 months

121

Wong Woon......

Hoi-ping

5 years

122

Cheung Tak Shing,

Kowloong

123

Lo Shun,

Canton

124

Chow Kin,

Kowloong

1 day

2 days

1 month

2 days

1 month

1 day

Discharged. Deported.

125

Chun Yuit,

Sun-ui

2 years

5 days

126

Chun Ut,

Kowloong

5 months

1 day

127

Lo Sum,

1 year

128

Ngai Chung,

Tung-koon

129

Shai Shui,.

Sun-on

130

Tsung Ts?n,

Canton

18 months*

4 years

1 month

3 days 2 months

1 da

Discharged. Deported.

}}

131

Chow Kwai Mui,.

Sum-chun

15 days

132

Chun Wa......

54 Ko-?-fu

2 years

133

St Choi,

Sun-on

Ng Chun,

Chun Tso,

Ng Mui,

Li Yow Chi,.

139

140

Chun Chuk Chung,

141

Li Shing,

142

Ho Tsun,

Heung-shan

143

Lun I Mui,

Kwai-sin

144

Leung Loi,

Kowloong

145

Chun Wah,...

Hongkong

146

Cheung Hing,

Nam-tau

147

24 Y?n Yow,.

Tai-ping

148

Yeung Ki,..

Kowloong

Canton Tung-koon

Kan-ying-chow

3 days

1 year

2 days

1 month

Z weeks

24 years

1 month

29 years 2 days

36 years

1 year 1

10 days

O ears

2 weeks

14 days

1 month

Deported. Discharged.

Deported.

Discharged.

149

Li Yau Chi,

150

Wong Fuk,

Tung-koon Kwai-sin

1 month

2 days

151

Tin Lau,

15 days

152

Tsoi Y?,

Shun-Tuk

3 years

153

Ng Man Shun,..................................

7 days

154

Tze Man,

Kowloong

3 years

155

Mak Hing,

Tung-koon

10 days

156

157

158

Ip I,

24 | Tung Sau.

Li M?n,..

Kwai-sin

This man is a lunatic.

Tung-koon

159

160

161

162

163

164

165

166

42222222

Wong Lun,

Heung-shan

1 month 10 days

......

1 year

2 months

1 day

2 days 2

1 day

Discharged. Deported. Discharged. Deported.

2 days 3 months 2 days 3 months

Discharged. Deported.

1 day

24 Leung Tsoi,

Chun-chin

7 years

1 day

24 | Chung Cheung,

Sun-on

2 months

2 days

Sent to Civil Hospital.

Wong Chik,

Sam-chum

Deported.

Lai Loi,

Sun-ui

L? Ngai Ming,

Canton

L? Kwan,

Kwai-sin

4 days 8 years'

5 months

8 years

Lai Ting,

29 Kowloong

3 days

5 months

Discharged. Deported.

3 days

Hongkong, 1st May, 1878.

W. M. DEANE,

Captain Superintendent of Police.

No. 94.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

ENGLISH SPEAKING AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTRAL SCHOOL.

The following Documents are published for general information.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE,` Acting Colonial Secreta

ry.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th May, 1878.

[No. 29.]

GOVERNMENT CENTRAL SCHOOL,

HONGKONG, 1st March, 1878.

　　　　　SIR, I have the honour to inform you that this school was re-opened to-day after the Chinese New Year holidays. There were 218 applicants fc. admission, and only 40 vacant seats.

I have the honour to be,

The Honourable J. GARDINER AUSTIN, C.M.G.,

Colonial Secretary.

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

FREDERICK STEWART,

Head Master.

Minute by His Excellency the Governor.

Immediate.

Request Mr. STE

1 the Ppus now on the books of the Cent.af

School, inarking with red ink the names of the pupils who can speak English.

J. POPE HENNESSY.

Minute by the Inspector of Schools.

In accordance with His Excellency's request, I enclose a list of the names, 453 in number, of all the scholars on the books of the Central School, at this date. They compose the nine English classes. into which the scholars are divided.

As the "speaking of English," that is, the ability to converse in the English language, is a term of variable application, I have thought it advisable to arrange the list under the following headings,. namely:-

1.° Those marked A, numbering 8, who are English or other European boys speaking English idiomatically.

2. Those marked B, numbering 33, who are European and Indian boys speaking English with considerable fluency.

3. Those marked C, numbering 18, who are Chinese boys speaking English with considerable fluency.

4. Those marked D, numbering 58, who speak English with diffidence.

5. Those marked E, numbering 336, who cannot be said to "speak English" at all.

Government Central School, 5th March, 1878.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Inspector of Schools..

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.

List of all the PUPILS now on the Books of the CENTRAL SCHOOL showing to what extent each of them can SPEAK ENGLISH.”

Hing,

98.-Yau Wai-cheung,

195.-Hung Mung-cho,

in Man-kwong,

99.-Luk King-fo,

196.-Wong Tai-wa,

Hazeland,

100. Ch'an Ping-hang,

sang Kit-fan,

101.-Kwong Chiu-wing,

198.-Li Tsz-yung,

1.-

h'an Kai-ming,

102.-Tang Yuk,

Hung Kam-shing,

103.-Ye?ng Lam-fuk,

200.-Ng Yun,

6.-

Hung Ts'at-shing,.

104.-Kwok Shing,

197.-Le?ng Ching,.

199-Ch'an Chan-p??,.

201.-Lau Yuk-tsing,

-F. Ribeiro,

105. Lai Pat-leung,

202.-Chan Tung-ping,

-Tsang Kam-chiu,

106. Tang Wing-ki,

203. Tong Man-kwong,

9 -Yam Kwan-?n,

107.-Li Fuk-on,

204.?? Lai-tai,

10."

-Chiu Chi-ming,

112.-Kwok Hung-kwai,

108.-Leung Kwong-chiu,

109.-Mok Yat-yung,

13.Chiu Lai,

110.-Le?ng Hi,

14.-Sin Hon,.

111. Wat Ying-cho,

20.Wong Chim-fui,. 206.-Fung Hin-chiu,

207.

-M. Fernandes,

208.-Ho Tun-yung,

15.—Ho Tung,

112.-Ch'an Ming,

209.-A. Abbas,

16.-Midene,

113.-Yeung Hin-tsing,

210.-F. Remedios,

.B.

17.-Ch'an Kai-wing,

114.-Wong Tsan,

211.-Lau Ts'?n,

18.-Lam Ts'?n,.

115.-Ng Ti,

212.-Ye?ng Hing,

19.-Ch'an Tsai-cheung,

116.-L. Witt,

213.-Im Sit,

20. -Moosa,

117.---Cheng Trung,.

214.Wong Kam-shing,

21.-A. Colla?o,

118.Chi Tung,

215.-Pang Shan-ch'?n,

E E

22.-A. J. Reed,

119.-Ye?ng Tsung-pak,

216.-Tsang King-tsz,

23.-A. R. Moosdene,..

120.-Tong Man-lai,..

24.-Ram Sammi,

121. Cheung Ping-fai,

217.Ye?ng Pui-wing, 218.-Chan Wa-hon,

25.-A. Ramjan,.

122.-F. Machado,

219.-Li Shai-kit,

26.-Lo Tsz-lam,

123. Le?ng Shing-hoi,

220.-Ch?ung Yuk-chi,

27.-Li Fuk-ts'?n, 28. Tam Sz-chiu, 29.—Le?ng Shiu-kong, 30.-A. Machado,

31. Ngai Sau-leung,.

32.-Ch'an ?,

33.—t Ting-sui,

34.-Wong Kam-yung,

35. Ng Yam,

.D 124. Ku Chat,.

221.-Ch'an Tin-po,

125. Mahomet,

222.-Cheng Wing,

126.-Au-ye?ng Chan,.

223.-Lau Kam-shing,

127. Tsang Pak,

224. -Siu Kit,

128.-Ch'an Tin-tseung,

225.--Kwok King-on,

129.-F. X. Jesus,

226.-Lo Tso-yau,

130.-Wong Man-ling,

227.-Li Kun,

131.-Lo ?n-kok,

228.-Wong Kam-sau,

132.-Ch'an Yau,

229.-Le?ng ?-in,

36.—Ho Shan-cheung,"

133. Chan Yuk,

230.-Lam Kun-?,

..E

37.-Lo Pik-shan,

134.-S. Thompson,

231.-Leung Chiu-?n,..

38.-Ye?ng Tik-fan,

135.-Sit Sam-yung,

...E

232.-? Sh?-p?i,

39.-Wong Yam-ting,

136.- Liu Shing-ko,

233.-Cheng Xing-tseung,

40.-Ho Fuk,

137.--Wong Kam-iu,

234.-F. W White,

41.-V. Currim,

138.-Tang Wing-shing,.

235.

an Fuk-tin,

42.-Wai San-hing,

139.-Le?ng Fuk-tso,

236.

412-F. E. L. Soares,

140.--Wat Pat-tai,

E 237.

Yun-shan,

Kam-kwan,

4.-Chan Fuk-tai,

141.-Mak Shing-cheung,

238.-

45.-Tam Li,

142.-Li Pak-shau,

239.-

AR hno Ping-tsoi,

143.-Ts? Kang-chiu,

240.-

144.-Wong Loi,

241-

-tai,

145.-Wat Wing-tsau,

942.

-yeang,....

146.-Cheng Man-ki,

243.

tseung,

147—H^ &.min.

han pi?,

-\caug Yeung,

5.-A. F. Remedios,

149.—i In,

246.--sheik Abdool-raman,

53.-Lo Sik-ling,

150.shan S?i-shang,

247.-Y?ung Ki,

54.-Lo Sik-pi?, .

151.--H? Yuk-lun,

248.-Man Iu-nam,

152.-Li Fai,.

249.-Ho Kam-fuk,

55.-Au Hi-yung,

56.-F. X. Remedios,

153.-V. Thompson,.

250.—V. C. C. Herbst,

57,—Lau Chiu-le?ng,

154.-R. J. White,

251.-Ho U-tsung,

58.-Miu Yeuk-ki,.

155:--0 Tat,

252.-?n Ti-hung,

59.-Ch'an Tso-hing,.

156.-Ho Yung-shaug,.

253.-Tsui Tsoi-hi,

60.-Tam Ying,

157.-Kom Ping-kwan,

254.-Cheung Shing,

61.-Ch'an ?n-pan,

158.-To Kam-yung,

255.-Wong Sing-lan,.

62.- Cheuk-kwan,

159.-Wan Tak-fan,.

256.-Kwan Wai,....

63.-U. Ramjan,..

160.-Ch'an Pat,

257.-Ko Tim-fuk,

64.-Li King-pan,

16i.—Chau Shau,

258.-Lau Kwai-tsau,

65.-Kwok Tsun,

162.—Chan P?i,

259.-Ch? Yuk-tong,

66.-Wong Ching-ki,.

163.-Wong Hing-tseung,

260.-Cheuk King,

164. Lo Pak-wing, .

261.-Ng Yuk,................

67.-Au In-tsan,..

68.-Lau Tsun-kwai,

165.-Kwok I-yap,

262.–Lam M?ng

..E

69.--Wong Hin-cheung,

166.-Lo Kan,

263.-Wat Man-tsung,

167.-Ho Wan-lin, .

264.-Lo H?n,

70.-Ho Lam-ying,

71.-Ye?ng I-kam,

..D

168.—Kwok Ping-un,

265.-Ye?ng Po-shan,..

169.-Lo Pak-nin,

266.-Ho In-leung,

72.-Lau Tsun-mo,

..E

170.-Fung N?m,..

267.-M. Mauricio,

73.-Fung Yun,

74.--Le?ng Man-chiu,

171.-Ho Hing-tseung,

268- -A. Spencer,.

75.-Lai Ki-kong,

172.-Yeung She-chan,

269.—Le?ng Shin-nam,

76.-Tong Man-fo,..

173.-G. Basa,

270.-Lo Kit,..

77-Pun Kam-kan,

174. Tsang Shang,

271.-Ye?ng Chiu-pan,

7.—Le?ng Ping,

175.-Chau Kap-f?,

272.-Hung Yung-kwan,

79.-Wan Tak-k'?n,

176.- Kwai-sham,

273.-Tong Chik,

80.-Yau Sik-ling,

177.—Chung Sh?i-shang,

274-Tang Wing-kwong,

178. Cheuk Ting-?,

275.-Wong Tat-pong,

81.-Ma Kan,

82.-Li Tsau-shing,

179.-Ho Pak,

276.-Lin Fuk-tseung,

E-

83.-Kwok Nai-on,

180.-Ku Ping,

277.-Wong Sham,

181.-Pau Kun,

278.-Ch'an I-nang,

84.-Li Wai,

85.-Cheng Yung,

182.—Che?ng M?i,

279.-Ng Man-ki,...

86.-J. Mauricio,

183.-Wong W?n,

280.--Le?ng K'?n,

87.-J. M. Botelho,

184.-Ch'an Kam-fong,

281.-Ch'an Shiu-lan,

88.-R. S. Solomon,

185.Lai Ping-chiu,

282.-Han Fung-sh?,

186.-Lam Wing-kwong,

283.-Chan Fai,

89.-Ch'an Mi,

90.-Le?ng Tsz-in,.

187.-Ho Wing,

284.-A. Barros,

91.-Yeung Chan-to,

188.-Le?ng Wai-kit,

285.-Kwok Sz-ping,

92.-Chan Tseung-fat,

189. Cheng S?,

286.-S. Madar,

93.-Ch?ung Yung-kan,

190.-Li Yau,

287.-H. Carneiro,

.D.

94.-H. Sampson,

191. Cheng Ying-hung,.

288.-Ko Kun,

....

192.--Ko Cheuk-shing,

289.

-Miu Hop,

95.-C. Franco,

96.-Sheik Haussain,

193.-Sham Tin-shan,

290.-Kwan Shui-ping,

97.-Mok Tsong,

194.-Ho Tseung-hang,

291.-Lau Chak,

346. Hon Kam-chiu,

347.-Sung Ying-shing,

349.-Cheng Hong,

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.

292.-Wong Lai-tsam,. 293. Ch'an ?n-fan, 294.-L?ung Man-kwong, 295.-Wan Kwai-hon,

List of all the PUPILS now on the Books of the CENTRAL SCHOOL,--(Continued.)

348.-Fung Tin-sik,

233

400.-J. Basa,

401.-J. F. Thompson,

402.-Wong Ping,

403.-Sheik Cassim,

296.-Wong Kwok-fai,

350.-Lau Shing-k'?n,

404.-Fung Kam,

297.—? P?i,

351.—Ch?an Wing-fun,

405.-Li Ip,

298.-Ng Mung-hung,

52.-Ma ki-kai,

299.-Chan Lun,

33.-Tang ?t-f?,

407. Cheuk Kwan,

300.-Ch?ung Ping-man,

354.-Y?ung Ping-iu,

406.-Cheuk Kwong,

408.Ch ?an Ting-s?i,

301.-Ho Shing,

355.- Chin-pan,

409.-Le?ng Ho-kwan,

302.-Ch? Tsun-ching,

356.-Cheng S?,

410.-Chiu Ho,..

..E

303.-Lai Wing-h?n,

357.-Kwok Kau,

411.-Kwok Kam-wing,

304.–Ch?n Kwan,

358.-S'?n Man-h?n,

412.––Lun Kai-s?i,

305.-T'?m Tat-tsoi,..

E 359.-Tang Ting-hang,

413.-Lun Ting-kit,

306.-Tang Tsap-tseung,

360.-Mok Ts?ung,

414.—Sung Man-hoi,

307.-Wan Sh?n-tseung,

361.-Lo Kam,

415.-Ho Ying-ming,

308.-Lo Tung-sun,

362.-Kan Hip-kang,

416.-Lam Kau,

..E

309.-Fok Kun-tso,

363.—Ch?n L?n-kit,

417.-Wong Man-kwong,

310.-- Ho Kam-tong,

364.-Abdool,

418.-Lo Hoi-ling,

311.-Ye?ng Ngok-shing,

365.-Sheik Rahim,

419.-C. Gracia,

312.—Wong P?i-lam,

366.-Abdoola,

420.-Ch'an Chan-pong,

313.-Tang Chak,.

367.-Tsoi Tsun-ying,

421.-Tsoi Kam-tsung,

314.-Lau Kwai,

368.—Le?ng Tai-ong

422. -Kwan Ngok,

315.-A. Mauricio,

369.-Tang On,

423. -Mok Man-to,

316.-Slamplume,

370.-Hung Tsun-ki,

317.-Tang Wing-iu,

371.-Lam Cheung,

425.-Lo Wai,

318.-Mok Ping,

372.-Ch'an Wing-kiu,

424.-Kwok Kam-ch?,

426.-Fung Yeung,

319.-Wong Wan-chung,.

373.-Sheik Baloo,

427.—Fung Chui-y?ung,

320.-Wong Piu,

374.-Sheik Abram,

428.-Ho Sing-hon,

321.-Lai Kit-wai,

375. Ch?n Tsz-cho,

429.-Lo Tsz-un,

322.-Chik Wai,

376.-Ch'an Man-him,

..E

430. Cheung Un-kwong,

323.-Tsang ?-ch'?n,

377.-Ch'an Kam-tong,

431.-Ng Yuk,.

324.-Lam Yung,...

378.-Ch'an H?n-shing,

..E

432.-Ho Hin-sh?,

325.-P. Remedios,

379.-Yeung Yung-kan,

433.-Ng Chiu-hin,

326.-Tang Tsung-fong,

380.-Ch? Yau-tsoi,

434.-Ng Man-hin,

327.-Larfar,

381.-Hung Tsun-tsoi,

435.-Cheng Chak-pi?,

328.-Ng Man,

382.-Ch'an Yun,

436.-Li Tam-ts?n,

329.-G. Hoosin,

383.–Lau Kwong,

437.--Ch'an Kat-?,

330.-S. Mootian,..

384.-Kwok Ho-kai,

438.-Wan Kwan-cheung,

331.-Sun King-i,..

385.-Ye?ng Ping,

439.–Tsang Chim-chun,

332.-Li Wing,.

386.Chau Ming-cho,

440.-Lau Ling-hoi,

333.—Ch?n Hoi,

387.-Sham Shung,

441.-Tong Tso,

334.-Lam On,

335.-Fung Tin-tsoi,

336.—Kwok Kam-ts‘?n, 337.-Wong Man-to, 338.-Ho Iu-wa, 339.-Lau Shing-tin, 340. Le?ng Tung, 341.-Ch'an Tsoi-ying, 342. – Kwok Tin-kwai,. 343.-Kwong Sit-lung, 344.-Li Kwong-tsoi, 345.-Le?ng Shiu-fan,....

388.-Lo Tseung-ip,

442.–Chan N?i-lam,

.E 389.-Tse Seung-hung,

443.-Ch'au Hing-ki,

390.-Siu Kai,

444. -Hon Sz-kam,

..E

391.–Le?ng Ting-pan,

445.-Lam Wing-nin,

392.-Tsoi Shui-lim,

446.-Cheng U-ku,

..E

393.-Ye?ng un-mi,

447.-Wan Fuk-cheung,..

..E

394.-Le?ng Pang-nin,

448.-C. Amaraka,

..E

395.-Ye?ng Tsau,

449.-W. Stainfield,..

396.—Che?ng In-nam,

397 T am ?

399.-J. Basa,

Ju, Ma

.E 453.-F. Shuster, ...........

FREDERICK STEWART,

Inspector of Schools,

450.- 45

Horton, ..

To A. FALCONER, Esq.,

Acting Head Master,

Government Central School.

Add to the above the age of each boy, and the number of months each has been in the Government Central School for the information of His Excellency the Governor.

Hongkong, 12th March, 1878.

Minute by His Excellency the Governor.

E. J. EITEL,

Acting Lispector of Schools.

　　　　　　1. Publish in the Gazette Mr. STEWART's report on the result of his own examination of the pupils in the Central School as to their capacity for speaking English.

2. To the register number of each pupil should be added his nationality, his age, length of time at the Central School, and (using in every case the words of Mr. STEWART) his power of speaking English.

3. In the list as copied by one of my clerks a mistake was made respecting No. 255 who was actually only twenty-two months at the School, whereas in the copy put into my hands he was stated to have been 10 years and 2 months at School.

Before sending Mr. STEWART'S report and the list of pupils to the printer, I should be glad if Dr. EITEL Would be good enough to have the list carefully compared with the results obtained by Mr. STEWART at his examination in last March and with the records of the Central School.

30th April, 1878.

J. POPE HENNESSY.

234

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.

List of all the PUPILS now on the Books of the CENTRAL SCHOOL, showing to what extent each of them can "SPEAK ENGLISH.”

Length of

No. Nationality. Age. time at the

As to Speaking English.

No. Nationality. Age. Central

Length of time at the

As to Speaking English.

Central School.

School.

Years.

Mos.

Years. Mos.

1 Chinese,

Do.,

3 English,

4 Chinese,

5 Do.,

Do.,

7 Do.,

8 Portuguese, 16

9 Chinese,

...

8777060

idiomatically.

Speaks Eng. sh with considerable fluency. 94 English, 14 95 Portuguese, 20 96 Indian,

147

with considerable fluency. 97 Chinese,

98 Do.,

Do.,

100

Do.,

101

Do.,

102

Do.,

10 Do.,

103

Do.,

Speaks English idiomatically.

with considerable fluency.

with diffidence.

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

Speaks English with diffidence.

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

...

Do.,

with diffidence.

104

Do.,

...

Do.,

with considerable fluency. 105

Do.,

with diffidence.

106

Do.,

107

Do.,

15 Do.,

with considerable fluency. 108

Do.,

16 Arab,

23 6

109

Do.,

17 Chinese, 20

with diffidence.

110

Do.,

18 Do.,

111

Do.,

19 Do.,

112

Do.,

20 Indian,

16 6

with considerable fluency. 113

Do.,

21 Portuguese, 17 3

114

Do.,

22 English,

13 7

idiomatically.

115

Do.,

23 Indian,

with considerable fluency. 116 | German,

24 Do.,

16 6

117 Chinese,

Do.,

15 5

118 Do.,

26 Chinese,

17 6

with diffidence.

119

Do.,

120

Do.,

121 Do.,

29 Do.,

with considerable fluency. 122 | Portuguese, 13

Speaks English with considerable fluency.

'with diffidence.

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

Speaks English with considerable fluency. Cannot be said to speak English at all. Speaks English with diffidence.

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

Speaks English with considerable fluency. Cannot be said to speak English at all.

Speaks English with diffidence.

with considerable fluency. Cannot be said to speak English at all.

30 Portuguese, 14

123 Chinese,

31 Chinese, 19

with diffidence.

124 Do.,

32 Do.,

125 Indian,

Do.,

126 Chinese, 20

Do.,

127 Do.,

Do.,

128 Chinese,

Do.,

129 Portuguese, 13

...

Do.,

130 Chinese,

Do.,

131 Do.,

424

Do.,

132 Do.,

Do.,

133

Do.,

41 Indian,

with considerable fluency.' 134 | English,

Sno

sh with considerable fluency.

19 (hincse

with diffidence.

| 135 | Chinese,

18 3.

with considerable fluency. 136 with diffidence.

Do.,

137 Do.,

138 Do.,

Ina

el fuency.

·998588*885688788788588

48 Chinese,

Do.,

50 Parsee,

51 Chinese,

52 Portuguese, 16

53 Chinese,

20 5

Do.,

340 41 LO GO LO LO CO

with diffidence.

141

Do.,

142

Do.,

co co

with considerable fluency. 143

Do.,

said to speak English at all.

with diffidence.

144

Do.,

with considerable fluency. 145 with diffidence.

Do.,

146

Do.,

147 Do.,

148

Do.,

* 56 Portuguese,

57 Chinese,

Do.,

with considerable fluency. 149

Do.,

with diffidence.

150

Do.,

151 Do.,

152 Do.,

Do.,

63 Indian,

64 Chinese,

Do.,

153 English,

Do.,

Cannot be said to speak English at all. Speaks English with considerable fluency. 156 with diffidence.

154 155 Chinese,

Do.,

Speaks English with considerable fluency..

idiomatically.

27.

Do.,

157

Do.,

158

Do.,

159 Do.,

Do.,

20 4

160 Do.,

Do., Do.,

17 4

161 Do.,

Do.,

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

162

Do.,

163

Do.,

70 Do.,

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

Do.,

Speaks English with diffidence.

164

Do.,

72 Do.,

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

165

Do.,

166 Do.,

Do.,

167

Do.,

74 Do.,

168

Do.,

75 Do.,

169

Do.,

170

Do.,

171

Do.,

172 Do.,

79 Do.,

173 Spaniard,

Speaks English with diffidence.

Do.,

174 Chinese,

Do.,

175 Do.,

Cannot be said to speak English at all. Speaks English with considerable fluency.

Do.,

176 Do.,

Do.,

177 Do.,

84 Do.,

178

Do.,

85 Do.,

86 Spaniard,

Speaks. English with considerable fluency, 179

Do.,

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

180

Do.,

87 Portuguese, 17

181

Do.,

88 Jew,

89 Chinese,

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

182

Do.,

183

Do.,

90 Do.,

184 Do.,

Speaks English with diffidence.

Do.,

Speaks English with diffidence.

185

Do.,

Cannot be said to speak English at all..

Do.,

: 20

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

186

Do.,

187 Chinese,

188 Do.,

189

Do.,

190

Do.,

191

Do.,

192

Do.,

193

Do.,

>Cannot be said to speak English at all. 290

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.

List of all the PUPILS now on the Books of the CENTRAL SCHOOL,—(Continued.)

No. Nationality. Age.

Length of time at the Central School.

As to Speaking English.

Years. Mos.

2 2

Length of

No. Nationality. Age. time of the

284 Portuguese, 17 285 Chinese,

Cannot be said to speak English at all. 6 Speaks English with considerable fluency. 286

Indian,. 10 287 Portuguese, 16 288 Chinese, 289 Do.,

Central School.

Years., Mos.

As to Speaking English..

235

Speaks English with diffidence.

Cannot be said to speak English at all. Speaks English with diffidence.

17 3

...

Do.,

291

Do.,

194

Do.,

292

Do.,

195

Do.,

293

Do.,

196

Do.,

197 Do.,

Speaks English with diffidence.

294

Do.,

295

Do.,

198

Do.,

296

Do.,

199

Do.,

297 Do.,

200

Do.,

298

Do.,

201

Do.,

202

Do.,

Cannot be said to speak English at all. 299

Do.,

300

Do.,

203

Do.,

301 Do.,

·Cannot be said to speak English at all..

204

Do.,

302

Do.,

205

Do.,

303

Do.g

206

Do.,

207 Portuguese, 19

208 Chinese, 16

209 Indian,

Speaks English with considerable fluency. Cannot be said to speak English at all. Speaks English with considerable fluency. 306

304

Do.,

811

305

Do.,

307

Do.,

210 Portuguese, 12.

308

Do.,

211 Chinese,

29.

309

Do.,

212

Do.,

310

Do.,

213

Do.,

311

Do.,

214

Do.,

312

Do.,

215

Do.,

216

Do.,

217

Do.,

218

Do.,

219

Do.,

...

220 Do.,

7366AC

313

Do.,

314 Do.,

315 Spaniard, 19

316 Indian,..

Speaks English with diffidence.

317 Chinese, 12

318 Do.,

221

Do.,

319

Do.,

222

Do.,

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

320

Do.,

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

223

Do.,

321

Do.,

224

Do.,

322

Do.,

225

Do.,

323

Do.,

226

Do.,

324 Do.,

227 Do.,

325 Portuguese, 11

Speaks English with diffidence.

228

Do.,

326 Chinese,

229

Do.,

327 Indian,

Cannot be said to speak English at all..

230

Do.,

328 Chinese,

231

Do.,

329 *ndian

232 Do.,

Sheal

221

233 Do.,

234 English,

???、???*

Cautat,

235 Chinese,

236 Do.,

237 DO.,

238

Do.,

239

Do.,

240

Do.,

241

Do.,

242

Do.,

243

Do.,

244 Do.,

245 Do.,

246 Indian,

247 Chinese

248

Do.,

2004 22 NO NONNA 272

332

Do., ... 20

be said to speak English at all. 333

Do.,

334

Do.,

Speaks English with considerable fluency. 335

Do.,

336

Do.,

337

Do.,

338

Do.,

339

Do.,

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

340

Do.,

341

Do.,

342

Do.,

Speaks English with considerable fluency. 343

Do.,

344

Do.,

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

345

Do.,

346

Do.,

249 Do.,

250 German,

Speaks English with considerable fluency. 347

Do.,

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

348

Do.,

251 Chinese,

349 Do.,

252

Do.,

350

253

Do.,

351

Do.,

254

Do.,

352

Do.,

255

Do.,

1510

353

Do.,

256

Do.,

354 Do.,

257

258

Do., Do.,

355 Do.,

259

Do.,

Cannot be said to speak English at all. [356

Do.,

260

Do.,

357

Do.,

358

261

Do.,

359

Do.,

262

Do.,

| 360

263

Do.,

361

264

·Do.,

Do.,

362

265

Do.,

363 Do.,

266 Do.,

15 3

267 Spaniard,. 14

268 English, 13

364 Indian,. 13

Speaks English with considerable fluency. 365

Do.,

11 Speaks English with diffidence.

366

269 Chinese,

270 Do.,

271

Do.,

272

Do.,

273

Do.,

274

Do.,

275

Do.,

276

Do.,

277

278

Do., Do.,

279

Do.,

280

Do.,

281

Do.,

282

283

Do., Do.,

Do.,

367 Chinese,

15 1

368 Do.,

369 Do.,

370 Do.,

371 Do.,

372 Do.,

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

Cannot be said to speak English at all. 373 Indian,

374 Do.,

375 Chinese,

376 Do.,

377

Do.,

***

...

16.

3784

Do.,

379 Do.,

...

380 Do.,

Speaks English with diffidence.

236

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.

List of all the PUPILS now on the Books of the CENTRAL SCHOOL,-(Continued.)

No.

Nationality. Age.

Length of time at the Central School.

As to Speaking English.

No. Nationality. Age.

Length of time at the Central School.

As to Speaking English.

Ysars. Mos.

Years. Mos.

381 Chinese,

382 Do.,

383 Do.,

334

...

418 Chinese, 419 Portuguese, 12 420 Chinese, 18

421

Do.,

384

Do.,

422

Do.,

385

Do.,

423

Do.,

..16

386

Do.,

424 Do.,

387

Do.,

425 Do.,

...

388

Do.,

426

Do.,

.389

Do.,

427

Do.,

390

Do.,

391

Do.,

392

Do.,

393

Do.,

394

Do.,

395

Do.,

396

Do.,

397

Do.,

398

Do.,

399 Spaniard,. 8

to co co co co co co cO CO KO K

>Cannot be said to speak English at all.

428

Do.,

429

Do.,

...

430

Do.,

...

431

Do.,

432

Do.,

433

Do.,

434 Do.,

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

...

435

Do.,

436

Do.,

***

437

Do.,

400 Do.,

401 English,

Speaks English with considerable fluency. 438

Do.,

439

Do.,

402 Chinese, 15 403 Indian,. 10 404 Chinese, 14

440

Do.,

441

Do.,

442

Do.,

405 Do.,

443

Do.,

406 Do.,

444

Do.,

407

Do.,

445

Do.,

408

Do.,

...

446

Do.,

...

409 Do.,

-Cannot be said to speak English at all.

447 Do.,

410

Do.,

448

Indian,..

411

Do.,

449 English,

412

Do.,

450 Do.,

413

Do.,

451 Indian,

Speaks English idiomatically.

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

414

Do.,

452 Do.,

415

Do.,

453 English,

5 Speaks English idiomatically.

416

417

Do., Do.,

I certify that this is a correct copy of the Original lodged in the Office of the Central School, with the exception of the entry under 255, which should be 1 year and 10 months, instead of 10 years and 2 months.

Central School, 2nd May, 1878.

No 95

? -

...TIVATION

FALCONER,

Head Master.

The following Returns of Births and Deaths for the 4th Quarter e the year 1877, and for the 1st Quarter ending 31st March, 1878, received Office, are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th May, 1878.

31st December, 1877, the Registrar General's

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

RETURNS of BIRTHS and DEATHS for the 4th Quarter of 1877, ending 31st December.

DISTRICTS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

CHINESE.

DEATHS. BRITISH & FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

BIRTHS.

DEATHS.

BIRTHS.

DEATHS.

Boys.

Girls.

Males. Females. Boys.

Girls.

Males. Females.

British & Foreign,... 7

Victoria,

201

178

433

341

Portuguese,

.11

Indian, &c.,

Kow-loon,

Sh?u-ki W?n,

Non-Residents,

.14

Aberdeen,

TOTAL,.........40

Stanley,

...

TOTAL,...

239

204

521

386

ANNUAL DEATH-RATE,

GRAND TOTAL, PER 1,000 FOR 4TH QUARTER OF

1877.

Whole Population,....

27.30

Births,....

Deaths,

36 British & Foreign Community, 10 Do. deducting non-Residents,

17.82 13.27

...

Chinese,

27.96

Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 24th January, 1878.

CECIL C. SMITH, Registrar General.

236

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.

List of all the PUPILS now on the Books of the CENTRAL SCHOOL,-(Continued.)

No.

Nationality. Age.

Length of time at the Central School.

As to Speaking English.

No. Nationality. Age.

Length of time at the Central School.

As to Speaking English.

Ysars. Mos.

Years. Mos.

381 Chinese,

382 Do.,

383 Do.,

334

...

418 Chinese, 419 Portuguese, 12 420 Chinese, 18

421

Do.,

384

Do.,

422

Do.,

385

Do.,

423

Do.,

..16

386

Do.,

424 Do.,

387

Do.,

425 Do.,

...

388

Do.,

426

Do.,

.389

Do.,

427

Do.,

390

Do.,

391

Do.,

392

Do.,

393

Do.,

394

Do.,

395

Do.,

396

Do.,

397

Do.,

398

Do.,

399 Spaniard,. 8

to co co co co co co cO CO KO K

>Cannot be said to speak English at all.

428

Do.,

429

Do.,

...

430

Do.,

...

431

Do.,

432

Do.,

433

Do.,

434 Do.,

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

...

435

Do.,

436

Do.,

***

437

Do.,

400 Do.,

401 English,

Speaks English with considerable fluency. 438

Do.,

439

Do.,

402 Chinese, 15 403 Indian,. 10 404 Chinese, 14

440

Do.,

441

Do.,

442

Do.,

405 Do.,

443

Do.,

406 Do.,

444

Do.,

407

Do.,

445

Do.,

408

Do.,

...

446

Do.,

...

409 Do.,

-Cannot be said to speak English at all.

447 Do.,

410

Do.,

448

Indian,..

411

Do.,

449 English,

412

Do.,

450 Do.,

413

Do.,

451 Indian,

Speaks English idiomatically.

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

414

Do.,

452 Do.,

415

Do.,

453 English,

5 Speaks English idiomatically.

416

417

Do., Do.,

Central School, 2nd May, 1878.

No 95

? -

...TIVATION

FALCONER,

Head Master.

The following Returns of Births and Deaths for the 4th Quarter e the year 1877, and for the 1st Quarter ending 31st March, 1878, received Office, are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th May, 1878.

31st December, 1877, the Registrar General's

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

RETURNS of BIRTHS and DEATHS for the 4th Quarter of 1877, ending 31st December.

DISTRICTS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

CHINESE.

DEATHS. BRITISH & FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

BIRTHS.

DEATHS.

BIRTHS.

DEATHS.

Boys.

Girls.

Males. Females. Boys.

Girls.

Males. Females.

British & Foreign,... 7

Victoria,

201

178

433

341

Portuguese,

.11

Indian, &c.,

Kow-loon,

Sh?u-ki W?n,

Non-Residents,

.14

Aberdeen,

TOTAL,.........40

Stanley,

...

TOTAL,...

239

204

521

386

ANNUAL DEATH-RATE,

GRAND TOTAL, PER 1,000 FOR 4TH QUARTER OF

1877.

Whole Population,....

27.30

Births,....

Deaths,

36 British & Foreign Community, 10 Do. deducting non-Residents,

17.82 13.27

...

Chinese,

27.96

Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 24th January, 1878.

CECIL C. SMITH, Registrar General.

THE HONGKONGGOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.

RETURNS BIRTHS and DEATHS for the Year 1877.

DISTRICTS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

CHINESE,

237

DEATHS. BRITISH & FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

BIRTHS.

DEATHS.

BIRTHS.

DEATHS.

Boys.

Girls. Males. Females. Boys. Girls.

Males. Females.

British & Foreign,...40

Victoria,

114

679

639

1,498

1,599

Portuguese,

.44

Kow-loon,

105

Indian, &c.,

.24

Sh?u-k? W?n,.

Non-Residents, ......54

Aberdeen,

...

Stanley,

162

...

TOTAL,...

114

796

727

1,766 1,803

ANNUAL DEATH-RATE,

GRAND TOTAL,

1873.

1874.

1875.

1876. 1877.

PER 1,000 FOR

Whole Population,..

22.57

31.24

25.87

28.18 26.81

Births, ....1,684 British & Foreign Community,

27.72

32.23

28.18 24.45 18.04

Deaths, ...3,731

Do. deducting non-Residents,

24.53

25.94

Chinese,

22.29 31.19

25.74

22.92 28.39

13.78

27.41.

Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 24th January, 1878.

CECIL C. SMITH, Registrar General.

RETURNS of BIRTHS and DEATHS for the 1st Quarter of 1878, ending 31st March.

DISTRICTS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

CHINESE.

DEATHS. BRITISH & FOREIGN COMMUNITY

CHS.

DEATHS.

BIRTHS.

DEATHS.

Boys.

tirls.

Males. Females. Boys.

Girls.

Males. Females.

Victoria,

British & Foreign,...13

146

126

344

348

Portuguese,

Kow-loon,

...

Indian, &c.,

..10

Sh?u-k? W?ng.

Aberdeen,

Stanley,

???

Non-Residents, ......11

TOTAL,...

179

140

420

395

GRAND TOTAL,

ANNUAL DEATH-RATE,

PER 1,000 FOR 1ST QUARTER OF

1878.

Whole Population,...

24.63

...

Births, 371

....

British & Foreign Community,

18.71

Deaths, 857

Do. deducting non-Residents,

15.82

...

Chinese,

25.04

Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 23rd April, 1878.

No. 96.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION

The following Notice to Mariners is published for general informati

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th May, 1878.

CECIL C. Registrar

THE HONGKONGGOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.

RETURNS BIRTHS and DEATHS for the Year 1877.

DISTRICTS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

CHINESE,

237

DEATHS. BRITISH & FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

BIRTHS.

DEATHS.

BIRTHS.

DEATHS.

Boys.

Girls. Males. Females. Boys. Girls.

Males. Females.

British & Foreign,...40

Victoria,

114

679

639

1,498

1,599

Portuguese,

.44

Kow-loon,

105

Indian, &c.,

.24

Sh?u-k? W?n,.

Non-Residents, ......54

Aberdeen,

...

Stanley,

162

...

TOTAL,...

114

796

727

1,766 1,803

ANNUAL DEATH-RATE,

GRAND TOTAL,

1873.

1874.

1875.

1876. 1877.

PER 1,000 FOR

Whole Population,..

22.57

31.24

25.87

28.18 26.81

Births, ....1,684 British & Foreign Community,

27.72

32.23

28.18 24.45 18.04

Deaths, ...3,731

Do. deducting non-Residents,

24.53

25.94

Chinese,

22.29 31.19

25.74

22.92 28.39

13.78

27.41.

Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 24th January, 1878.

CECIL C. SMITH, Registrar General.

RETURNS of BIRTHS and DEATHS for the 1st Quarter of 1878, ending 31st March.

DISTRICTS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

CHINESE.

DEATHS. BRITISH & FOREIGN COMMUNITY

CHS.

DEATHS.

BIRTHS.

DEATHS.

Boys.

tirls.

Males. Females. Boys.

Girls.

Males. Females.

Victoria,

British & Foreign,...13

146

126

344

348

Portuguese,

Kow-loon,

...

Indian, &c.,

..10

Sh?u-k? W?ng.

Aberdeen,

Stanley,

???

Non-Residents, ......11

TOTAL,...

179

140

420

395

GRAND TOTAL,

ANNUAL DEATH-RATE,

PER 1,000 FOR 1ST QUARTER OF

1878.

Whole Population,...

24.63

...

Births, 371

....

British & Foreign Community,

18.71

Deaths, 857

Do. deducting non-Residents,

15.82

...

Chinese,

25.04

Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 23rd April, 1878.

No. 96.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION

The following Notice to Mariners is published for general informati

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th May, 1878.

CECIL C. Registrar

238

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4T! MAY, 1878.

Government of China.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 84.

CHINA SEA.

RIVER MIN-FOOCHOW DISTRICT.

The following dangers have recently been examined by H. M.'s Surveying Vessel Nassau, Captain R. H. NAPIER, R.N, in charge of Survey.

1.-"Benjamin Aymar" Rock.

This rock, on which the American barque Benjamin Aymar struck in January, 1878, consists of a small rocky patch, with 3 feet of water on its shoalest part at L. W. Springs. A depth of from 9 to 10 fathoms was obtained in every direction at a distance of 1 cables from it, the bottom being mud.

Changchi Peak bears

Middle Dog Lighthouse

Sea Dog Summit ... . . Sea Cat

N. 68° E. from the rock. S. 37° E. "" .S. 59° E. .S. 71° E. ""

Clearing Marks.-The southern extreme of Changchi Island in line with the northern extreme of Matsou Island leads clear to the southward, and Crab Island should not be brought to bear eastward of north to clear to the eastward.

2.—“ Norman Court" Rock.

This rock consists of two pinnacles lying in a north and south direction and distant 1 cables from each other. The southern one is distant 43 cables from Flat Rock, and has 9 feet of water over it at L. W. Springs, with deep water close around; but a rocky ledge with 6 fathoms over it extends 1 cables to the S. E. by S. of it. The northern one has only 6 feet over it at L. W. Springs. There is also a rocky patch, with 24 fathoms over it, to the S. S. E. E. of Flat Rock and distant from it 23 cables.

Flat Rock Summit bears Changchi Peak

Matsou

Sea Dog Summit

N. 7° 10′ W. from the S. pinnacle.

N. 16°

N. 69°

5°

3.-Pilot Rock.

　　　This danger (described at Page 276 of the "China Sea Directory," Vol. III, 1874, as lying 3 miles east from the Sea Cat, but unnamed) is 34 miles from the Sea Cat, and consists of a pinnacle of small extent on which the sea breaks at L. W. Springs, there then being about 1 foot of water over it.

Changchi Peak bears

Sea Cat Summit Sea Dog

N. 17° S. 87°

W. from the rock.

S. 63° 15′ W.

This notice affects Admiralty Charts Nos. 1262, 1761 and 2400. All bearings are magnetic. Variation in 1873 1° 00′ west.

By order of the Inspector General of Customs,

IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS, ENGINEERS' OFFICE, SHANGHAI, 16th April, 1878.

STAMP OFFICE NOTICE.

HENDERSON, Engine Chief.

　　　Persons or Firms surrendering spoiled Stamps for allowance are requested to send with the spoiled documents an ordinary Requisition for the new Stamps required. Forms of Requisition can be had at the Stamp Office.

It is not necessary to enumerate the spoiled Stamps handed in.

on given below will shew what is required.

A glance at the Specimen

ips paid for in money should be applied for on a separate Requisition.

Office, Hongkong, 2nd May, 1878.

SPECIMEN.

C. & Co. request to be supplied with the undermentioned Impressed Stamps.

il, 1878.

ALFRED LISTter,

Collector.

DESCRIPTION.

NUMBER OF FORMS.

DUTY.

TOTAL.

$ c.

828

0.10

5.00

0.50

10.00

0.10

5.00

$25.00

238

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4T! MAY, 1878.

Government of China.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 84.

CHINA SEA.

RIVER MIN-FOOCHOW DISTRICT.

The following dangers have recently been examined by H. M.'s Surveying Vessel Nassau, Captain R. H. NAPIER, R.N, in charge of Survey.

1.-"Benjamin Aymar" Rock.

Changchi Peak bears

Middle Dog Lighthouse

Sea Dog Summit ... . . Sea Cat

N. 68° E. from the rock. S. 37° E. "" .S. 59° E. .S. 71° E. ""

2.—“ Norman Court" Rock.

Flat Rock Summit bears Changchi Peak

Matsou

Sea Dog Summit

N. 7° 10′ W. from the S. pinnacle.

N. 16°

N. 69°

5°

3.-Pilot Rock.

Changchi Peak bears

Sea Cat Summit Sea Dog

N. 17° S. 87°

W. from the rock.

S. 63° 15′ W.

This notice affects Admiralty Charts Nos. 1262, 1761 and 2400. All bearings are magnetic. Variation in 1873 1° 00′ west.

By order of the Inspector General of Customs,

IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS, ENGINEERS' OFFICE, SHANGHAI, 16th April, 1878.

STAMP OFFICE NOTICE.

HENDERSON, Engine Chief.

It is not necessary to enumerate the spoiled Stamps handed in.

on given below will shew what is required.

A glance at the Specimen

ips paid for in money should be applied for on a separate Requisition.

Office, Hongkong, 2nd May, 1878.

SPECIMEN.

C. & Co. request to be supplied with the undermentioned Impressed Stamps.

il, 1878.

ALFRED LISTter,

Collector.

DESCRIPTION.

NUMBER OF FORMS.

DUTY.

TOTAL.

$ c.

828

0.10

5.00

0.50

10.00

0.10

5.00

$25.00

1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

CAPE D'AGUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

WINDS

DAY AND

????-

THERMOMETER.

DATE.

HOUR.

0 TO 12.

WEA-

BARO-

THERMOMETER.

WINDS

0 To 12.

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

METE

THER.

METER

WEA-

THER.

BARO-

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry.] Wet. Direct.

Force.

Saturday,

27th

Noon

80.26 75.0

75.0 70.0

b.c.

30.25 75.5 83.0 71.0 75,0| 70.0|

b.c.

April.

30.20 | 75.0

75.0 70.0]

b.c.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force. 30.09 | 77.0]

In inches (during previous METER

WEA-

THER.

24 hours.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet Direct. Force.

In inches

during previous

24 hours.

76.0 71.0 E

b.c.

30.14 76.0

73.0 69.0 NE

b.c.

28.40 66.0

66.0 66.0 E

b.c.

30.1078.0 84.0 70.0 77.0 72.0|| E 30.0978.0

0.00

77.0 72.0 ESE

30.14 76.0 79.0.70.0 74.0 70.5] NE 30.11 | 76.0

b.c.

0.00

28.41 70.0 70.0 66.0 69.0 67.0 E

b.c.

0.00

74.0 70.0 NE

b.c.

28.37 71.0

70.0 68.0 E

b.c.

Sunday,

30.1975.0

75.0 71.0

b.c.

30.08 78.0

76.5 73.0 E

28th

Noon 30.17 | 76.5 78.0 72.0 76.0 71.5

b.c.

April. 3

30.10 77.5

77.0 72.5

b.c.

30.13 76.5

30.06 83.0

Tuesday,

30th

April. 3

30.10 80.0|

30.00 82 0

Wednesday,

1st

Monday, 9 76.0 73.0 29th Noon 30.13 | 81.0 82.5 73.0 81.0 73.0 April. 3

83.0 76.0

80.0 77.0

Noon 30.06 81.0 85.5, 76.0 81.0 75.0

30.08 $2.0

Noon 30.06 85.0 87.0 79.5 85.0 79.5

May. 3

30.00 85.5;

82.0 76.0

82.0 78.0

? :

True wind cannot be registered.

Do.

b.c.m.

:???:

b.c.

30.07 76.5

75.0 71.5 NE

b.c.

28.36 68.0

67.0 66.0] ESE

1 O.C.

30.09 80.0 80.0 69.0 80.0 75.0 SW 30.0481.0

30.00 | 79,0]

b.c.

30.06 | 77.0 77.0|70.0 77.0 73.0] NE

b.c.

0.00

28.36 | 71.0 71.0 64.0 70.0 66.5 ESE

Q.c.

0.00

83.5 78.0 SW

b.c.

30.0177.0

76.0 72.0] NE

1 b.c.

28.30 | 71.0|

70.0 67.0] SW

b.m.

78.0 75.5 Calm

b.c.

30.0377.0]

30.00 82.0 83.5 70.5 81.0 76.0 S

b.c.

29.99 82.0

83.0 76.5 S

b.c.

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

【OTICE,—LUK MUI, of Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, lately carrying on business under the name of "CHI CHUK TSAI" having been adjudicated Bankrupt under a Peti- tion for adjudication in Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong, on the 18th day of March, in the year of Our Lord 1878, a public sitting for the said Bankrupt to pass his last exa- mnation and make application for his order of discharge, will be held before the Honourable FRANCIS SNOWDEN, Acting Chief Justice of Hongkong, at the Supreme Court House, Victo- ria, aforesaid, on Wednesday, the 8th day of May, 1878, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon of that day precisely.

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Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 11TH MAY, 1878.

CHINESE EMIGRATION.

The following copies or extracts of Despatches are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th May, 1878..

[No. 69.]

VOL. XXIV.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 9th April, 1877.

　　　　　MY LORD,-I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's Despatch, No. 12, of the 5th January, 1877, in which you transmit for consideration a copy of a letter with enclosures from the Foreign Office respecting a scheme for the importation into Peru of Chinese Coolies.

Report; I fully endorse, om Hongkong.

　　　　　I lost no time in forwarding the papers for the consideration of the Emigration Officer, and I have now the honour to se a copy of his Report. His views, as expressed in t and I trust that ation such as that now proposed will not be sar Individually I am o

I'to

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　any Emigration from China which the British through all stages from

　　　　　I have noted your I taken in the matter.

salpinein

t cannot contro

s instructions to keep you fully informed of any steps that

may be

I have, &c.,

(Signed,)

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Administrator.

The Right Honourable The EARL OF CARNARVON,

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State, &c.,

&c.,

&c.

Hongkong. [No. 81.]

DOWNING STREET, 5th July, 1877..

　　　　　SIR,-With reference to Mr. AUSTIN'S Despatch No. 69 of the 9th of April, I have the honour to transmit to you the accompanying copy of a letter relative to the projected arrangement between the Peruvian Government and the Firm of OLYPHANT & Co. for the importation of Chinese Coolies to Peru.

　　　　　On a former occasion your predecessor was instructed not to permit contract emigration from Hongkong except to British Territories, and he was at the same time informed that Her Majesty's Government reserved to themselves the right of prohibiting so called free emigration from that Colony to Foreign Countries where there was reason to believe that Chinese Immigrants had not been well treated.

　　　　　I request, therefore, that you will watch very carefully any attempt to make Hongkong a base of operations under the projected contract, if it reaches maturity, as well as any application for a licence for any vessel which may be laid on for the purpose of carrying out such contract.

　　　　　It is clear to me that the course which the Peruvian Government propose to adopt is one open, if indeed it is not absolutely certain to lead, to the gravest abuses, and that with past experience it is desirable to discourage and suppress any attempt on their part to revive the Coolie Traffic, which it is clearly their object to set again on foot.

Governor HENNESSY, C.M.G.,

&c.,

&c.

I have, &c.,

(Signed,)

CARNARVON.

-242

[No. 111.]

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH MAY, 1878.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 13th September, 1878.

　　　MY LORD, Soon after I had the honour of receiving your Lordship's Despatch No. 81, of the 5th of July, an enquiry was made as to whether the Government would consent to the Emigration from Hongkong of Chinese Labourers to the South American Republics and especially Peru.

　　　I caused a reply to be written to the effect that I was not disposed to encourage the Emigration of Chinese to Peru.

I have, &c.,

(Signed,)

J. POPE HENNESSY.

The Right Honourable The EARL OF CARNARVON,

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies,

Sc.,

SC.,

&c.

HONGKONG.

[No. 142.]*

DOWNING STREET,

12th November, 1877.

　　　SIR,-With reference to your Despatch No. 111 of the 13th of September, I have to refer you to the 6th, 7th and 8th paragraphs of my Despatch No. 109. of the 4th of December, 1875, in which I laid down the general principles to be followed by the Government of Hongkong as regards Chinese Emigration.

I approve of your refusal to sanction Emigration to Peru.

Governor HENNESSY, C.M.G.,

*&c.

&c.

I have, &c.,

(Signed,)

CARNARVON.

HONGKONG.

[No. 164.]

ING STREET,

24th December, 1877.

SIR,—On the 12th instant, I received from you the following message:-"Twelfth, Mr. GEARY, "Emigration Agent and Consul for Peru, applies for licence to ship Chinese, shall I grant it?" And on the 14th instant, I returned the following reply:-"Fourteenth December, grant no licence for any "Emigration to Peru, see my Despatch of fifth July."

I continue to be strongly of opinion that the Government of Hongkong should in no way facilitate an emigration which is liable to the very grave objections noticed in the correspondence of which my Despatch above referred to forms part.

Governor HENNESSY, C.M.G.,

No. 97.

&c.,

ye.,

&c.

I have, &c.,

(Signed,)

CARNARVON.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to recognize J. TERADA, Esquire, as in charge of the Japanese Consulate at this port, during the absence on leave of Mr. TARO ANDO.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th May, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary

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[No. 111.]

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH MAY, 1878.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 13th September, 1878.

　　　I caused a reply to be written to the effect that I was not disposed to encourage the Emigration of Chinese to Peru.

I have, &c.,

(Signed,)

J. POPE HENNESSY.

The Right Honourable The EARL OF CARNARVON,

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies,

Sc.,

SC.,

&c.

HONGKONG.

[No. 142.]*

DOWNING STREET,

12th November, 1877.

I approve of your refusal to sanction Emigration to Peru.

Governor HENNESSY, C.M.G.,

*&c.

&c.

I have, &c.,

(Signed,)

CARNARVON.

HONGKONG.

[No. 164.]

ING STREET,

24th December, 1877.

Governor HENNESSY, C.M.G.,

No. 97.

&c.,

ye.,

&c.

I have, &c.,

(Signed,)

CARNARVON.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to recognize J. TERADA, Esquire, as in charge of the Japanese Consulate at this port, during the absence on leave of Mr. TARO ANDO.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th May, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary

No.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH MAY, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following is published for general information.

243

By Command,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th May, 1878.

[No. 98.] EMIGRATION.

HARBOUR DEPARTMENT,

HONGKONG, 6th May, 1878.

SIR,-I have the honour to enclose herewith a letter and papers, &c., received from the Officer Controlling the Northern Territory of South Australia, and to request you will be good enough to obtain His Excellency's instructions as to what portion, if any, His Excellency would wish to have published.

I have the honour to be,

Sir.

Your most obedient Servant,

J. P. McEUEN, Acting Harbour Master, &c.

The Honourable J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary, &c.,

&c.,

&c.

OFFICE OF THE MINISTER CONTROLLING

THE NORTHERN TERRITORY, ADELAIDE, S. A., 14th March, 1878.

　　　　　SIR,-I am not sure whether I am right in addressing you on the subject following, but if other- wise, I may trouble you to pass this letter to the proper Officer in your Province. I was given to understand that there was an Officer entitled "The British Emigration Agent" Hongkong, but I do not find such an

I sent March

"in Hongkong tha "quite wrong, there

in Colonial Office Directory, I therefore trouble you with this present letter. the following telegram to you:-"Have been informed that it is understood nese can eo- irteen shillings a day in the Port Darwin Country. This is

.VN

The Government f South Australia is very far from wishing to take an illiberal or narrow-minded * course with respect to immigration to the Northern Territory of Australia; is in fact most anxious that the wealth of what will ultimately be a most rich and valuable Country should be developed by any possessing capital and energy.

I wish to point out however that if large numbers of Chinese should procced to this place with the sole hope of realising considerable profits from the goldfields, it is not unlikely that they will meet with disappointment, whereby possibly destitution, and distress may ensue.

I send you a copy of our last Report from the Goldfield's Warden, also a copy of a Despatch sent to Jaya, Mauritius, &c., as shewing the great desire of our Government that the agricultural capabilities of the Territory should be utilised by those possessing the necessary ability and capital: also advertise- ment of premium offered for first 500 tons of Sugar.

　　　　The population of the Territory may now be estimated at 750 English and 634 Chinese. Another matter which is not undeserving publicity among the Chinese who think of emigrating to these parts, is that the natives are still in a savage state, and some of the tribes treacherous and subtle. A sad instance of an unprovoked murder by aborigines occurred recently, and there have been several mysterious disappearances which are thought to have been occasioned by like outrages. The Police Force is of course in so small a community only numerically weak, though all that is possible is done to maintain safety of life and property.

　　　　　　My object in addressing you now is simply to ask you to take some steps to disseminate the information herein contained and especially to give an authoritative contradiction to the impression (should it exist) that there is room for any quantity of Chinese Emigrants at the Goldfields, or that there are means of their earning large wages (as alluded to in the telegram) in the service of employers.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

NEVILLE BLYTH, Minister of Education,

rolling the No Territory.

H. G. THOMSETT, Esquire, R.N.,

Harbour Master, &c.,

Hongkong.

244

No. 99.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH MAY, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following is published for general information.

By Command,.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th May, 1878.

[No. 14.]

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

H. M. CONSULATE, SHANGHAI, May 4th, 1878.

SIR, I have the honor to forward a copy of a notice from the Vice-Consul of Russia at this Port, published in the North-China Daily News of this date, to the effect that Torpedoes have been placed at the entrance of the Port of Wladiwostock, and that pilots will be furnished to vessels on application at the Guardship.

The Colonial Secretary,

Hongkong.

(Copy.)

I have the honor to be, Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

ARTHUR DAVENPORT,

Consul.

VICE

NOTICE.

HIS IMPERIAL RUSSIAN MAJESTY'S VICE-CONSULATE, SHANGHAI.

　　　The Shipping is hereby notified that Torpedoes have been placed at the entrance of the Port of Wladiwostock (in the Littoral Province of Eastern Siberia), and that vessels, previous to entering the said Port, must apply on board the Guardship, which is stationed outside the Harbour, for an Officer who will pilot them through the dangers.

Shanghai, 4th May, 1878.

(Signed,)

J. E. REDING,

Vice-Consul.

No. 100.

True copy,

VHOPRINS.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　The following return of Stamp Revenue collected by the Collector of Stamp Revenue is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th May, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

STATEMENT of the REVENUE under the Stamp Amendment Ordinance, 1868, the Sheriff's Ordinance, 1873, and the Chinese Emigration Consolidation Ordinance, 1874.

Total Revenue for the month of April, 1878,

Collected in 1878 up to April 30th, Do. in 1877 up to April 30th,

....

$10,198.36

$41,521.99 36,573.59

Increase,

$4,948.40

A. LISTER, Collector of Stamp Revenue.

Stamp Office, Hongkong, 2nd May, 1878.

No. 101.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Account Current for the Year 1877-1878 rendered by the Trustees of ST. JOHN'S Cathedral Church, is published for ger 1 information, in accordance with Section XVI of Ordinance

No. 2 of 1847.

Colonial Sec

By Command,

May, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

244

No. 99.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH MAY, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following is published for general information.

By Command,.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th May, 1878.

[No. 14.]

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

H. M. CONSULATE, SHANGHAI, May 4th, 1878.

The Colonial Secretary,

Hongkong.

(Copy.)

I have the honor to be, Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

ARTHUR DAVENPORT,

Consul.

VICE

NOTICE.

HIS IMPERIAL RUSSIAN MAJESTY'S VICE-CONSULATE, SHANGHAI.

Shanghai, 4th May, 1878.

(Signed,)

J. E. REDING,

Vice-Consul.

No. 100.

True copy,

VHOPRINS.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　The following return of Stamp Revenue collected by the Collector of Stamp Revenue is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th May, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

STATEMENT of the REVENUE under the Stamp Amendment Ordinance, 1868, the Sheriff's Ordinance, 1873, and the Chinese Emigration Consolidation Ordinance, 1874.

Total Revenue for the month of April, 1878,

Collected in 1878 up to April 30th, Do. in 1877 up to April 30th,

....

$10,198.36

$41,521.99 36,573.59

Increase,

$4,948.40

A. LISTER, Collector of Stamp Revenue.

Stamp Office, Hongkong, 2nd May, 1878.

No. 101.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Account Current for the Year 1877-1878 rendered by the Trustees of ST. JOHN'S Cathedral Church, is published for ger 1 information, in accordance with Section XVI of Ordinance

No. 2 of 1847.

Colonial Sec

By Command,

May, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

{

$ C. 1877.

May

}}

Hire of Meter for April,..

Mr. Saunder's Wages & Petty Expenses for April, Y?n Tim for hanging Punkahs, &c.,

49.00

18.00

0.24

June 1

Mr. Sangster's Salary for May,..

80.00

July

for Choir for May.......

Mr. Saunder's Wages and Petty Expenses for May, Messrs. De Souza & Co. for binding Hymn Books, Chan-a-Cheong for pulling Punkahs in May,...... Daily Press, advertising Annual Meeting,. Hire of Meter for May,

Mr. Sangster's Salary for June,....

for Choir for June,.......

Mr. Saunder's Wages and Petty Expenses for June, Messrs. De Souza & Co. for binding Hymn Books, Chan-a-Cheong for pulling Punkahs in June,...... Gas consumed in June,

20.00

48.26

Dr.

1877.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH MAY, 1878.

THE TRUSTEES of ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL in Account Current with the Honorary Treasurer, MR. EDMUND SHARP.

To paid Mr. Sangster's Salary as Organist for April,

for Choir for April,

Amount received from the Colonial Treasurer as a Contribution to the Cathedral Funds for the use of the Cathedral by Her Majesty's Troops for the year,;

Amount received from Messrs. Butterfield & Swire

as a donation to the Cathedral Funds,. Cash collected as follows:-

245

Cr.

$.c.

149.43

500.00

50.00

80.00 April 1? By Balance, 20.00

6.26

For Rent of

25.00

38 Sittings in North Nave at $10,

7.00

0.24

80.00

* * *

in Sonth Nave at $10,

in North Transept at $10,...$310.00

in South Transept at $10,...$380.00

20.00

.$380.00 .$320.00

1,390.00

48.01

3.00

25.00

7.04

Aug. 1

Mr. Sangster's Salary for July,.....

80.00

for Choir for July,

20.00

Mr. Grimble (Acting Sexton) Wages and Petty

Expenses for July,

47.91

Chan-a-Cheong for pulling Punkahs in July, China Mail advertising Annual Meeting,

48.60

3.75

Gas consumed in July,

3.44

Sept. 1

Mr. Sangster's Salary for August,

80.00

Mr. Grimble's Wages and Petty Expenses for August, (including $26.16 Punkah Coolies

for Choir for August,

20.00

74.22

for August,...

Oct. 1

? ? ? ?

Gas consumed in August,

1.04

Mr. Sangster's Salary for September,

for Choir for September,

80.00

20.00

Nov. 1

for September),

Gas consumed in September,............

Mr. Sangster's Salary for October,

for Choir for October,

Mr. Grimble's Wages and Petty Expenses for September, (including $32.20 Punkah Coolies

81.86

1.04

80.00

20.00

Hire of Meter for October,....

Mr. Grimble's Wages and Petty Expenses for Oct.,

47.76

0.24

Dec.

Mr. Sangster's Salary for November,

80.00

for Choir for November,

20.00

Hire of Meter for November,

Mr. Grimble's Wages and Petty Expenses for Nov., Y?n Tim for taking down Punkahs,..

47.66

6.00

0.24

1878. Jan.

Mr. Sangster's Salary for December,.

80.00

for Choir for December,

20.00

Mr. Grimb

For Christ.

nd Petty Expenses for Dec.,

ons,

51.06

19.00

Feb. 1

Gas Consu

1.04

Mr. Sangst

uary,

80.00

12/1

Mr. Gri

?』??????

Gas

anuary,.

1.04

Mar.

Mr.

ary for February,

80.00

Choir for February,.

20.00

Mr. Gi

ges and Petty Expenses for Feb.,

47.56

Gas consumed in February,

0.64

April 1

Mr. Sangster's Salary for March,

80.00

for Choir for March,...

20.00

Mr. Grimble's Wages and Petty Expenses for Mar.,

48.36

Gas consumed in March,

1.44

Receipt Stamps,

1.29

To Balance,

75.73

$2,089.43

Examined with Vouchers

Examined with Vouchers.

E.&O.E.

Hongkong, 23rd April, 1878.

and found correct.

C. MAY, Auditor on part of the Government.

and found correct.

H. SMITH, Auditor for the Seat-holders.

No. 102.

EDMUND SHARP, Trustee and Treasurer to the Body of Trustees

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Gentlemen have been nominated by His Excellency the Governor to be Trustees, on behalf of the Government, for ST. JOHN's Cathedral Church, for the Year 1878-1879, under the provisions of Ordinances No. 2 of 1847 and No. 3 of 1850:-

The Honourable CHARLES

Cathedral Accounts.

The Honourable FRANCIS SNOWDEN, The Honourable GEORGE PHILLIPPO, ALFRED LISTER, Esquire, and

EDMUND CHAP, Esquire.

MAY is also appointed, on the same behalf, to be Auditor of the

　　　　　It has also been notified to the Government, that the Honourable HENRY LOWCOCK, and W. S. YOUNG, Esquire, have been re-elected Trustees, and HENRY SMITH, Esquire, Auditor, on behalf of the Seat-holders.

By Command,

M. PRICE,

lonial Secretar

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th May, 1878.

{

$ C. 1877.

May

}}

Hire of Meter for April,..

Mr. Saunder's Wages & Petty Expenses for April, Y?n Tim for hanging Punkahs, &c.,

49.00

18.00

0.24

June 1

Mr. Sangster's Salary for May,..

80.00

July

for Choir for May.......

Mr. Sangster's Salary for June,....

for Choir for June,.......

Mr. Saunder's Wages and Petty Expenses for June, Messrs. De Souza & Co. for binding Hymn Books, Chan-a-Cheong for pulling Punkahs in June,...... Gas consumed in June,

20.00

48.26

Dr.

1877.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH MAY, 1878.

THE TRUSTEES of ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL in Account Current with the Honorary Treasurer, MR. EDMUND SHARP.

To paid Mr. Sangster's Salary as Organist for April,

for Choir for April,

Amount received from the Colonial Treasurer as a Contribution to the Cathedral Funds for the use of the Cathedral by Her Majesty's Troops for the year,;

Amount received from Messrs. Butterfield & Swire

as a donation to the Cathedral Funds,. Cash collected as follows:-

245

Cr.

$.c.

149.43

500.00

50.00

80.00 April 1? By Balance, 20.00

6.26

For Rent of

25.00

38 Sittings in North Nave at $10,

7.00

0.24

80.00

* * *

in Sonth Nave at $10,

in North Transept at $10,...$310.00

in South Transept at $10,...$380.00

20.00

.$380.00 .$320.00

1,390.00

48.01

3.00

25.00

7.04

Aug. 1

Mr. Sangster's Salary for July,.....

80.00

for Choir for July,

20.00

Mr. Grimble (Acting Sexton) Wages and Petty

Expenses for July,

47.91

Chan-a-Cheong for pulling Punkahs in July, China Mail advertising Annual Meeting,

48.60

3.75

Gas consumed in July,

3.44

Sept. 1

Mr. Sangster's Salary for August,

80.00

Mr. Grimble's Wages and Petty Expenses for August, (including $26.16 Punkah Coolies

for Choir for August,

20.00

74.22

for August,...

Oct. 1

? ? ? ?

Gas consumed in August,

1.04

Mr. Sangster's Salary for September,

for Choir for September,

80.00

20.00

Nov. 1

for September),

Gas consumed in September,............

Mr. Sangster's Salary for October,

for Choir for October,

Mr. Grimble's Wages and Petty Expenses for September, (including $32.20 Punkah Coolies

81.86

1.04

80.00

20.00

Hire of Meter for October,....

Mr. Grimble's Wages and Petty Expenses for Oct.,

47.76

0.24

Dec.

Mr. Sangster's Salary for November,

80.00

for Choir for November,

20.00

Hire of Meter for November,

Mr. Grimble's Wages and Petty Expenses for Nov., Y?n Tim for taking down Punkahs,..

47.66

6.00

0.24

1878. Jan.

Mr. Sangster's Salary for December,.

80.00

for Choir for December,

20.00

Mr. Grimb

For Christ.

nd Petty Expenses for Dec.,

ons,

51.06

19.00

Feb. 1

Gas Consu

1.04

Mr. Sangst

uary,

80.00

12/1

Mr. Gri

?』??????

Gas

anuary,.

1.04

Mar.

Mr.

ary for February,

80.00

Choir for February,.

20.00

Mr. Gi

ges and Petty Expenses for Feb.,

47.56

Gas consumed in February,

0.64

April 1

Mr. Sangster's Salary for March,

80.00

for Choir for March,...

20.00

Mr. Grimble's Wages and Petty Expenses for Mar.,

48.36

Gas consumed in March,

1.44

Receipt Stamps,

1.29

To Balance,

75.73

$2,089.43

Examined with Vouchers

Examined with Vouchers.

E.&O.E.

Hongkong, 23rd April, 1878.

and found correct.

C. MAY, Auditor on part of the Government.

and found correct.

H. SMITH, Auditor for the Seat-holders.

No. 102.

EDMUND SHARP, Trustee and Treasurer to the Body of Trustees

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The Honourable CHARLES

Cathedral Accounts.

The Honourable FRANCIS SNOWDEN, The Honourable GEORGE PHILLIPPO, ALFRED LISTER, Esquire, and

EDMUND CHAP, Esquire.

MAY is also appointed, on the same behalf, to be Auditor of the

By Command,

M. PRICE,

lonial Secretar

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th May, 1878.

246

No. 103.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH MAY, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Pending the issue of further Standing Orders from the Orderly Office of the Hongkong Volun- teer Artillery Corps and the Hongkong Volunteer Rifle Corps in course of enrolment, the following particulars are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th May, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

THE HONGKONG VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY CORPS.

The Hongkong Volunteer Artillery Corps will be organized as an adjunct to the regular forces to be employed at the batteries in course of formation.

Such of the inhabitants of Hongkong as shall offer their services as Artillery Volunteers and be approved of as such by His Excellency the Governor, shall subscribe their names upon the roll of the Corps, and shall, upon being duly notified by the Commanding Officer, take the oaths prescribed

VIII of Ordinance 2 of 1862.

Volunteer will be drilled at least once a day in preliminary infantry drill, squads

se under duly qualified drill instructors from the regular troops.

1 progressively from squad to squad according to proficiency, and to arrive

? possible should be an object of ambition to all.

reliminary infantry drill, members will be instructed in gun drill, but

the latter unless he shall have passed the first squad.

?leting its preliminary infantry drill will be placed under the tuition of oned officers under the supervision of the Officer Commanding Royal te may be prepared to receive, and they will be instructed in the drill

ans in the command.

ke place daily, morning and evening, at the ers to select either the morning or eve

The uniform of the Corps will be supplied by the Colonial Government, an fitting smock of dark blue serge with scarlet collar and cuffs, white shoulder

ours as the preli-

as may suit their

ns t of a loose and white metal

buttons. White trowsers in summer, and in winter blue serge trowsers with narrow red stripe. White pith solar helmet and pugree during the summer months, and in winter round blue forage cap with white band. A white waist belt for ammunition pouch when necessary.

The Corps will be armed with Snider rifles and bayonets, and members will be taught the manual and firing exercises by the military drill instructors, as far as may be found practicable without undue interference with their gun drill. The manual and firing rifle drill, though of importance subordinate to the artillery one, will be essential in the event of close quarters.

With the sanction of the Officer Commanding the Troops, the Commandant of the Corps will be a military officer and will be appointed by His Excellency the Governor.

His Excellency wil, as far as possible, select the officers of the Corps from a list of names to be chosen by the Volunteers themselves by election.

Non-commissioned officers will be appointed by the Commandant. The drill instructors will, with the concurrence of the Officer Commanding the Forces, be selected from among the most competent regular military non-commissioned officers on the station.

　　　　　The Corps will be formed into batteries; each battery to be lettered A, B, C, D, etc., according to the number of volunteers, and to have a certain number of officers and non-commissioned officers.

Hours and places of parade will be duly notified to the Corps. An office or orderly-room will be opened at the Government Offices (on the ground floor-opposite the Colonial Treasury), where all the business of the Corps will be transacted and all returns kept connected with its equipment and

movements.

The preliminary squad drills will take place on the green formerly the Parade Ground of the old Volunteer Corps, situated opposite the Government Offices. The subsequent artillery drills will take place in Wellington or Murray Batteries as the Military Authorities may decide.

　　When the Volunteer Companies shall have mastered their gun drills, they will be expected to *inue them periodically by way of practice at the different batteries to which the Military Authori-

ay hereafter a

the

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH MAY, 1878.

THE HONGKONG VOLUNTEER RIFLES.

247

The object in view in the formation of an Infantry Corps in additio. to the Volunteer Artillery Corps is to impart to such of the inhabitants of Hongkong as may desire to offer their services for this branch of military duty, and as His Excellency the Governor may approve, the necessary training to enable them to assist in the defence of the Colony in guard and outpost duty.

　　　　Volunteers for the Hongkong Rifle Corps, upon being admitted, shall subscribe their names upon the roll of the said Corps, and, on being duly notified by the Commanding Officer, shall take the oaths prescribed in Section VIII of Ordinance 2 of 1862.

　　　　Members will be drilled as laid down in the "Field Exercise" and "Rifle Exercises and Musketry Instruction," and they will be expected to attend one parade a day at least, until squad and company drill, as well as manual and firing exercise are mastered.

　　　　The description of drill either with or without arms will be regulated according to the proficiency attained, but all must pass through the first squad before proceeding to battalion drill.

　　　　Members may elect either morning or evening drill, but whenever practicable they are recom- mended to attend both.

　　　　All squad drills will take place on the green formerly the Parade Ground of the old Volunteer Corps, situated opposite the Government Offices. When the Corps has attained a certain degree of proficiency, it will parade in the general Parade Ground for company and battalion drill.

Drill instructors will be provided from the regular forces, but the non-commissioned officers of the Corps will be expected to master the details of drill so as to assist the regular instructors. When the Corps is sufficiently advanced, due arrangements will be made for target practice. The uniform of the Corps will be supplied by the Colonial Government and will consist, during the summer months, of a white smock and white trowsers, and white solar pith helmet, and white waist belt for ammunition pouch. The smock will have shoulder straps with H. K. R. (Hongkong Rifles) worked on in blue. During the winter months the uniform will consist of a scarlet serge smock and blue trowsers, blue facings and white metal buttons, round dark blue forage cap and chin strap. The Corps will be armed with Snider rifles and bayonets.

　　　　The Commanding Officer will be appointed by the Governor, and His Excellency will, as far as possible, select the officers from a list of names chosen by the Volunteers themselves by election.

If practicable The Rifle

according to the officers.

and will be formed later on, and each company will have a bugler.

will be formed into companies, each company to be lettered A, B, C, D, etc.,

r of Volunteers, and to have a certain number of officers and non-commissioned

"Standing Orders will be published from time to time to establish

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h: 1 T

　　　　　When the Cor a uniformity of syst in his respective position. The result will be telt in the comfort and general efficiency o. the Corps, advantages which will more than compensate for any little trouble attached to the performance of their duties.

In the event of war, the Corps will be placed under the orders of the Officer Commanding the Forces, to assist the regular troops in guarding the fortifications, and in all such details of infantry service as emergency may necessitate.

No. 104.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

In accordance with the authority given to him by Her Majesty, His Excellency the Governor is pleased to direct that the Anniversary of the Queen's Birthday be celebrated this year in Hongkong, and its Dependencies, on Monday, the 27th of May.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th May, 1878.

No. 105.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

With the concurrence of the Officer Commanding the Troops, His Excellency Governor POPE HENNESSY has appointed Major HENRY SPENCER PALMER, R.E., to be his Aide-de-Camp, subject to the approval of His Royal Highness the Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, F ongkong, 11th May, 1878.

J. M. PRICE ng Colonial S

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH MAY, 1878.

THE HONGKONG VOLUNTEER RIFLES.

247

　　　　The description of drill either with or without arms will be regulated according to the proficiency attained, but all must pass through the first squad before proceeding to battalion drill.

　　　　Members may elect either morning or evening drill, but whenever practicable they are recom- mended to attend both.

　　　　The Commanding Officer will be appointed by the Governor, and His Excellency will, as far as possible, select the officers from a list of names chosen by the Volunteers themselves by election.

If practicable The Rifle

according to the officers.

and will be formed later on, and each company will have a bugler.

will be formed into companies, each company to be lettered A, B, C, D, etc.,

r of Volunteers, and to have a certain number of officers and non-commissioned

"Standing Orders will be published from time to time to establish

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in to th aroval de

h: 1 T

No. 104.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th May, 1878.

No. 105.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, F ongkong, 11th May, 1878.

J. M. PRICE ng Colonial S

248

No. 106.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH MAY, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hongkong, during the Month ending 30th April, 1878, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th May, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

BANKS.

AVERAGE AMOUNT.

SPECIE

IN RESERVE.

Oriental Bank Corporation,

279,421

150,000

Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,.

544,401

200,000

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,

620,921

250,000

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,

1,749,534

700,000

TOTAL,.

3,194,277

1,300,000

No. 107.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Hydrographic Notice, is published for men

By Command,

al info

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th May, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

The information contained in this Notice is to be carefully considered, to be noted in the Sailing Directions, and compared with the charts when the ship is navigating the parts to which it refers.

HYDROGRAPHIC NOTICE.

(No. 5.)

CHINA SEA DIRECTORY, VOL. 2.

NOTICE NO. 15.

　　　The following information relating to the non-existence of Raglan shoal, is derived from a Hydrographic Notice issued by the United States Government, 1877.

　　　Raglan shoal,* reported by the British ship Lady Raglan, in the year 1858, to be in lat. 9° 28′ N., long. 109° 25′ E., was unsuccessfully searched for by H. M. surveying vessel Rifleman, 1863. In 1874 the French vessel Jacmel passed close to a supposed shoal in lat. 9° 24′ N., long. 109° 26′ E., and considered it identical with Raglan shoal.*

　　　Recently (1877) a search has been made by the U. S. Ship Ranger; and Commander Manley reports having made a tho- rough examination, under most favourable circumstances, of the locality (lat. 9° 24′ N., long. 109° 26'′ E. ), but obtained no bottom anywhere at 100 fathoms.

　　　During this examination, occupying nearly one day, a good look out was kept by officers both from the deck and from aloft; no indication however of shoal water was seen. The wind was blowing fresh from W. S. W., with a moderate sea, and a spot in the ocean sufficiently shallow to be dangerous to navigation, has it existed, must inevitably have disclosed itself. ?

Raglan shoal has, on these grounds, been expunged from the Admiralty chart.

Hydrographic

Admiralty char

ates Hydrogra

Admiralty, London, 25th February, 1878.

na sea, No. 2660a: Also China Sea Directory, Vol. II., 1868, page 80; and Notice to Mariners, No. 25, dated 19th

Notice, No. 55 of 1877.

No. 108.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH MAY, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.

By Command,

249

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th May, 1878.

Je substance of this Notice, as soon as it is received on board, is to be inserted in red ink on the Charts affected by it; and introduced into the margin,

or otherwise in the page, of the Sailing Directions to which it relates. See Instructions, Navigation and Pilotage, p. 172.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

[No. 19.]

CHINA-EAST COAST.

YANGTSE-KIANG-WUSUNG RIVER ENTRANCE.

(1) Intended Alteration in Lismore Wreck Light.

　　　　　The Chinese Government has given Notice, of the following intended alteration in Lismore wreck light, the removal of the screw pile lighthouse being necessitated, through the water deepening around its foundation:-

The light (fixed red) will be shown from the lighthouse as long as possible; but on its discontinuance, two lights placed vertically will be exhibited from a small junk moored N.N.E., about 130 yards from the lighthouse.

The upper light will be a fixed red light; the lower, a fixed white light.

(2) Intended Alteration in Wusung Light.

　　　　　Also, that on the removal of Lismore wreck lighthouse, the following alteration will be made in the light exhibited on the west side of Wusung river entrance :-

　　　　　The light (fixed) will then show white from the river bank north-west of the lighthouse, to the bearing of S. 31° E.; green between the bearings of S. 31° E. and S. 533° W.; white over the navigable channel of the entrance between S. 5330 W. and S. 7010 W.; and red from S. 701° W. to the left bank of the river.

JAPAN.

NIPON-WEST COAST.

(3) Fixed Light at Fushiki, Toyama Bay.

Information has bere & Bived, that on 10th October 1877, a light was exhibited from a lighthouse on the north-west side of the river entran Corn Fushiki (Honotsu), Toyama bay:-

The light is a fi

from a distance of 10 m

The lighthouselin NOTE.-Good anchor

ite light of the fifth order, elevated 38 feet above the sea, and should be visible in clear weather

(The arings are Magnetic. Variation { Wusung 240

bermonal ar

"of wood, is painted white. no uguthouse bearing L

Position lat. 36° 47′ N.. long. 137° 5′ E.

il about inree quarters of a mile. Westerly in 1878.)

FREDK. J. EVANS,

Hydrographer.

Fushiki 5 By Command of their Lordships,

Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 7th February, 1878.

This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts :-

　　　　　　(1) and (2) Formosa and Japan, islands between, No. 2412; Shanghai to Nanking, No. 2809; Yangtse-kiang to Nanking, No. 1480; Hieshan islands to Yangtse-kiang, No. 1199; Yangtse-kiang entrance, No. 1602; and Wusung river, No. 1601: Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, China, &c., 1878, Nos. 175a and 176; and China Sea Directory, Vol. III., 1874, pages 359 and 360.

　　　　　　(3) Nipon island, &c., No. 2347: Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, Japan, &c., 1878, page 30; and China Sea Directory, Vol. IV., 1873, page 320.

The substance of this Notice, as soon as it is received on board, is to be inserted in red ink on the Charts affected by it; and introduced into the margin,. or otherwise in the page, of the Sailing Directions to which it relates. See Instructions, Navigation and Pilotage, p. 172.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

[No. 22.]

JAPAN-NIPON ISLAND. TSUGAR STRAIT.

Fog Signal at Siriya Saki.

The Japanese Government has given Notice, that a fog signal has been established at Siriya Saki, the north-east extremity of Nipon island :-

　　　　　During thick or foggy weather, a bell attached to the ligthouse will be rung by machinery, continuously at the rate of fifteen strokes in every minute.

　　　　　NOTE.-Rattler rock (awash at low water) has been ascertained to bear No. 70° E., distant about 14 miles from Siriya Saki lighthouse.

(The bearing is Magnetic. Variation 33° Westerly in 1878.) By Command of their Lordships,

Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 7th February, 1878.

FREDK. J. EVANS,

Hydrographer.

　　　　　　This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Nipon Island, No. 2347; and Tsugar strait, No. 2441: Ako, Admiralty List of Lights in South. Africa, Japan, &c., 1878, No. 217*; and China Sea Directory, Vol. IV., 1873, page 199.

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH MAY, 1878.

Government of India.

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE, AND COMMERCE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

[No. 12.]

INDIA-BAY OF BENGAL. Entrance to River Hooghly. Fog Signals.

The Government of Bengal have notified that, on and after 1st October 1878, signal guns will be fired during fogs, at intervals of half an hour, from the following light-vessels :

Lower Gaspar light-vessel, at the hour and half hour.

Upper

first and third quarters of the hour."

Distinguishing Marks for Light-vessels.

Also, that on the same date the Mutlah light-vessel will carry at her masthead a ball painted red, with a white horizontal band round the centre.

And the Pilots' Ridge light-vessel will carry at her masthead a ball painted white, with black horizontal band round its

By Direction of the Government of India,

centre.

JOHN HENRY ELLIS, Staff Comdr., R. N.,

Depy. Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.

Marine SurvEY DEPARTMEnt, Calcutta, 9th April, 1878.

This Notice will affect the following Admiralty Charts:-Hooghly river, No. 136n; sea-face of Sunderbuns, No. 138a; Palmyras Point to Chitta- gong, No. 1681; Bay of Bengal, No. 70a; Indian Marine Survey Charts, Nos. 115 and 1172: also, Admiralty list of lights in South Africa, East Indies, &c., 1878; Indian Marine Survey light list, 1878; and Taylor's Sailing Directory, Vol. I, pages 476 and 477.

If this Notice is received on boardship, the substance of it should be inserted on the charts affected by it, and introduced into the Sailing Directions to which it relates.

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

[No. 13.]

CEYLON-SOUTH-EAST COAST.

Exhibition of Light on Little Bassas Rocks.

With reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 10 of 1878, issued by this Department, information by telegram has bee received from the Master Attendant, Galle, that the light is now exhibited from the light-house recently erected on the Littl Bassas rocks.

By Direction of the Government of India,

MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, 6th April, 1878.

JOHN HENRY ELLIS, Staff Comdr., R. N.,

Depy. Superintendent, Marine Survey of Indi

This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Bengal Bay, No. 70a; Ceylon island, Southern part, No. 813; cape Comorin to Coconad No. 828; and Ceylon, S. E. coast, &c., No. 2815: also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, East Indies, &c., 1878, No. 67; Indian Mari Survey light list, 1878, No. 52; and Taylor's Sailing Directory, Vol. I, page 438.

If this Notice is received on boardship, the substance of it should be inserted on the charts affected by it, and introduced into the Sailing Directio to which it relates.

Government of China.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

[No. 85.].

CHINA SEA.

YANGTZE RIVER-SHANGHAI DISTRICT.

Kiutoan Light-vessel.

Notice is hereby given that on the 23rd instant the Kiutoan Light-vessel, showing a fixed white light, was moored mid-channel, and in five fathoms at low water spring tides, with the Kiutoan Lighthouse bearing S. 67° W. magnetic, a distant about 1.6 nautical miles.

The Light is a catoptric one, elevated 35 feet above the sea, and in clear weather it should be visible from a distance 11 nautical miles.

A small white light is exhibited from the fore-stay, at a height of 6 feet above the rail, for the purpose of showing what direction the vessel is riding.

The light-vessel is painted red, with the word "KIUTOAN” in white letters on each side, and she has one mast s mounted by an 8-feet black ball.

in foggy weather a 10-cwt, fog-bell will be struck three double blows in each minute, the interval between the blows each pair being 5 seconds, and between two successive pairs of blows, 15 seconds.

If the light-vessel be driven from her proper position to one where she is of no use as a guide to shipping, the usual li will not be exhibited, but a f?ed red light will be shown at each end of the vessel; the ball will be struck as soon as possi and till struch it will be suvinounted by a red fing.

Fintouch Lighthouse,

Time of Chir

250

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH MAY, 1878.

Government of India.

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE, AND COMMERCE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

[No. 12.]

INDIA-BAY OF BENGAL. Entrance to River Hooghly. Fog Signals.

The Government of Bengal have notified that, on and after 1st October 1878, signal guns will be fired during fogs, at intervals of half an hour, from the following light-vessels :

Lower Gaspar light-vessel, at the hour and half hour.

Upper

first and third quarters of the hour."

Distinguishing Marks for Light-vessels.

Also, that on the same date the Mutlah light-vessel will carry at her masthead a ball painted red, with a white horizontal band round the centre.

And the Pilots' Ridge light-vessel will carry at her masthead a ball painted white, with black horizontal band round its

By Direction of the Government of India,

centre.

JOHN HENRY ELLIS, Staff Comdr., R. N.,

Depy. Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.

Marine SurvEY DEPARTMEnt, Calcutta, 9th April, 1878.

If this Notice is received on boardship, the substance of it should be inserted on the charts affected by it, and introduced into the Sailing Directions to which it relates.

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

[No. 13.]

CEYLON-SOUTH-EAST COAST.

Exhibition of Light on Little Bassas Rocks.

By Direction of the Government of India,

MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, 6th April, 1878.

JOHN HENRY ELLIS, Staff Comdr., R. N.,

Depy. Superintendent, Marine Survey of Indi

If this Notice is received on boardship, the substance of it should be inserted on the charts affected by it, and introduced into the Sailing Directio to which it relates.

Government of China.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

[No. 85.].

CHINA SEA.

YANGTZE RIVER-SHANGHAI DISTRICT.

Kiutoan Light-vessel.

The Light is a catoptric one, elevated 35 feet above the sea, and in clear weather it should be visible from a distance 11 nautical miles.

A small white light is exhibited from the fore-stay, at a height of 6 feet above the rail, for the purpose of showing what direction the vessel is riding.

The light-vessel is painted red, with the word "KIUTOAN” in white letters on each side, and she has one mast s mounted by an 8-feet black ball.

in foggy weather a 10-cwt, fog-bell will be struck three double blows in each minute, the interval between the blows each pair being 5 seconds, and between two successive pairs of blows, 15 seconds.

Fintouch Lighthouse,

Time of Chir

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH MAY, 1878.

No. 2 Blockhouse Shoal Buoy.

251

　　　The old red No. 2 Blockhouse Shoal Buoy, (No. 27 in the 1878 List of Chinese Lights,) 6 feet in diameter at the water line, and surmounted by a black spherical cage, has been moored in five fathoms at low water spring tides, with the Kiutoan Lighthouse bearing S.° 30′ W. magnetic, and distant about 2.9 nautical miles. It marks the S. W. edge of a bank, dry at low water and only one cable to the eastward of it, and has no number painted on it.

By order of the Inspector General of Customs,

IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS, ENGINEERS' OFFICE, SHANGHAI, 27th April, 1878.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

[No. 86.]

CHINA SEA.

YANGTZE RIVER-SHANGHAI DISTRICT.

BUOYS AT THE LANGSHAN.

1.-Middle Bank Buoy.

DAVID M. HENDERSON, Engineer-in-Chief.

This buoy has been painted red, surmounted by a black conical frustum cage, and shifted about 200 feet to the north of its former position. It is moored in 5 fathoms at low water spring tides, and marks the starboard side of the channel between the bank to the westward of Plover Point and the North Bank.

2.- Waterman Bank Lower Buoy.

This black buoy, now a conical one 6 feet in diameter and surmounted by a black spherical cage, has been shifted about mile to the northward of its former position. It is moored in 44 fathoms at low water spring tides, and marks the N.E. edge of the Waterman Bank.

3.-Langshan Buoy.

This buoy has been painted red, as it now marks the S.W. edge of the bank to the eastward of it, and it is moored in 6 fathoms at low water spring tides.

　　　As the banks near the Langshan Crossing are liable to sudden changes, this part of the river should be navigated with caution, and the lead kept going.

By order of the Inspector General of Customs,

DAVID M. HENDERSON,

Engineer-in-Chief.

IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS, ENGINEERS' OFFICE, SHANGHAI, 30th April, 1878.

NOTICE.

that Ships conveying Chinese Passengers under the provisions of Ordinance

··hem on tho Numan c Woothe Dock, hatroom the inclusive.

It is hereby n

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　ve all June, and the 15th of October

No. 5 of 1874, wil

Harbour Department, Hor "kong, 2nd May, 1878.

STAMP OFFICE NOTICE.

Tat of

J. P. MCEUEN, Acting Emigration Officer, &c.

Persons or Firms surren Requisition for the new Stamps required. Forms of Requisition can be dering spoiled Stamps for allowance are requested to send with the spoiled documents an ordinary

had at the Stamp Office.

It is not necessary to enew what is required.

umerate the spoiled Stamps handed in.

A glance at the Specimen

Requisition given below will st should be applied for on a separate Requisition.

Stamps paid for in money

ALFRED LISTER,

Collector.

2nd May, 1878.

Stamp Office, Hongkong,!

SPECIMEN.

upplied with the undermentioned Impressed Stamps.

B. C. & Co. request to be s

24th April, 1878.

Bills of Lading,...

Bills of Exchange,

Policies of Insurance,

By Spoilt Stamps sent herewith,

RIPTION.

DESC

.....

NUMBER

DUTY.

OF FORMS.

TOTAL.

100

0.10

5.00

0.50

10.00

0.10

10.00

$25

廉

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH MAY, 1878.

No. 2 Blockhouse Shoal Buoy.

251

By order of the Inspector General of Customs,

IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS, ENGINEERS' OFFICE, SHANGHAI, 27th April, 1878.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

[No. 86.]

CHINA SEA.

YANGTZE RIVER-SHANGHAI DISTRICT.

BUOYS AT THE LANGSHAN.

1.-Middle Bank Buoy.

DAVID M. HENDERSON, Engineer-in-Chief.

2.- Waterman Bank Lower Buoy.

3.-Langshan Buoy.

This buoy has been painted red, as it now marks the S.W. edge of the bank to the eastward of it, and it is moored in 6 fathoms at low water spring tides.

　　　As the banks near the Langshan Crossing are liable to sudden changes, this part of the river should be navigated with caution, and the lead kept going.

By order of the Inspector General of Customs,

DAVID M. HENDERSON,

Engineer-in-Chief.

IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS, ENGINEERS' OFFICE, SHANGHAI, 30th April, 1878.

NOTICE.

that Ships conveying Chinese Passengers under the provisions of Ordinance

··hem on tho Numan c Woothe Dock, hatroom the inclusive.

It is hereby n

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　ve all June, and the 15th of October

No. 5 of 1874, wil

Harbour Department, Hor "kong, 2nd May, 1878.

STAMP OFFICE NOTICE.

Tat of

J. P. MCEUEN, Acting Emigration Officer, &c.

Persons or Firms surren Requisition for the new Stamps required. Forms of Requisition can be dering spoiled Stamps for allowance are requested to send with the spoiled documents an ordinary

had at the Stamp Office.

It is not necessary to enew what is required.

umerate the spoiled Stamps handed in.

A glance at the Specimen

Requisition given below will st should be applied for on a separate Requisition.

Stamps paid for in money

ALFRED LISTER,

Collector.

2nd May, 1878.

Stamp Office, Hongkong,!

SPECIMEN.

upplied with the undermentioned Impressed Stamps.

B. C. & Co. request to be s

24th April, 1878.

Bills of Lading,...

Bills of Exchange,

Policies of Insurance,

By Spoilt Stamps sent herewith,

RIPTION.

DESC

.....

NUMBER

DUTY.

OF FORMS.

TOTAL.

100

0.10

5.00

0.50

10.00

0.10

10.00

$25

廉

252

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT

GAZETTE,

11TH

MAY, 1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

WINDS

THERMOMETER.

HOUR.

BARO-

METER

0 TO 12.

WEA-

THER.

BARO-

METER

0 TO 12.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force."

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

RAIFALL.

In ches durinrevious, 21 urs.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER A' THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

THERMOMETER.

CAPE D'AGUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

THERMOMETER.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

THERMOMETER.

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. | Force.

In inches during previous

24 hours.

TEAK. HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

>aturday, 9

80.20 71.01

71.0 67.0

30.00 72.0

72.5 68.0, E

b.c.

··

4th

Noon 30.1971.5 73.0 68.0 71.0 66.0

May.

30.1571.0

71.0 64.0

30.00 74.0 74.0 66.0 74.0' 69.0 E

30.00 73.0

b.c.

73.0 67.0 E

b.c.

75,0 72.0 NE

30.03 | 76.0 30.03 77.0 77.0 70.0 77.0 74.0 NE 76.0 74.0 N

30.03 75.0

b.c.

28.32 61.0

61.0 59.0 E

O.C.

???

3 b.c.

0.00

28.32 65.0 65,0 60.0 65.0 63.0 E

O.C.

0,00

b.c.

28.30 | 64.01

··

Sunday,

5th

30.14 73.0

May.

73.0 70.0 Noon 30.13 | 75.0 77.0 70.0 75.0 71.0 30.0975.0

30.01 74.0

b.c.

750 71.0

b.c.

74.5 71.0 ESE

b.c.

30.03 75.0

73.0 69.0 NE

b.c.

30.00 | 78.0 76.0 67.5| 77.0 73.0 E 30.00 78.0

b.c.

.00

77.5 74.0 E

o.p.

Monday,

30.14 76.0

76.0 73.5

30.01 78.0

77.0 75.0 E

b.c.

29.98 75.0

6th

May.

Noon 30.13 78.5 80.0 73.0 78.0 74.0 30.10 77.0

77.0 74.5

Tuesday,

30.12 76.0

76.0 73.0

7th

May.

Noon 30.10 77.0 81.0 74.0 77.0 73.5 30.05 79.0

Wednesday,

30.09 79.0

79.0 75.0

Sth

May.

Thursday,

Noon 30.07 80.5 81,5 75.0 80.0 75.5

30.02 80.0

30.08 78.5

True wind cannot be registered.

Do.

30.01 80.0 80.0: 71.0 80.0 76.0 E

b.c.

.00

30.03 | 76.0 76.0 67.0 73.5 70.0 NE 30.0275.0

b.c.

0.00

:???

64.0 61.0 E

O.C.

28.31 66.0

28.31 69.0 70.0 62.0 69.0 67.0 SE

66.0 65.0 E

b.c.

0.00

30.0873.0 76.0 66.0 72.0 66.0 NE

: ?

74.0 70.0 NE

0.c.

28.29 70.0

70.0 68.0 E

O.C.

70,0] 65.0] NE

28.34 71.0

70.0 69.0 SE

o.c.

b.c.

0.00

30.0180.0

29.99 79.0

b.c.

29.99 80.0 81.0 72.5 79.0 75.0 E

b.c.

29.97 80.5

:::

79.0 76.0 ESE

b.c.

30.08 175.0

68.0 65.0 NE

28.30 74.0

28.30 74.0 74.0 67.0 73.0 71.0 SE

O.C.

0.00

74.0 71.0 SE

0.c.

77.5 74.0 E

b.c.

30.00 75.5

b.c.

1.00

29.98 77.0 78.0 71.5 76.5|73.0| NE

81.0 77.0 ESE

b.3.

29.95 78.01

74.5 73.0 NE

b.c.

28.30 69.0

69.0 68.0 E

o.f.

b.c.

0.00

28.28 71.0 71.0, 67.0 71.0 70.0 E

O.C.

0.00

75.5 73.0 NE

b.c.

28.24 71.0

71.0 70.0 ESE

b.c.

29.94 81.0

81.5 77.0 E

b.c.

29.98 78.0

b.c.

29.94 82.0 82.5 73.0 81.0 77.0, E

b.c.

80.0 75.0

b.c.

29.93 82.5

85.5 80.0 ESE

b.c.

78.0 76.0 NE

b.c.

28.29 72.0

71.0 70.0 ESE

b.c.

29.95 79.0 79.5 72.5 78.0 75.5 ENE 29.98 79.0;

b.c.

0.00

28.24 74.0 74.0 68.0 73.0 70.0 ESE

b.c.

0.00

79.0 76.0 ESE

b.c.

28.22 73.0

73.0 70.0 SW

b.c.

78.0 75.0

b.c.

29.95 82.0

9th

May.

Neon 30.05 | 80.5 83.0 75.0 80.0 76.0] 30.01 82.0

b.c.

82.0 77.0

b.c.

29.93 86.0

80.5 78.0 Calm

b.c.

29.91 81.0j

79.0 76.0, SE

b.c.

28.28 72.0

71.0 70.0 S

0.c.

29.9382.0 87.5 73.5 83.0 79.0 E

b.c.

88.0 82.0 S

b.c.

29.88 81.0 81.0 72.5 81.0 78.0 SE 29.83 80.01

b.c.

0.00

28.28 74.0 74.0 69.0 73.0 71.0 S

0.c.

79.0 76.0 SE

b.c.

28.25 74.0

74.0 71.0 SE

1 b.c.

0.00

Friday,

10th Noon

May,

30.07 80.0

80.01 76.0]

30.06 82.0 86.0 76.0 82.0 76.0|

30.02 86.0

86.0 78.0

b.c.

29.95 82.0

: ?

29.95 84.0 89.0 73.5 84.0 80.0 W 29.94 86.0

81.0 78.0 E

b.c.

29.9680.0

81.0 77.5 NE

b.c.

28.27 73.0

87.5 82.0 W$W!

b.c.

0.00

29.97 82.0 83.5 73.0 83.0 78.0 SSE 29.93 83.0

2 b.c.

0.00

83.0 78.0] SE

b.c.

72.0 71.0 SSW 28.27 74.0 74.5 71.0 74.0 72.0 SSW 28.24 75.0 75.0 72.0 SSW

O.C.

b.c.

0.00

b.c.

Listy (hazy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; q. squally; r. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility.

STATE OF WEATHER:-b. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; f. foggy; g. gloomy; h. hail; 7. lightning; v. under any letter augments its signification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and continui. g rain, &c., &c. Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). NOTE.-A bar (→)

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

Illust

Description of Wind.

EKS,

ie Zeits

1 Lor

ilan-o

of the p

d as regards a well-conditioned class Clipper Ship.

Rate of the Wind per Hour in Miles.

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

Calm

Just sufficient to give steerage

way.

Light Air Light Breeze

Gentle Breeze

Moderate Breeze.

Fresh Breeze · · Strong Breeze

CL2345QZOBOCO

Strong Gale

Whole Gale..

Storm..

Hurricane...

Moderate Gale.... Fresh Gale

With which the above Ship with all sail ( 1 to 2 knots set and clean full would go in smooth water..

3 to 4

5 to 6

Royals,

&c.

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails.

Triple Reefs, &c...

In which she could just carry in chase, Double Reefs and Jib, &c. full and by

Close Reefs and Courses

In which she could just bear close-reeled Main Topsail and reefed Foresail

Under Storm Staysail

Bare Poles...

0 to 2

3 | | | | | ||

above 80

Letters, Papers.

Letters. Papers.

Adwands & Co. 5

Colliver, Capt. 1

Gardner, C. J. 2

A-Foo

Collins, E. F.

Geldart, Rev. E. 2

Ayala, Juan

Clark

Graves, Miss A. 1

Aqueon, Madlle.1

Caurisulo, A.

Gregg, Dr.

Arnold, J.

Clare, T.

Grill, Emilia

Alvares, P.S. Dn.1

Costa, F. G. da 2

Colvile, M. D.

Harris, Capt. 2

Hawkins, Capt. 1

Busk & Co., C.J. 1

Blankenger, J, 1

Davidge, Mrs. L. 1

Harvey, A. S. 2

Bryce, Mr.

Davidson, G. B. 1

Hensego

as, J.

Davis, T. K.

ry, A.

Dare, Mrs. J.W.1

Irwin, Dr.

B. \dizi, Simon 1

Jackson, Mrs.C. 1

Boo.h, A.

Ebblewhite, W.E.

Bincker, E.

Barnes, Mr.

Franco, Carlos F.1

Koon, W. K. 1 regd. Kennett, Mr.

Bailie, H. H.

1 regd.

Fox, Mrs.

Boldreich, K.

Fisher, E. 2

Lim Yun Yutsy?l

Nicholls, J. T. B.

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POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Unclaimed Correspondence, 10th May, 1878.

Letters. Papers.

Latham, L. H. 1 Leslie, Mrs. H. 1 Linskiel, Capt. Le Luem, Ph. 1 Low Tum Yean 1

Mills, Chas. F. 2 Mansau, Thos. 1 Macpherson, G. Machado, Crus 1 Maher, J. M. 1 McLelland, Jno. 1 Menegante, A. A. 1 Mally, F. de Macdonald, Cpt. 1 Mucuo & Co.

Osgood, J. P.

Pinchen, F. Pueke, D.

Robertson, R. Rosenthal, P.

Letters. Papers.

253

Lets. Pprs.

Sarda, Monsr. 1

Smith, Chas.

Smith, L. J.

111

Smith, Heer

Simani, F.

1 parcel

Smith, James

Rozario, P. P. do 1 Royal Bank Rodrigues, E.E. 1 Rosado,E.M.daLuz.1 Rizzardini, V. 1

1 regd.

Strong, Miss.

Slater, A. T. 1 Seymour, Esq. 1

Shearer, James 1 Shadforth, John 1

Stainfield, Geo. 1 Sprosen, Miss F.1

Thiel, John F.A.1

Wah Tan

1 regd.

Wellings, H. 4 Williams, Arthuri

Woodward, Mr. 1

For Merchant Ships.

Letters. Papers.

Lets. Pprs.

Anazi

1 regd.

Chas. L. Pearsonl

Golden Spur

Leon Crespo

Oneida

Sir Harry Parkes 5

Aberney

Cashmere

Gustav

Largs

Orange Grove

Syringe

Annie Lorway 4

Comet

Lombardian

Senta

Aurora

Carricks

H. Armitage

L. R. Burnham 1

Peruvian

Ariel

Hosea, s.s.

Paracca

Alexandra

Emily Chaplin 2

Hawkesbury

Pauline

Twilight

Albyn's Isle

Empreza

Henry S. Sanford 1

Parmenio

Annie M. Smull

Explorador

Hopeful

Maggie Douglas 1

Tai Watts

Per Ardua

Merse

Astarte

Empress

Tape Sing

Hermann

Mikado

Presuits, s.s.

Tokatea

Elizabeth

Hotspur

Eme

Madeline

Philip Fitzpatrick1

Tullochgorum 1

Benefactor

Hail Columbia 1

Eleanor

Maid of Judah

Belle of Oregon 3

R. B. Fuller

Firth of Tay

Imbros, s.s.

McCallum More 2 Magdala 3

City of Aberdeen

Irene

Sophia

Flodden

Sophie

Carnatic

Falcon

Staghound

Caller Ou

Fire Queen

Jessie McDonald 1

Ceylon

Freeman Clark

Jessie Jamieson 1

Charon Wattanal

Fitzpatrick, s.s. 1

Julia R. Brown 1

Netherton Nyassa Nightingale

S. R. Mead Strathmore Store Dealer

Tai Lee

Undaunted

Wandering Jew 1

W. E. Gladstone 1 regd. Warrior

Growler 1 Paper Hart...2 Letters. 1 Paper. Modeste

vers.

M. Ships.

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1 Letter. Victor Emanuel 4 Letters.

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By Order,

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By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in

Units Original Jurisdiction on Mondays and

Thursdays.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

　　　　In re LuK MUI, a Bankrupt. OTICE.-The above named Bankrupt hav-

ing of the application by him for his Order of Discharge will be held on Wednesday, the 22nd day of May, 1878, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon.

HENRY LARDNER DENNYS,

Solicitor for the said Bankrupt.

Hongkong, 8th May, 1878.

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No. 20.

No. 109.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 18TH MAY, 1878.

VOL. XXIV.?

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　　The following Return, received from Mr. JOHN JACK, of the quantity of Spirits distilled at the Hongkong Distillery, is published for general information.

Proof Gallons. 7,924

Spirits manufactured during the quarter

ing 11th May, 1878,

aand,

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1

ay, 1878.

No. 110.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION,

Kb.

TT..

ATIV

Whereas on Monday, the 13th May, 1878, the body of Lo KAM HI was found in house No. 77, Queen's Road West, Victoria, and a verdict of Wilful Murder has been recorded at the Coroner's Inquest against some person or persons unknown.

It is hereby notified, that a reward of Two Hundred Dollars will be paid to any person or persons who shall give such information to the Police as will lead to the apprehension of the guilty person or

persons.

　　　　　The above reward will be apportioned, at the discretion of His Excellency the Governor, in the event of such information being supplied by more than one person.

　　　　　A free pardon will be granted to any person implicated in the crime who may give such informa- tion, provided he or she is not the actual perpetrator thereof.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th May, 1878.

No. 111.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　　His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint, with the concurrence of the Officer Commanding the Troops, Captain THOMAS CARROLL DEMPSTER, 28th Regiment, to be Commanding Officer of the Hongkong Volunteer Corps.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th May, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, '?ting Colonial Secretary.

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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

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POST OFFICE NOTICE.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Information has been received of the loss of the Mail Packet Kafir, which left Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, on February 13th.

Her Mail for Hongkong consisted of 4 Letters and 8 Papers, which were lost.

No. 104.

ALFRED LISTER,

Postmaster General.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th M

POST OFF

1878.

TICE.

16th May, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Unclaimed Correspc..

Letters. Papers.

Adwands & Co. 5

Boldreich, K.

Letters. Papers.

Fox, Mrs.

Letters. Paper

Letters. Papers.

Letters, Papers.

Lets. Pprs.

Mr.

A-Foo

Ayala, Juan

Aqueon, Madlle.1

Arnold, J.

Colliver, Capt. 1 Collins, E. F.

Gardner, C. J. 2

Geldart, Rev. E. 2

Alvares, P.S. Dn.1

Clark

Graves, Miss A. 1

Abduchuban, C. 1 regd.

Caurisulo, A.

Gregg, Dr.

1 regd.

Lim Yun Yutsy?l Leslie, Mrs. H. 1 Linskiel, Capt.

Mackay, Mrs. Merminga, A. 1

Sarda, Monsr. 1

Smith, Chas.

Smith, L. J.

Nicholls, J. T. B.

Smith, Heer

Simani, F.

Le Luem, Ph. 1

Clare, T.

Grill, Emilia

Low Tum Yean 1

Busk & Co., C.J. 1

Colvile, M. D.

Lopez, M. G.

Harris, Capt.

Blankenger, J. 1

Hawkins, Capt. 1

Bryce, Mr.

Davidge, Mrs. L. 1

Harvey, A. S.

Mills, Chas. F. 2 Mansau, Thos. 1

Boas, J.

Davidson, G. B. 1

Hensego

Macpherson, G.

Lavio, . AN.

Brandizi, Simon 1

Dare, Mrs. J.W.1

Iin, Dr.

Booth, A.

Bincker, E.

Ebblewhite, W.E

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Franco, Carlos F.1

Koon, W. K.

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Thiel, John F.A.1

Wah Tan

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Lets Pprs.

Anazi

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Freeman Clark Fitzpatrick, s.s. 1

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Oneida Orange Grove

Sir Harry Parkes 5

Annie Lorway 4

Comet

L. R. Burnham 1

Syringe Senta

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Golden Spur

Langshan

Peruvian

Ariel

Paracca

Twilight

Albyn's Isle 1

Emily Chaplin 2

H. Armitage

Maggie Douglas 1

Pauline

Tai Watts

Annie M. Smull 1

Empreza

Hawkesbury

Merse

Parmenio

Tape Sing

Astarte

Explorador

Henry S. Sanford 1

Mikado

Per Ardua

Tokatea

Arista

Empress

Hopeful

Madeline

Presuits, s.s.

Tullochgorum 1

Elizabeth

Hermann

Maid of Judah 2

Philip Fitzpatrick1

Tai Lee

Benefactor

Eme

Hail Columbia 1

McCallum More 2

Prim S.S.

Taunton

Belle of Oregon 3

Eleanor

Magdala

Thomas Fletcher1

Elizabeth Chillst

City of Aberdeen

Imbros, s.s. Irene

Mercla s.s. Moss Glen

R. B. Fuller

Rifleman

Vaugan

Carnatic

Caller Ou

Firth of Tay Flodden

Wandering Jew 1

Charon Wattanal

Fire Qucen 4

Julia R. Brown 1 Leon Crespo

Netherton]

Nyassa

S. R. Mead Strathmore

W.E. Gladstone 1 regd. Warrior

For H. M. Ships.

Growler

.....1 Letter.

Hart...2 Letters. 1 Paper. Modeste .2 Letters. Swinger

Moorhen.........2 Letters.

2 Letters.

.1 Letter. Tamar............1 Letter. Vigilant

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ng, 17th May, 1878.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

CAPE D'?GUILAR.

HEIGHT 170 FEET.

1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

WINDS

RAIN FALL.

WINDS

THERMOMETER.

DAY AND

BARO-

HOUR.

DATE.

METER

0 TO 12. Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

WEA-

METE

THER.

BARO-

Saturday,

11th

May.

30.06 84.5 Noon | 30.05 | 86.0 88.0 79.0 86.0 78.5 29.98 86.0

84.0 79.0

b.c.

0 TO 12. Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

29.94 84.0

WEA-

THER.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

'METER

THERMOMETER.

Attd. Max. Min. | Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

WINDS

RAIN FALL. ↑

0 TO 12.

WEA-

THER.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

THERMOMETER.

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry.Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches

during previous

24 hours.

83.0 79.0 S

b.c.

29.94 83.0

83.0 78.0 SSW

b.c.

28.23 74.0}

b.c.

29.93 86.0 88.0 76.0 85.5 80.0 S

b.c.

1994 | 88.0 34.5 77.0 83.5 78.0 SSW

b.c.

0.00

86.0 79.5

b.c.

29.91 87.0

86.5 81.0 SSW

3 b.c.

··

84.0 78.0 SW

b.c.

28.18 75.0

Sunday,

12th

May.

30.02 84.0

84.0 79.0 Noon 29.99 | 86.0 89.0 79.0 86.0 79.0

b.c.

29.91 86.0

b.c.

29.95 87.0

Monday,

13th

May.

29.99 85.0

87.0 80.0

b.c.

84.5 80.0 S 29.93 86.5 87.5 78.5 86.5 81.5 S 29.89 88.0

20.98 $84.0]

85.0 81.0 SW.

b.c.

74.0 73.0 SSW

O.C.

28.23 75.0 75,0 71.0 74.0 73.0 SSW

O.C.

0.00

74.0 73.0 SSW

0.0.

9.00

29.90 85.0 88.0 81.0 85.0 80.0 SW.

b.c.

0.00

28.14 75.0]

28.13 | 75,0 75.5 74.0 75.0 74.0 SSW

75.0 75.0 SSW

o.f.

5 o.p.c.

0.00

86.5 82.0 S

b.c.

29.85 185.0

85.0 80.0 SW

b.c.

28.10 75.0

··

75.0 74.0 SSW

5 o.p.c.

85.0 80.0

29.88 85.0

82.0 80.0 S

o.r.

29.97 84.0

85.0 84.0 SW

b c.

28.20 75.0

75.0 SST

o.f.

Noon 29.94 87.0 89.5 82.0 87.0 80.5

29.90 86.0

Tuesday,

30.11 76.0

86.0 77.0

76.0 71.0

14th

May.

Noon 30.12 76.5 82.0 74.0 76.0 72.5

30.08 77.0

77.0 73.0

Wednesday,

15th

30.16 75.0

Noon 30.17 | 76.0 82.0 74.0 76.0|| 71.0

May.

30.12 76.0

75.0 73.0]

True wind cannot be registered.

Do.

O.C.

29.87 86.0 87,0 79.0 85.0 82.0 S

b.c.m.

0.64

29.95 86.0 87.0 79.0 86.0 83.0 SW

b.c.

0.00

28.21 75.0 75.0 73.0 75.0 74.0 SSW

o.f.

0.00

o.c.r.

29.83 83.0

78.5 76.5 SW

o.r.l.t.

29.93 85.0

83.0 80.0 SSW

b.c.

28.15 73.0;

O.C.

29.98 79.0

77.5 74.0 N

2 b.c.

0.c.

o.c.

29.98 80.0 84.0 72.5 78.5 74.0 EbN 29.98 80.0

b.c..

79.0 75.0 E

b.c.

29.97 77.0

75.0 71.0 N

O.C.

28.29 | 69.0]

1.74

29.98 77.0

30.00 77.0 85.0 72.0 75.0 71.0 NE 77.0 73.0 NE

m.o.

0.00

O.C.

28.25 70.0

:::

73.0 73.0 SSW

o.c.q.

68.0 67.0 ENE

b.c.

28.26 70.0 70.0 67.0 69.0 68.0 E

b.c.

2.10

69.0 69.0 E

b.c.

O.C.

30.01 78.0

77.0 73.5 E

b.c.m.

29.99 78.01

76.0 73.0 NE

0.c.

28.30 67.0]

O.C.

30.01 78.0 81.0 72.5 79.0 74.0 E

b.c.m.

0.00

29.98 79.0 84.0 73.0 77.0 74.0 NE

O.C.

1.90

76.0 71.0

30.00 80.0

80.0 74.5 E

b.c.m.

29 8479.0

Thursday,

16th

30.11 75.0

May.

9 Noon 30.09 76.0 78.0 73.0 76.0 73.0 30.02 76.0

75.0 74.0

0.c.

29.96 78.0

O.C.

76.5 75.0 E 29.96 78.0 81.0 73.0 76.5 75.0 E

0.1.

30.03 77.0

76.0 74.0 NE

O.C.

28.28 69.0

:??

66.5 66.0 E

o.f.

28.28 69.0 69.0 66.0 68.0 67.0 E

c.m.

0.00

69.0 67.0 E

c.m.

75.0 71.0 NE

0.c.

28.28 69.0

o.c.d.

0.01

30.01 | 77.0 82.0 71.0 76.0 72.0 NE

O.C.

0.00

76.0 73.0

O.C.

29.95 79.0

77.0 74.0 E

g.p.

29.97 76.0

Friday,

17th

30.04 82.01

82.0 79.0

9 Noon 30.01 85.0 87.0 75.0 85.0 80.0

O.C.

May.

29.96 82.0

82.0 79.0

O.C.

82.0 79.0 E

29.91 82.0 29.91 84.0 85.0 73.0 84.0 80.0 E 84.0 80.0 E

29.88 83.0

b.c.m.

29.93 80.0

:|:

74.0 70.0 NE

O.C.

28.30 70.0 70.0 65.0 70.0 69.0 E 28.26 71.0

登:

69.0 68.0 E

o.f.

0.00

70.0 68.0 E

o.f.

85.0 78.5 SE

28.24 73.0

73.0 72.0 E

o.f.

b.c.m.

0.01

g.b.l.t.

29.91 81.5 85.0 71.0 85.0 81.0 SSW 29.86 82.0 85.0 79.0 SW

0.05

28.23 74.0 74.0 66.0 74.0 73.0 E 28.17 74.0 74.0 74.0 E

o.f.

0.00

STATE OF WEATHER:-b. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; f. foggy; 9. gloomy; h. hail; 7. lightning. misty (hazy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; q. squally; r. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility. Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). NOTE.—A bar (→) under any letter augments its signification, thus f, very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and conting rain, &c., &c.

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

Description of Wind.

Figures

Illustrations of tlower of the Wind as regards a well-conditioned Mof-War or First-class Clipper Ship.

to denote

Kate of the Wind

per Hour in Miles.

the Forec

of the

Wind.

THE

HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH MAY,

:80

Calm

Light Air Light Breeze

Gentle Breeze

Moderate Breeze..

Fresh Breeze · · Strong Breeze

CHEKTOSNICOLE

Strong Gale.

Whole Gale.......

Storm...

Hurricane.

Moderate Gale..

Fresh Gale

Just sufficient to give steeragy.

With which the above Ship wall sail ( 1 to 2 knots set and clean full would go mooth water.

0 to 2

11 15

3 to 4

(5 to 6

( Royals, &c.

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails..

31 36

In which she could just carry chase, Double Reefs and Jib, &c. full and by

Triple Reefs, &c...

Close Reefs and Courses ..

In which she could just bear (-reefed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail

Under Storm Staysail

Bare Poles.....

CH2D4DULOGOLN

53 60

61 69

above 80

|||||||

~OROROKI:888

45 52

CYBOR?

1878.

257

258

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH MAY, 1878.

NOTICE.

It is hereby notified, that Ships conveying Chinese Passengers under the provisions of Ordinance No. 5 of 1874, will not be allowed to carry them on the Upper or Weather Deck between the 1st of June, and the 15th of October, inclusive,

Harbour Department, Hongkong, 2nd May, 1878.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in its Summary Jurisdiction, on every Tues- day, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

UN!

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in its Original Jurisdiction on Mondays and Thursdays.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET,

Registrar.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

In the matter of CHUN-SEE-KAI, O?- Yow-PAK, and Loo-WING, trading as "SING Wo CHEONG," Bankrupts.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

In re GEORGE LYALL, CHARLES FREDE- RICK STILL, and GEORGE FRANCIS MACLEAN, Bankrupts.

NOTIC

【OTICE is hereby given that a Meeting of the Creditors of the above named Bankrupts, will be held in the Supreme Court House, on Tuesday, the 25th day of June, A.D. 1878, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, before the Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET, Registrar of the Supreme Court, for the purpose of winding up the Estate, and dividing the Assets amongst the Creditors.

Creditors who have not proved, or who shall not then prove, will be excluded from any benefit of any Dividend that may be declared, and all claims not proved will be disallowed.

Supreme Court House,

18th May, 1878.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

NOTI

OTICE is hereby given that a Meeting of N

Creditors of the above named CHUN-SEE- KAI, OH-YOW-PAK, and Loo- WING, who were adjudicated Bankrupts on the 26th day of Sep- tember, 1876, will be held before the Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET, Registrar of the Supreme Court, at the Court House, Victoria, Hongkong, on Thursday, the 30th day of May instant, at Eleven A.M., precisely, when the Cre- ditors' Assignee will submit a statement of the whole Estate of the Bankrupts, and any Creditor who has proved may attend and examine such statement and compare the receipts with pay- “tion whether anyLeating will declare by resplu- duce of the Estate (after making a reasonable deduction for future contingencies) shall be di- vided amongst the Creditors, and the Creditors who have not already proved their debts are to come prepared to prove the same or they will be excluded the benefit of the said dividend; and all claims not then proved will be disallowed.

Dated this 16th day of May, 1878.

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SHARP, TOLLER & JOHNSON,

Solicitors for the Creditors' Assignee, Supreme Court House,

In re LUK MUI, a Bankrupt. OTICE.-The above named Bankrupt hav- ing passed his last Examination, the hear- ing of the application by him for his Order of Discharge will be held on Wednesday, the 22nd day of May, 1878, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon.

HENRY LARDNER DENNYS,

Solicitor for the said Bankrupt. Hongkong, 8th May, 1878.

NORONHA & SONS,

PRINTERS, PUBLISHERS & STATIONERS

AND

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Government Gazette.

No. 21.

Νο. 113.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 25TH MAY, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

VOL. XXIV.

, that under the provisions of Section XII of Ordinance No. 7 of 1866, overnor has been pleased to appoint LI-A-SHAM to be Head District Watchman

Notice is hereby giver His Excellency the G of No. 5 District.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colon

No. 114.

al Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd May, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　　The following Correspondence, together with the amended form of Licence referred to, is published for general information.

Colonial St

By Command,

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

92nd May, 19-0

1070

CHINA SUGAR REFINING COMPANY, LIMITED,

HONGKONG, 25th April, 1878.

SIR,-I beg to request you to grant the renewal of my licence for the Distillation, Rectifying and Compounding of Spirits, granted me on the 10th April, 1875.

I have lodged the annual fee of $100, ending 10th April, 1879, with the Honourable Colonial

Treasurer.

I am, Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

H. DICKIE, Manager.

The Honourable

No. 419.]

JOHN M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE,

HONGKONG, 23rd May, 1878.

　　　　　　SIR,-In reply to your application of the 25th ultimo, for a renewal of the China Sugar Refining Company's licence to distil Spirits, I am to acquaint you, that owing to the evil caused among Soldiers and Sailors in this Colony by the retail sale of new Rum, His Excellency the Governor in Council has been pleased to approve of the addition of a new clause (No. 5) to the established form of Licence, by which you will perceive that no quantity less than thirty-six gallons can be sold to any one person at any one time.

HENRY DICKIE, Esq.,

Manager of the

China Sugar Refining Company, (Limited).

I have, &c.,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

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Government Gazette.

No. 21.

Νο. 113.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 25TH MAY, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

VOL. XXIV.

, that under the provisions of Section XII of Ordinance No. 7 of 1866, overnor has been pleased to appoint LI-A-SHAM to be Head District Watchman

Notice is hereby giver His Excellency the G of No. 5 District.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colon

No. 114.

al Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd May, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　　The following Correspondence, together with the amended form of Licence referred to, is published for general information.

Colonial St

By Command,

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

92nd May, 19-0

1070

CHINA SUGAR REFINING COMPANY, LIMITED,

HONGKONG, 25th April, 1878.

SIR,-I beg to request you to grant the renewal of my licence for the Distillation, Rectifying and Compounding of Spirits, granted me on the 10th April, 1875.

I have lodged the annual fee of $100, ending 10th April, 1879, with the Honourable Colonial

Treasurer.

I am, Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

H. DICKIE, Manager.

The Honourable

No. 419.]

JOHN M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE,

HONGKONG, 23rd May, 1878.

HENRY DICKIE, Esq.,

Manager of the

China Sugar Refining Company, (Limited).

I have, &c.,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

260

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH MAY, 1878.

TO ALL TO WHO? these Presents shall come, I,

Governor and Commander-in-Chief, in and over the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, SEND GREETING.

WHEREAS by Ordinance No. 3 of 1869 it is enacted that, it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from Time to Time to grant Licences for the Distillation, Rectifying and Compounding of Spirits within the Colony to such Persons, for such Considerations and upon such Conditions and for such Periods as he shall think fit; AND WHEREAS by the said Ordinance it is further enacted that, it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from Time to Time to frame Regulations to be published in the Gazette respecting the Distillation, Rectifying and Compounding of Spirits under such Licences as aforesaid NOW THESE PRESENTS WITNESS that I, the said

by virtue of the Powers and Authorities in me vested in that behalf, and in Consideration of the sum of One hundred Dollars paid by

into the Colonial Treasury for the use of Her Majesty the QUEEN and Her Successors, DO HEREBY GRANT unto

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　full POWER, LICENCE and AUTHORITY to Distil, Rectify and Compound Spirits within this Colony for the Period of Twelve Calendar Months from the Date of these Presents, subiect nevertheless to the Observance of all Regulations which may from Time to Time be made by the Go!

from Time to Time be made by the Governor in Council and published in the Gazette in pursuance of the Provision on that behalf in the said Ordinance contained and subject also to the Conditions hereinafter mentioned, that is to say:

jul

Firstly. The Distillation of Spirits and the Rectifying and Compounding thereof under this

Licence shall be carried on by

own Premises situate upon

elsewhere, unless with the permission of the Governor in Council.

in or upon and not

as the same

its hv

Secondly. A copy of this Licence certified by the Colonial Secretary shall, so long shall remain in force, be affixed and exhibited in some conspicuous Place in the

Thirdly.-The Premises whereon the Distillation, Rectifying or Compounding of Spil.

shall be carried on under this Licence shall be open at all reasonable Times to the Inspection of such Officers as the Governor shall from Time to Time appoint

in that behalf.

Fourthly.-The said

shall at the expiration of every

consecutive Period of Three Months from the date hereof furnish to the Cc of the Total Amount of Spirits Distilled, Rectified or Compounded under period.

or on

Secretary a Return ence during such

ses upon which the

Fifthly.-No Spirits shall be sold or disposed of by the said or by any one acting for

behalf nor from the Distillation of Spirits and the Rectifying and Compounding thereof is carried on under this Licence to

F any Person or Firm in less quantity than Thirty-six Gallons at a Time.

Sixthly. In case of the Breach on the Part of

　　any Condition herein contained or of any Regulation which may be published in the Gazette under and by virtue of the said Ordinance, or in Case the Distillation, Rectifying or Compounding of Spirits under this Licence shall be shown to the Satisfaction of the Governor in Council to be deleterious to the Public Health, or in any other respect to be a Nuisance, it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to cancel this Licence and the same shall thereupon become absolutely void.

IN WITNESS whereof, I have hereunder set my Hand and the Public Seal of the Colony. this

Day of

in the Year of our Lord, 18

By Command,

Colonial Secretary.

No. 115.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　It is hereby notified, that Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies has been pleased to approve of the appointment of Mr. LEATHERBARROW to be Officer in Charge of the Gunpowder Dep?t.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd May, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary,

260

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH MAY, 1878.

TO ALL TO WHO? these Presents shall come, I,

Governor and Commander-in-Chief, in and over the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, SEND GREETING.

by virtue of the Powers and Authorities in me vested in that behalf, and in Consideration of the sum of One hundred Dollars paid by

into the Colonial Treasury for the use of Her Majesty the QUEEN and Her Successors, DO HEREBY GRANT unto

jul

Firstly. The Distillation of Spirits and the Rectifying and Compounding thereof under this

Licence shall be carried on by

own Premises situate upon

elsewhere, unless with the permission of the Governor in Council.

in or upon and not

as the same

its hv

Secondly. A copy of this Licence certified by the Colonial Secretary shall, so long shall remain in force, be affixed and exhibited in some conspicuous Place in the

Thirdly.-The Premises whereon the Distillation, Rectifying or Compounding of Spil.

shall be carried on under this Licence shall be open at all reasonable Times to the Inspection of such Officers as the Governor shall from Time to Time appoint

in that behalf.

Fourthly.-The said

shall at the expiration of every

consecutive Period of Three Months from the date hereof furnish to the Cc of the Total Amount of Spirits Distilled, Rectified or Compounded under period.

or on

Secretary a Return ence during such

ses upon which the

Fifthly.-No Spirits shall be sold or disposed of by the said or by any one acting for

behalf nor from the Distillation of Spirits and the Rectifying and Compounding thereof is carried on under this Licence to

F any Person or Firm in less quantity than Thirty-six Gallons at a Time.

Sixthly. In case of the Breach on the Part of

IN WITNESS whereof, I have hereunder set my Hand and the Public Seal of the Colony. this

Day of

in the Year of our Lord, 18

By Command,

Colonial Secretary.

No. 115.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　It is hereby notified, that Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies has been pleased to approve of the appointment of Mr. LEATHERBARROW to be Officer in Charge of the Gunpowder Dep?t.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd May, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary,

No. 116.

THE HONGKong goverNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH MAY, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Post Office Notice is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th May, 1878.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

261

The French Postal Administration requests the notification that, during the International Exhibition at present being held in Paris, a temporary Post and Telegraph Office has been established within the Exhibition grounds, which will discharge all the functions of a Post Office, including Money Order business, &c.

General Post Office, Hongkong, 25th May, 1878.

No. 117.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notice to Mariners is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th May, 1878.

Notice is ber

alterations were

This buoy No.

the starboard hand

former position.

Government of China.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

[No. 87.]

CHINA SEA.

SHANGHAI DISTRICT-WOOSUNG.

ALFRED LISTER,

Postmaster General.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

given that in consequence of a change in the Shoals at the ent of the Woosung River, the following

onth 11th Mav. 1878:-

of the o

the

Trivsany suvy.

} Chinese List of Lights, Buoys and Beacons of 1878), painted red and black vertical stripes, on annel at the entrance of the Woosung River, has been shifted 460 feet to the S. 11° W. of its

2.-Woosung Lighthouse.

For the same reason this Light has been altered so as to show

White between the bank of the Yangtze to the Westward of the Lighthouse, and S. 1o E.

Green between S. 1o E. and S. 56° W.

White between S. 56 W. and S. 70° 30′ W.

Red (remaining as formerly) between S. 70° 30′ W. and the opposite bank of the Woosung River. The Bearings are Magnetic, and taken from Seaward.

By order of the Inspector General of Customs,

IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS, ENGINEERS' OFFICE, SHANGHAI, 13th May, 1878.

No. 110.

GERALD E. WELLESLEY, Acting Engineer-in-Chief.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. REWARD OF TWO HUNDRED ($200) DOLLARS.

persons.

　　　　The above reward will be apportioned, at the discretion of His Excellency the Governor, in the event of such information being supplied by more than one person.

　　　　A free pardon will be granted to any person implicated in the crime who may give such informa- tion, provided he or she is not the actual perpetrator thereof.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th May, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

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No. 104.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH MAY, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th May, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

NOTICE.

Harbour Department, Hongkong, 2nd May, 1878.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Unclaimed Correspondence, 24th May, 1878.

J. P. MCEUEN, Acting Emigration Officer, &c.

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH MAY,

1878.

DAY AND

DATE.

HOUR.

BARO-

METER

HARBOUR OFFICE.

THERMOMETER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

CAPE D'AGUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

WINDS

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

0 TO 12.

WEA-

THER.

BARO-

0 To 12.

METER

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

VICTORIA PEAK.

THERMOMETER.

HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. | Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

RAIN FALL.

0 TO 12.

WEA-

THER.

In inches

Attd. Max. M?n. Dry. Wet. Direct Force.

during previous 24 hours.

Saturday,

18th

May.

30.10 80.0 80.0 76.0

30.08 83.0 87.0 75.0 83.0 77.0|

Να τι

30.02 82.0

3 82.0 76.0

··

b.c.

29.92 81.0

80.0 77.0 N

b.c.

29.93 82.0 84.0 78.5 82.5 78.0 SW

··

b.c.

29.93 84.0

83.5 80.0 N

b.c.

29.94, 84.0

80.0 77.0 NE

b.c.

28.28 72.0

71.0 71.0 NNW

O.C.

b.c.

23.95 83.0 84.577.0 82.5 77.0 SW

b.c.

0.19

28.29 75.0 75.0 69.0 73.0 73.0 NNW

b.c.

0.95

b.c.

29.90 81.0

82.0 75.0 S

b.c.

28.25 75.0

74.0 72.0 NNW

O.C.

Sunday,

19th

May.

30.0975.0 75.0 73.0 Noon 30.10 75.0 82.0 74.0 75.0| 71,5|| 3 30.04 76.0

c.m.

29.95 78.0

c.m.

76.0 71.5

c.m.

77.0 73.5 E

b.c.m.

29.95 75.0]

29.94 | 78.0 84.5 73.0 78.0_73,5 E 29.94 78.0

b.c.m.

0.00

29.98 77.0 83.5 71.0 74.0 71.0 NE

: 2

74.0 71.0 NE

o.m.

28.25 67.0

67.0 66.0 E

· 4

o.f.

o.m.

0.12

28.24 67.0 68.0 66.0 67.0 66.0 E

o.f.

0.00

77.5 74.0 E

b.c.m.

29.9377.0

75.0 74.5 NE

o.m.

28.20 67.0

67.0 67.0 E

o.f.

Monday, 9

20th

30.02 | 77,0| 77.0 75.0 Noon 29.98 78.5 80.5 74.5 78.0 76.0]

May.

29.94 81.0..

29.9079.0

78.0 76.0 E

b.c.m.

29.9377.0

Tuesday,

29.97 78.0

81.0 76.0

78.0 76.0

21st

May.

Noon 29.94 79.0 83.5 76.0 79.0 76.5 29.88 77.5

Wednesday,

29.83 85.0

77.0 76.0

83.0 80.5

22nd

May.

Noon

29.84 84.0 86.0 76.0 84.0 81.0

29.80 85.0

85.0 81.0

: ?

True wind cannot be registered.

Do.

29.90 82.0 82.0 73.0 82.0 79.0 E

b.c.m.

0.00

29.89 78.0 83.0 73.0 77.0 76.5 NE

29.85 82.0

85.0 82.0 E

b.c.m.

29.84 79.0

77.5 75.0 NE

0.m.

28.23 72.0

72.0 71.5 SSW

o.f.

o.m.

0.12

28.20 73.0 73.0 67.0 73.0 72.0 SSW

o.f.

0.00

78.0 75.0 NE

O.C.

28.16 74.0

73.0 72.5 SSW

O.C.

29.83 81.0

79.5 78.0 E

g.m.

29.88 79.0

78.0 75.0 NE

o.m.

28.18 78.0

72.0 72.0 WSW

o.f.

O.C.,

o.c.r.t.

29.82 82.0 85.0 74.0 80.0 78.0 E

g.m.

0.72

29.86 78.0 82.0 72.00 75.0 NE

o.m.

9.33

28.15 73.0 73.0, 69.0 72.0 72.0 WSW

o.f.

0.41

29.81 80.0

78.0 77.0 ES

o.r.t.l.

29.80 78.0

797 76.0 NE

o.c.r.t.l.

28.12 73.0

72.0 72.01 SSE

o.c.r.

O.C.

29.71 84.0

82.5 82.0, W

b.c.m.

29.78 74.0

81.0 1.0 SW

c.m.

28.04 76.0

75.0] 75.0 SW·

o.f.q.

O.C.

: ?

29.71 86.0 86.0 73.0 85.5 84.0 SW 29.71 86.0

b.c.m.

14.30

: ?

29.73 82.5 83.0 73.0 83.0 81.0 SW

m.o.

1.33

28.04 76.0 76.0 71.0, 76.0 76.0 SW

o.f.q.

14.11

84.5, 84.0 SW

b.c.m.

29.70 82.0

Thursday,

23rd

29.8785.0

85.0 81.0

b.c.

29.75 85.0

83.5 83.0 W

b.c.m.

29.80 84.0

Noon 29.88 87.0 88.5 82.0 87.0 82.0

b.c.

29.76 86.0 87.0 79.0 86.0 84.0 SW

b.c.m.

0.00

:00

82.0 81.0 SW

c.r.

28.02 77.0

76.0 76.0 SW

o.f.q.

85.0 82.0 SW

b.c.

28.11 77.0

76.0 76.0 SW

5 o.f.

May.

3 29.82 87.0

87.0 82.5

b.c.

29.73 88.0

87.0 85.0 SW

b.c.m.

29.79 85.0 86.0 78.0 85.0 83.0 SW 29.74 84.0

b.c.h.

0.10

28.11 77.0 77,0 75.0 76.5] 76.5] SW

84.5 84.0 SW

b.c.h.

28.06 77.0

Friday, 9

29.90 85.0

85.0 82.0

b.c.

24th

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b.c.

May.

3 29.85 82.0

82.0 79.5

0.c.

29.76 86.0 29.76 88.0 89.0 79.5 88.0 84.0 SW 29.74 86.0

85.0 83.0, S

b.c.m.

29.80 82.0

b.c.m.

0.00

84.5 82.0 ENE

b.c.m.

foggy; 9. gloomy; h. hail; 7. lightning;

STATE OF WEATHER:-b. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; f. Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). NOTE.—A bar (—) under any letter augments its signification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and contin

28.10 77.0 77,0| 75.0 77.0 77.0 WSW 77.0 77.0 ESE

28.10 78.0

misty (hazy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; q. squally; 7. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; u, ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility. grain, &c., &c.

83.0

83.5 83.0 SW 29.80 85.0′ 87.0 79.0 86.5 85.0 SW 80.0 80.0; SE

29.77 83.0|

b.c.m.

28.10 76.0

77.0 77.0 SW

76.0 76.0 W

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0.00

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to denote

Illustrations of the Man

ower of the Wind as regards a well-conditioned of-War or First-class Clipper Ship.

Rate of the Wind per Hour in Miles.

the Force

of the

Wind.

Calm

Light Air Light Breeze Gentle Breeze Moderate Breeze. Fresh Breeze Strong Breeze Moderate Gale.. Fresh Gale ....... Strong Gale

Whole Gale..

Storm..

Hurricane.

Just sufficient to give steerage w With which the above Ship with set and clean full would go in water......

In which she could just carry in full and by

In which she could just bear close

Under Storm Staysail

Bare Poles....

1 sail ( 1 to 2 knots 100th

3 to 4

5 to 6 17

Royals, &c.

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails..

hase, Double Reefs and Jib, &c. Triple Reefs, &c...

Close Reefs and Courses

reefed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail

RESOR?

to 2

* 70 · 80

above 80

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

Description of Wind.

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264

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH MAY, 1878.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Amelon, Mrs., Passenger on board the Peiho, Hongkong, Beidelman, Miss. R., care of P. M. Office, Yokohama, Borton, Mr. Woolahra, Sydney, N.S.W., Bulley, R., 23, Egerton Street, Liverpool,.. Cawse, Captain Thomas, Ship Cariolanus, Amoy, Cerquella, C., Passenger per Amazone, Singapore, Coleborn, Thos., 54, Wheatland Lane, Seacombe, Cracknell, W., Engineer, Allahabad, India, Evans, Miss L., Post Office, Ludgate Hill, London,. Guion, M., Capitaine du Jacques Cartier, Moulmein, Healey, Mrs., 12, Woodside Street, Liverpool,. Kilburn, Mrs., 8, Albert Terrace, Liverpool,................ Klimzel, Fraulein Wilhelm, Platz, St. Pauli, Hamburg, Laws, Mrs., 3, Lion Street, Poplar, London, Mathias, Mrs., 16, Paisley Street, Liverpool,.. Mazzoldi, D. G., Torino, Italia,

Dead Letters.

Neustadt, J., Charlotten Strasse, No. 2, Berlin, O'Connor, Mrs., Bonnet Hill, Dundee,

O'Keefe, Mrs., Dorset Street, Dublin, Reid, Mrs., Avenue Street, Edinburgh,

Koupell, N. A., Waltair, Vizagapatam, India,

Rowland, T., Post Office, Commercial Road East, London,. Seymour, Captain, Barque Antioch, Hongkong,

Sjaavog, N., Niarve,

Sturt, N., Government Telegraph Department, Calcutta,. Sullivan, Miss, Post Office, Cardiff, Wales, .

Syed Cheerg Ally, care of Captain Speelby, Peera, India, Tai Wo, 41, Hollywood Road, Hongkong,..

Tench, M. P., 153, Fleet Street, London, (Registered), Treen, George, P. & O. S. S. Pera, Alexandria, Vander, Pol, care of Messageries Maritimes, Hongkong, Villa Oz, L. F. D., Government House, Macao, Walls, Geo. & Co., Colombo, Ceylon,

Millegan, Miss, 3, Wainwright Street, Liverpool,

Millis, Henry, St. Catharine's City, Canada West,

Moore, M. J., 141, Pitt Street, Sydney, N.S.W.

Morley, G., Calcamna, River Darling, New South Wales,

Weet, Mrs., Post Office, Southampton, Williams, Miss, 16, Faisley Street, Liverpool,. Witt, S., Dammstrasse, No. 14, Kiel, Deutschland,.

The above letters have been returned from various places at which the addressees cannot be found. If not claimed within ten days they will be

opened and returned to the writers.

General Post Office, Hongkong, 22nd May, 1878.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. "NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in

Uits Summary Jurisdiction, on every Tues-

day, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

"NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in its Original Jurisdiction on Mondays and Thursdays.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET,

Registrar.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

In re GEORGE LYALL, CHARLES FREDE- RICK STILL, and GEORGE FRANCIS MACLEAN, Bankrupts.

that Meeting of the

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

In the matter of YU-CHING of No. 8, Wellington Street, Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, lately carrying on business as a Shipchandler under the shop name of "YU-SHING," a Bankrupt and,

In the matter of YU-HONG oth vise Yu- KWONG of No. 6c. Welling- ton Street, Victoria fore- said, lately carrying on busi- ness as a Shipchandler under the shop name of " KWONG- KUT," a Bankrupt.

NOTICE. The above named YU-CHING and

YU-HONG otherwise Yu-KWONG having been adjudged Bankrupts under Petitions for adjudication of Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong, in Bankruptcy, on the 20th

reanimed

render themselves to the Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET, the Registrar of the said Court, at the first Meeting of Creditors to be held before the said Registrar, on Friday, the 7th day of June, 1878, at Eleven A.M., pre-

NOTICE is hereby given e tamed Bankrupts, cisely, at the said Court.

will be held in the Supreme Court House, on Tuesday, the 25th day of June, A.D. 1878, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, before the Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET, Registrar of the Supreme Court, for the purpose of winding up the Estate, and dividing the Assets amongst the Creditors.

　　　Creditors who have not proved, or who shall not then prove, will be excluded from any benefit of any Dividend that may be declared, and all claims not proved will be disallowed.

Supreme Court House,

18th May, 1878.

The said Hon. CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee, and Messrs. SHARF, TOLLER & JOHNSON are the Solicitors acting in the respective Bankruptcies.

A Public Sitting will hereafter be appointed by the said Court for the said Bankrupts to pass their final examination, and to make application for their discharge, of which sitting notice will be given in the Hongkong Government Gazette.

At the first Meeting of Creditors the Registrar will receive the proofs of the debts of Creditors, and the Creditors may elect an Assignee or Assignees of the Bankrupts' Estate and Effects.

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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

Published by Authority.

No. 22.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 1ST JUNE, 1878.

VOL. XXIV.

HER MAJESTY'S BIRTHDAY.

The following account of the celebration this year in Hongkong of Her Majesty's Birthday is extracted from the local papers :—

Monday, the 27th of May, being the day officially fixed for the celebration of the Queen's birthday, the Royal Standard was flown from Government House, Head Quarter House, the Naval Yard, and other Government establishments. All the men-of-war in harbour dressed ship and a great number of the merchant steamers and sailing vessels did the same. A feu-de-joie was fired by the troops in the morning, and at noon Royal salutes were fired from the Victor Emanuel and the shore battery. At six o'clock a solemn Te Deum was sung in honour of Her Majesty, at the Roman Catholic Cathedral, at which His Excellency the Governor and Mrs. HENNESSY were present, as well as the Foreign Consuls, and a be of Military and Naval Officers.

of Military and Naval Officers. In the evening a ball was given at Government Housewh her alowedly attended

At the supper table, having called upon his guest to fill a bumper, His Excellency said he was only giving expression to the loyal feeling of the whole community in asking them to drink with enthusiasm the health of HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN-(applause)-now in her fifty-ninth year. She was unrivalled by any Sovereign in the world in a knowledge of public affairs, in the difficult art of government, in a single-minded devotion to the true interests of her Empire, and in the heartfelt love of her millions of subjects (loud applause). This would be a memorable year in her reign, for a national emergency having arisen she had called out her Reserves, and from the shores of England to this remote part of the Empire, the Queen's forces were being arrayed. For the first time the native troops of India had gone to the Mediterranean. The Queen's popular and gallant cousin, the DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE, was going to review those troops in the South of Europe, and he (Mr. HENNESSY) believed that it would be the first time also that any Commander-in-Chief had left England on such a duty. Even in this distant Colony, they had seen Her Majesty's Forces already at work. The British Navy was to-day maintaining in the China Sea its old and famous reputation. The Squadron was on the alert, and the Naval Arsenal of Hongkong was furnishing rifled cannon from its reserves, and manufacturing torpedoes for the defence of the Island. The recent torpedo experiments in the Lyeemoon Pass showed what deadly instruments of impregnable defence the Hongkong Naval Arsenal could rapidly produce. The historic 74th Highlanders, whom they had the fortune to have in garrison this year, had, within the last few weeks, been performing somewhat unusual military duty, that of dragging twelve-ton guns to the batteries so admirably improvised in various parts of the Harbour. In those batteries our local Volunteers would have the honour of cooperating with the regular forces in working the guns if the necessity should arise. Therefore he felt he would be only doing justice to the universal sentiment of the Colony in taking this opportunity, in the Queen's name and on behalf of her subjects here, to thank the Navy, Army and Volunteers in this part of the Empire (applause). If the necessity should arise, they had full confidence in those sailors and soldiers, (loud applause.) Recent revelations respecting the Crimean war enabled us also to appreciate the fact that the interests and efficiency of those forces were sedulously guarded by their Royal Mistress, and we now know that the ultimate success of that war was due in no small degree to the administrative skill and indefatigable labours of Queen VICTORIA. In wishing her a long reign, and drinking her health, they were drinking to the best guarantee of 'national safety and success (loud applause).-The toast was drunk with full honours to the strains of "God Save the Queen" by the Band of the 74th Regiment.

266

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST JUNE, 1878.

CHINA FAMINE RELIEF FUND.

The following letter has been received from His Excellency TING-YAT-CH'?UNG.

TING, H. I. Ch. M. Vice-President of the Board of War, Governor of Fuhkien and adjoining Regions,

Admiral, and Superintendent of Revenue,

HENNESSY, H. B. M. Imperially appointed Governor of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Com-

mander-in-Chief, wearing the decoration of the third rank (C.M.G.)

The writer respectfully states that he has long looked forward (to meet) the light of your counte- nance with deep and ardent desire. Now he has received from the Committee of the Hongkong Relief Fund, Mr. WAI-T'ING-FU, Mr. LEUNG-HOK-SH'AU, Mr, WONG-KWAN-T'ONG, Mr. O-Man-Sh?i, Mr. K?- CH'O-HEUNG and Mr. H?-WAI-SHAN, a letter informing him that your Excellency has contributed on account of the famine raging since last year in Shan-si and other provinces five thousand dollars and that accordingly those gentlemen forwarded that sum to Shan-si to be accounted for. This is suffi- cient to shew your Excellency's delight in virtue, in acts of charity relieving distress and cherishing compassion for fellow creatures without distinction of place or nationality. I shall always remember it. However I have as Governor forwarded a letter to the Foreign Office that thanks be expressed to the Ambassador of your honoured nation residing in Peking, but beyond this I wished at the same time to anticipate the universal gratitude felt.

Accept my best wishes for your unlimited happiness.

The writer's card is enclosed.

The tenth day of the third moon, (April 11th).

Card referred to:-

TING

(Surname).

YAT

(Name).

CH'EUNG

↑

Hluzavuz nuvituu

1 1

Postscript.-I (the Governor TING YAT CH'EUNG) have frequently had the pleas of receiving letters from the gentry ~ Hongkong to the effect that your Excellency ever since our arrival in 11. wernmental acts being too numerous to recount; and turther that in the present year you went in person to the Tung Wa Hospital to admonish and urge to good measures, a thing which had not been done by any of the Officers who came to this country. I (the Governor) have had still further information in those letters which likewise I shall ever cherish the remembrance of. Perhaps I may some day have an opportunity under- to come to Hongkong when I would in person solicit your instructions and thereby enlarge my standing and knowledge.

I send this expressly to wish your Excellency prosperity.

No. 2.

[L.S.] J. POPE HENNESSY.

PROCLAMATION.

By His Excellency JOHN POPE HENNESSY, Esquire, Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.

　　Whereas by a Proclamation bearing date the 24th day of August, 1868, and numbered 11, it was notified that if any person should give such information, evidence or assistance as that any Kidnapper, Decoy, or Child Stealer be thereby convicted and flogged, (or being a Woman should be convicted only), then such person should receive a reward of $20 from the Colonial Treasury :

And whereas it is considered desirable to annul such notification and to make other provisions in lieu thereof, so as to allow the amount of the reward to be determined according to the special circumstances of each case: It is hereby notified, that the above recited notification is hereby annulled, and that from this date a reward will be given of such amount as, having due regard to all the circumstances, shall be considered reasonable and proper for any information, evidence or assistance as

lead to the conviction of any person guilty of decoying, stealing or kidnapping children.

may

By His Excellency's Command,

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

Victoria, Hongkong, this 28th Day of May, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

No. 118.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST JUNE, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

267

The following Statement shewing the Amount of all Funds in Custody of the Colonial Government, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st June, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Statement shewing the Amount of all Funds in Custody of the Colonial Government.

UNAVAILABLE.

Judicial and other Deposits, ......$ 42,087.10 Deposit to Credit of Sikh Police

Force to pay their passage home when dismissed from Service,....

Subsidiary Coins:-

Silver,..... .$41,020.00 Copper,.

981.00

In Bank at Interest,....

*$ 290,000.00

0,000.00

on Deposit, Subsidiary Coins:--

Silver,...$41,020.00

Copper Cent,.... 13,000.00

13,000.00

Do. Mils,.....

54,020.00

97,088.10

on Current Account,

18,458.48

BALANCE,

265,390.38

TOTAL,..........

.$362,478.48

TOTAL,......

$362,47848

* Exclusive of $370,000 belonging to Special Fund.

Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 1st June, 1878.

CECIL C. SMITH,

Colonial Treasurer.

No. 119.

GOT

The following List of Ger Volunteer Force, is published

NT NOT CA

Colonial

Names of

emen WNO n?te enroutell themsetoto a?

CUCT &

No.

NAME.

No.

NAME.

No.

Members of the Hongkong

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

NAME.

..0.

L'orto:

NAME.

1234 6789

H. Cohen.

G. King.

S. R. Neate.

108

C. Ford.

W. K. Hughes.

W. H. F. Darby.

J. Keating.

109

J. M. Emanuel.

H. G. James.

W. R. Loxly.

A. R. Pereira.

110

A. F. Sampson.

E. F. Alford.

W. E. H. Dunn.

J. R. McDonald.

111

M. J. Chagas.

R. G. Alford.

W. C. Edwards.

W. H. Mossop.

112

A. R. Randal

R. Blackwell.

E. Fisher.

L. Marks.

113

W. Whitehead.

C. P. Chater-

E. McLeod.

W. McKinney.

114

J. T. Ryan.

A. Coxon.

P. W. Ginger.

H. N. Mody.

115

F. M. Franco.

A. Cheyne.

W. Goulbourn.

G. H. Wingrove.

116

E. Barrow.

W. Dunman.

J. Grant.

H. L. Noronha.

117

T. S. de Souza.

B. Goldsmith.

G. H. Townsend.

T. G. Williamson.

118

P. M. Leatherburrow.

E. J. Hughes.

A. P. Gutteres.

A. C. Reddie.

119

T. Pate.

S. Hughes.

J. H. Vale.

A. Falconer.

120

J. Ayalla.

A. J. Lewis.

J. M. Hanlon.

T. Sanderson.

121

A. M. Plac?.

W. Legge.

F. W. Barff.

A. T. R. Murray.

122

B. Barretto.

J. A. Mosely.

F. Machado.

J. Sorabjee.

123

J. Xavier,

J. K. Morrison.

T. J. Barretto.

C. Wagner.

124

C. Hirst.

W. Ross.

J. W. McTavish.

C. Wassemius.

125

H. E. Wodehouse.

J. Y. V. Shaw.

J. Beale.

G. Orley.

126

E. Sharp.

A. K. Travers.

J. McCallum.

C. H. Wilson.

127

J. M. S. Alves.

D. C. Travers.

G. A. Caldwell.

P. M. Alves.

128

W. Prestage.

A. Algar.

P. E. H. Melby.

H. A. Woolnough.

129

J. P. Costa.

G. Bayne.

G. C. Cox.

H. W. Sampson.

130

H. W. Davis.

A. McG. Heaton.

J. Parker.

J. Rangel.

131

S. A. Noronha.

W. Boffey.

C. W. Duggan.

T. Hetherington.

132

A. Noronha.

W. M. B. Arthur.

J. Sampson.

W. Wilson.

133

J. W. Rangel.

H. M. Bevis.

J. J. Francis.

F. A. Lobato.

134

Q. R. Rangel.

L. Barretto.

W. Schmidt.

100

A. Wohltes.

135

P. H. do Rozario.

J. T. Chater.

J. M. Bastos.

W. Danby.

E. Burnie.

H. L. Dennys.

W. A. Caldwell.

M. Falconer.

S. Cope.

N=28828R

T. Rowland.

101

J. McKay.

136

A. Machado.

J. A. Silva.

102

J. Wright.

137

J. L. de Britto.

J. M. Guedes.

103

J. Germain.

138

C. A. da Silva.

G. L. Tomlin, (Sen.)

104

C. Jensen.

139

F. A. da Silva.

C. S. Haden.

105

W. Ball.

140

M. Leon.

G. L. Tomlin, (Jun.)

106

J. Cleaver.

141

W. Borton.

W. Watts.

107

J. Cook,

142

A. F. dos Reme

F. A. Hazeland.

Orderly Room, 30th May, 1878.

T. C. P Captain, Commr

268

No. 120.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST JUNE, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Dr. ALEXANDER VON DER HORCK to be Acting Superintendent of the Civil Hospital vice C. J. WHARRY, Esquire, M.D., absent on leave.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st June, 1878.

No. 121.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

　　　His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to direct that the 10th of June, being Whit Monday, be observed as a Holiday in the Government Offices.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st June, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

No. 122.

VERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notice r

→s is publi

eral information

J. MRICE, Acting Col

Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Off

NOTICE.

　　　In the event of bad weather being apprehended by this Department, a black drum will be hoisted at the Office Flagstaff. A similar signal will be hoisted and a gun will be fired from the Police Hulk.

The usual signs of approaching bad weather are, a falling Barometer with high Thermometer, sultriness of the atmosphere, and wildness and discoloration of the clouds. Should these symptoms exist and the wind be anywhere between North-Westerly and North-Easterly, a typhoon of a severe type may be looked for.

If there are the same indications of bad weather with the wind between South-Easterly and South- Westerly, a typhoon may be known to be in the neighbourhood, but not likely to be severely felt at Hongkong.

This signal is not to be considered as relieving Masters of ships from their proper responsibilities. The signal is intended only as calling the attention of the Mercantile Marine to any change of weather which the undersigned is expecting.

Harbour Department, Hongkong, 30th May, 1878.

J. P. MCEUEN, R.N.,

Acting Harbour Master, &c.

123.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

he following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st June, 1878.

268

No. 120.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST JUNE, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Dr. ALEXANDER VON DER HORCK to be Acting Superintendent of the Civil Hospital vice C. J. WHARRY, Esquire, M.D., absent on leave.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st June, 1878.

No. 121.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

　　　His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to direct that the 10th of June, being Whit Monday, be observed as a Holiday in the Government Offices.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st June, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

No. 122.

VERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notice r

→s is publi

eral information

J. MRICE, Acting Col

Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Off

NOTICE.

　　　In the event of bad weather being apprehended by this Department, a black drum will be hoisted at the Office Flagstaff. A similar signal will be hoisted and a gun will be fired from the Police Hulk.

Harbour Department, Hongkong, 30th May, 1878.

J. P. MCEUEN, R.N.,

Acting Harbour Master, &c.

123.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

he following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st June, 1878.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST JUNE, 1878.

Government of New Zealand.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 9 of 1878.

Exhibition of Fixed White Light on Moeraki Peninsula, and Alteration of Colour of Lights on Cape Wanbrow and Oamaru Break-water.

Customs Department (Marine Branch), Wellington, New Zealand, 19th March, 1878.

269

Notice is hereby given, that on and after the evening of Monday, the 22nd day of April next, a Light will be exhibited from a Lighthouse which has been erected on the southern point of the Moeraki Peninsula, on the East Coast of the Middle Island, the characteristics of which are as follow:--

The Tower is 28 feet in height, built of wood, and painted white. The Light will be a Fixed White Light of the Third Order, visible all round as far as the land will allow. The Light will be elevated about 170 feet above the sea, and, allowing 15 feet for the height of the eye, will be seen at a distance of 19 nautic miles in clear weather, and at lesser distances according to the state of the atmosphere.

On the same night on which the Moeraki Light is exhibited, the Fixed White Light on Cape Wanbrow, Oamaru, will be altered to Red and the Fixed Red Light on the end of Breakwater to Green. This green light will not, however, be exhibited during bad weather, when the danger lights (two white horizontal with a red light between them) are shown from the flagstaff.

J. BALLANCE.

Government of South Australia.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

LIGHT AT CAPE "

The Light house at Cape Bowling Green havir Revolving Light will be again exhibited on and afte The Light will be at an elevation of 70 feet al every minute.

TNG GREEN.

south-west 120 yards from its orignal position, the

th instant.

el, and will, as for nerly, attain its greatest brilliancy

G. P HEATH, Commander R.N.,

Portmaster.

Departmen

farbours, Brisbar

Government of Ceylon.

　　　　Notice is hereby given that a circular buoy painted black has been moored 66 fathoms N. 60° E. from th patch in Batticaloa roads, eastern coast of Ceylon, and that in future the buoy will be moored in this position fi February till the 31st October.

J. DO

Master Attendant's Office, Colombo, 24th April, 1878.

Master Atter

NOTICE.

　　　　The Acting Harbour Master, under the provisions of Sections IX and X of Or 1862, (Harbour Regulations), deems it expedient to issue the following direction. remain in force until the 15th October next.

　　　　All vessels are to be moored with 45 fathoms on each chain; Top Gallant and Roy be down; and Top Gallant Masts are to be housed or struck; the Hawse is to be a spare Anchor is to be ready for letting go.

　　　　Unemployed vessels are to anchor in the Northern Anchorage, which has for its So the North extreme of Hongkong shut in with the South extreme of the Kowlor I E. by S.

Masters of ships discharging or loading cargo, if desirous of lying

at their own risk, may, on application to the undersigned, obtain permiss Anchorage.

　　　　Masters of Steam-ships are, when practicable, to keep their fires laid steam up when a yphoon is anticipated.

Harbour Department, Hongkong, 30th May, 1878.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST JUNE, 1878.

Government of New Zealand.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 9 of 1878.

Exhibition of Fixed White Light on Moeraki Peninsula, and Alteration of Colour of Lights on Cape Wanbrow and Oamaru Break-water.

Customs Department (Marine Branch), Wellington, New Zealand, 19th March, 1878.

269

J. BALLANCE.

Government of South Australia.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

LIGHT AT CAPE "

The Light house at Cape Bowling Green havir Revolving Light will be again exhibited on and afte The Light will be at an elevation of 70 feet al every minute.

TNG GREEN.

south-west 120 yards from its orignal position, the

th instant.

el, and will, as for nerly, attain its greatest brilliancy

G. P HEATH, Commander R.N.,

Portmaster.

Departmen

farbours, Brisbar

Government of Ceylon.

J. DO

Master Attendant's Office, Colombo, 24th April, 1878.

Master Atter

NOTICE.

　　　　Unemployed vessels are to anchor in the Northern Anchorage, which has for its So the North extreme of Hongkong shut in with the South extreme of the Kowlor I E. by S.

Masters of ships discharging or loading cargo, if desirous of lying

at their own risk, may, on application to the undersigned, obtain permiss Anchorage.

　　　　Masters of Steam-ships are, when practicable, to keep their fires laid steam up when a yphoon is anticipated.

Harbour Department, Hongkong, 30th May, 1878.

}

270

T NOTIFICATION.

ment Lock Hospital, during the Month of April, 1878, is published for general By Command,

METEOROLOGIJAL OBSERVATIONS

137 feet above me. i low level of Spring Tides. TAKEN AT THE GOVERNMENT LOCK HOSPITAL, ? ?ICTORIA, HONGKONG, FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL, 1878.

J. M PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST JUNE, 1878.

THERMOMETERS (Fahrenheit.)

HYGROMETER.

WIND.

CLOUD.

RAIN IN

INCHES

BAROMETER.

DAY OF M

DAY OF

W.EK.

ATTACHED

IN SHADE.

SELF REGISTERING IN THE SHADE. Max. and Min. of the previous

MAX.

SUN,

24 hours, taken at Noon.

BULB

MAX.

SUN,

BULB

Ex-

IUR-

MIN.

VACUO.

GRA'98.

POSED.

SAL

ANGE,

DE.

'N SOIL

MN. DRY BULBIN WET BUBIN SHADE. SHADE.

HUMIDITY

COMPLETE SATURATION

=100.

DEW POINT.

QUARTER.

DURING

THE

PREVI-

OUS 24

HOURS.

0-10.

INCHES

DEEP.

9 A.V.

3 P.M.

9 A.M. 3 P.M. Min. Max.

Temp. at

Noon.

9 A.M.

P.M.J A. M. 3 P.M. 9 A.M.3 P.M. 9 A.M.3 P.M.

9 A.M.

3 P.M.

9 A.M. 9 A.M.

3 P.M.

Monday,

29.95

29.85

64.0

65.0

56.0 66.0

65.0

99.

80.

63.0

57.0

64.0

?5.0

62.0

63.0 88.

88.

60.3

61.4

0.60

2 Tuesday,

29.90

29.85

70.0

74.0

61.0 76.0

75.0 130.

95.

75.0

60.0

71.0

74.0 69.0

71.0

88.

84.

67.5

68.8 E.

0.01

Wednesday,

29.95

29.90

73.0

78.0

67.0

79.0 78.0 127.

95.

72.0

73.0

79.0

71.0

75.0

89.

80.

69.5

72.3

Thursday,

29.96 !

29.91

74.0

72.0

68.0

73.0

72.0

140.

104.

75.0

72.0

70.0

89.

70.5

68.5

Friday,

30.02

30.00

66.0

69.0

60.0

69.0

68.0 130.

97.

66.0

69.0

64.0

66.0

88.

83.

62.4

63.7 E.

Saturday,

30.06.

30.02

67.0

71.0

61.0 70.0

69.0

119.

90.

67.0

71.0

65.0

68.0 88.

83.

63.4

65.7 E.

0.02

Sunday,

30.02

29.95

68.0

71.0

62.0 72.0

70.0

119.

89.

67.0

71.0

65.0

67.0 83.

78.

62.6

64.0 E.

Monday,

29.96

29.91

70.0

75.0

64.0 77.0

76.0

143.

100.

81.0

75.0

68.0

71.0 88.

79.

60.5

68.1

9 Tuesday,

30.00

29.95

75.0

78.0

66.0 81.0

80.0

140. 100.

81.0.

78.0

72.0

73.0 84.

75.

69.8

69.5

Wednesday,

29.96

29.88

75.0

74.0

69.0 75.0

74.0

133.

99.

74.0

73.0

72:0

89.

71.6

70.5 E.

11 Thursday,.

29.85

29.78

72.0

75.0

65.0 77.0

76.0 124.

98.

73.0

75.0

71.0

73.0 94.

89.

70.2

71.6

12 Friday,

29.95

29.90

74.0

72.0

67.0

74.0

73.0 133.

97.

70.0

72.0

71.0

89.

94.

70.5

70.2

0.70

Saturday,

30.00

77.0

65.0

80.0

79.0

135.

93.

81.0

78.0

77.0 70.0

71.0 63.

71.

64.4

66.8

2.05

14 Sunday,

30.03

29.95

78.0

79.0

68.0

79.0

78.0

135.

95.

84.0

78.0

79.0

70.0

71.0 63.

63.

64.4

65.5 E.

15 Monday,

29.95

29.90 73.0

77.0

66.0

76.0 75.0

142. 100.

73.0

71.0

73.0

65.0

77.0

73.0

62.

79.

59.1

70.2

16 Tuesday,??

29.95

29.92

71.0

73.0

66.0

72.0

71.0 137.

95.

71.0

24.0

69.0

71.0

73.0

69.0

70.0

88.

84.

67.5

67.8

Wednesday,

30.02

29.95

70.0

72.0

65.0

74.0

73.0

130.

94.

70.0

9.0 24.0

67.0

70.0

72.0

68.0

69.0

88.

84.

66.5

66.7

0.02

Thursday,

30.00

29.84

74.0

77.0

66.0 79.0

78.0

139.

99.

3.0 19.0

66.0

74.0 78.0

70.0

73.0

79.

75.

67.1

69.5

E.N.E.

19 Friday,

29.93

29.86

78.0

82.0

68.0

85.0

84.0

145.

111.

.7.0 29.0

71.0

80.0

84.0

74.0

76.0

71.

64.

69.9

70.7

W.N.W

S.W.

20 Saturday,

29.90

29.82

80.0

83.0

70.0

89.0

88.0

150,

116.

9.0

39.0

75.0

83.0

84.0 77.0

78.0

72.

73.0

74.0

S.W.

21 Sunday,

29.84

29.80

83.0

85.0

74.0

88.0

87.0

149.

117.

1.0 39.0

74.0

85.0

86.0

79.0

81.0

72.

76.

75,1

77.8

S.W.

22 Monday,

20.83

29.81

75.0

73.0

69.0

77.0

76.0

142.

111.

75.0

3.0 36.0

73.0

75.0

73.0

70.0

89.

84.

71.6 67.8

N.E.

0.55

23 Tuesday,

30.04

30.00

68.0 72.0

61.0

74.0

73.0

133.

100.

65.0

35.0

61.0

67.0

72.0

60.0

65.0

64.

54.4

59.7

0.03

24 Wednesday,

30.03

29.98

71.0

73.0

64.0

74.0 73.0

129.96.

74.0

29.0

65.0 71.0

73.0

63.0

63.0 61.

54.

56.9

55.6

25 Thursday,

30.00

29.95

74.0

78.0

66.0

80.0

79.0

133.

100.

75.0

67.0

75.0

78.0 70.0

70.0 74.

63.

66.4

64.4

N.E.

26 Friday, ..................**

30.00

29.95

78.0 82.0

67.0

84.0 82.0

J45.

111.

71.0

78.0

85.0

69.0

73.0

59.

52.

62.7

65.2

S.W.

27 Saturday,

30.05

30.00

75.0

76.0

67.0 77.0

76.0

147.

113.

72.0

76.0

69.0

70.0

67.

71.

64.0

65.7

28 Sunday,

29.97

29.90

76.0

78.0

67.0 81.0

80.0

145.

109.

720 76.0

79.0

71.0

72.0

75.

67.

67.4

67.2

Monday,.........

29.90

29.85

77.0

83.0

69.0

87.0

86.0

148.

112.

7.0 23.0

77.0 85.0

73.0

76.0

79.

61.

70.2

70.1

S.W.

30 Tuesday,

29.86

29.81

80.0

82.0

73.0

85.0

84.0

149. 109

$72.0

80.0 83.0

75.0

77.0

75. 72.

71.6

73.0 S.W.

S.W.

...

....

...

Mean.

29.96

29.90

73.2 75.8

65.9

77.6

76.9 135.

26.2

67.6

73.8 76.3

69.6 71.2

78.

75.

`66.5

67.7

3.98

Summary of April, 1877:-Mean Shade Temp.,

.71.4

Total Rain fall,

11.16 inches. Rain fell on 14 days.

1876:-

1875:-

.68.3

11.95

3.01

1874:-

.64.7

3.11

1873:-

.64.7

0.23

1872:-

66.3

0.55

}}

PH. B. C. AYRES,

Colonial Surgeon.

*272

THE

HONGKONG”

GOVERNMENT

GAZETTE,

1ST JUNE,

1878.

r'FICE.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

"EOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

CAPE D'AGUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

VICTORIA PEAR. HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

WINDS

R IN FALL.

ERMOMETER.

THERMOMETER.

0 TO 12.

WEA-

BARO-

0 TO 12.

THER.

METER

WEA-

THER.

> inches dur gprevious,

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

WEA-

THER,

Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet.Direct.

Force.

1 hours.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max, Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches

during previous

24 hours.

74.0

74.0 71.0

o.c.q.

29.78 77.0

75.0 72.0, E

b.c.m.

29.8375.0

72.0 69.0 NE

28.13 67.0

66.0 66.0 ESE

2 | 75.0 80.0 72.0 75.0 71.0

o.c.q.

76.0 72.0

o.c.q.

29.78 77.0 88.0 71.0 76.5 73.0, E 29.78 78.0

b.c.m.

0.51

79.0: 74.0 E

b.c.m.

29.83 76.0 87.0 69.0 73.0 69.0 NE 29.83 75.0

o.m.

0.81

28.12 69.0 69.0, 69.0? 68.0 68.0 ESE

0.85

73.0 71.0] NE

o.m.

28.10 70.0

69.0 68.0 ESE

o.f.

77.0 76.0

o.c.m.

29.82 82.0

80.0 78.0 E

b.c.m.

29.86 77.0]

76.0] 75,5} NE

m.o.

28.18 73.0

73.0 73.0 SE

4 o.f.

75.0 79.0 77.0

Monday,

27th

29.88 | 80.0

30.00 | 86.0

Noon 30.00 | 88.0, 90.0 79.0 88.0 83.0

80.0 77.5,

b.c.m.

29.79 82.0 82.0 72.5 81.5 79.0 E

b.c.m.

9.00

29.87 78.0 87.0 75.0 76.5 75,5| NNE

m.0.

0.00

29.78 82.0

80.5 84.0 E

b.c.m.

29.80 78.0

78.0 78.0 N

m.0.

28.14 77.0

28.16 76.0, 76,0 67.0 75.0 75.0 SE

?? :

o.f.

0.10

76.0 75.0 SE

O.C.

86.0 81.5

b.c.

29.86 86.0

S6.0 84.0 E

b.c

29.90 82.0

85.0, 82.0 SW

b.c.

28.20 77.0

May.

29.95 ?8.0

88.0 82.0:

Tuesday,

28th

30.01

3.5

83.0 80.0

May.

Noon 30.02 88.5 90.5 81.0 88.0

29.96 89.0

82.5

89.0 82.5

Wednesday,

30.00 87.0

87 0 81.0.

29th

Noon 29.98 84.5 91.0 83.0 84.0 80.0

True wind

cannot be registered.

b.c.

25.87 88.0 88.5 77.5 88.0 84.0 S

29.85 89.0

89.0 84.0 S

b.c.

0.00

29.90 86.5 87.5 74.5 87.5 82.5 SW

b.c.

0.00

b.c.

29.85 85.0

b.c.

29.88 86.0

Do.

b.c.

0.0.

29.8687.0

May. 3

29.95 87.0

87.0 82.0

b.c.

: ?

29.88 | 89.0, 90.0, 77.5 88.5 81.0 W

29.85 90.0

85.0 83.0; Calm

0 b.c.

29.95 85.0

???

b.c.

0.88

:00

85.5 80.0 SW

b.c.

28.17 78.0

77.0 76.0 S

o.f.

28.23 78.0 78.0 75.0 77.0 77.0 SSW

O.C.

77.0 76.0 S

0.c.

0.10

84.5) 83.5 SW

b.c.

28.25 78.0

77.0 77.0 SW

o.f.

29.91 85.5 88.0 78.0 85.0 83.0 SW

b.c.

0.15

89.0 84.0 WbS!

b.c.

29.8787.0

86.0 83.0 SW

b.c.

28.24 78.0 78.0 75.0 77.0 77.0 SW 28.17 79.0

O.C.

0.56

78.0/77.0 SW

O.C.

86.5' 82.0, S

b.c.

29.89 85.5

29.87 86.0 89.0 79.0 86.0 82.0 Calm 29.83 88.0

b.c.m.

0.37

87.0 82.5 S

g.p.

86.5 83.0 SW 29.88 85.5 87.0 80.0 87.0 81.5 SW 29.84 87.0

b.c.

28.23 76.0

b.c.

0.00

75.0 75.0 S

o.f.

28.2177.0 78.0 73.0 76.0 76.0 S

b.c.

0.00

84.0 81.0 SW

b.c.

28.19 74.01

74.0 74.0 S

o.c.q.

Thursday,

30th

May.

82.0 79.0

29.9382.0;

9 Noon 29.92 82.0 86.0 81.0 82.0 79.0

o.c.r.

29.80 84.0

81.0 79.0 S

o.r.

29.84 84.0]

b.e.

29.87 86.0

86.0 82.0

b.c.

Friday,

-91st

29.93 86.0 Noon 29.92 80.0 89.0 80.0 80.0 76,9|

29.81 85.0 88.0 77.0 81.0 79.0 SW 29.77 86.0

o.r.

0.58

87.5 83.0 SW

b.c.

77.0 76.0 SW 29.83 82.0 87.0 73.0 78.0 78.0 SW 85.0 82.0 SW

29.77 85.0

b.c.

28.14 74.0

74.0 73.0 SW

o.c.p.

3 b.c.

0.21

b.c.

:????:

28.12 73.0 74.0 71.0 72.0 71.0 SW

O.C.

0.85

28.12 76.0

75.0 75.0 SW

5 O.C.

86.0 82.0

b.c.

29.80 87.0

86.0 83.0 SW

28.16 77.0

77.0 74.0 SW-

b.c.m.

o.c.r.t.

照:

May.

29.90 81.0

81.0 77.0

O.C.

29.83 82.0 87.5 74.0 79.0 78.0 NNE 29.81 84.0 82.0 79.5 Calm

o.r.l.t.

1.14

Telegraph wire out of order.

0 o.p.

28.14 73.0 73.0 71.0 73.0 72.5 WSW 28.12 73.0

0.35

73.0 72.0 WSW?

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind

STATE OF WEATHER:-b. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; f. foggy; g. gloomy; h. hail; 7. lightning; Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). NOTE.—A bar (—) under any letter augments its signification, thus f, very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and con'

misty (hazy); o. overcast ; p. passing showers; q. squally; r. rain; s. snow; 1. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility. g rain, &c., &c.

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Description of Wind.

Illugir

of the Wind as regards a well-conditioned

s Clipper Ship.

Rate of the Wind per Hour in Miles.

Wind.

012345678DOIN

Calm

Light Air Light Breeze .. Gentle Breeze

Moderate Breeze.. Fresh Breeze

Strong Breeze

Moderate Gale..

Fresh Gale .. Strong Gale Whole Gale.

Storm..

Hurricane.

Just sufficient to g?

With which the abo

sal 1 to 2 knots

(5 to 6

Royals, &c.

set and clean full would go in smooth? 3 to 4 water..

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails.

In which she could just carry in chase, Double Reefs and Jib, &c. full and by

Triple Reefs, &c..

Close Reefs and Courses

In which she could just bear close-reefed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail

Under Storm Staysail

Bare Poles.....

0 to 2

3 10

11 - 15

16 20

21 - 25

26 - 30

31 36

- 44

above 80

No. 116.

;

THE HONGKong governMENT GAZETTE, 1ST JUNE, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Post Office Notice is published for general information.

By Command,

-273

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th May, 1878.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

　　　The French Postal Administration requests the notification that, during the International Exhibition at present being held in Paris, a temporary Post and Telegraph Office has been established within the Exhibition grounds, which will ischarge all the functions of a Post Office, including Money Order business, &c.

General Post Office, Hongkong, 25th May, 1878.

ALFRED LISTER,

Postmaster General.

NOTICE.

Harbour Department, Hongkong, 2nd May, 1878.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG,

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in

Uts Summary Jurisdiction, on every Tues-

day, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.

SUPREM

NTIL fui its Orig

UNTIL

Thursdays.

Order,

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG

BANKRUPTCY.

In th

OTI

.UNKET, istrar.

rupt on his orde of May nance,

Dated

JEHONGKONG.

rt will sit in ion on Mondays and

Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

MEMORANDUM of DEED to be registered pur- suant to "The Bankruptcy Ordinance,

1864."

1. Title of Deed.

2. Date of Deed.

3. Date of Execution

by Debtor.

4. Name and des-

Deed of Assignment for the be- nefit of Creditors.

The second day of May, 1878. The second day of May, 1878.

EMILIANO MARIA DA SILVA, cription of Debtor. of Victoria, in the Colony of Hong-

kong, Clerk.

5. Name and des- cription of Trustee.

of Deed.

POLYCARPO

ANTONIO DA COSTA, of Victoria aforesaid, Gen- tleman.

6. Name and effect Deed of Assignment of all the estate and effects of the Debtor to the Trustee upon trust to be applied and administered as if the Debtor had been at the date of the Deed adjudged Bankrupt. Release of Debtor.

　　　　I certify the Entry in the Re "The Bankruptcyance, 1864.”

be a true copy of the Book of Deeds under

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SHARP, TOLLER

JOHNSON,

Solicitors for the

Bankrupt

of LUK MUI, a Bankrupt. by given that the above named vho was adjudged a Bank- Jay of April, 1878, obtained

J. P. MCEUEN, Acting Emigration Officer, &c.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

In re GEORGE LYALL, CHARLES FREDE- RICK STILL, and GEORGE FRANCIS MACLEAN, Bankrupts.

ge on the Thirty-first day NOTICE is hereby given that a Meeting of the

r the Bankruptcy Ordi-

une. 1878.

{DER DE..NY Solicitor acti in the Bankruptcy, 16, Bank buildings, Victoria,'

Hongkong.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

In the matter of Yu-CHING of No. 8, Wellington Street, Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, lately carrying on business as a Shipchandler under the shop name of "YU-SHING,” a Bankrupt; and,

In the matter of YU-HONG otherwise Yu- KWONG of No. 6c., Welling- ton Street, Victoria afore- said, lately carrying on busi- ness as a Shipchandler under the shop name of " KWONG- KUT," a Bankrupt.

NOTICE. The above named Yu-CHING and

YU-HONG otherwise Yu-Kwove having been adjudged Bankrupts under Petitions for adjudication of Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong, in Bankruptcy, on the 20th day of May, 1878, are hereby required to sur- render themselves to the Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET, the Registrar of the said Court, at the first Meeting of Creditors to be held before the said Registrar, on Friday, the 7th day of June, 1878, at Eleven A.M., pre- cisely, at the said Court.

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Hongkong, 25th May, 1878.

it? lu

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QUI MAI

MON

DROIT

THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

Published by Authority.

No. 23.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 8TH JUNE, 1878.

VOL. XXIV.

No. 125.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Returns relative to Victoria Gaol, during the year 1877, are published for general

information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th June, 1878.

WEEKLY. .1877.

RET

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

NUMBER of PRISONERS in VICTORIA GAOL on the last Day of each Week of the Year 1877.

CHINESE

EUROPEANS.

OR COLOURED.

OR COLOUred.

TOTAL.

WEEKLY. 1877.

TOTAL..

Males.

Females.

Males.

Females.

Males. Females.

January

398

457

July

300

341

389

443

293

338

400

454

310

359

386

440

321

375

February

366

423

August

324

378

348

407

325

379

339

401

335

391

324

388

355

420

March

300

358

September 2

344

408

288

341

361

421

284

336

363

418

33.

291

342

358

410

April

292

339

351

405

278

322

October

338

387

291

337

341

400

283

332

354

414

288

332

28.

389

457

May

293

340

306

358

316

357

312

356

June

23.

313

360

November 4.

395

461

422

490

431

489

384..

437

December 2.

368

415

-21

310

353

378

428

313

360

392

429

304

343

396

438

July

301

339

401

443

Victoria Gaol Office, Hongkong, 13th March, 1878.

T. C. DEMPSTER, Captain,

Acting Superintendent.

}

CLASS

PRISONERS.

: :

Murder.

European Females,...

European Males,..

Indian Males, .........

Indian Females,

Chinese Males,

......

Chinese Females, ......

TOTAL,...........................

***

: N

Manslaughter.

Piracy.

:..

???

RETURN showing the CLASSIFICATION of OFFENCES for which PRISONERS were immitted to VICTORIA GAOL, from the respective Courts of the Colony, during the Year 1877.

793

180

...

756

166

??.

...

???

...

:..

...

: :

...

???

...

235

???

---

...

186

...

439

272

170

652

726

3,238

???

192

***

...

Cutting and Wounding, or Assault occasioning Griev-

ous Bodily Harm, &c.

Assault with Intent to Rob, Highway Robbery, Robbery

with Violence and Attempt at such.

Burglary, Attempt to commit Burglary, and having

Possession of House-breaking Implements.

Larceny, Larceny from a House, Larceny from the

Person and froin Ships in the Harbour.

Defrauding, and Obtaining Goods or Money under

False Pretences.

Unlawful Possession or Receiving Stolen Goods, &c.

Illegally Pawning Goods, &c.

Sodomy and Unnatural Offences.

Indecent Assault.

Child Stealing, Kidnapping, Abduction of Females, For- cible Detention, Buying or Selling of Human Beings.

Forgery Coining or Ufterine Corstorfeit

Coir

Notes Perjury, Suborning Witnesses to Commit Perjury, Preferring False Charge, and Giving Wilful False Testimony, &c.

Threatening to Accuse of Crime, Accusing of Crime

with Intent to Extort Money.

Assault, Assault with Wounding and Rioting.

Drunk and Incapable, Fighting and Quarrelling, Dis- orderly Conduct, Refusing to pay Chair Hire, and Resisting the Police in the Execution of their Duty.

Misconduct as a Private or Public Servant, Refusal of Duty, Negligence, Desertion and Remaining be- hind from Ship.

Breaches of Military or Naval Discipline.

Gambling or Haunting Gambling Houses, &c.

Rogues and Vagabonds, Suspicious Characters, and

Vagrancy.

Breach of Conditional Pardon and Returning to the

Colony from Deportation.

Breach of Ordinance with regard to Weights and

Measures and Registration. Without Passes, Unlawful Hawking or Selling without

a Licence, Obstruction, Nuisance, Damage, Making Bonfires and Firing Crackers, Defiling Streams, Uttering Cries, Trespassing, Breach of Ordinance for Harbour and Market Regulations.

Breach of Brothel Ordinance.

Committed for Trial, Remanded from Courts, Crown

Witnesses, and Pending Orders, &c.

For Debt.

GRAND TOTAL.

Office, Hongkong, 16th May, 1878.

134

438

114

*8481 ANAL HIS ‘ALLIZVI ANAKNYA NO TH

927

277

193

670

892

8,946

阜

Acting Superintendent,

T. C. DEMPSTER, Captain,

No. 126.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 8TH JUNE, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notice to Mariners is published for general information.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE,

277

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th June, 1878.

Government of Ceylon.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

Notice is hereby given that a bright light is now exhibited every night, from sun-set to sun-rise, at an elevation of 50 feet above the sea on the Flag Staff near the mouth of the Batticaloa Lake, Eastern coast of Ceylon; and will be exhibited hereafter till further notice from the 15th February to the 31st October, the time during which the port is open.

Νο. 121.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

J. DONNAN, Master Attendant.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to direct that the 10th of June, being Whit Monday, be observed as a Holiday in the Government Offices.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st June, 1878.

No. 122.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notice respecting Typhoons is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st June, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

NOTICE.

　　　　　In the event of bad weather being apprehended by this Department, a black drum will be hoisted at the Office Flagstaff. A similar signal will be hoisted and a gun will be fired from the Police Hulk.

Harbour Dep

ent Hongkong, 30th May, 1878.

J. P. MCEUEN, R.N., Acting Harbour Master, &c.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 8TH JUNE, 1878.

278

THE HONGKONG

NOTICE.

　　　The Acting Harbour Master, under the provisions of Sections IX and X of Ordinance No. 1 of 1862, (Harbour Regulations), deems it expedient to issue the following directions, which are to remain in force until the 15th October next.

　　　All vessels are to be moored with 45 fathoms on each chain; Top Gallant and Royal Yards are to be down; and Top Gallant Masts are to be housed or struck; the Hawse is to be kept clear; and a spare Anchor is to be ready for letting go.

Unemployed vessels are to anchor in the Northern Anchorage, which has for its Southern Boundary the North extreme of Hongkong shut in with the South extreme of the Kowloon Peninsula bearing E. by S.

Masters of ships discharging or loading cargo, if desirous of lying on the South side of the Harbour at their own risk, may, on application to the undersigned, obtain permission to moor in the Southern Anchorage.

　　　Masters of Steam-ships are, when practicable, to keep their fires laid, and they are advised to get steam up when a typhoon is anticipated.

Harbour Department, Hongkong, 30th May, 1878.

Adwands & Co. 5

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Unclaimed Correspondence, 7th June, 1878.

Letters. Papers.

J. P. MCEUEN, R.N., Acting Harbour Master, &c.

Lets. Pprs.

Simani, F. Shearer, James 1 Smith, James

Letters. Papers.

A-Foo

Ayala, Juan

Aqueon, Madlle.1

Botelho, Balbina i Beltran, Pedro 1 Bennett, G. A. Bustamante, A. 1

Gardner, C. J. 2

Geldart, Rev. E. 2

Keaton, M. Kazori, Salip K.1 regd.

Nicholls, J. T. B.

Gregg, Dr.

Pinchen, F.

Grill, Emilia

Arnold, J.

Go Lam Tjan 1

Alvares, P. S.

Abduchuban, C. 1 regd,

Caurisulo, A.

Grubel, Mrs. A.

Leslie, Mrs. H. 1 Linskiel, Capt.

Perpetuo, E. Pelly, Leonard 2

Sin Mow,

Sams, F. B.

Pogson, R.

Smith, John

Addison, Robert1

Clare, T.

Graves, Miss A. 1

Abaiso, Gen. G.,1

Colvile, M. D.

Low Tum Yean 1 Lopez, M. G.

Priestman, A.

Salter, A. E.

China, Susan

Blankenger, J. 1

Cape, Chas.

Bryce, Mr.

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Boas, J.

Burry, A.

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Slater

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McMeekin, J.

Smith,

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THE

HONGKONG GOVERNMENT

1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

WINDS

DAY AND

HOUR.

DATE.

BARO-

METER

THERMOMETER.

0 TO 12.

WEA-

THER.

BARO-

METER

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

Saturday, 9

1st

30.04 | 81.0 81.0 75.0 Noon 30.06 |77,0] 80.0| 76.0 77.0 75.5

o.c.r.

29.89 82.0

81.0 77.0 NE

o.c.r.

80.02 78.0

78.0 75.5

0.c.

29.90 81.0 85.0 74.0 78.0 77.0 ESE 29.90 81.0 78.5 76.0 E

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

inded.

Con Saty

insertion

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

BARO-

In inches

during previous 24 hours.

MET

D'?GUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

advert

VICTORIA PEAK.

Wr.DS

RAIN FALL.

0 TO 12.

WEA-

THER.

vet. Direct. | Forc?.

In inches during previous, 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

THERMOMETER.

WINDS

0 TO 12.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct.

Force:

HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

RAIN FALL.

In inches

during previous

24 hours.

0 NNE

o.r.

28.25 | 72.0]

71.5 70.0 NE

o.c.

0.1.

1.00

o.m.d.

28.22 71.0 71,0 69.0 1.0 70.0 E 28.22 71.5

o.c.r.

0.95

71.0 70.5 E

o.f.

$0.12 78.0

78.0 73.0

b.c.

29.95 80.0

79.0 74.0 E?N

Mr.

5 b.e.

77.0 72.5 NE

b.c.

28.29 70.01

69.0 68.0 E

o.c.

June.

Noon 80.11 | 78.0 81.0 73.0 78,0 72.0 30.06 79.0

b.c.

··

79.0 72.0

b.c.

Monday,

3rd

June.

Noon

30.06 77.0

4th

June.

Wednesday,

5th

30.06 78.0 81.0 75.0 78.0 73.0| 30.00 78.0

Tuesday, 9 30.00 80.0

Noon 29.99 80.0 81.5 75,0 80,0|

29.94 80.0

29.95 81.0]

Noon 29.94 82.5 85.0 78.0 82.0 79.0

:::

77.0 72.5

29.91 80.0

29.95 80.0 80.5 74.0 79.5 74.0 EbN 29.93 81.0

b.c.

073.0 77.0 72.0 NE

b.c.

0.09

28.28 70.0 71.0 67.0 69.0 68.0 E

b.c.m.

0.00

83.0 75.0 E?N

b.c.

77.0 76.0 ENE

b.c.

28.24 73.0

··

72.0 69.0 E

b.c.m.

6:0

78.0 73.0

80.0 74.0

74.5

80.0 74.0

81.0 77.0

True wind cannot be registered.

b.c.

29.9182.0 82.5 74.0 80.0 74.0 E 29.87 81.0

78.0 74.0 E

b.c.

29.94 77.5

76.0 71.0 NE

b.c.

28.24 68.0

67.0 67.0 E

o.c.m.

b.c.

0.00

81.5 76.0 E

b.c.

29.95 78.0 78.0 74.0 77.0 72.0 NE 29.90 78.0

b.c.

0.00

28.24 70.0 71.0 67.0 69.0 68.0 ESE

o.c.m.

0.00

77.0 72.0 NE

b.c.

28.21 73.0

72.0 69.0 ESE

o.c.m.

b.c.

29.87 82.0

80.0, 75.0 E

b.c.

29.90 80.0

79.5 73.5 ENE

b.c.

Do.

b.c.

29.86 82.0 83.5 73.5 82.0 76.5 E

b.c.

0.00

29.90 80.0 89.0 74.0 78.0 78.0 ENE

b.c.

29.85 82.0

84.0 76.0 E

4 b.c.

29.86 78.0;

O.C.

29.82 82.0

81.0 78.0 E

29.85 80.5

:::

28.18 71.0

71.0 68.0 SE

o.c.m.

b.c.

0.00

78.0 74.0 NE

b.c.

28.17 74.0 74.0 68.0 73.0 70.0 E 28.15 72.0

0.c.m.

0.00

71.0 69.0 E

o.c.m.

80.5 77.0 ESE

O.C.

28.16 73.0

June.

29.88 83.0

79.0

O.C.

29.82 82.5 85.0 76.0 82.5 79.5 E 29.81 82.0

b.c.

0.00

85.0 81.0 E

g.p.

29.85 81.5 82.0 76.0 81.5 78.5 ESE 29.82 82.0

d.o.

0.00

82.0 78.0 SE

C.O.

73.0 71.5, SE 28.15 74.0 74.0 68.0 73.0 72.0 SE 28.13 74,0

o.c.m.

73.0 72.0 SE

o.c.m.

0.00

Thursday,

9 29.86 88.0

83.0 80.0

O.C.

29.75 85.0

84.0 80.0 S

g.p.

29.87 82.0!

80.0 79.5 S

c.o.q.

28.10 75.0

75.0 75.0 SW

o.f.

6th

June.

Noon 29.86 | 83.0 86.0 79.0 83.0 80.0| 29.8083.5|

O.C.

29.75 85.0 85.0 76.0 83.5 81.0 S

g.F.

1.19

83.0 81.0

0.0.

29.73 86.0

85.0 82.0 S

Friday, 9 29.88 84.0

b.c.m.

29.87 88.5 85.0 77.0 82.5 78.5 S 29.84 84.5

C.0.C

0.15

84.5 81.0 SSW

b.c.

28.10 75.0 75,0| 72.0 75.0 75.0 SSW 28.08 75.0

o.f.

0.77

75.0 75.0 SSW

o.f.

84.0 82.0

O.C.

29.76 86.0

84.0 83.0 Calm

b.c.m.

7th

June.

Noon 29.86 87.5 89.0 81.0 87.0 81.0 29.80 86.0

b.c.

86.0 81.0

b.c.

29.76 88.0 87.0 79.0 86.0 83.5 S 29.72 88.0 87.0 83.0' S

g.p.

0.09

b.c.

29.80 85.0 83.0 82.0 SW 29.78 84.0 86.0, 78.0, 83.0 81.0 SE 29.73 84.01 84.0 81.0 S

b.c.

28.12 77.0

76.5 76.5 SW

o.f.

b.c.

0.00

b.c.

28.12 77.0 77.0 75,0| 76,5 76.0 SW 28.05 78.0 77.0 76.0 SSW

???

o.p.c.

0.10

O.C.

GAZETTE, 8TH JUNE, 1878.

279

Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). STATE OF WEATHER:-b. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; f. foggy; 9. gloomy; h. hail; . lightning; m. nisty (hazy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; 9. squally; r. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility. NOTE.—A bar (—) under any letter augments its signification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and continui, g rain, &c., &c.

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

Description of Wind.

Figures

Illustrations of the po ver of the Wind as regards a well-conditioned Man-of- War or First-class Clipper Ship.

to denote

Rate of the Wind

per Hour in Miles.

the Force

of the

Wind.

0 to 2

11 15

53 60

70 - 80

above 80

With which the above Ship with all wil ( 1 to 2 knots set and clean full would go in smo th3 to 4 water...

Calm

Light Air

Just sufficient to give steerage way.

Light Breeze

Gentle Breeze

Moderate Breeze.

Fresh Breeze...

Strong Breeze

Moderate Gale..

Fresh Gale.

Strong Gale...

Whole Gale...

Storm.

Hurricane.

5 to 6

Royals,

&c.

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails.

Triple Reefs, &c..........

full and by In which she could just carry in che 30, Double Reefs and Jib, &c.

Close Reefs and Courses

In which she could just bear close-re, fed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail

Under Storm Staysail

Bare Poles.........

280

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NOTICE.

It is hereby notified, that Ships conveying Chinese Passengers under the proyons of Ordinance will not be allowed to carry them on the Upper or Weather Deck between the 1st of 15th of October, inclusive.

No. 5 of 197

June ?

Harbour Department, Hongkong, 2nd May, 1878.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in

Uus Sturmury Jurisdiction, on every Tues-

day, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in its Original Jurisdiction on Mondays and Thursdays:

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

In re GEORGE LYALL, CHARLES FREDE- RICK STILL, and GEORGE FRANCIS MACLEAN, Bankrupts.

NOTICE is hereby given that a Meeting of the

　　　　　　Creditors of the above named Bankrupts, will be held in the Supreme Court House, on Tuesday, the 25th day of June, A.D. 1878, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, before the Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET, Registrar of the Supreme Court, for the purpose of winding up the Estate, and dividing the Assets amongst the Creditors.

　　　　Creditors who have not proved, or who shall not then prove, will be excluded from any benefit of any Dividend that may be declared, and all claims not proved will be disallowed,

Supreme Court House,

18th May, 1878.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

In the matter of YU-CHING of No. 8, Wellington Street, Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, lately carrying on business as a Shipchandler under the shop name of "YU-SHING," a Bankrupt;

and

In the matter of YU-HONG otherwise Yu- KWONG of No. 6c., Welling- ton Street, Victoria afore- said, lately carrying on busi- ness as a Shipchandler under the shop name of "KWONG- KUT," a Bankrupt.

OTICE.-The above named YU-CHING and YU-HONG otherwise YU-KWONG, having been adjudged Bankrupts under Petitions for adjudication of Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong, in Bankruptcy, on the 20th day of May, 1878, a public sitting for the said Bankrupts to pass their last examination, and make application for their discharge, will be held before the Honourable FRANCIS SNOWDEN, Acting Chief Justice of the said Court, at the Supreme Court House, Victoria, Hongkong, on Friday, the 21st day of June, 1878, at Eleven o'clock A.M., precisely.

At this sitting, proofs of the debts of the Cre- ditors will be received.

The Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee, and Messrs. SHARP, TOLLER & JOHNSON are the Solicitors acting in the respective Bankruptcies.

Supreme Court House,

Hongkong, 8th June, 1878.

J. P. MCEUEN, Acting Emigration Officer, &c.

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VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 15TH JUNE, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

VOL. XXIV.

The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hongkong, during the Month ending 31st May, 1878, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th June, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

BANKS.

AVERAGE AMOUNT.

SPECIE IN RESERVE.

Oriental Ba

Chartered M

rpor

367

11,909

150,000

India, London and China,....

434,5′

150,000

Chartered BaIndia, Australia and China, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,

661,637

250,000

862,915

500,000

TOTAL,..

2,370,966

1,050,000

No. 122.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notice respecting Typhoons is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st June, 1878.

NOTICE.

J V. PRICE, Acting nial Secretary..

In the event of bad weather being apprehended by this Department, a black drum will be hoisted" at the Office Flagstaff. A similar signal will be hoisted and a gun will be fired from the Police Hulk. The usual signs of approaching bad weather are, a falling Barometer with high Thermometer, sultriness of the atmosphere, and wildness and discoloration of the clouds.. Should these symptoms. exist and the wind be anywhere between North-Westerly and North-Easterly, a typhoon of a severe type may be looked for.

Harbour Department, Hongkong, 30th May, 1878.

J. P. MCEUEN, R.N., Acting Harbour Master, &c..

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NOTICE.

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　　　Masters of Steam-ships are, when practicable, to keep their fires laid, and they are advised to get steam up when a typhoon is anticipated.

Harbour Department, Hongkong, 30th May, 1878.

J. P. MCEUEN, R.N., Acting Harbour Master, &c.

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STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

CAPE D'AGUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

THE

HONGKONG GOVERNMENT

1878.

DAY AND

HOUR.

DATE.

BARO-

METER

HARBOUR OFFICE.

THERMOMETER.

WINDS

0 TO 12.

WEA- BARO- THER. METER

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet, Direct. Force.

VICTORIA PEAK, HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

WINDS

THERMOMETER.

0 TO 12.

WEA-

THER.

Saturday, 9

29.88 $2.0 82.0 79.0 Noon 29.87 |.83.0 90.0] 80.0| 83,0| 79,0] 3 29.82 83.0

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force. 29.76 86.0!

RAIN FALL.

In inches !uring previous METER

BARO-

THERMOMETER.

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

THERMOMETER.

24 hours.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches

during previous 24 hours.

84.0 83.0 Calm,

?29,79 82.5

79.0 77.0 SSW

o.c.

28.1275.0

73.0 73.0 SW

O.C.

b.c.

83.0 80.0

b.c.

29.76 88.0 87.0 79.0 86.0 83.0 S 29.72 88.0

26377 83.0 87.0 76.0 80.0 78.0 S

O.C.

0.10

28.12 77.078,0 72.0 75,0| 75.0] SSW

O.C.

0.00

87.0 83.5 S -

07485.0

81.0 79.0 SE

2 0.c.

28.18 77.0]

76.0 75,0 SSW

O.C.

29.88 83.5

9th

83.0 77.0 Noon 29.87 77.0 86.0 76.0 77.0 76.0

o.c.r.

29.74 82.0

78.0 77.0 Calm

o.r.

29.78 81.0

76.0 75.0 SW

28.10 73.0

o.c.r.

June.

29.80 78.0

78.0 76.0

O.C.

29.74 82.0 87.0 74.5 78.5 78.0 N 29.72 82.0

o.r.

1.09

79.5 78.0 Calm

0.1.

29,78 81.0 87.0 73.0 77.0 76.0 SW 29.73 81.0

1.75

78.0 77.0 S

28.05 74.0]

: 8:

73.0 72.0 SW

o.c.r.

28.08 | 74.0 77.0 72.0 73.0 72.0] SW

o.c.r.

1.30

73.0 72.0 WNW

O.C.

Monday, 9

10th

June.

29.86 78.0 Noon 29.86 80.0 82.0 76.5 80.0 77.0

78.0 76.0

o.c.r.

29.73 82.0

78.5 78.5 Calm

0.1.

29.77 80.0

79.0 77.5 N

28.09 73.0

72.0 71.0 Calm

29.79 82.0

82.0 78.0

Tuesday,

11th

29.87 78.0

78.0 75.0

Noon 29.87 80.5 86.0 77.0 80.0 76,5

June.

3 29.82 82.0

82.0 77.0

12th

June.

Wednesday,! 9 29.90 82.0

82.0 78.0

Noon 29.89 82.0 85.0 78.0 82.0 79.0;

29.8482.5

Thursday, 9 29.88, 87.0

True wind cannot be registered.

Do.

b.c.

29.73 82.0 82,5 75.5 81.0 80.0 Calm

. 0

b.c.

0.00

b.c.

29.71 85.0

86.0 84.0 Calm

b.c.

29.73 81.0!

o.m.r.

29.77 81.0 83.0 74.0 81.0 78.0 E

0.52

28.09 | 76.0 77.0 72.0 75.0 74.0 Calm

O.C.

0.57

83.0 79.0 SE

28.06 77.0

76.0 76.0 Calm

O.C.

29.73 82.0

80.0 79.0 ESE

2 g.

29.75 80.0)

78.0 73.0 NE

C.0.

28.08 73.0

O.C.

29.73 83.0 88.0 75.0 83.0 80.0 E

sic

0.00

29.75 80.0 82.5 74.0 79.0 76.0 NE

c.o.

0.07

28.08 72.0 73.0 71.0 72.0 71.0 E

72.0 72.0 E

o.f.

o.c.m.

0.50

b.c.

29.73 84.0

85.0 82.0 E

b.c.

29.75 80.0|

80.0 76.0 NE

C.O.

28.06 75.0

b.c.

29.76 84.0.

83.0 78.5 E

b.c.

29.80 81.5

82.5 76.0 NE

b.c.

28.11 75.0|

b.c.

82.0 77.0

b.c.

29.76 85.0 87.0 76.0 86.0 80.0 E 29.74 85.0

b.c.

0.00

29.80 82.0 83.0 76.0' 82.0 75.0 NE

b.c.

86.0 80.0 E

b.c.

29.77 83.0;

81.5 74.0 NE

b.c.

74.0 72.0 E

b.c.

74.0 72.0 E

b.c.

0.00

28.11 75.0 75.0 71.0 74.0 74.0 E

b.c.

0.00

28.08 75.0

83.0 73.0

b.c.

29.74 83.0

83.5 77.0 S

b.c.

29.80 81.5

81.5 76.0 NE

b.c.

28.11 75.0

13th

June.

Noon 29.87 86.0 87.0 78.0 86.0 76.0

b.c.

29.75 84.0 87.0 75.0 86.5 80.0 S

b.c.

0.00

29.83 87.0

87.0 76.0

b.c.

29.74 86.0

86.5 77.0 S

b.c.

29.80 82.0 82.0.76.0 82.0 75.0 NE 29.76 82.0! 82.0 74.0 NE

b.c.

0.00

74.0 72.0 E

b.c.m.

74.0 72.0 ENE

b.c.m.

28.11 77.0 77.0 70.0 77.0 73.0 ENE

b.c.m.

0.00

b.c.

28.08 78.0

Friday, 9

14th

June.

29.92 82.5 82.0! 77.0 Noon 29.92 83.0, 88.0 78.0 83.0 77.0| 3 29.86 83.0

b.c.

29.79 81.0

: **

b.c.

83.0 77.0

b.c.

88.0 79.0 E

b.c.

29.82 83.0

83.0 77.0 NE

b.c.

28.14 76.0

77.0 76.0 S

b.c m.

75.0 71.5 ESE

b.c.m.

29.79 85.0 88.0 76.0, 85.0 79.5 E 29.77 $6.0! 86.5 80.0|| E

b.c.

0.00

b.c.

29.82 82.5, 86.0, 76.0 83.0 77.0 NE 29.77 83.5 81.5 77.0 E

b.c.

0.00

b.c.

28.14 76.0 77.0 71.0 76.0 72.0 ESE 28.11 76.0 75.0 73.0 ESE

b.c.m.

0.00

b.c.m.

GAZETTE, 15TH

JUNE, 1878.

283

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Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). STATE OF WEATHER:-b. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; f. foggy; g. gloomy; 7. hail; 7. lightning; . misty (hazy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; q. squally; r. rain; s. snow; 7. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility. NOTE.-A bar (—) under any letter augments its signification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r, heavy and contining rain, &c., &c.

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Description of Wind.

Figures

Illustrations of th power of the Wind as regards a well-conditioned Ma-of-War or First-class Clipper Ship.

10 denote

Rate of the Wind

per Hour in Miles.

the Force

of the

Wind.

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Calm

Light Air Light Breeze

Gentle Breeze

Moderate Breeze-

Fresh Breeze

Moderate Gale..

Strong Breeze

Fresh Gale

Strong Gale

Whole Gale..

Storm..

Hurricane..

water.........

Just sufficient to give stcerage viy With which the above Ship withill sail ( 1 to 2 knot set and clean full would go in mooth 3 to 4

5 to 6 11 Royals, &c. Single Reefs

Triple Reefs, &

In which she could just carry in chase, Double Reefs. full and by

Close Reefs and

In which she could just bear clos-reefed Main Topsail and rec Under Storm Staysail

Bare Poles.

0 to 2

3 - 10

11 15

16 20

26 30

45 52

61 69

above 80

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NOTICE.

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NOTICE.

HE next Criminal Sessions of the Supreme Court will be held on Tuesday, the Eighteenth day of June, A.D. 1878, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in its Summary Jurisdiction, on every Tues- day, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in its Original Jurisdiction on Mondays and Thursdays.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

In re

"GE LYALL, CHARLES FREDE- STILL, and GEORGE FRANCIS

AN, Bankrupts.

given that a Meeting of the above named Bankrupts, -be h

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VOL. XXIV.

No. 128.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

HONGKONG SILVER SUBSIDIARY COINS.

　　　　Notice is hereby given, that, these Coins of the respective values of 20 Cents, 10 Cents, and 5 Cents each, can be obtained at par at the Colonial Treasury, and at the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank.

By Command,

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J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. phic Notice is published for general information.

By Commend,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd June, 1878.

HYDROGRAPHIC NOTICE.

All Bearings are Magnetic. Variation 0° 0′

CHINA-EAST COAST-CHINO BAY.

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

The following dangers have recently been examined by H. M. Surveying vessel Nassau, 1878. Sarah Lucy Rocks-Consist of 2 pinnacles, lying N. 20° W. and S. 20° E., distant 90 yards from each other.

The northern pinnacle has 3 feet over it at low water spring tides, with 4 fathoms close around.

The southern pinnacle has 2 feet over it at low water spring tides, with 4 fathoms close around, and from it:-

Yellow Stone bears..............

Small rocky islet at the mouth of the creek leading to Kieshi Wei bears. Chino Peak bears

Bessard Rocks-Consist of 3 Pinnacles having 5 fathoms close around.

The centre pinnacle has 6 feet over it at low water spring tides.

..N. 45° W.

.N. 8° E. .S. 291° E.

The second pinnacle lies North, distant 25 yards from the centre one, and has 20 feet over it at low water spring tides. The third pinnacle lies S. 57° E., distant 100 yards from the centre one, and has 17 feet over it at low water spring tides.

From the centre pinnacle West White Stone bears

.N. 38° W.

Yellow Stone bears..

N. 1010 W.

Small rocky islet at the mouth of the creek leading to Kieshi Wei bears....N. 21o E. Chino Peak bears

..S. 493° E.

Arnold Rock-Is a pinnacle with 16 feet over it at low water spring tides and 4 to 5 fathoms close around.

From the Rock:-

West White Stone bears

Yellow Stone bears

N. 4010 W. .N. 221° W.

Small rocky islet at the mouth of the creek leading to Kieshi Wei bears..N. 1010 E. Chino Peak bears

.S. 4710 E.

R. H. NAPIER, Captain, in charge of Survey.

H. M. S. Nassau, Swatow, 13th April, 1878.

　　　　　This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Hongkong to Liau-Tung, No. 1262; China East Coast, sheet 3, No. 1963; Formosa Island and Strait, No. 1968; and China Sea Northern portion, 2661 B.: also China Sea Directory, Vol. III., pages 139 and 140.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE DINE, 1878.

NOTICE.

　　　Notice is hereby given, that Crown Rents for the half-year ending 24th paid into the Treasury on or before the 16th July, 1878.

Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 21ne, 1878.

No. 122.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notice respecting Typhoons is published for general information.

1878, should be

C. SMITH, Treasurer.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st June, 1878.

NOTICE.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

In the event of bad weather being apprehended by this Department, a black drum will be hoisted at the Office Flagstaff. A similar signal will be hoisted and a gun will be fired from the Police Hulk. The usual signs of approaching bad weather are, a falling Barometer with high Thermometer, sultriness of the atmosphere, and wildness and discoloration of the clouds. Should these symptoms exist and the wind be anywhere between North-Westerly and North-Easterly, a typhoon of a severe type may be looked for.

Harbour Department, Hongkong, 30th May, 1878.

EN, R.N.,

Master, &c.

NOTICE.

　　　The Acting Harbour Master, under the provisions of Sections IX and X of Once No. 1 of 1862, (Harbour Regulations), deems it expedient to issue the following directions, which are to remain in force until the 15th October next.

Unemployed vessels are to anchor in the Northern Anchorage, which has for its Southern Boundary the North extreme of Hongkong shut in with the South extreme of the Kowloon Peninsula bearing E. by 'S.

Masters of Steam-ships are, when practicable, to keep their fires laid, and they are advised to get steam up when a typhoon is anticipated.

Harbour Department, Hongkong, 30th May, 1878.

J. P. McEUEN, R.N.,` Acting Harbour Master, &c.

NOTICE.

Harbour Department, Hongkong, 2nd May, 1878.

JP. MCEUEN, Acting Emigration Officer, &c.

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POST OFFICE NOTICE.

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THE

HONGKONG

GOVERNMENT

GAZETTE, 22ND

JUNE,

1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER A THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

CAPE D'AGUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

WINDS

THERMOMETER.

DAY AND

DATE.

BARO-

0 TO 12.

WEA-

THERMOMETER.

BARO-

Ο ΤΟ 12.

HOUR.

METER

THER.

METER

WEA

THER.

KAINFALL.

BARO- Inaches durinprevious METER

THERMOMETER.

WINDS

? TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct.

Force.

Atta. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct.

Force.

24.ours.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

THERMOMETER.

WINDS

0 TO 12.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

RAIN FALL.

In inches

during previous 24 hours.

Saturday,

15th

June.

29.92 82.5

Noon 29.90 81.0!

29 88 78.0!

82.0 79.0

0.0.

29.79 84.0

82.5 78.5 SE

29.82 83.0

81.0 76.0 ENE

b.c.

28.14 74.0

74.0 74.0 ESE

o.f.

81.0 78.0

78.0 76.0

o.c.r.

29.78 83.0 88.0 77.5 81.0 79.5 E

???

0.1.

1.01

o.c.r.

29.78 82.0

S0.0 77.0 ESE

0.1.

Sunday,

16th

29.92 80.0

80.0, 78.0 Noon 29.93 80.0 85.0 80.0 80.0 79.0

0.c.

29.78 82.0,

82.0, 81.0. Calm

o.r.

29.78 80.0

29 82 81.0 84.0 74.0 82.0 77.0 ENE 29.79 78.0

b.c.

0.00

28.15 75.0 77.0 71.0 74.0 74.0 ESE

o.f.

0.00

77.0, 75.0 ESE

o.r.

28.12 75.0

74.0 73.0 ESE

o.f.r.

79.0 78.0 N

c.r.

28.12 74.0

74.0 74.0 S

o.f.

o.c.r.

June.

29.90 80.0

80.0 78.0

o.c.r.t.

29.78 82.0 81.5, 78.5 81.5 81.0, Calir 29.75 $3.0

(

c.r.

1,35

80.5 80.0 SW

o.r.l.t.

29.80 80.0 80.0 77.0 80.0; 79,0| SE 29.81 80.0)

0.1.

1.20

28.10 73.0 77.0, 70.0 73.0 73.0 S

o.f.r.

0.80

78.0 78.0 S

28.10 74.0

0.1.

: [

73.0 73.0 SW

o.f.

Monday,

17th

June.

29.90 83.0!

85.0 78.0

Noon 29.93

29.90 84.0

83.0. $1.0

79.5

84.0 82.0

o.c.r.

29.78 85.0

83.0 82.0. S

u.O.r.

29.80 82.0

Tuesday,

18th

June.

29.92 83.0

Noon 29.92 84.0

29.89 84.5

Wednesday,

19th

June.

29.93 86.5

83.0, 80.0

84.0 82.0

84.0 81.5

86.0, 81.0

Noon 29.93 86.0 88.0 82.0 86.0 81.0

True wind cannot be registered.

o.c.r.

O.C.

29.80, 83.0 84.0 76.0 80.5 80.0 SW 29.79 $6.0

o.r.l.t.

3.00

83.0 81.0 SW

28.12 77.0;

77.0 77.0 SSW

o.f.q.r.

o.r.

84.0 83.0 WSW

o.d.

29.80 82.0

o.c.r.

29.79 86.0,

83.5 82.0 SE

o.p.

29.82 $3.0

29.82 82.0 83.0 77.0 83.0 81.0 SW

81.5 79.0 SW

82.0 81.0 SW

t.l.r.

2.25

28.13 76.0 76.0 72.0 76.0 75.0 SSW

o.f q.r.

4.20

O.C.

28.11 78.0

77.0 77.0 SSW

o.r.q.

d.o.

28.12 77.0

77.0 77.0 SW

o.f.q.

Do.

O.C.

29.78 85.0 85.5; 78.0 84.5 82.5 SW

o.p.

).15

O.C.

29.79 86.0!

84.5 82.0 SW

o.p.

29.83 83.0 83.0, 78.0] 83.0 82.0 SW 29.8183.0

82.0 81.0 SW

b.c.

29.80 87.0

85.5 88.0: SW

b.c.m.

29.83 84.0

83.0 83.0 SW

0.14

28.1277.0 77.0 75.0 77.0 77.0 SW

28.10 77.0

28.14 77.0

o.f.q.

0.65

77.0 77.0 SW

o.f.

76.0 76.0 SW

5 o.f.q.

b.c.

29.9188.0

88.0 82.0

b.c.

29.82 88.0 87.5. 80.0 87.0 83.0, SW 29.81 88.0

b.c.

0.00

$6.0 82.5; SW

b.c.

29.83 85.0 87.0 79.0 85.0 83.0 SW 29.81 85.0

b.c.

0.18

28.14 77.0 77.0 75,0| 76,0| 76.0] SW

o.f.q.

84.0 81.0 SW

b.c.

28.12 77.0

77.0 76.0 SW

5 o.f.q.

0.15

Thursday, 9

20th

June.

29.93 86.0 86.0 82.0 Noon 29.95 87.5 90.0 83.0 87.0 8.0| 3 29.91 88.0 88.0 82.0

b.c.

29.80 87.0

86.0 83.0; S

b.c.m.

29.83 85.0

85.0 83.0 SW

28.11 77.0

b.c.

29.81 88.0 88.0 81.0 87,0 $3.0 S

b.c.

29.82 88.0|

87.0 $3.0 S

b.c.m.

0.06

29.83 86.0 87.0 80.5 86.0 82.01 SW 29.82 85.5

b.c.

0.00

76.0 76.0 SW

o.f.q.

28.14 77.0 77.0 74.0 76.0 76.0 SSW

o.f.q.

0.15

84.5 81.5 SW

28.11 77.0

76.0 76.0 SSW

o.f.

28.14 77.0

Friday,

21st

June.

29.9087.0

29.94 86.0 86.0] 82.0] Noon 29.93 | 88.0 90.0 83.0 88.0 83.0

O.C.

29.81 86.0

87.0 82.0

b.c.

85.0, 83.0 S

o.p.

29.81 88.0; 88.0 81.0 87.0 84.0 S 29.79 88.0 86.0 83.0 S

b.c.

0.03

Telegraph wire out of order.

153

76.0 76.0 SSW

o.f.

28.14 77.0 78.0 75.0 77.0 77.9 SSW 28.13 77.0

o.f.q.

0.00

76.0 76.0 SSW

o.f.q.

··

o.p.

STATE OF WEATHER:-6. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; f. foggy; g. gloomy; h. hail; 7. lightning; m ts at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). NOTE.—A bar (-) under any letter augments its signification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and cont

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Description of Wind.

Wind.

CHRONOGO-2

Calm

Light Air Light Breeze

Gentle Breeze

Moderate Breeze.. Fresh Breeze..

Strong Breeze

Moderate Gale..

Fresh Gale

Strong Gale.

Whole Gale.......

Storm..

Hurricane..

: o. overcast; p. passing showers; 9. squally; r. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility.

That

Just suffle us to i? steerage vay

With which the above Ship with all sail (1 to 2 knots. set and clean full would go in smooth water.

3 to 4

(5 to 6

Royals, &c.

ards a well-conditioned per Ship.

Rate of the Wind per Hour in Miles.

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails.

In which she could just carry in chase, Double Reefs and Jib, &c. full and by

Triple Reefs, &c..

Close Reefs and Courses

In which she could just bear close-reefed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail Under Storm Staysall

Bare Poles...

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

above 80

Obiec

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SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in

UNTts Summary Jurisdiction, on every Tues-

day, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in its Original Jurisdiction on Mondays and Thursdays.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

Foreign Attachment.

Suit No. 18.

Plaintiffs,--LO-CHEW-FAN and Lo-CHEUK-

FAN, Merchants, trading at Hongkong, under the style or firm naine of" KWONG-MAN- FOONG," and at San Francisco under the style or firm name of" HOP-KEE & COMPANY." Defendant, CHUN-TYE-YIP, at present at

San Francisco, Trader.

N°

OTICE is hereby given that a Writ of

Foreign Attachment returnable on the 5th day of August, 1878, against all the Property moveable or immoveable of the above named De- fendant within the Colony, has been issued in this Suit pursuant to the Provisions of Section LXXXII of "The Hongkong Code of Civil Procedure."

IN THE SI

ORIGIN

Fore

W. H. BRERETON, Solicitor for the Plaintiffs, 29, Queen's Road, Hongkong.

EME COURT OF

KONG.

ICTION,

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

NOTICE, Colony of Hongkong, late

[OTICE.-JOHN ROBINSON WHITE, of Vic-

Hotelkeeper, having bon adjudged Bankrupt under a Petition for adjudication of Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong, in Bankruptcy, on the 11th day of March, 1878, a public sitting for the said Bankrupt to pass his last examination and to make application for

his order of discharge, will be held before the Honourable FRANCIS SNOWDEN, Acting Chief Justice of the said Court, at the Supreme Court House, Victoria, aforesaid, on Wednesday, the 3rd day of July, 1878, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon of that day precisely.

The Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee in the Bankruptcy.

Supreme Court House,

20th day of June, 1878.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

In re GEORGE LYALL, CHARLES FREDE- RICK STILL, and GEORGE FRANCIS MACLEAN, Bankrupts.

OTICE is hereby given that a Meeting of the

will be held in the Supreme Court House, on Tuesday, the 25th day of June, .D. 1878, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, ciore the Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET, Registrar of the Supreme Court, for the purpose of winding up the Estate, and dividing the Assets amongst the Creditors.

Creditors who have not proved, or who shall not then prove, will be excluded from any benefit of any Dividend that may be declared, and all claims not proved will be disallowed.

Supreme Court House,

5th May, 1878.

NOTICE.

and responsibility of Mr. S. J. our Firm at this port, and in

31st December, 1875.

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Collected in 1878 up to May 31st,

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Increase,

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No. 131.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICALON.

The following Notice to Mairers is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Qfice, Hongkong, 29th June, 1878.

Government of South Australia.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

South Australia.-.

Vincent Gulf, Port Vinient, and Port Alfred.

Marine Board Offices, 12th April., 1878.

Notice is hereby given, that a pile beacon, having a circular head painted black, has been erected on the north of the middle spit in two fathoms of water at low water.

Another black pile beacon, with circular head, has also been erected on the tongue of sand, Orontes Bank, in lat 34° 45′ 30′′ S., long. 137° 59′ E., in 24 fathoms of water at low water, and bears E. N. 4 miles from the beacon on north d of middle spit.

Port Alfred.-Black Point.

A pile beacon, with circular head painted black, has been erected on the north end of the spit running off from Black Point, in eight feet of water at low water.

At a distance of 300 yards, north of the beacon, 12 feet of water will be found at low water.

R. H. FERGUSSON, President Marine Board.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29TH JUNE, 1878.

NOTICE.

　　Owners of Tenements assessed to the Police, Lighting, Water and Fire Brigade Rates, are hereby informed that the Rates for the Third Quarter of the year 1878, are payable in advance, during and within the Month of July.

　　It is requested that such Rates may be paid before the 31st July, as after that date application will be made to the Supreme Court for the recovery of arrears.

Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 29th Jnne, 1878.

CECIL C. SMITH,

Colonial Treasurer.

No. 128.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

HONGKONG SILVER SUBSIDIARY COINS.

Notice is hereby given, that these Coins of the respective values of 20 Cents, 10 Cents, and 5 Cents each, can be obtained at par at the Colonial Treasury, and at the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank. By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd June, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

NOTICE.

　　Notice is hereby given, that Crown Rents for the half-year ending 24th June 878, should be paid into the Treasury on or before the 16th July, 1878.

Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 21st June, 1878

CECIL & SMITH,

Cotone Treasurer.

No. 122.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFLATION.

The following Not respecting Typhoons is published for general

D) CGI ??.,

Colonial Secretary's Office 'Iongkong, 1st June, 1878.

NOTICE.

J Acting Colon

RICE,

Secretary.

　　In the event of bad weather being apprehended by this Department, a black drum will be hoisted at the Office Flagstaff. A similar signal will be hoisted and a gun ill be fired from the Police Hulk.

　　If there are the same indications of bad weather with the wind between Sourly and South- Westerly, a typhoon may be known to be in the neighbourhood, but not likely to severely felt at Hongkong.

Harbour Departman, Mongkong, 30th May, 1878.

NOTICE.

J. P. MCEUEN, R.N., Acting Harbour Master, &c.

Harbour Department, Hongkong, 2nd May, 1878.

J. P. MCEUEN, Acting Emigration Officer, &c,

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29TH JUNE, 1878.

NOTICE.

293

　　　　Unemployed vessels are to anchor in the Northern Anchorage, which has for its Southern Boundary the North extreme of Hongkong shut in with the South extreme of the Kowloon Peninsula bearing E. by S.

　　　　Masters of Steam-ships are, when practicable, to keep their fires laid, and they are advised to get steam up when a typhoon is anticipated.

Harbour Department, Hongkong, 30th May, 1878.

J. P. McEUEN, R.N., Acting Harbour Master, &c.

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT

GAZETTE, 29TH JUNE,

1878.

HARBOUR CFFICE.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER I THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

CAPE D'AGUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

WINDS

· FALL.

THERMOMETER.

WINDS

THERMOMETER.

0 TO 12.

WEA-

BARO-

0 TO 12.

DAY AND

DATE.

HOUR.

BARO-

METER

WEA-

THER. duri:

THER.

METER

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. We'c. Direct. | Force.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

nches

hours.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

THERMOMETER.

WINDS

0 TO 12.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

AIN FALL.

In inches during previous

24 hours.

Saturday,

22nd

June.

77.0 75.0

29.95 77.0 Noon 29.91 | 80.0 85.0 76.5 80.0 78.0 29.89 83.5

o.c.r.

29.8282.0

O.C.

77.0 76.5 Calm

o.r.

29.80 | 80.0]

77.5 75.0 N

o.r.

28.16 74.0

··

73.0 73.0 SSW

o.r.t.

··

83.08 1.0

O.C.

29.81 82.0 87.0 72.5 79.0 78.5] Calm 29.8086.0

u.o.r.l.t.

.50

85.0 82.0 SW

o.p.

29.83 80.0 86.0 74.0 77.0 76.0 N 29.8184.0

b.m.p.

0.96

83.0 81.0 SW

c.o.

28.13 75.0 77,0| 69,0| 75,075,0 SSW 28.09 77.0

o.f.q.

4.20

76.0 76.0 SSW

o.f.q.

Sunday,

29.97 84.0

23rd

June.

84.0 8.1.0 Noon 29.95 | 85.0 88.0 79.0 85.0 31.0 29.9285.0

O.C.

29.83 86.0

O.C.

85.0 81.0

O.C.

84.5 82.0 S 29.83 86.0 86.0 76.0 85.0 82.0 S 29.83 86.0

o.m.

29.8684.0

83.0 81.0 SW

c.o.

28.16 77.0

76.0 76.0 SSW

o.f.

o.m.

85.5 82.0 S

g.m.

29.85 84.5 85.0 76.0 83.0 81.0 SW 29.84 84.5

: ?

C.0.

0.07

84.0 82.0 SW

C.O.

Monday,

24th

30.00 85.0

85.0 83.0

b.c.

29.8686.0

June.

Noon 30.01 86.0 88.5 77.5 86.0 81.0 29.97 86.0

86.0 81.0

Tuesday,

25th

June.

Wednesday,

26th

June.

30.0486.0

Noon 30.05 | 86.5 88.0 81.0 86.0 81.0 30.01 87.5

30.02 86.0

Noon 30.0187.5 90.0 82.0 87.0 81.0]

29.98 88.0

86.0 80.0

87.0 81.0

86.0 81.0

True wind cannot be registered.

Do.

b.c.

29.90 87.0 87,0| 81.0 86.5 82.0 S

8188:8

85.0 81.5 S

b.c.m.

29.90 83.0

84.0 80.0 SW

g.p.

0.05

29.91 85.0 85.0 80.5 83.0] 81.0] SW

b.c.

29.89 88.0

88.0 83.0 S

b.c.

29.90 85.0

85.0 80.0 SW

b.c.

29.92 86.0

85.5 81.0 S

b.c.

29.93 87.0

84.0 80.0 SSW

b.c.

0.00

28.20 76.0

: ;

28.15 76.5 76.5 74.5 76.0 76.0 SSW

28.13 77.0

28.22 76.0

76.0 76.0 SSW

o.f.

5o.f.

4445

0.15

76.0 76.0 SSW

o.p.f.

28.22 76.0 76.0 74.0 75.0 75.0 SSW

o.p.f.

0.00

75.0 75.0 SSW

o.p.f.

28.26 76.0

75.0 74.0 SSW

O.C.

b.c.

29.93 88.0 87.0 80.0 86.5 82.0 S

b.c.

.00

29.9687.0 87.0 80.0 87.0 81.0 SW

b.c.

0.00

28.24 77.0 76.0 71.0 76.0 75.0 SSW

O.C.

0.00

b.c.

29.93 89.0

88.5 82.5 S

b.c.

29.93 86.0

86.0 81.0 SW

b.c.

28.22 77.0

76.0 75.0 SSW

O.C.

b.c.

29.92 86.0

85.5 82.0 S

b.c.

29.90 87.0

86.0 81.0 SW

b.c.

29.91 88.0 89.0 79.0 87.5 83.0 S

4 b.c.

1.00

88.0 82.0

b.c.

29.89 89.0

88.5 82.0 SW

b.c.

29.88 88.0 88.0 82.0 87.0 82.0 SW 29.88 88.0

b.c.

87.0 83.0 SW

b.c.

: 2:

28.23 76.0

75.0 74.0 SSW

o.p.c.

0.05

28.22 | 77.0 77.0 74.0 76.0 74.0 SSW

28.19 77.0

4 b.c.

76.0 75.0 SSW

4 b.c.

0.10

Thursday, 9

27th

June.

86.0 81.0

29.99 86.5 Noon 29.98 88.0 91.0 82.0] 88.0] 81.0]

b.c.

29.9388.0

88.0 81.0

b.c.

29.88 87.0 29.87 88.0 89.0 81.0 87.5 82.0 S 88.0 82.0 S

29.8689.0

80.0 82.0 S

4 b.c.

29.87 86.0

86.0 81.5 SW

b.c.

28.20 76.0

b.c.

0.00

29.88 87.0 88.5 81.0 87.0 81.5 SW

b.c.p.

0.05

2:2

29.84 87.0

85.0 81.0 SW

b.o.

28.16 76.0

75.0 75.0 SSW

28.1977.0 77.0 74.0] 76,0| 75.0| SSW

75.0 75.0 SSW

0.c.

O.C.

0.00

O.C.

Friday, 9

28th

29.97 85.5

Noon 29.97 87.0 90.0 82.0 87.0 81.0

June.

29.95 88.0

85.0 80.0

b.c.

29.85 87.0

85.5 81.5 S

b.c.

29.86 85.5

85.0 81.0 SW

b.c.

28.18 77.0

76.0 75.0 SSW

O.C.

b.c.

88.0 81.0

b.c.

29.85 88.0

29.85 88.0 89.0 81.0 87.0 82.0 S 87.5 83.0 S

b.c.

.00

b.c.

29.86 87.5 88.5 81.0|86.0 81.0 SW 86.0 81.5 SW

29.86 86.5

b.c.

0.06

b.c.

28.18 77.0 77.0 74.0 76.0 75,0 SW 75.0 74.0 SW

28.14 76.0

:??;

O.C.

0.00

0.c.

··

STATE OF WEATHER:-b. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; ?. foggy; g. gloomy; h. hail; l. lightning; m Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). NOTE.—A bar (—) under any letter augments its signification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and continu

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

Description of Wind.

Illustrati

``ty (hazy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; 9. squally; r. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility,

irds a well-conditioned Clipper Ship.

Rate of the Wind per Hour in Miles.

5 to 6

Royals,

Calm

Light Air Light Breeze .. Gentle Breeze Moderate Breeze. Fresh Breeze.... Strong Breeze ... Moderate Gale..

Fresh Gale Strong Gale Whole Gale...

Storm... Hurricane..

Just sufficient to give steck

With which the above Ship with all safl ( 1 to 2 knots set and clean full would go in smooth ? 3 to 4 water....

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails.

In which she could just carry in chase, Double Reefs and Jib, &c. full and by

Triple Reefs, &c....

Close Reefs and Courses

In which she could just bear close-reefed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail Under Storm Staysail

Bare Poles........

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

to 2

45 52

53 60

above 80

the hongkong government GazettE, 29TH JUNE, 1878.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in its Summary Jurisdiction, on every Tues- day, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. "NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in

Uus original Jurisdiction on Mondays and

Thursdays.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

In re GEORGE LYALL, CHARLES FREDERICK STILL, & GEORGE FRANCIS MACLEAN, Bankrupts.

NoThe 25th June, 1878, is postponed to Wed-

OTICE. The Meeting called for Tuesday,

nesday, the 3rd July, at 11 A.M., before the Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET, Re- gistrar of the Court.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

Foreign Attachment.

Suit No. 21.

Plaintiff,-H?-CHAT-SHANG trading as Mer-

chant and Commission Agent, under the style or firm name of "I-FUNG," No.22, Bonham Strand West.

Defendant,-LIT SUNG, Master of Yur- CHEUNG" Shop, No. 50, Wing-Lok Street,

【OTICE is hereby given that a Writ of

Foreign Attachment returnable on the 12th against all the Property

day of July, 18

moveable or imm

fendant within the Go

Suit pursuant to th

of "The Hongko

SHAR

IN THE SUPR

the above named De- ssued in this ?n LXXXII cedure."

INSON,

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HOGKONG.

ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.

Foreign Attachment.

Suit No. 19.

FIFTH DRAWING.

CHINESE IMPERIAL

295

8 PER CENT. LOAN OF 1874.

Plaintiff, —CHU-CHUEN, trading as WING-ON. NO

Defendant,-LEE-CHUNG-FOONG, trading as

YUE-CHEONG.

NOTICE is hereby given that a Writ of

Foreign Attachment returnable on the 8th day of July, 1878, against all the Property

moveable or immoveable of the above named De- fendant within the Colony, has been issued in this Suit pursuant to the Provisions of Section LXXXII of "The Hongkong Code of Civil Procedure."

W. H. BRERETON, Solicitor for the Plaintiff, 29, Queen's Road,

Hongkong.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

OTICE.-JOHN ROBINSON WHITE, of Vic-

NOTICE, the Colony of Hongkong, late

Hotelkeeper, having been adjudged Bankrupt under a Petition for adjudication of Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong, in Bankruptcy, on the 11th day of March, 1878, a public sitting for the said Bankrupt to pass his last examination and to make application for his order of discharge, will be held before the Honourable FRANCIS SNOWDEN, Acting Chief Justice of the said Court, at the Supreme Court House, Victoria, aforesaid, on Wednesday, the 3rd day of July, 1878, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon of that day precisely.

The Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee in the Bankruptcy.

Supreme Court House,

20th day of June, 1878.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

In re GEORGE LYALL, CHARLES FREDE- RICK STILL, and GEORGE FRANCIS MACLEAN, Bankrupts.

F HONGKONG

In re Yu

NOTICE-T

ing passed

-HONG, other- vose, Bankrupts. wenamed Bankrupts hav- last Examination, the hearing of the application by them for their Orders of Discharge stands adjourned to Monday, the 15th day of July, 1878, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon.

Dated this 29th day of June, 1878.

SHARP, TOLLER & JOHNSON, Solicitors in the Bunkruptcies.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

NOTICE. LA? SUN of No. 4, Bonham Strand

　　　　　　　West, Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, lately carrying on business there in copartnership with LA?-SHANG, LAU-? and A?-S?N, (now absent from the Colony) as money changers under the style or shop name of "Tin Tai," having been adjudged Bankrupt under a Petition for adjudi- cation of Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong in Bankruptcy, on the 19th day of June, 1878, is by required to surrender himself to the Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET, the Registrar of the said Court, at the first Meeting of Creditors, to be held before the said Registrar, on Friday, the 12th day of July, 1878, at 11 A.M. precisely, at the said Court.

The said Hon. CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee, and Messrs. SHARP, TOLLER & JOHNSON are the Solicitors acting in the Bank- ruptcy.

At the first

of Creditors, the Registrar will receive

ofs of the debts of

may elect an

Creditors, and the

Assignee or Assignees the Bankrupt's Estate

and Effects.

Dated the 29th day.

TID

Creditors who have not proved, or who shall not then prove, will be excluded from any benefit of any Dividend that may be declared, and all claims not proved will be disallowed.

Supreme Court House,

THERM

18th May, 1878.

NOTICE.

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THE

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LARGE ASSORTMENTS OF VISITING, BALL, MENU, AND SEAT CARDS.

【OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that in con- formity with the stipulation contained in the Bonds of this Loan, the following numbers of Bonds to be paid off at par, in Hongkong on the 30th of June, and in London, on the 19th of August next, when the Interest thereon will cease to be payable, were this day Drawn at the Offices of the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, situate No. 31 Lom- bard Street, in this City, in the presence of Mr. WILLIAM NICHOLLS, Acting Accountant of the said Corporation, and of the undersigned Notary.

Numbers of Bonds Drawn.

314 BONDS Nos. :-

909 1805 2706 3617 4510 5415

36 935 1827 2729 3624 4538 5425

45 945 1848 2745 3646 4549 5460

966 1864 2776 3674 4565 5464

984 1886 784 3696 4598 5489 105 1007 1903 2809 3703 4606 5506 124 1022 1925 2829 3730 4631 5540 144 1056 1952 2857 3751 4654 5556 170 1062 1969

2874 3765 4675 5563

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SOIT

? QUI ?

MAL

MON

DROIT.

THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

No. 27.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 6TH JULY, 1878.

VOL. XXIV.

TRIAL OF PERSONS ACCUSED OF MURDER.

MINUTE BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR.

1. In connection with the trial last year of two Europeans accused of murder, when the Court assigned both Counsel and Attorney for the defence and ample time was given to the Solicitors to prepare the case, the Chief Justice, Sir JOHN SMALE, addressed the following letter to the Acting Colonial Secretary

"SIB,

in which

fee of $25 Excellency

case lasts for

"THE SUPREME COURT, HONGKONG,

"September 12th, 1877.

honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Letter No. 660, of the 6th instant, revolution of the Executive Council of the 30th November, 1872, authorising a defendi. prisoners in certain cases. and by direction of His

nor, you ask my opinion as to the aavisability of allowing a refresher where a han one day, and my views on the subject.

"The qon raises various, and as I think, serious considerations.

"In the semi-barbarous ages of our Criminal Law, no accused man was allowed Counsel, whilst prosecutions were conducted with the utmost ingenuity and learning. The State trials, too often most disgraceful, are specimens of what was universal at every Assizes when even sheep stealing and forgery were capital offences, down even to within my memory.

　　　　"But by statute, persons charged as felons were allowed to be defended by Counsel, a boon to the rich who could pay a fee, a mockery to the poor man who could not.

"Then the Judge, actuated by mercy or love of ease, asked Counsel to defend pauper prisoners, and as no fund was provided, it was done willingly without fee.

According to the assertion of Lord ERSKINE, assented to by Lord ELDON, it is a universal truth that the elucidation of innocence is as much the obligation on Courts of Justice as the conviction of guilt. It seems to me to be equally an obligation on the State. This axiom, for such I hold it, raises a question as to every accused man (whose position, the Law holds, until verdict, to be his misfortune not his crime), whether in every case as much care should or should not be taken of the defence as of the prosecution, a question you do not put. The question in your letter is confined to cases where murder is charged.

　　　　　"In 1865-1866 the dangers of miscarriage of Justice on trials for murder, with instances of miscarriage, and the execution of innocent persons, were brought before the Royal Commis Capital Punishments by several witnesses, of whom Sir FITZROY KELLY, now Chief Baron Exchequer, was among the most earnest.

298

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH JULY, 1878.

"The twelve Commissioners made their Report in 1866, agreeing to forbear to enter into the question; but 5 of the 12 resolved that capital punishment might safely, and with advantage to the community, be at once abolished.

"I refer to this, the result of public opinion, not to advocate the abolition of capital punishment here, which would be highly improper, but as a foundation for urging that the State here should, on such awful occasions, use the like effort for the elucidation of innocence, as it puts forth, through the leading Counsel and Attorney in the Colony, to prove guilt; for the Judge to attempt to do so on the trial greatly endangers his equal balance of impartiality. The elucidation of innocence can be effectually attained only by the assigning Counsel and Solicitor for the prisoner, with ample discretion to them. Fortunately, these trials are rare, but when any occasion arises, it is unseemly for the Judge to put himself under obligation to Counsel and Attorney, whilst, it seems to me to be the duty of the State to secure an efficient defence, and it should pay for it by a proper fee, and, in protracted cases, not by way of "refresher," but upon a due taxation by the Registrar, of work actually done, subject, as that always is, to the final decision of the Judges, who alone can, even approximately, know what work has been done in each case, and who act on a serious responsibility.

"Merely to hand the depositions to Counsel, and for him to defend a prisoner at a fixed fee, with them only as his instructions, is a mere delusion. All grounds of defence require to be ferreted out. They are often unknown or unthought of even by the accused. All this is painfully impressed on my memory by the fact that four absolutely innocent men were once convicted of murder through conspiracy to obtain an advertised reward. They would have been executed, but that an accident postponed the day of execution. Their innocence was afterwards absolutely proved, and they were discharged, but after weeks of agony, and the conspirators were convicted. On looking into that case, I came to the conclusion, with the light I then had, that if a witness, not called for the Crown, had been called for the prisoners, the conspiracy would have become patent at once; but Counsel, not having had time or opportunity to ascertain the facts, the witness was, probably in the exercise of a wise discretion under the special circumstances, not called.

"A defence, not to be a delusion, must be thoroughly got up."

"I have the

Sir,

Your most obedient St

JOHN SMALE,

Chief Justice."

　　　2. In addition to recording his opinion that a trial for murder where Counsel and Solicitors are not both assigned for the prisoner is a delusion, His Honour conveyed to me subsequently on two occasions his convictions that in this Colony especially, no exception whatever from this rule should be allowed, inasmuch as the majority of those that may be tried on a capital charge would probably be individuals unacquainted with the practice and procedure of our Courts and of whose language neither the Judge nor the Jury had any knowledge.

　　　3. The Chief Justice's opinion, in which I entirely concurred, was not, however, acted upon in the recent case of CHEUNG ASHIN, who was convicted of murder and sentenced to death.

　　　4. Inform the Acting Chief Justice and the Attorney General, that in all future cases where a man is tried on a capital charge, I think SIR JOHN SMALE's opinion and practice should be adhered to.

nourable

'TING COLONIAL SECRETARY.

J. POPE HENNESSY.

2nd July,

1878.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH JULY, 187

GOVERNMENT EDUCATION, HONGKONG.

299

The following Annual Report from the Inspector of Schools, with Appendices and Supplement, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 2nd July, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

[No. 18.

HONGKONG, 8th February, 1878.

　　　　SIR,-I have the honour to forward to you the Annual Report on Education and the Blue Book Returns for 1877.

2. Taking all the schools subject to Government supervision together, there was an increase in the total number of scholars, amounting to seven and a half per cent., as compared with the preceding

year.

3. In the Government Schools, to which there was no addition during the year, there was a decrease in numbers of one per cent., although there was an increase of six per cent. at the Central other respect there was School. This, however, is the only decrease that has to be reported. In every

a marked improvement. The average monthly enrolment was seven and a half per cent., the minimum monthly enrolment was fourteen and a half per cent., the average daily attendance for the year was six and a half percent., and the minimum daily attendance was eleven and three fifths per cent. higher than in 1876.

3. The

one and a fifth the native aided No satisfactor indifference of

is viticore a

???

De vuilu

he native sells maintained by the Government was fifteen, equivalent to

notic.ng. I??

I decreas l? un

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　creas these it amounted to forty-one, equivalent to nine and a half per cent. e obtained for the falling off, except the usual ones of the poverty and

ons cou people.

4. The Gt-in-Aid Schoc. year, adding 110 scholars to the list. gives an increase of thirty-two and a ha

de a great advance. Three new ones were admitted during the This, with an increase of 105 at the previously existing schools,

r cent. on the numbers of the previous year.

5. At the Government Schools there was an increase of ten per cent. in the number of girls, and in the Grant-in-Aid Schools there was an increase of eighteen per cent. The total number of girls as compared with that of boys, in the schools taken collectively, was in the proportion of one to four.

6. As regards the Central School, there is nothing to add to previous reports* beyond the increase of six

　　　　　per cent. already mentioned, and an increase of nearly ten per cent. in the average daily attendance. The total number of scholars enrolled was 610, and the average daily attendance was 431. Many applicants had, as usual, to be refused admission for want of accommodation. A very great loss was sustained in the death of Mr. GAIR, the Third Master, whose indomitable energy, great firmness, and other high qualifications added greatly to the efficiency and discipline of the school.

　　　　　7. The other schools under the direct supervision of the Government require little comment. Five were ranked very good, seven good, and the remaining seventeen fair. Of the five schools in the first rank the two at Tang-lung Chau, which appear for the first time in that category, were found to have made very great progress. In addition to a proper amount of ordinary Chinese work, the School Book Committee's Series and Geography had been thoroughly well taught. In the H?kk? Scho every scholar answered with the greatest readiness the questions in Geography which were put. T two schools were long very backward, but with the present masters there should be no return t unsatisfactory condition.

* As to the insufficient teaching of English, see result of Mr. STEWART's examination of the pupils, pp. 317-

300

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE 6TH JULY, 1878.

　　　8. The two schools at Sai Ying-p'?n suffered severely by their removal. The building had to be handed over, in a pressing emergency, to the Medical Department. Temporary accommodation was provided as near as possible to the old site, and a new school-house was to be built in the course of a few months; but the delay in building the new hospital has prevented the erection of the new school, and the falling off referred to is partly accounted for. These native schools require the most delicate handling. Circumstances which of themselves need hardly affect any school, have often serious consequences to them, as was pointed out when the old building had to be handed over.

　　　9. The Aberdeen School remains in a very unsatisfactory state. It made some advance towards the end of the year; but any improvement in it has hitherto proved so fallacious that no hope can be grounded upon it. It seems a great pity to abandon the experiment of introducing English into the Village Schools, but it is evidently not wanted by the people, and they have the power of enforcing their opinion by leaving the school comparatively empty.

10. More detailed information concerning those schools will be found in the Tables that form Appendix I. These have been compiled with the view of showing with all possible accuracy the exact state in which the schools are, as far as this can be shown by statistics. In Table IV. an attempt has been made to calculate with more precision than formerly the average cost of each scholar at the Government Schools. Hitherto the Central School has been debited with all the expenses of the Department except the actual sums paid in salaries, rent, and prizes to the Village Schools. It is obvious that the expense of their superintendence should be charged against these schools; and this has now been done, as far as the circumstances of the case will allow.

　　　11. The Grant-in-Aid Schools are now fifteen in number, although for purposes of examination two of the Baxter Schools have still to be taken as one. Two Basel Mission Schools, one at Sai Ying- p'?n for boys, and the other at Sh?u-k? W?n for both boys and girls, were, with the Diocesan Home and Orphanage, admitted to a share of the Grant during the year. As already stated, these schools have added greatly to the number of our school children.

12. The amended Grant-in-Aid Scheme, which forms Appendix II. of this Report, came into operation at the end of the year. The knowledge that it was to contain more advantageous terms than the original scheme ed as a powerful stimulus to both Managers and Masters, and the results were very satisfactory. 1 .ere were 459 scholars presented, its against 390 in 1876, and the results weed as amounted to 86 per cent., as against 77 per cent. in the previous year. In England, the avere for the whole country has been a fraction less than 80 per cent. The Hongkong Schools, there' themselves a highly favourable position. The percentage of scholars passed.

~2405

?? ????

harlot aught ir the scho Ja ~ be found de'

????

show that, with an exception here and there, the us reflect great cre management and teaching.

ve gained for bercentage of

and XV. These rned in the

by the second, its number Schools did not maintain their ired to Geography, and in the two was well done, especially in the Sai

　　　13. The Baxter Schools in Sai Ying-p'?n, Staunton Street, and T'?i-p'ing Sh?n tenth and eleventh places on the list of Grant-in-Aid Schools. The first of these incre of passes by four per cent. The Staunton Street and T'?i-p'ing previous positions. In all the three schools greater attention latter to Reading and Explanation. In other respects the ? Ying-p'?n School, whose only weak point was Geography

　　　14. The London Mission Schools made an extraordinary advance. The T'ai-p'ing Sh?n School had an increase of thirty-one per cent. of passes, and the W?n-tsai School of twenty-seven per cent. These schools were peculiarly unfortunate in 1876, but they are now recovering lost ground. They occupy the third and eighth places on the list. The T'?i-ping Sh?n School, if likely to suffer at all, is in danger of doing so from the superabundant energy of the master. His scholars must have been drilled, until school and its belongings could have had little charm for them. This is not said by way of disparagement. On the contrary, it was a positive pleasure to see the efficiency of the school in all the subjects of examination. At the same time, the manager will do well to guard against undue severity on the part of the master. There was no attempt at disguising the fact that he rules with a rod of iron. The W?n-tsai School did not show the same efficiency as the other, but the present master took over the school after his predecessor had almost wrecked it by neglect of duty. There can be no doubt that, if the present master remains, the school will soon recover all it has lost.

15. The two St. Stephen's Schools occupy the first and ninth places on the list. The Sai Ying- p'?n School had been admirably taught. Composition was the only weak point, and that subject will require the master's best attention. In all other respects the results were very satisfactory. Expla- tion had been most carefully attended to, every scholar examined in it passing well. The T'?i-ping 'n School is a large school well taught. No school presented so many children for examination; with the exception of some weakness in Explanation and in Composition, few of the schools gained per tages in the subjects of examination. The manager's attention has been directed to the t would accrue from the use of black boards in some of the branches of the school work, e are provided and judiciously used, there will be still higher results these two schools.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH JULY, 1878.

301

TABLE III. NUMBER of SCHOLARS at the Government Schools during 1877, and Expense of each School.

Boys.

Girls.

Total.

Expense.

1. Aberdeen,

2. Ap-l? Chau,

3. Central School,

4. Girls' School,

5. H? W?n,.

6. Hok Un,

7. Hung H?m,

　　　　8. Little Hongkong, 9. .M?-tau Chung, 10. M?-tau T's in, 11. Mong Kok, 12. Pok-f? Lam,

13. Sai Ying-p‘?n, (H?kk?),

14. Sai Ying-p'?n, (Punt?), 15. Sh?i W?n,

16. Sh?u k? W?n,

17. Shek ?,

18. Shek-t'ong Ts?i,

19. Sh?ung W?n,

20. Stanley,

21. T?i-kok Tsui,

22. T?i Wong Kung,

　　　　23. Tang-lung Chau, (H?kk?), 24. Tang-lung Chau, (Punt?), 25. T?-kw? W?n, (H?kk?), 26. T'?-kw? W?n, (Hok-l?),

27. Ts'at Tsz-m?i,

28. W?n-tsai,

29. Wong-nai Chung,

30. Yau-m? T?,

.....

610

582 82222222

272.48

139.08

610

13,816.29

144

627.00

369.80

...

63.40

62.72

63.40

62.72

62.04

74.72

266.70

279.75

...

64.08

179.16

138.40

340.48

329.84

347.20

63.40

306.44

153.30

182.30

65.44

64.76

92.44

110

139

282.00

122.72

182.44

1,891

257

2,148

19,137.90

TABLE IV.—AVERAGE EXPENSE of each SCHOLAR at the Government Schools during 1877.

CENTRAL SCHOOL.

Expenditure,

.$14,080.32

Deduct School Fees,

rd of Head,

Salary, as In-

spect

..$2,927.25 1,037.20

Travelli

3rd of Ch

ry..........

110.00 50.00

“,

34.

..$9,945.87

? Central School,..

Total Expenditure for the year:-

Central School,

Village Schools,..

Average Expense calculated by the Enrolment.

1. Average Expense of each Scholar at Government Schools,

Hoi as

Central School,...........

Native Schools,...

Expenditure,

VILLAGE SCHOOLS.

Add rd of Head Master's Salary, as In- ?

spector's Salary,

Travelling Expenses,

..$6,252.10

$1,037.20

110.00 60.00

1,207.20

3rd of Chinese Writer's Salary,..

.se of Vuk

chooi

.$ 9,945.87 7,459.30

$17,405.17

Average Expense calculated by the Average Daily Atiendance.

1. Average Expense of each Scholar at the Government Schools, $12.75

.$ 7.55

15.87

4.25

2. 3.

Central School, Native Schools, ...................

22.46

7.77

TABLE V.-AVERAGE MONTHLY ENROLMENT and DAILY ATTENDANCE at the Government Schools for 1877.

Average Enrolment.

Average Daily Attendance.

Average Enrolment.

Average Daily Attendance.

1. Aberdeen,

26.00

22.46

Brought forward,....

922.18

822.97

2. Ap-l? Chau,...

36.36

28.76

3. Central School,

455.36

431.14

17. Shek ?,

16.18

13.67-

4, Girls' School,.

83.91

71.56

18. Shek-t'ong Ts?i,

48.18

40.36

5. H? W?n,.

41.09

35.79

19. Sheung Wan,

51.64

44.88

6. Hok ?n,

14.36

12.55

20. Stanley,

51.82

41.69

7. Hung H?m,

15.91

13.65

21. T?i-kok Tsui,.....

25.36

22.06

8. Little Hongkong,

12.82

12.08

22. T?i Wong Kung,

40.27

35.04

9. M?-tau Ch?ng,...

23.00

20.48

23. Tang-lung Chau, (H?kk?),

48.45

40.57

10. M?-tau Ts?n,

20.27

13.88

24. Tang-lung Chau, (Punt?),

44.18

35.67

11. Mong Kok,

14.64

11.56

25. T'?-kw? W?n, (H?kk?),

32.36

28.41

12. Pok-f? Lam,

10.73

9.73

26. T?-kw? W?n, (Hok-l?),

18.45

16.31

13. Sai Ying-p'?n, (H?kk?),

52.55

47.88

27. Ts'at Tsz-m?i,

25.45

21.38

14. Sai Ying-p'?n, (Punt?),

52.09

45.79

28. W?n-tsai,

90.64

73.01

15. Sh?i W?n,

18.45

13.15

29. Wong-nai Chung,...

14.64

11.76

16. Sh?u-k? W?n,......

44.64

32.51

30. Yau-m? T?,...................

27.18

23.39

Carried forward,..

922.18

822.97

TOTAL,..

1,456,98

1,271.17

302

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6?? JULY, 1878.

TABLE VI.-MAXIMUM and MINIMUM ENROLMENT and DAILY ATTENDANCE at the Government Schools during 1877.

Minimum

Maximum Monthly Enrolment.

Minimum Monthly

Maximum Daily Attendance.

Daily Attendance.

Enrolment.

(Monthly Average.) (Monthly Average.)

1. Aberdeen,

2. Ap-l? Chau,

3. Central School,

473

397

225

25.89

17.52

36.27

17.83

451.35

373.86

4. Girls' School,

77.50

64.68

5. H? W?n,..

42.12

28.59

6. Hok Un,

7. Hung H?m,

8. Little Hongkong,

14.78

9,58

15.93

9.96

17.74

10.00

9. M?-tau Chung,

24.95

16.17

10. Ma-tau-T's in,

16.78

9.07

11. Mong Kok,

18.00

8.42

12. Pok-f? Lam,

11.56

8,65

13. Sai Ying-p'?n, (H?kk?),

53.44

42.91

14. Sai Ying-p'un, (Punt?),

55.38

31,52

15. Shai-W?n,

16.81

10.79

16. Sh?u-k? W?n,.

45.89

21.35

17. Shek ?,.

18. Shek-t'ong Ts?i,

17.69

10.08

46.38

34.41

19. Sh?ung W?n,

48.04

37.87

20. Stanley,

46.85

33.67

21. T?i-kok Tsui,

29.28

17.88

22. T?i Wong Kung,

39.81

23.86

23. Tang-lung Chau, (H?kk?),

49.28

26.86

24. Tang-lung Chau, (Punt?),

39.46

24.91

25. T?-kw? W?n, (H?kk?),

32.44

22.23

26. T'o-kw? W?n, (IIok-l?),

20.83

14.44

27. Ts'at Tsz-m?i,

28. W?n-tsai,

29. Wong-nai Chung,

30. Yau-m? T?,

23.62

19.37

102

85.28

59.87

15.32

8.83

27.65

19.58

1,600

1,212

1,446.32

1,034.76

TABLE VII.-N

TBF of DAYS ? which the

ver

????

School Days.

1. Aberdeen,

241

16. Sh?u-k? W?n,

264

6. Hok Un,

2. Ap-li Chau,

3. Central School,

4. Girls' School,

5. H? W?n,

7. Hung Hom,.

8. Little Hongkong,

9. M?-tu Chung,

264

17. Shek ?,

263

....

255

18. Shek-t'ong Ts?i,

258

255

19. Sheung Wan,

257

20. Stanley,

261

266

21. T?i-kok Tsui,.

265

266

22. T?i Wong Kung,

258

268

23. Tang-lung Chau, (H?kk?),

259

266

24. Tang-lung Chau, (Punt?),.

257

10. M?-tau Tsun,

243

25. T?-kw? W?n, (H?kk?),

264

11. Mong Kok,

266

26. T?-kw? W?n, (Hok-l?),

262

12. Pok-f? Lam,

265

27. Ts'at Tsz-m?i,

264

13. Sai Ying-p'?n, (H?kk?),

252

28. W?n-tsai,

257

14. Sai Ying-p'?n, (Punt?),..

252

29. Wong-nai Chung,

258

15. Sha W?ng

255

30. Yau-m? T?,..........

264

TABLE VIII. SUMMARY of ENROLMENT and ATTENDANCE at the Government Schools for the last Sixteen Years.

Total Enrolment for the Year, Maximum Daily Attendance,

(monthly average),......

Minimum Monthly Enrolment, Minimum Daily Attendance, (monthly average),..

1862

1863 1864 1865 1866

1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877

505

414

301 299

435

337

733 535 502 597 623 700 916

621 469 417 535 572 610 664

950 937 1,157 1,326 1,271 1,312 1,383 1,446

434 418

533 572 627 683 741 837 852 974 988 | 1,057 1,212

324 330

408 460 504 556 571 665 760

836

863

925 1,035

942 1,302 1,292 1,480 1,838 1,931 | 1,927 2,171 2,148

748

1. January,

February,.

3. March, 4. April,

5. May, 6. June,.

7. July..... 8. August,

9. September,

13. October,

11. November,

12. December,

TABLE IX-ENROLMENT and ATTENDANCE at the Central School during 1877.

Average Daily Attendance.

Number Enrolled.

397

'373.86

***

450

431.76

452

429.67

450

416.68

460

427.58

460

436.88

452

438.43

473

451.35

471

445.81

472

444.19

472

443.04

Total Number of Scholars present during the year, Average Monthly Enrolment,

Average Daily Attendance for the year,

...610.00 455.36 .....431.14

TABLE X.-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS (the CENTRAL SCHOOL excepted') arranged in the order of their efficiency in 1877.

Rank I.

1. Tang-lung Chau (Punt?).

? Wan-tsai.

3. Stanley.

4. Girls' School.

5. Tang-lung Chau (H?kk?).

Rank II.

1. Sai Ying-p'in (Punti).

2. H? Wan.

: Ch?ung V?n.

4. Shu-ki W?n.

Rank II.-Continued.

5. Ap-li Chau.

6. Shek-t'ong Ts?i.

7. Ts'at Tsz-m?i.

Rank III.

1. Tai Wong Kung.

2. Sai Ying-p'?n (H?kk?). 3. Yau-m? T?.

4. Shek ?.

5. To-kw? W?n (H?kk?). 6. Mong Kok.

Rank III.-Continued.

7. Pok-f? Lam.

8. Aberdeen.

9. T?i-kok Tsui.

10. Sh?i Wan.

11. M?-tau Ch?ng. 12. T?-kw? W?n (Hok-ld). 13. Little Hongkong. 14. Hung Hom. 15. Hok ?n.

16. M?-tau Ts'?n.

17. Wong-nai Chung,

TABLE XI-NUMBER of SCHOLARS attending Schools receiving GRANTS-IN-AID, (under the Provisions of the Scheme of 1873), and Amount gained by each, in 1877.

Amount

8. Basel Mission Boys' School,

9. Basel Mission Girls' School,..

Class

of School.

1. Baxter School, Market Street and Sai Ying-p'?n,

2. Baxter School, Staunton Street,

3. Baxter School, Tai-p'ing Sh?n,

}}

5. London Mission School, W?n-tsai,

6. St. Stephen's School, Sai Ying-p'?n,

7. St. Stephen's School, T'ai-p'ing Sh?u,

III.

10. Basel Mission School, Sh?u-k? W?n,

IV.

11. Diocesan Home and Orphanage,

12. St. Paul's College School,.

13. Victoria Boys' School,

14. Victoria Girls' School,

Name of School.

Boys.

Girls.

Total.

of Grant.

4. London Mission School, Tai-p'ing Sh?n,

104

135

:20702:2833:

882:

279.00

??????

301.50

242.00

108

392.00

157.00

264.00

104

422.00

&:: 5~2::

117.00.

425.50

120.00

226.40

135

454.00

117.00

235.50

629

367

996

3,752.90

TABLE XII.-ENROLMENT, ATTENDANCE, and Number of SCHOOL DAYS, at the GRANT-IN-AID SCHOOLS during 1877.

Average Number Maximum Minimun Maximum | Minimum Average Daily

Monthly Monthly Daily Daily Monthly Attendance Enrolment. Enrolment. Attendance Attendance Enrolment.

for the

School

Days.

year.

1. Baxter School, Market Street,.

2. Baxter School, Sai Ying-p‘?n,

3. Baxter School, Staunton Street,

4. Baxter School, T?i-p'ing Sh?n,

4. London Mission School, T?i-p'ing Sh?n,

6. London Mission School, W?n-tsai,

7. St. Stephen's School, Sai Ying-p??n,

*. St. Stephen's School, T'?i-p'ing Sh?n,

2. Basel Mission Boys' School,...

P. Basel Mission Girls' School,.

1. Basel Mission School, Sh?u-ki W?n,

1. Diocesan Home and Orphanage,

H. St. Paul's College School,..

H. Victoria Boys' School,

15. Victoria Girls' School,

PREDKASSPARIDUN

16.96

12.72

18.55

15.80

251

28.88

16.09

28.64

25.73

254

64.19

28.40

55.45

47.41

248

55.65

34.90

51.82

15.59

249

79.48

49.09

7127

6733

262

27.76

16.63

29.5?

25.74

281

56.40

35.60

48.09

44.90

261

$7.86

50,33

79.09

77.12

249

+151

17.12

44.00

41.02

245

61.95

47.18

58.33

55.93

271

15.03

23.67

21.15

259

40.06

30.71

39.33

36.97

233

83.91

49.30

80.73

78.78

254

27.99

13.68

22.50

21,13

257

19.78

27.67

23.13

258

NAME OF SCHOOL.

Baxter School, Sai Ying-p'?n,

2. Baxter School, Szaunton Street,..

***

7 4 1 3 2 2 2

... 30

3. Baxter School, T'ai-p'ing Sh?n,..

3 2 1 1

4. Zonden Mission School, T'?i-p′ing Sh?n.............

7 8 16 7 6 2

3. Loudon Mission School, W?n-tsai,.......

...

5 9 1

Food

1 18

...

6. St. Stephou's School, Sai Ying-p'?n?...?

.....

7. St. Stephen's School, T'?i-p'ing Sh?u,.......

7 14 12 2

11 17 11 6 5 2 1 3 2

55 102 77 48 45 20

1 1 46 3 67

17 10 4

Class of School.

No. of Scholars

Presented.

Standard I.

Standard II,

Standard III.

Standard IV.

Standard V.

Standard VI.

Standard I.

Standard II.

Standard III,

Standard IV.

Standard V.

Standard VI.

Total Passed.

Total Failed.

TABLE XIII-RESULTS of the EXAMINATION of the GRANT-IN-AID SCHOOLS IN 1877, with the GRANTS for the last two years.

No. OF SCHOLARS WHO

PASSED.

NO. OF SCHOLARS WHO

FAILED.

SUMS TO WHICH THE SCHOOL IS ENTITLED.

Needle-work.

GRANT-IN-

AID.

To Manager.

1877. 1876.

TOTAL TOTAL

GRANT. GRANT,

Average Daily At-

tendance during School Year.

aaaa Standard I,

78...

56 54 20

...

4419.50 1 47

IN CON 10 10 10

Soo

: 00

Co 09

* :

Standard II.

Standard III.

Standard IV.

Standard V.

Standard VI.

Very

good.

es Good.

Fair.

Attendance.

Average Daily

Assistant Exami-

ner's Fee.

To Teacher.

60 28

26 27

69.75209.25

279.00

156.00

6 47 65 42

75.38 226.12

301.50 113.00

70 54

36 21

60.50 181.50

242.00

105.00

***

48 112

98.00 294.00

392.00 191.00

30 63

2 45

31:

39.25 117.75

157.00

143.00

***

84 84

66.00 198.00

264.00

113.00

...

10 75

...

[105.50 316.50

422.00 200.00

2. Essel Mission Boys' School,

III

9 1

10 6

...

54 7

25.50| 76.50

117.00

***

9. Basel Mission Girls' School,.

12 7 3 6 34

49 24 54 30 48 42 31.50

|102.62 307.88

425.50 311.50

10. Basel Mission School, Sh?u-k? W?n,

1. Diocesan Home and Orphanage,.

...

26.25] 76.75

120.00

12. St. Paul's College School,

}

13. Victoria Boys' School,

4. Victoria Girls' School,

96542

14 8 10 11

1 1 3 2 2

43.20 38.40 40.00 33.40|22.40

19.00 (2.40 1.60 | 30.40

56.60 169.80

226.40

***

...

84 64 100 [132

8 30

4 6

32 60

8 8

113.50 340,50

451.00

140.00

24 28

29.25 87.75

117.00

106,00

36 28 16 14 4.50

68.88 176.62

235.50 118.30

TOTAL GRANT,

3,752.90|1,697.00

ITA

T ATOZTATATATATLAN

NATATINATOTT

A LIT

504

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH JULY, 1878.

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TABLE XIV. PERCENTAGE of SCHOLARS who passed in the GRANT-IN-AID SCHOOLS, during the last two Years.

1877.

1876.

Increase.

Decrease.

1. Baxter School, Market Street and T?i-p'ing Sh?n,

2. Baxter School, Staunton Street,

94 per cent. 83

per cent.

3. Baxter School, T'ai-p'ing Sh?n,

3 per cent. 8

4. London Mission School, T?i-p'ing Sh?n,

5. London Mission School, W?n-tsai,

31 27

6. St. Stephen's School, Sai Ying-p‘?n,

7. St. Stephen's School, T?i-p'ing Sh?n,

8. Basel Mission Boys' School,

9. Basel Mission Girls' School,

10. Basel Mission School, Sh?u-k? W?n,

11. Diocesan Home and Orphanage,

....

12. St. Paul's College School,

13. Victoria Boys' School,

14. Victoria Girls' School,

8888

ㄓ

Class

of School.

TABLE XV. PERCENTAGE of PASSES in the various subjects in which the GRANT-IN-AID SCHOOLS

were examined in 1877.

Name of School.

Reading. Writing.

Arith- Gram- metic.

mar.

Geogra- phy.

Repeti-

tion, History.

Expla- Con nation, sition, (Chinese) (Chinese) (Chinese)

1. Baxter School, Market Street and Sai Ying-p??n,|

97.06

100 (a)

Nil (3)

2. Baxter School, Staunton Street,..

83.33

96.11

50.00

85.29 85.71 85.29

75.00 100 (c)

3. Baxter School, T'?i-p'ing Sh?n,..

65.62

90.62

50.00

84.37 25.00

4. London Mission School, T'?i-p?ing Sh?n,

100 (d)

97.96

72.22

96.77

88.24 88.88

5. London Mission School, W?n-tsai

95.24

50.00

93.33

87.50

16.66

6. St. Stephen's School, Sai Y'

v'?n,

86.48

97.29

66.66

88.23

7. St. Stephen's School, T'?i-

Th?ng

91.93

93.55

88.23

91.11

100 (e) 73.33

Nil (?) 41.18

III.

iv.

8. Basel Mission Boys' Schor

9. Basel Mission Girls' Scho

10. Basel Mission School, Shau-ki Wi

11. Diocesan Home and Orphanage,

68.75 62.50 50.00

...

84.78 71.74 80.43

72.22

90.91

...

93.33 93.33

86.66

96.66 90.00 43.33

66.66

100 (g)

12.

13. 14.

College School, fchool,

87.50 89.58

72.92

84.00

83.33

91.66 50.00

66.66

80.00

100 (h)

95.24 90.48

76.19

100 ()

71.43

100 (j)

(a) 34 exam (b) 2

(h) 4

-ino

TABLE XVI.—NUMBER of UNEDUCATED CHILDREN in the Colony in 1877.

Number of Children in the Colony under Sixteen Years of age, as per last Census (of 1876), Add increment of increase of Children under Sixteen Years of age, 31st Dec., 1876, to 31st Dec., 1877, say,

26,247 859

27,106

Total,

Deduct, as being under Five Years of age, say,

Average monthly enrolment in Schools of all denominations, say,

8,202 4,840

13,042

Total Number of Uneducated Children, say,

14,064

APPENDIX II.

GRANTS-IN-AID.

　　　　For the better promotion of Elementary Education in the Colony, the Government of Hongkong is prepared to assist schools on the system of grants-in-aid, subject to the following conditions:-

1. Before any grant can be made to a school, the Government must be satisfied that—

(a.) The school is conducted as a public elementary school.

(b.). The school is not carried on with a view to private emolument.

(c.) The school premises are healthy, well lighted, drained and ventilated, properly furnish

sufficient internal space for the average attendance.

(d.) The master is competent.

(e.) The average attendance is not under twenty.

(f) The tire devoted to secular instruction is not less than four hours daily.

(g.) The school roll is carefully kept, and proper discipline maintained.

(h.) The organization is good, and the work conducted in accordance with a proper ·

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH JULY, 1878.

2. The Government will not interfere in any way (a.) The religious instruction of a school.

with-

(b.) The hours for such instruction, provided they are either before or after the four hours of secular instruction

required by this code.

(e.) The appointment of a teacher, provided he is competent.

(d) The school books, provided they are sufficient, as regards the secular instruction which they contain, for the

purposes of the Standards hereafter to be referred to.

(e.) The style of handwriting, but a bold round hand is recommended for European writing.

(f) The stipulations of this code, without six months' previous notice in the Gazette.

　　　　3. Grants will be subject to a cumulative reduction of five per cent. on the whole sum gained by a school, in each case where the Inspector reports defects in—

(a.) The teaching.

(b.) The accommodation.

(c.) The keeping of the school roll.

d. The organization.

(e.) The discipline.

The books and apparatus.

Due regard in all these cases will be had to circumstances.

~:11 1

4. A school receiving a grant must be—

(a.) Open at all times to Government inspection.

(b.) Represented by a Manager, distinct from the teacher, who will conduct all correspondence with the Govern-

ment, sign the Receipt for the grant, and furnish all Returns which the Government may require.

5. In the case of Chinese schools not under European supervision, the Inspector will be Manager when necessary.

6. The Government will not bind itself to give grants to all schools claiming them under the foregoing conditions, but guided by the circumstances of each case, and by the amount of money at its disposal for educational purposes. In cases where a grant is refused, the reasons for the refusal will be given.

7. The Government will reserve to itself the power to withdraw or reduce grants. In all cases, the reasons for the withdrawal or reduction will be given. No grant will be withdrawn, or materially reduced, until a second examination has been held by the examiner assisted by two assessors, the one chosen by the Government and the other by the Manager.

8. One-fourth of the total grant made to a school will be handed to the teacher as a personal payment. In the event of a change of masters, each will receive his proportion of this sum, according to the period of his service. If a master is dismissed, his share of the grant will go to the school.

　　　9. A detailed account, with proper vouchers, of the total income and expenditure of each school must be furnished by the Manager annually, in the form provided for that purpose.

10. Grants will be made for definite results in SECULAR INSTRUCTION only 11. These results will be ascertained at the annual examination of the sc'

as the Government may appoint.

Le Inspector, or by such examiners

12. Examiners who are not in the service of the Government will be paid for their assistant 13. Schools eligible for grants-in-aid will be-

Class I.-Schools in which a Chinese education is given. Class II-Schools in which a Chinese er

: IV Class V.-Schoo

ved 0.

on is given, with Enlish in ads

a European education is giver any European which a European education is given in any European la

1 Chalese in addition. 14. The basis of examination will be two hundred daily attendances of not less than four hours cul, at secular instruction, in the course of the year.

15. Children who have satisfied that condition will be examined in accordance with the following standards, and they The results of the examination of en scholar will be may not be withheld from examination without a reasonable excuse.

communicated to the Managers.

16. For Schools in Class I. (Schools in which a Chinese education is given.)

STANDARD I.

1. Reading.-Two pages of the First Book used in the school.

2. Writing. From dictation, five common characters in the same book.

3. Repetition. Two pages of the same book.

Value of a pass in this Standard, five dollars.

STANDARD II.

1. Reading.-A passage not exceeding fifty characters in the Second Book used in the school.

2. Writing. From dictation, ten consecutive characters in the same book.

3. Repetition.-A short paragraph of the same book.

Copy writing will be taken in this Standard, but it will not be counted if the scholar has not passed in two of

the other subjects.

Value of a pass in this Standard, six dollars.

STANDARD III.

1. Reading. A passage not exceeding sixty characters in the Third Book used in the school.

2. Writing. From dictation, twenty consecutive characters in the same book.

3. Repetition.-A short paragraph of the same book.

4. Explanation.-The characters in the passage read.

Copy writing will be taken in this Standard, but it will not be counted if the scholar has not passed in three

of the other subjects.

Value of a pass in this Standard, seven dollars.

STANDARD IV.

passage not exceeding seventy characters in the Fourth Book used in the school.

m memory, a passage not exceeding thirty characters in the same book.

Simple phrases in the passage read.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH JULY, 1878.

4. Compositio

sentence () of not more than three characters.

5. Geography General outlines of China Proper.

307

Copy writ be taken in this Standard, but it will not be counted if the scholar has not passed in four

of the other subjects.

Value of a pass in this Standard, eight dollars.

STANDARD V.

1. Reading.-A passage not exceeding eighty characters in the Fifth Book used in the school.

2. Writing. From memory, a passage not exceeding forty characters in the same book.

3. Explanation.-A passage not exceeding twenty characters in the same book. Orally or in writing at the

option of the examiner.

4. Composition.-A very short theme.

5. Geography.-The Canton Province, in addition to the Geography of the previous Standard.

Copy writing will not be taken in this Standard.

Value of a pass in this Standard, nine dollars.

STANDARD VI.

1. Reading. A passage not exceeding one hundred characters in the Sixth Book used in the school.

2. Writing. From memory, a passage not exceeding fifty characters in the same book.

3. Explanation.-A passage not exceeding thirty characters in the same book. Orally or in writing at the

option of the examiner.

4. Composition.-A short theme.

5. Geography.-The Chinese Empire.

Copy writing will not be taken in this Standard.

Value of a pass in this Standard, ten dollars.

Note.-In Girls' schools, Repetition may be substituted for Composition in Standards IV., V. and VI.

17. For Schools in Class II.

(Schools in which a Chinese education is given, with English in addition.)

STANDARD I. The came as Standard I for schools in Class I.

Value of a pass in this Standard, five dollars.

STANDARD II.

In addition to Standard II for schools in Class I,

4. English Reading.—A s?'hort sentence from the First Book used in the school, with explanation of single words

in Chinese.

5. English Writing.-Fror a dictation, a short sentence in the same book.

English copy writing will be taken in this Standard, but it will not be counted if the scholar has not

passed in four of the other subjects.

5. Eng 6. En

Value of a pass in is Standard, six dollars and a half.

In addition to St

hort passa

ill be taken in this

subjects.

Is in Class I,

in the school, with explanation in Chinese.

? ?,

but it will not be cou. d if

sear as not psed

alue of a pass in this Standard, seven dollars and a half.

STANDARD IV.

In addition to Standard IV for schools in Class I,

6. English Reading.-A short passage in the Third Book used in the school, with explanation in Chinese. 7. English Writing.-From dictation, a short passage in the same book.

8. English Grammar.-Ability to distinguish the parts of speech in a short sentence in the same book.

English copy writing will be taken in this Standard, but it will not be counted if the scholar has not passed

in seven of the other subjects.

Value of a pass in this Standard, eight dollars and a half.

STANDARD V.

In addition to Standard V for schools in Class I,

6. English Reading.-A short passage in the Fourth Book used in the school, with explanation in Chinese.

7. English Writing.-From dictation, a short passage in the same book.

8. English Grammar.-Parsing a simple sentence in the same book.

9. Geography.-Outlines of Asia and Africa.

English copy writing will be taken in this Standard, but it will not be counted if the scholar has not passed

in eight of the other subjects.

Value of a pass in this Standard, nine dollars and a half.

STANDARD VI.

In addition to Standard VI for schools in Class I,

6. English Reading.-An ordinary prose passage chosen by the examiner, with explanation in Chinese. 7. English Writing.-A short theme or letter.

8. English Grammar.-Analysis and parsing of a short ordinary sentence chosen by the examiner.

9. Geography.-Outlines of Europe and America, in addition to the Geography of the previous Standard.

English copy writing will not be taken in this Standard.

Value of a pass in this Standard, ten dollars and a half.

18. For Schools in Class III. (Schools in which a European education is given in the Chinese language.)

STANDARD I.

1. Reading. Two pages of the First Book used in the school.

2. Writing.-Five common characters from dictation.

3. Arithmetic.-Notation.

Value of a pass in this Standard, six dollars.

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH JULY, 1878..

STANDARD II.

JULY,

1. Reading.-A passage not exceeding fifty characters in the Second Book used in the school.

2. Writing. From dictation, ten consecutive characters in the same book.

3. Arithmetic.-Simple Addition and Subtraction, in addition to the Arithmetic of the previous Standard.

Copy writing will be taken in this Standard, but it will not be counted if the scholar has not passed in two of

the other subjects.

Value of a pass in this Standard, seven dollars. STANDARD III.

1. Reading. A passage not exceeding sixty characters in the Third Book used in the school, with explanation in

colloquial Chinese.

2. Writing. From dictation, twenty consecutive characters in the same book.

3. Arithmetic.-Simple Multiplication, in addition to the Arithmetic of the previous Standards.

Copy writing will be taken in this Standard, but it will not be counted if the scholar has not passed in two of

the other subjects.

Value of a pass in this Standard, eight dollars. STANDARD IV.

1. Reading.-A passage not exceeding seventy characters in the Fourth Book used in the school, with explanation

in colloquial Chinese.

2. Writing. From dictation, thirty consecutive characters in the same book.

3. Arithmetic.-The Simple Rules.

4. Geography.-General outlines of China Proper.

Copy writing will be taken in this Standard, but it will not be counted if the scholar has not passed in three

of the other subjects.

Value of a pass in this Standard, ?ine dollars.

STANDARD V.

1. Reading.-A passage not exceeding eighty characters in the Fifth Book used in the 'school, with explanation

in colloquial Chinese.

2. Writing. From memory, a passage not exceeding forty characters in the same book.

3. Arithmetic.-Reduction (Chinese Tables) and Simple Proportion, in addition to the Arithmetic of the previous

Standards.

4. Geography.-The Canton Province, in addition to the Geography of the previous Standare

5. History. The first half of the History used in the school.

Copy writing will be taken in this Standard, but it will not be counted if the scholar has not passed in four

of the other subjects.

Value of a pass in this Standard, ten dollars.

STANDARD VI.

1. Reading.-A passage not exceeding one hundred characters in any book used in the school, with explanation

in colloquial Chinese.

2. Writing. From memory, the substance of a s1-

3. Arithmetic.-Vulgar and Decanal Fre

4. Geography.-The Chinese Empire.

5. History-The History used in the S

Copy writing will ot be take

value of a pass 1

? read out twice 1

to the

the examin by Arithmetic of the

previodards.

aru, twelve dollars.

Note.he School books may be wholly or partially in the Romanized C.

When the Romanized Character is used, the passages selected length as those for schools in Class IV.

of the Manager. ill be of the same

19. For Schools in Class IV. (Schools in which a European education is given in any European language.)

STANDARD I.

1.. Reading.-Accurate pronunciation of each word in a passage not exceeding five lines in the First Book used in

the school.

2. Writing.-Copy on a slate or black board a line of print in the same book, and write from dictation a few

common words.

3. Arithmetic.-Notation, Simple Addition, and Subtraction.

Value of a pass in this Standard, six dollars. STANDARD II.

1. Reading.-Slow and distinct reading of a passage not exceeding ten lines in the Second Book used in the

school.

2. Writing. A sentence from the same Book slowly read once, and then dictated in single words.

3. Arithmetic.-Multiplication Table, Siraple Multiplication and Division, in addition to the Arithmetic of the

previous Standard.

Copy writing will be taken in this Standard, but it will not be counted if the scholar has not passed in

two of the other subjects.

Value of a pass in this Standard, eight dollars. STANDARD III.

1. Reading.-Clear and intelligible reading of a passage not exceeding ten lines in the Third Book used in the

school.

2. Writing.-A sentence from the same book slowly dictated once by a few words at a time.

3. Arithmetic.-Compound Rules and Reduction, in addition to the Arithmetic of the previous Standards.

4. Grammar.-Ability to distinguish the parts of speech in a short sentence in the Reading Book.

Copy writing will be taken in this Standard, but it will not be counted if the scholar has not passed in

"three of the other subjects.

Value of a pass in this Standard, ten dollars. STANDARD IV.

1. Reading.-Intelligent reading of a prose passage not exceeding fifteen lines in the Fourth Book used in the

school.

2. Writing.-A sentence from the same book slowly dictated once by a few words at a time.

3. Arithmetic.-Simple and Compound Proportion, Simple Interest, and Practice, in addition to the Arithmetic

of the previous Standards.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH JULY, 1878.

309

4. Grammar. Parsing, orally or in writing at the option of the examiner, a simple sentence from the Reading

Book.

5. Geography. Map of the World (general outlines) and Europe.

Copy writing will be taken in this Standard, but it will not be counted if the scholar has not passed in

four of the other subjects.

Value of a pass in this Standard, twelve dollars. STANDARD V.

1. Reading.-Fluent and intelligent reading of a short ordinary paragraph chosen by the examiner from some

common book or newspaper.

2. Writing. From memory, the substance of a short story read out twice by the examiner. Writing, spelling

and grammar will be taken into account.

3. Arithmetic.-Vulgar and Decimal Fractions, in addition to the Arithmetic of the previous Standards.

4. Grammar.-Analysis and parsing, orally or in writing, of a complex sentence chosen by the examiner from an

ordinary book or newspaper.

5. Geography.-Asia, Africa and America, in addition to the Geography of the previous Standard.

Copy writing will not be taken in this Standard.

Value of a pass in this Standard, fourteen dollars. STANDARD VI.

1. Reading.-To read with fluency and express any ordinary piece of prose or poetry chosen by the examiner. 2. Writing. A short theme, or letter, or easy pag se. Writing, spelling and grammar will be taken into

account.

3. Arithmetic.-Compound Interest, Square and Cube Root, Profit and Loss, and Progression, in addition to the

Arithmetic of the previous Standards.

4. Grammar.—Analysis and parsing, orally or in writing, of an ordinary stanza of poetry chosen by the

examiner.

5. Geography.-Ability to draw from memory a map of any of the Continents, the map to include the principal

rivers, mountains and cities in the Continent prescribed.

6. History. The first hundred pages of the History used in the school.

Copy writing will not be taken in this Standard.

Value of a pass in this Standard, sixteen dollars.

Note.-In Girls' schools, Arithmetic in Standard V will not extend beyond Vulgar Fractions, and in Standard VI

not beyond Decimal Fractions.

　　　　　20. For Schools in Class V. (Schools in which a European education is given in any European language, with Chinese in addition.)

STANDARD I.

The same as Standard I for schools in Class IV.

4. Ch

5. Ch

5. Chin

Value of a pass in this Standard, six dollars.

STANDARD II.

In addition to Standard II for schools in Class IV,

Apage of the First Book used in the school, with explanation of single words in the prin-

in the school.

dictation, ten common characters.

ko tel

NIN-US.

this Stonda-4 but it vill not be counted if the scholar has not passed

ue of a pass in this Standard, eight dollars and a half.

STANDARD III.

In aution to Standard III for schools in Class IV,

Reading.-Two pages of the Second Book used in the school, with explanation.

6. Chinese Writing.-From dictation, twenty characters in the same book.

7. Chinese Speaking. Turning very short sentences into colloquial Chinese.

Chinese copy writing will be taken in this Standard, but it will not be counted if the scholar has not passed

in six of the other subjects.

Value of a pass in this Standard, ten dollars and a half.

STANDARD IV.

In addition to Standard IV for schools in Class IV,

6. Chinese Reading.-A short passage in the Third Book used in the school, with explanation.

7. Chinese Writing. From dictation, forty characters in the same book.

8. Chinese Speaking.-Turning short sentences into colloquial Chinese.

Chinese copy writing will be taken in this Standard, but it will not be counted if the scholar has not passed

in seven of the other subjects.

Value of a pass in this Standard, twelve dollars and a half.

STANDARD V.

In addition to Standard V for schools in Class IV,

6. Chinese Reading.-A short passage in the Fourth Book used in the school, with explanation.

7. Chinese Writing.-From memory, a short passage in the same book.

8. Chinese Speaking. Turning a short passage in the same book into colloquial Chinese.

Chinese copy writing will be taken in this Standard, but it will not be counted if the scholar has not passed

in seven of the other subjects.

Value of a pass in this Standard, fourteen dollars and a half.

TADA ?

In addition to Standard VI for schools in Class IV,

7. Chinese Reading.-An ordinary passage from a Chinese newspaper, with explanation.

8. Chinese Writing.-A short letter.

9. Chinese Speaking.-Fluent and correct colloquial Chinese.

Chinese copy writing will not be taken in this Standard.

Value of a pass in this Standard, sixteen dollars and a half.

21. In all cases where copy writing is taken, not less then one month's work must be shown to the examiner.

　　　　　22. Scholars who are presented under Standards IV, V and VI for schools in Classes III, IV and V, may also be ex- amined in one or more of the following subjects, namely:-Algebra, Geometry, Physical Geography, and the Natural

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Sciences, provided they have previously passed in all the subjects contained in the Standards under which they are present- ed, and provided the subjects are taught in such a way as to graduate the instruction to the different Standards. For example:-

EUCLID.

Book I. Propositions 1 to 20 inclusive.

Standard IV. Standard V.

Book I.

Standard VI. Books I and II.

Value of a pass, in each of such cases, in Standard IV, one dollar, in addition to the proper value of the Standard; in Standard V, one dollar and a half, in addition to the proper value of the Standard; and in Standard VI, two dollars, in addition to the proper value of the Standard.

23. Managers of schools wishing to have scholars examined in one or more of these special subjects will, for the pre- sent, receive a graduated scheme for the subjects of their choice on application to the Inspector.

24. No grant will be made for any subject not specified in this code.

25. A capitation grant of one dollar will be given for each scholar in average attendance.

26. No scholar will be examined in a lower Standard than that under which he has been previously presented, nor in the same Standard unless he has failed to pass in two or more subjects.

27. Scholars learning a language which is not their mother tongue, will have their intelligence tested by requiring them to explain in their own language the meaning of the passages read.

28. In Girls' Schools, one of the four hours for secular instruction may be assigned to plain needlework, which will have the following values:-

Fair, one dollar. Good, one dollar and a half. Very good, two dollars.

29. All correspondence with the Government on subjects connected with this code must be sent through the Head of the Education Department for the time being.

Hongkong, 23rd February, 1877.

FREDERICK STEWART, Inspector of Schools.

Application Schedule.

(To be filled up when application is made for a Grant-in-aid.)

1. What is the name of the School?.

2. Is it a Public Elementary School? (a.)

3. Is it a Boys', or a Girls', or a Mixed School?

4. Where is it situated?

5. What are its Dimensions? (b.).........

6. What is the Average Attendance? (c.)

7. Is the school-work c ducted by a Time Table? (d.)

8. Is there a regularly ept School Roll? (e.)

9. What Books are to

e used under the several Standards? (f.)

10. What are the Schoo -hours?.

11. What 'four hours'

12. What Holidays are

13. What is the Manag

re to be assigned to Secular Instruction? iven, and when?

r's name, and what is his profession or occupation ?|

14. What is the Master name?.

15. How many years' experience as a teacher has he had?

16. What Assistants has he, and what are their names?

17. What is

18. Wh at ann.

the Mastom,

n is derived from Schoo.-rees?

19. What annual sum is derived from Donations and Subscriptions? 20. Has the School any other, and what, means of support ?... 21. What are the various headings and amounts of Expenditure? 22. Is there any, and what, Debt connected with the School ?

Signature of Applicant

Date of Application

(a.) A Public Elementary School shall mean a school where elementary education is the principal part of the education given, and

where no child is refused admittance on other than reasonable grounds.

(b.) Give the length, breadth and height of the room or rooms, with the extent of wall-space available for maps.

(c.) The Average Attendance is the total number of attendances marked in the roll within a certain period, divided by the number of

days the school has been taught during the same period,

(d.) Enclose a Copy.

(e.) Enclose a specimen page.

(f.) Forward a copy of each.

Examination Schedule.

(To be filled up and forwarded to the Inspector seven clear days before the date fixed for the examination.)

Date of Admission

to this School.

Age

Name of Scholar.

(on last

Birth- day).

Year. Month.

Number of Attendances of four hours each at Secular Instruction in the Year,

In what class in School. (The First Class means tht highest. Commence with the

lowest Class.

Under what

Standard

Last examined.

Under what Standard Now

to be examined.

Remarks.

Number.

Signature of Manager.

Date

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH JULY, 1878.

SUPPLEMENT TO THE ANNUAL REPORT ON GOVERNMENT EDUCATION.

ADDRESS OF HIS EXCELLENCY GOVERNOR POPE HENNESSY, AT THE CENTRAL SCHOOL,

25TH JANUARY, 1878, AT THE ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES.

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COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS.

　　　　　　　　　Treasury has told me so, many of the leading officials in the public service have told me, that since this system was established they find the tone of the service has improved and they have now an admirable staff of clerks. I may add that in India a similar result has occurred. The system was, to a great extent, brought into operation in the time of Lord LAWRENCE, and his present brilliant successor, Lord LYTTON, has borne testimony to the fact that the system of open competitions for the appointments in India has been most beneficial to the administration of that great Empire. Under these circumstances I thucht it

accordingly worth ?200 given by the as he might thin I asked the hea was good enoug1

Right Reverend t

glish b?i.

haps, to introduce the system into this Colony, and xaminations. On one occasion there was a clerkship Chinese clerkship, and usually such a post was This list of applicants, and gave the appointment xperiment of an open competition. Accordingly,

gistracy) to beco

an examiner, and Mr. MAY Bishop BURDON, and my

9 nese scho

-added Mr. NG CHO.

is now a member

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　well, these three examiners were good enougn wo prepare the examination papers, and they made their report to me in course of time. I was disappointed, undoubtedly, at the result of that examination. The examiners reported that none of the candidates passed the examination sufficiently well to entitle them to the appointment. The examination consisted of translating a document which had come to the Magistracy in the ordinary course of business, a Chinese document, into English, and of translating the deposition of a witness taken at the Magistracy some weeks before into Chinese, and in reading and writing from dictation. That was a simple test, and, nevertheless, eleven candidates having presented themselves, I regretted to find that the examiners could not recommend to me any one of the eleven as having properly passed the examination. Now, it would be, I think, very foolish for us to shut our eyes to a fact of that kind. The examination could hardly be simpler than it was. The clerkship to be given away was of some value, $80 a month, and the result was certainly somewhat disappointing. But, I venture to repeat what I at that time put in a minute, published in the Gazette, that looking at the report of the examiners, though I regretted the result, I felt the Chinese students who competed at that examination had shown great intelligence and industry, and I had every hope that at a subsequent examination some of them would be successful.

INSUFFICIENT TEACHING of English.

　　　　When I visited the Central School the other day and saw Mr. FALCONER and the other gentlemen going through the daily routine of their duties, I was struck by some incidents, which it is well for us to bear in mind, because they suggest the possibility of improvements which I know Mr. STEWART has at heart. I visited one large class-room, indeed a sort of double class-room, on the other side of that passage. In that room I should think there must have been a hundred and fifty Chinese youths who were being instructed by three Chinese teachers. They were reading the Chinese classics. I found that the three Chinese teachers who were instructing them in the Chinese classics had themselves no knowledge whatever of the English language. These three Chinese teachers spoke no English; and of the pupils in that particular class-room not one could speak English. During the whole of the year we have had six hundred and ten pupils attending the school. I asked Mr. STEWART this

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morning how many of these were able to speak English, and he said under fifty or sixty, and this small number very imperfectly. Now, these are grave facts. In this English Colony we must not be satisfied with 60 out of 600 being able to speak English in our principal Government school, and that imperfectly. After Hongkong has enjoyed thirty years of Colonial Government and large annual grants for education, I expected to find the new generation with something like a knowledge of English. The system unfortunately is that after learning perhaps only what we might call a smattering of our language, a few of the pupils leave the school and go at once into native business houses, whilst nine tenths leave the Government school entirely ignorant of the English language. In this Colony —and in that respect it is unlike Singapore-you don't meet with many Chinese who in the ordinary course of business can speak or write English. I think one of our principal duties as educationists should be to increase the number of English speaking and English writing Chinese inhabitants of Hongkong. We must endeavour to do that not only by means of this valuable institution, but also by the other educational agencies in this Colony.

MEDICAL EDUCATION.

I should like very much to ask Mr. STEWART whether it might be possible also in connection with this school to do anything in the way of promoting medical education among the Chinese. We all know that there is in this Colony a large and excellent institution called the Tung Wah Hospital, supported and managed by the leading Chinese residents. Can we in any way combine clinical teaching which might be received in that establishment with a little instruction in physiology in this school? Will it be possible for Mr. STEWART, having consulted with the Colonial Surgeon and with some of our medical friends and the committee of that institution, will it be possible, I say, for Mr. STEWART to form a scheme by which we might have some young Chinese trained to a knowledge of European medicine? If he succeeds in putting a plan, a practical plan, before me, I certainly will consult my honourable friends on the Council as to providing funds for carrying it into effect.

UNEDUCATED CHILDREN.

I am bound, as the Governor of this Colony, t' that above all others should engage my attention. fact, that education is the greatest enemy to cri arrived here, to consider how far our educatio repression and in the prevention of crime. On my friend Mr. STEWART whic s undoubt

the foot

Deducing

11..

the age of six, there are, he say,

an t.

-hlic instruction nised as this.

been since I

ment in the

he last report of ort he mentions

ading school. ildren of age

to attend school who are attending no school whatever. Where are they

u go along to East Point, you have an opportunity of seeing some of these little boys. They are ing about in the streets, picking up bits of coal or other articles that may fall from the bags that are carried from the stores to the ships. They are the very class a Government is bound to educate. As you come

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　I along here, you see numbers of them also.

it is say my first duty to endeavour with Mr. STEWART I therefore contemplate consulting my to educate as many of these uneducated children as we can. Council upon

　　　　　　the establishment in this Colony of an industrial school, and,of extending the reformatory system, such as it is at this moment. It is our duty to do so, a duty we owe not only to the children, but a duty we also owe to the tax-payers of this Colony, to prevent our juvenile population from growing up into a criminal class. It is our duty on all hands to endeavour to diminish that serious number of twelve thousand which Mr. STEWART mentions." I may tell you of my own experience in the very last Colony I had the honour of governing-I was looking only a few weeks ago over a parliamentary return laid before the House of Commons, in which it is said by the legislature of that Colony, that one in eighteen of the population are attending school. Well, in this Colony the number is only, as far as I have been able to ascertain, one in fifty-two, so that there is here a very large margin for educational work. We have much to do, and crowded as this hall is to-day, we must have many halls like it filled before the public instruction of Hongkong will be on the same satisfactory basis as I have seen it in other Colonies. And I may say this is especially our duty here upon the confines of China, for speaking in the presence of perhaps one of the most distinguished scholars of China and Chinese-my friend Dr. EITEL-he will bear me out in saying the instruction of the people, no matter how rude and elementary, is carried out in that great Empire, and has been for centuries carried out in a mode which should set us an example. In the Chinese villages at the other side of the water, you see all or nearly all the little boys attending school. It may be that they learn, from our point of view, very little. They get off by heart a few moral and ethical precepts, but such as they are, there they are kept repeating them. They are kept at school away from the streets, and whatever the educational result may be, it is manifest that the peace and good order, speaking generally, of that vast Empire, is in no small degree dependent on the vast network of public instruction there is over the whole of China.

* Actual number of such children at end of 1877,-14,004.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH JULY, 1878.

SUPPLEMENT TO THE ANNUAL REPORT ON GOVERNMENT EDUCATION.

ADDRESS OF HIS EXCELLENCY GOVERNOR POPE HENNESSY, AT THE CENTRAL SCHOOL,

25TH JANUARY, 1878, AT THE ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES.

311

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS.

accordingly worth ?200 given by the as he might thin I asked the hea was good enoug1

Right Reverend t

glish b?i.

gistracy) to beco

an examiner, and Mr. MAY Bishop BURDON, and my

9 nese scho

-added Mr. NG CHO.

is now a member

INSUFFICIENT TEACHING of English.

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH JULY, 1878.

MEDICAL EDUCATION.

UNEDUCATED CHILDREN.

the foot

Deducing

11..

the age of six, there are, he say,

an t.

-hlic instruction nised as this.

been since I

ment in the

he last report of ort he mentions

ading school. ildren of age

to attend school who are attending no school whatever. Where are they

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　I along here, you see numbers of them also.

it is say my first duty to endeavour with Mr. STEWART I therefore contemplate consulting my to educate as many of these uneducated children as we can. Council upon

* Actual number of such children at end of 1877,-14,004.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH JULY, 1878.

TEACHING OF ENGLISH IN THE GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.

The following Letters and Minutes are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th February, 1878.

[No. 15.]

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

HONGKONG, 28th January, 1878.

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The Schools ranked as very good are the—

1. Tang-lung Chau (Punt?) School.

2. W?n-tsai School.

3. Stanley School.

The Schools ranked as good are the-

1. Sai Ying-p'?n (Punt?) School. 2. H? W?n School.

3. Sh?ung W?n School.

4. Sh?u-k? W?n School.

4. Girls' School.

5. Tang-lung Chau (H?kk?) School.

5. Ap-l? Chau School.

6. Shek-t'ong Ts?i School. 7. Ts'at Tsz-m?i School.

According to this classification, 5 Masters receive $25 each,......

and 7

$15

Total,

$125.00

105.00

$230.00

This pay

No. 3 of 7th

sum voted fo

circumstance

be glad if th√ a........

Hovi

under the denomination of Grants-in-Aid. I have already,

I have already, in my Letter 9. No. 38), reported +' the Grants-in-Aid this are in excess of the

Act, however,

Excellency

sidering thr will not object to making provision for this further sum; and I shall payment is issued in time to enable me to pay the Masters on the 1st

year,

proximo, before they go home for their New Year holidays.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

FREDERICK Stewart, Inspector of Schools.

The Honourable J. GARDIN

AUSTIN, C.M.G.,

Colonial Secretary,

&c.,

&c.

Minute by His Excellency the Governor.

I have already sanctioned the extra payments in accordance with Mr. STEWART's recommendation, subject to the approval of the Legislative Council.

　　　On visiting some of these Village Schools, I found the Schoolmasters could not speak a word of English, and as far as I could ascertain, none of the pupils had any knowledge of English.

who cannot.

Also the total number of pupils in each Village School, and the number in each that can speak English.

J. POPE HENNESSY.

29th January, 1878.

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH JULY, 1878.

Minute by the Inspector of Schools.

　　　With this one exception, therefore, what are conveniently called the Village Schools are simply Schools where the children receive a Chinese education in their own language.

FREDERICK STEWART.

29th January, 1878.

HONGKONG, 10th February, 1878.

MY DEAR MR. STEWART,-Looking to the views entertained by the Governor, and many others as to the expediency of giving greater facility to the boys at the Central School, for the study of the English language, it seems to me very desirable that we should have your views as early as possible as to the arrangements which should be made. Could you not therefore postpone your departure for a fortnight? If prior to sending in a report you would like to discuss the matter with the Governor, myself, and a few others, I am sure His Excellency will afford you every facility.

FREDERICK STEWART, Esq.

Yours, &c.,

Inspector of Schools to The Honourable J. Gardiner Austin, C.M.G

[No. 23.]

HONGKONG

J. GARDINER AUSTIN.

retary.

eory, 1878.

　　　SIR,-In answer to your note enquiring if I could not postpone my departure for a fortnight, in order to give the Government my views on the expediency of affording greater facility to the boys at the Central School for the study of the English language, I have the honour to inform you that it would be exceedingly inconvenient for me to postpone it, for several reasons: this one among others, that I had to telegraph to Shanghai to secure a passage for the 21st instant, and that I have no chance of being able to get one by the following steamer. I should, of course, at once sacrifice my own private interests for the sake of the public service, did I think it ne sary; but I expect to be able to send to-morrow, or the day after, a communication which, I belie will set at rest this question of English at the Central School."

you

I have the honou

? be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

FREDERICK STEWART, Inspector of Schools.

Minute by Ilis Excellency the Governor.

　　　Let this await the further communication Mr. STEWART tells us he is preparing I should be very sorry to stop him, for no Officer has earned his leave of absence better, but I fear he is somewhat over-sanguine in thinking that the communication he contemplates will set this question at rest; and

* No. of Day Scholars in 1877,

No. of Evening Scholars in 1877,

Total,.........

All these learn English; none of them speak it. The Master, Wong K?p, speaks English fairly.

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH JULY, 1878.

STJ

it is to be regretted that he does not think it necessary for the public service to act on the suggestion conveyed in Mr. AUSTIN's letter, and thus be able to discuss with the Colonial Secretary, myself and others (such as the Members of Legislative Council who represent commercial interests) the problem of again teaching English in all the Government Schools, and of making the nominal programme of four hours a day of English for every boy at the Central School a reality, so that all the pupils in that school should be able to speak Er lish-perfectly or imperfectly-instead of only 60 out of 610.

J. POPE HENNESSY.

11th February, 1878

Inspector of Schools to The Honourable J. Gardiner Austin, C.M.G., Colonial Secretary.

HONGKONG, 12th February, 1878.

　　　　SIR, I have the honour to bring to your notice that there is a serious misapprehension abroad a to the working of the Central School.

　　　　2. This misapprehension has arisen from a question put to me by His Excellency the Governor, on the 25th ultimo, at the Distribution of the Prizes at the Central School.

　　　　3. I was then asked, "How many of the boys now in the school speak English?" I answered, "From fifty to sixty; and that imperfectly."

　　　　4. His Excellency, in his speech as published in the Government Gazette of the 26th of January, said,

　　　　"In this English Colony we must not be satisfied with 60 out of 600 being able to speak English in our principal Government School, and that imperfectly."

　　　　5. On the following day, these words appeared in the "Catholic Register," "He" (His Excellency) "remarked on the small proportion, only 50 or 60 out of that number ( 610 ), who knew anything of English and of their very imperfect knowledge of the language."

the forenoon of the 9th instant, on school, I called His Excellency's special and learning, that is studyir, it; as the apprehension on the subject.

6. At an interview to which the Governor invited m reference being again made to the speaking of English in attention to the distinction between speaking a langu gaining upon me that there was a .

7. In the

the Governor

said, "He was

fifty of the Chinese

language to an

there was taught

江

nche same day, on the occasion of the Distribution of Prizes by

College, Mr. FRANCIS is r

fins

will:

the wrent e

rted in the "China Mail" of

of th

g instruction there were reng taught Eng

e was under the impression riously that ever

glish, and he was much surprised to find that that was no

8. In the report of the same proceedings contained in the "Daily Pres Mr. FRANCIS is similarly reported to have said, "I was astonished to find at t the Central School only forty or fifty of the boys were able to speak Eng under the impression that the one thing that school existed for was to teac was taught English, and I was very much astonished to find that was not the

　　　　　9. On the same occasion, His Excellency is reported in the "China Mail" to heard it said that only about forty or fifty, I think the actual number given was fifty or sixty, of the Chinese boys being educated in the Central School las that imperfectly."

10. Further on, His Excellency is reported to have said, "It was only interview I had with Mr. STEWART, who is at the head of our Government e him, what I was bound to repeat to him, namely, the views of leading merch of my Council, and others in this Colony, which are that they desire the Hongkong to teach more English, and that no boy should, in time to come, without being able to speak English.

leave

11. The report of His Excellency's words in the "Daily Press" is in and need not therefore be

12. Now I v

italicised the wo

13. The bel

more than fifty study of Chin teach. Indeed, as appears above, only forty or fifty practically endorsed

ted.

to point out that in all this there is a fa

hat fallacy turns.

Colony is that no attempt is made at sh; and that the study of that lang nd the Chinese masters devote ther ple could believe otherwise, cons ege on the 9th instant, that he v School were being taught Englis ng it to

it to pass unchallenged altho

is Excellency

date to have

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH JULY, 1878.

15. When I said to His Excellency that only 50 or 60 of the boys spoke English, I referred to those who had been some years in the school, and who were about to leave it on obtaining employment. When I used the word "imperfectly," I did so in contradistinction to the facility with which one speaks foreign language from actual experience in life, as apart from the slow and imperfect speaking of it hich one acquires by learning it only from the lips of a master: and I did not for a moment intend

suggest that none of the others knew anything of English.

16. In the "China Mail's" account of the proceedings already referred to, His Excellency is reported ? have said, “I asked His Lordship when I came in this morning what was the number of Portuguese n the school, and what number left the school, able to speak English. He answered, first, that there cannot be far short of 200 Portuguese trained in the school, and that all these, practically speaking, leave the school able to speak English more or less."

　　　17. If His Excellency will take the same reply from me now, I can give it, without hesitation or reservation, as regards the boys at the Central School.

19. I have repeatedly referred to all these matters in my Annual Reports, but it is now necessary to repeat and emphasize them; and, as much evil must result to the school from the currency given to the impression that is now prevaili: venture to request that His Excellency will permit the publication of this letter in next Satur Gazette, in order that this serious public misapprehension may be au oritatively removed on the e

t possible occasion.

I have the honour to be,

Sir, Your most

vant,

WART,

Schools.

The Governor to the Colonial Secretary.

cretary was with me when I put the questions to Mr. STEWART about the ken in the double class-room where there were one hundred and fifty boys Chinese teachers, and about the amount of English spoken by the six hundred hole school for 1877, I should be glad if he would record his recollection of

J. POPE HENNESSY.

12th February, 1878.

Minute by the Colonial Secretary.

ven to Your Excellency by Mr. STEWART conveyed an impression to my mind e boys knew anything of English. Indeed when these figures were given in ng round to me, that he ch I understood Mr. STEWART to say, when +

SS.

in consequence I left the school with tion was being given in English, a of English of primary importance i ver, with Mr. STEWART that we lasses and a stronger staff of teac!

pression as to the and commercial

lts with more

NER AUSTIN, ial Secretary.

3th February, 1878.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH JULY, 1878.

Minute by His Excellency the Governor.

317

J. POPE HENNESSY.

14th February, 1878.

[No. 29.]

GOVERNMENT CENTRAL SCHOOL,

HONGKONG, 1st March, 1878.

　　　　　SIR, I have the honour to inform you that this school was re-opened to-day after the Chinese New Year holidays. There were 218-applicants for admission, and only 40 vacant seats.

I have the honour to be,

Sir.

Your most obedient Servant,

The Honourable J. GARDINER AUSTIN, C.M.G.,

FREDERICK STEWART,

Head Master.

Colonial Secretary.

Minute by His Excellency the Governor.

　　　　　Request Mr. STEWARTO have a list made out of all the pupils now on the books of the Central School, marking with red ink the names of the pupils who can speak English.

　　　　　　　In accor the scholars,

into which

As the

J. POPE HENNESSY.

Minute by the Inspector of Schools. Excellency's request, I enclose a list of the names, 453 in number, of all the Central School at this date. They compose the nine English classes

that is, the ability to converse in the English language, is a term of variable app non, i nave thought it advisable to arrange the list under the following headings, namely:-

1. Those marked A, numbering 8, who are English or other European boys speaking English idiomatically.

2. Those marked B, numbering 33, who are European and Indian boys speaking English with considerable fluency.

3. Those marked C, numbering 18, who are Chinese boys speaking English with considerable fluency.

4.° Those marked D, numbering 58, who speak English with diffidence.

5. Those marked E, numbering 336, who cannot be said to "speak English" at all.

Government Central School, 5th March, 1878.

Minute by His Excellency the Governor.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Inspector of Schools.

1. Publish in the Gazette Mr. STEWART'S report on the result of his own examination of the pupils in the Central School as to their capacity for speaking English.

3. In the list as copied by one of my clerks a mistake was made respecting No. 255 who w actually only twenty-two months at the School, whereas in the copy put into my hands how to have been 10 years and 2 months at School.

Before sending Mr. STEWART's report and the list of pupils to the printer, I should EITEL would be good enough to have the list carefully compared with the results o STEWART at his examination in last March and with the records of the Central School.

30th April, 1878.

J. POPE

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH JULY, 1878.

List of all the PUPILS now on the Books of the CENTRAL SCHOOL, showing to what extent each of them can "SPEAK English.”

Length of

No. Nationality. Age. time at the

As to Speaking English.

Central School.

No. Nationality. Age. time at the

Length of

Central School.

As to Speaking English.

Years. Mos.

Chinese, 23

Do.,

...

English,

4 Chinese,

Do.,

0000

...

Speaks English with considerable fluency. 94 English,

Speaks English idiomatically.

...

idiomatically.

95 Portuguese, 20 96 Indian,

with considerable fluency.

with considerable fluency. 97 | Chinese,

...

Do.,

100

Do.,

...

Portuguese, 16

101

Do.,

Chinese,

102

Do.,

103

. Do.,

Do.,

...

with diffidence.

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

Speaks English with diffidence.

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

Do.,

with diffidence.

104

Do.,

with considerable fluency. 105

Do.,

...

Do.,

with diffidence.

106

Do.,

107

Do.,

with considerable fluency. 108

Do.,

Arab,

109

Do.,

Chinese,

with diffidence.

110

Do.,

111

Do.,

112

Do.,

Indian,

with considerable fluency. 113

Do.,

Portuguese, 17

114

Do.,

English,

idiomat. `ally.

115

Do.,

Indian,

with cons derable fluency. 116 German,

Do.,

117 Chinese,

25 Do.,

118

Do.,

...

Chinese,

with diffiden

119

Do.,

...

Do.,

120

Do.,

121

Do.,

with considerable fluency. 122 Portuguese,

Portuguese, 14

123 Chinese,

Chinese, 19

with diffidence.

124

Do.,

125 Indian,

Do.,

126 Chinese,

Do.,

127

Do.,

128

Do.,

129 Portuguese,

Do.,

130 Chinese,

Speaks English with considerable fluency.

with diffidence. Cannot be said to speak English at all.

Speaks English with considerable fluency. Cannot be said to speak English at all. Speaks English with diffidence.

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

Speaks English with considerable fluency. 10 Cannot be said to speak English at all.

Speaks English with considerable fluency. Cannot be said to speak English at all.

Speaks English with diffidence.

with considerable fluency. Cannot be said to speak English at all.

131

Do.,

132 Do.,

Do.,

133

Do.,

Indian,

Chinese,

with considerable fluency. 134 English, with diffidence.

135

Speaks English

onsiderable fluency.

Chinese,

Portuguese, 15

Chinese,

18 4

with considerable fluency. 136 with diffidence.

Do.,

137

Do.,

45 Do.,

138

Do.,

129

i Do.,

Indian,

Chinese,

1595

with considerable fluency.[ +0

Do.,

with diffidence.

141

Do.,

142

Do.,

...

Parsee,

with considerable fluency. 143

Do.,

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

Chinese,

with diffidence.

144

Do.,

Portuguese, 16

with considerable fluency. 145

Do.,

53 Chinese,

with diffidence.

146

Do.,

147

Do.,

14 3

54 Do.,

148

Do.,

18 2

55 Do.,

56 Portuguese, 13

Chinese, 18

with considerable fluency. 149 with diffidence.

Do.,

150

Do.,

151 Do.,

58 Do.,

152 Do.,

Speaks English with considerable fluency.

Do.,

153 English,

154

Do.,

62 Do.,

Indian,

64 Chinese, 65 Do.,

...

Do.,

70 Do.,

222222223-

Do., 72 Do.,

74 Do.,

76 Do.,

77 Do.,

Do.,

79 Do., Do., Do.,

Do.,

> co co co WMQQ??? 200?? CO OT OF OT CO CYA OYA AW #

D-a jer jo - - ?- ? o na ic

Cannot be said to speak English at all. Speaks English with considerable fluency.

with diffidence.

155

156

Do., Chinese,

Do.,

idiomatically.

...

157

Do.,

...

158 Do.,

159 Do.,

160

Do.,

161

Do.,

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

162

Do.,

163 Do.,

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

Speaks English with diffidence.

164 Do.,

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

165

Do.,

166

Do.,

167

Do.,

13 2

168

Do.,

17 2

169

Do.,

170

Do.,

171

Do.,

172

Do.,

173 Spaniard,

174 Chinese,

175

Do.,

Speaks English with diffidence.

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

Speaks English with considerable fluency.

176

Do.,

177

Do.,

178. Do.,

6 Speaks English with considerable fluency. 179

Do.,

-Cannot be said to speak English at all.

180

Do.,

181

Do.,

...

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

182

Do.,

183

Do.,

184

Do.,

Speaks English with diffidence.

Speaks

English with diffidence.

185

Do.,

Cannot be said to speak English at all,

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

186

Do.,

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH JULY, 1878.

List of all the PUPILS now on the Books of the CENTRAL SCHOOL,-( Continued.)

319

...

192

Do.,

Του

Do.,

194

Do.,

195

Do.,

...

196

Do.,

***

197

Do.,

8 Speaks English with diffidence.

198

Do.,

...

199

Do.,

200

Do.,

201

Do.,

202

Do.,

Cannot be said to speak English at all. 296

203

Do.,

13.

...

204

Do.,

205 Do.,

206

Do.,

208 Chinese, 16 2

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

Speaks English with considerable fluency.

213

Do.,

...

214

Do.,

215

216

Do., Do.,

...

217 Do.,

Length of

No. Nationality. Age. time at the

As to Speaking English.

No. Nationality. Age.

Central School.

Length of time at the Central School.

As to Speaking English.

Years. Mos.

187 Chinese, 15

188 Do.,

189 Do.,

190 Do.,

191 Do.,

207 Portuguese, 19

209 Indian,

210 Portuguese, 12

211 Chinese,

212 Do.,

22 1212222 222-224-2 jajjac ? 2 2 - -

281 Chinese,

Cannot be said to speak English at all. Speaks English with considerable fluency.

282

Do.,

283

Do.,

284 Portuguese, 17

285 Chinese, 18 286 Indian,

·Cannot be said to speak English at all. 287 Portuguese, 16

??? -- -

Speaks English with diffidence.

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

Cannot be said to speak English at all. Speaks English with diffidence.

288 Chinese,

289 Do.,

290 Do.,

291

Do.,

202 Do.,

293

Do.,

294

Do.,

295

Do.,

297

Do.,

298

Do.,

299

Do.,

300

Do.,

301

Do.,

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

302

Do.,

303

Do.,

304

Do.,

305

Do.,

306

Do.,

307

Do.,

308

Do.,

309

Do.,

310

Do.,

311

Do.,

312

Do.,

218

Do.,

313

Do.,

219

Do.,

314 Do.,

220 Do.,

315 Spaniard,

221

Do.,

316 Indian,

Speaks English with diffidence.

222

Do.,

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

317 Chinese,

223 Do.,

16 1

318 Do.,

224 Do.,

18 1

319 Do.,

225 Do.,

16 1

320 Do.,

3221

226

Do.,

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

321

Do.,

227

Do.,

322

Do.,

228

Do.,

323 Do.,

229

Do.,

324 Do.,

230

Do.,

325 Portuguese, 11

Speaks English with diffidence.

231

Do.j

326 Chinese,

232

Do.y

Indian,

233 Do.,

234 English,

.diomatically.

| 328 | Chinese,

Cannot be said to speak English at an.

329 Indian,

235 Chinese,

236

Je said to speak English at all.

330 Do.,

Speaks English with diffidence.

331

Chinese,

237

Do.,

238

Do.,

Speaks English with considerable fluency.

332

Do.,

333

Do.,

239

Do.,

334 Do.,

240

Do.,

18.

335

Do.,

241

Do.,

336

Do.,

242

Do.,

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

337

Do.,

243

244

Do.,

245 Do., 246 Indian, 247? Chinese, .20

...

338 Do.,

339

Do.,

Speaks English with considerable fluency.

340

Do.,

341

Do.,

248

249

Do., Do.,

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

342

Do.,

...

343

Do.,

11'

250 German,

Speaks English with considerable fluency.

344

Do.,

345

Do.,

251 Chinese,

346

Do.,

252

Do.,

347

Do.,

253

Do.,

>Cannot be said to speak English at all.

348

Do.,

254

Do.,

349

Do.,

255

Do.,

15 10

350 Do.,

256

Do.,

16 2

351

Do.,

257

Do.,

352

Do.,

258

Do.,

259

Do.,

Cannot be said to speak English at all. 353

Do.,

354

Do.,

260

Do.,

355

Do.,

261

262

263

Do., Do., Do.,

356

Do.,

357

Do.,

358

Do.,

264 Do., 265 Do., 266 Do.,

16 1

359 Do.,

360

Do.,

361

Do.,

267 Spaniard, 14

268 English, 13

Speaks English with considerable fluency. 362

Do.,

363

Do.,

269 Chinese, 17

364 Indian,

270 Do.,

365 Do.,

Speaks English with diffidence.

271

272

273

Do.,

...

366 Do.,

367 Chinese, 15

368 Do.,

274

Do.,

...

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

369 Do.,

275

Do.,

370

Do.,

>Cannot be said to speak English at all.

276

Do.,

371 Do.,

277

Do.,

278

Do.,

279

280

Do., Do.,

1372 Do.,

373 Indian, 374 Do.,

...

aa a a

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List of all the PUPILS now on the Books of the CENTRAL SCHOOL,-(Continued.)

Length of

Length of time at the

No. Nationality. Age..

As to Speaking English.

No. Nationality. Age. time at the

As to Speaking English.

Central Schoo.

Central School,

Years. Mos.

Mos.

375 Chinese,

16.

415 Chinese, 416

Do.,

376

Do.,

377

Do.,

Cannot be said to speak English at all. 417

Do.,

418

Do.,

378

Do.,

419 Portuguese,

379

Do.,

380

Do.,

Speaks English with diffidence.

420 Chinese,

421

Do.,

381

Do.,

422

Do.,

382

Do.,

383

Do.,

384

Do.,

423

Do.,

424

Do.,

425

Do.,

385

Do.,

426

Do.,

386

Do.,

427

Do.,

387

Do.,

428

Do.,

388

Do.,

429

Do.,

389

Do.,

430

Do.,

390

Do.,

? Cannot be said to speak English at all.

431

Do.,

391

Do.,

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

432

Do.,

392

Do.,

433

Do.,

393

Do.,

434

Do.,

394

Do.,

435

Do.,

395

Do.,

396

Do.,

436

Do.,

437

Do.,

397

Do.,

438

Do.,

398

Do.,

439

Do.,

399 Spaniard,

400 Do.,

440

Do.,

401 English,

Speaks English with considerable fluency. 441

Do.,

...

442

Do.,

402 Chinese, 15

443

Do.,

403 Indian,

444

Do.,

404 Chinese,

445

Do.,

405

Do.,

446

Do.,

406 Do.,

447

Do.,

407

Do.,

408

Do.,

Cannot be said to speak English at all. 448 Indian,

409

Do.,

449 English, 450

Speaks English idiomatically.

...

Do.,

410

Do.,

451 Indian,

Cannot be said to speak English at all.

411

Do.,

452

Do.,

412 Do.,

...

453 English,

Speaks English idiomatically.

413 Do.,

414

Do.,

Central School, 2nd May, 1878.

CONER,

* Master.

RESOLUTIONS OF THE CONFERENCE, ON TEACHING ENGLISH.

The Honourable the Colonel Commanding the Troops, (Colonel BASSANO, C.B.) The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (J. GARDINER AUSTIN, C.M.G.)

The Honourable PHINEAS RYRIE.

The Honourable HENRY LOWCOCK.

The Honourable J. McNEILE PRICE.

The Honourable FRANCIS BULKELEY JOHNSON.

FREDERICK STEWART, Esquire, Head Master of the Central School.

The Reverend E. J. EITEL, Ph. D.

The following resolutions were arrived at:-

3. That five hours be given every day (except Saturday) to English, and 24 hours to Chinese studies, but with the understanding that all English lessons will be obligatory, and all Chinese lessons optional, according to declaration on the part of the parents.

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　　The above resolutions were arrived at without a division, with the exception of that portion of the latter which makes the study of Chinese optional on the declaration of the parents. that point, the voting was as follows:-

For making Chinese optional.

The Honourable the Colonel Commanding

the Troops.

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary.

The Honourable J. M. PRICE.

The Honourable F. B. JOHNSON.

The Reverend E. J. EITEL.

For making Chinese compulsory.

The Honourable P. RYRIE.

The Honourable H. LowcOCK. Mr. STEWART.

　　　　4. That increased accommodation, more English speaking Masters, and smaller classes are essential to the proper teaching of English at the Central School.

5. That as a preliminary step, the staff of English Masters be doubled forthwith.

6. That with regard to the other Government Schools entirely supported by Government, arrangements be made, as soon as possible, to teach the boys English in all of them.

Read and confirmed this 5th day of March, 1878.

H. E. WODEHOUSE,

Clerk of Councils.

J. POPE HENNESSY,

Governor.

The following Annual Report from the Colonial Surgeon is published for general information.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonia

Office, Hongkong, 3rd July, 1878.

GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL,

HONGKONG, May 10th, 1878.

　　　　SIR,-I have the honour to forward my annual Report for the year 1877 together the Tables showing the work done in the different Establishments of the Colonial Medical Department. Iso enclose the Report of the Superintendent of the Government Civil Hospital on the working of that Establishment.

POLICE.

The health of the Force has been good. There has been a very great decrease in sickness among the Europeans, and but a slight increase in the Indian and Chinese components of the Force. The deaths have decreased from 6 to 4, and of the four, two died away from Hospital--one Indian while in India on leave and one Chinaman while in China on leave. There must always be a considerable variation in sickness among the Indian and Chinese of the Force, who are more liable to fevers and bowel complaints than Europeans, both of them living on very sparing diet, especially among the Indians, who, denying themselves the necessaries of life from motives of economy, are prone to become an?mic and more liable to the above complaints. Many of the Police Stations are far from what they ought to be in the matter of accommodation, and even those that are not limited as to space are badly constructed and designed. The Hulk is too small, besides being old and rotten, and the ventilation very defective, especially in bad weather. The prisoners' cells on board are always damp, and a most unpleasantly free use of carbolic acid has to be made to keep the lower hold wholesome. Aberdeen, though still supplying a large number of fever cases, is decidedly improved, and I hope will still further improve now that the swamp has been filled in and trees planted over it. Altogether, considering that the heat registered last year was greater than in the past eight years, and that there was less rain than usual, I think that the returns of the health of the Force are satisfactory. Table I. shows the admissions to Hospital every month during the year and the mortality. Table II. the sickness and mortality as compared with the strength of the Police Force. Table III., given for the first time, shows the districts from which the sick were brought during the different months of the year, the principal cause of admission being fevers, bowel complaints and injuries.

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321

For making Chinese optional.

The Honourable the Colonel Commanding

the Troops.

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary.

The Honourable J. M. PRICE.

The Honourable F. B. JOHNSON.

The Reverend E. J. EITEL.

For making Chinese compulsory.

The Honourable P. RYRIE.

The Honourable H. LowcOCK. Mr. STEWART.

　　　　4. That increased accommodation, more English speaking Masters, and smaller classes are essential to the proper teaching of English at the Central School.

5. That as a preliminary step, the staff of English Masters be doubled forthwith.

6. That with regard to the other Government Schools entirely supported by Government, arrangements be made, as soon as possible, to teach the boys English in all of them.

Read and confirmed this 5th day of March, 1878.

H. E. WODEHOUSE,

Clerk of Councils.

J. POPE HENNESSY,

Governor.

The following Annual Report from the Colonial Surgeon is published for general information.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonia

Office, Hongkong, 3rd July, 1878.

GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL,

HONGKONG, May 10th, 1878.

POLICE.

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TROOPS.

Table IV. shows the strength, sickness and mortality of the Troops in Garrison.

Average of Strength of Garrison.

1874,............1,040

1875,............1,020

1876............1,540

1877.

.........1,130

Admitted to Hospital.

1,067

716

....

563

973

Deaths.

　　　The above statistics of the sickness and mortality during the last four years shew the enormous increase that took place in the sickness last year. It is true that the temperature was much greater than usual, also the rain-fall less, and that there was a considerable increase in the general sickness and mortality in the Colony, but why the Troops should have suffered so much more from sickness, I am at loss to understand, as they are specially looked after and cared for and in very few places have they better accommodation. In previous years the sickness among the Police has shown badly as compared with the Troops, which was not to be wondered at, as they have harder work and not nearly as good accommodation, but this year their health has been very much better in comparison. There was a considerable increase of malarious fever at Kowloon last year, but even this could hardly account for so much extra sickness among the Troops, as the Police at Kowloon have not suffered more than in past

?years.

GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL.

　　　I regret that nothing further has been heard of the design for the new Civil Hospital. In some respects we may congratulate ourselves that the old buildings were ruined in the Typhoon of 1874. Still the present structure, though a great improvement upon the former one, is unfitted for a Hospital.

　　　Towards the end of the year 1876, the European Wardmasters were done away with, with one exception, and Chinese Wardmasters substituted; "the alteration has worked well, nor has there that I am aware of been any serious complaint against any of these men, as there used to be under the former arrangement. We have now got a Chinese Clerk, and for the future I will har no difficulty in keeping the records of the Hospital in order. As far as the years previous to 187 re concerned the records, the few there are of them, are in great confusion, and what remai

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　; there are letters with ~+

s of hands, ho were in

ΟΥ Wors

and

answers to letters of which no trace is

My last at to 6 A.M.

Some of them by ladies, who seem to have done their best to Government service, but to whose services the Government was ct. annual report took me nine hours to write, and as I wrote steadily from 9 P.M. the next morning, it could hardly be expected that I should make another fair copy for record in Surely with only two Surgeons on the Staff to look after about 600 Police, 500 pris, the Colonial Staff drawing less than ?400 a year, 4 Hospitals, and a Lunatic Asylum, and 300 prostitutes, their time and skill might have been put to better use than clerical office work. The new clerk does not find he has too much time on his hands.

my own off

The Tables showing the cases admitted into Hospital do not in any way account for extra unhealthiness in the Colony. There is a very slight increase in the number of fever cases, also in the number of pulmonary complaints, but there is also a slight decrease in the number of bowel, complaints. Venereal cases are about the same, though there are less than half the number of cases of constitutional syphilis as compared with last year. The terrible accident on board the steamer Yesso created great confusion in the Hospital for a short time. All the cases but two were within four hours transferred to the large Ward in the Gaol, under my superintendence. During the time the poor creatures were in the Hospital great assistance was rendered by the Naval Surgeons who were in Harbour at the time, and also the private practitioners. After their removal to the Gaol Ward, the services of Surgeon MowLL of H. M. S. Vigilant were kindly placed at the disposal of the Government by His Excellency Vice-Admiral HILLYAR, and he took charge of the wounded, sixty in number, with such assistance as I could give him. Nearly all the cases were fatal; of the 64 brought to the Hospital, only five are known to have survived. Most of them died during the first forty-eight hours; some were taken away by their friends. I tried to persuade the latter to leave the patients where they were, but the question asked was "If we leave them, w they get well?" and as there appeared very little chance of such an event, I had to reply accordingly. Both friends and relatives desired however to hear their last words and to give the patients their blessing, and if we could not guarantee to save them, they expressed themselves desirous to take them home. Surgeon MowLL remained in charge about a fortnight. I am happy to say his valuable services were recognised both by the owners of the vessel, Messrs. DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co., and by the Chinese Community here; I hope they may also be acknowledged by the Home Government, to whom his services were reported by His Excellency the Governor. It cannot be expected that Hospital accommodation should have sufficed

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　　　　　　　　　THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH JULY, 1878. for such exceptional events as this accident to the Yesso. I have seen a London Hospital as badly crowded for a longer time after a railway accident with as horrible scenes and formidable operations going on in different wards.

　　　　Cases are continually being sent down for treatment here by the Canton Imperial Maritime Customs, I do not understand why, as they have their own Surgeons; but a few weeks back a case of Small Pox was sent down from Canton in a Revenue Cruiser, to admit which the Small Pox Hospital had to be specially opened, as we had no cases here at the time. On this most extraordinary proceeding, I made a special report.

　　　　We have now, I am glad to say, a temporary Lunatic Asylum. I called special attention in my report of 1874 to the way in which lunatics were confined in the Hospital and Gaol, who not only kept the whole Hospital or Gaol in an uproar, but whose terrible cries became a public nuisance to the residents in the neighbourhood. This has, I am glad to say, been remedied this year.

I have already in previous reports noticed the unwillingness of Chinese to go into Hospital, and this does not apply only to European Hospitals, they will not go into the Tung Wah Hospital till in either the last extremity of disease or destitution, hence the enormous mortality of this Hospital, as explained in the report of 1876.

　　　　　I cannot say that I have found the Medico-legal and Post-Mortem work to interfere materially with my other duties, during the time I took charge of the Government Civil Hospital, though I had to the full, the average amount of this special work, nor did I receive any complaint that the patients found themselves neglected in consequence. The working of the Civil Hospital, notwithstanding its many inconveniences and defects which nothing but the advent of the new building can rectify, has been, by the Superintendent's own showing, most satisfactory in its results, as has also the new and improved arrangement of the Hospital Staff.

SMALL POX HOSPITAL.

　　　　　This building, which is under my personal charge, is situated not far from the Lock Hospital, and was formerly one of the Chinese Schools. It answers the purpose for which it is required very well, being isolated and having a good open space for the patients to exercise in. There have been twenty- five admissions and one death, some of the cases were very severe and these were chiefly among the Europeans. The one colored man, who died, was brought off a vessel that had just arrived. He was delirious at the time of admission, and died in about twenty-four hours, the pustules not being fully developed,

.....

T TY TJ

I have not

amount of good

revious reports in respect of this Institution, it does a considerable might do a good deal more. The number treated in Hospital during the year was 1,492, the death 623; the number of vaccinations performed 1,374; the number of out-patients treated: males 47,167, females 7,807, total 54,974.

LUNATIC ASYLUM.

This is a small building in the Hollywood Road, and, pending the erection of the proposed new asylum, has answered its purpose very well. It has only been established four months and has had two inmates, one male and one female; the latter was discharged cured, the former is still under treatment.

VICTORIA GAOL.

There has not been so much sickness as usual, though plenty of scheming and malingering. Table X. shows the number of admissi cases on the books. Table XII. shows the number of admissions, rate of sickness and mortality. Table to Hospital. Table XI. shows the number of trifling XIII. shows the number of deaths and their cause. their quieus, one of them was to have been handed over to the Chinese authorities. Of the other five There were two suicides, who hung themselves by deaths, one as a paralytic patient, who had been some time in Gaol, and had never been subjected to work. Another was the case of a man who died of general debility forty-eight hours after admission. When he was sent in on remand, I sent a certificate to the Magistrate to inform him the prisoner could not possibly live many days longer. The case of diarrhoea was a weakly young European seaman. One MOK-A-KWAI on remand for trial had phthisis, for which he had been treated during a former term of imprisonment and when he returned to Gaol this time he was in a deplorable condition, and there was not the slightest hope of his recovery. The last was a partially paralysed man who was seized with apoplexy in his cell and died in a few hours. Many changes have been made in the arrangements of the Gaol this year; at the beginning of the year the Royal Commission concluded its labours, and the new rules and diet scale were put in force. The allowance of rice was diminished, the chutney taken away, as also the allowance of pork to long term prisoners. To the abolition of the chutney and

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pork I objected; the first is necessary to help the digestion of the mass of rice, and the second is but a very small allowance of animal food indeed and absolutely necessary to sustain health. Later in the year, when the chutney and pork were restored, I recommended that the allowance of rice should be still further diminished, which was done.

I am happy to say flogging with the cat on the back or shoulders has been stopped pending enquiry. About the beginning of 1875, some of the public journals having remarked that the public floggings as conducted here were a farce, Chief Justice Sir JOHN SMALE requested to see me, and asked if this were really the case. I explained to the Chief Justice that these punishments might naturally be considered not sufficiently severe by the Public, as at the time of their infliction there was little enough to see, but that an inspection of the men's backs three days after the flogging I have sub- could not but modify such opinions, and I described the effects as they appeared to me. sequently made more careful observations as to the results of these floggings, and I

gave evidence in January, 1876, on their effect before the Royal Commission, and have since specially reported on this method of punishment. The effect of thirty lashes on the back is at the time a large dark purple bruised and abraded surface, from which a few drops of blood may be drawn. In twenty-four hours, the man complains of great difficulty of breathing, pain inside the chest, and both pulse and temperature rise, about the fourth day the bruised skin begins to come away leaving a large ulcer at the end of a week, when the difficult breathing and pain in the chest begin to abate, this large sore taking from five to six weeks to heal. But the man is indelibly marked for life, and in a country where it is the custom to strip to the waist when working for the greater part of the year, he who has been flogged in this way, cannot but expose these marks to the ridicule of his fellow workmen, and to his own detriment, as lessening his chances of obtaining honest work, known felons not being generally preferred for employment. I have therefore recommended that in future all floggings should be on the breech with a rattan, they are quite as painful and severe, no injury is done to any internal organ, the sore produced is similar and takes as long, sometimes longer to heal, and the man is marked for life, but on a part which need not be visible, and he at least has a chance of reforming. I am satisfied that the seeds of constitutional disease have been sown, in many cases, by these floggings on the back, even the Warders in the Gaol have noticed this and pointed out men whom they considered broken down by repeated floggings on the back. Though possibly a matter difficult to prove to the satisfaction of everybody, for there are many difficulties in the way, I have little doubt but that a special enquiry into the matter would prove the correctness of my views. The question of work, and punishment for prisoners is beset with difficulty; in recommending flogging in my last report, as it is carried out in India, i.e., from five to thirty strokes on the breech, I did so as the best alternativ nd not as a special advocate for that mode of punishment, and because I considered that

diet, the only other nur shmer+ the gh not so severe at the time, did harm that was m? However explained my views on these subjects at greater length

year, has

g. I have

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　e dry th system of One great improvement introduced into the Gaol this conservancy in the cells; before this important sanitary improvement was introduced, the effluvium in the morning in the corridors at unlocking hour was very great, now no disagreeable smell is detected.

　　The introduction of the solitary system is, I understand, under consideration. I do not think there is anything that would make the Gaol more dreaded by the Chinese than knowing every prisoner would be in separate confinement for the whole of his term of imprisonment. Very many of the prisoners who are sent to Gaol for short terms are a source of great trouble, they are often in such a debilitated state that it becomes a necessity to give them better food than the penal diet, simply to avoid Coroner's Inquests, and then when they do get a good meal, they make the discovery that they have only to cut a tree in sight of a Lokong to get back to Gaol and to a full belly and accordingly they are soon again on our hands. So if one errs on the side of humanity, the Gaol fills, or if on the side of strict justice, a coffin is perhaps filled a few days sooner than it would otherwise be.

As regards opium smoking, no prisoner who confessed to being an opium smoker has been allowed a single grain in the Gaol. Neither has he had any stimulant as a substitute, and I do not find there has been any evil consequence in breaking off this habit at once, nor that any precaution has been necessary further than a closer attention to the general health. Several very good specimens of opium smokers have come under observation, one was the case of a man whose daily consumption bad been two ounces a day for nineteen years, and who was allowed neither opium or gin, nor was he given any narcotic or stimulant. For the first few days, he suffered from want of sleep, but soon was in fair health and expressed himself much pleased at having got rid of the habit. I am no advocate for opium smoking. My experience of it is that it may become a habit, but that that habit is not necessarily an increasing one; nine out of twelve men smoke a certain number of pipes a day, just as a tobacco smoker would, or as a wine or beer drinker might drink his two or three glasses a day without desiring more. I think the excessive opium smoker is in a greater minority than the excessive spirit drinker or tobacco smoker. In my experience, the habit does no physical harm in moderation. In the greatest case of excess just mentioned at the Gaol, a better nourished or developed man for his size it would be difficult to see. With the morality of the opium smoking question, I have nothing to do; no doubt it is a costly luxury, and when indulged in even to a small extent by a poor man by no means

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325

increases the comfort of his family, but as far as my experience goes, and I have had good opportuni- ties of judging, there is no great difficulty in breaking off the habit. I have seen many cas of exces- sive smoking in men who could afford to spend large sums on the vice. At the Tung Wa Hospital the stranger may at any time see the most dreadful and ghastly looking objects in the las

stages of scrofula and phthisis smoking opium, who had never previously in all their lives been abl to afford the expense of a pipe a day, yet the European visitor leaves the establishment attributing to the abuse of opium effects which further enquiry would have satisfied him were due to the diseases for which the patients were in Hospital. From what I have seen there, there is no doubt that the ad,

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　adanced con- sumptive patient does experience considerable temporary relief to his difficult breathing b

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　smoking a pipe of opium, though it is very poor quality of drug that is given to patients at the Tung Wah Hospital. I do not wish to defend the practice of opium smoking, but in the face of the rash pinions and exaggerated statements in respect of this vice, it is only right to record that no China restent believes in the terrible frequency of the dull, sodden witted debilitated opium smoker met within print, nor have I found many Europeans who believe they ever get the better of their opium smoking compradores in matters of business. I have conducted my observations with much interest, as the effits of opium eating were well known to me by my many years' experience in India, and I have been surprised to find the opium smoker differs so much from the opium eater. I am inclined to the belie that in the popular mind the two have got confused together. Opium smoking bears no comparison with opium eating. The latter is a terrible vice most difficult to cure and showing rapidly very marked Snstitutional effects in the consumer.

LOCK HOSPITAL.

　　　This institution and the working of the Medical Department of the Contagious Disese Ordinance No. 10 of 1867, is under my personal charge. There have been a few more admissics to Hospital, and the number of examinations have increased by about 700 this year, but the type of disease has not been very severe. Further particulars under this head are contained in Tables appended hereto, and in my private reports to Government on the subject.

?, E2, and E3 A Commission is at present enquiring into the working of the Ordinances, ad will shortly report the results of their investigations.

HEALTH OF THE COLONY.

Table VI. shows the Flation, mortality and percentage of deaths of the European Community in Hongkon by which it a that there were more deaths last year than any of the nine preceding years, the

considera

partly ac

there. T

per nt

greater than that of the years 1870 and 1871. There was a , chiefly among the residents at Kowloon, which may perhaps ing the Garrison, as any of the Troops were station.. annual Atmospheric Report, showing a greater heat than has been experience the past eignt years, and a very considerable decrease in the rainfall, which as indicated in my report 1973 is commonly accompanied by a greater mortality. The records of the Government Civil Hospital and those of the Tung Wah Hospital, do not show any excess of climatic disease.

釁

SANITATION.

Table XVII. shows the work done by the Inspectors of Nuisances during the year. The agh there is a considerable increase in the number of persons fined, the amount of the fines collected is hardly one third that of last year. This is principally owing to the new Government Scavenging Contractor having performed his duties more satisfactorily than his predecessor; last year his fines were very heavy in consequence of the inefficient way the contract was carried out. Little more need be said than has been mentioned in previous reports, which have pointed out the state of the drains, the markets, the Chinese dwelling houses, the keeping of cattle and pigs in dwelling houses, &c. It is to be hoped something may be done with the markets, especially the Central and Western markets, which are a disgrace to the Colony. It would also be a great boon to the poorer classes of the Chinese, if the Government could provide small patches of leveled ground in different parts of the suburbs of Victoria, on which they might be allowed to build pig-sties, on condition of their being kept clean and in good order. This I think might be accomplished, and the advantage to the poorer class, who depend entirely on the keeping of pigs for their living, wo be very great.

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The Honourable

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most of

jervant,

??.

LYRES, Colonial Surgeon.

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The Superintendent of the Government Civil Hospital to the Colonial Surgeon.

GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL,

HONGKONG 10th April, 1878.

　　　SIR,-I have the honour to forward the report on the Civil Hospital for the year 1877, with the tables of statitics pertaining thereto.

　　　In Novelber the Hospital completed its third year of occupation of the three houses in Hollywood Road, Nos. 24 and 6, in which it took refuge after the typhoon of 1874.

　　　The ocipation of these buildings continues to be unsatisfactory, as their more complete adaptation to Hospital purposes is said to be inadvisable, because the occupation is only temporary, and it is not worth while to incur further expense for improvements.

There but limited room for patients, nurses, stores, kitchens, or for any of the conveniences which are loced upon as necessities in a well ordered Hospital.

　　　On the 1st January, 1877, a slight alteration was made in the staff of the Hospital, the Senior Wardmaster, Mr. J. EDGAR, being relieved from his ward duties to become Clerk, Steward and Storekeeper. He performed these duties till the end of July, when he left the service. He was succeeded by r. J. C. DE SENNA, who continued all the duties till the end of the year; the salary of a Chinese Clerk hen having been passed in the Estimates, this much needed addition to the Establishment was obtained, ad Mr. SENNA is now able to devote his whole attention to the stores and provisions.

With regal to the Hospital work, the Register for the year records 950 cases: 31 of these however, compring superficial wounds, three cases of dog-bite, and one of opium-poisoning, were treated in the rgery and then dismissed; 20 others were admitted moribund from injury or disease, and 1 died with a short period of their admission.

There were thus 899 patients admitted during the year, who underwent treatment in the Hospital. (No reference is here made to the number [31] remaining in Hospital the 31st December, 1876.)

418 of these were Policemen, and 481 were seamen, private res

of the Chinese Customs and Revenue Services, and officers and ?

　　　　The total number of admissions from the Police Force is 1. Europeans number only 84 admissions as compared with 106 in counterbalanced by an increase of 21 from the Indians and 9 from the Chinese.

es,

members

war.

pre

Cars The

inution is

　　　　A reference to the tables will show the number admitted in each month from the different stations. Their diseases were principally intestinal and bronchitic affections with febrile attacks and surgical injuries.

The increase of sickness among the Police is due to the unhealthiness and overcrowding of some of the Police Stations, the unhealthiness being due equally to situation and to defects of construction.

These defects were in various instances made conspicuous by the number of sick coming to Hos- pital from certain Stations, notably the Police Hulk and Tsim-tsa-tsui, and these two with No. 3 Station at W?n-tsai were made the subject of special representations to the Government.

The total number of days spent in Hospital in 1877 by members of the Force was 3,391, and this may be more than doubled by adding the number of days spent on sick leave by Constables after their discharge from Hospital. This is equivalent to nineteen men off duty for the whole year.

The admissions from foreign ships-of-war were not so numerous in 4377, as most of their sick were taken into the Naval Hospital. On several occasions, however, there were no vacant beds there, so accommodation had to be found for them in the Civil Hospital.

Table V. shows the varieties of disease with the mortality from each.

Fevers form a large item in the list, but there was only one fatal case, in a Chinese Constable from the Police Hulk. Scne of these febrile attacks were severe, but a large number were comparatively trivial. Quinine, bat

results have been sati

　　　One typhy subject was a Chinese worthy of note that in the suffered from carbuncular & there was a very foul latrine,

careful ursing were relied on for the treatment of these cases, and the

wich is san never to occur in China) was treated in January. The ant who lived in an old house next door to the-Hospital, and it is 1 a European Constable living in another part of the same house ess of the thigh. All the sinks about these houses were untrapped and nmediately adjoining.

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The possibility of these two cases having had a common origin here suggests itself, and second- arly the question of the origin of typhoid fever de novo, which is disputed by some authorities.

There were a number of cases of rheumatism caused by exposure to wet and cold. With a large Police Force and sea-faring population this is only to be expected.

　　　　　　Three Europeans were admitted with heat apoplexy: two made a complete recovery, but the third when discharged from Hospital, though well in other respects, suffered from aphasia. Consider- ing the power of the sun in Hongkong and the notorious carelessness of sailors in exposing themselves to its rays, it is a matter of surprise that more cases of the sort do not occur.

　　　　　　Only one case of delirium tremens occurred; though 13 others were on the high road to it when admitted. It is worthy of remark that all of these were Europeans. There is ample evidence in the Hospital and in the Post-mortem Room, that both Indians and Chinese suffer from the effects of drink, but they seldom come under treatment for this alone.

　　　　　　Bronchial catarrh is somewhat prominent in the list, but pulmonary affections are not very frequent. There were fourteen cases of phthisis, which is about the average.

　　　　　　Bowel complaints were less frequent last year than in 1876, and in most of the severer cases were contracted at other ports in the China seas.

　　One Chinese was admitted suffering from round worms, a common complaint among the natives. The Indians and Chinese were almost the only sufferers from colic and constipation, which may be

attributed to their diet.

　　　　　　Affections of the liver were not more frequent than usual, and the causes were much the same, principally excessive drinking, and a few said to be malarious in their origin.

　　　　　　One interesting case of abscess of the liver was admitted in October, and bade fair to make a good recovery. Several abscesses, one of them containing 30 oz. were tapped with the aspirator, and did well; the first one, after discharging for some weeks, healed up. Complications have now set in, however, which will exhaust the patient, and bring about a fatal termination to the case.

　　　　　　Enlargement of the spleen, with an?mia, was recorded in three cases, one European and two Chinese. This enlargement was observed in a number of the Indian Constables, admitted from other causes; they app red to suffer n inconvenience from it, and it did not seem to interfere with the performance of

Admission Boils, of

and of these; ?

ongi

mes

nained about the same

o be specially productive, only brought 11 patients to Hospital, presented no remarkable features and yielded readily to treatment.

　　　　　　47 cases we set down to debility. These comprised seamen, destitutes, and Police suffering from causes incidento their several modes of life.

　　　　　　Privation accounts for 10 admissions, and 3 deaths; being either the predisposing cause of disease or aggravating that already in existence.

51 admissions were for observation, seamen, Police and prisoners.

　　　　　　Seamen who were malingering or whose ailment was not apparent were taken into Hospital, in order to form an opinion as to their fitness to proceed to sea, C uo their duty on board.

Policemen suffering from slight 11disposition, chills, strains, or feverishness from exposure to the sun, were taken in for a day or two, and then returned to duty.

　　　　　　Prisoners arrested in the evening and desirous of avoiding a night in the Police cells, complain of illness, and are sent to Hospital for observation.

　　　　　　Three cases of opium poisoning were brought in, two of which recovered under treatment, but the other was seen too late to derive any benefit from medical assistance.

　　　　　　Wounds of all sorts were numerous, and occurred mostly among Chinese. Many of the injuries were superficial, but some were mortal, though this does not appear in the table, for all the Chinese who had received fatal injury, were carried away by their relatives.

One exception, the only case which reached a fatal termination in Hospital, was that of an old Chinese man, aged 76, who had been attacked on the Sh?u-k? W?n road by thieves and hacked about the hands, arms, scalp, neck and lower extremities. He never recovered from the shock of the injuries, but died as soon as the reactionary fever set in.

　　　　　Six cases of gunshot wound were admitted, only one of which, a European, was allowed to remain in Hospital till the termination of his case. Of the other five, Chinese, some had been shot by burglars near Yau-m?-T?, the others came from Custom cruisers. All five were

All five were taken away a few days after admission.

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Four cases of scalds are recorded; one was trivial case, and the other three were sufferers from the Yesso explosion: two of them were retained in Hospital and the other was sent back to Hospital in an exhausted condition after a fortnight in Gaol. The accident on board the Yesso made the want of space in the Civil Hospital very painfully felt. The Hospital had at the time 44 beds occupied, and as there were only 10 left vacant, and these were nearly all in the female and venereal wards, the only course was to spread mattresses over the floors and passages, and there deposit the wounded, as they were brought in. The number of the sufferers and the severity of their injuries taxed the resources of the Hospital staff to the very utmost, but every one responded manfully to the call and did their best.

　On several occasions noisy lunatics were sent to the Hospital, for want of a better place. Lack of accommodation necessitated their being kept in close confinement, which could not be otherwise than detrimental to them, and their insane vociferations day and night were a source of great annoy- ance to both patients and attendants. Provision being made elsewhere for them in September, no lunatics have been admitted since that time.

　There were 49 deaths during the twelve months, as compared with 35 in 1876. Of these 20 were moribund on admission, and 3 were attributed to privation.

　The receipts from paying patients in 1877, amounted to $3,619.36, less by $1,100 than the receipts for 1876. There were fewer patients in Hospital in 1877, and some of the accounts due for 1877 have been collected in 1878. The fees for Board of Trade patients are not here included, as they are paid directly into the Treasury. Hospital stoppages for the Police are paid in the same way.

A reference to the tables shows that 236 Chinese were treated in the Civil Hospital in 1877. This is about the usual number, and as usual, about one half of them were Policemen, and most of the rest were brought in by the Police-cases of assault, or sick destitutes picked up in the street. The presence of nearly all these 236, therefore, was in great measure compulsory. The Lokongs are sent in because they are in receipt of pay from the Government, and it is to the interest of the Colony that when disabled, they shall be restored to health and efficiency as soon as possible, and Police cases are brought, in order that they may be disposed of before the Magistrates without delay, and that trustworthy evidence shall be forthcoming as to the nature and severity of the injuries sustained. The medico-legal work performed by the Superintendent of the Hospital in 1877, consisted as usual giving evidence before the Magistrates and in the Supreme Court touching the nature and of the injuries in criminal cases sent to Hospital. In addition to this, there were 116 dead xamined and reported on, of which 82 were adults, viz., Europeans, oloured, and 69

sev

Chinese; and 34 were children, all Chinese.

In sor e of these a superficial external examirtion only

violence apparent and no suspicious circumstances attendant

further was done.

In a number of the cases, however, death had resulted from poisog or

no marks of odies, nothing

minal violence,

and in these a thorough and complete investigation of the body and the internal organs was made and in some cases the contents of the stomach were examined.

The examination of the 116 bodies brought to Hospital, showed every variety of death from homicide, suicide and disease.

The Coroner's returns record the cause in all cases coming under the first two heads, and in the third category, the diseases were found to be principally those leading to sudden death, viz., heart disease, aneurism, and apoplexy.

The suicides were from opium poisoning, hanging and possibly drowning.

Of the 34 children, some were still-born, and the rest had died from disease and mal-nutrition. There was little reason to believe that in any of these cases death had resulted from violence. The bodies had been exposed in the street, and on the hill-side, or thrown into the water to avoid the trouble and expense of burial.

　There is, however, little or no check to homicide in a hundred ways among the Chinese, for as there is not, and cannot be, any correct diagnosis of disease among them, registration of the cause of death must be a mere form, and the Registrar has no guarantee that the cause stated to him is the true one.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

C. J. WHARRY, M.D.,

Superintendent.

Dr. PH. B. C. Ayres,

Colonial Surgeon.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH JULY, 1878.

POLICE:

I. TABLE showing the ADMISSIONS into and DEATHS in the GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL, during each Month of the Year 1877.

329

EUROPEANS.

COLOURED.

CHINESE.

MONTHS.

TOTAL Admissions.

TOTAL

Deaths.

Admissions. Deaths. Admissions. Deaths. Admissions. Deaths.

January,

February,

10 9

March,

April,

　　　May, June,

July,

August,

September,

October,

November,

December,

Total,

230

104

418

C. J. WHARRY, M.D.,

Superintendent.

II. TABLE showing the RATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY in the POLICE FORCE, during the Year 1877.

AVERAGE STRENGTH.

TOTAL SICK.

TOTAL DEATHS.

RATE OF SICKNESS. RATE OF MORTALITY.

Europeans.

Coloured.

Chinese.

Total.

Europeans. Coloured.

Chinese.

Europeans.

Coloured.

Chinese.

Europeans.

Coloured.

Chinese.

Europeans.

Coloured.

Chinese.

92 177.16 349.08 618.24

230

104

2 *

3 +

91.30 129.94 29.79

1.08

1.12

0.85

per cent.

Europ

Indian.

Chinese.

Europeans.

Indian.

* 1 Coloured

+ 1 Chinese did not die in Hospital.

ISSIONS to HOSPITAL from each District, during the Year 1877.

No. 7.

WATER POLICE HULK, TSIM-TSA-TSUI,

WHITFEILD.

-- ~~ ~~i

Chinese.

Europeans.

Indian.

January, February, March,. April, May,

June,

July,

August,

September, October,

November, December,

50 165

a? a? a? CO 723-22-7

BO LO CO KO 224∞∞D OD 00 OD

...

Chinese.

Europeans.

Indian.

Chinese.

11~1

LOLOLO O LO OD

SHAU-KI

WAN.

POK-FU LAM. ABERDEEN.

STANLEY.

YAU-MA TI.

HUNGHOM.

Europeans.

Indian.

Chinese.

Europeans.

: ?: :

...

***

48 3 6

Indian.

Chinese.

Europeans.

Indian.

Chinese.

Europeans.

Indian.

Chinese.

Europeans.

Indian.

...

Chinese.

...

***

2 2

...

C. J. WHARRY, M.D.,

Superintendent.

IV.—TABLE showing the RATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the TROOPS serving in HONGKONG, during the Year 1877.

STRENGTH.

ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL.

DEATHS.

White. Black. Total. White. Black. Total. White. Black. Total.

998

84 1,082

915

973

RATE OF SICKNESS.

RATE OF MORTALITY TO STRENGTH.

White. Black. White. Black.

91.8 69.0 0.70 2.38 per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent.

R. GILBORNE, Deputy Surgeon General,

Principal Medical Officer.

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH JULY, 1878.

V.-TABLE showing the ADMISSIONS and MORTALITY in the GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL, during the Year 1877.

ADMISSIONS.

DEATHS.

ADMISSIONS.

DEATHS.

DISEASES.

Eu opeans.

Coloured.

Chinese.

Total.

Europeans.

Coloured.

Chinese.

Total.

Typhoid Fever,

Rubeola,

Febricula,

124

Intermittent Fever,..

Remittent Fever,..

Rheumatism, Acute,

Do.,

Subacute,

Do.,

Muscular,

Do.,

Chronic,

Lumbago,

Scrofula,

Leprosy,

Syphilis, Primary,

Do., Constitutional,

Ancemia,

Anasarca,.

Softening of the Brain, Anemia of the Brain,. Hemiplegia,

Paralysis of 7th Nerve,

Do.

do.

Lead,

Aphasia,

Neuralgia,

Sciatica,

Cephalalgia,.

Heat Apoplexy,

Delirium Tremens,

Alcoholism,

Imbecility,

Dementia,

A?thenopia,

Conjunctivitis,.

Iritis,..

Irido-Choroiditis,

Keratitis,

Incipient Cataract of both Eyes,

Rupture of Cornea froin a Blow,

Otorrhoea,

Otitis,

Necrosis of Nasal Bones,

Morbus Cordis,

Aortic Constriction,

Do. Regurgitation,

Mitral

do.,

Aneurism of Aorta,...

Varicose Veins

T chi

Bronchi. Acute,

Chronic,

+--

ING

Do.,

Asthina,

Pneumonia, Acute,

Do.,

Chronic,

Homoptysis,

Emphysema,

Phthisis,

Pleurisy,

Hydrothorax,

Pleurodynia,.

Haren

Abscess of the Cheek,

Cancrum Oris,..

Aveolar Abscess,..........

Necrosis of Jaw,

Excoriation of Tongue,

Epithelioma of do.,

Pharyngeal Abscess,

Tonsillitis,

Ulceration of Tonsils,..

Dyspepsia,

Dysentery, Acute,

Do.,

Chronic,

Obstruction of the Bowels,

Hernia,

Lumbrici,

Hydatido,

Diarrhoea,

Do., Chronic,

Colic,.......

Constipation,

Rectal Abscess,

Fistula in Ano,

H?morrhoids,

Condylomata and Bubo with Se-2

DISEASES.

Brought forward..

Cirrhosis of Liver,.

Jaundice...

Hypertrophy of Spleen,.

Bright's Disease, Chronic, Irritability of Bladder,

Retention of Urine,

Gonorrhoea,

Gleet,

Stricture of Urethra,

Simple Excoriation of Penis, Induration of Prepuce,

Hydrocele Testis,

Orchitis,

Lacerated Wound of Scrotum,

Induration of Testis,.......

Inflammation of Glands,

Leucorrhoea,

Amenorrhoea,

~- Saw?∞

Europeans.

a-iai -?? Coloured.

Tea ~ ~~~Chinese.

218 188

494

Total

Europeans.

Coloured.

Chinese.

Total.

Menorrhagia,

Dropsy of Pregnancy,

Periostitis,

Necrosis of Frontal Bone,.

Synovitis of Wrist,..

Do.,

of Knee,

Scrofulous Inflammation of Elbow,

Dropsy of Knee Joint,

Stiffness of Muscles of Arm after ?

Fracture,

Paralysis of Supinator Muscles ?

Left Forearm after Contusion, Thecal Abscess,

Bunion,

Inflammation of Cellular Tissue

of Thigh,

Sinus of Thigh,

Iliac Abscess,

Carbuncle,

Psoriasis....

Eczeina,

Acue,

Do., Syphilitica, Ulcer,

Bhagades,

Boils, Bursitis, Onvchia

Burn with Caus. Scald,

Tinea Tonsurans,

Scabies, Debility,

Poisoning, Opium, Privation, Inebrietas, Moribund, Observation,

Bite of Dog,

Bite of Man fracturing little Finger, Contusions,

Cut-throat Suicidal,

Sprain of Ankle,........... Wounds, Contused,

Do., Incised, Do., Lacerated,

Do.,

Gun-shet of Hands, do. of Thigh,

do.

of Chest,.

do.

of Abdomen.

Do.

Do.,

Concussion of Blain,

Fracture of Radius,.

of Radius and Ulna,

Do.

of Finger,

Do.

of Femur,

Do.

121

Do.

of Neck of Femur Com-

minuted and Lower

Jaw,

of Tibia,

of Fibula,

of Spine,

Compound of Skull,

do. of Tibia & Fibula,

:00

: ?:

1.21 2

Hi Nai ai

874

325

3 19

***

...

condary Syphilis,

Do.

Hepatitis,

Abscess of Liver,..

Do.

Congestion of Liver,

Do.

do. of Femur,

Carried forward,.

218 188

88 494

TOTAL.......

433 281 236 950

Removal of Large Sebaceous Cyst.,

Do. of Bullets,

Incisions for Fistula in Ano, Operation for liare-lip,

Europeans.

SURGICAL OPERATIONS.

Coloured.

Chinese.

: ?: :

Total.

Operation for Phimosis,....

Paracentesis Vesical through the Rectum,

Do..

of Hydrocele,

Do.

of Liver,

Europeans.

Coloured.

Chinese.

C. J. WHARRY, M.D., Superintendent.

Total.

7221mal

331

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH JULY, 1878.

VI-TABLE showing the RATE of MORTALITY in the GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL, during the last 10 Years.

Rate to Total Number of·

Admissions.

Rate to Number of Europeans Admitted.

Rate to Number of Coloured Persons Admitted.

Rate to Number of Chinese Admitted.

Per cent.

1868,

Per cent. 5.76

Per cent.

1868,

2.77

1868,

4.42

1868,

15.35

1869,

9.00

1869,

5.88

1869,

2.45

1869,

21.85

1870,

6.48 1870,

4.05

1870,

3.86

1870,

15.38

1871.

6.61

1871,

4.20

1871,

3.98

1871,

13.18

1872,

6.82

1872,

4.86

1872,

2.39

1872,

12.93

1873,

6.33

1873,

3.33

1873,

7.93

1873,

7.14

1874,.

9.12

1874,

9.06

1874,

6.22

1874,

12.50

1875,

4.55

1875,

4.35

1875,

4.08

1875,

5.76

1876,................ 1877,.

2.49

1876,

2.81

1876,

2.53

1876,

1.76

5.15 1877,

4.16

1877,

3.25

1877,

8.12

C. J. WHARRY, M.D., Superintendent.

VIL-TABLE showing the ADMISSIONS into and DEATHS in the GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL, during each Month of the Year 1877.

EUROPEANS.

COLOURED.

CHINESE.

MONTHS.

TOTAL Admissions.

TOTAL

Deaths.

Admissions.

Deaths. Admissions. Deaths.

Admissions.

Deaths.

January,

February,

March,

April,

May,

June,

July,.

August,

September,

October,

112212 og

6078

November,

December,

to como com~::

113

2264

104

'92

281

236

950

January,

February,

March,....

April,

May,..

June,

July,..

August,

September,.

October,.....

November,.... December,

C. J. WHARRY, M.D., Superintendent.

VIII.-LIST of DEAD BODIES brought to the GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOST

during each Month of the Ye1877.

Examination,

MONTHS.

EUROPEANS.

COLOURED.

CHINESE.

TOTAL.

Adults. Children. Adults. Children.

Adults. Children.

GO TO TOTOO COND720

Total,...................

C. J

332

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH JULY, 1878.

IX.-TABLE showing the ADMISSION into and DEATHS in the GOVERNMENT SMALL POX HOSPITAL, during each MONTH of the Year 1877.

EUROPEANS.

COLOURED.

CHINESE.

MONTHS.

TOTAL Admissions.

TOTAL Deaths.

Admissions.

Deaths. Admissions. Deaths.

Admissions.

Deaths.

...

2412

...

January, February,

March, April,

May,

June,

July,

　August, September, October, November, December,

...

Total,.......

...

PH. B. C. Ayres,

Colonial Surgeon.

X.-TABLE showing the ADMISSIONS into HOSPITAL in VICTORIA GAOL, and MORTALITY, during the Year 1877.

DEATHS.

DISEASES.

Remaining in Hospital on 1st January, 1877,

Erysipelas,

Fever (Simple continued),

Fever (Intermittent),

Phthisis Pulmonalis,.

Rheumatism,

Syphilis (Primary),

Do. (Secondary),

Apoplexy,

Insanity,

Cephalalgia,

...

Opfinalmia, Conjunctivitis,

Paralysis,

Morbus Cordis,

Anomia,

Bubo,

Catarrh,

Bronchitis,.

Pleurisy,.

Pneumonia,

Parotitis,

Colic and Co

Diarrhoea,

Dysentry,

Gastritis,.

Ascites,

Hernia,

H?morrhoids,

Taenia Solium,

Cystitis,

Orchitis,

Gonorrhoea....

Menorrhagia,

Phymosis,

Paraphymosis,

Stricture,

Hydrocele,

Synovitis,

Abscess,

Boil,

Carbuncle,

Tumour,.

Tlcer,....

'ema,

'ity,.

tion,

S,.

ADMISSIONS.

Euro- Coloured peans.

Persons.

Chinese. Total.

Euro- Coloured peans.

Persons.

Chinese. Total.

: : : : : : :

...

1262212

...

12211IOI

...

:6274

...

TOTAL,......

182

246

...

車

....

...

THE HONGKONG government GAZTE, 6TH JULY, 1878.

XI.-TABLE showing the CASES, not admitted to HOSPITAL, treated by the COLONIAL SURGEON in VICTORIA GAOL, during the Year 1877.

333

DISEASES.

Remaining under treatment on 1st of January, 1877,..........................

Fever (Intermittent),.....

Phthisis Pulmonalis,

Rheumatism,

Syphilis (Primary),

Do. (Secondary),

Ophthalmia,

Conjunctivitis,

Bronchitis,..

Colic

Diarrhea,

Gastralgia,.

Orchitis,

Gonorrhoea,

Stricture,

Synovitis,.

Abscess,

Boil,

Ulcer,

Debility,

Delirium Tremens,

Fracture,

Sprain, Wounds,..

No. 132.

The for general

etu

Coloured

Europeans. Persons.

Chinese.

Total.

Total,......

NOTE. The rest of the Tables will appear in next issue.

43242 --~2O2 II 2 -

**:* 2-~--~ :-

***

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

of Stamp Revenue collected by the Collector of Stamp Revenue, is published

by Command,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd July, 1878.

No. 133.

Collected in 1878 up to June 30th,.

Do. in 1877 up to June 30th,

Increase,

$63 101-29

A. LISTER, Collector of Stamp Revenue.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　　Information having been received by His Excellency Governor POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G., of the entry of Canada on the 1st instant into the General Postal Union, it is notified that from that date the postage to be charged on correspondence for Canada will be according to the rates in force for Union Countries generally, viz.:-

Letters. peroz.

12 cents.

or vi? Brindisi only, 16

Newspapers

Registration.

& Prices Current.

8 cents.

2 cents.

Books & Patterns.

per

2 oz.

4 cents.

All correspondence for Canada is sent vi? San Francisco unless specially otherwise directed.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd July, 1878,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary

THE HONGKONG government GAZTE, 6TH JULY, 1878.

XI.-TABLE showing the CASES, not admitted to HOSPITAL, treated by the COLONIAL SURGEON in VICTORIA GAOL, during the Year 1877.

333

DISEASES.

Remaining under treatment on 1st of January, 1877,..........................

Fever (Intermittent),.....

Phthisis Pulmonalis,

Rheumatism,

Syphilis (Primary),

Do. (Secondary),

Ophthalmia,

Conjunctivitis,

Bronchitis,..

Colic

Diarrhea,

Gastralgia,.

Orchitis,

Gonorrhoea,

Stricture,

Synovitis,.

Abscess,

Boil,

Ulcer,

Debility,

Delirium Tremens,

Fracture,

Sprain, Wounds,..

No. 132.

The for general

etu

Coloured

Europeans. Persons.

Chinese.

Total.

Total,......

NOTE. The rest of the Tables will appear in next issue.

43242 --~2O2 II 2 -

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***

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

of Stamp Revenue collected by the Collector of Stamp Revenue, is published

by Command,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd July, 1878.

No. 133.

Collected in 1878 up to June 30th,.

Do. in 1877 up to June 30th,

Increase,

$63 101-29

A. LISTER, Collector of Stamp Revenue.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Letters. peroz.

12 cents.

or vi? Brindisi only, 16

Newspapers

Registration.

& Prices Current.

8 cents.

2 cents.

Books & Patterns.

per

2 oz.

4 cents.

All correspondence for Canada is sent vi? San Francisco unless specially otherwise directed.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd July, 1878,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary

334

No. 134.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH JULY, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　Tenders will be received at this Office, until Noon on Thursday, the 11th July, for the supply of the undermentioned Articles for the use of the Police Departinent from the First day of August, to the Thirty-first day of December, 1878:-

Oil. Lampwick. Buckets. Tubs. Salt. Soap. Gram. Bran. Paddy. Oats. Straw. Hay.

Per jar large & small,

per dozen

24 catties.

of each.

each.

per lb.

per picul.

　　　The above enumerated Articles must be of good quality, deliverable at the Central Police Barracks, at such times and in such quantities as may be required.

Forms of Tender and any further information can be obtained on application at the Office of the Captain Superintendent of Police.

No Tenders will be received unless prepared in the Form required.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd July, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

No. 135.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Report of the Marine Court of Inquiry into the loss of the British Ship Knight of Snowdoun, Official Number 51,022 is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secreta.

ce, Hongkong, 5th July, 1878.

JM. PRICE, Actagonal Secretary.

FINDING.

We find that the British Barque Knight of Snowdoun, Official Number 31,02 of Liverpool, CHARLES RICHARDSON, Master, Number of whose Certificate of Competency (lost at the wreck) was 4,075, was totally lost on a reef, marked on the Chart by which he was navigating, about four miles to the Northward and Westward of Cape Santiago in the Island of Luzon, Philippine Group, on the night of the 12th of June, while on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales, to Manila, wir a cargo of Coais.

　　We find that the Master ES RICHARDSON Conducted the navigation of his Ship in a negligent manner in not ascertaining the pon at any time on the day of the wreck by means of cross bearings of the land which was visible at the t That he also showed want of judgment in shaping a course, from an assumed position, that would take his vessel in dangerous proximity to a Coast which, accord- ing to the Chart he was navigating by, was imperfectly known.

We also find that want of care and attention was shown on the part of the Chief Mate ALEXANDER WALKER SCOTT THOMSON, Number of whose Certificate of Competency is 18,217 (whose watch it was at the time of the wreck) in not maintaining a better look out, as had he done so, the Court is of opinion that the broken water would have been seen in sufficient time to prevent the loss of the vessel. The Court therefore adjudge that the Certificate of the Master be suspended for a period of three months from this date, and that the Certificate of the Chief Mate be suspended for a similar period.

Given under our hands at Hongkong, this 27th day of June, 1878.

C. MAY,

First Police Magistrate.

J. P. MCEUEN, R.N., Acting Harbour Master. N. J. EDE,

ROBT. MCMURDO, JAMES G. SELKIRK,

Un-official Justice of the Peace. Government Marine Surveyor." Commanding British Ship

"Sarah Nicholson."

Confirmed,

J. POPE HENNESSY, Governor and Commander-in-Chief.

No. 136.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

information. The following Table of Meteorological Observations, taken at the Government Lock Hospital, during the Month of May, 1878, is published for general

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th July, 1878.

METEOROLO

TAKEN AT THE GOVERNMENT LOCK HOSPIT

By Command,

OBSERVATIONS

IRIA, HONGKONG, for the MONTH OF MAY, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

137 feet above

level of Spring Tides.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6?? JULY, 1878.

THERMOMETERS (Fahrenhei

DAY OF MONTH.

BAROMETER.

SELF REGISTERING

DAY OF WEEK.

ATTACHED IN SHADE.

IN THE SHADE. Max. and Min. of the previous

MAX.

UR-

SUN,

24 hours, taken at Noon.

BULB

Ex-

VACUO. POSED,

NGE,

ADE.

9 A.M.

3 P.M.

9 A.M. 3 P.M. Min.

Temp. at Max. Woon.

RANGE, BULB.

DIURNAL

EXPOSED.

HYGROMETER.

IN SOIL

MIN. DRY BULB IN WET BULBIN SHADE.

SHADE.

INCHES

DEEP.

9 A.M. 3 P.M. 9 A.M. 3 P.M.9 A.M. 3 P.M. 9 A.M.3 P.M.

HUMIDITY

COMPLETE SATURATION =100.

DEW POINT.

QUARTER.

WIND.

CLOUD.

RAIN IN

INCHES

9 A.M. 3 P.M.

DURING

THE

PREVI-

OUS 24

HOURS.

9 A.M. 19 A.M. 3 P.M.

0-10.

Wednesday,

Thursday,

3 Friday,.

Saturday,

5 Sunday, 6 Monday,

7 Tuesday,

29.85

29 80

83.0 86.0

29.90

29.84

79.0

74.0

75.0 88.0 87.0 71.0

35.0

77.0 76.0

29.95

29.90

68.0 68.0

61 0

69.0 | 68.0

29.95

29.93

70.0

71.0

62.0

72.0 71.0

29.93

29.90

74.0 75.0

75.0 133.

29.91

29.90

76.0

77.0

81.0 145.

143. 111.

98.

135.

125. 89.

95.

100.

29.90

29.84

76.0 79.0

80.0 140.

Wednesday,

29.86

29.-2

Thursday, ? ? ? ? .

29.85 29.80

10 Friday,

29.85

29.82

79.0 81.0 80.0 82.0

80.0 84.0

11 Saturday,

29.85

29.80

83.0 86.0

12 Sunday,

29.80 29.75

83.0

86.0

77.0

13 Monday,

29.75 29.70

84.0

78.0

77.0

142.

109.

78.0

14 Tuesday,

29.90

29.85

76.0

77.0

70.0 77.0

76.0 130.

100.

70.0

Wednesday,

29.94 29.90

74.0

76.0

76.0 70.0

75.0 133.

94.

Thursday,

29.90

29.85

76.0 76.0

70.0 76.0 75.0

Friday,

29.82 29.75

82.0

72.0

18 Saturday,

29.86 29.81

80.0

82.0

71.0

85.0

83.0

19 | Sunday,

29.86

29.81

75.0

Monday,

29.80

29.74

77.0

21 Tuesday,

29.75 29.70

78.0

22 Wednesday,

29.65

29.61

82.0

84.0

71.0

84.0

83.0

23 Thursday,.

29.70

29.64

85.0

78.0 89.0

88.0

24 Friday,

29.70

29.65

85.0 82.0

78.0 88.0

37.0

25 Saturday,

29.72

29.70

73.0

75.0

68.0 75.0

26 Sunday,

29.75

29.70

78.0

80.0

70.0 81.0

Monday,..

29.80

29.75 85.0

88.0 75.0 91.0

137.

145.

28 Tuesday,

29.80

29.74

85.0 88.0

77.0 92.0

Wednesday,

29.80

29.70

86.0

85.0 79.0 89.0

Thursday,.

Friday,

Mean.

29.73

29 68

82.0

29.72

29.70

85.0 74.0 84.0 83 85.0 81.0 73.0 82.0 81.

29.82 29.77 79.3 80.1 71.8 83.3 81.4 140.

106.

76.2 1.7 30.0

90.

130.

106.

136. 73.0 139. 107. 73.0 70.0 7.0: 75.0 144. 110. 73.0 81.0 71.0 81.0 80.0 135. 100. 73.0 D.0 27.0 70.0 76.0 72.0 80.0 79.0 130. 101. 74.0 3.0 27.0 72.0 94.

122. 74.0 B.0 20.0 70.0 82.0

108.

144. 78.0 1.0 30.0 72.0 ?5.0

149. 111. 82.0 1.0 29.0 76.0 86.0 140. 108. 72.0 .0 36.0 71.0 73.0 97. 73.0 1.0 24.0 71.0 78.0 125. 88.0 1.0 37.0 76.0 86.0 89.0 82.0 80. 73.

150. 129. 89.0 1.0 40.0 76.0 86.0 89.0 82.0 83.0 80. 73.

145. 112. 81.0 1:0 31.0 80.0 87.0 85.0 82.0 80.0 77. 76.

140. 110. 77.0 1.0 33.0 74.0 81.0 85.0 77.0 80.0 80. 76.

135. 114. 78.0 40 26.0 75.0 85.0 81.0 82.0 79.0 85. 90. 75.4 75.5 78. 75.

150. 115. 30.0 74.0 83.0 88.0 79.0 81.0 80. 69. 75.0 3.0 36.0 72.0 79.0 74.0 75.0 70.0 80.

63.0 30.0 66.0 68.0 68.0 61.0 61.0 64. 68.0 1.0 21.0 64.0 70.0

65.0 76.0 72.0 1.0 23.0 65.0 74.0

820 70.0 80.0 1.0 20.0

82.0 70.0 100. 80.0 2.0 20.0

84.0 71.0 110.

82.0 145. 88.0 3.0 22.0 74.0 80.0

72.0 85.0 83.0 147. 112. 77.0 3.0 35.0 74.0 80.0 83.0

72.0 89.0

90.0 151. 118. 72.0 B.0 46.0 74.0 80.0 86.0 740 78.0 71.

75.0 90.0 89.0 118.

153. 76.0 5.0 42.0 75.0 85.0 88.0 79.0 81.0 72.

89.0 87.0 150. 113. 79.0 2.0 34.0 74.0 85.0 86.0 79.0 80.0 72.

86.0 85.0 78.0 80.0 70.0 80. 77.0 71.0

76.0 71.0

76.0 73,0 82.0 78.0 78.0 82.0 75.0

76.3

76.5

S.W.

79.

72.3

67.1

64.

55.5

71.0

65.0 64.0 73.

65.

61.1

58.7

0.13

0.02

75.0

70.0

71.0 79.

79.

67.1

68.1

70.0 77.0

78.0

70.0

72.0 67.

71.

65.1

67.8 E.

70.0 76.0

79.0

72.0

74.0 79.

75.

69.2

70.6

0.02

81.0

75.0 76.0 75.

76.

71.6 72.6

...

75.0 76.0 75.

68.

71.6

71.3

S.W.

64.

69.9

72.8

69.

75.1

76.5

72.

75.1 76.1

31.0 76.0 84.0 30.0 71.0 77.0

71.0 23.0 70.0 74.0 71.0 3.0 19.0 70.0 76.0 33.0 70.0 82.0 34.0 72.0 80.0 6.0 37.0 72.0 75.0

63.

77.4 64.4

S.W.

71.0 71.

71.

66.8

66.8 E.

2.30

71.0

84.

75.

68.8

67.4 E.

73.0 84.

84.

70.9

80.

75.3 75.3 F.

76.0

75.

72.

71.6 72.0 W.

0.80

75.0 71.0

72.0

79.

84.

68.1

69.8 E.

77.0

81.0 75.0

77.0 89. 80.

73.6

74.3 E.

78.0

76.0 76.0 74.0 89. 84.0 80.0 90.

81.0 85.0 82.0 82.0 85. 82.0 82.0

89.

74.6

72.6

0.36

85.

78.7 79.0 W.

14.60

85.

80.0 80.0 S.

78.0 80.

80.

79.4 75.3

75.0 70.0

71.0

84.

79.

67.8

68.1 E.

0.50

80.0 76.0

77.0

89. 85.

74.6

75.0 E.

83.0

79.4

79.4 79.2

76.7

78.8

74.3 76.7 80.0 77.7 S.

79.2 S.

0.04

0.22

0.60

0.40

?? ???? ?

72.1 79.6 80.4

72.5 72.4

19.99

:..

Summary of May, 1877:-Mean Shade Temp.,

.77.7

Total Rain fall,

5.20 inhes. Rain fell on 12 days.

1876:-

12.02

1875:- ""

1874:-

79.8

15.82

"",

78.3

29.28

1873:-

78.8

12.23

1872:-

.80.0

12.27

PH. B. C. AYRES,

Colonial Surgeon.

335

336

No. 137.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH JULY, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Hydrographic Notices are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th July, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

The information contained in this notice is to be carefully considered, to be noted in the Sailing Directions, and compared with the chart when the ship is navigating the parts to which it refers.

HYDROGRAPHIC NOTICE.

(No. 9.)

EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO. NOTICE NO. 16.

The following information relating to Java, Celebes, Sulu, Flores, and Banda seas, also to Gillolo passage, and Dampier strait, has been received from various sources between the years 1875 and 1878.

[All Bearings are Magnetic. Variation 1° 30′ Easterly in 1878.]

JAVA SEA.*

　　　Great Solombo or Nusa Lumba island, 600 feet high, in lat. 5° 34' S., long. 114° 27′ E. (approximate), is 5 miles long north-west and south-east, 4 miles broad, thickly wooded, and surrounded by a reef which extends one to 2 miles from the shore.

　　　Little Solombo island, about 100 feet high, 5 miles North of Great Solombo, is 5 miles long north-west and south-east, with an average breadth of one mile, flat topped, thickly wooded, and surrounded by a reef which extends one mile from the shore.

The channel between the reefs of Great and Little Solombo is 22 miles wide.

Arends island, 220 feet high, 26 miles N. by E. E. from Little Solombo, is level, thickly wooded, 34 miles long North and South, 2 miles broad, and surrounded by a reef which extends one mile from its west, and half a mile from its east side.

A rock, the position of which is doubtful, is said to lie 10 miles W. S. from Arends island.

CELEBES SEA.?

Sibocu or St. Lucia Bay, situated about 70 miles south-west of Tanjong Unsang the north-eastern extreme of Borneo, has on its north side several mountain ranges, the spurs of which extend to the shores of the bay and the neighbouring coast; the mountains and valleys are covered with extensive forests.

bocu bay,

dge extends 11 miles to the

From mount Andrassy, 2,600 feet high, situated about 7 or 8 miles north-westward oi

hotron which and ely dire-tian to mount W?llerstorf, 720 feet

3 miles to the eastward flows Sibocu river. From the highest mountain (1,600 tee) of

d west southward, and terminates over point Delconte, in two peaks each 1,000 feet hig

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Siboce best ze steep-to; the Erzherzog Friedrich reefs, situated about 4 miles from the shore on the north-e westernmost and smallest reef, three-quarters of a mile in extent, dries 7 feet at low water; the middle reef, 11?2 miles in extent, dries 8 feet at low water, and is separated from the westernmost by a channel 12 miles wide, having near the centre a depth of 12 fathoms; the easternmost and largest reef, portions of which dry at low water, is separated from the middle reef by a narrow impracticable channel.

Caution.-Care is necessary when approaching Erzherzog Friedrich reefs from the eastward, as the extent of the largest reef isot known. Friedrich -

　　　　　　　　　　　The channel between Erzherzog Friedrich reefs and the north-east shore of Sibocu bay forming Friedrich haven, is 18 miles 101 EN.E. and W.S.W., and one to 4 miles wide, with depths of 3 to 14 fathoms, mud; in the west entrance of the haven, he the three Lehnert reefs, which dry 2 feet at low water; the southern reef, 24 miles from the shore, bears W.N.W. 5 miles from t esternmost Erzherzog Friedrich reef, the northern reefs are 2 miles apart and

lie close to the shore.

At the entrance of Sibocu river, which empties itself into the western part of Friedrich haven, lies Kiraz island, 100 feet high, thence to abreast Silungan island (100 feet high and thickly wooded), 6 miles in an easterly direction, a shoal having 12 feet water near its outer edge and 4 to 13 fathoms close to, extends nearly 2 miles from the shore, narrowing the haven in that part to about one mile.

The east entrance to Friedrich haven, between Erzherzog Friedrich reefs and the Ligitan islands, was not examined by the Erzherzog Friedrich. H.M.S. Samarang, 1845, Captain Sir E. Belcher, however ran in between these reefs and the islands, anchoring in 10 fathoms within a convenient distance from the shore. (See Hydrographic Notice No. 7 of 1868, page 3).

Sandy island, small, and thickly wooded, situated in the east entrance of Friedrich haven, 5 miles east from Silungan island, stands on the north-west part of a shoal about a mile in extent; a portion of this shoal dries at low water in a south-easterly direction from Sandy island.

Anchorage. The Erzherzog Friedrich entered the haven between the two westernmost Erzherzog Friedrich reefs, and anchored in 5 fathoms, mud, 11?2 miles north of the western reef.

Tides. It is high water, full and change, in Friedrich haven at 6h. 30m.; springs rise 12 feet. The streams run one to 2 knots an hour.

Boom-Boom islands, about 2 miles north-eastward of Sandy island, are three thickly wooded islands situated on Boom-Boom reef, near its western edge; these islands extend 24 miles in a north-east and south-west direction; Sipangon the south-westernmost, and Timbu-Mata the north-easternmost, have each one summit 340 feet high; Boom-Boom, the central and largest has two summits about 340 feet high.

Carr island, 21?2 miles E.N.E. from Timbu-Mata, is small and thickly wooded; several low, wooded islands lie to the northward of Carr island, separated from the main land by narrow channels.

　　* See Admiralty charts:-Australia, general, No. 2759 a; and Eastern archipelago, sheet 2., No. 941 b: also Hydrographic Notice, No. 14 of 1871. Voyage of Austrian corvette Erzherzog Friedrich, 1875.

　　　See Admiralty charts :-China sea, northern portion, No. 2660 b; and Sulu archipelago, No. 2576; also Hydrographic Notice, No. 7 of 1868. Voyage of Erzherzog Friedrich, 1875.

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　　　　　Boom-Boom Haven, about 5 miles long in a north-east and south-west direction, and one mile broad, with 9 to 12 fathoms, mud bottom, is protected from seaward by Boom-Boom islands and reef, which form the south-east side of the haven. The entrance to Boom-Boom haven is one mile wide, but the navigable channel is contracted to half a mile by the reefs extending from Hornat point (north-west entrance point), which is thickly wooded and of a dark green colour. About 2 miles within the entrance, the haven is narrowed to 6 cables by a small reef with deep water close around, abreast Timbu-Mata.

　　　　　Sandakan harbour.-H.M.S. Swinger, 1877, obtained 11 feet at low water on the south-west part of the bank situated one mile E. by S. from Pulo Button, Sandakan harbour, N.E. coast of Borneo; 18 feet was the least water formerly supposed to exist on this bank. *

of the N.W. reet le

SULU SEA.?

Reefs and Shoals. The Master of the German ship Minna, 1877, reports two coral reefs (Minna reefs) with 3 feet water on each, and 9 feet between; these reefs are 3 miles apart S.E. E. and N.W. W. from each other. The position given in lat. 6° 58′ N., long. 117° 36′ E., and the S.E. reef lat. 6° 56′ N., long. 117° 38′ E. Also, that in lat. 6° 49′ N., long. 117° 52′ E., a reef (Schuck reef) with 31?2 fathoms, and 6 to 7 fathoms around it, was found, extending one mile in an east and west direction. ?

A shoal, with 2

about 12 feet water in lat. 6° 46' N., long. 117° 47' E. (approximate), was observed from the Erzherzog Friedrich; also discoloured water in lat. 5° 37′ N., long, 119° 15′ E. (approximate).

Pearl Bank. The opening, leading into the lagoon formed by the coral reef on Pearl bank, has a bar extending across it with 9 to 13 feet water.

Siassi and Lapac Islands.-The Imperial German Ship Elisabeth, Captain Von Wiekede, obtained good anchorage in 11 fathoms, in the channel between Siassi and Lapac islands, abreast a house almost hidden by trees, on Siassi island. The southern portion of this channel, which lies between the coral reefs extending from these islands, is one cable wide, with depths of 6 to 9 feet on the bar at the south entrance, where it is only half a cable wide; but from an examination by Captain Schick, in the German schooner Minna, 1876, there appears to be 6 fathoms in the southern entrance of the channel.[]

　　　　　Coral patches.§-The Swinger, while steering to the eastward, about 2 miles north of Siassi island, obtained soundings of 4 fathoms on a coral patch for a distance of about half a mile, when the following bearings were taken, namely,-East extreme of Manubol island S. W., and north extreme of Tara island E. by S. S.

This patch is said to have 18 feet least water, to be one mile long north and south, and three-quarters of a mile broad. East extreme of Manubol island seen just opon east of Lapac island, bearing S. W., leads to the westward, and north extreme of Bubuan island shut in with Lapac island S.W. by W., leads to the southward of this patch.

A patch, about 3 cables in extent, awash at half tide, with deep water around it, lies 14 miles S. E. from Tara island. A patch of 3 fathoms, one mile long east and west, and half a mile broad, lies 12 miles E.S.E. from Tara island. Sulu Island. The town of Sulu, mentioned in Hydrographic Notices, No. 7 of 1868, and No. 8 of 1872, has been destroyed (1876).?

Anchorage.-H.M.S. Egeria anchored off Sulu in 12 fathoms, sand and mud, with point Daingapic bearing N.E. by N.; flagstaff on fort S.E.; and a pier in course of construction (1876) S. by E. E., the holding ground in this position was said to be bad.

A Spanish gun boat was anchored in 9 fathoms, good holding ground, 2 cables south of Egeria.

Maimbun

the bottom,

The ro

shoal (Batol

Pulo Sa distance of 4 mesh

on the south-west side of Sulu island is much used as an anchorage during the north-east monsoons;

ppears to be studded with loose coral. ||

The

i es south from point Cabalian (the

ash high water was seen from

the Spr

entrance point of Mainbun bay), is said not to exist. 'nger, at half a mile E.S.E. from point Cabalian.??

FLORES SEA.

of H.N.M.S. Soerabaya, 1877, reports that he observed discoloured water at a the east side of Pulo Saleiyer, in lat 6° 1' S., longitude 120° 38′ E. (approximate).

BANDA SEA.§§

Caton island, discovered by Captain Massicot, commar between St. Matthew and Velthoen island, west entrance to Caton island is about 3 miles in extent, thickly woode

ing

shore.

ling the French vessel Caton, 1877, is situated about midway da sea, in lat. 5° 40′ S., long. 124° 30′ E. (approximatel apparently surrounded by reef extending 2 miles f. the

of al CELEBES ISLAND.??

Mount Sodyolo, in the north-west part of Celebes island, has three peaks, the northernmost and highest being 7,600 feet high.

GILLOLO PASSAGE.***

　　　　Boe Islands.-The rock on which the American barque Agate is said to have struck in January 1877, at 44 miles south-east of the easternmost Boe island (east side of Gillolo passage), was unsuccessfully searched for by Commander A. S. Barker, U.S.S. Alert, 1877. Several lines of soundings were run over the reported position of this rock, and although the weather was particularly favourable no indication of a rock could be seen. Strong tide rips however, giving the water the appearance of being broken by dangerous shoals, were seen over and near the spot; these were examined, the vessel steaming through them.

A coral reef, having 6 feet to 5 fathoms water, was found to extend 14 miles in : east point of the easternmost Boe island; near the extremity of the reef in 12 and 14 fath on the north side of the reef anchorage can be obtained in 12 or 13 fathoms water, but

　　　　Approaching this anchorage, when within 2 miles of it, the S.E. point of the westward of W.S.W.

* See Admiralty plan:-Sandakin harbour, No. 950: and Hydrographic Notice, No. 28 of 1875.

asterly direction from the south- , a strong tide rip was observed; posed to north-easterly winds. land must not be brought to bear

　　　　+ See Admiralty charts:-Sulu archipelago, No. 2576; Palawan island, No. 967; Siboy? and Sibutu passages, No. 928; and Philippine islands, No. 943: also, Hydrographic Notices, Nos. 7 of 1868; 8 of 1872: 4 of 1873; and 26 of 1875.

Nachrichten f?r Seefahrer, No. 7 of 1878.

United States Hydrographic Notice No. 48 of 1877.

Navigating Sub-Lieutenant H. B. Hawkshaw, H.M.S. Swinger, 1877.

? Navigating Lieutenant W.H. Sterheus. H.M.S. Egeria, 1876.

** Adapted to a Spanish Government survey, 1874.

? Navigating Sub-Lieutenant Hawkshaw, 1877.

See Admiralty chart: Eastern archipelago, western portion, No. 941 b. Beright aan Zeevaranden, No. 15 of 1877.

SS See Admiralty chart:-Eastern archipelago, eastern portion, No. 942 a. Annales Hydrographiques, No. 567 of 1876.

　　　　　　See Admiralty charts:-Eastern archipelago, sheet 3, No. 942 a; and Strait of Macassar, north part, No. 2636. Voyage of Erzherzog Friedrich, 1875.

*** See Admiralty chart: -Eastern archipelago, No. 912 b.

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　　　Coral reefs, with apparently deep water between, extend 13 to 2 miles from the south side of Boe islands. Anchorage may be obtained in 7 to 8 fathoms in a small bay between the two westernmost islands, it is however somewhat obstructed by coral reefs, and is exposed to southerly and south-easterly winds; this anchorage cannot be recommended except in cases of emergency.

Among these islands strong tide rips and overfalls were frequently met with, but on being examined deep water was always found to exist.*

The British barque Sea Star, July 1877, struck and was wrecked on a reef said to extend from the south side of Boe islands. The master states that at the time there was a depth of 12 feet forward, 15 feet amidships, 12 feet abaft, and at a distance of 2 cables from the vessel (in the direction of the island), a depth of 12 fathoms was obtained; also that the following bearings were taken, namely,-S.E. extreme of the easternmost Boe island N. by E., about 2 miles, and the west extreme W.S.W. about 3 miles.f

The wreck of the Sea Star occurring at night, the position given must be regarded as uncertain, and considering the nature of the examination by Alert in quest of the rock reported by Agate, it seems probable that both Sea Star and Agate struck on the reef defined by Alert.

Caution.-Vessels sailing through the passage between Boe islands and Popa should give Boe islands a berth of at least 3 miles; and as the neighbourhood of these islands has been only partially surveyed, great care is necessary when navigating this part of the Eastern archipelago.

Geby island.*-In the channel between Geby and Fow islands, on the east side of Gillolo passage, depths of 7 to 12 fathoms were obtained, where 10 to 16 fathoms formerly existed; no good landing place for ships' boats could be found in this channel, neither could water be obtained.

The shoals on the east side of Fow island are more extensive than was formerly supposed. ?

Ketchepi harbour,* on the north side of Gebi island, is sheltered from winds between S.E. and West, by the south; the anchorage is in 25 to 30 fathoms, decreasing to 6 and 8 fathoms within a few yards of the beach.

Iyoi island lies 5 miles from the north-east shore of Geby island.

DAMPIER STRAIT.*

Tameay islands in the west entrance to Dampier strait, have, at a distance of 2 to 3 miles to the south-east a line of coral reefs lying parallel to them (in a N.E. and S.W. direction), with apparently deep water between. These islands should be given a berth of at least 4 miles when passing south-east of them.

Foul island (Vuil).-The Alert anchored on the 8-fathom patch near Foul island, south side of Dampier strait, and found it to be a shoal of considerable extent, having depths of 4 to 9 fathoms; from the centre of this shoal the west end of King William island bore W. by N. & N.; opening between Pigeon and Augusta islands, W. by S.; and Foul island S. E.

Augusta island. The depths along the south and west shores of Augusta island, south side of Dampier strait, vary from 5 to 10 fathoms, and to the northward and westward 4 to 10 fathoms; a 4-fathom patch lies N.N.W., 1 miles from the west point of the island.

Anchorage.-The Alert anchored in 10 fathoms coral bottom, with 6 to 10 fathoms close around, to the southward of the opening between Augusta and Pigeon islands.

King William, and Gamen islands.-The passage between King William island (near the centre and Gamen islani on the north side of Dampier strait, has numerous coral reefs with depths of 30 to The shores of King William island are steep and in morts covered with trees, the north side

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mila C the sh while al g the side of

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Anchorage.-The Alert anchored in 20 fathoms, in lat. 0° 24′ S., long. 1.

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a large bay on the south side of Gamen island; from the entrance of the bay,

on it, the west end of Battanta island is seen well open west of King William island.

ja st

From a partial examination of this bay 4 to 10 fathoms water were found in the entrance,

several coral reefs having deep water between. Numerous villages were seen on the shores of the bay

of Dampier strait) fathoms between. deep water at a

tion,ce of

a vrage

hich there are

Waygiou island.§-The Alert when entering Offakrbour on the north side of Waygiou island, north side of nier strait, passed over a small shoal of 9 fathoms ly a short distance west of the middle of the entrance, on a line joining Forrest and Sugar-loaf points; there are depths bout 27 fathoms in the vicinity of this shoal.

The east side of Waygi island lies in a S. by E. and N. by W. direction.

The passage between Waygio island, and Buccleugh shoal, at 6 miles to the eastward of it, has several rocky heads nearly awash, 8 fathoms however was the least water obtained by the Alert when passing through.

　　The following is a consecutive list of Hydrographic Notices relating to the Eastern archipelago published since the year 1866:

No. 1 of the series is No. 1 of the year 1866.

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1868.

1869.

1870.

1871.

1872.

1873.

1874.

1875.

1876.

Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 16th March 1878.

* United States Hydrographic Notice, No. 54 of 1877.

+ Board of Trade letter, M 13151, dated 16th October 1877.

See Admiralty sheet of plans :---Anchorages in the Moluccas, No. 915.

§ See Admiraly sheet of plans :-Anchorages in the Waygiou island, No. 914.

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The information contained in this notice is to be carefully considered, to be noted in the Sailing Directions, and compared with the chart

when the ship is navigating the parts to which it refers.

HYDROGRAPHIC NOTICE. (No. 10.)

CHINA SEA DIRECTORY, VOL. IV. NOTICE NO. 5.

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　　　　The following information relating to portions of the Korean archipelago and to the Goto islands, furnished by Navi- gating Lieutenant W. Pearce, is resulting from the surveys, in progress, of H. M. S. Sylvia, 1877.

[All Bearings are Magnetic. Variation 4° Westerly in 1878.]

KOREAN ARCHIPELAGO.*

　　　　Mackau Group, about 8 miles east of Modeste island (lat. 34° 42′ N., long. 125° 12′ E.) consists of several islands and rocks extending 8 miles in a N.N.E. and S.S.W. direction.

　　　　Mackau Island, the principal and highest island of the group, 1,328 feet high, is 5 miles long N.E. and S. W. and 2 miles broad. A chain of hills rising abruptly on the west side, extends through the length of this island, terminating at the north end in Amphitheatre range, which overlooks the chief town (Bacsanto) and St. John harbour.

Anchorage. On the west side of Mackau island, sheltered from easterly winds, good anchorage will be found for large vessels in 7 fathoms, mud, with the south end of Modeste island in line with the south point of West island bearing West, and Venancourt rock 128 feet high, in line with the west point of Mackau island S. by W. W. Small vessels could lie nearer the shore in 5 fathoms water.

St. John harbour, which is open only to north-east winds, is circular, nearly a mile in diameter, and 4 cables wide at its entrance; there are depths of 24 to 4 fathoms, mud, in this harbour. On the north-west side of the entrance lie two islets (Eagle islets), the eastern 204 feet and the western 222 feet high, their western sides rising perpendicularly from the water; the western islet is nearly connected to Mackau island by numerous rocks. About 14 cables north of the eastern islet lies a cluster of rocks, the highest of which is 75 feet high. At 14 cables from the south shore of the harbour lie two rocks near each other which dry 4 and 6 feet respectively.

　　　　　Observation islet, 45 feet high, and about 360 feet in extent, lies one cable from the west shore of St. John harbour. The observation spot on the summit of this islet is in lat. 34° 41′ 40′′ N., long. 125° 25′ 48′′ E.

Anchorage. A good berth is in 34 fathoms, mud, with the summit of Observation island in line with the north-west peak of Amphitheatre range bearing W. by N. N., and the eastern extreme of Eagle islets N. by E. & E.

　　　　　East island, 770 feet high and wooded, lies about one mile east of Mackau island; the west side of East island is indented with two small bights, and the east side is composed of cliffs. Near the north-east point of East island lies an islet 60 feet high, and at 14 cables N. E. From this islet lies a rock that dries 4 feet at low water. East and Mackau islands was not examined; o dangers however were seen from the boats of the Sylvia.

The channel between West island, 896 feet high, lies three-quarters of a mile from the west side of Mackau island. When viewed either from the north-east or south-west, the perpendicular fall of the summit stands out prominently; the middle part of the island (a sharp peak 520 feet high) is connected to the southern part by rocks which are covered at high water, and to the northern part by a spit also covered at high water. A village is situated on the north-east side of the southern portion of West island, and al of trees and a few houses on the northern portion of the island; there are also off the north-west point a few

Tacks above water, and off the north point are two round islets 110 and 100' feet high. The channel al avenida utily across, Blur island est island, bearing N. by E. 3 E., leads through the deepest water.

between Wet suit in li

Chaffin

Wooded

from the north

and 300 yards broad.

Yor

hig

hould only '.

small Yosoulu,

avi

wedge shaped, is a good mark to steer for when approaching Mackau group

it is scp- on all sides, and may be passed at one cable distance.

feet high, on the north side of Mackau island, is half a mile long N.N.W. W. and S.S.E.

E.,

Its wooded peak is conspicuous when seen from either the eastward or westward. At two-thirds of a cable west of the north point of Wooded island lies a rock which uncovers 6 feet at low water. Wooded island has on either side a navigable channel; the southern is 3 cables wide and clear of danger, the northern is 4 cables wide with a rock (Danger rock) lying in the fairway.

This island from its situation protects St. John harbour from winds to the eastward of N.E.

Danger rock covers at half tide and lies 33 cables E. by N. & N. from the north point of Wooded island, and 33 cables S.E. S. from the outer rock off the south point of North-east island.

The north-west peak of Amphitheatre range in line with north end of the 75 feet rock at the entrance to St. John harbour, bearing W. by S. E., leads 14 cables north of Danger rock, and midway through the channel between North-east and Wooded islands; the same peak in line with the north poi. f Woode island W. S. leads three-quarters of a cable to the southward; the west point of East island in line with the cables to the eastward; and the islet near the north-east extreme of East island in line with the south east point of Wooded -east point of Wooded island S. by W. W. leads 14 island S. E. leads three-quarters of a cable to the westward.

North-east island, 540 feet high, immediately to the northward of Wooded island, is 13 miles long and nearly a quarter of a mile broad; near the north and south extremities of the eastern point are two remarkable conical rocks, 100 and 90 feet high respectively. The northern shore of this island is bold and the summit is over the east point; off the south point there are two small rocks, the northern being 28 feet, and the southern 23 feet high.

North island, the north-westernmost of the Mackau group, is recognised by a sharp peak 430 feet high immediately over its west point. Between North and North-east islands lies Passage island, 336 feet high, the channels on either side of which are obstructed by numerous islets.

　　　　　Double islands, the most northern of the group, are two islands about 300 feet high, similar in shape and appearance, lying in an east and west direction from each other, with a boat channel between. Off the north-east point of the eastern- most island are a few rocks, the outer of which, named Pillar, is perpendicular and 143 feet high. In the narrow channel between Double islands and North island there is a small islet 157 feet high, and several rocks which completely block the channel.

Two small clusters of rocks, having deep water around them, lie respectively 44 cables and one mile to the eastward of Double islands, the highest of the westernmost cluster is 56 feet, and that of the easternmost 95 feet high. A depth of 21 fathoms was obtained 2 cables eastward of Pillar rock, and 16 fathoms 2 cables westward of the easternmost cluster of rocks. Sylvia rock, on which the Sylvia struck during the survey in 1877, lies 32 miles N.E. by E. E. from Pillar rock, and has less than 6 feet water, with 10 to 21 fathoms close around.

Directions.-Vessels bound to St. John Harbour from the westward should steer towards Bluff island, passing it on either side, then steer for the north point of Wooded island until past the 75 feet rock, when the harbour will be open.

* See Admiralty charts:-Pacific, sheet 1, No. 2459; Hong Kong to Liau-tung gulf, No. 1262; Nipon island and part of Korea, No. 2347; Korean archipelago, No. 104: Also, China Sea Directory, Vol. IV., 1873, pages 46, 48.

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From the eastward, north of Wooded island, keep the west end of East island in line with the south-east point of Wooded island bearing S. by W. W., until the north-west peak of Amphitheatre range is in line with the north end of the 75 feet rock W. by S. S., when steer to the westward with this mark on until past Wooded island, thence a course may be shaped for the harbour.

　　　The best channel is that to the southward of Wooded island, being free from danger; in the narrow part however, a rock which uncovers 4 feet at low water springs, lies one-third of a cable north of the West entrance point of this channel.

　　　Tides. It is high water full and change at Mackau islands at 1 h. 30m. Springs rise 10 feet, neaps 4 feet. The flood stream generally runs to the northward, and ebb to the southward, about 5 knots at springs, during which time the channels on either side of Wooded island must be approached with caution. Overfalls are visible occasionally for some considerable distance westward of West island.

Craig Harriet Group.-Salamis reef.-H. M. S. Salamis, 1869, when passing between Quelpart island and the southern part of the Korean archipelago, observed the sea breaking heavily, with discoloured water having the appearance of a reef, midway between Craig Harriet islands and West Pinnacle rock.*

　　　The Sylvia, 1877, determined the position of Salamis reef, on which a depth of 4 feet was found, with 16 to 25 fathoms at a short distance around.

　　　From the centre of this reef the northernmost Craig Harriet island bears N.E. & N., and West Pinnacle rock (157 feet high) N.W. by W.

GOTO ISLANDS.?

　　　Uku Sima, 842 feet high, the most northern of the Goto islands, is 34 miles long north and south, and 44 miles broad; in the centre are two peaks nearly of the same height, the northern being the higher. The shores of this island are inden- ted with several small bights, which afford shelter for boats; a small islet 60 feet high, Kamo ze, lies 2 cables off the west point of Uku sima, having in the passage between, numerous rocks.

Kura-no-hana, the northern point of Uku sima, is low, with detached dangers extending to the northward one third of a mile, having 16 to 19 fathoms close to.

W., or the summit of the highest Koshi-no-ze islands

Kamo ze in line with the summit of Hira sime bearing S.W. E. by S. S., leads one third of a mile to the northward of these dangers.

Caution. In passing Uku sima by night it is advisable to give the northern shore a wide berth, as the extremity of the land is low, and the tide runs very strong in this locality.

Koshi-no-ze are three small islets, situated 2 miles east of Kura no hana; the centre islet is 200 feet high; from which the eastern islet 98 feet high, is distant 34 cables; and the western 54 feet high, about three-quarters of a cable. A small rock probably covered at times, with 5 to 11 fathoms close around, lies one cable to the south-westward of the eastern islet. About half a mile westward of Koshi-no-ze is a dangerous patch of rocks on which the sea breaks occasionally, having 62 to 14 fathoms close round. In the channel between these rocks and Uku sima there is a depth of 11 fathoms.

　　From the centre of the rocks the highest Koshi-no-ze islet bears E. by N. & N. 42 cables; and the high water mark of Naga saki hana, the eastern point of Uku sima, is in line with Tanji (a conical islet 91 feet high, to the southward of Nosaki sima), bearing S. by W.

The summit of Kuromo-ze bearing S. by E. & E., will lead a quarter of a mile west of these dangerous rocks. Naga saki hana, the eastern point of Uku sima, is low and bordered with detached rocks whic

a distance vf I vallos, lul ahoa!

point there is a depth of 10 fathoms.

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When passing Naga saki hana, the summit of Kuromo-ze must not be bro. Kuromo-ze, situated 24 miles to the south-eastward of Uku sima, is a cluster of small rocks feet high, with deep water surrounding them.

some parts to mile from the

extent, and 50

　　Maye-go-sima, 125 feet high, lies 3 cables off the south-east part of Uku sima; this islet, 300 yards long, is steep-to all round, but vessels should invariably pass to the southward of it. At three-quarters of a mile N.W. by N. from this islet is a sandy beach, on which is situated Tai-ra-mura village; junks are sheltered here by a small pier extending from the east end of the beach.

　　Tera sima, about 120 feet high, is an irregularly shaped island off the south-west part of Uku sima, with a narrow navigable channel between. The ridges of Tera sima appear flat, and in the eastern portion of the island, on the top of a ridge, is a remarkable tree.

The shores of this island are principally composed of lava, the northern point, 90 feet high, being narrow and projecting. Ikadzuchi are: 2 small rocks, dry at low water, ly. cables N. by W. from the north point of Tera sima. The high water marks of the east extreme of Ojika and the west extreme of Uku sima in line, bearing S.S.E., one cable eastward of Ikadzuchi.

tree.

leads

Nezumi sima is a small islet connected at low water to the south-east point of Tera sima, having on its summit a tall

　　Kono ura, situated between Uku sima and Tera sima, has depths from 44 to 13 fathoms, and is open only to winds from the southward; in the centre of the harbour there is a bank with 4 to 5 fathoms water.

　　Anchorage. The best berth is in 10 fathoms, north of the bank in the centre of the harbour, with Nezumi sima (tree) bearing S.S.W., and the west end of Uku sima W. N.; anchorage may be obtained in 13 fathoms south of the bank, with the north end of Madara sima in line with the south end of Nezumi sima, bearing S.W. by W. W., and the north point of Tera sima seen just open to the westward of Uku sima west point, N.W. W.

　　Directions.-Entering Kono ura from the southward, steer towards the north point of Tera sima seen just open to the westward of Uku sima bearing N.W. 4 W.; and when the east end of No sima is in line with the east end of Nezumi sima, steer N.E. by E. for the anchorage. Caution however is necessary when approaching the narrow channel between Uku sima and Tera sima during flood tide, which runs strong to the northwestward. This channel is only suitable for small vessels.

Supplies.-There are 3 villages on the Uku sima shore of Kono ura, where fish, rice, vegetables, and poultry may be obtained in small quantities. Pheasants abound in the northern part of Uku sima.

Navigating Lieutenant J. Cole, H. M. S. Salamis, 1869.

+ See Admiralty charts:-Kiusiu and Nipon, western part, No. 358; Kiusiu, harbours on the west coast, No. 359; and Atsusi-no-?-Sima to Mato Sima, No. 140: Also, China Sea Directory, Vol. IV., 1873, pages 266-268, and 288.

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　　　　　Ojika Seto is the strait south of Uku sima and Tera sima. In the centre of this strait is a small rock named Ai-no se, 16 feet above high water, having deep water round it. The width of the western entrance of this strait between Tera sima and No sima is 9 cables, but isolated dangers exist nearly one cable to the northward of No sima.

　　　　　Mu sima, 254 feet high, half a mile wide and circular in shape, lies a little over one mile from the south end of Uku sima. The north, south, and west sides of Mu sima are steep-to, but shoal water extends one quarter of a mile to the southward of its eastern point.

There is a small islet, 28 feet high, having a single tree on its summit, situated just off the west part of Mu sima. Directions.-In entering Ojika seto from the eastward, pass Kuromo ze on either side, and steer to the westward between Uku sima and Mu sima; the summit of Hoage in line with the south end of Ai-no-se, bearing W. by S., leads 3 cables from the south shore of Uku sima, and when the neth point of Tera sima is seen just open to the westward of Uku sima west point, N.W. W., steer towards it, which will lead into Kono ura, when proceed to an anchorage as before directed. But if proceeding through the Ojika seto from the eastward, after passing Ai-no-se, steer to the westward with Kuromo ze summit seen well open to the northward of Ai no se, bearing E. 4 S.; this mark on astern leads through the centre of the channel between Tera sima and No sima; Tera sima can be passed at 13 cables distance, but No sima must be given a wide berth, and when passing the northern point of No sima the summit of Kuromo ze should not be seen south of Ai-no-se.

　　　　　In entering the Ojika seto by the channel south of Mu sima, keep the eastern point of Nosaki sima in line with the point west of Eno sima bearing S.S.E. E. and steer N.N.W. W., which will lead clear of Kebuta (see below); and when the north extremes of Kuromo-ze and Mu sima are in line, E. by N. & N., steer N.W. W., which will lead one-third of a mile north of Ai-no-se, and when Ai-no-se bears S.S.E. steer N.N.W. for the anchorage in Kono ura.

In entering Ojika seto by the channel between Nosaki sima and Ojika, remember that Nosaki sima is steep-to, but in passing the south-east point of Ojika care must be taken not to bring the north end of Nosaki sima to the eastward of N.N.E.; the north-east point of Ojika should be given a berth of at least a quarter of a mile, and after passing it, steer towards Ai-no-se, leaving that rock on either side, and if intending to anchor in Kono ura, proceed as before for the anchorage: Nosaki sima, 1142 feet high, one mile south of Mu sima, is 34 miles long north and south, with hills extending through the centre, the summit being over the northern portion; in the middle of the island is a saddle about 200 feet high.

　　　　　The western part of the northern point of Nosaki sima is densely wooded, and on the west side of the island, immediately under the summit, is a remarkable reddish coloured landslip.

The channel between the south-east point of Nosaki sima and Nakadon is 23 cables wide and clear of danger. Deer and pheasants abound in Nosaki sima.

Eno sima, 89 feet high, is a small islet, steep-to all round, lying a quarter of a mile from the north-east shore of Nosaki sima.

　　　　　Kebuta are two dangerous rocks, having less than six feet water, lying near each other, 1 cables north of the north extreme of Nosaki sima, with Eno sima summit bearing S.E. and the south end of Mu sima E. by N.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　? N. The eastern extreme of Nosaki sima in line with the point abreast Eno sima, bearing S.S.E. E., leads 1 cables to the eastward of Kebuta; a bare hill, 193 feet high, over the north point of Ojika seen open a quarter of a point to the northward of the north-east extreme of Ojika, W. S., leads i cables to the northward, and the south-east extreme of Ojika, S.W. S., leads 1 cables to the westward.

Ojika island, which forms the south side of Ojika seto, is 3 miles long East and West, and 24 miles broad, it is separated from Nosaki sima by a navigable channel three-quarters of a mile wide. Off the southern and western portions of Ojika are several lands, the westernmost being 10 miles distant. The narrow channel formed by the islands adjacent to Ojika are onl

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　small vessels. On the east side of Ojika there are two conical hills, having clumps of trees on them, the nor

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　　　　　East bay, on the eastern shore of Ojika, is three-quarters of a mile deep, and nearly 7 cables wide at its entrance. The shore of this bay is fronted with shelving rocks that cover at high water; from Tonozaki, the south entrance point, rocks extend 2 cables in a northerly direction, and shallow water half a mile in a south-easterly direction. Kuszukuri, the north entrance point, is marked by a rock above water at the extremity of the shelving rocks.

　　　　　The depths in East bay are from 4 to 14 fathoms, the best anchorage being in about 8 fathoms, with the north point of Nosaki sima in line with the rock off Kuszukuri point, bearing E. by N. & N.; and the south end of Nosaki sima in line with Tan-ji islet, S.S.E. E.

　　　　　Directions. Entering East bay from the southward, keep the west extreme of Shimomu sima in line with the north point of Nakadori sima, bearing S. by E. E.; this mark leads clear of the shoal water off Tonozaki, and when the north point of Nosaki sima bears N.E. a N.W. by N. course will lead to the anchorage.

　　　　　From the south-westward when approaching Tonozaki point, the north extreme of Nosaki sima should not be brought to the eastward of N.N.E. until the west point of Shimomu sima is in line with the north point of Nakadori sima, bearing S. by E. E., when proceed as before.

　　　　　From the northward, keep the east point of Nosaki sima in line with the point abreast of Eno sima, bearing S.S.E. E., until the south-east point of Ojika ber"s S.W. S., then steer to the southward, keeping midway between Ojika and Nosaki sima, and when the centre of a smal' reddish coloured landslip on Nosaki sima bears E. N. steer W. S., until the hill over the north side of the bay bears N.N.W. W., when a N.W. by N. course will lead to the anchorage.

The north-east point of Ojika should not be approached nearer than a quarter of a mile.

Ko-guro sima, 57 feet high, situated 64 cables westward of the south-east point of Ojika, and 2 cables from the shore; is 400 yards long East and West, and 300 yards broad. This island is steep-to, except off the north-east point.

Anchorage can be obtained nearly midway between Ko-guro sima and the south-east point of Ojika, in 74 fathoms, sand, with the south extremes of Ko-guro sima and Kuro sima in line, bearing W. by S. S., and the hill over the south-east point of Ojika N.N.E. E. This anchorage is sheltered from northerly winds, and the depths are even.

Kuro sima, 140 feet high, half a mile westward of Ko-guro sima, has a wooded peak over its east and west ends, both of which rise precipitously from the sea, the dark cliffs being remarkable from the southward and westward. This island is nearly half a mile long east and west, and a quarter of a mile broad, having on its south-west extreme a pinnacle rock, 31 feet high; the southern side is steep-to, but the channel on the north side, which is one cable wide, has only 4 to 10 feet water.

U-u-sima, 172 feet high, 7 cables to the westward of Kuro sima, is nearly 800 yards long, and bare.

　　　　　O sima, 349 feet high, a quarter of a mile westward of U-u-sima, rises perpendicularly on its north-west side; on it summit is a large clump that shows out conspicuously from the southward and westward. The south side of C ?sima is steep-to, but its rocky ledge extends some distance from the south-west side, with shallow water between it and Mutsz-se, a cluster of small rocks, three-quarters of a cable in extent, and 5 feet above water, half a mile south-west of O sima.

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　　Kuro se, a small black rock, 25 feet high, lies S.W. by W. one mile from the south extreme of O sima, and S. by W. 4 cables from Mutsz-se. The north-east side of Kuro se is foul, there being a patch of 24 fathoms three-quarters of a cable from it; the west and south sides can be passed at a cable distance, in 16 fathoms.

　　Hoge sima, 14 miles W. & S. from O`sima, is 200 yards long north and south, having over the south end a conspicuous peak, 200 feet high, which rises precipitously from the sea; over the northern point is a small peak connected to the southern portion of the rock by a perforated arch, which shows out prominently from the westward.

Yaburagi sima, 204 feet high, half a mile to the northward of O sima, is half a mile long east and west, and nearly half a mile broad, having at one cable from its west side a small cluster of rocks (Kai-ze), 70 feet high, and semi-circular in shape. Koro is a small island, a quarter of a mile north-eastward of Yaburogi sima, having on its west side cliffs 175 feet high. Between the north point of Koro and Ojika, a distance of 3 cables, are numerous dangers, which show at low water. Four cables to the eastward of Koro lies a small bare island 52 feet high.

　　Aka sima, 335 feet high, 23 miles west of Ojika, is three-quarters of a mile long east and west and 700 yards broad; the summit of this island rises perpendicularly from the sea on its south side, and over the south-west point are several small hummocks which show out prominently from the southward and westward. Off the north-west part of Aka sima are a few small rocks above water; vessels should not pass the north and east sides nearer than three cables, but the south and west sides can be passed in smooth water at one cable distance.

　　Madara sima, 407 feet high, and nearly a mile in extent, is separated from the west point of Ojika by a channel one cable wide, with 9 feet water. Near the west side of Madara sima is a small rock 20 feet high. The north and west sides of this island can be passed at 2 cables distance.

　　Hoage (Arch Rock), situated west 4 miles from Madara sima, consists of two remarkable pinnacle islets, 150 yards in extent, bearing from each other east and west; the western islet is 167 feet high, and the eastern 120 feet high, having a hole through it, visible only from the northward or southward.

　　Danger.-A rock, dry 5 feet at low water springs, with 5 to 11 fathoms round it, and on which the sea generally breaks, lies to the northward of Hoage, with the summit of Biriyo sima in line with the west extreme of Hoage, bearing S.W. S., distant from the latter 6 cables, and Aka sima west point S.E. by E. easterly. There is a depth of from 20 to 34 fathoms between this rock and Hoage.

　　The high water mark of the west extreme of O sima in line with the west point of Aka sima, bearing S.E. 3 E., leads north-east of the danger; and the east extreme of Hira sima in line with the west end of Hoage, S.S.W., leads to the

westward.

extent.

Kura sima, 380 feet high, nearly 3 cables to the southward of Hoage, is almost square, and a quarter of a mile in In the channel between Kura sima and Hoage there are no dangers, depths of 17 to 20 fathoms being found in the

centre.

　　Biriyo sima, S.W. W., 14 miles from Kura sima, may be known by being the highest island to the south-westward of Ojika; it has two peaks, the northern 470 feet and the southern 445 feet high. Biriyo sima is nearly half a mile long north and south, about a quarter of a mile broad on its north side, and half a mile on its south.

Hira sima, 167 feet high, situated 6 cables south of Biriyo sima, is nearly half a mile long east and west, and is the southernmost island in this locality. Off its south point there is a small rock 29 feet high, and 43 cables to the westward of the south end lies a rock 24 feet high; there are other rocks near the west point, and rocky ledges extend to the north- ward from its north side, a distance of 2 cables, with shoal water extending some distance to the northward of them. to the east point of Hira sima there is a depth of 5 fathoms; one cable to the southward of the rock off its south point, 22 Close fathoms; in the centre of the channel between Hira sima and the 24 feet rock to the westward, 12 fathoms. This rock is steep-to on its south side, but the soundings off its north and west ends are uneven, and a p. 24 cables from it.

　　Shiro-se, 105 eet high, 13 miles W. by S. from Ojika seto, is the Goto islands. Shiro-se is divided into two pinnacles, nearly the same height, and lies in a north-east end south-west direction.

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　　Off the south side of this islet is a small rock, and off the north side are several rocks above water extending nearly one cable to the northward, with deep water beyond; the east and west sides of Shiro-se are steep-to, and can be passed at one cable.

　　Hodge rock (Shaku shi), a rock awash at low water, with deep water around it, lies N. W., distant 44 cables from Shiro-se, the north peak of Nosaki sima in line with Hoage, bearing East, will lead 2 cables to the northward of Hodge

rock.

　　Korai-no-ze rock with 18 feet water, lies near the south-east edge of a rocky bank; this bank extending N.W. by N., three quarters of a mile, with a breadth of 4 cables, has from 5 to 10 fathoms. At 3 cables southward of the rock the depth is 20 fathoms; and at half a mile from the depth of 5 fathoms on the northern edge of the bank, there is 38 fathoms.

　　Clearing marks.-North point of Biriyo-sima in line with the north peak of Nosaki-sima bearing E. & N., leads northward of Korai-no-ze. South point of Hira-sima in line with the north peak of Nosaki-sima bearing E. by N. & N., leads southward of Korai-no-ze.

Nakadori sima is 21 miles long between Sawo saki the south and Tsua saki the north extreme. The coast line of Nakadori sima, the greater part of which has not yet been surveyed, is deeply indented with bays.

The northern part of this island for a distance of 6 miles to the southward of Tsua saki is very narrow, having high hills and mountains which rise abruptly on both sides. O-mitzu yama, a flat peak 1,446 feet high, is the summit of Nakadori sima; Yabokura yama, 1,197 feet high, lies 23 miles to the northward of O-mitzu yama, thence to the northward the hills are much lower, the ridge over Tsua saki being about 250 feet high.

Shimomu sima, 275 feet high, lying S.S.E. 13 miles from the north end of Nakadori sima, and one mile from the eastern shore, is nearly half a mile long north and south, and 400 yards broad.

　　Tan-ji, 91 feet high, a remarkable conical shaped islet, lying half a mile N.E. by N. from Suimomu sima, is steep-to except on the west side, from which rocks extend nearly one cable.

　　The north-east peak of Ojika, open one-third the breadth of the channel between Nosaki sima and Nakadori, bearing N.N.W.W., will lead through the deepest water between Tan-ji and Shimomu sima.

Kamigashi is a rock 53 feet high and steep-to, lying 8 cables off the east side of Nakadori sima, and a little over 3 miles to the southward of Shimomu sima, having off its north end a small rock 2 feet high.

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Ikatchi is a rock 15 feet high, situated 2 cables from the western shore of Nakadori, about one mile north of O-mitzu

Vessels must not pass eastward of ?katchi.

Tsubo gashi, 10 feet high, with 12 to 20 fathoms round it at half a cable distance, lies W. by S. S. about one mile from Ikatchi, and 14 miles to the northward of the entrance to Nama ura.

Nama ura.—This bay, situated immediately to the southward of O-mitzu yama, may be recognised by a conical rock 313 feet high, which forms the south entrance point of the bay. Nama ura is 2 miles deep and haif a mile wide, with an even depth of about 16 fathoms; from the north-east side of the entrance shelving rocks, which dry at low water, extend 1 cables in a south-westerly direction, with shoal water nearly 2 cables to the south-westward; Cone rock, the south-west entrance point, is steep-to, and has a depth of 16 fathoms about three-quarters of a cable to the north-eastward.

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Anchorage. The best anchorage for large vessels is near the head of Nama ura, in 10 fathoms water, 23 cables from the shore, with the peak of O sima just open eastward of the Cone rock, bearing N. by W. W., a patch of red cliff on the west shore of the bay, just north of Nama village, W. by S. 4 S., and Joss point N.E. Small vessels could anchor to the eastward of this position with Tsubo gashi (the 10 feet rock north of the entrance) in line with a black point on the east side of the bay N. by W. W., and the point on the south shore eastward of Nama village S.W. by W.

　　　　Hira sima, nearly 2 miles from the east extreme of Nakadori sima, and 4 miles westward of Yenoi sima, is 24 miles long and 14 miles wide, having near the centre a peak 663 feet high, sloping gradually to the coast on its north and west sides; to the southward of this peak there are remarkable ridges of cliffs, and over its north-east point is a prominent peak 325 feet high, rising perpendicularly from the sea on its eastern side.

　　　　The western side of Hira sima is steep-to, and trends in a north-westerly direction 2 miles from Ai-saki the west point, to Kuro saki the north point of the island; the eastern side of Hira sima from Komo-no-saki the south-west, to Tatsu saki the north-east extreme of the island, a distance of 24 miles, is irregular, with a few off-lying dangers and islets.

　　　　　Haidomari bay, on the north-east side of Hira sima, between Kuro saki and Tatsu saki, is 6 cables deep; it is however, only suitable for junks.

Komoda bay, situated on the south-west side of the island, between Ai-saki and Komo-no-saki, affords protection to small vessels from north and easterly winds; near the centre of this bay lies a small wooded islet, named Kojima; vessels should anchor to the south-eastward of this islet, the best berth being in 10 fathoms, with Ai-saki bearing N.W. by W. W., and the summit of Nanori rock S.S.W. W. Eastward of Kojima on the northern shore of the bay is an inlet in which junks lie securely; and load inferior coal obtained from the mines.

　　　　From Kamo-no-saki rocky ledges extend in a south-westerly direction for 14 cables; the shore to the eastward of this point for a distance of half a mile is foul, and should not be approached nearer than 3 cables.

Nanori is a remarkable rock 92 feet high, 6 cables to the south-westward of Komo-no-saki, having rocky ledges surrounding it, those off its southern extreme extending nearly 2 cables. The north extreme of Nanori is foul, a depth of 3 fathoms being found at 14 cables to the northward; immediately outside the shelving rocks on either side however, there is deep water.

In the centre of the channel between Nanori and Komo-no-saki the depths are from 12 to 20 fathoms; the centre of Shimomu sima in line with Ai-saki bearing N.N.W. W. will lead through in the deepest water.

　　　　Sakize is a cluster of conspicuous islets extending nearly a mile from the eastern shore of Hira sima; these islets should be passed at not less than 2 cables distant. About midway between Sakize and Tatsu saki, and nearly half a mile from the shore, lies a rock that dries 3 feet at low water. Tatsu saki bearing N.N.W. leads to the eastward of this rock.

　　　　The channels on either side of Hira sima are navigable; the channel between Hira sima and Nakadori sima is clear of danger, but in the channel between Hira sima and Yenoi sima are the Saracen reefs situated to the southward of Yenoi sima and the foul ground to the south-westward of Kuro sima (a small islet 120 feet high). The eastern shore of Hira sima is the clearer side of this channel.

Directions. If approaching Hira sima from the south-eastward keep Tatsu saki in line with the south end of Nosaki sima, bearing N.W. & N., which will lead nearly one mile westward of the Saracen reefs and half a mile from the foul ground southward of Kuro sima; and when the summits of Yenoi sima and Kuro sima are in line bearing N.E. by E. E., a vesse ecourse to the northward to pass between Hira sima and Iwoze, a rock 30 feet high, the westernmost of a group ly

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u on the south-west side of Nara sima in Naru seto (Kuga channel), has a shoal m ...rth-west entrance point, and terminating in a knoll of 12 feet water near the middle of the entrangetween this knoll and Observatory island (south-east side of entrance) there is a depth of 15 fathoms in mid-channel.

At one cable south of Observatory island a shoal with 9 feet water extends 14 cables from the shore, having near the outer edge a depth of 13 fathoms.

The north-

A rock with 3 feet water lies three-quarters of a mile S.S. W. from the southernmost point of Naru sima east extreme of Hisakajima (Kuga sima) in line with Szuyechi, an islet 72 feet high, close to the south end of Mia sima, bearing N.W. by N. leads to the westward; and an islet off the north point of Kochi-domori-ura in line with the east extreme of Shinto ga sima, an islet 146 feet high, near the south-east shore of Naru sima N.N.E. E. leads to the eastward of this rock.

Oldham rock, covered at high water springs, lies nearly 1 miles E. by N. from Sawo saki, the south extreme of Naka- dori. An islet 78 feet high, half a mile to the westward of Sawo saki in line with it, bearing West, leads to the southward; and Tazaki the north point of Kabo sima in line with Sawo saki W. by S. 1 S. leads to the northward of Oldham rock.

Tides.—It is high water full and change in the East bay (Ojika) at 8h. 40m.; springs rise 104 feet, neaps 2 to 4 feet. The duration of the tidal streams in the north part of Goto islands is nearly equal; the main direction of the flood is to the northward and ebb to the southward.

A portion of the flood stream on the east side of the islands passes through the channels south and north of Nosaki sima. On the west side the flood stream runs in a north-easterly direction, and on nearing the islands in the vicinity of Ojika, it diverges into two parts; the eastern part flowing towards the centre of the channel between Ojika and Nosaki sima, is met by the stream from the south-eastward through the channel south of Nosaki sima, thence these streams run together to the northward, and when in Ojika seto are joined by the stream flowing to the north-westward through the channel on the north side of Nosaki sima; the whole body of the stream then runs for the narrow channel between Tera sima and Uku sima, where its velocity at times is very great; a small portion, however, flows to the westward between No-sima and Tera sima. A portion of the stream on the west side of the islands sets towards the western entrance to Ojika seto, where it is met by the small portion of the eastern stream, causing heavy tide rips and overfalls.

　　　The ebb splits on the west side of Uku sima, one part running to the south-westward past the islands off the west side of Ojika, the other to the south-eastward through the narrow channel between Uku sima and Tera sima, thence towards the north end of Nosaki sima, where it divides and runs in the directions of the channels on either side of that island; on the west side of Nosaki sima it again splits, one part running to the south-eastward through the channel on the south side of Nosaki sima, the other to the south-westward along the west side of Nakadori sima, uniting with the stream that is going in the same direction on the west side of Ojika.

　　　In the vicinity of Hira sima the streams run through the channels at the rate of 3 to 5 knots during springs, causing heavy overfalls.

Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 4th April 1878.

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The information contained in this notice is to be carefully considered, to be noted in the Sailing Directions, and compared with the chart when the ship is navigating the parts to which it refers.

HYDROGRAPHIC NOTICE.

(No. 11.)

CHINA SEA DIRECTORY, VOL. 2.

NOTICE NO. 17.

　　The following information relating to the gulfs of Siam and Tong-King, with directions for approaching Ha?nan strait, has been derived chiefly from the account of the voyage of the German corvette Nautilus, published by the German Admiralty, 1877.*

[All Bearings are Magnetic. Variation 2o Easterly in 1878.]

GULF OF SIAM.

Menam Chau-Phya or Bangkok River.?

　　Directions. Entering Bangkok river, West point should be brought to bear N. E., and steered for on that bearing until the lighthouse bears N.N.E. E., when a N. by E. E. course will lead between the sets of fishing stakes (3 sets on each side, pointing to the south-west) and about a third of a mile westward of the lighthouse; thence steer N.E.N. until the lighthouse bears S.S. W., when a N.N.E. course should be steered for about half a mile, or until West point bears N.W.; a vessel may then steer N. by W. W. for the centre of the mouth of the river, keeping a little towards the eastern shore to avoid the flats which extend from West point. A mid-channel course may then be steered to Bangkok city, being careful to avoid the shoals extending from East point.

　　The Pak-lat canal on the west bank of the river, at about 10 miles from the entrance, is frequently closed; it was so during the visit of the Juno in the month of March.

GULF OF TONG KING. ?

　　On Pon is a port of some commercial importance, situated on a small river which, rising in Kwangsi, flows through Ko Tchow, and empties itself into the north-east part of Tong-King gulf.

　　Pak-Hoi-A-long, the large sand bank on the north side of Pak-hoi anchorage, is nearly awash at low water. Northward of A-long bank, between Pak-hoi and the opposite shore, about 8 miles distant, there are several sand banks (some of which dry at low water), extending in a general east and west direction.

　　Dirtions. Approaching Pak-hoi from the southward the soundings decrease gradually towards cape Quan-tow, within half a mile of which there are depths of 23 feet. Vessels bound to Pak-hoi anchorage should, after passing cape Quan-tow at a distance of half a mile, steer North until Nautilus hill, 340 feet high,-about three-quarters of a mile to the northward of cape Quan-tow-bears East, when a N.E. N. course should be steered until the sandy point on which stands Tykok village bears East, thence close around the outer extreme of the fishing stakes extending from Tykok for the anchorage abreast the custom house, in 4 fathoms, with Tykok point bearing S. W. by W.

　　Tides. The following particulars concerning the tides at Pak-hoi anchorage are taken from over a period of forty days by the Nautilus, during the months of February and March 1877.

The flood stream sets to the north-east and the ebb to the south-west. From one day befo LU 3, the average

I the floou Stream 1512 Wiles an hour,

day before full and change, both ebb and flood run at the rate of half a mile a

High and low water occur twice in the 24 hours during the period of the 8.

or one

after full and change when the rise is about 12 feet; with the lesser tides there is only one nigh w flood continuing 14 and the ebb 10 hours.

Hons extending

after full and ys after to one

hefore to five days the 24 hours, the

　　Climate, Winds.--The rainy season at Pak-hoi is from January to June, but it does not rain uninterruptedly or heavily; from January to April heavy northerly gales blow frequently and rise suddenly, lasting sometimes three days. Warning, however, of these gales will be given by the barometer rising, and the opposite coast becoming visible, which, under other circumstances, cannot be distinctly seen from Pak-hoi.

　　Typhoons occur occasionally from June to October; their centres however, are said always to pass south of Quan-tow peninsula.

　　Water can be obtained from a well 400 yards from the shore; it is however, unwholesome, and can only be used for cleansing purposes.

　　Guie Chow Island (Wy-chow), 280 feet high, situated about 24 miles south from cape Quan-tow, is 4 miles long north-east and south-west, and 3 miles broad. The south and west sides of Guie Chow are composed of hills rising abruptly from the water and sloping gradually to the north-east shore. Mount H?mpel, the summit, is near the south-east extreme of the island.

The north-east point of Guie Chow should not be approached nearer than 2 miles.

　　Nam-Wan (south harbour), situated on the south side of Guie Chow, is about a mile in extent, with depths 6 to 4 fathoms, good holding ground, and sheltered from all winds except those between S.S.E. and E.S.E. The entrance of Nam-Wan is 14 miles wide; it is, however, contracted to 6 cables by a shoal of 13 feet, which extends nearly half a mile in a south-easterly direction from Petit Cochon, a small rocky islet 95 feet high, on the east side of the entrance. From the east entrance point a shoal of 13 feet extends 2 cables in a southerly direction; and from the west entrance point a shoal of 13 feet extends nearly half a mile in a south-easterly direction.

　　On the beach at the head of Nam-Wan harbour there is a small village, a short distance westward of which, and about half way up the cliff, stands a Chinese temple, conspicuous from its yellow colour against the dark back-ground.

　　Population. The population of Guie Chow island in 1877 amounted to about 4,500, their principal occupation being the cultivation of sugar-cane and bananas.

　　Winds and weather.-In Nam-Wan harbour southerly winds seldom blow home, and are never very strong. Typhoons may be expected in the month of June; they are considered, however, to occur most frequently in September, but seldom with sufficient strength to endanger vessels at anchor in the harbour.

During a typhoon, the water in the harbour is said to rise about 6 feet. Water-Good fresh water can be obtained in Nam-Wan harbour.

* Annalen der Hydrographie, Heft X., 1877

+ See Admiralty Charts:-Kch-ta-kut to cape Liant, No. 2,720; Menam Chau-Phya or Bangkok river, No. 999; Also, China Sea Directory, vol. II. 16.8, page 318; and Hydrographic Notices, Nos. 7 of 1869, and 14 of 1872. Navigating Lieutenant A. Fane, H.M.S. Juno, 1877.

　　　Se Admiralty Charts:-China Sea, northern portion, No. 2,661 ; Tong-King gulf, No. 2,062: Also, China Sea Directory, vol. II., 1868, p. 369; and Hydrographic Notices, No. 20 of 1868, No. 1 of 1869, Nos. 30 and 38 of 1876, and No. 21 of 1877.

THE HONGKong goverNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH JULY, 1878.

HA?NAN STRAIT.*

345

　　　　Taya islands.-The northernmost Taya island, about 12 miles east of the north-east point of Ha?nan island, is 360 feet high, and steep-to; at 2 cables from the south side of the island there is 27 fathoms, mud, and temporary anchorage might be taken up, but a swell rolls round the island.

The Taya islands appeared uninhabited.

　　　　Entering Hainan strait from the Eastward.-Captain Valois of the Nautilus, 1877, having made two voyages from Hong Kong, through Ha?nan strait, advocates the use of the channel round Ha?nan head (South channel) which is used by Chinese pilots, and mentioned in Hydrographic Notice, No. 38 of 1876, page 6 (last two paragraphs); also in Hydrographic Notice, No. 21 of 1877, page 6. He recommends making mount Mafou from seaward on a W. S. bearing, and passing about 3 to 5 miles northward of North Taya island, thence for Sa-chow, along the coast and around Ha?nan head. The least water obtained by the Nautilus in the narrow part of South channel, near Ha?nan head, was 44 fathoms at low water.

Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 16th April 1878.

　　　　　　See Admiralty chart:-Ha?nan island to Macao, No. 1,246: Also, China Sea Directory, vol. II., 1868, page 379; and Hydrographic Notices, Nos. 30 and 38 of 1876, and No. 21 of 1877.

No. 138.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th July, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

[No. 45.]

CHINA-EAST COAST.

YANGTSE-KIANG RIVER.

Light-Vessel substituted for Kiu Toan, Light.

The Chinese Government has given Notice, that on or about 1st March 1878, a light would be exhibited from a light- vessel moored in mid-channel, north-eastward of Kiu Toan lighthouse, Yangtse-Kiang river :-

The light is a fixed white light, elevated 35 feet above the sea, and should be visible in clear weather from a distance of 11 miles.

The illuminating apparatus is catoptric, or by reflectors.

A white riding light is also exhibited from the forestay, 6 feet above the rail.

　　　　The light oss painted red, with the words Kiu Toan in white letters on her sides, has one mast, with an 8-feet black globe at mas

the usual light be e

NOTE:

be struck as so

sible,

On the exor

this --

chatin

Ho se.

a fixed rea nght will be shown ir n the bow and stern. By day, the globe will guide to Supping, truck a red flag will be shown above it.

ixed and flashing light previously shown from Kiu Toan lighthouse was discontinued.

Fog Signal.

　　　　Also, that during thick and foggy weather, a 10-cwt. bell on board the light-vessel will be struck three double blows every minute; the interval between the blows in each pair will be five seconds, and between two successive pairs of blows fifteen seconds.

By Command of their Lordships,

Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 30th March 1878.

FREDK. J. EVANS,

Hydrographer.

This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Hieshan islands to Yangtse-Kiang, No. 1199; Yangtse-Kiang to Nanking, No. 1480; and Yangtse-Kiang entrance, No. 1602: Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, China, &c., 1878, No. 174; and China Sea Directory, Vol. III., 1874, page 348.

Government of India.

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE, AND COMMERCE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

[No. 16.]

CEYLON-EAST COAST. Light at Batticaloa.

The Master Attendant, Colombo, has given notice that a bright light is now exhibited every night, from sunset to sunrise, at an elevation of 50 feet above the sea, on the flagstaff near the mouth of Batticaloa Lake, East Coast of Ceylon, and that it will be exhibited hereafter, until further notice, from the 15th February to the 31st October, the time during which the port is open.

Position: Latitude 7° 43′ 50′′ N., longitude 81° 41′ 20′′ E. (Approx).

By Direction of the Government of India,

MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, 7th June, 1878.

A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr. (late I. N.),

Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.

This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Ceylon, East Coast, Singane River to Pedro Point, with plan of Batticaloa Rond, No. 2031; Cape Comorin to Coconada, No. 828; Bay of Bengal, Western Sheet, No. 70a; Indian Ocean, Sheet 2, northern portion, No. 7486; and Indian Marine Survey Chart, No. 15b: also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, India, &c., page 13; Indian Marine Survey Light List, page 26; and Taylor's Sailing Directory, Vol. I, page 442.

t, and introduced into the Sailing Directions

If this Notice is received on boardship, the substance of it should be inserted on the charts affected to which it relates.

THE HONGKong goverNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH JULY, 1878.

HA?NAN STRAIT.*

345

The Taya islands appeared uninhabited.

Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 16th April 1878.

　　　　　　See Admiralty chart:-Ha?nan island to Macao, No. 1,246: Also, China Sea Directory, vol. II., 1868, page 379; and Hydrographic Notices, Nos. 30 and 38 of 1876, and No. 21 of 1877.

No. 138.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th July, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

[No. 45.]

CHINA-EAST COAST.

YANGTSE-KIANG RIVER.

Light-Vessel substituted for Kiu Toan, Light.

The light is a fixed white light, elevated 35 feet above the sea, and should be visible in clear weather from a distance of 11 miles.

The illuminating apparatus is catoptric, or by reflectors.

A white riding light is also exhibited from the forestay, 6 feet above the rail.

　　　　The light oss painted red, with the words Kiu Toan in white letters on her sides, has one mast, with an 8-feet black globe at mas

the usual light be e

NOTE:

be struck as so

sible,

On the exor

this --

chatin

Ho se.

a fixed rea nght will be shown ir n the bow and stern. By day, the globe will guide to Supping, truck a red flag will be shown above it.

ixed and flashing light previously shown from Kiu Toan lighthouse was discontinued.

Fog Signal.

By Command of their Lordships,

Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 30th March 1878.

FREDK. J. EVANS,

Hydrographer.

Government of India.

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE, AND COMMERCE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

[No. 16.]

CEYLON-EAST COAST. Light at Batticaloa.

Position: Latitude 7° 43′ 50′′ N., longitude 81° 41′ 20′′ E. (Approx).

By Direction of the Government of India,

MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, 7th June, 1878.

A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr. (late I. N.),

Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.

t, and introduced into the Sailing Directions

If this Notice is received on boardship, the substance of it should be inserted on the charts affected to which it relates.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH JULY, 1878.

NOTICE.

347

　　　　　Notice is hereby given, that Crown Rents for the half-year ending 24th June, 1878, should be paid into the Treasury on or before the 16th July, 1878.

Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 21st June, 1878.

NOTICE.

CECIL C. SMITH,

Colonial Treasurer.

　　　　　It is requested that such Rates may be paid before the 31st July, as after that date application will be made to the Supreme Court for the recovery of arrears.

Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 29th Jnne, 1878.

CECIL C. SMITH, Colonial Treasurer.

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THE HONGKONG

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,

1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER! THE UNDERMI

STONE CUTTEFS' ISLAND.

?TIONS.

WINDS

THERMOMETER.

DAY AND

HOUR.

DATE.

BARO-

METER

0 TO 12.

WEA-

BARO-

THERMOMETER.

0 TO 12.

THER.

METER

WEA-

THER.

Saturday, 9

Sunday, 9

30.12 84.0

84.0 80.0 30th Noon 30.1186.0 90.0 82.0 86.0 81.0 June. 3 30.08 89.0

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

30.02 84.0 29th Noon 30.05 | 87.0 90.0 80.0 87.0 81.0 June. 3 30.02 87.0!

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct.

Force.

FALL.

nches

du previous hours.

CAPE D'AGU.

THERMOMETER.

170 FEET.

VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

INDS

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

BARO-

METER

0 TO 12.

WEA-

In inches

THER.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

during previous 24 hours.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches

during previous 24 hours.

84,079.0

b.c.p.

29.98 86.0

84.0 81.0 Calm

b.c.

29.92 85.0

84.0 81.0 SW

b.c.p.

28.20 76.0

75.0 75.0 SW

O.C.

b.c.p.

29.90 87.0 88.5 77.0 87.0 S3.0 SW

b.c.p.

0.20

29.92 86.0 88.0 79.0 88.0 85.0 SW

b.c.p.

0.13

28.25 77.0 77.0 73.0 76.0 76.0 SSW

O.C.

0.60

87.0 81.0

b.c.p.

29.90 86,0

850 83.0 SE

b.c.p.

29.92 85.0

83.0 83.0 SW

b.c.p.

28.23 75.0

74.0 73.0 SSW

o.p.s.

b.c.

29.98 88.0|

85.0 81.5 S

b.c.

30.00 85.0

84.0 79.0 SW

b.c.p.

28.33 75.0

c.b.

29.98 86.0 89.0 78.5 86.0 82.0 S

b.c.

.17

30.00 85.0 88.5 76.5; 84.5 79.0 SW

b.c.p.

0.67

????:

74.0 74.0 SSW

O.C.

28.32 77.0 77.0 73.0 75.0 75.0 SSW

O.C.

0.00

89.0, 81.0

c.b.

29.98 86.0

4.0 81.0 SW

b.c.

30.00 84.0!

80.0 78.0 SW

b.c.p.

28.32 76.0

Monday,

1st

30.11 85.0

85.0 81.0

b.c.

29.97 86.0

84.5 81.5: SW

b.c.

29.90 84.0

Noon 30.10 86.0 89.0. 82.0 86.0 81.0

July.

30.05 88.0

Tuesday,

2nd

July.

Noon

29.97 88.0

Wednesda

3rd

July.

Noon

30.0286 0

9288.0, 90,0 8.0 88.0 81.0

29.98 86.0!

$8.01.0

86.0 80.0

330 87.5 91.0 82.0 87.0 81.0

88.0 81.0

86.0 80.5

Tru wind cannot be registered.

Do.

b.c.

29.97 86.0 87.0 78.0 85 5 80.5 SSW

b.c.

.48

84.0 80.0 SW

b.c.

28.28 75.0

29.90 85.0 88.0: 76.0 85.0 80.0 SW

b.c.

0.28

b.c.

29.94 88.0

88..0 82.0 SSW

b.c.

29.92 85.0]

85.0 81.0 SW

b.c.

28.24 78.0)

:::

75.0 75.0 S

O.C.

74.0 74.0 SSW

b.c.

28.2576.0 76.0 73.0 75.0 75.0 S

b.c.

76.0 75.0 S

b.c.

: :

0.21

b.c.

29.91 86.0|

84.0 81.5 SW

b.c.p.

29.92 84.5|

83.0, 78.0; SW

b.c.

29.91 87.0 87.5 79.0 86.0

82.0 SW

b.c.p.

0.12

b.c.

29.88 89.0

b.c.

29.8886.0]

b.c.

29.95 88.0!

88.0 82.0

:::

88.0 8.3.0 SW

b.c.

: ???:

29.92 85.5 88.0, 78.0 86.0, 81.5] SW

b.c.

0.00

29.89 86.0

85.0 80.0 SW

b.c.

28.19 77.0

28.24 75.0

28.24 77.0 77.0 78.0 76.0 75.0 SW

75.0 74.0 SW

b.c.

0.00

76.0 75.0 SW

b.c.

85.0 82.0 SW

b.c.

29.88 $5.0

86.0 81.0 SW

b.c.

28.20 76.0]

75.0 74.0 S

b.c.

29.68 87.0 89.0 79.0 86.5 92.5 SW 29.86 88.0

b.c.

0.00

29.89 86.0 88.5 79.0 87.0 82.0 SW

b.c.

0.00

28.20 77.0 77.0 74.0 76.0 75.0 S

b.c.

0.00

957.5 83.0 SW

b.c.

29.86 86.0

85.5 81.0 SW

b.c q.

28.19 76.0

75.0 75.0 S

b.c.

: 8:

··

Thursday,

4th

July.

30,00 87.01 Noon 29.99 87.0 90.0 81.0 87.0 81.0 3 29.95 89.0

87.0 81.0

b.c.

29.87 6.0

85.5 82.0 SW

b.c.

29.88 84.5

84.0 81.0 SW

b.c.

26.21 76.0

b.c.

29.87 88.0 89.5 79.0 87.5 82.5. SW

b.c.

9.00

89.0 81.0

b.c.

29.86 90.0]

89.0 83.0 SW

b.c.

29.88 85.5 87.5 79.0 84.5 80.0 SW 29.86 86.0

b.c.

0.00

6.0 75.0 SW

o.p.f.

87.5 80.0 SW

b.c.

28.21 77.0 77.0 74.0 75.0] 75,0] SW 28.19 78.0|

b.v.

76.0 75.0 SW

b.v.

0.09

Friday,

5th

Jul.y

30.00 86.0 86.0 82.0] Noon 3:00 88.5 91.0 82.5 88.0 83.0 3 29.97 89.0

b.c.

29.87 87.0;

85.5 82.5 SW

b.c.

79.88 85.0

86.0 80.0 SW

b.c.

28.21 76.0

76.0 76.0 SW

o.f.

89.0 82.0

b.c.

b.e.

29.87 88.0 89.5 79.0 87.0 83.0 SW 29.87 89.0| 88.5 84.0 SW

b.c.

.00

b.c.

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Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

6TH JULY, 1878.

STATE OF WEATHER:-b. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; f. foggy; g. gloomy; h. hail; 7. lightning; Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). NOTE.-A bar (-) under any letter augments its signification, thus f, very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and contin

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Hurricane...

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&c.

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Triple Reefs, &c..

Close Reefs and Courses

In which she could just bear close-reefed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail

Under Storm Staysail ...

Bare Poles...

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Description of Wind.

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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

No. 28.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 13TH JULY, 1878.

VOL. XXIV.

THE TUNG WAH HOSPITAL.

　　　　The following Report from the Chairman of the Tung Wah Hospital Committee with enclosu published for general information.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongko

By Command,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Color

$78.

UNG WAH H

SIR,-I have the honour to report that during the year at and in this Hospital was 56,466 against 48,232 in 1876, { an excess of 8,234 and 9,705 respectively over the precedir d 00- in 1 1,492 in-patients as agst 1,179 in 1" generally of the poorest class of the Colony, and in many 1 discharge from the Hospital, to provide them with the means number of persons thus provided for during the year was 11€

The number of deaths recorded last year was 624. Of persons who were brought into the Hotel·

their admission.

Seventeen of th

Hospital, of whom

Vaccination

s practise

ceamer

so were admitted.

persons who

ne cool montus of every year, and the number of underwent the operation at the Hospital during the year under review was 1,063. Vaccinators were sent to the neigh

bouring villages and to various districts of Kwangtung Province. The result of their ssion was very satisfactory, and their returns show that they had 5,641 operations.

miss

Since the establishment of this Hospital, Chinese who are found destitute and homeless by the Police, and young girls that have been kidnapped or decoyed into the Colony are generally sent to the Hospital by the Magistrates and the Registrar General. In such cases, the Committee either provide them with the means of returning to their native places, or in the case of young girls they find out their parents or relatives that they might receive them back; but if they are friendless, and they wish to marry in order to have the support of a husband, they are at liberty to do so. The total number of persons sent to the Hospital under such circumstances during the year 1877 was 45, of whom 15 were males and 30 females.

　　　They were dealt with as follows:-14 males and 12 females went home provided with means, 5 females married, 2 females were adopted as daughters; 1 male and 11 females were sent away by the Registrar General.

　　　　On account of the famine at the North, and of the floods in the Kwangtung Province, the Hospital Committee canvassed for subscriptions for the relief of the distressed. It is gratifying to note that their appeal was generously responded to, and they were soon enabled to remit altogether the sum of $68,000 for the relief of the sufferers.

　　　　On the occasion of our new year, His Excellency the Governor was pleased to pay a formal visit to this Hospital. I beg to append a summarised account of it.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH JULY, 1878.

　　　On the 14th instant, the present Committee will, according to the rules of the Hospital, retire from their Office, but will assist the new Committee in the discharge of their duties by taking the places of Sub-directors.

The Honourable J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

LEONG ON, Chairman of the Committee.

(Enclosure.)

　　　The following is a summarised account of His Excellency The Governor's. Visit to the Tung Wah Hospital on the 8th February, 1878.

;

THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT TO THE TUNG WAH HOSPITAL.

His Excellency Governor POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G., paid a ceremonial visit to the Tung Wah spital on the 8th of February at 3 o'clock. Early in the afternoon, the crowded streets leading to Hospital were kept clear by a detachment of Police, composed of Europeans, Sikhs and Chinese, 1 the full force of the District Watchmen for this District. Shortly after 3 P.M., His Excellency ved, accompanied by Mr. CREAGH, Acting A.D “

npanied by Secretary FARISH and

MoWLL, formerly H. M. S

vere Mr. HAYLLA

ommunity wa

all classes of

SO***

1. NG CHOY then i

nd sa

pokesman on this occasion, and I have there may be more competent persons p.

Rev

some w.

Private Secretary NORTHCOTE; and Admiral lant WILLOUGHBY, preceded a few minutes ng the foreign visitors present to witness Mr. J. J. FRANCIS, and Mr. D'ALMADA.

g present nearly 30

he peacock's feather.

{

sent some 50 or

uential native were in their ....some with gold bus; while a few Among those in uniform, we observed: VOK ACHEONG, CHEANG SING YEONG, LING HO WOON, WONG AYIN, FUNG MING SHAN, WONG KWAN TONG, NG SANG, her On the miral of His Excellency and party, the anthem; while as the Governor and party entered, a Chinese music was performed. Those of the Chinese who in wo lines from the door up to the Hall, and saluted the y was then conducted to the top of an oblong table, with r all were scated, tea, and refreshments in the shape of

1 par

nducted through the

undertake

-HINT

ave been asked to be rethough I think I have been of the Chinese

y, on beha

in this hall. I

The

requested to thank Your Excellency, for your kind visit her community of Hongkong. We are here to receive and welcome Your Excellency may be permitted to say that we have represented every class of the Chinese community. gentlemen here represent the Committee of this Hospital, Merchants, Compradores, Shopkeepers, and, in fact, every trade and profession in this Colony. We have thought it advisable to commit what we have to say on this occasion to writing, and to consider it well before doing so. That being the case, Your Excellency may take this address, which we shall have the honour to present to you, as expressing not only our own views, who are here, but the unanimous sentiment of the Chinese community. This address is in two parts; one part is in Chinese and the other part is in English. The latter is a free translation of the first, and, with Your Excellency's permission, we shall read the Chinese part first, and then I shall follow by reading the English part. I will now call upon my Chinese friend to read the Chinese part.

Mr. WONG KWAN TONG then read the address in Chinese.

Mr. NG CHOY then read the English translation, which is as follows:—

"To His Excellency JOHN POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G., Governor, and Commander-in-Chief of the

Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, &c., &c., &c.

　　　　“MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY,--We on behalf of the Chinese Community of Hongkong are grateful to Your Excellency for the honour you have done us by paying a visit here on this occasion. The Colony has been established now for about 36 years, and this Hospital for 9 years, but we believe it is the first instance in the history of Hongkong of a Governor making a formal call on the Chinese on the occasion of their New Year.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH JULY, 1878.

The Honourable J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

LEONG ON, Chairman of the Committee.

(Enclosure.)

　　　The following is a summarised account of His Excellency The Governor's. Visit to the Tung Wah Hospital on the 8th February, 1878.

;

THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT TO THE TUNG WAH HOSPITAL.

npanied by Secretary FARISH and

MoWLL, formerly H. M. S

vere Mr. HAYLLA

ommunity wa

all classes of

SO***

1. NG CHOY then i

nd sa

pokesman on this occasion, and I have there may be more competent persons p.

Rev

some w.

Private Secretary NORTHCOTE; and Admiral lant WILLOUGHBY, preceded a few minutes ng the foreign visitors present to witness Mr. J. J. FRANCIS, and Mr. D'ALMADA.

g present nearly 30

he peacock's feather.

{

sent some 50 or

1 par

nducted through the

undertake

-HINT

ave been asked to be rethough I think I have been of the Chinese

y, on beha

in this hall. I

The

Mr. WONG KWAN TONG then read the address in Chinese.

Mr. NG CHOY then read the English translation, which is as follows:—

"To His Excellency JOHN POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G., Governor, and Commander-in-Chief of the

Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, &c., &c., &c.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH JULY, 1878.

353

We may, therefore, safely conclude that from Your Excellency we need fear no harsh measures or class enactments which may press hardly on us, but that whatever measures enacted during the tenure of your high office will, we may be sure, tend to increase the prosperity of the Colony and to promote the welfare of all the inhabitants, natives as well as foreigners. In conclusion we beg again to thank Your Excellency for your kind visit to-day: we heartly wish Your Excellency and Mrs. HENNESS? happiness and prosperity, and trust that Your Excellency may long remain as Governor of this Colony. In the course of his reply His Excellency said:-Mr. LEONG-ON, and Members of the Committ of the Tung Wah Hospital. This institution has done an immense amount of good. That there shoul be benevolent institutions wherever there is a Chinese community, we all know. We know that in the great cities of China, there are institutions where the aged and destitute are cared for; and v should there not be such institutions in Hongkong? The expenses of this institution are defrayec the voluntary contributions of the Chinese community, and I am happy to remind you that the F OF KIMBERLEY, while he was Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, conveyed to my Sir ARTHUR KENNEDY, the sense of Her Majesty's Government of the good example that had set in establishing it, and I shall now be able, from the visit I have paid to-day, and minute inspection that the Admiral and myself have made of this Hospital, to do that w predecessors have done, bear testimony to the admirable way in which it is conducted. It has my duty to visit many hospitals; men in my position must do so; but I am bound to say that I have gone through the wards of any hospital in any country in which I found better ventilation, and that hospital chornton, that we so often experience, than in this building. I see th you understand the gicat value of alosxiliness and fresh air. One of my predecessors, Sir RICHARD MACDONNELLS speaking at this table perhaps, and referring to his visit, made similar observation, adding that it would be a fortunate thing for the Colony, if our own Civil Hospital had been so well built, and if the windows, doors and other means of ventilation were as adequately constructed as you

have them here

No. 139.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

-alulon

　　　　His Excellency the Governor has in pleased to commute the sentence of death passed on CHENG-A-SHIN to penal servitude for life.

inmanu,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th July, 1878.

No. 140.

　　　　　　　　　　　　GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The following letter is published for general information.

By Command,

　　　Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th July, 1878. [Nos. 497 498.]

Acti

ary.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE,

HONGKONG, 3rd July, 1878.

　　　　　SIR,-With reference to the extent to which Her Majesty's Ships should be subject to Local Quarantine Regulations, I am directed by the Governor to inform you that H. M. Government are of opinion that as far as relates to communication with the shore and with the Shipping in Colonial Waters, H. M. Ships should be subject to Local Quarantine Regulations in the same manner as Merchant Ships, but that Local Authorities should not in any way interfere with the internal manage-. ment of H. M. Ships or with their freedom to proceed to sea whenever the Officer in command may deem such course requisite.

[No. 497.], J. P. McEUEN, Esq., R.N.,

I have, &c.,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Acting Harbour Master.

[No. 498.] Dr. Adams,

Health Officer.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH JULY, 1878.

353

have them here

No. 139.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

-alulon

　　　　His Excellency the Governor has in pleased to commute the sentence of death passed on CHENG-A-SHIN to penal servitude for life.

inmanu,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th July, 1878.

No. 140.

　　　　　　　　　　　　GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The following letter is published for general information.

By Command,

　　　Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th July, 1878. [Nos. 497 498.]

Acti

ary.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE,

HONGKONG, 3rd July, 1878.

[No. 497.], J. P. McEUEN, Esq., R.N.,

I have, &c.,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Acting Harbour Master.

[No. 498.] Dr. Adams,

Health Officer.

354

No. 141.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH JULY, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hongkong, during the Month ending 30th June, 1878, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th July, 1878.

BANKS.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

AVERAGE AMOUNT.

SPECIE IN RESERVE.

Oriental Bank Corporation,

289,037

100,000

Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,.

440,307

150,000

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,

777,008

300,000

'ongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,

TOTAL,..

.......

1,029,527

500,000

2,535,879

1,050,000

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Messrs. A. R. MADAR and G. L. TOMLIN,

Valuators for the current year.

By Command.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th July, 1878.

M. PRICE Acting Colonial Secretary.

(In continuation of the Colonial Surgeon's Report published in the last issue of the Government Gazette.)

XII.-T

Total No. of

Prisoners Admitted to Gaol.

'n VICTORIA GAOT, during the Year 1877.

ing the ATE ? SICE

Daily Average No. of Prisoners. Hospital.

Total Sick

Total Trifling Cases.

Total Deaths.

7 MORTA

No. of Pri- soners li- berated on

Medical

Grounds.

Serious Sickness

to Total.

6.205

246

NOTE. Two of the Dea.....

My Sul

Rate of Mortality.

Rate of Sickness.

To Total. To Average. To Total. To Average.

7.467

0.176

3.132

1.771

ADMITTED

No.

1234567

GAOL.

28th Aug., 1876, 8th Mar., 1877, 30th Apr., 1877, 27th Apr., 1877, 10th Aug., 1877, 18th Aug., 1877, 29th Oct., 1877,

REMAINING IN HOSPITAL ON THE 1ST JAN., 1877.

A SUMMARY of DEATHS and their CAUSES, in VICTORIA GAOL, during the Year 1877.

NAME.

Tang-a-Fat, Tang-a-Hon, Lau-a-Wan, Leung-Sing-Fuk,. Henry Holmes, Mok-a-Kwai,* Chun-a-Sing,

SENTENCE.

20 years

4 months 1 month

Remand

2 years For trial

2 months

DATE OF SENTENCE.

28th Aug., 1876, 8th Mar., 1877, 30th Apr, 1877, 27th Apr., 1877, 22nd June, 1877, 28th Aug., 1877, 29th Oct., 1877,

ADMITTED

ΤΟ

GAOL HOSPITAL.

8th Jan., 1877, Nil

30th Apr., 1877,

Nil

7th Sept., 1877, 22nd Aug., 1877, 9th Dec., 1877,

* An old offender who had been four times flogged.

*DATE OF

DEATH.

13th Jan., 1877, 12th Mar., 1877, 2nd May, 1877, 18th May, 1877, 13th Sept., 1877, 28th Sept., 1877, 10th Dec., 1877,

DISEASE

CAUSE OF DEATH.

Paralysis. Suicide by strangulation. General Debility. Suicide by Strangulation. Diarrhoea.

Phthisis and Anomia. Serous Apoplexy.

XIV. TABLE of STATISTICS relating to the TUNG WA HOSPITAL, during the Year 1877.

NUMBER OF OUT- PATIENTS TREATED AT THE HOSPITAL.

DEATH RATE PER CENT. INCLUDING INCURABLES AND MORIBUND CASES.

DEATH RATE IN THE TOTAL OF THE 56,466 TREATED AT

AND

IN THE HOSPITAL.

REMAINING IN HOSPITAL ON 1ST JANUARY, 1878.

ADMITTED DURING 1877.

TOTAL CASES TREATED

IN THE

DIS-

CHARGED.

DIED.

HOSPITAL.

Male.

Fe- male.

Male.

Fe- male.

Male.

Fe- male.

Male.

Fe- male.

Male.

Fe- male.

Male.

Fe- male.

Total.

Male.

Fe- male.

Total.

Per Cent.

Male. Female.

1,130

279 1,196

296

677

88 431

193 47,167 7,807 54,974 36.04

65.2 41.823

1105

Number of Cases brought in a Moribund State:-Males, 183; Females, 52; Total, 235.

XIVa.-VACCINATIONS performed during the Year 1877 by TRAVELLING VACCINATORS of the TUNG WAH HOSPITAL.

IN THE CITY OF VICTORIA.

IN VILLAGES AND RURAL DISTRICTS.

1,063

5,641

TOTAL NUMBER OF VACCINATIONS.

6804

354

No. 141.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH JULY, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hongkong, during the Month ending 30th June, 1878, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th July, 1878.

BANKS.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

AVERAGE AMOUNT.

SPECIE IN RESERVE.

Oriental Bank Corporation,

289,037

100,000

Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,.

440,307

150,000

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,

777,008

300,000

'ongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,

TOTAL,..

.......

1,029,527

500,000

2,535,879

1,050,000

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Messrs. A. R. MADAR and G. L. TOMLIN,

Valuators for the current year.

By Command.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th July, 1878.

M. PRICE Acting Colonial Secretary.

(In continuation of the Colonial Surgeon's Report published in the last issue of the Government Gazette.)

XII.-T

Total No. of

Prisoners Admitted to Gaol.

'n VICTORIA GAOT, during the Year 1877.

ing the ATE ? SICE

Daily Average No. of Prisoners. Hospital.

Total Sick

Total Trifling Cases.

Total Deaths.

7 MORTA

No. of Pri- soners li- berated on

Medical

Grounds.

Serious Sickness

to Total.

6.205

246

NOTE. Two of the Dea.....

My Sul

Rate of Mortality.

Rate of Sickness.

To Total. To Average. To Total. To Average.

7.467

0.176

3.132

1.771

ADMITTED

No.

1234567

GAOL.

28th Aug., 1876, 8th Mar., 1877, 30th Apr., 1877, 27th Apr., 1877, 10th Aug., 1877, 18th Aug., 1877, 29th Oct., 1877,

REMAINING IN HOSPITAL ON THE 1ST JAN., 1877.

A SUMMARY of DEATHS and their CAUSES, in VICTORIA GAOL, during the Year 1877.

NAME.

Tang-a-Fat, Tang-a-Hon, Lau-a-Wan, Leung-Sing-Fuk,. Henry Holmes, Mok-a-Kwai,* Chun-a-Sing,

SENTENCE.

20 years

4 months 1 month

Remand

2 years For trial

2 months

DATE OF SENTENCE.

28th Aug., 1876, 8th Mar., 1877, 30th Apr, 1877, 27th Apr., 1877, 22nd June, 1877, 28th Aug., 1877, 29th Oct., 1877,

ADMITTED

ΤΟ

GAOL HOSPITAL.

8th Jan., 1877, Nil

30th Apr., 1877,

Nil

7th Sept., 1877, 22nd Aug., 1877, 9th Dec., 1877,

* An old offender who had been four times flogged.

*DATE OF

DEATH.

13th Jan., 1877, 12th Mar., 1877, 2nd May, 1877, 18th May, 1877, 13th Sept., 1877, 28th Sept., 1877, 10th Dec., 1877,

DISEASE

CAUSE OF DEATH.

Paralysis. Suicide by strangulation. General Debility. Suicide by Strangulation. Diarrhoea.

Phthisis and Anomia. Serous Apoplexy.

XIV. TABLE of STATISTICS relating to the TUNG WA HOSPITAL, during the Year 1877.

NUMBER OF OUT- PATIENTS TREATED AT THE HOSPITAL.

DEATH RATE PER CENT. INCLUDING INCURABLES AND MORIBUND CASES.

DEATH RATE IN THE TOTAL OF THE 56,466 TREATED AT

AND

IN THE HOSPITAL.

REMAINING IN HOSPITAL ON 1ST JANUARY, 1878.

ADMITTED DURING 1877.

TOTAL CASES TREATED

IN THE

DIS-

CHARGED.

DIED.

HOSPITAL.

Male.

Fe- male.

Male.

Fe- male.

Male.

Fe- male.

Male.

Fe- male.

Male.

Fe- male.

Male.

Fe- male.

Total.

Male.

Fe- male.

Total.

Per Cent.

Male. Female.

1,130

279 1,196

296

677

88 431

193 47,167 7,807 54,974 36.04

65.2 41.823

1105

Number of Cases brought in a Moribund State:-Males, 183; Females, 52; Total, 235.

XIVa.-VACCINATIONS performed during the Year 1877 by TRAVELLING VACCINATORS of the TUNG WAH HOSPITAL.

IN THE CITY OF VICTORIA.

IN VILLAGES AND RURAL DISTRICTS.

1,063

5,641

TOTAL NUMBER OF VACCINATIONS.

6804

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH JULY, 1878.

XV.-LOCK HOSPITAL.

TABLE A.

Showing the ADMISSIONS into the GOVERNMENT LOCK HOSPITAL, during the 20 Years of its Existence, with the Number of DIETS issued, and the Average LENGTH of TREATMENT.

355

ADMISSIONS.

NUMBER OF DIETS ISSUED.

AVERAGE NUMBER OF DAYS TREATED.

1858,

124

1858,

4,797

1858,

43.8

1859,

162

1859,

5 389

1859,

30.8

1860,

361

1860,

9,107

1860,

23.7

1861,

442

1861,

10,778

1861,

23.4

1862,

485

1862,

12,193

1862,

22.0

1863,

420

1863,

11,707

1863,

23.7

1864,

442

1864,

11,940

1864,

27.0

1865,

390

1865,

11,303

1865,

28.0

1866,

406

1866,

13,060

1866,

28.6

1867,

434

1867,

13,120

1867,

25.5

1868,

579

1868,

16,462

1868,

23.6

1869,

546

1869,

16,799

1869,

24.8

1870,

722

1870,

18,382

1870,

23.1

1871,

593 1871,

12,308

1871,

18.5

1872,

656

1872,

15,103

1872,

20.9

1873,

500

1873,

11,219

1873,

19.5

1874,

345

1874,

6,814

1874,

18.6

1875,

134

1875,

2,916

1875,

... 18.7

1876,

168

1876,

2,930

1876,

14.3

1877,

177

1877,

3,069

1877,...

16.6

Number of Beds in Lock Hospital.

177

TABLE B.

RETURN of the NUMBER of PROSTITUTES brought under the Provisions of Ordinance No. 10, during the Year 1877.

Number admitted into Hospital on Certificate of Visiting Surgeon.

Number who submitted voluntarily.

Number against whom

it was necessary to proceed

by Information before the Registrar General.

Total Number brought under the Provisions of the Ordinance.

Total Number of Examinations made during the Year.

Total Number of

Examinations made wh a no Disease was found.

Total Number discharged

from Hospital.

255

281

13,065

TABLE C.

TOTAL NUMber of MenN DISEASED

CONTAGIOUS DISEASES RETURN, for the Year 1877.

Total No. of Females

ADMITTED INTO

AVERAGE NUMBER OF MEN IN GARRISON AND PORT, (per Month.)

Average Average

admitted

into Lock Military

Hospital.

Naval Police Civil Hospital. Hospital. Hospital.

Total No. of Men Diseased.

No. of

Per-

Men in

centage

Soldiers. Seamen. Police.

177

12,888

REMARKS.

181

Mer- Port and of Men chant Garrison, Diseased Seamen. [per Month.[per Month.]

?11

6.429

0011

a. Au

* 82 of the Admissions into the Naval Hospal, were not contracted in Hong- kon

Hital were L contracted in Hongkong. 23 of the Admissions into the Civil Hos- pital were not contracted in Hongkong.

TABLE D.

RETURN of WOMEN examined and treated in the GOVERNMENT LOCK HOSPITAL, during the Year 1877.

EXAMINATION.

HOSPITAL.

DISCHARGED.

Average No. of

days per month on which Exami-

nations were held.

Total Number of

Examinations made during the

year.

Number admitted

into

Hospital.

Total Number of Examinations made when no Di-- sease was found.

13,065

177

12,888

DISEASES.

Primary Syphilis, uncomplicated,. Gonorrhoea,

do.,

Do. and Primary Syphilis combined,..

TOTAL,..........

TABLE E.

CONTAGIOUS DISEASES RETURN, for the Year 1877.

No. remaining in

Hospital, 31st December, 1876.

Admitted.

Total Treated.

Cured.

No. remaining in

Hospital, 31st December, 1877.

??????

1688

888888

177

182

181

Diseases.

Military Hospital. Naval Hospital.

Police Hospital.

Civil Hospital.

Gonorrhoea,

Primary Syphilis, uncomplicated,.

Do. and Primary Syphilis, combined,

do.,

69 117

...

Primary and Secondary

do.,

Do.

do. do. and Gonorrhea, combined,

Secondary Syphilis, uncomplicated,

Gonorrhoea and Paraphymosis,

Gonorrhoeal Epididymitis,

Gleet,

Excoriation of Prepuce,

...

Constitutional Syphilis,

...

Total,.

........1877,...

130

230

Total,..................................1876,.....

147

356

January, February,

March,

April,

May,

June,

July,

August,

September,

October,

November,

December,

　January, February,

March,

April,

May,

June,...

July,

August,

September,

October,..

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH JULY, 1878.

TABLE E 2.

CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ACT.

Table showing the numbers of Naval Men admitted in Naval Hospital, during the Year 1877. SECONDARY SYPHILIS.

Contracted at Hongkong.

Contracted Elsewhere.

Total.

...

4 3

Total Number,

TABLE E 3.

CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ACT.

Table showing the numbers of Military Men admitted in Military Hospital, during the Year 1877. SECONDARY SYPHILIS.

November,...

December,

Contracted at Hongkong.

Contracted Elsewhere.

Total.

Total Number,.......

TABLE F.

Showing the Number of UNLICENSED PROSTITUTES apprehended under Ordinance No. 10 of 1867, during the Year 1877.

In Houses...

Total,.

No. of Women.

Convicted.

Discharged.

Found Diseased.

XVI. TABLE showing the RATE of MORTALITY among the FOREIGN RESIDENTS in Hongkong, during the last 10 Years.

Years.

Number of Europeans and American Residents.

Burials of Residents in Protestant and Roman Catholic Cemeteries.

Percentage of Deaths to Number of Residents.

1868, 1869,

1870,

1871,

1872,

1873,

1874,

1875,

1876,

1877,

Average of 10 Ye

XVII. TABI

No. of Summonses

Issued.

1,074

2,151

2,289

2,736

2,520

2,767

ANONSABRE

1.90

2.92

3.10

3.03

2.50

1.94

2.85

2.34

2.93

3.03

2,483

2.65

ig the Work performed by the INSPECTORS of NUISANCES, for the Year 1877.

No. of Persons Discharged.

213

No. of Persons Fined.

No. of Notices Issued.

Total Amount of Fines in Dollars.

894

2,900

$857.96

XVIII. TABLE showing the ANNUAL MEAN STATE of the ATMOSPHERE, during the

as recorded at the Go ENT LOCK HOSPITAL, 137 feet above mean low level of Spring Tide.

FAHRENHEIT THERMOMETERS.

YGROMETERS.

DS.

1877.

BAROMETER.

Self Registering in Shade.

ilb.

Wet Bulb.

In Shade.

Mean.

ex-

Max. Max. Min.

Sun Sun Min. in soil Bulb Bulb on 6

in Grass. inches

Quarter (prevailing.)

1 Shade.

In Shade.

Max. Min.

Vacuo. posed.

deep.

MONTHS.

9 A.M. 3 P.M.

Max. Min. 9 A.M. Noon. | 3 P.M.

January,.

February,

March,.

April,

May,

June,

July,

August,

September,

October,

November, December,

Annual Mean,...

M. 3 P.M. 9 A.M.3 P.M.

30.16 30.09 80.0 50.0 74.5 56.3 62.0 65.5 64.8 129. 94. 59.3 61.9 2.2 65.6 57.4 59.4 30.08 30.02 79.0 41.0 72.1 52.5 57,5 59.1 59.1 109. 80. 52.9 57.5 7.8 59.5 54.3 55.3 30.03 29.96 79.0 50.0 73.1 56.3 62.3 64.9 61.1 120. 86. 57.4 62.2 2.8 63.7 58.6 60.1 29.94 29.88 85.0 57.0 77.8 64.5 70.0 75.6 72.9 127. 93. 65.2 68.5 3.0 73.2 67.2 29.80 29.74 88.0 69.0 84.5 71.3 77.4 79.1 78.1 130. 96. 71.3 74.8 18.0 78.5 73.8 29.78 29.73 92.0 71.0 88.4 75.4 82.9 85.1 82.8 144. 110. 75.3 79.4 83.9 84.4 29.71 29.77 93.0 72.0 870 75.3 182.2 84.6 83.8 142. 105. 75.4 80.3 82.8 83.3 29.65 29.65 95.0 73.0 88.0 76.0 84.0 86.3 83.0 144. 110. 76.9 80.7 83.6 85.1 78.5 29.93 29.83 92.0 70.0 85.6 74.0 80.8 84.3 82.5 144. 107. 77.5 78.0 80.2 82.8 75.9 30.02 20.96 87.0 59.0 79.8 68.8 75.5 78.4 77.3 139. 101. 69.2 72.0 *6.0 77.5 69.0 69.5 30.06 29.96 84.0 56.0 76.4 66.3 72.2 74.3 71.9 135. 91. 69.1. 70.3 72.3 74.0 67.9 66.6 30.05 29.96 79.0 45.0 68.0 58.6 64.5 66.9 66.9 114. 84. 59.3 62.2 64.8 66.9 61.7 63.0 29.93 29.87 86.0 59.4 79.6 66.2 72.6 75.3 73.6 131. 96. 67.3 70.6 73.1 74.6 60.1 69.2

9 A.M.

E & NE

E & N

3 P.M.

RAIN IN INCHES

during the MONTH.

No.

DAYS

HAV-

STATE OF WEATER.

ING

RAIN.

Average during the Month.

9 A.M.

3 P.M.

E & NE

0.03

Fine, 20 days. Overcast, 11 days. Fine, 24 days. Overcast, 7 days.

E & N

1.60

E & NE

E & W

0.80

}}

69.3

E & W

11.16

74.6

E & W

5.20

78.2

78.5

E & W

9.37 11

78.9

78.4

E & W

17.72 23

步步

79.1

E & W

12.21

76.7 E & W

E & S

13.15

E & NE

1.89

}}

E & NE

1.45

13.

E & NE

2.14 12

}}

76.72 126

THERMOMETER, FAHRENHEIT.

RAIN FALL IN INCHES.

1870.

1871. 1872. 1873. 1874. 1875. 1876. 1877. -1870. 1871.

2. 1873. 1874. 1875.

1876. 1877.

Maximum,

89.5

89.0

89.5

91.0

90.0

91.0

90.0

95.0

Minimum...

46.0

36.0

43.5

49.0

47.0

41.0

37.0

41.0

56.07 99.24

192

75,47 84.98 83.43 103.55 76.72

Range,.

43.5

53.0

46.0

42.0

43.0

50.0

53.0

54.0

Total Total during during

the the year. year.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,

13TH JULY,

1878.

357

360

THE

HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,

13TH

JULY,

1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

WINDS

THERMOMETER.

DAY AND

DATE.

BARO-

0 TO 12.

HOUR.

METER?

WEA-

THER.

BARO-

0 To 12.

METER

WEA-

THER.

AIN FALL.

? inches ding previous

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTERAT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

THERMOMETER.

CAPE D'AGUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

THERMOMETER.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

24 hours.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches

during previous 24 hours.

Saturday,

9 30.03 86.0

86.0 81.0

b.c.

29.90 87.0

85.0 83.0 SW

b.c.

29.91 85.0

87.0 82.0 SW

b.c.

28.25 77.0

76.0 76.0 SSW

o.p.f.

6th

July.

Noon? 30.04 88.5 92.0 83.0 88.0 82.0

b.c.

3 30.02 89.0

89.0 81.5

b.c.

29.90 88.0 89.0 80.0 87.0 83.0 S 29.90 90.0

b.c.

0.00

29.92 86.5 89.0 79.0 87.5 82.0 SW

b.c.

0.00

28.23 77.0 77,0 74.0 76.5 75.0 SW

b.c.v.

0.00

Sunday, 9

30.07 87.0

87.0 81.0

b.c.

29.93 87.0

7th

July.

Noon

30.06 89.5 92.0 82.0 89.0 81.0

30.02 90.0

b.c.

29.93 89.0 89.0 79.0 89.0 83.0 SW

89.0 83.0 S

b.c.

29.92 82.0

88.0 82.0; SW

b.c.

28.28 78.0

76.5 76.0 SW

b.c.v.

86.0 83.0 S

b.c.

29.94 85,5}

87.0 83.0 SW

b.c.

0.00

29.9386.0 89.5 79.5 86.5 81.0 SW

b.c.

0.00

28.28 76.0

28.28 78.0 78.0 75.0 77.0 75.0 SW

75.0] 75.0 SW

O.C.

b.c v.

0.00

90.0 82.0

b.c.

29.93 90.0

89.5 85.0 SW

b.c.

29.94 86.5

89.0 82.0 SW

b.c.

28.27 79.0

77.0 75.0 SSW

b.c.v.

30.05 84.0

8th

30.02 89.0

Tuesday,

Monday, 9

Noon 30.06 87.0 91.0 82.0 87.0 81.0

July. 3

9 30.05 85.0

9th Noon 30.05 87,0 91.0 81.0 87.0 80.0||

84.0 81.0

b.c.

29.92 87.0

86.0 83.0 Calm

b.c.

29.94 88.0

85.0 75.0 SW

b.c.

28.27 77.0

89.0 81.0

85.0 80.0

July.

30.00 88.0

88.0 79.0

Wednesday,

10th

July.

9 30.05 86.5

Noon

86.0 80.0

30.05 89.0 92.0 81.0 89 0, 80.0)

True wind

cannot be registered.

Do.

b.c.

29.92 88.5 91.0 79.0 87.5 82.0 S

b.c.

0.00

29.94 88.0 89.0 78.5 87.5 79.5 SW

b.c.

0.00

b.c.

29.91 90.0

b.c.

29.92 87.0

:|:

90.0 83.0 S

b.c.

29.93 86.0

86.0 81.0 SW

b.c.

28.2579.0

: %

75.0 75.0 S

b.c.v.

28.27 78.0 78.0 74.0 77.0 75.0 S

b.c.v.

0.00

77.0 74.0 S

b.c.v.

85.0 81.0 Calm

b.c.

29.96 86.0|

87.0 81.5 S

b.c.

28.26 77.0

: ] :

76.0 75.0 SSE

b.c.v.

b.c.

29.92 88.0 92.0 79.0 88.0 81.5 SW

b.c.

0.00

29.84 86.5 90.0 78.5 89.0 80.0 S

b.c.

0.00

28.26 79.0 79.0, 74.0 78.0 75.0 SSE

b.c.v.

0.00

b.c.

29.90 90.0

92.0 82.0 SW

b.c.

29.91 86.0

88.0 79.0 S

b.c.

28.23 79.0

78.0 76.0 SSE

b.c.v.

b.o.

29.92 88.0

86.0 81.5 S

b.c.

29.94 87.0}

87.0 81.0 SW

b.c.

28.22 78.0

76.5 74.0 SW

b.c.v.

b.c.

30.01 90.0

90.0 81.0

b.c.

29.91 90.0

29.92 90.0 93.0 79.0 88.5 81.0 SW 90.0: 83.0 SW

3 b.c.

0.00

b.c.

: =

29.94 88.0 91.5 80.5 89.0 82.0 SW 29.90 88.0|

登:

b.c.

0.00

28.27 78.0 80.0 74.0 77.0 74.0 SW

b.c.v.

0.00

88.0 80.0 SW

3 b.c.

28.23 78.0

77.0 75.0 SW

b.c.v.

Thursday, 9 30.02 88.0

88.0 82.0!

b.c.

29.90 88.0

87.0 82.0 S

b.c.

29.92 86.0

85.0 81.5 SW

b.c.

28.24 77.0

76.0 75.0 SW

b.c.v.

11th Noon 30.00 89.0 92.0 83.0189.0 82.0|

b.c.

July.

3 29.95 90.0

Friday, 9 29.95 85.0

12th

July.

Noon 29.94 88.0 92.0 83.0 88.0 82.0 3 29.91 89.0

:??

90.0 81.0

b.c.

90 89.0 93.0 70.0 88.0 82.0 SW 9.86 | 90.0

b.c.

90.5 82.0 WSW

b.c.

29.91 86.5 90.0 80.0 86.0, 80.5; SW 29.85 86.5

b.c.

9.28

28.21 78.0 78.0 74.0 77.0 74.0 SW

b.c.v.

0.00

86.0 80.0 SW

b.c.

28.18 79.0

85.0 80.0

b.c.

89.0 81.0

b.c.

: :

29.84 0.0 84.0 2.0 Calm 29.84 87.0 91.0 79.0 85.0 82.0 S 29.82 89.6 89.5 83.0 S

b.c.p.

29.84 86.0!

86.0 81.0 SW

b.c.

28.18 76.0

|b.c.

29.8487.0:89.5 81.0 89.0 82.5 SW 29.83 88.0

b.c.

0.00

87.0 81.5 SW

b.c.

: :

78.0 75.0 SW

b.c.v.

75.0 75.0 SW

C.V.

28.15 78.0 78.0 74.0 77.0 76.0 SSW 28.14 78.0| 77.0 75.0 SSW

b.v.

0.50

b.v.

STATE OF WEATHER:-6. blue sky.; c. clouds (detached); drizzling rain; ?A foggy; 9. gloomy; n. hail; 7. lightning; m. Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). NOTE.-A bar under any letter augments its signification, thus Vay foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and continui

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

Description of Wind.

Calm

Light Air

Light Breeze Gentle Breeze

Moderate Breeze..

Fresh Breeze..

Strong Breeze

Moderate Gale.

Fresh Gale

Strong Gale

Whole Gale...

Storm..

Hurricane...

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Just sufficient to give steerage way With which the above Ship with all sail set and clean full would to in smooth water..

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3 to 4

5 to 6

Rovals,

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails.

In which she could just carry in chase, Double Reefs and Jib, &c. full and by

In which she could just bear close-reefed

Under Storm Staysail ....................

Bare Poles...

0 to 2

the Force

of the

Wind.

Triple Reefs, &c...

Close Reefs and Courses

53 60

Main Topsail and reefed Foresail

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　　　　　Arrangements having been concluded for the establishment of a Money Order sys this Colony and the Straits Settlements, His Excellency Governor POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G.. to order (under Section XII of the Post Office Ordinance, 1876) that the issue of Money the Straits Settlements and the payment of Money Orders issued in the Straits Settleme commence in this Colony from the 22nd instant, and that the rates of commission and excha be those mentioned in the following notice.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th July, 1878.

J. M. PRIC Acting Colonial Sec.

With regard to the above, the following Information as to Money Orders is published for general information:-

　　　　　　1. Money Orders on the United Kingdom and the Straits Settlements are issued a Hongkong, Shanghai, and Yokoha- ma. Shanghai and Yokohama also issue on Hongkong and vice vers?.

2. Small sums may be remitted between the other Ports by means of Postage Stamps.

　　　　　　3. Many Money Orders are supplied to residents at the smaller Ports in this way. An application for an order* is filled up, and is enclosed with a stamped, directed and unsealed envelope to the Postmaster at the nearest issuing Office. The application must be accompanied with the full amount (including commission) in Cheque, Postage Stamps, or other equivalent of cash, and a little margin should be left for variations of exchange The Postmaster issues the order, sends it on in the envelope, and returns the change, if any, by first opportunity, with a receipt for the letter, if it were to be registered, as it always should be. Care should be taken to send these applications in time, as the Money Order Offices close some hours before the departures of the Mails.

4. No Order must exceed ?10, or include any fraction of a penny. Orders will be drawn at the current rate of the day and paid at the rate of the day when the advice arrived.

The Commission is as follows:-

ORDERS ON THE UNITED Kingdom.

.18 cents.

?2,...

?5,

.36

?7,

.54 .72

?10,...

LOCAL MONEY ORDERS (including Straits Settlements). Up to $25,. ,, $50,

.15 cents. ..30 ""

5. Lists of Money Order Offices in the United Kingdom may be consulted at Hongkong, Shanghai, and Yokohama. 6. Names must be given in full (except when there is more than one Christian name) but the name of the Payee need not be given if the order be crossed (as Cheques are crossed). It can then be paid only through a Bank, and may after- wards be specially crossed to any Bank.

　　　　　　7. No Order can be paid till the Payee have signed it in the proper place. An order can be transferred to another Office on payment of an additional commission. In case of loss of an order, necessity for stopping payment, or the like, application should be made to the nearest Money Order Office for instructions.

8. If the Order be not presented within six months, an additional commission will be charged; if not within twelve months, the money will be forfeited. When the order is once paid no further claim can be entertained.

9. No Order can he paid until the advice relative to it has been received.

*Made out on a printed form which is supplied gratis.

+ Except at Shanghai, where a fixed dollar rate for drawing on the United Kingdom is in force. Local Orders on Shanghai are drawn at 2 per cent premium in all cases.

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No. 144.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20TH JULY, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　The following Return, received from Mr. HENRY DICKIE, of the quantity of Spirits distilled by the China Sugar Refining Company, Limited, is published for general information.

Spirits manufactured during the quarter ending 10th July, 1878,.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th July, 1878.

Proof Gallons. 4,103

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

145.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

following Report from the Honourable CHARLES MAY, Superintendent of the Fire Brigade, tarter ending on June, 1878, is published for general information.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

nial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th July, 1878.

FIRE BRIGADE DEPARTMENT,

HONGKONG, 12th July, 1878.

R-I have the honour to forward to you, for submission to His Excellency the Governor, the srigade Report for the 2nd quarter of 1878.

　　The usual Parades and Inspections were held on 9th May, 11th June, and 9th July, at which the Government Steam (excepting No. 1 Steam Engine at the two latter mentioned, being necessarily absent for repairs) and Manual Engines, as also those of the Chinese Volunteer Associations were present. All were worked from the sea.

　　At the last inspection in July), No. 2 Steam Engine worked satisfactori and then it was found necessary to draw the fires, because of a defect in the Stea put this in order by 7 P.M. the same evening.

t 20 minutes the Engineer

The Fire Ladders, Hose, Extincteurs and Implements were all found in good condition. The Engines, Hose and Implements at Shau-k? W?n, Yau-m? T? and Aberdeen are in good working order.

The Government Engineer ma le monthly reports of the state of the Engines, both Steam and Manual.

　　On 1st June, the No. 1 Steam Fire Engine was taken to "Sand's Slip," to have a newly con- structed boiler fitted, and a thorough overhaul of the Engines, as per instructions conveyed in C. S. O. 173 of 22nd January last, and the work is almost completed.

I have the honour to be,

The Honourable J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary,

&c.,

&c.

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

C. MAY,

Superintendent, Fire Brigade.

STAMP OFFICE.

T' above Office being now provided with a 3-cent die, Books of Receipts, Rent Collectors' Books, &c., can be stamped beforehand in the same manner as Cheque Books.

can also be stamped if required.

Loose receipt forms

ALFRED LISTER,

Collector.

Stamp Office, Hongkong, 19th July, 1878.

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20TH JULY, 1878.

NOTICE.

　　　It is hereby notified, that Ships conveying Chinese Passengers under the provisions of Ordinance. No. 5 of 1874, will not be allowed to carry them on the Upper or Weather Deck between the 1st of June, and the 15th of October, inclusive.

Harbour Department, Hongkong, 2nd May, 1878.

NOTICE.

J. P. McEUEN, Acting Emigration Officer, &c.

　　　It is requested that such Rates may be paid before the 31st July, as after that date application will be made to the Supreme Court for the recovery of arrears.

Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 29th June, 1878.

Letters. Papers.

Aqueon, Madle.1 Alvares, P. S. Abduchuban, C. I regd. Abaiso, Gen. G.,1

Aky, (Mypan) 1 regd. Atak, (Mypan) 1 regd. Ayoon

Antoine, Mattei 1

1 regd.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

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Clark, Capt. W. 1 Cassipini, E. 1

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General Post Office, Hongkong, 19th July, 1878.

THE

HONGKONG GOVERNMENT

GAZETTE,

20TH

1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

CAPE D'AGUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

THERMOMETER.

DAY AND

BARO-

HOUR.

DATE.

METER

Saturday,

18th Noon 29.91 88.0 92:0 83.0 88.0 82.0

:??

WINDS

0 TO 12. Attd. Mux. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

29.92 87.0

WI`DS

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

WEA- BARO-1 THER. METER

0 TO 12.

WEA-

THERMOMETER.

1 HER.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

24 hours.

BARO-

In inches during previous METER

Attd. Max. Min. Dry Wet, Direct. Force.

VICTORIA PEAK.

THERMOMETER.

HEIGI T 1,823 FEET.

WIND

RAIN FALL.

Ο ΤΟ 12.

WEA-

THER.

In inches

during previous 24 hours.

87.0 82.0

.ub 88.0

July.

29.86 89.0

89.0 81.0

29.80 | 88.0 90.0 80.5 87.5 84.0 SW 29.78 90.0

: 2

87.0 83.0 Calm

b.c

29.82 86.0

86.5 82.0 SSW

b.c.d.

28.14 78.0

77.0 75.5 E

0.c.

b.c.p.

88.0 82.0 SW

b.c.

29.82 85.5 90.5 81.0 87.0 82.0 SE .80 87.0

b.c.r.

0.07

28.13 | 79.0 79,0 74.0 78.0 75.0 E

3 O.C.

0.00

87.5 81.5 S

b.c.r.

28.11 77.0

76.0 75.0 E

b.c.v.

Sunday,

29.96 86.0

86.0 81.0

29.96 87.0 92.0 82.0 87.0 81.0

29.92 85.5

b.c.

29.82 87.0

85.0 83.0 Calm

b.c.

28.86 85.0

84.0 79.0 S

b.c.

28.19 77.0

b.c.

29.83 88.0 90.5 80.5 87.0 84.0 E

b.c.

X00

85.0 80.01

o.c.r.

29.83 86.0

82.5 82.0 E

o.q.r.

29.85 | 86.0 89.0 79.0 86.0 80.5 SE 29.83 86.0

b.c.q.

0.09

86.5 81.5 SSE

b.c.q.

28.15 76.0

28.19 78.0 79.0 75.0 77.0 76.0 SSE

76.0 75.5 SSE

O.C.

^.c.V.

0.00

76.0 75.0 SSE

op.r.

Monday,,

15th

30.01 84.0

84.0 80.0

b.c.

29.87 86.0

84.0 81.0 E

b.c.p.

29.91 85.0

July.

Noon? 30.02 | 85.0 130-82.0 85.0 79.0 30.00 85.0

Tuesday, 9 30.05 82.0

16th Noon 30.0685.0 89.0 79.0 85.0 80.0

85.0 80.0

82.0 78.5

July.

30.0388.0

17th

Wednesday, 9 30.10 85.0

Noon 30.09 86.0 90.0 83.0 86.0 79.0

88.0 79.0

85.0 80.5

True wind

cannot be registered.

Do.

b.c.

29.89 86.0 89.5 75.0 84.5 80.0 E

b.c.

1.26

o.c.r.

29.89 86.0

83.5 80.0 E

b.c.p.

29.91 84.0

29.9284.0 89.5 73.0 83.0 79.0 SW

85.0 80.5 SW

b.c.q.

28.21 77.0

b.c.p.

0.65

83.0 78.5 SE

b.c.p.

28.20 76.0

76.0 75.0 ESE

o.c.m.

28.21 77.0 77.0 73.0 76.0 74.0 SE

o.c.p.s.

0.78

b.c.

29.93 85.0

29.92 | 86.0 87.0 76.5 86.5 81.0 E

83.5 80.0 E

b.c.

29.94 84.0

84.0 79.0 E

b.c.

0.31

: ?

29.95 85.0 88.0 75.0] 87.5 81.0 SE

?? :

28.25 76.0

1 b.c.

0.17

b.c.

2592 88.0

90.5 85.0 ESE

3 b.c.

29.94 85.0

88.0 81.5 SE

b.c.

28.26 78.0

? :

1:2

75.0 74.0 SSE

o.p.s.

75.0 74.0 ESE

O.C.

28.28 78.0 78.0 74.0 77.0 74.0 ESE

b.c.

0.35

78.0 74.0 ESE

b.c.

29.94 86.0

85.0 82.0 Calm

b.c.

29.98 85.0

July.

30.05 89.0

89.0 80.0

b.c.

29.95 88.0 92.0 77.5 87.0 82.5 SW 29.94 90.0

b.c.

0.00

90.0 83.0 SW

]

b.c.

29.95 86.0

: 8

29.97 85.5 90.0 78.0 87.0 82.5 SE

87.5 82.5 SE

b.c.

28.28 77.0

76.0 74.0 SSE

b.c.

0.00

28.30 78.0 78.0 74.0 78.0 75.0 SSE

b.v.

0.00

87.0 81.0 SE

b.c.

28.27 78.0

Thursday,

30.07 84.0

84.0 80.0

b.c.

29.92 86.0

85.0 81.0 SW

b.c.

29.93 85.5

87.5 81.0 SW

b.c.

28.26 76.0

18th

Noon 30.04 88.0 91.0 81.0 88.0 81.0

: ?

b.c.

29.92 88.0 90.5 78.0 87.5 82.0 SW

b.c.

0.00

July.

3 30.01 89.0

89.0 82.5

b.c.

29.91 90.0

Friday, 9

19th

July.

30.00 84.0 84.0 80.0 Noon 30.00 | 87.0 92.0 82.0 87.0 80.0 3 29.97 87.5

b.c.

29.88 88.0

90.5 84.0

b.c.

29.94 86.0 89.0 79.0 89.0 81.0 SW 29.92 87.0

3 b.c.

9.00

87.0 83.0 SW

b.c.

:::

78.0 74.0 SSW

b.v.

75.0 74.0 SSW

2 b.c.v.

28.26 79.0 79.0 74.0 78.0 75.0 SSW 28.23 78.0

2 b.c.v.

0.00

77.5 75.0 SSW

b.c.v.

86.0 83.0 Calm

b.c.

:??:

b.c.

87.0 81.0

b.c.

29.88 89.0 92.0 78.5 88.5 84.0 SW 29.88 89.0

b.c.

0.06

88.0 84.0 SW

29.90 84.0 29.90 86.5 89.0 78.0 87.5 81.0 SW 29.88 86.0 86.0 80.0 SW

85.0 81.5 SW

b.c.

28.23 77.0

76.0 75.0 SSW

O.C..

b.c.

0.10

:??

b.c.

28.28 78.0 79.0 74.0 77.0 75,0 SSW 28.21 | 78.0 77.0 75.0 SSW

2 b.c.

0.00

b.c.

Illustrations of the pwer of the Wind as regards a well-conditioned Man-o War or First-class Clipper Ship.

Rate of the Wind

per Hour in Miles.

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

STATE OF WEATHER:-b. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; f. foggy; g. gloomy; h. hail; 7. lightning; m. listy (hazy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; q. squally; 7. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility. Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). NOTE.—A bar (—) under any letter augments its signification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and continuir rain, &c., &c.

Just sufficient to give steerage way

Calm

Light Air Light Breeze.. Gentle Breeze

Moderate Breeze. Fresh Breeze

Strong Breeze

Moderate Gale.. Fresh Gale

Strong Gale

Whole Gale......... · Storm...... Hurricane..

In which she could just carry in chee, Double Reefs and Jib, &c. full and by

Close Reefs and Courses

In which she could just bear close-rifed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail

Under Storm Staysail ..

Bare Poles......

With which the above Ship with allil ( 1 to 2 knots set and clean full would go in smc h& 4 water.. 510 6

Koyals, &c.

11 15

16 20

21 - 25

26 30

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails.

31 - 36

37 44

Triple Reefs, &c....

45 - 52

53 - 60

70 - 80

above 80

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Description of Wind.

Wind.

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JULY,

1878.

367

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20TH JULY, 1878.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in

Uits Original Jurisdiction on Mondays and

Thursdays.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET,

Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in Summary Jurisdiction, on every Tues- day, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

In the matter of LEE-YU-CH?w, a Bankrupt.

NOTICE is her cow who was adjudicated a

TOTICE is hereby given that the Bankruptcy

Bankrupt on the 15th day of November, 1877, was by an order of this Honourable Court an- nulled on the 8th day of July, 1878.

Dated this 16th day of July, 1878.

W. H. BRERETON, Solicitor for the said LEE-YU-CHOW.

CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.

Y order of the Court of Directors I have

management of this

Branch of the Bank to Mr. WILLIAM FORREST.

(Signed,) R. I. HARPER,

Hongkong, 16th July, 1878.

Manager.

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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

No. 30.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 27TH JULY, 1878.

CHINA FAMINE RELIEF FUND.

The following correspondence is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th July, 1878.

VOL. XXIV.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

To His Excellency

Honourable JOHN POPE HENNESSY,

SHANGHAI, June 29th, 1878.

&c.,

Governor of Hongkong,

&c.,

&c.

Excellency has taken in the work of relief for the famine

SIR,-Knowing the deep interest

stricken district of th T

on the subject

'hina,

I beg, as Chairman of the Shanghai Committee, to address you

　　　　　You willrd from the detailed reports of the Catholic and Protestant Missionaries, who have so nobly devoted themselves to the work, that the funds placed in their hands have been of the greatest service, and that the measures adopted by them in various parts of the Country have been most effective for the alleviation of the wide spread misery: you will also have learned that abundant rains have at length fallen throughout most of the famine districts, so that there is good reason to believe when the autumn harvests are reaped, the horrors of t amine will be greatly at an end, and its intensity so far abated, that the native authorities will be sufficiently able to cope with it. Between the present time and the autumn, however, a most critical period has to be passed, and both classes of Missionaries in the field are most pressing in their appeals for further assistance to enable them to continue the systems of relief which they have organized, and without which they assure us the fruits of their labours and expenditure must to a great extent be sacrificed.

In this emergency, it is with the deepest regret we find ourselves unable fully to meet the urgent calls thus made upon us. Contributions from Great Britain, on which we have chiefly depended, have recently fallen off materially, and local sources of supply are well nigh exhausted.

　　　　　Under these circumstances, while thanking you most gratefully for the kind and liberal response you were pleased to make to our former appeal for assistance, we venture to make a second application, hoping that your Excellency may be induced to recommend the appropriation of a further sum from the funds of the Colony, for the charitable work we have at heart, as special help at the present time would be most opportune and accomplish a very large amount of good.

I remain,

Sir,

Your Excellency's most obedient Servant,

W. S. WETMORE,

Chairman of the

China Famine Relief Committee.

370

THE HONGKONG GOVERNME

27 JULY, 1878.

GONMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 27th July, 1878.

SIR,-After giving my best consideration to your letter of the 29th of June, and with the most anxious desire to meet your wishes, I do not think I should be justified in recommending any further appropriation from the Treasury of this Colony for the China Famine Relief Fund.

　　2. My predecessor, Sir ARTHUR KENNEDY, obtained a vote of $1,380 and I had the satisfaction of obtaining the consent of the Legislative Council, and of Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH to a further vote of $10,000. In addition to this, the European Community here subscribed about $12,900, and the Chinese Community about $108,000; being a total of over one hundred and thirty-two thousand dollars.

　　3. Looking to the limited population of this Colony, it may perhaps be only fair to say, that no Community in any part of the Globe has contributed more, in proportion, for the Famine Fund than the Community of Hongkong.

W. S. WETMORE, Esquire,

Chairman of the

China Famine Relief Fund.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

J. POPE HENNESSY.

CHINESE HOUSES.

The following Documents relating to the structures of Chinese Houses in the Chinese part of the Town of Victoria, are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th July, 1878.

(Translation.)

To His Excellency

JOHN POPE HENNESSY,

I.G., Governor of Hongkong, &c.,

&c.,

&e.

PRICE,

Secretary.

The humble Memorial of the undersigned, Land Owners

and Residents in the Colony of Hongkong.

　　　SHEWETH:-Your Memorialists venture to memorialize your Excellency with reference to the following subject:-

　　　A letter has been brought to their notice recently addressed by the Honourable Mr. PRICE, Surveyor General, to Mr. R. G. ALFORD, regarding certain plans for Chinese houses, prepared by the latter, as Architect, for Mr. LEE TAK CHEONG and others, which had been officially laid before Mr. PRICE. Your Memorialists observe from this letter that your Excellency concurs in objections raised to these plans by the Surveyor General on the ground that houses built in accordance with them would be unhealthy, and in the suggestions made by the Surveyor General for improving the ventilations of the houses by widening an alley space already allowed for in one plan, and by allowing space for two alleys where such had not been provided for in the other.

The terms of Mr. PRICE's letter lead your Memorialists to infer that your Excellency in concurring in the suggested alterations and the reasons for them is, to a certain extent, laying down or is prepared to lay down general principles for the guidance of all land owners intending to build Chinese houses, because having been shewn the plans in question they observe that the buildings as designed are for a very superior class of residence, that they provide for the ordinary requirements of

370

THE HONGKONG GOVERNME

27 JULY, 1878.

GONMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 27th July, 1878.

W. S. WETMORE, Esquire,

Chairman of the

China Famine Relief Fund.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

J. POPE HENNESSY.

CHINESE HOUSES.

The following Documents relating to the structures of Chinese Houses in the Chinese part of the Town of Victoria, are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th July, 1878.

(Translation.)

To His Excellency

JOHN POPE HENNESSY,

I.G., Governor of Hongkong, &c.,

&c.,

&e.

PRICE,

Secretary.

The humble Memorial of the undersigned, Land Owners

and Residents in the Colony of Hongkong.

　　　SHEWETH:-Your Memorialists venture to memorialize your Excellency with reference to the following subject:-

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH JULY, 1878.

371

　　Chinese tots in a satisfactory manner, and from their point of view seem in no way deficient in regard to supplying the space for the admission of light and air which is required by their habits, ideas and wants.

　　　　Now these habits although your Memorialists are given to understand that they are condemned by the more recent rules of Western science are, as a matter of fact, the outcome of a lengthened experience among the Chinese of living in large and crowded cities, and are as deep rooted as most of their social customs, so that it is quite certain that the tenants for whom these houses are intended as they would not understand the reason, would in no way avail themselves of the facilities for the free access of light and air which the Surveyor General's proposed alterations would provide for them.

The windows looking out into the proposed alleys would be kept closed and the alleys themselves not being intended for use as thoroughfares would be made receptacles for the deposit of refuse and filth which would beyond question be suffered to accumulate to an extent in itself dangerous to health. Such in fact has been the practical result of providing similar alley ways in other parts of this city as, for instance, in East and West Streets, Taipingshan, where, owing probably in great measure to this cause, epidemic diseases are frequent in the hot season, and at times when houses in Tung-mun Lane, Gilman's Bazaar and other streets leading from the Queen's Road to the Praya where houses have been built back to back remain altogether free from such visitations.

The great cities in the mainland of China such as Canton and Fatshan, are singularly free also from epidemic disease, and there all along the streets and main thoroughfares it has been the practice from time immemorial to build the houses back to back.

In Hongkong, as your Excellency is aware, land has become extremely valuable, and in order to make it profitable as an investment, it is necessary to take advantage to the utmost of the space at command. Chinese tenants are, as a rule, on the other hand, unable or unwilling to pay high rents for their dwelling rooms, and it is only by so dividing the houses that many families or persons can reside in each division that Chinese property is made profitable and at the same time the necessary lowness of rents attained. Having regard then to C'nese habits, it is practically certain that all available build space taken out from any given plc, of land for the mere purpose of ventilation will be so much

the comfort of the tenants and will only lead to further overcrowding. way I

Again the open

lighted, wi

easy access

and the cone

For the

s never being used as thoroughfares, and consequently never properly

Holy police, and both as hiding - lavou ** Shinwan `n both side vill afford special facilities for robbery, the

plunder.

escape

Jers

among oth

reasons your Memorialists venture to point out to your Excellency that the principle of providing alley spaces for the purposes of adnitting light and air to Chinese residences would meet with but little measure of success and would oe in no way appreciated by those whom it is kindly intended to benefit. On the other hand, it certainly calculated to alarm and irritate those interested in land and to depreciate the value property. It is a principle never, as they believe, hitherto carried into effect in Ho gkong, based on no local Ordinance, and investors who have bought land have done so in ignorance that they uld have to abide by it.

　　　　Your Memorialists belong to a law abidin order, to whom, as the long experience of the Government of this Colony has shown, factious position is unknown: and they should not in this instance depart from their usual habit of silent bmission to such laws and regulations as are made for their obedience, if they did not feel stropy that the points apparently decided in the letter of the Honourable the Surveyor General tend to

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　ess with injustice upon them, and are such as they think ought not to be finally decided without their having a hearing and some voice in such final decision.

Within the limits of a Memorial such as u

his, it is not possible to enter fully into the details of all the objections which exist on the part of your

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Memorialists to the conclusion arrived at, or to do more than indicate the arguments by which their obj, should not be allowed to rest where it is, and that it ctions can be supported; but they think they have sufficiently succeeded in shewing that the matt is of sufficient p?blic importance to require a fu

ther investigation.

Your Memorialists therefor humbly pray that your Excellency will be pleased to take the subject matter of this morial into your consideration and cause enquiries to be made either by means of a mission appointed to take such evidence as your Memorialists may be able to laybefore it and to hear their arguments, or by such other means as may seem to your Excelency th fitted to elicit the truth.

Hongkong, 24th May 1878.

372

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH JULY, 1878.

(Signed,) LEONG ON.

(Signed,)

CHEA TAT SHING.

NG SHANG.

WONG YIK PUN.

NG YIN.

LEE TAK CHEUNG.

TUNG WA HOSPITAL.

Sz To WAI.

CHEUK TO.

WONG YIK HIN.

LEE TSEUNG.

LEE HING.

KWOK ACHEONG.

SHAY HOP TUK TONG.

LEE SING.

YUNG LEUNG.

LEE CHUN.

CHUN KUN.

CHEANG SING YEONG.

YIP WONG.

YIP CHOOK KAI.

NG SHANG.

CHEUK LUENG.

KWOK SHOONG TAK.

NG WAI.

LEE TSEUNG.

CHUN AYAU.

KO MOON WAH.

LEE KAT

KUM CHEUNG.

CHUN YOW.

CHUN HEE.

CHUN SHING.

CHEANG YEW SHEK.

CHEUNG KAI.

???

NG TSEUNG.

LEUNG YIP SHOW.

LUM ASOW.

Tso Yow.

YIP CHIM. LEUNG KWONG. SHEE YOW. YEE ON.

LO YUM KAI. TANG LUK. WONG SHING.

LEUNG TSO KUN.

Ho Sow KAI.

YEONG PAT.

WAI YUK.

PANG WAH.

WONG SHU TONG.

CHAN SHUNG LAI.

WONG SHEH TAI.

TAM SHAN.

WONG YIP HUNE.

PANG YUK LEONG.

TSANG HOONG.

LEE SHING Ho.

PANG HEUNG.

CHOY CHAN.

YEONG MOW.

MOK SZ YEUNG.

PANG SHUT..

LO CHEUNG.

YEING SHU LUN.

HO WOON SHING.

WONG TSOI TIN.

WONGEW.

WUN KOM CHOONG.

Koo WH.

HO TIK.

IOK. ONG Po.

Minute by His Excellency the Governor.

This Memorial, which relates the structure of purely Chinese houses in the Chinese quarter of the town, is signed by nearly all theloading Chinese inhabitants of Hongkong, in fact it is signed by those intelligent and influential Chi ese esidents whose views with respect to such questions are entitled to the greatest weight.

　　Agreeing with them in the general princ they have now put before me, I would be glad to learn that the Memorialists could see their

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　conforming to the essentially Chinese style of dwelling common both to Canton and Hongkong which, while economizing space to the utmost, admits of a certain amount of light and ventilation-ough the small square spaces left at the back,

called smoke-holes.

J. POPE HENNESSY.

13th July, 1878.

With reference to the foregoing documents, the follo Guarantee required to be signed by all persons allowed+ving Supplementary conditions to the form of o erect Verandahs over Crown Land, will in future be enforced in respect to the arrangement of pro erties in crowded localities, at the discretion of His Excellency the Governor.

　　In consideration of the privileges afforded by thi I hereby undertake, in reference to the arrangement of before named during the continuance of such privileg sanitary measures being observed:-

Verandah being erected over Crown Land, dwellings to be constructed upon the Lot encroachment, that with a view to improved

1. So long as a continuous blank wall forms the bek of any Tenement not adjoining a side street, an open yard shall be provided between the house and is kitchen of the full width of the said house and of a depth proportionate to the number of stories ontained therein, viz., 4 feet deep for every house of two floors high (including the g r), 5 feet deep for every house three floors high, and

increasing 1 foot in depth for ever

"in height beyond.

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THE HONGKong governMENT GAZETTE, 27TH JULY, 1878.

373

　　　　2. That the said yard shall not at any time be tiled over or covered in except by such bridges (roofed on the top floor only) of a width of not over 4 feet each as may be necessary to afford access to the kitchens from the upper floors, and that the said yards shall be paved with granite.

　　　　3. That in case the party or external walls of such contiguous yards shall be built up above the ground floor there shall be provided on each side of every yard and at the level of every floor an aperture for ventilation through such party or external wall of a size of not less than 6 feet by 3 feet, in which no windows, jalousies or obstruction shall be placed, other than iron bars for the protection of property.

　　　　4. That the utmost endeavours shall be used to cause the Tenants of the houses to keep the said open yards in such free and clean condition as shall allow of the continuous passage of air through them on the level of every floor from one end of such block of buildings to the other.

No. 146.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　The following Extract from the London Gazette of Tuesday, May 14th, 1878, is published for general information.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th July, 1878.

Foreign Office, May 14, 1878.

　　　　Major WODEHOUSE, Her Majesty's Commissioner and Consul-General at Honolulu, has reported that the Hawaiian Government withdraw the Notice to terminate Articles V and VI of the Treaty f July 10, 1851, between Great Britain and the Sandwich Islands.

　　　　The Notice to terminate Article IV of that Treaty, as announced in the Londo. Gazette of February 19, 1878, is maintained.

No. 147.

ENT NOTIFI

Governor is please to direct that Monday, 5 August, being a Bank Holiday,

'iday by the Go

???

vernment Departments.

　　　　　　　His Ex is to be obser

101

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Offi , Fongkong, 26th July, 1878.

No. 148.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to recognize provisionally and pending the receipt of Her Majesty's Exequatur, Don Jos? VELEZ as Vice-Consul for Spain at this Port.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th July, 1878.

No. 149.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

　　　　　The following Return of Births and Deaths for the 2nd Quarter ending 30th June, 1878, received from the Registrar General's Office, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th July, 1878.

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

THE HONGKong governMENT GAZETTE, 27TH JULY, 1878.

373

No. 146.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　The following Extract from the London Gazette of Tuesday, May 14th, 1878, is published for general information.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th July, 1878.

Foreign Office, May 14, 1878.

　　　　The Notice to terminate Article IV of that Treaty, as announced in the Londo. Gazette of February 19, 1878, is maintained.

No. 147.

ENT NOTIFI

Governor is please to direct that Monday, 5 August, being a Bank Holiday,

'iday by the Go

???

vernment Departments.

　　　　　　　His Ex is to be obser

101

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Offi , Fongkong, 26th July, 1878.

No. 148.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to recognize provisionally and pending the receipt of Her Majesty's Exequatur, Don Jos? VELEZ as Vice-Consul for Spain at this Port.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th July, 1878.

No. 149.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

　　　　　The following Return of Births and Deaths for the 2nd Quarter ending 30th June, 1878, received from the Registrar General's Office, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th July, 1878.

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

THE HONGKong governMENT GAZETTE, 27TH JULY, 1878.

373

No. 146.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　The following Extract from the London Gazette of Tuesday, May 14th, 1878, is published for general information.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th July, 1878.

Foreign Office, May 14, 1878.

　　　　The Notice to terminate Article IV of that Treaty, as announced in the Londo. Gazette of February 19, 1878, is maintained.

No. 147.

ENT NOTIFI

Governor is please to direct that Monday, 5 August, being a Bank Holiday,

'iday by the Go

???

vernment Departments.

　　　　　　　His Ex is to be obser

101

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Offi , Fongkong, 26th July, 1878.

No. 148.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to recognize provisionally and pending the receipt of Her Majesty's Exequatur, Don Jos? VELEZ as Vice-Consul for Spain at this Port.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th July, 1878.

No. 149.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

　　　　　The following Return of Births and Deaths for the 2nd Quarter ending 30th June, 1878, received from the Registrar General's Office, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th July, 1878.

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

374

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH JULY, 1878.

RETURNS of BIRTHS and DEATHS for the 2nd Quarter of 1878, ending 30th June.

DISTRICTS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

CHINESE.

DEATHS. BRITISH & FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

BIRTHS.

DEATHS.

BIRTHS.

DEATHS.

Boys. Girls. Males. Females. Boys.

Girls.

Males. Females.

British, &c.,

.15

Victoria,

142

104

448

436

Portuguese,

Kow-loon,

Indian, &c.,

Sh?u-k? W?n,.

Non-Residents,

..10

Aberdeen,

Stanley,

TOTAL,...

169

122

522

480

ANNUAL DEATH-RATE,

GRAND TOTAL,

1878.

PER1,000 FOR 2ND QUARTER OF

Whole Population,....

29.86

...

Births, 327

British & Foreign Community,

16.48

Deaths, ...1,039

Do. deducting non-Residents, Chinese,

13.78

30.79

Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 24th July, 1878.

No. 150.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

CECIL C. SMITH,

Registrar General.

The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong. 27th July, 1878.

Government of indi

Leting

PRICE,

Secretary.

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE, AND COMMERCE.

NOTICE TO MAKINERS.

[No. 14.]

HINDOSTAN-WEST COAST-BOMBAY HARBOUR.

Beacon on Choul K?du Rock.

　　Notice is hereby given that a large, circular, gray stone beacon, 20 feet in diameter, and 60 feet above mean sea-level, has been erected on the Choul K?du rock, off Alibagh.

　　The beacon is in latitude 18° 36′ 0′′ N., and longitude 72° 50′ 8′′ E., and from it the following bearings have been taken :-

Kenery or Kundari light-house

Temple in Kolaba Fort

Saugur Gurh Hill Fort

Kurla Fort (central summit).

N. by W. W. .N. N. E.

.N. E. by E. 3 E. ...S. E. 1 S.

　　The rock, on which this beacon has been placed, uncovers 9 feet at low-water spring tides, and the visible part is then about 100 feet across.

　　This rock appears to have been altogether omitted on the coast charts, although the foul ground, known as Choul K?du reef, which lies i miles to the south-west, or outside of it, is shewn.

[Bearings are Magnetic. Variation 0° 55′ Easterly in 1878.]

By Direction of the Government of India,

A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr. (late I. N.),

Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.

MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, 22nd May 1878.

　　This Notice will affect the following Admiralty Charts:-West Coast of India, Sheet IV, Kundari to Boria Pagoda, No. 738; Sheet I, Kutch Gulf to Viziadroog, No. 2756, India, West Coast (General Chart), Kurrachee to Vingorla, No. 826; also, Admiralty West Coast or Hindostan Pilot, page 125; and Taylor's Sailing Directory, Vol. I, page 385.

If this Notice is received on boardship, the substance of it should be inserted on the Charts affected by it, and introduced into the Sailing Directions to which it relates.

374

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH JULY, 1878.

RETURNS of BIRTHS and DEATHS for the 2nd Quarter of 1878, ending 30th June.

DISTRICTS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

CHINESE.

DEATHS. BRITISH & FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

BIRTHS.

DEATHS.

BIRTHS.

DEATHS.

Boys. Girls. Males. Females. Boys.

Girls.

Males. Females.

British, &c.,

.15

Victoria,

142

104

448

436

Portuguese,

Kow-loon,

Indian, &c.,

Sh?u-k? W?n,.

Non-Residents,

..10

Aberdeen,

Stanley,

TOTAL,...

169

122

522

480

ANNUAL DEATH-RATE,

GRAND TOTAL,

1878.

PER1,000 FOR 2ND QUARTER OF

Whole Population,....

29.86

...

Births, 327

British & Foreign Community,

16.48

Deaths, ...1,039

Do. deducting non-Residents, Chinese,

13.78

30.79

Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 24th July, 1878.

No. 150.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

CECIL C. SMITH,

Registrar General.

The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong. 27th July, 1878.

Government of indi

Leting

PRICE,

Secretary.

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE, AND COMMERCE.

NOTICE TO MAKINERS.

[No. 14.]

HINDOSTAN-WEST COAST-BOMBAY HARBOUR.

Beacon on Choul K?du Rock.

　　Notice is hereby given that a large, circular, gray stone beacon, 20 feet in diameter, and 60 feet above mean sea-level, has been erected on the Choul K?du rock, off Alibagh.

　　The beacon is in latitude 18° 36′ 0′′ N., and longitude 72° 50′ 8′′ E., and from it the following bearings have been taken :-

Kenery or Kundari light-house

Temple in Kolaba Fort

Saugur Gurh Hill Fort

Kurla Fort (central summit).

N. by W. W. .N. N. E.

.N. E. by E. 3 E. ...S. E. 1 S.

　　The rock, on which this beacon has been placed, uncovers 9 feet at low-water spring tides, and the visible part is then about 100 feet across.

　　This rock appears to have been altogether omitted on the coast charts, although the foul ground, known as Choul K?du reef, which lies i miles to the south-west, or outside of it, is shewn.

[Bearings are Magnetic. Variation 0° 55′ Easterly in 1878.]

By Direction of the Government of India,

A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr. (late I. N.),

Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.

MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, 22nd May 1878.

If this Notice is received on boardship, the substance of it should be inserted on the Charts affected by it, and introduced into the Sailing Directions to which it relates.

700

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH JULY, 1878.

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE, AND COMMERCE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

[No. 15.]

PERSIAN GULF.

Shoal Near Tumb Island (Jazirat Tanb).

375

The following information has been received from Lieutenant A. W. Stiffe, late I. N., relating to a shoal in the Persian Gulf lately surveyed by that officer:-

This shoal, which has hitherto been shewn on the charts as a patch with 7 fathoms on it, lies about 5 miles due east of the north extreme of Tumb island (Jaz?rat Tanb) in latitude 26° 17′ 0′′ N., and longitude 55° 25′ 0′′ E.

It is about one mile in extent, with 30 to 40 fathoms of water all round.

　　　　　The depth on the shoal generally is from 7 to 10 fathoms, but near its centre is a patch of 41 fathoms, about 2 cables long, and lying in a north and south direction.

The tide makes a strong ripple over it, running at the rate of 2 to 3 knots at springs.

By Direction of the Government of India,

A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr. (late I. N.),

Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.

MARINE SURVey DepartmeNT, CALCUTTA, 24th May 1878.

　　　　　　This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Entrance to the Persian Gulf, No. 753; Persian Gulf, No. 2837a; Indian Ocean, Sheet 2, northern portion, No. 748b; also, Admiralty Persian Gulf Pilot, page 169; and Taylor's Sailing Directory, Vol. I, page 264.

If this Notice is received on boardship, the substance of it should be inserted on the Charts affected by it, and introduced into the Sailing Directions to which it relates.

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE, AND COMMERCE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

[No. 17.]

INDIA-BAY OF BENGAL.

Upper Gasper Light Vessel, Entrance to River Hooghly.

　　　　　Notice is hereby given that from the 1st July 1878, and during the time the Foam Pilot brig does the duty of the Upper Gasper Light-vessel, a supplementary maroon will be exhibited from her every quarter of an hour, it will be kept burning for five minutes at a time, leaving an interval of ten minutes between the exhibition of these maroons.

The first on will be shewn at 7 P. M. and the last at 5 A.M.

MARIN

This Notic

By Direction of the Government of India,

A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr. (late I. N.),

Superintendent, Marir. Surson of India.

DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, 28th June 1878.

wing Admiralty Charts:-Hooghly River, No. 136a; Sea face of Sunderbuns, No. 138; Palmyras Point to Chittagong, ein river, No. 829; Bay of Bengal, No. 70a; Indian Marine Survey Chart, No. 115: also, Admiralty Light list (India),. 1878; Indian Marine Survey Light list, 1878; and Taylor's Sailing Directory, Vol. I, page 476.

No. 1681; Cezan

If this Noticntity:

to which it relates.

ed on boardship, the substance of it should be inserted on the Charts affected by it, and introduced into the Sailing Directions

Government of South Australia.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

RIVOLI BAY. Penguin Island.

　　　　　Mariners are hereby informed, that pursuant to a Notice issued by this Department, dated 29th August, 1877, a Revolving Light of the 3rd Order, showing bright flashes every ten (10) seconds, will be exhibited on the 1st day of October, 1878, from a Light-tower erected on Penguin Island, at the North end of Ricoli Bay.

The focal plane being at an elevation of eighty (80) feet above ordinary sea level, the Light will be visible in clear weather at a distance of about twelve (12) miles.

The Tower and Keepers' Cottages are painted White.

Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide, 6th June, 1878.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

R. H. FERGUSON, President, Marine Board, South Australia.

INVESTIGATOR STRAIT, Althorpe Island.

Referring to the Notices issued by this Department on the 27th July, 1877, and the 25th January, 1878, Mariners are hereby informed that, owing to unforeseen difficulties, the exhibition of the Althorp until a date which will be given in a further Notice.

Island Light will be postponed

R. H. FERGUSON, President, Maine Board, South Australia.

Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide, 6th June, 1878.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH JULY, 1878.

NOTICE.

377

In the event of bad weather being apprehended by this Department, a black drum will be hoisted at the Office Flagstaff. A similar signal will be hoisted and a gun will be fired from the Police Hulk.

The usual signs of approaching bad weather are, a falling Barometer with high Thermometer, sultriness of the atmosphere, and wildness and discoloration of the clouds. Should these symptoms exist and the wind be any yhere between North-Westerly and North-Easterly, a typhoon of a severe type may be looked for.

　　　　This signal is not to be considered as relieving Masters of ships from their proper responsibilities. The signal is intended only as calling the attention of the ercantile Marine to any change of weather which the undersigned is expecting.

Harbour Department, Hongkong, 30th May, 1878.

NOTICE.

J. P. McEUEN, R.N., Acting Harbour Master, &c.

　　　　All vessels are to be moored with 45 fathoms on each chain; Top Gallant and Royal Yards are to be down; and Top Gallant Masts are to be housed or struck; the F

a spare Anchor 's to be ready for letting go.

　　　　Unemployed vessels are to anchor in the Northern Anchorage, which the North extreme of Hongkong shut in with the South extreme of

E. by S.

Masters of ships discharging or loading cargo, if desirous of lying on t.

he kept clear 1

uthern Boundary eninsula bearing

de of the Harbour

　　at their own risk, may, on application to the undersigned, obtain permission to moor in the Southern Anchorage.

Master

steam up

hips are, when practicable, to keep their fires laid, and they are advised to get n is anticipated.

Harpo

ment, Hongkong, 30th May, 1878.

NOTICE.

J. P. McEUEN, R.N., Acting Harbour Master, &c.

Harbour Department, Hongkong, 2nd May, 1878.

NOTICE.

J. P. McEUEN, Acting Emigration Officer, &c.

　　　　　It is requested that such Rates may be paid before the 31st July, as after that date application will be made to the Supreme Court for the recovery of arrears.

Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 29th June, 1878.

CECIL C. SMITH, Colonial Treasurer.

STAMP OFFICE.

Loose receipt forms

　　　　　The above Office being now provided with a 3-cent die, Books of Receipts, Rent Collectors' Books, &c., can be stamped beforehand in the same manner as Cheque Books. can also be stamped if required.

ALFRED LISTER,

Collector.

Stamp Office longkong, 19th July, 1878.

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POST OFFICE NOTICE.

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Hemptinne, M. 2

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Roche, John

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1 bk.

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THE

HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH

JULY,

1878.

379

1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

WINDS

THERMOMETER.

L.I..

DAY AND

BARO-

0 TO 12.

WEA-

BARO-

0 TO 12.

HOUR.

DATE.

METER

THER.

METER

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.. Saturday, 9 30.02 84.5

METEOROLOGICAL REGIST

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

THERMOMETER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

CAPE D'AGUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

BARO-

vious METER

THERMOMETER.

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

VICTORIA PEAK.

THERMOMETER.

HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

'METER

WINDS

RAIN FALL.

0 TO 12.

WEA-

In inches

THER.

during previous

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

24 hours.

84.0 80.0

b.c.

29.9086.0

85.0 81.0 ESE

b.c

29.92 86.5

{

20th

Noon 30.02 | 85.0|

85.0 80.0

b.c.

July.

30.00 84.0

84.0 80.0

b.c.

29.90 87.0

29.90 | 88.0 89.0 78.0 87.5 82.0 ESE 87.0 84.0 ESE

3 b.

29.93 | 86.0) 89.0 78.0 86,0 84.5 NE

? :

86.0 84.0 NE

b.c.

28.27 78.0

76.0 75.0 S

O.C.

b.c.

0.06

28.23 77.0 79,0 75,0 76.0 75.0 SE

O.C.

0.00

b.c.

29.91 85.0

85.0 83.0 NE

b.c.

28.20 77.0

77.0 76.0 SE

b.c.

Sunday,

30.05 84.0

21st

July.

9 84.0 80.0 Noon 30.04 85.5 89.0 80.0 85.0 80.0 3 30.01 84.0

: 8

b.c.

29.91 86.0

b.c.

84.0 79.0

O.C.

:?? :

85.0 80.5 ESE

· 29.92 | 88.0 92.0 78.5 86.5 82.0 Ebs 29.90 86.0

2 b.c.

29.9385.0

84.0 80.5 NE

2 O.C.

28.23 78.0

76,0 75.0 E

o.p.c.

4 b.c

29.94 85.0 88.5 77.5 83.0 79.5 E

o.r.

0.09

28.22 79.0 80.0, 74.0 79.0 76.0 E

o.c.

0.19

84.0 81.5 EbS

29.92 83.0

80.0 78.0 NNE

o.c.p.

28.22 77.0

76.0 74.0 ESE

o.p.c.

22nd

July.

Tuesday,

23rd

Monday, 9 30.00 83.0

Noon 30.00 84.5 89.0 79.0 84.0 80.0. 29.98 85.0

30.05 | 81.0

Noon 30.01 85.0 88.0, 80.0 85.0 83.0

July. 3 29.98 85.0

83.0 80.0

b.c.

29.89 84.0

85.0 80.0

81.0 79.0

Wednesday,

24th

July.

30.05 86.0

Noon 30.04 86.0 89.0 81.0 86.0 79.0

29.99 87.0

: ?:

85.0 79.0

86.0 81.0

True wind cannot be registered.

Do.

b.c.

29.89 86.0

83.0 80.5 SE

b.c.

29.90 82.0

81.0 78.0 SSW

o.q.

28.20 75.0

29.89 84.0 87.5 76.5 83.0 80.0 SSW

g.p.

29.90 84.0 84.5 76.0 84.0 80.5 SW

b.c.p.

0.39

o.c.p.

29.92 84.0

b.c.p.

:|:

85.5 81.0 SSW

b.c.

29.90 84.0

84.0, 9.5 SW

b.c.p.

28.18 75.0

74.0 74.0 S

o.c.

28.20 | 75,0| 77.0 73.0 75.0 74.0 S

O.C.

0.98

74.0 74.0 S

O.C.

83.0 80.0 ESE

g.p.

29.92 83.5

82.5 78.5 S

b.c.q.

29.92 86.0 86.0 77.0 85.0 81.0 ESE

b.c.

0.36

29.93 | 84.0 86.0, 76.0 84.0 78.0 SSW

: ?

b.c.

29.90 86.0

81.0 78.0 SW

g.p.q.

29.89 84.5

84.0 78.0 SW

b.c.p.

28.24 75.0

75.0 74.0 S

o.f.

0.18

28.24 | 77.0 77.0 71.0 76,0 74.0 S

b.c.

0.27

28.20 77.0

76.0 74.0, S

o.p.s.

b.c.

29.92 85.0

87.0 81.0

b.c.

85.5 81.0 S 29.93 86.0 88.5 77.5 86.5 81.5 S

29.90 88.0

b.c.

88.0 83.0 S

b.c.

29.93 85.0

85.5 80.5 SSW

sek

b.c.

28.2676.0

75.0 75.0 S

O.C.

0.17

29.94 86.0 87.0 76.0 85.0 80.0 SSW 29.90 86.0

b.c.

0.08

28.25 77.0 77.0 72.0 76.0 75.0 S

b.c.

0.00

86.0 80.0 SSW

b.c.

28.22 77.0

76.0 75.0 S

O.C.

July.

Thursday, 9 30.08 81.0 81.0 78.0 25th Noon 30.08 85.0 89.0 80.0 83.0 78.0 3 30.06 87.0

o.c.p.

29.94 84.0

b.c.

87.0 80.0

b.c.

81.0 78.0 SW 29.95 | 85.0 89.0 77.0 85.0 81.5 Calm 29.95 88.0

b.c.p.

29.96 83.0

0 b.c.

0.44

88.5 82.0 WSW

b.c.

80.0 77.5 SW 29.97 84.0 87.0 77.0 84.0 81.0 NE 29.92 85.0

b.c.p.

28.29 75.0

74.0 73.0 SW

b.v.

b.c.

0.00

28.29 77.0 77.0 72.0] 76.0 73.0 SW

3 b.v.

86.0 82.0 SE

b.c.

28.28 78.0

77.0 75.0 S

3 b.v.

0.1/

Friday,

26th

30.12 86.0

86.0 81.0

b.c.

29.97 86.0;

July.

Noon 30.10 88.0 90.0 81.0 88.0 81.0] 3 30.04 89.0 89.0 81.0

b.c.

85.5 81.5 Calm 29.97 88.0 92.0 78.0 87.5 82.0 W 29.94 90.0 90.5 84.0 SW

b.c.

30.00 86.5

b.c.

0.00

2 b.c.

87.0

87.0 81.0 SW 30.00 86.0 89.0 77.0 87. \82.0 SW 29.93 87.0 88.0 81.0 SW

b.c.

1 b.c.

2 b.c.

0.00

28.31 78.0 28.31 | 80.0 80.0 74.0 79.0 76.5 W 28.28 82.Q| 81.0 78.0 W

77.0 75.0 WSW

b.c.

b.v.

0.00

b.v.

STATE OF WEATHER:-b. blue sky; c. clouds (detache Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). NOTE.-A bar (-) under any letter augments its sign..

Irizzling rain; f. foggy; g. gloomy; h. hail; 7. lightning, m. misty (hazy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; q. squally; r. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility. n, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and continuing rain, &c., &c.

Figures

to denote

the Force

Description of Wind.

of the

Wind.

Illustrations o

the power of the Wind as regards a well-conditioned 'fan-of-War or First-class Clipper Ship.

Rate of the Wind per Hour in Miles.

Figures

to denote the Force

of the

Wind.

Calm

Light Air

Just sufficient to give steerag

Light Breeze

Gentle Breeze

With which the above Ship With all sail set and clean full would goin smooth

way.

Moderate Breeze..

water...

Fresh Breeze..

Strong Breeze

Moderate Gale.

Fresh Gale...

Strong Gale

Bare Poles.......

Whole Gale.....

Storm.....

Hurricane. ···

full and by In which she could just carr, in chase, Double Reefs and Jib, &c.

Triple Reefs, &c....

Close Reefs and Courses

In which she could just bear ? lose-reefed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail Under Storm Staysail..

(1 to 2 knots 3 to 4

5 to 6

(Royals, &c.

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails.

009785592JR?

above 80

0 to 2

888381*85855N

- 80

8QOLE

380

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH JULY, 1878.

SUPREME COURT C____?ONGKONG.

Units Original Jurisdiction on Mondays and

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in

Thursdays.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in

UNT

its Summary Jurisdiction, on every Tues-

day, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG

IN BANKRUPTCY.

At the first meeting UJ Creditors, the Registrar will receive the proofs of the debts of Creditors, and the Creditors may choose an Assignee or Assignees of the Bankrupt's Estate and Effects.

Supreme Court House,

27th July, 1878.

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The said Hon. CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee, and Messrs. SHARP, TOLLER & JOHNSON are the Solicitors in the matter of the said Petition.

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VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 3RD AUGUST, 1878.

VOL. XXIV.

No. 31.

No. 151.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following copy of a Treaty between Her Majesty and the President of the French Republic for the mutual

　　　　　　　　　surrender of Fugitive Criminals, together with a copy of the Order in Council dated the 16th May, 1878, for carrying that Treaty into effect, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th July, 1878.

At the Court at Windsor, the 16th day of May, 1878.

PRESENT,

The QUEEN's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

HEREAS by an Act of Parliament made and passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the thirtyd and thirty-fourth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled "An Act for

"amending

and passe

reign of

other thi

to the surrende

the Extradition of Criminals, and also by an Act of Parliament made liament holder in the thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh years of the intituled “An Act to amend the Extradition Act, 1870,' it was amongst where an arrangement has been made with any foreign State with respect e of any fugitive criminals, Her Majesty may, by Order in Council, direct that the said Ahall apply in the case of such foreign State; and that Her Majesty may, by the same or any subsequent Order, limit the operation of the Order, and restrict the same to fugitive criminals who are in or suspected of being in the part of Her Majesty's dominions specified in the Order, and render the operation thereof subject to such conditions, exceptions, and qualifications as may be deemed expedient:

　　　　　And whereas a Treaty was concluded on the fourteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, between Her Majesty and the President of the French Republic, for the Mutual Extradition of Fugitive Criminals, which Treaty is in the terms following:--

HER Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the President of the French Republic, having recognized the insufficiency of the provisions of the Treaty con- cluded on the 13th of February, 1843, between Great Britain and France for the reciprocal ex- tradition of criminals, have resolved, by common accord, to replace it by another and more com- plete Treaty, and have named as their respective Plenipotentiaries for this purpose, that is to say:- Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honour- able Richard Bickerton Pemell Lord Lyons, a Pe f the United Kingdom of Great Britain and

d, Knight C

Grand Cross of the most Honour- able Order of the Bath, one of Her Britannic Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and Her said Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Government of the French Republic, &c., &c., &c.;

Ire

SA Majest? la Reine du Royaume Uni de la Grande Bretagne et d'Irlande et le Pr?sident de la R?publique Fran?aise, ayant reconnu l'insuffi- sance des dispositions de la Convention conclue, le 13 F?vrier, 1843, entre la Grande Bretagne et la France, pour l'extradition r?ciproque des mal- faiteurs, ont r?solu, d'un commun accord, de la remplacer par une autre Convention plus compl?te et ont nomm?, ? cet effet, pour leurs Pl?nipoten- tiaires respectifs:

Sa Majest? la Reine du Royaume Uni de la Grande Bretagne et d'Irlande, le Tr?s-Honorable Richard Bickerton Pemell Lord Lyons, Pair du Royaume Uni, Chevalier Grand Croix du Tr?s- Honorable Ordre du Bain, Membre du Tr?s-Ho- norable Conseil Priv? de Sa Majest? Britannique, Son Ambassadeur Extraordinaire et Pl?nipoten- tiaire pr?s le Gouvernement de la R?publique

Fran?aise, &c. &c. &c.

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　　And the President of the French Republic, M. Et le Pr?sident de la R?publique Fran?aise, le Duc Decazes, Member of the Chamber of De- M. le Duc Decazes, Membre de la Chambre des puties, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Grand Officer D?put?s, Ministre des Affaires Etrang?res, Grand of the National Order of the Legion of Honour,ficier de l'Ordre National de la L?gion d'Hon- &c., &c., &c.;

Who, after having communicated to each ot their respective full powers (found in good and due form) have agreed upon the following Articles:

ARTICLE I.

The High Contracting Parties engage to deliver up to each other those persons who are being pro- ceeded against or who have been convicted of a crime committed in the territory of the one Party, and who shall be found within the territory of the other Party, under the circumstances and condi- tions stated in the present eaty.

ARTICLE II.

Native-born or naturalized subjects of either country are excepted from extradition. In the case, however, of a person who, since the com- mission of the crime or offence of which he is accused, or for which he has been convicted, has become naturalized in the country whence the sur- render is sought, such naturalization shall not pre- vent the pursuit, arrest and extradition of such person, in conformity with the stipulations of the present Treaty.

ARTICLE III.

　　　The crimes for which the extradition is to be granted are the following:-

　　1. Counterfeiting or altering money, and utter- ing counterfeit or altered money.

　　2. Forgery, enterfeiting or altering and utter- ing what is forged, counterfeited or altered.

　　3. Murder (including assassination, parricide, infanticide and poisoning) or attempt to murder.

4. Manslaughter.

5. Abortion. 6. Rape.

　　7. Indecent assault, acts of indecency even without violence upon the person of a girl under

years

age.

　　8. Child-stealing, including abandoning, ex- posing or unlawfully detaining.

9. Abduction.

10. Kidnapping and false imprisonment.

11. Bigamy.

12. Wounding or inflicting grievous bodily

harm.

　　13. Assaulting a Magistrate, or peace or public officer.

　　14. Threats by letter or otherwise with intent to extort.

15. Perjury or subornation of perjury.

. 16. Arson.

　　17. Burglary or house-breaking, robbery with violence.

Jeur, &c. &c. &c.;

Lesquels, apr?s s'?tre communiqu? leurs pleins pouvoirs respectifs, trouv?s en bonne et due forme, sont convenus des Articles suivants:

ARTICLE I.

Les Hautes Parties Contractantes s'engagent ? se livrer r?ciproquement les individus poursuivis ou condamn?s pour un crime commis sur le terri- toire de l'autre dans les circonstances et sous les conditions pr?vues par le pr?sent Trait?.

ARTICLE II.

Les nationaux respectifs, soit d'origine, soit par l'effet de la naturalisation, sont except?s de l'ex- tradition; toutefois, s'il s'agit d'une personne qui, depuis le crime ou le d?lit dont elle est accus?e ou pour lequel elle a ?t? condamn?e, aurait obtenu la naturalisation ans le pays requis, cette circon- stance n'emp?chera pas la recherche, l'arrestation et l'extradition de cette personne, conform?ment aux stipulations du pr?sent Trait?.

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ARTICLE III.

Les crimes et d?lits pour lesquels il y aura lieu ? extradition sont les suivants:

1. Contrefa?on trefaites ou alter?e

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contre- abres et oin?ons,

fa?on des sceaux de marques publics, ou u timbres et marques public. con

3. Meurtre (assassinat, para empoisonnement), ou tentative de meurtre.

infanticide,

4. Coups et blessures volontaires ayant occa- sionn? la mort, sans intention de la donner; homicide par imprudence, n?gligence, maladresse, inobservation des r?glements.

5. Avortement.

6. Viol.

7. Attentat ? la pudeur avec violence; attentat ? la pudeur m?me sans violence sur la personne d'une fille ?g?e de moins de 12 ans.

8. Vol, abandon, exposition ou s?questration ill?gale d'un enfant.

9. Enl?vement d'un mineur au-dessous de 14 ans, ou d'une fille au-dessous de 16 ans.

10. S?questration ou d?tention ill?gale. 11. Bigamie.

12. Actes de violence ou s?vices ayant caus? des blessures graves.

13. Violences contre les magistrats et officiers publics dans l'exercice de leurs fonctions.

14. Menaces ?crites ou verbales faites en vue d'extorquer de l'argent ou des valeurs.

15. Faux t?moignage, subornation de t?moins d'experts ou d'interpr?tes.

16. Incendie volontaire.

17. Vols avec violence, effraction, escalade ou au moyen de fausses clefs.

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　　　　18. Fraud by a bailee, banker, agent, factor, trustee, or director, or member, or public officer of any Company made criminal by any Act for the time being in force.

19. Obtaining money, valuable security, or goods by false pretences, including receiving any chattel, money, valuable security, or other pro- perty, knowing the same to have been unlawfully obtained.

20. Embezzlement or larceny, including receiv- ing any chattel, money, valuable security, or other property, knowing the same to have been embez- zled or stolen.

21. Crimes against Bankruptcy Law.

22. Any malicious act done with intent to en- danger persons in a railway train.

23. Malicious injury to property, if the offence is indictable.

24. Crimes committed at sea:-

(a) Any act of depredation or violence by the crew of a British or French vessel, against another British or French vessel, or by the crew of a fo- reign vessel not provided with a regular commis- sion, against British or French vessels, their crews or their cargoes.

(b) The fact by any person being or not one of the crew of a

giving her over to pirates.

vessel by frau

(d) Sinking

n being or not one of

.on of such

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　ying a vessel at sea, or attempting or conspiring to do so.

(e) Revolt or conspiracy to revolt by two or more persons on board a ship on the high seas against the authority of the master.

25. Dealing in slaves in such manner as to con- stitute an offence against the laws of both countries. The extradition is also to take place for parti- cipation, either as principals or accessories, in any of the aforesaid crimes, provided such participation be punishable by the laws of both the Contracting Parties.

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ARTICLE IV.

The present Treaty shall apply to crimes and offences committed prior to the signature of the Treaty but a person surrendered shall not be tried for any crime or offence committed in the other country before the extradition, other than the crime for which his surrender has been granted. ARTICLE V. ·

No accused or convicted person shall be surren- dered, if offence in respect of which his sur- render manded shall be deemed by the Party upon which it is made to be a political offence, or to be an act connected with (connexe ?) such an offence, or if he prove to the satisfaction of the police magistrate or of the Court before which he

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18. Abus de confiance ou d?tournement par un banquier, commissionaire, administrateur, tuteur, ateur, liquidateur, syndic, officier minist?riel, cteur, membre ou employ? d'une soci?t?, ou toute autre personne.

19. Escroquerie ou recel frauduleux d'argent, valeurs ou objets mobiliers provenant d'une escro- querie. Publications faites de mauvaise foi, comptes rendus ?crits ou imprim?s mensongers faits dans le but de tromper les actionnaires d'une soci?t?, de provoquer des souscriptions ou de d?terminer des tiers ? pr?ter de l'argent ? la soci?t?. 20. D?tournement frauduleux, vol ou recel frauduleux de tout objet, argent ou valeur, prove- nant de vol ou de d?tournement.

21. Banqueroute frauduleuse.

22. Tout acte commis avec intention de mettre en danger la vie de personnes se trouvant dans un train de chemin de fer.

23. Destruction ou d?gradation de toute pro- pri?t? mobili?re ou immobili?re, punies des peines criminelles ou correctionnelles.

24. Crimes commis en mer:-

(a) Tout acte de d?pr?dation ou de violence commis par l'?quipage d'un navire Britannique ou Fran?ais contre un autre navire Britannique ou Fran?ais, ou par l'?quipage d'un navire ?tranger non pourvu de commission r?guli?re, contre dos navires Britanniques ou Fran?ais, leurs ?quipages ou leurs chargements.

(b) Le fait par tout individu, faisant ou non partie de l'?quipage d'un b?timent de mer, de le livrer aux pirates.

(c) Le fait par tout individu, faisant partie ou non de l'?quipage d'un navire ou Liment de mer, de s'emparer du dit b?timent par fraude ou vio- lence.

(d) Destruction, submersion, ?chouement ou perte d'un navire, dans une intention coupable.

(e) R?volte par deux ou plusieurs personnes, ? bord d'un navire en mer, contre l'autorit? du capi- taine ou du patron.

25. Traite des esclaves, telle qu'elle est d?finie et punie par les lois des deux pays.

Sont comprises dans les qualifications des actes donnant lieu ? extradition, la complicit? des faits ci-dessus mentionn?s, lorsqu'elles sont punies par la l?gislation des deux pays.

ARTICLE IV.

Le pr?sent. Trait? s'applique aux crimes et d?lits ant?rieurs ? sa signature; mais la personne qui aura ?t? livr?e ne sera poursuivie pour aucun d?lit commis dans l'autre pays avant l'extradition, autre que celui pour lequel sa remise a ?t? accord?e.

ARTICLE V.

Aucune personne accus?e ou condamn?e ne sera livr?e si le d?lit pour lequel l'extradition est de- mand?e est consid?r? par la partie requise comme un d?lit politique ou un fait connexe ? un sembla- ble d?lit, ou si la personne prouve, ? la satisfaction du magistrat de police ou de la cour devant laquelle elle est amen?e par l'habeas corpus, ou du Secr?-

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is brought on habeas corpus, or of the Secretary of State, that the requisition for his surrender has, in fact, been made with a view to try or to punish him for an offence of a political character.

ARTICLE VI.

　On the part of the French Government, the extradition shall take place in the following man- ner in France:-

　The Ambassador or other Diplomatic Agent of Her Britannic Majesty in France shall send to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, in support of each demand for extradition, an authenticated and duly legalized copy either of a certificate of conviction, or of a warrant of arrest against a person accused, clearly setting forth the nature of the crime or offence on account of which the fugitive is being proceeded against. The judicial document thus produced shall be accompanied by a description of the person claimed, and by any other information which may serve to identify him..

These documents shall be communicated by the Minister for Foreign Affairs to the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, who, after examining the claim for surrender, and the documents in support thereof, shall report thereon immediately to the President of the Republic; and, if there is reason for it, a Decree of the President will grant the extradition of the person claimed, and will or- der him to be arrested and delivered to the British authorities.

In consequence of this Decree, the Minister of the Interior shall give orders that search be made for the fugitive criminal, and in case of his arrest, that he be conducted to the French frontier, to be delivered to the person authorized by Her Britan- nic Majesty's Government to receive him.

Should it so happen that the documents furnish- ed by the British Government, with the view of establishing the identity of the fugitive criminal, and that the particulars collected by the agents of the French Police with the same view, be consi- dered insufficient, notice shall be immediately given to the Ambassador or other Diplomatic Agent of Her Britannic Majesty in France, and the fugitive person, if he has been arrested, shall remain in custody until the British Government has been able to furnish further evidence in order to esta- blish his identity or to throw light on other diffi- culties in the examination.

ARTICLE VII.

　　In the dominions of Her Britannic Majesty, other than the Colonies or Foreign Possessions of Her Majesty, the manner of proceeding shall be as follows:-

(A) In the case of a person accused—The re- quisition for the surrender shall be made to Her Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs by the Ambassador or other Diplomatic Agent of the President of the French Republic, accompanied by a warrant of arrest or other equivalent judicial document, issued by a Judge or Magistrate duly authorized to take cog- nizance of the acts charged against the accused in France, together with duly authenticated deposi- tions or tements taken ch oath before such Judge

taire d'Etat, que la demande d'extradition a ?t? faite en r?alit? dans le but de la poursuivre ou de la punir pour un d?lit d'un caract?re politique.

ARTICLE VI.

De la part du Gouvernement Fran?ais, l'extra- dition aura lieu ainsi qu'il suit, en France:-

L'Ambassadeur ou autre Agent Diplomatique de Sa Majest? Britannique en France enverra au Ministre des Affaires Etrang?res, ? l'appui de cha- que demande d'extradition, l'exp?dition authenti- que et d?ment l?galis?e, soit d'un certificat.de condamnation, soit d'un mandat d'arr?t contre une conna?tre la nature du crime ou du d?lit ? raison personne inculp?e ou accus?e, faisant clairement duquel le fugitif est poursuivi. Le document ju- diciare ainsi produit sera accompagn? du signale- ment et des autres renseignements pouvant servir ? constater l'identit? de l'individu r?clam?.

Ces documents seront communiqu?s par le Ministre des Affaires Etrang?res ou Garde des Sceaux, Ministre de la Justice, qui, apr?s examen de la demande et des pi?ces ? l'appui, en fera un rapport au Pr?sident de la R?publique ; et s'il y a lieu, un D?cret Pr?sidentiel accordera l'extradition de l'individu r?clam? et ordonnera qu'il soit arr?t? et livr? aux Autorit?s Britanniques.

l'Int?rieur donnera des ordres pour que l'individu En cons?quence de ce D?cret, le Ministre de poursuivi soit recherchat, conduit jusqu'? la fre

liv? ? la part du Gou

d'arrestation, mace pour ?tre evoir de da ritannique. produits par le stater l'identit? les Agents de

S'il arrivait Gouvernement Britanniq et les renseignements recuer la Police Fran?aise pour le meme objet, fussent et les renseignements recuer

diatement ? l'Ambassadeur ou autre Agent reconnus insuffisants, avis en serait donn? imm?- Diplomatique de Sa Majest? Britannique en France, et l'individu poursuivi, s'il a ?t? arr?t?, continuerait ? ?tre d?tenu en attendant que le Gouvernement Britannique ait pu produire de nouveaux ?l?ments d'autres difficult?s d'examen. de preuve pour constater l'identit? ou ?claircir

ARTICLE VII.

que les Colonies ou possessions ?trang?res il sera Dans les Etats de Sa Majest? Britannique autres proc?d? ainsi qu'il suit:-

demande sera adress?e au Premier Secr?taire (A) S'il s'agit d'une personne accus?e:-La d'Etat de Sa Majest? Britannique pour les Affaires Etrang?res, par l'Ambassadeur ou autre Agent Diplomatique du Pr?sident de la Republique Fran?aise. A cette demande seront joints un mandat d'arr?t ou autre document judiciaire ?quivalent, d?livr? par un Juge ou. Magistrat d?ment autoris? ? prendre connaissance des actes imput?s ? l'inculp? en France, ainsi que les d?po- sitions authentiques ou les d?clarations faites sous

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　　　or Magistrate, clearly setting forth the said acts, and containing a description of the person claimed, and any particulars which may serve to identify him. The said Secretary of State shall transmit such documents to Her Britannic Majesty's Prin- cipal Secretary of State for the Home Department, who shall then, by order under his hand and seal, signify to some Police Magistrate in London that such requisition has been made, and require him, if there be due cause, to issue his warrant for the apprehension of the fugitive.

　　　　On the receipt of such order from the Secretary of State, and on the production of such evidence as would, in the opinion of the Magistrate, justify the issue of the warrant if the crime had been committed in the United Kingdom, he shall issue his warrant accordingly.

When the fugitive shall have been apprehended, he shall be brought before the 1 agistrate who issued the warrant, or some other Police Magistrate in London. If the evidence to be then produced shall be such as to justify, according to the law of England, the committal for trial of the prisoner, if the crime of which he is accused had been committed in England, the Police Magis- trate shall commit him to prison to await the warrant of the Secretary of State for his surrender; sending immediately to the Secretary of State a certificate of the committal and a report upon the

case.

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After the expiration of a period from the com- mittal of th

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　wh shall never be less than fiftee The Sec retay of State shall, by order unde

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　seal, order the fugitive criminal to

such norgen as may be duly auth

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(B) In the

~ convicted-The course of pronagall be the same as in the case of a person accused, except that the warrant to be transmitted by the Ambassador or other Diplomatic Agent in support of his requisition shall clearly set forth the crime of which the person claimed has been convicted, and state the fact, place, and date of his conviction. The evidence to be produced before the Police Magis- trate shall be such as would, according to the law of England, prove that the prisoner was convicted of the crime charged.

(C) Persons convicted by judgment in default or arr?t de contumace, shall be in the matter of extradition considered as persons accused, and, as such, be surrendered.

　　　　　(D) After the Police Magistrate shall have committed the accused or convicted person to prison to await the order of a Secretary of State for his surrender, such person shall have the right to apply for a writ of habeas corpus; if he should so apply, his surrender must be deferred until after the decision of the Court upon the return to the writ, and even then can only take place if the decision is adverse to the applicant. In the latter case the Court may at once order his delivery to the

person authorized to receive him, without the order of a Secretary of State for his surrender, or commit him to prison to await such order.

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serment devant ce Juge ou Magistrat, ?non?ant clairement les dits actes et contenant, outre le signalement de la personne r?clam?e, toutes les particularit?s qui pourraient servir ? ?tablir son identit?. Le dit Secr?taire d'Etat transmettra ces documents au Premier Secr?taire d'Etat de Sa Majest? Britannique pour le D?partement des Affaires Int?rieures, qui, par un ordre de sa main et mani de son sceau, signifiera ? un Magistrat de Polic de Londres que la demande d'extradition a ?t? faite, et le requerra, s'il y a lieu, de d?livrer un mandat pour l'arrestation du fugitif.

A la r?ception de cet ordre et sur la production de telle preuve qui, son opinion, justifierait l'?mission du manda . le fait avait ?t? commis dans le Royaume Uni, le Magistrat d?livrera le mandat requis.

Lorsque le fugitif aura ?t? arr?t?, on l'amenera devant le Magistrat de Police de qui sera ?man? le mandat, ou devant un autre Magistrat de Police de Londres. Si la preuve produite est de nature ? justifier, selon la loi Anglaise, la mise en juge- ment du prisonnier dans le cas ou le fait dont il est accus? grait ?t? commis en Angleterre, le Magistrat c Police l'enverra en prison pour attendre le n indat d Secr?taire d'Etat n?cessaire ? l'extradition, et il adressera imm?diatement ? l'extradition, et il adressera imm?diatement ? ce dernier une attestation de l'emprisonnement avec un rapport sur l'affaire.

Apr?s l'expiration d'un certain temps qui ne pourra jamais ?tre moindre de quinze jours depuis l'emprisonnement de l'accus?, le Secr?taire d'Etat, par un ordre de sa main et muni de son sceau, andonnere que le fugitif soit livr? ? tello nomconne qui sera d?ment autoris?e, ? le recevoir au nom du Pr?sident de la R?publique Fran?aise.

(B) S'il s'agit d'une personne condamn?e: La marche de la proc?dure sera la m?me que dans le cas d'une personne accus?e, sauf que le mandat ? transmettre par l'Ambassadeur ou autre Agent Diplomatique Fran?ais, ? l'appui de la demande d'extradition, ?noncera clairement le fait pour lequel la personne r?clam?e aura ?t? condamn?e et mentionnera le lieu et la date du jugement. La preuve ? produire devant le Magistrat de police sera telle que, d'apr?s la loi Anglaise, elle ?tablirait que le prisonnier a ?t? condamn? pour l'infraction dont on l'accuse.

(C) Les condamn?s par jugement par d?faut ou arr?t de contumace sont, au point de vue de la demande d'extradition, r?put?s accus?s, et livr?s comme tels.

(D) Apr?s que le Magistrat de police aura envoy? en prison la personne accus?e ou condam- n?e pour attendre l'ordre d'extradition du Secr?- taire d'Etat, cette personne aura le droit de r?clamer une ordonnance d'habeas corpus; l'ex- tradition devra alors ?tre diff?r?e jusqu'apr?s la decision de la Cour sur le renvoi de l'ordonnance, et elle ne pourra avoir lieu que si la d?cision est contraire au demandeur. Dans ce dernier cas, la Cour pourra imm?di tement ordonner la remise de celui-ci ? la pers sans qu'il soit besc' tion du Secr?taire prison pour attend

e autoris?e ? le recevoir, attendre l'ordre d'extradi- Etat ou bien l'envoyer en

· ordre.

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ARTICLE VIII.

Warrants, depositions, or statements on oath, issued or taken in the dominions of either of the two High Contracting Parties, and copies thereof, and certificates of or judicial documents stating the facts of conviction, shall be received in evi- dence in proceedings in the dominions of the other if purporting to be signed or certified by a Judge, Magistrate, or officer of the country where they were issued or taken provided such warrants, depositions, statements, copies, certificates, and judicial documents are authenticated by the oath of some witness, or by being sealed with the official seal of the Minister of Justice or some other Minister of State.

ARTICLE IX.

A fugitive criminal may be apprehended_under a warrant issued by any Police Magistrate, Justice of the Peace, or other competent authority in either country, on such information or complaint, and such evidence, or after such proceedings as would, in the opinion of the person issuing the warrant justify the issue of a warrant, if the crime had been committed or the prisoner convicted in that part of the dominions of the two Contracting Parties in which the Magistrate exercises juris- diction: provided, however, that, in the United Kingdom, the accused shall, in such case, be sent as speedily as possible before a Police Magistrate in London. He shall be discharged, as well in the United Kingdom as in France, if within fourteen days a requisition shall not have been made for his surrender by the Diplomatic Agent of his 'country in the manner directed by Articles II and

IV of this Treaty.

The same rule shall apply to the cases of persons accused or convicted of any of the crimes specified in this Treaty committed on the high seas on board any vessel of either country which may come into a port of the other.

ARTICLE X.

　If the fugitive criminal who has been committed to prison, be not surrendered and conveyed away within two months after such committal, or within two months after the decision of the Court upon the return to a writ of habeas corpus in the United Kingdom, he shall be discharged from custody, unless sufficient cause be shown to the contrary.

ARTICLE XI.

The claim for extradition shall not be complied with if the individual claimed has been already tried for the same offence in the country whence the extradition is demanded, or if, since the com- mission of the acts charged, the accusation or the conviction, exemption from prosecution, or punish- ment has been acquired by lapse of time, according to the laws of that country.

ARTICLE XII.

　If the individual claimed by one of the two High Contracting Parties in purs ance of the present Treaty should be also claim by one or several other Powers, on account other crimes com- mitted upon their respecti ritories, his sur-

ARTICLE VIII.

Les mandats, les d?positions, les d?clarations sous serment, d?livr?s ou recueillis dans les Etats de l'une des Hautes Parties Contractantes, les copies de ces pi?ces, ainsi que les certificats ou les documents judiciaires ?tablissant le fait de la con- damnation, seronts comme preuves dans la proc?dure des Etat autre partie, s'ils sont rev?tus de la signature ou accompagn?s de l'attes- tation d'un juge, d'un magistrat ou d'un fonction- naire du pays o? ils ont ?t? d?livr?s ou recueillis, pourvu que ces mandats, d?positions, d?clarations, copies, certificats et documents judiciaires soient rendus authentiques par le serment d'un t?moin ou par

le sceau officiel du Ministre de la Justice ou d'un autre Ministre d'Etat.

ARTICLE IX.

Le fugitif pourra ?tre arr?t? sur mandat d?livr? par tout Magistrat de police, juge de paix ou autre autorit? comp?tente dans chaque pays, ? la suite d'un avis, d'une plainte, d'une preuve ou de tout autre acte de proc?dure qui, dans l'opinion de celui qui aura d?livr? le mandat, justifierait ce mandat, si le crime avait ?t? commis ou la personne con- damn?e dans la partie des Etats des deux Con- tracta: s, o? ce Magistrat exerce sa juridiction; pourvu cependant, s'il s'agit du Royaume Uni, que l'ac s? soit, dans un pareil cas, envoy? aussi promptement que possible devant un Magistrat de police de Londres. Il sera rel?ch?, tant dans le Royaume Uni qu'en France, si, dans les quatorze jours, une demande extradition n'a pas ?t? faite par l'Agent Diploratiqu e de soys, suivant le mode indiqu? par les Trait?.

La m?me 1 sonnes accus?es

me des faits sp?cifi?s dans ce Tra pleine mer, ? bord d'un navire pays et qui viendrait dans un port

ARTICLE X.

IV de ce

cas de per- chef de l'un et commis en l'un des deux de l'autre.

Si le fugitif qui a ?t? arr?t? n'a pas ?t? livr? et emmen? dans les deux mois apr?s son arrestation, ou dans les deux mois apr?s la d?cision de la Cour sur le renvoi d'une ordonnance d'habeas corpus dans le Royaume Uni, il sera mis en libert?, ? moins qu'il n'y ait d'autre motif de le retenir en prison.

ARTICLE XI.

Il ne sera pas donn? suite ? la demande d'extra- dition, si l'individu r?clam? a ?t? jug? pour le m?me fait dans le pays requis, ou si, depuis les faits imput?s, les poursuites ou la condamnation, la prescription de l'action ou de la peine est acquise d'apr?s les lois de ce m?me pays.

ARTICLE XII.

Si l'individu r?clam? par l'une des Hautes Par- ties Contractantes, en ex?cution du pr?sent Trait?, est aussi r?clam? par une or plusieurs autres Puissances, du chef d'autres infractions commises sur leurs territoires respectifs, son extradition sera

}

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD AUGUST, 1878.

render shall be granted to that State whose demand is earliest in date; unless any other arrangement should be made between the Governments which have claimed him, either on account of the gravity of the crimes committed, or for any other reasons.

ARTICLE XIII.

If the individual claimed should be under pro- secution, or condemned for a crime or offence committed in the country where he may have taken refuge, his surrender may be deferred until he shall have been set at liberty in due course of law. In case he should be proceeded against or de- tained in such country on account of obligations contracted towards private individuals, his sur- render shall nevertheless take place.

ARTICLE XIV.

　　　Every article found in the possession of the individual claimed at the time of his arrest, shall, if the competent authority so decide, be seized, in order to be delivered up with his person at the time when the surrender shall be made. Such delivery shall not be limite. to the property or articles obtained by stealing or by fraudulent bankruptcy, but shall extend to every thing that may serve as proof of the cr me, and shall take place even when the surrender, after having been ordered, shall be prevented from taking place by reason of the escape or death of the individual claimed.

　　　The rights of third parties with regard to the said prop

are nevertheless reserved.

1.CLE XV.

Each of t

Contracting Parties shall defray the expenses occasioned by the arrest within its territories, the detention, and the con- veyance to its frontier, of the persons whom it may have consented to surrender in pursuance of the present Treaty.

ARTICLE XVI.

In the Colonies and foreign Possessions of the two High Contracting Parties the manner of proceeding shall be as follows:----

　　　The requisition for the surrender of a fugitive criminal who has taken refuge in a Colony or foreign Possession of either Party, shall be made to the Governor or chief authority of such Colony or Possession by the chief Consular Officer of the other in such Colony or Possession; or, if the fugitive has escaped from a Colony or foreign Possession of the Party on whose behalf the requisition is made, by the Governor or chief authority of such colony or Possession.

　　　Such requisitions may be disposed of, subject always, as nearly as may be, to the provisions of this Treaty, by the respective Governors or chief authorities, who, however, shall be at liberty either to grant the surrender or to refer the matter to their Gover.

387

accord?e ? l'Etat dont la demande est la plus ancienne en date; ? moins qu'il n'existe entre les Gouvernements qui l'ont m?, un arrangement qui d?ciderait de la pr?f?ren soit ? raison de la gravit? des crimes commis, soit pour tout autre motif.

ARTICLE XIII.

Si l'individu r?clam? est poursuivi ou condamn? pour un crime ou un d?lit commis dans le pays o? il s'est r?fugi?, son extradition pourra ?tre diff?r?e jusqu'? ce qu'il ait ?t? mis en libert? conformement

? la loi.

Dans le cas o? il serait poursuivi ou d?tenue dans le m?me pays, ? raison d'obligations par lui contract?es envers des particuliers, son extradition n'en aura pas moins lieu.

ARTICLE XIV.

Tout objet trouv? en la possession de l'individu r?clam? au moment de son arrestation sera, si l'autorit? comp?tente en a ainsi ordonn?, saisi pour ?tre livr? avec sa personne lorsque l'extradition aura lieu. Cette remise ne sera pas limit?e aux objets acquis par vol ou banqueroute frauduleuse; elle s'?tendra ? toute chose qui pourrait servir de pi?ce de conviction et s'effectuera m?me si l'ex- tradition, apr?s avoir ?t? accord?e, ne peut, s'accomplir par suite de l'?vasion ou de la mort de l'individu r?clam?.

Sont toutefois r?serv?s les droits des tiers sur les objets sus-mentionn?s.

ARTICLE XV.

Chacune des Hautes Parties Contractantes supportera les frais occasionn?s par l'arrestation sur son territoire, la d?tention et le transport ? la fronti?re des personnes qu'elle aura consenti ? extrader, en ex?cution du pr?sent Trait?.

ARTICLE XVI.

Dans les Colonies et autres Possessions ?tran- g?res des deux Hautes Parties Contractantes, il sera proc?d? de la mani?re suivante :

La demande d'extradition du malfaiteur qui s'est r?fugi? dans une Colonie ou Possession ?trang?re de l'une des Parties, sera faite au Gou- verneur ou fonctionnaire principal de cette Colonie ou Fossession par le principal Agent Consulaire de l'autre dans cette Colonie ou Possession; ou si1 fugitif s'est ?chapp? d'une Colonie ou Possess ?trang?re de la Partie au nom de laquelle l'e dition est demand?e, par le Gouverneur fonctionnaire principal de cette Colonie

session.

Ces demandes seront faites ou accr suivant toujours aussi exactement que stipulations de ce Trait? par les Gor premiers fonctionnaires, qui, cepen facult? ou d'accorder l'ext adition ? leur Gouvernement.

388

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD AUGUST, 1878.

　　The foregoing stipulations shall not in any way affect the arrangements established in the East Indian Possessions of the two countries by the IXth Article of the Treaty of the 7th March, 1815.

ARTICLE XVII.

　　The present Treaty shall be ratified and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Paris as soon as possible.

　　It shall come into operation ten days after its publication, in conformity with the laws of the respective countries.

　　Either Party may at any time terminate the Treaty on giving to the other six months' notice of its intention.

　　In witness whereof the respective Plenipoten- tiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seals of their arms.

　　Done at Paris, this fourteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.

modifient en

Les stipulations qui pr?c?dent rien les arrangements ?tablis dans possessions des Indes Orientales des deux Etats par l'Article IX du Trait? du 7 Mars, 1815.

ARTICLE XVII..

Le pr?sent Trait? sera ratifi?, et les ratifications seront ?chang?es, ? Paris, aussit?t que faire se

pourra.

Il entrera en vigueur dix jours apr?s sa publica- tion dans les formes prescrites par la l?gislation des

pays respectifs.

Chacune des Parties Contractantes pourra, en tout temps, mettre fin au Trait?, en donnant ? l'autre, six mois ? l'avance, avis de son intention.

En foi de quoi, les Pl?nipotentiaires respectifs ont sign? ce m?me Trait? et y ont appos? le sceau de leurs armes.

Fait ? Paris, le 14 Ao?t 1876.

(L.S.) (L.S.)

LYONS.

DECAZES.

　　　And whereas the ratifications of the said Treaty were exchanged at Paris on the eighth day of April last:

　　　Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, and in virtue of the authority committed to Her by the said recited Acts, doth order, and it is hereby ordered, that from and after the thirty-firs day of May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight the said Acts shall apply in the case the said Treaty with the President of the French Republic.

No. 152.

TEL.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　Notice is hereby given, that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to recognize Jony FERRIS SEAMAN, Esq., as in charge of the Peruvian Consulate at this port, during the absence of Mr. H. SEYMOUR GEARY and Mr. TOBIAS PIM,

By Command,

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th July, 1878.

No. 153.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

CAPE D'AGUILAR LIGHTHOUSE.

Vanted a Third Lighthouse Keeper. Salary forty dollars a month. Candidates should send in mes to the Colonial Secretary, before the 15th of August, giving particulars of age and previous

together with testimonials. A knowledge of Chinese Colloquial is desirable.

her particulars can be obtained upon application to the Harbour Master.

By Command,

retary Office, Hongkong, 30th July, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

388

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD AUGUST, 1878.

　　The foregoing stipulations shall not in any way affect the arrangements established in the East Indian Possessions of the two countries by the IXth Article of the Treaty of the 7th March, 1815.

ARTICLE XVII.

　　The present Treaty shall be ratified and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Paris as soon as possible.

　　It shall come into operation ten days after its publication, in conformity with the laws of the respective countries.

　　Either Party may at any time terminate the Treaty on giving to the other six months' notice of its intention.

　　In witness whereof the respective Plenipoten- tiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seals of their arms.

　　Done at Paris, this fourteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.

modifient en

Les stipulations qui pr?c?dent rien les arrangements ?tablis dans possessions des Indes Orientales des deux Etats par l'Article IX du Trait? du 7 Mars, 1815.

ARTICLE XVII..

Le pr?sent Trait? sera ratifi?, et les ratifications seront ?chang?es, ? Paris, aussit?t que faire se

pourra.

Il entrera en vigueur dix jours apr?s sa publica- tion dans les formes prescrites par la l?gislation des

pays respectifs.

Chacune des Parties Contractantes pourra, en tout temps, mettre fin au Trait?, en donnant ? l'autre, six mois ? l'avance, avis de son intention.

En foi de quoi, les Pl?nipotentiaires respectifs ont sign? ce m?me Trait? et y ont appos? le sceau de leurs armes.

Fait ? Paris, le 14 Ao?t 1876.

(L.S.) (L.S.)

LYONS.

DECAZES.

　　　And whereas the ratifications of the said Treaty were exchanged at Paris on the eighth day of April last:

　　　Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, and in virtue of the authority committed to Her by the said recited Acts, doth order, and it is hereby ordered, that from and after the thirty-firs day of May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight the said Acts shall apply in the case the said Treaty with the President of the French Republic.

No. 152.

TEL.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th July, 1878.

No. 153.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

CAPE D'AGUILAR LIGHTHOUSE.

Vanted a Third Lighthouse Keeper. Salary forty dollars a month. Candidates should send in mes to the Colonial Secretary, before the 15th of August, giving particulars of age and previous

together with testimonials. A knowledge of Chinese Colloquial is desirable.

her particulars can be obtained upon application to the Harbour Master.

By Command,

retary Office, Hongkong, 30th July, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

THE HONGKONG government GAZETTE, 3RD AUGUST, 1878.

389

No. 154.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

classes of writing, date no

The following Notification is issued in pursuance of Resolution No. 2 of the Education Conference..

1. Boys wishing to be newly admitted after the Summer Vacation to any of

the Government Central School are requested to forward their application. to the Acting Inspector of Schools, on or before the 12th August, after w... application can be entertained for the present year.

2. Each application must contain the following particulars :—

(a.) Surname and name of applicant;

(b.) Year, month and day of his birth;

Hongkong;

(d.) Number of years he has been studying, and titles of books he has successively

read, stating for each year of study the principal reading book he used.

3. Each application should further be accompanied, if possible, by a certificate of character and attainments from the hand of the Master of the school which he last attended.

4. After having sent in his written application, as detailed above, each applicant is requested to present himself, in person, before the Acting Inspector of Schools, at the Government Central School, between the hours of 9 A.M. and 1 P.M. on Thursday, the 15th August, when each applicant, found qualified for admission in the sense of Resolution No. 2 of the Education Conference, will receive a ticket authorising him to present himself at the usual entrance examination at the Government Central School, which will be held on "Tuesday, 20th August, at 9 A.M., by the Acting Head Master of the Central School, who wil

　　　elf determine the order of merit and consequent actual admission into the Centra

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office. Hongkong, 1st August, 1878.

No. 155

VERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

STAMP REVENUE.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

The following abstract of the returns of the information.

~ "etor of Stamps, is published general

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd August, 1878.

Revenue from Stamps during the month of July, 1878,.

1877,

Increase on the month,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

$11,395.95 9,483.08

$1,912.87

Revenue from Stamps during the first half-year, 1878,

$74,497.73

1877,

66,424.33

Increase on the half-year,

$8,073.40

No. 147.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

His Excellency the Governor is pleased to direct that Monday, 5th August, being a Bank Holiday, is to be observed as a Holiday by the Governmert Departments.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th July, 1878.

390

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3rd AUGUST, 1878.

No. 156.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

information. The following Table of Meteorological Observations, taken at the Government Lock Hospital, during the Month of June, 1878, is published for general

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd August, 1878.

By Command,

METEOROLOG AL OBSERVATIONS

TAKEN AT THE GOVERNMENT LOCK HOSPITAL "ICTORIA, HONgKong, for THE MONTH OF JUNE, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

137 feet above me

low level of Spring Tides.

THERMC

is (Fahrenheit.)

HYGROMETER.

DAY OF MONΤΗ.

WIND.

CLOUD.

RAIN IN

INCHES

DAY OF WEEK.

BAROMETER.

ATTACHED

IN SHADE.

SELF REGISTERING

IN THE SHADE.

Max. and Min. of the previous 24 hours, taken at Noon.

MIN.

MAX.

SUN,

BULB RANGE, Ex- GRASS, IN

DIUR-

NAL

MIN.

IN SOIL

DRY BULB IN WET BULBIN SHADE. SHADE.

HUMIDITY COMPLETE SATURATION

=100.

DEW POINT,

QUARTER.

DURING

THE

PREVI-

OUS 24

HOURS.

0-10.

INCHES

VACU

POSED.

SHADE.

DEEP.

9 A.M.

Saturday,

Sunday,

Monday,

29.84

3 P.M.

29.80 80.0 77.0

9 A.M. 3 P.M. Min. Max. Noon. 70.0 77.0 76.0 125.

Temp. at

9 A.M. 3 P.M. 9 A. M. 3 P.M. 9 A.M. 3 P.M. 9 A.M.3 P.M.

9 A.M. 3 P.M.

9 A.M. 9 A.M. 3 P.M.

97.

29.90 29.85

78.0 79.0

71.0 80.0 79.0 131.

76.0

97. 76.0

29.85

29.80

76.0

78.0 71.0

79.0

78.0

34.

98.

74.0

7.0 21.0

9.0 21.0

24.0

8.0

73.0 80.0 77.0 75.0 72.0 75. 71.0

75.

71.6

68.5 E.

0.60

78.0 79.0 74.0 73.0

79.

71.

71.2 68.9

0.75

71.0

76.0

78.0 72.0 75.0

79.

84.

69.2

72.9

4 Tuesday,

29.30

29.73

80.0 80.0

71.0

82.0

81.0

30.

92.

74.0 11.0 18.0

71.0

81.0

81.0 75.0 75.0 72.

72.

70.9

Wednesday,

29.75

29.69

80.0

81.0

78.0

82.0

81.0

35.

95. 76.0

19.0

9.0

72.0

80.0

Thursday,

29.68

29.65

83.0 84.0

74.0 85.0

84.0

.23.

Friday,

29.70 29.65

84.0 88.0

78.0

90.0

89.0

140. 112.

8 Saturday,

29.70

29.65

82.0 84.0

75.0

85.0

84.0

9 Sunday,

29.67

29.65

78.0 79.0

10 Monday,

29.65

29.63

78.0 83.0

Tuesday,

29.66

29.65

77.0 82.0

Wednesday,

29.70

29.65

82.0 83.0

13 Thursday,

29.70

29.64

82.0

87.0

14 Friday,

29.72 29.66

82.0

83.0

74.0

Saturday,

16 Sunday, 17 Monday,

18 Tuesday,

Wednesday,

Thursday,

29.70 29.67

82.0

78.0

75.0

29.72

29.68

80.0 82.0

71.0 80.0

29.72 29.70

82.0

83.0

74.0

82.0

81.0

85.0 84.0 150. 21. 82.0 81.0 80.0 140. 02. 78.0 79.0 117. 93. 75.0 105.

1. 78.0 11.0 13.0 73.0 83.0 80.0 12.0 32.0 74.0 84.0 149. 115. 80.0 10.0 35.0 72.0 78.0 77.0 32. 107. 77.0 6.0 30.0

73.0 81.0 80.0 115. 95. 78.0 73.0 81.0 80.0 134 106. 77.0 74.0 85.0 83.0 134. 97. 78.0 74.0 89.0 88.0 147. 117.

81.0 76.0

84.0

89.0 81.0

77.0 80.

80. 74.3

74.3

79.0 81.0

80.

85.

76.3

84.0

85.

77. 79.0

75.0 82.0

84.0 79.0 81.0

85.

79.0 E.

80.8 S. 77.0 79.0 S.

1.25

0.15

74.0 77.0

79.0

76.0

77.0

94.

90.

75.3

75.6

0.75

8.0 17.0

78.0

73.0

83.0

77.0 79.0

94.

80.

76.3

76.3 S.

1.05

29.0 73.0 77.0

82.0

73.0 78.0

79.

80.

70.2 75.3 E.

1.08

19.0 73.0 82.0

83.0

77.0 70.0

76.

68.

73.6

71.3

80. 75.0

36.0 74.0 82.0 39.0 75.0 82.0 24.0 82.0

75.0 18.0 72.0 80.0 24.0 72.0 82.0

87.0 77.0 77.0

76.

58.

73.6 70.6

83.0

77.0

78.0 76.

76.

73.6 74.7 E.

78.0 77.0 72.0

76.

71.

73.6 67.8 E.

82.0 78.0

80.0

90.

76.6 78.7 E.

0.45

83.0 80.0

81.0

90.

78.7 79.7 W.

2.25

29.72 29.70

83.0

84.0

77.0 84.0 83.0

100.

85.

75.C

10.0

73.0 82.0

84.0 80.0 81.0

90.

85.

78.7 79.0

2.75

DQ4OO LOLO CELOTIOR..

29.73 29.70

86.0

87.0

78.0 88.0 87.0

139. 105

?n (

25.0

75.0 86.0

87.0

81.0 82.0

76.

77.

77.8 78.8

0.10

29.74 29.70

85.0 88.0

79.0 89.0 88.0

141. 107

25.0

76.0 85.0

83.0 80.

Friday,

29.73

29.70

85.0

87.0

Saturday,

29.72

29.70

77.0 83.0

23 Sunday,

29.75 29.71

Monday,

25 Tuesday,

Wednesday,

29.76

29.80

29.82 29.80

29.76

29.80

83.0 85.0

85.0 87.0 85.0 87.0.

85.0 87.0

79.0 90.0 89.0 71.0 77.0 86.0 85.0 78.0 87.0 86.0 79.0 90.0 88.0 77.0 88.0 87.0

145. 11

28.0

76.0 85.0

82.0

80.

84.0 83.0 133. 160

$3.0

27.0

72.0 78.0

89.

123. 1.0

85.0

20.0

81.0 85.

120. 49

85.0

18.0

142. 1

31.0

75.

145.112.

82.0 76.0\ J.0

27 Thursday,........ Friday,

29.81 29.80

85.0

86.0

72.0

90.0 88.0

146.

29.82

29.80

85.0

87.0

71.0

91.0 90.0

150.

29 Saturday,

30 Sunday,

29.82

29.80

84.0

87.0

75.0

92.0 90.0

150

27.0 76.0 87.0 830 76.0 87.0 27.0 75.0 85.0

29.91

29.90

85.0 85.0

74.0

88.0

86.0

144.

74.0 85.0

89.0 81.0

87.0 81.0 83.0 74.0 81.0 85.0 80.0 86.0 81.0° 81.0 80. 87.0 80.0 81.0 76. 73. 88.0 81.0 82.0 76. 73. 87.0 82.0 81.0 77. 73. 78.8 77.1 88.0 81.0 82.0 73. 73. 77.1 78.2

80.0

87.0 82.0 76.

85.0 81.0 81.0 80.

73.

78.4 79.2

0.05

77.

78.4 78.8

90.

72.6 79.7

3.00

80.

78.0 78.4

0.35

76.

78.4

77.8

76.7

77.1

77.8 78.2

S.W.

0.06

S.W.

0.02

77.

76.7

78.8

S.W.

0.50

80.

78.4

S.W.

0.50

...

Mean.

29.72 29.69 82.3 83.7 74.3 84.9 87.1

135.

103

25.1

Summary of June,

1877:-Mean Shade Temp.,

.82.8

Total Rain fall,

173,8 82.1 83.8 78.3

0.67 aches. Rain fell on 11 days.

79.2

80.

78.

72.2 72.1

15.36 |

1876:-

7.05

1875:-

83.4

13.40

1874:-

.84.8

9.65

1873:-

.83.0

6.29

PH. B. C. AYRES,

1872:-

83.8

16.27

???

Colonial Surgeon.

392

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD AUGUST, 1878.

STAMP OFFICE.

The above Office being now provided with a 3-cent die, Books Books, &c., can be stamped beforehand in the same manner as Cheque can also be stamped if required.

Stamp Office, Hongkong, 19th July, 1878.

Receipts, Rent Collectors' Loose receipt forms

oks.

ALFRED LISTER, 'Collector.

Alvares, P. S.

Abduchuban, C. 1 regd. Abaiso, Gen. G.,1 Aky, (Mypan) 1 regd. Atak, (Mypan) 1 regd. Ayoon

1 regd.

Antoine, Mattei 1 Argeuse d'Monsr.1 Allen, Samuel 1

Letters. Papers.

Boste, S. W.

Evans, Mr.

Colvile, M. D.

China Susan

Flagg, Wm. S. 3 French, Capt. 1

Conghoon, Mrs. 1

Cassipini, E.

Carter, W. S.

Coulson, A. C. M. 1 Cuhn & Co.

Go Lam Tjan 1 Grubel, Mrs. A. 1 Girnberk, M.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Unclaimed Correspondence, 2nd August, 1878.

Leti. Papers.

Letters. Papers.

Jackson, F. E.

Keaton, M.

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THE

HONGKONG

GOVERNMENT

GAZETTE,

3RD AUGUST,

1878.

3.93

1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

CAPE D'?GUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

WINDS

TALL.

DAY AND

HOUR.

DATE.

BARO-

METER

THERMOMETER.

0 TO 12.

WEA-

THER.

BARO-

0 TO 12.

METER

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. | Dry. Wet. Direct. | Force.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direc

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

? TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches

during previous

24 hours.

Saturday, 9

80.04 86.5 86.0] 81.0 27th Noon 30.0287.0 92.0 83,0 87.0] 81.0

··

b.c.

29.92 88.0

85.0 82.0 Calm

29.92 86.0]

85.0 81.0 SE

b.c.

28.26 80.0L

78.5 77.0 WNW]

O.C.V.

b.c.

July. 3

29.97 83.0

··

83.0 79.0

0.0.

29.91 89.0 91.0 80.0 85.0 81.5 NW 29.8886.0

10.00

84.0 81.0 E

29.92 87.0 89.0 80.0 88.0 82.0 SW 29.87 88.0

b.c.

0.00

28.24 80.0 80.0 75.0 79.0 76.0 WSW

85.0 80.0 N

b.c.

28.21 | 78.0|

Sunday, 9 30.01 82.0]

28th

July.

Noon 30.02 83.5 88.0 79.0 83.0 78.0 29.94 83.0

82.0 80.0

b.c.

29.89 85.0

82.5 79.0] Calm :

J.90 85.5

84.0 78.0 N

b.c.

o.c.t.

?? :

83.0 78.0

29.89 86.0 87.5 76,0 84.5 79.5 E

29.86 85.0

0.88

20.89 83.0 90.0 71.0 81.0 77.0] N

b.c.

0.36

78.0 76.0 SSE

b.c.v.

83.0 80.0 Calm

-0

b.c.

29.5 86.5

81.0 78.0 N

b.c.

July.

Monday, 9 29.98 80.0

80.0 77.0 29th Noon 29.98 80.5 87.0 77.0 80.0 78.0 3 29.94 83.0

29.85 82.0

80.5) 78.0 E

? ]

29.8

79.0 77.0 NNE

o.m.

83.0 79.0

Tuesday, 9

29.92 83.0

83.0 80.0

30th

July.

Noon 29.90 86.0 89.0 79.0 86.0 79.0

29.84 86.0

86.0 79.0

Wednesday,

31st

29.85 84.5

84.0 80.0

Noon 29.83 88.0, 89.0 80.0; 88,0| 81.0||

True wind cannot be registered.

Do.

O.C.

29.85 83.0 86.5 73.5 82.C'

3.c.p.

1.03

2.0 84.0 73.0 80.0 78.0 N

o.m.

1.42

28.23 78.0

28.23 77.0 80.0 73.0 76.0 74.0 E

28.16 76.0

28.19 | 75.0|

28.19 76.0 77.0 70.0 75.0 74.0 E

76.0 74.0 SSE

* 1

o.m.

75.0 74.0 E

~.~

b.c.t.

0.00

b.c.

74.0 73.0 SE

3 o.c.m.

o.c.m.

1.16

0.0.

29.84 85.0

86.0 81.0

D.C.

29.83 83.0

··

83.0 77.0 NE

b.c.

28.16 75.0

b.c.

29.82 85.0

84.0 81.0 Calm

b.c.

29.83 84.5

86.0 81.0 NNE

b.c.

29.82 | 86.0 89.0 76.0 86.5 81.5) Calm

b.c.

0.00

29.79 85.0 89.0 76.0 87.0 81.0 SW

b.c.

29.76 88.0

89.5 84.5 Calm

b.c.

29.77 87.0

85.0 81.0 SW

2 222

b.c.

28.15 77.0]

b.c.

0.00

:??

b.c.

28.09 80.0

:::

74.0 73.0 E

o.c.m.

76.0 75.0 SE

O.C.

28.1577.0 78.0 73.0 76.0 75.0 Calm

O.C.

0.00

79.0 77.0 Calm

b.c.

29.74 84.0

July.

29.79 88.0

88.0 81.0

b.c.

84.0 81.0 SW 29.73 88.0 90.5 77.0 87.0 82.0 SW

b.c.

29.74 85.0

1 b.c.

0.00

85.0 80.0 NE 29.74 86.0 88.0 78.0 86.0 82.0 SW

b.c.

28.15 75.0

3 b.c.

0.00

29.69 89.0

88.0 81.0 SW

b.c.

29.70 85.0

Thursday,

9 29.83 81.0)

· 1

81.0 79.0

0.0.

29.71 84.0.

1st

Aug.

Noon 29.85 81.0 91.0 79.0 81.0 79.0 3 29.82 84.0 84.0 78.0

O.C.

: ?

82.0 80.0 S

b.c.p.

29.75 84.0

85.0 80.0 SW

b.c.

: 8:

28.16 79.0 79.0 74.0 78.0 76.0 W

: ?

74.0 74.0 NW

b.c.

b.c.m.

0.00

28.05 80.0

79.0 79.0 SW

28.05 76.0

29.72 84.0 89.5 79.0 82.0 81.0 Calm

b.c.p.

0.07

O.C.

29.72 86.0

85.0 82.0 W

b.c.

29.75 85.0 89.0 79.0 84.0 81.0 SW 29.76 85.0

b.c.

0.21

:???

77.0 76.0 SW

b.c.m.

75.0 75.0 WSW

b.c.m.

28.05 76.0 80.0 74.0 75.0 75.0 W

b.c.m.

85.0 80.0 SW

b.c.

28.05 77.0

76.0 75.0 SW

b.c.m.

Friday, 9

2nd

Aug.

29.95 79.5' Noon 29.96 | 81.0 88.0 79.0, 81.0 79.0 ?? 29.94 81.5

79.0 77.0!

O.C.

··

O.C.

29.81 84.0 81.5 80.0 E 29.83 84.0 87.0 77.0 83.0 81.5 E

b.c.

0.00

81.0 79.0

O.C.

29.83 84.0

83.0 82.0 E

b.c.

29.84 82.0; 78.0 77.0 N 29.86 83.0 86.0] 76.0) 80.0 79.0 N 29.83 83.0 80.0 79.0 N

1 o.m.

28.18 75.0

75.0 74.0 SE

o.c.m.

o.d.

0.16

o.m.

28.18 75.0, 80.0 73.0 75.0 74.0 SE 28.16 75.0 75.0 73.0 S

c.d.

0.10

p.m.

Figures

to denote

the Foree

of the

Wind.

STATE OF WEATHER:-b. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; f. foggy; g. gloomy; h. hail; 7. lightning; . misty (hazy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; q. squally; 2. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility. Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). NOTE.—A bar (-) under any letter augments its signification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and continuing rain, &c., &c.

Illustrations of the power of the Wind as regards a well-conditioned Man-f-War or First-class Clipper Ship,

Rate of the Wind

per Hour in Miles.

In which she could just carry in full and by

Under Storm Staysail

Bare Poles.. ... ... ... ... ... ....

Calm .... Light Air Light Breeze

Gentle Breeze Moderate Breeze.

Fresh Breeze -

Strong Breeze

Moderate Gale.. Fresh Gale..

Whole Gale..

Strong Gale

Storm..

Hurricane..........

Just sufficient to give steerage wa

With which the above Ship with a sail ( 1 to 2 knots set and clean full would go in sooth water..................

Close Reefs and Courses....

In which she could just bear close-reefed Main Topsail and reefed For

0 to 2

3 - 10

3 to 4

5 to 6

Royals, &c.

26 30

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails.

ne, Double Reefs and Jib, &c. .- Triple Reefs, &c...

45 52

53 60

above 80

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Description of Wind.

Wind.

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No. 32.

No. 157.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　MALCOLM STRUAN TONNOCHY, Esquire, having reported his return to the Colony, has resu duties as Superintendent of Victoria Gaol, from this date.

By Command,

J. M. PRIC Acting Colonial “

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th August, 1878.

No. 158.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notice to Mariners are published for general information.

By Command,

etary's Office, Hongkong, 10th August, 1878.

ulle

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

a dangerous rocky patch exists in the fairway into Mirs Bay.

Magnetic bearings are from it :-

The follow

Fung Head,...

South end of Basalt Island,.

East Ninepin Rock and South part of South Ninepin North-east Head Tamkau,

line, .....

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

.N. 16° W.

.N. 87° W.

.S. 55° W.

.S. 25° W.

This patch, about 40 feet long by 30 feet broad, extends in a North-east direction with 3 fathoms of water on it at low water springs and 15 fathoms close to.

J. DIXON,

H. M. S. Victor Emanuel, Hongkong, 7th August, 1878.

Staff Commander, R.N.

Government of Cape of Good Hope.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—SOUTH COAST. NOTICE TO MARINERS.

It is hereby notified that a Light Tower is being built about Two Hundred to Three Hundred Yards within the pitch of a low point (Seal Point), situated one and three quarter miles westward of Cape St. Francis, to be hereafter called "Cape St. Francis Lighthouse."

The Tower is a cylindrical stone structure, ninety-one feet high, with Keeper's Quarters attached at base, and is situated in latitude 34° 22′ 30′′ south, and longitude 24° 50′ 20′′ east of Greenwich. It is intended to display a second order Holophotal Revolving White Light, flashing at intervals of twenty seconds, with focal plane one hundred and one and a half feet above the base of the Tower, and one hundred and eighteen feet above the level of high water.

The Light will be visible in clear weather about sixteen and three-quarter sea miles from the deck of a vessel fifteen feet above the sea. It will command the coast uninterruptedly to the westward, but will be cut off to the eastward by Cape St. Francis on the line N. 53° E. true, or would not be visible from the eastward on a bearing more southerly than S. 53° W. true.

　　The nearest existing lights are Cape Recif, about forty-five miles to the eastward, and Mossel Bay (Cape St. Blaize), about one hundred and thirty-three miles to the westward.

　　The Tower will probably be ready for the reception of the Lenticular about January, 1878, and the light may probably be exhibited some time between 1st March and 30th April, 1878, of which due and precise notice will be given.

JAMES FFORDE, Chief Inspector of Public Works.

Public Works Office, Cape Town, 17th July, 1877.

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No. 157.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　MALCOLM STRUAN TONNOCHY, Esquire, having reported his return to the Colony, has resu duties as Superintendent of Victoria Gaol, from this date.

By Command,

J. M. PRIC Acting Colonial “

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th August, 1878.

No. 158.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notice to Mariners are published for general information.

By Command,

etary's Office, Hongkong, 10th August, 1878.

ulle

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

a dangerous rocky patch exists in the fairway into Mirs Bay.

Magnetic bearings are from it :-

The follow

Fung Head,...

South end of Basalt Island,.

East Ninepin Rock and South part of South Ninepin North-east Head Tamkau,

line, .....

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

.N. 16° W.

.N. 87° W.

.S. 55° W.

.S. 25° W.

This patch, about 40 feet long by 30 feet broad, extends in a North-east direction with 3 fathoms of water on it at low water springs and 15 fathoms close to.

J. DIXON,

H. M. S. Victor Emanuel, Hongkong, 7th August, 1878.

Staff Commander, R.N.

Government of Cape of Good Hope.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—SOUTH COAST. NOTICE TO MARINERS.

　　The nearest existing lights are Cape Recif, about forty-five miles to the eastward, and Mossel Bay (Cape St. Blaize), about one hundred and thirty-three miles to the westward.

JAMES FFORDE, Chief Inspector of Public Works.

Public Works Office, Cape Town, 17th July, 1877.

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GOVERNMENT

CE.-No. 318, 1878.

Office of the Commissioner of Crown Lands

and Public Works, 29th April, 1878.

With reference to the above Notice, it is now hereby further notified that the Tower is in all respects completed and ady for the reception of the apparatus; that a fracture having occurred to certain portions of the latter during transport, le expected exhibition of the light was unavoidably delayed.

Mariners and others are now informed that the light will almost certainly be exhibited about on and after the 15th June ext, 1878, and that the Tower already is a conspicuous available day mark.

Government of India.

JCHN LAING,

Commissioner of Crown Lands and Public Works.

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE, AND COMMERCE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

[No. 18.]

BAY OF BENGAL-COROMANDEL COAST.

Red Lights on North Groin of Harbour Works, Madras.

rmation has been received from the Master Attendant of Madras that two Red Lights are now exhibited at the d of the North Groin of the Harbour Works, and will continue to be exhibited as the works.progress seaward. e Red Lights are placed vertically, with a distance of six feet between the two, and are visible within the limits of By Direction of the Government of India,

NE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, 8th July 1878.

A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr. (late I. N.),

Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.

Notice will affect the following Charts:-Madras Roadstead, No. 105, and India, East Coast, Cape Comorin to Cocanada, No. 15 b, both by the Indian Marine Survey Department, Calcutta; also Admiralty Charts, Coromandel Coast, Nos. 71 c & d; India, East Coast, Cape Morin to Cocanada,o. 828; Bay of Bengal, No. 70 a; and Indian Ocean, No. 748 h, als marine Survey Department, and Admiralty Light lists (1878); and Taylor's Sailing Directory, Vol. I, page 459.

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No. 154.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.. EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

The following Notification is issued in pursuance of Resolution No.'

uca

ference.

1. Boys wishing to be newly admitted after the Summer Vacation to any of tasses of the Government Central School are requested to forward their application in writing, to the Acting Inspector of Schools, on or before the 12th August, after which "date no application can be entertained for the present year.

2. Each application must contain the following particulars :—

(a.) Surname and name of applicant;

(b.) Year, month and day of his birth;

(c.) Surname, name and address of his parents, or guardians or referees, resident in

Hongkong;

(d.) Number of years he has been studying, and titles of books he has successively

read, stating for each year of study the principal reading book he used.

3. Each application should further be accompanied, if possible, by a certificate of character and attainments from the hand of the Master of the school which he last attended.

4. After having sent in his written application, as detailed above, each applicant is requested to present himself, in person, before the Acting Inspector of Schools, at the Government Central School, between the hours of 9 A.M. and 1 P.M. on Thursday, the 15th August, when each applicant, found qualified for admission in the sense of Resolution No. 2 of the Education Conference, will receive a ticket authorising him to present himself at the usual entrance examination at the Government Central School, which will be held on Tuesday, the 20th August, at 9 A.M., by the Acting Head Master of the Central School, who will himself determine the order of merit and consequent actual admission into the Central School.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st August, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

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METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

CAPE D'AGUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

THE HONGKONG

GOVERNMENT

GAZETTE,

10TH

1878.

?ARBOUR OFFICE.

VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

THERMOMETER.

WINDS

KAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

DAY AND

DATE.

BARO-1

? TO 12.

WEA-

BARO-

Ο ΤΟ 12.

WEA-

HOUR.

METER

THER.

METER

THER.

In inches

· during previous

BARO-

METER

THERMOMEJ ER.

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dr. Wet. Direct. Force.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

Attd. Max. Min.; Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

THERMOMETER.

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches

during previous 24 hours.

Saturday,

3rd

30.0283.5 82.5 80,0 Noon 30.01 | 85.0 85.0 78.0 83.5| 77.0).

o.c.r.

29.90 85.0

83.5 82.0 E

b.c.

29.91 83.0

83.0 76.0 N

o.m.

28.23 76.0

75.0 75.0 ESE

o.m.

O.C.

Aug.

29.96 81.5

80.5 78.0

O.C.

29.90 82.0 86.0 75,0 78.5 78.0 E 29.8783.0]

o.r.

29.92 83.0 84.0 77.0 80.0 76.0 N

o.m.

0.05,

28.2275.0.75,0| 71,0 75,0 74.0 ESE

o.c.r.

1.25

81.0 80.0 E

g.p.

29.88 82.0

85.0 78.0 N

o.m.

28.18 75.0

74.0 74.0] ESE

o.c.d.

Sunday,

9 30.00 82.5

81.0 78.0

0.C.

29.87 83.0

79.0 79.0 W

29.90 83.0

80.0 76.0 SW

o.m.

28.21 74.0

74.0 74.0 SSE

5 o.f.

4th

Noon 29.99 82.0 84.0 78.0 80.0 78.0

0.0.

29.88 82.0 82.5 75.5 80.5 79.5 Calm

b.c.

0.2.1

29.90 83.0 84.0 77.0 80.0 79.0 N

o.m.

1.36

28.20 76.0 77.0 73,0| 75,0| 74.0 SSE

O.C.

0.35

Aug.

29.96 83.0

83.0 80.0

0.c.

29.87 84.0

84.0 82.0 Calm

b.c..

29.8682.0

80.0 77.0 NE

o.m.

28.19 77.0

76.0 75.0 SSE

o.c.m.

Monday,

9 29.98 85.0

85.0 83.0

b.c.

29.86 86.0

5th

Noon 29.97 86.0 87.0 79.0 85.0 80.0

Aug.

3 29.97 83.0

Tuesday, 9

30.02 81.0

81.0 78.0

79.0 77.0

6th

Noon 30.06 83.0 89.0 77.0 81.0 77.0

Aug.

30.02 83.0

82.0 78.0

Wednesday,

7th

Aug.

30.10 81.0

80.0 77.5

Noon 30.10 82.0 84.0, 77.0 81.5 77.5

True wind cannot be registered.

Do.

b.c.

29.86 86.0 86.0 75.5 85.5 82.0 E

0.c.r.

29.86 84.0

O.C.

29.91 82.0

:::

85.0 82.0 E

b.c.

29.88 89-

83.0 80.0 NNE

b.c.

0.00

29.86 82.0 85 0 78.0 84.0 80.0 NE

b.c.

81.5 80.0 EbS

o.g.p.t.

29.83 81.0

80.0 79.5 E

o.c.r.

29.92 81.0

O.C.

29.94 82.0 86.0 75.0 80.5 78.0 E

g.p.

0.61

O.C.

29.94 82.0

29.9682.0

30.07 84.0

82.0 77.0

b.c.

29.87 85.0

p.c.

81.0 79.0 NE 29.98 84.0 85.0 73.0 85.0 81.0 E

80.5 78.0 E

g.p.

29.93 81.0

:::

85.0 78.0 N

o.d.

1.13

: :

28.20 78.0

28.20 | 80.0 80.0 74.0 78.0 76.0, E

28.19 75.0

76.0 76.0 E

o.c.m.

75.0 74.0 E

o.f.r.

: 8:

0.00

80.0 77.0 SSW

0.in.

28.24 | 75.0]

29.99 80.0 84.9 75.0 77.0 75.0 ssw

0.m.

0.14

28,25 73.0 77.0 71.0 73.0 72.0 SE

79.0 75.0 SE

b.c.m.

28.23 73.0

74.0 73.5 SE

o.p.c.

o.c.m.

73.0 72.0 SE

o.c.m.

0.45

2 g.m.

29.97 81.0

78.0 77.0 NE

2 o.m.

28.29 73.0]

73.0 72.5 ESE

o.f.m.

85.0 80.5 E

3 b.c.

4 b.c.

0.31

??? :

29.98 81.0 82.0 73.0 80.0 75.0 NE 29.98 81.0 80.0 77.0 NE

2 b.c.m.

0.19

28.30 76.0 77.0 71.0 75.0 74.0] ESE

b.c.m.

0.22

b.c.

28.28 75.0]

75.0 73.0 ESE

b.c.m.

:???:

Thursday, 9

8th Noon

Aug.

30.08 82.5

30.10 85.0 85.0 77.0 83.0 79.5

772:0

81.0 79.0

b.c.

29.96 83.0

b.c.

3 30.05 85.0

84.0 80.0

Friday,

9th

Aug.

9 30.07 83.0 82.0 81.0 Noon 30.06 | 87.0 89.0 79.0 87.0 81.0, 3 29.99 88.0

: ?

O.C.

82.0 80.0 Calm 29.96 84.0 85.0 73.0 85.0 81.0 Calm 29.95 85.0 84.0 83.0 Calm

0 b.c.

29.99 82.5

82.0178.0 NNE

b.c.

28.30 76.0

75.0 74.0, E

o.c.m.

b.c.

0.02

b.c.

29.98 83.5 84.0 71.5 83.0 19.0 NNE 29.95 82.5 82.0 78.0 N

b.c.

9.00

b.c.

28.30 77.0 77.5 73.0 76.5 75,0 E 28.27 | 77.01

0.c.m.

76.0 75.0 SSE

o.c.m.

0.00

87.0 81.0

b.c.

29.95 85.0 83.0 81.5 Calm 29.95 86.0 88.0 74.0 86.0 82.0 W 29.90 88.0 87.0 82.5 W

b.c.

29.95 $3.0

b.c.

0.00

b.c.

84.0 79.0 SW 29.93 84.0, 87.0 77.5 86.0 31.0 SW 29.90 85.0 86.0 81.0 SW

b.c.

1 b.c.

3 b.c.

0.00

28.27 77.0 74.0 72.0 SSW 28.27 77.0 77.0 73.0 77.0) 75.0 SW 28.21 77.0 77.0 74.0 SSW

o.c.m.

0.c m.

0.00

o.c.m.

Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). STATE OF WEATHER:-b. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; f. foggy; g. gloomy; h. hail; 7. lightning; m. misty (hazy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; 9. squally; r. rain; &. snow; t. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility. NOTE.—A bar (~~) under any letter augments its signification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and continuin g rain, &c., &c.

Figures

to denote the Force

of thre

Description of Wind.

Figures

Illustrations of the power of the Wind as regards a well-conditioned Man-of-War or First-class Clipper Ship

to denote

Rate of the Wind

per Hour in Miles,

the Force

of the

Wind.

Calm

Light Air Light Breeze Gentle Breeze

Moderate Breeze.

Fresh Breeze · · Strong Breeze

- 11

OI23457BOIE

Strong Gale

Whole Gale..

Storm...

Moderate Gale.

Fresh Gale

Hurricane.

Just sufficient to give steerage way.

With which the above Ship with all sail ( 1 to 2 knots set and clean full would go in smd oth3 to 4

water..

5 to 6

Royals, &c.

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails.

full and by In which she could just carry in chase, Double Reefs and Jib, &c.

Triple Reefs, &c.............

Close Rees and Courses

In which she could just bear close-re efed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail

Under Storm Staysail

Bare Poles...

Wind,

0 to 2

3 - 10

16 20

21 25

26 30

31 36

37 44

53 60

61 - 69

above 80

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　　　　　The following Return, received from Mr. JOHN JACK, of the quantity of Spirits distilled at the Hongkong Distillery, is published for general information.

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Maritime Union 11

Premier

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Empress

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Brisbane

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4 2

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Cosmo

tz Patrick, s.s. 2

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Julia R. Brown 1

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Strathmore 16 Senta

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For H. M. Ships.

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.1 Letter. 1 Paper.

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404

THE

HONGKONG GOVERNMENT

1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

CAPE D'AGUILAR, HEIGHT 170 FEET.

WINDS

THERMOMETER.

DAY AND

DATE.

BARO-

0 TO 12.

WEA-

BARO-

WI DS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

HOUR.

|METER

THER.

METER

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. | Wet. Direct. Force.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

I inches during previous 21 hours.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

RAIN FALL.

In inches

during previous 24 hours.

WEA-

THER.

Saturday,

10th

Aug.

???

30.01 84.0 Noon 30.03 82.0 90.0 80.0 80.5 78.0 29.99 85.0

82.5 80.5

O.C.

29.91 86.0

O.C.

29.91 84.0 88.0 77.0 81.0 79.0 W

7:0

84.0 82.0 Calm

29.95 84.0

81.0 79.5 SW

o.c.m.

28.24 75.0

g.p.

0.12

Sunday,

11th

30.01 83.0

Aug.

Noon 30.01 82.0 86.0 76.0 80.0 75.0 29.96 82.0

3:58

84.0 79.0

29.89 85.0

84.5 80.0 W

b.c.

29.93 82.0 88.0 75.0 78.0 75.0 SW 29.90 81.0.

o.r.

0.00

28.24 75.0 75,0 72.0 74.0 73.0 SW

75.0 74.0 SW

q.r.

28.20 75.0

81.0 79.0

b.c.

29.90 83.01

82.0 79.5 Calm

b.c.

29.89 83.0

81.0 77.0 Calm

b.c.

75,0 75.0 SW

o.f.

o.c.r.

74.0 73.0 SW

0.00

o.c.r.

29.89 82.0 85.0 73.0 77.5 76.0 SW

o.p.q.

0.19

29.90 81.0 84.0 75.0 80.0 75.0 SW

Monday,

12th

30.01 78.5

80.0 76.0

O.C.

29.89 81.0

79.5 77.0 Calm

77.0 76.0

o.c r.

29.88 81.0

Aug.

Noon 30.02 79.0 82.0 75.0 77.0 76.0 30.00 79.01

Tuesday,

13th

Aug.

30.05 81.0

77.0 75.0

80.0 78.0

Noon 30.07 82.0, 83.0 75.0 80.0 78.0

30.06 79.0

Wednesday,

14th

Aug.

30.07 80.5

77.0 75.0

79.0 76.0

Noon | 30.06 | 83.0 84.0 75.0 82.0 78.0

30.02 85.0

True wind cannot be registered.

Do.

o.c.r.

29.88 80.0

:? : 2:

0.g.

29.87 79.0

q.r.

1.15

78.0 75.0 SW

77.5 77.0 Calm

0.r.

29.90 80.0

74.0 67.5 SW

28.20 72.0

29.87 80.0 80.5 71.5 78.0 77.0 NE

o.r.

0.02

76.0 75.0 WSW|

o.q.r.

29.92 80.0 81.0 72.0 75.0 75,0 SW 29.90 78.0

1.90

o.c.r.

29.91 82.0

o.c.r.t.

29.92 82.0 83.0 71.5 80.0 78.5 SE

o.c.r.

29.92 81.0

80.0 79.0 ENE

o.r.

29.94 81.0

75.0 74.5 SW

28.18 71.0

77.0 75.0 S

o.r.q.

2.10

76.5 76.0 SE

o.r.

29.94 81.0 82.0 71.0 80.0 78.0 SW 29.93 $0.01

r.q.

80.0 78.0 Calm

28.23 74.0

1.22

28.26 72.0

29.93 81.0

80.5 78.5 ESE

b.c.

29.95 81.0|

29.93 83.0 82.0 72.0 83.0 79.0 E

:??

b.c.

2.00

29.95 81.0 83.0 72.0 82.0 78.0 E

76.0 75.0 W

b.c.

28.27 74.0]

: ?:

1989

28.21 71.0

28.1872.0 76.0 68.0 71.0 71.0 SW

28.17 72.0|

75.0 73.0 SSW

b.c.v.

o.f.

0.85

72.0 71.0 SW

o.f.

71.0 71.0 SW

o.f.

28.19 72.0 72.0 69.0 72.0 72.0 SW

o.fr.q.

1.31

71.0 70.0 SSW

o.f.q.

73.5 73.5 S

o.f.r.

28.27 74.0 74.0 69.0] 74.0 74.0 S

o c.r.t.

1.75

????:

··

72.0 72.0 S

o.c.r.

73.0 73.0 SE

o.c.m.

b.c.

1.29

28.28 75.0 75.0 70.0 74.0 74.0 SE

c.c.m.

1.94

$3.0 80.0

Thursday,

15th

30.05 80.5

Aug.

78.0 77.0 Noon 30.01 79.5 84.0 77.0 78.0 76.0 29.97 83.0; 82.0 78.0

o.c.r.

29.91 84.0

83.0 80.5 SE

o.r.

29.92 82.0

78.0 77.0 SW

q.p.

28.23 75.0

0.0.

29.91 82.0|

79.0 77.0 SW

b.c.

29.91 80.0

O.C.

: ?????

29.91 81.0 84.5 74.0 80.0 78.0] Calm

o.g.

0.93

:。

: -

76.0 75.0 SW

q.r.

28.23 72.0

29.91 79.0 84.0 73.0 75.0 74.0] SW

1.05

: €

74.0 74.0 S

o.c.m.

71.0 71.0 SS W

o.f.m.

28.21 72.0 72.0 70.0 72.0 72.0 S

o.c.m.

1.00

b.c.

29.88 84.0

85.0 81.0 Calm

0.g.

29.88 80.0

80.0 77.5 SW

28.16 74.0

Friday,

16th

30.01 80.0 78.0 76.0 Noon 30.01 82.5 85.0 77.0 81.0 77,0|

o.c.r.

Aug.

29.97 86.5]

85.5 80.0

b.c.

29.87 82.0 29.87 82.0 86.0 74.0 82.5 79.5] S 87.0 82.0 Calm

29.87 86.0]

79.0 77.0 Calm

o.r.

29.88 | 81.0|

80.0 78.0 SW

o.p.

b.c.

1.18

29.89 82.0 84.0 72.0 79.0 78.0] SW 29.86 | 83.0| 83.0 80.0 S

c.p.

28.20 72.0

73.0 73.0 SW

. 4

o.c.m.

71.0 71.0 SW

o.c.m.

c.p.

0.06

b.c.

28.20 74.0 74.0] 71.0 73.0 72.0 SW 28.20 77.0 75.5 75.5 SSW

o.c m.

1.10

o.c.m.

GAZETTE, 17TH AUGUST,

1878.

STATE OF WEATHER:-b. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; f. foggy; g. gloomy; h. hail; 7. lightning; m. misty (hazy);" o. overcast; p. passing showers; q. squally; r. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility. Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). NOTE.—A bar (—) under any letter augments its signification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and continuing rain, &c., &c.

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

Description of Wind.

Calm

Light Air Light Breeze Gentle Breeze Moderate Breeze.

Fresh Breeze .......

Strong Breeze

Moderate Gale.. Fresh Gale

Strong Gale

Whole Gale..

Storm..

Hurricane...

Just sufficent V

With whh ti?s top v?

set and clean full would water.

In which she could just carry in full and by

Figures

to denote

Wind as regards a well-conditioned First-class Clipper Ship.

Rate of the Wind

per Hour in Miles.

the Force

of the

Wind.

Royals, &c.

0 to 2

3 - 10

11 - 15

16 - 20

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails.

Double Reefs and Jib, &c.

Close Reefs and Courses

61 - 69

70 - 80

above 80

OI2345?OOL2

Triple Reefs, &c..

In which she could just bear close-reefed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail Under Storm Staysail

Bare Poles. · ·

THE

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17TH AUGUST, 1878.

NOTICE.

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By Order of the Court,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONgkong.

NTIL further notice, theurt will sit in

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Thursdays.

Auditors.

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Hongkong, 12th August, 1878. ABSTRACT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES, HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION 29th June, 1878,

Dr.

ASSETS.

Cash and Bullion,

Government Securities,

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

Exchange Remittances,

Bank Premises,.

Dead Stock,

$8,960,484.67 1,547,730.74

Bills Discounted, Loans and Credits,... 14,165,449.35

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"NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in

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Cr.

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$55,919,881.17

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TO THE ORDINARY

HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING

SHAREHOLDERS

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Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 24TH AUGUST, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

VOL. XXIV.

　　　　　His Excellency the Governor has been instructed by the Right Honourable Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH, Bart., M. P., Secretary of State for the Colonies, to issue His Excellency's Warrant in Her Majesty's name appointing THOMAS CHILD HAYLLAR, Esquire, Q. C., to be an Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council as long as the Honourable J. M. PRICE shall hold the office of Acting Colonial Secretary.

　　　　　The Honourable THOMAS CHILD HAYLLAR, Q. C., has been accordingly sworn in this day as a Member of the Legislative Council.

By Command,

Council Chamber, Hongkong, 21st August, 1878.

No. 160.

II. E. WODEHOUSE,

Clerk of Councils.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

SALE OF THE OPIUM FARM.

　　　　　Notice is hereby given, that Tenders for the Privilege of Preparing and selling Prepared Opium within the Colony for the term of one, two, or three years from the 1st of March, 1879, under the provisions of Ordinance No. 2 of 1858, will be received at this Office, until Noon on Monday, the 23rd September, 1878.

Each Tender should specify the monthly payment offered for the period above-mentioned. The Government does not bind itself to accept the highest or any Tender.

　　　　　Should the highest Tender be less than the sum the Governor thinks a fair price for the Opium Farm, His Excellency in Council will grant Licences direct under Section 3 of the Ordinance, and take such further steps as may be necessary to realize a fair price.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 21st August, 1878.

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

No. 161.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　　It is hereby notified, that FREDERICK SOWLEY HUFFAM, Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court, Surrogate of the Vice-Admiralty Court, Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Official Assignee in Bankruptcy, has been interdicted from Office by His Excellency the Governor.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th August, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

HE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24TH AUGUST,

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS REWARD.

　　With reference to the above, it is hereby notified that on the 17th instant, His Excellency the Governor having directed that a Warrant should be issued for the arrest of FREDERICK SOWLEY HUFFAM on a charge of Felony, and he having absconded, the above Reward will be paid to any Person who shall give information which may lead to his arrest and conviction.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th August, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

No. 163.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notice to Mariners is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th August, 1878.

Government of China.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

[No. 88.]

CHINA SEA.

PEIHO RIVER-TIENTSIN DISTRICT.

Taku Bar Light.

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

　　Notice is hereby given that on the 4th instant a fixed white light was exhibited, and will continue to be shewn, on the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company's Hulk Aden, now moored outside the T ordinary Springs.

The light, which is dioptric, is 36 feet above the water line, and should be visible 10 miles

Latitude, Longitude,

The Red Buoy, which is distant 3 miles, bears N. 35° W.

Bar in 17 feet low water

hts.

By order of the Inspector General of Customs,

IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS, ENGINEERS' OFFICE, SHANGHAI, 12th August, 1878, -

No. 164.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Hydrographic Notice is published for general information.

By Command,

WELLESLEY, neer-in-Chief.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th August, 1878..

HYDROGRAPHIC NOTICE.

(No. 3 OF 1878.)

All Bearings are Magnetic.

Variation 0°. 0'.

CHINA-EAST COAST-CHINO BAY.

Referring to the Hydrographic Notice published in the Hongkong Government Gazette of the 22nd of June last, re- lating to the recently discovered dangers in Chino Bay and the corrected position of the Sarah Lucy Rocks,—

(See China East Coast, Sheet III, No. 1963, and plan of Chino Bay on same Sheet)

Attention is drawn to the fact that the position of Chino Peak in the above named Chart is slightly in error. At its correct position:-

West White Stone

Yellow Stone

...

.bears N. 42°. 45′ W. bears N. 34°. 50′ W.

South extreme of Islet lying 3 miles South of Kieshi-wei...... bears N. 14°. 20 E.

From the corrected position of the Sarah Lucy Rocks,-

South extreme of Islet lying 3 miles South of Kieshi-wei......

H. M. S. Nassau, Wenchow, 13th August, 1878.

bears N. 71°. 15′ E.

R. H. NAPIER, Captain, in charge of Survey.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24?H AU?UST, 1878.

409

No. 165.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Table of Meteorological Observations, taken at the Government Lock Hospital, during the Month of July, 1878, is published for general information.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th August, 1878.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

METRO

L OBSERVATIONS

TAKEN AT THE GOVERNMENT LOCK

187, at above me

ORIA, HONGKONG, FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, 1878. Level of Spring Tides.

THERMOMETERS (Fahrenheit.)

HYGROMETER.

WIND.

'RAIN IN

INCHES

CLOUD

DAY OF MONTH.

BAROMETER.

SELF REGISTERING

ATTACHED

DAY OF WEEK.

IN THE SHADE.

MAX.

DIUR-

IN SHADE.

Max. and Min. of the previous 24 hours, taken at Noon.

SUN,

SUN, MIN. NAL

BULB

ON RANGE,

OIL

;

MIN. DRY BULB IN WET BULBIN│ SHADE.

SHADE.

BULB

VACUO.

HUMIDITY

COMPLETE SATURATION

100.

DEW POINT.

QUARTER.

DURING

THE

PREVI-

OUS 24

HOURS.

0-10.

- Ex-

POSED.

GRASS. IN SHADE.

HES

L SEP.

9 A.M.

3 P.M.9 A.M. 3 P.M. Min. | Max.

Temp. at

Noon.

A. M. 3 P.M. 9 A. M. 3 P.M. 9 A. M. 3 P.M. 9 A.M. 3 P.M.

A.M. 3 P.M.

9 A.M. 9 A.M.

3 P.M.

5 Friday,.

Monday,.

Tuesday,

Wednesday,

Thursday,

29.90

29.81

....

29.81

6 Saturday,

7 Sunday,

Monday,

9 Tuesday, Wednesday,

Thursday,

12 Friday, 13 Saturday,

14 Sunday,

15 Monday,

16 Tuesday, 17 Wednesday, 18 Thursday,

19 Friday,

Saturday,

29.82

21 Sunday,

29.83

29.80

22 Monday,

29.79

Tuesday,

29.83

29.76

24 Wednesday,

29.82

29.80 85.0

29.81 84.0 86.0 73.0 91.0 88.0 180 85.0 87.0 72.0 91.0 90.0 4.80 85.0 86.0 72.0 90.0 89.0

29.31 29.79 85.0 86.0 73.0 90.0 29.80 29.78 85.0 87.0 29.82 29.80 85.0 87.0 29.81 29.80 87.0 88.0 29.84 29.81 84.0 88.0 29.83 29.80 84.0 89.0 29.82 29.80 85.0 88.0 29.81 29.73 86.0 89.0 29.74 29.70 84.0 88.0 29.72 29.68 88.0 88.0 29.73 29.70 84.0 82.0 29.80 29.78 83.0 84.0 29.83 29.82 83.0 87.0 29.85 29.83 84.0 87.0 29.83 29.80 85.0 88.0 29.80 29.78 86.0 87.0 29.79 85.0 85.0 84.0 82.0 29.77 83.0 85.0 80.0 84.0

87.0

140.

111.

150. 119.

150.

119.

89.0

149.

106.

78.0 90.0

89.0

152. 118.

77.0 91.0

89.0

147.

115.

73.0 92.0

91.0

151.

120.

89.0 151. 119.

25 Thursday,

29.85

29.82 85.0 87.0

26 Friday,

29.90

29.85 85.0 90.0

27 | Saturday,

29.81

28 | Sunday,

29.80

Monday,

29.75

Tuesday,

29.73

Wednesday,

65.0 85.0 86.0 80.0 80.0 55.0 88.0 90.0 82.0 83.0 73. 30.0 54.0 88.0 87.0 81.0 82.0 69. 75.0

20.0 87.0 89.0 82.0 82.0 77.

76.0 82.0

87.0 89.0 83.0 77. 30.0 76.0 88.0 .88.0 83.0 83.0 77. 34.0

86.0 19.0 77.0 91.0 90.0 84.0 88.0 70.

77.0 90.0 80.0 13.0 39.0 76.0 85.0 90.0 81.0 82.0 80. 65. 76.0 90.0 88.0 159. 126. 80.0 14.0 46.0 78.0 85.0 90.0 80.0 80.0 76. 78.0 94.0 93.0 155. 123. 81.0 16.0 42.0 79.0 86.0 91.0 80.0 83.0 72. 78.0 93.0 91.0 155. 124. 85.0 15.0 39.0 79.0 90.0 91.0 83.0 84.0 69. 80.0 91.0 89.0 155. 125. 80.0 11.0 45.0 79.0 83.0 88.0 80.0 80.0 85.

79.0 90.0 89.0 152. 118. 80.0 11.0 38.0 79.0 90.0 90.0 82.0 82.0 65.

78.0 87.0 85.0 147. 117. 77.0 9.0 40.0 79.0 84.0 81.0 800.0 79.0 80. 84.0

73.0 85.0 147. 103. 75.0 12.0 28.0 76.0 83.0 84.0 7'9.0 79.0 80. 74.0 89.0 87.0 147. 110. 76.0 15.0 34.0 77.0 83.0 87.0 $79.0 79.0 80. 75.0 89.0 88.0 146. 110. 76.0 14.0 34.0 78.0 85.0 87.0 80.0 80.0 76.

78.0 92.0 90.0 150. 114. 79.0 14.0 35.0 78.0 86.0 90.0 80.0 82.0 72. 78.0 92.0 90.0 151. 113. 78.0 14.0 35.0 80.0 86.0 88.00 81.0 81.0 76. 76.0 87.0 86.0 150. 112. 78.0 11.0 34.0 80.0 85.0 85.0 79.0 80.0 72. 76. 76.0 89.0 88.0 148. 106. 77.0 13.0 29.0 79.0 85.0 82.0 79.0 80.0 72. 90. 75.0 85.0 84.0 140. 103. 76.0 10.0 27.0 79.0 83.0 $35.0 79.0 80.0 80. 75.0 88.0 87.0 142. 104. 75.0 13.0 29.0 78.0 80.0 84.0 77.0 79.0 85. 77.0 90.0 88.0 149. 112. 77.0 18.0 35.0 79.0 85.0/ 89.0 80.0 76.0 88.0 87.0 142. 106. 75.0 12.0 31. 1.0 85.0 88.0 80.0

76.0 91.0 89.0 149. 114. 35.0

79.0 | 15.0 81.0 87/30 92.0 80.0

29.73 85.0 85.0 78.0 91.0 90.0 146. 113. 79.0 13.0 34.0 81.0 86.0 85.0 80.0 80.0 72.

29.73 84.0 83.0 74.0 86.0 85.0 146. 111. 75.0 12.0 36.0 80.0 85.0 83.0 78.0 77.0 68.

29.71 80.0 83.0 71.0 82.0 81.0 126. 96. 73.0 11.0 23.0 77.30 80.0 83.0 77.0 78.0 85.

29.67 84.0 87.0 74.0 88.0 87.0 144. 110. 76.0 14.0 34,0 7.8.0 84.0 87.0 79.0 29.64 29.61 84.0 88.0 75.0 91.0 90.0 143. 107. 78.0 18.0 29.0 80.0 85.0 88.0 80.0

72.0 18.0

39.0

76.

72.

76.7 76.

S.S.W.

0.40

86.0 19.0

33.0

69.

78.2 78.6

S.S.W.

:..

89.0 18.0

77.

76.5 78.8

86.0 17.0

69.

78.8

77.6

IS.S.W.

0.06

86.0 12.0

32.0

73.

78.8

79.2

S...

S.W.

...

85.0 14.0

77.

79.8

S.W.

S.S.W.

90.

79.7 86.8

S.S.W.

78.4

77.0

S.W.

59.

76.7

73.7

S.W.

66.

76.1

78.0 W.

70.

78.6

79.7

65.

78.0

74.9

0.35

65.

77.0

S.W.

0.10

90.

77.4 77.7

...

76.

76.3

75.7

1.36

65.

76.3

73.9

0.70

69.

76.7

75.5

S.W.

0.70

65.

76.1

77.0

...

69.

77.8 76.5

S.W.

75.1 76.7

75.1 78.7

0.36

76.

76.3

76.7 S.

S.W.

0.65

76.

75.0 75.7

S.W.

0.66

82.0 76.

69.

76.7 77.6

S.W.

0.15

73.0

81.0 76.

69.

76.7 76.5

0.30

82.0 69.

59.

75.5 75.9

S.W.

S.1

76.

76.1 76.7 S.W.

S.W.

72.

73.4 73.0 S.

0.13

76.

75.0

74.7 E.

1.30

79.0 76.

83.0

65.

75.7

73.9

S.W.

76. 77. 76.7

79.8

S.W.

==QTQI pind pe pat pat pe 03.OODTIROLO∞NO2100720

Mean.

29.80 29.76 84.3 86.3 75.6

89.1 88.0 147.

113.

Summary of July,

1877-- -Mean Shade Temp.,

.83.0

Total Rain fall,

1876;-

???

79.2 15.8 33. 76.3 85.4 86.0 80.2 17.72 inches. Rain fell on 23 days. 21.38

81.0

77.

71. 76.8 77.1

...

6.52

1875:-

84.2

18.99

1874:-

83.8

7.91

1873:-

83.7

22.33

1872:-

.84.4

12.99

PH. B. C. AYRES,

Colonial Surgeon.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24TH AUGUST, 1878.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

　Notice is hereby given that a dangerous rocky patch exists in the fairway into Mirs Bay. The following Magnetic bearings are from it :-

Fung Head,

South end of Basalt Island,.

East Ninepin Rock and South part of South Ninepin in line, North-east Head Tamkau,

.N. 16° W.

..N. 87° W.

..S. 55° W.

...S. 25° W.

411

This patch, about 40 feet long by 30 feet broad, extends in a North-east direction with 3 fathoms of water on it at low water springs and 15 fathoms close to.

H. M. S. Victor Emanuel, Hongkong, 7th August, 1878.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

J. DIXON, Staff Commander, R.N.

Unclaimed Correspondence, 23rd August, 1878.

Letters. Papers.

8. Papers.

Letters. Papers.

Lets. Pprs.

Lette

Aky, (Mypan) 1 regd.

Atak, (Mypan) 1 regd.

Ayoon

Cassipini, E. Carter, W. S.

1 1

Grubel, Mrs. A. 1

Lo Yam Ting 1

Girnberk, M. 1

Lynch, Richard 1

Pembroke, F. Parke, D.

1 regd.

Cheing Loong&Co.1

Gaby, John

Lie Koetsay

1 regd.

Piton, Capt.

Shun On & Co. 1

Thornton, Miss J. 1

Antoine, Mattei 1

Lane, J.

Pattison, Mrs. H. 1

Thiel, C.

Abbott, Mrs. A.

Le Sauvage, G. B. 1

Powell, James 1

Talpey, Capt. F.

Donaldson, T. 1

Honsego, Mr.

Tongei, (Chino) 1

Botelho, Balbina 1

?Devlin, H.'

Home, Mr.

Bennett, G. A. 2

Dering, Geo.

Hemptinne, M. 2

Butcher, J. B. 1 bk.

Dhite, Monsr. 1

Hanson, Wm.

Ballin, Capt.

Davis, Quintin 2

Heelis, Arthur 1

Barrett, G.

Barrue, Monsr. 1

Blanchard, Y. T. 2

Engel, Edward "1

Johanson, G. M. 1

Beal, Mrs.

Evans, Mr.

Juonilho, F. M. 1

Johnson, Tom 1

Mffitt, Joseph 1 t, Walter 1 Moffa Morton & Co. Morley, W. H. Marshall, F. J. 1 MacKenzie,Capt.1 Moore, Mr.

Rodrigues, B.

Rita, Inocencia 1

Thiel, John F. A Tai Afat

Roche, John

Ryan, Capt.

Sams, W. F. B. 1

mith, John

.??

H. H. C. 1 regd.

Wellings Woodvil

Ward, Mi

Walsh. Jas., Jr. 1

Wing Lee, Messrs.1

Breshore, Wm. 1

Bushnell, S. C.

Flagg, Wm. S. 3

Juster, Alejandro 1 regd. Jackson, F. E.

McFarlane, A. 1

Shark,

Willberg, Ch.

Merriman, Jas. 1

Sacconi,

Walker, T.

French, Capt. 1

Silverlock, W-

Conghoon, Mrs. 1

Freebody, Capt.

Salancon, Monsr.1~

Young, T., Mr. 1

Kee Shing & Co.1

Parkin, J. H. 2

Sam Wah

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Annie M. Smull 1

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Largs Lombardian

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Astarte

Hail Columbia

L. R. Burnham 1

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Arista

Humboldt

Lady Penrhyn 4

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Sacmmento

Alexandra

2 1 rt

rau-

Lola Macaulay

Didr of India

America

spur

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Amboto, s.s.

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1 reg

etan Obear 1

Laurell

Presuits, s.s.

Southern Cross

ei, s.s.

Leucadia

Pursaid, s.s.

Eliza

7ay

Presto

Balcarry

Ermini..

Maid of Judah" 4

Palestine

Banian

Barbara Taylor 1

1 1 regd. Emily

Eme

Helen

Hindostan

Brisbane

Freeman Clark

Hawthorn Hopeful

1334 -

McCallum More 2

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Twilight

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Corona

Francesca

Imbros, s.s. Irene

Chalecolet

Fusilier

Irigo

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Invincible

6112

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Mary Blair Minydon

Tokatea

Mindon

Cosmo

Globe

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1111

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Robert Henderson12

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Comet

Gunga, s.s.

Countess of Erroll 5

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　　　　Challenge Charger

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Leon Crespo

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Rhoda

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Wm. Manson

Wandering Jew 2

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Rosie Wett Rifleman

Yarman, s.s.

Modeste,..................3 Letters. 1 Paper.

Amsterdamsche Courant. Catalogue of Books.

Cork Weekly Herald.

Banh?tte.

Daily Recorder.

Christian.

Daily Free Press.

For H. M. Ships.

Shannon,.................1 Letter.

Victor Emanuel,......................................... Letter.

Books, &c., without Covers..

Evans Sons & Co., p.c. Inverness Courier. Exchange News,

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Le Si?cle.

Journal des Consulats

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Our God Shall Come.

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..2

Nicholls, W., British Ship Marathon, Callao, Peru, Parkinson, W., 22, Poulton St., Kirkham, Lancashire,

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General

fice, Hongkong, 23rd August, 1878.

412

THE

HONGKONG

GOVERNMENT

GAZETTE, 24TH

AUGUST, 1878.

1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE I

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

NED STATIONS.

CAPE D'AGUILAR.

HEIGHT 170 FEET.

VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT 1,8

FEET.

WINDS

RAIN FALL.

WINDS

THERMOMETER.

DAY AND

BARO-

? TO 12.

WEA-

HOUR.

THER.

BARO-

METER

0 TO 12.

WSA-

BARO-

METER

In inches

THER.

DATE.

[METER

|Attd. Max. Min.] Dry. | Wet. Direct. | Force.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct.

Force.

during previous

24 hours,

THERMOMETER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

WINDS

RAIN FALL.

0 TO 12.

WEA-

THER.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

THERMOMETER.

WINDS

0 TO 12.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

RAIN FALL.

In inches

during previous 24 hours.

32.01

83.0 80.0 SW

b.c.

28.26 75.0

75.0 75.0 SW

0.c.

Saturday,

17th

Aug.

30.06 82.0 Noon 30.06 86.5 88.0 80.0] 86.0 81.0 30.02 86.0

81.0 79.0

b.c.

29.92 85.0

83.5 82.0 Calm

b.c.

29.93

0 86.0 76.0 87.0 83.0 SW

b.c.

0.00

28.26 77.5 78.0 71.0 76.0 75,0 S

O.C.

0.40

b.c.

29.93 87.0 87.5 78.0 86.0 82.0 SW

b.c.

0.02

29.95 85.

86.0 81.0 SW

b.c.

28.24 77.0

··

76.0 75.0 SW

O.C.

85.0 80.0

b.c.

29.92 88.0

88.5 82.5 S

b.c.

29.92 85.5

Sunday,

18th

30.06 83.0:

Aug.

81.0 78.0 Noon 30.06 | 85.0 90.0 80.0 84.0 80.0 30.02 86.0

b.c.

29.92 84.0

83.0 80.0 SW

b.c.

28.26 77.0]

76.0 75.0 SSW

O.C.

82.0 80.5 Calm

b.c.

29.94 84.0

36.0 82.0 SW

—

b.c.

0.00

28.25 77.0 77.0 74.0 76.0 75,0 SSW

:??:

O.C.

b.c.

29.94 88.0 89.5 77.5 86.5 82.5 W

b.c.

0.00

29.94 85.5 88.0 79.0

0 85.0/ SW

b.c.

28.24 78.0

77.0 75.0 SSW

b.c.

0.00

85.0 80.0

b.c.

29.91 88.0

88.5 84.0 SW

b.c.

29.92 87.0

87.

9.0 SW

b.c.

28.27 76.0]

75.0 75.0 SW

Monday,

19th

Aug.

30.07 86.0

85.0 82.0

9 Noon 30.06 88.0 90.0 80.0 88.0 $2.0 30.01 89.0

b.c.

29.93 86.0

84.5 82.5 NW

b.c.p.

29.91 84.0

88.0 83.0

Tuesday,

30.06 86.5

85.0 80.0

20th

Aug.

Noon 30.05 88.5 91.0 81.0 87.0 81.0

30.01 90.0

89.0 83.0

Wednesday,

21st

Aug.

30.04 | 86.51

Noon 29.98: 89.0 92.0 82.0 88.5 82.0

:???

86.0 82.0

True wind cannot be registered.

Do.

b.c.

29.93 87.0 89.5 77.5 86.0 83.0 SW

b.c.

0.00

b.c.

29.91 88.0

87.0 83.5 SW

b.c.

84.0 80

29.88 88.0 89.0 78.0 87.0 83.

29.82 87.0

n SW

b.c.

0.00

28.25 77.0 77.0 72.0 76.0| 75.0| SW

o.p.c.

O.C.

0.00

b.c.

28.22 77.0

76.0 76.0 SW

o.c.p.r.

86.0 82.0 S:

28.27 76.0

75.0 75.0 W

b.c.

29.92 86.0

85.0 82.5 NW

b.c.

29.89 85.0

85.0 81.0 SW

b.c.

29.92 88.0 89.0 78.5 87.0 82.5 W

b.c.

29.90 89.0

0.00

b.c.

0.00

29.92 86.5 89.0 80.0 88.0 84.0 SW

28.22 78.0

o.c.m.

28.27 77.0 78.0 74.0 76.0 76.0 W

c.c.m.

77.0 77.0 SW

6.c.m.

88.5 84.5 SW

b.c.

29.91 86.5

88.0 83.0 SW

b.c.

28.24 77.0

b.c.

29.90 87.0

85.5 83.0 Calm

b.c.

29.91 85.0

85.5 82.0 SW

b.c.

0.00

b.c.

29.90 88.0 89.0 79.5 88.5 85.0] SW

b.c.

0.00

29.94 91.0

90,0 $3.0

b.c.

29.85 90.0

88.0 85.0 SW

b.c.

29.89 86.0 89.0 79.0 89.0 84.0 SW 29.84 87.5

28.15 78.0

76.0 76.0 SW

o.f.

0.00

28.22 79.0 79.0 75.0 77.0 76.0 SW,

O.C.

0.00

77.0 77.0 SW

o.c.m.

86.0 83.0 SW

b.c.

28.18 71.0]

71.0 71.0 W

o.c.r,

Thursday,

22nd

Aug.

29.99 81.0

··

77.0 75.0

o.c.r.t.

29.86 81.0

74.5 74.0 Calm

29.87 81.0

80.0 78.0 SW

b.c.

Noon

29.95 85.0 90.0 76.0 83.0 77.0

29.85 84.0 88.5 71.5 82.0 79.5 S

1.82

29.91 85.0

84.0 81.0

29.84 86.0

85.0 81.0 SW

g.p.

Friday,

23rd

Aug.

29.96 86.0 86.0 81.0

9 Noon 29.96 88.0 90.0 82.0 87.5 82.0| 29.91 88.0

b.c.

29.85 86.0

85.0 82.0 WSW

29.8587.0

87.0 81.0

b.c.

29.85 88.0 87.0 79.0 87.0 83.0 SW 87.0 82.0 SW

29.81 88.0

: ?

0.10

29.86 83.0 89.0 74.0 82.0 80.0 SW 29.83 83.0

b.c.

2.45

28.17 73.0 74.0 69.0 72.0 72.0 SSW 28.13 75.0

o.c.m.

4.00

74.0 74.0 SSW

o.f.m.

81.0 81.0 SW

b.c.

87.0 83.0 SW

3 b.c.

29.85 | 86.5 88.0 78.0 87.0 84.0 SW 29.81 86.0

q.p.

0.00

28.1.7 76.0

28.17

75.5 75,5| SW

o.c.m.

77.0 77.0 73.0 76.0 76.0 SW

o.c m.

0.20

··

87.0 84.0 SW

5 b.c.q.

28.1277.0

75.0 75.0 SW

o.c.m.

STATE OF WEATHER:-b. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; ?. foggy; g. gloomy; h. hail; Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). NOTE.—A bar (—) under any letter augments its signification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r. hea

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

Description of Wind.

Calm.

Light Air Light Breeze Gentle Breeze Moderate Breeze

Fresh Breeze

Strong Breeze

Moderate Gale

Fresh Gale

Strong Gale

Whole Gale

Storm.....

Hurricane.

(hazy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; q. squally; r. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility.

1, &c., &c.

igures

Illus

the Wind as regards a well-conditioned

or First-class Clipper Ship.

-Rate of the" per Hour In..

Just sufficient to give With which than e set and albe fals water.

In which she conid

full and by

chase,

In which she could just bentose-reefed Main

Under Storm Staysail

Bare Poles.....

and T. G. Sails.

and Jib, &c.

&c..

53 60

and Courses

afl and reefed Foresail

61 - 69

70-80

above 80

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24TH AUGUST, 1878.

2ND DRAWING.

CHINESE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT LOAN 1877.

413

OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that in conformity with the stipulation contained in the Bonds of this Loan, the following numbers of Bonds to be paid off at par, on the 31st of August next, (1878) when the Interest thereon will cease to be payable, were this day Drawn at the Offices of the HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, situate No. 31 Lombard Street, in this City, in the presence of Mr. WILLIAM NICHOLLS, Acting Accountant of the said Corporation, and of the undersigned Notary.

NUMBERS OF BONDS DRAWN.

1,146 BONDS Nos.

135

141

3750 4638

3762 4658

8281

7394

8292

8303

5633 6532

7423 8319

5650 6547

7440 833

300

8369

310

7490

331

1230

2116 301

8384

7493 4825 5715 6620 7513 8405 4835 5731 6626 7532 8418 4858 5746 6643 7537 8440 9o

8390

6657 7550 8451 6674 7561 8460

6680 7580 8481

44211000

427 1328 2211

455 1351

467 1371

484

1878

491

1396

518 1405

523

1416 231

541 1434

4122

552 1449

561

1464

582 1476

599 1493 2591

614

$4169 4178 1507 2407 300 4192 1526 2413.

4202

5838 6722

7629

76 6765

3023960 30 0 3971 4870 5*62 3092 3977 4878 ? 74 3096 (909 4802

4165068

5795 5810 6697 7599* 84 5820 6718 7607 R

12141 13036 13933 14836 1572

6746 7632 8540

71218 6755 7646 8545

10335 11229 7659 8563

10352 11249 6777 7674 8572

10371 11252 12165 13053 13949 14849 15746 6800 7689 8588

　　　　　　　10384 11273 12170 13065 13967 14867 15759 5022 5917 6807 7702 8598 9493 10. $395 11:95 12194 13081 13978 14877 15767 5040 5924 6820 7727 8614 9520

104 105

1302 12198 13099 13994 14892 15783 5054 5938 6838 7730 8631 9522 1041 1318 12211 13107 14012 14903 15795 5954 6847 7747 8652 9539 10442 11336 12225 13124 14015 14923 15818 5074 5978 6863 7757 8664 9551 10445 11345 12243 13135 14031 14929 15826 5086 5989 6881 7774 8668 9563 10461 11358 12261 13152 14049 14941 15841 629

5110 5996 6893 7788 8691 9580 10476 11373 12275 13165 14067 14959 15851 640 1534 2427 3320 4225 5115 6008 6909 7801 8700 9604 10492 11387 12279 13185 14074 14970 15864 655 1541 2443 3339 4240 5126 6024 6918 7813 8716 9617 10503 11399 12297 13192 14094 14982 15889 672 1556 2459 3348、 4246 5151 6043 6939 7829 8728 9626 10517 11415 12308 13216 14107 14999 15902 674 1571 2472 3373 4267 5163 6055 6948 7851 8738 9635 10537 11425 12324 13217 14123 15014 15913 693 1589 2491 3388 42805175 6071 6961 7857 8754 9653 10544 11445 12335 13236 14137 15033 15920 703 1599 2497 3391 4295 5194 6081 6978 7873 8769 9664 10557 11466 12361 13249 14145 15047 15934 717 1624 2512 3404 4302 5197 6099 6989 7884 8792 9679 10575 11478 12369 13259 14157 15054 15953 731 1633 2534 3424 4318 5222 6111 7014 7909 8805

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　9694 10591 11481 12378 13278 14174 15077 15968 756 1643 2536 3434 4336 5236 6125 7017 7920 8820 9705 10611 11500 12394 13291 14187 15080 15978 768 1662 2553 3457 4342 5239 6140 7031 7928 8821 9719 10616 11509 12406 13311 14199 15105 16002 773 1675 2575 3470 4367 5264 6153 7045 7940 8835 9734 10639 11529 12424 13316 14224 15109 16010 797 1691 2577 3473 4369 5277 6161 7064 7956 8849 9747 10641 11545 12435 13329 14232 15133 16021 812 1698 2596. 3490 4392 5283 6180 7080 7972 8864 9759 10658 11559 12454 13350 14241 15147 16034 824 1713 2608 3507 4401 5302 6193 7096 7987 8881 9779 10676 11567 12463 13363 14256 15151 827 1733 2628 3518 4412 5320 6205 7103 8003 8897 9794 10690 11581 12478 13383 14280 15175 849 1749 2638 3533 4433 5327 6228 7115 8020 8907 9814 10706 11595 12492 13389 14290 15177 865 1761 2658 3549 4447 5338 6234 7127 8030 8924 9817 10721 11611 12505 13402 876 1771 2669 3562 4455 5362 6253 7147 8041 8939 9842 10726 11622 12521 13418 890 1783 2687 3577 4477 5372 6267 7168 8053 8953 9848 10744 11635 12531 13427

For ?100 Sterling each?114,600.

14295 15201 14314 15208

14331 15229

　　　4 897 1801 2702 3597 4483 5386 6280 7175 8066 8961 9859 10756 11661 12555 13448 14340 15238 24 923 1809 2708

3609 4501 5391 6298 7187 8084 8977 9876 10770 11665 12562 13463 14351 15256 32 932 1826 2725 3618 4510 5408 6312 7208 8096 8990 9895 10786 11690 12574 13470 14367 15272 46 939 1843 2741 3633 4524 5432 6316 7213 8111 9004 9901 10798 11692 12593 13489 14388 15275 69 958 1853 2751 3654 4546 5435 6334 7235 8122 9019 9922 10817 11711 12605 13498 14405 15294 78 979 1876 2763 3657 4561 5456 6345 7240 8137 9031 9934 10827 11721 12621 13515 14417 15307 91 991 1882 2784 3673 4578 5465 6358 7255 8149 9046 9941 10839 11735 12630 13533 14423 15320 99 1005 1900 2797 3686 4590 5481 6374 7279 8165 9065 9956 10851 11748 12645 13542 14437 15331 117

1016 1915 2814 3700 4598 5498 6388 7287 8181 9076 9973 10869 11763 12664 13555 14453 15345 1035 1929 2827 3722 4616 5510 6404 7296 8195 9097 9986 10883 11776 12676 13567 14465 15372 1040 1935 2832 3734 4622 5526 6421 7313 8206 9106 10002 10906 11802 12689 13585 14482 15378 159 1056 1948 2846

5544 6429 7333 8219 9115 10017 10910 11805 12708 13596 14492 15395 173 1078 1970 2862

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　5547 6445 7339 8234 9131 10027 10925 11818 12725 13611 14507 15403 186 1084 1981 2872 3769 4676 5561 6459 7357 8248 9146 10044 10938 11835 12727 13623 14522 15424 203 1100 2001 2897 3789 4686 5586 6471 7365 8272 9161 10053 10952 11846 12745 13637 14544 218

15439 1110 2016 2906 380D

4696 5596 6493 7383

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　10072 10968 11871 12757 13653 14552 15455 227 1127 2030 2926 58816 4706 5605 6501

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　10087 10979 11876 12772 13667 14568 15460 248 1135 2040 29323832 4722 5623 6522 7407

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　9201 10099 11003 11889 12786 13679 14577 262 1150 2051 2944 3844 4734

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　9214 10116 11006 11913 12800 269 1174 2062 2957 3853 4751

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　9236 10123 11020 11928 12814 286 1188 2082 2982 3865 4774 5664 6561 7450 8351 9246 10143 11042 11929 12833

1195 2094 2984: 3884 4779 5684 6572 7476

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　10156 11050 11947 12846 1207 2108 3007 3905 4802 5686 6583 3919 4815 5701 6597 343 1246 2139 3037 3926 360 1251 2143 304 3940 375 1274 2161 381 1286 2173 397 1292 2198 416 1315 2204

9172

9185

13702 13715

14'

13725

9257

13748

9269

10171 11069 11957 12864 13754

9285

9301

10186 11076 11975 12867 13768 10197 11092

For

9312

235

11.

.0255

111. 10264 111 10278 11177

11987 12885 13784 12006 12896 13798 14692 12015 12913 13813 14709 15610 12029 12925 13828 14717 15611 12048 12041 13837 14733 15627 12055 12954 13851 14744 15641 12078 12969 13865 14759 15656

14684

155,

15585

10303 102

12083 2107

12980

13879 14780 15668

129 7

13897

14798 15681

9434 10319

12117

13011

13904

14810

9446

12128

13032

13930 14815 1.

9452

9465 9484

For the HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,

WM. NICHOLLS, Acting Accountant.

Countersigned,

W. W. VENN, Junior,

Notary Public,

2 Pope's Head Alley, Cornhill, E.C.

LONDON, 12th June, 1878.

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VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 31ST AUGUST, 1878.

VOL. XXIV.

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South end of Basalt Island,.

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..............................................S. 55° W. ....S. 25° W.

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THE

HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 31st

1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

CAPE D'AGUILAR, HEIGHT 170 FEET.

VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

WINDS

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

DAY AND

DATE.

BARO-

Ο ΤΟ 12.

HOUR.

METER

WEA-

THER.

BARO-

METER

Saturday,

Attd.|Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

29.98 86.0

Ο ΤΟ 12.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct.:

?n ?n?l?

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches

during previous 24 hours.

85.0 81.0

b.c.

24th

Noon 29.97 88.0 90.0 -82.0 87.5 82.0

b.c.

Aug.

29.9388.5

88.0 82.0

b.c.

Sunday,

25th

30.03 86.5

86.0 81.0

b.c.

29.8986.0

··

30.04 87.0 92.0 82.0|88.0 82.0|

b.c.

*Aug.

29.99 88.0

87.0 82.0

b.c.

29.85 86.0 29.86 88.0 88.0 78.0 87.0 83.0) S 86.5 82.5 W

29.83 88.0

85.0 82.0 Calm 29.91 | 88.0 88.0 79.0 87.0 82.5 SW 29.89 89.0

85.0 82.0

83.0 80.0 SW

b.c.

28.18 76.5

75.5 75.5 SW

o.c.m.

78.0 88.0 82.0 SW

b.c.

0.00

28.18 77.0 77,0 72.0 76.0 76.0 Sw

o.c m.

0.15

29.

87.0 86.0 SW

e.q.p.

19:9887.0

???

b.c.

200

88.0 83.0 SW

b.c.

29.9885.0

Monday,

26th

Aug.

Tuesday,

27th

Wednesday,

28th

Aug.

Thursday,

30.02 86.5

29th

Aug.

30.1185.5]

No 30.10 | 86.0 90.0 81.0 85.0 81.0

30.06 87.0

30.15 85.0

1 30.1189.0 90.0 81.0 88.0 81.0] 30.07 | 90.0

80.06 86.5

85.5 81.0

30.05 89.0 91.0 80.0 88.0 82.0|

30.03 | 90.0

89.0 82.5

83.5 81.0

b.c.

29.96 86.0

85.5 82.0 Calm

b.c.

30.00 185.0

: ?

83.0 80.0 SW

28.17 77.0

28.25 77.0]

76.0 76.0 SW

o.c.m.

29.99 85.0 90.0, 70.0 84.0 81.0 SW

0.09

86.0 80.0 SW

b.c.

28.21 77.0]

:00:

75.0 74.0 S

b.c.v.

28.25 78.0 78.0, 73.0 76.0 75.5 SSW

o.c.m.

0.00

76.0 76.0 SSW,

4o.c.m.

87.0 85.0 SW

b.c.

28.31 76.5

75.0 75.0 SSW

? 2

o.c.m.

86.0 80.0

83.0 80.0

89.0 81.0

:? :

True wind cannot be registered.

b.c.

29.97 88.0 89.0 78.5 87.0 82.5 Calm

b.c.

0.00

29.99 87.0 89.0 78.6) 89.0; 82.0] SW

b.c.

0.00

28.32 78.0 78.0 74.0 77.0 76.0 SSW

O.C.

0.00

b.c.

29.94 89.0

89.0 82.5 SW

b.c.

29.95 87.0

88.0 82.0 SW

b.c.

28.30 79.0

78.0 75.0 SW

O.C.

b.c.

29.99 87.0

85.0 82.5 Calm

b.c.

29.93 $6.0

85.0 80.0, SW

b.c.

28.34 77.0

Do.

b.c.

29.99 88.0 90.0] 78,0| 88.0] 82.5| W

found

b.c.

0.00

29.94 87.0 89.0, 79.0 88.0[83.0] S'W

b.c.

0.00

28.33 88.5 79.0, 74.0 77.0 74.0 SSW

b.c.

29.95 90.0

89.5 83.0 W

b.c.

29.90 86.0

86.0 80.0 SW

b.c.

28.30 70,5

76.0 74.0 SSW

o.c.

O.C.

0.00

77.5 75.5 SSW

O.C.

b.c.

29.92 86.0

84.5 82.0 Calm

b.c.

29.9386.0

b.c.

29.92 87.0 90.0 78.0 86.5 82.5| SW

b.c.

0.00

8.88

88.0 80.0 SW

b.c.

28.26 76.0

75.0 75.0 SW

o.c.m.

29.94 87.0 89.0 78.0 88.0 83.0] SW

b.c.

0.00

28.26 78.0 78.0 73.0 77.0 75.0 SW

o.c.m.

0.00

b.c.

29.88 89.0

87.5 82.0 SW

b.c.

29.90 86.0

85.5 81.0

b.c.

29.88 86.0

84.5 81.0 SW

b.c.

29.96 86.0

Aug.

30.0289.0 92.0 81.0 89.0 82.0||

29.99 90.0

b.c.

29.90 88.0 90.0 78.0 88.0 83.0 SW

b.c.

0.00

86.0 83.0 SW

1 b.c.

28.21 78.0

86.0 82.0 SW

2 b.c.

28.23 77.0

76.0 75.0 SSW

o.c m.

76.0 76.0, SW

o.c.m.

89.5 82.0

b.c.

29.88 90.0

88.5 83.0 SW

b.c.

29.93 87.0

Friday,

30.08 87.5

86.0 81.0

b.c.

29.94 87.0

30th

Noon

Aug.

30.08 89.0 92.0 82.0 88.0 81.0

30.02 90.0

89.0 81.0

b.c.

85.0 80.5 Calm 29.94 88.0 90.0 77.0 87.0 82.5 SW

b.c.

29.90 86.01

29.93 87.0 89.0 80.0 88.0 83.0] SW

89.982.0 SW

85.0 82.0 W

2 b.c.

b.c.

0.00

28.23 78.0 78.0 74.0 77.0 76.0 SW

o.c.m.

0.00

28.21 78.0

77.0 76.0 SW

b.m.

b.c.

28.30 780

b.c.

0.00

29.92 90.0]

89.0 83.0] SW

b.c.

29.90 87.0 90.0 80.0 880 83.0 SW 29.88 87.0

b.c.

0.00

1:90

76.5 75.0 Calm

b.m.

88.0 83.0 SV

b.c.

28.30 82.0 82.0 74.0 81.0 79.0 WSW 28.25 80.0

b.m.

0.00

79.0 77.0 SSW

b.m.

Figures

STATE OF WEATHER:-b. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; f. foggy; g. gloomy; h. hail; 7. lightning; m. Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). NOX --A bar ( -- under any letter augments its signification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and continui

misty (hazy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; 9. squally; 7. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility.

g rain, &c., &c.

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

Description of Wind.

Calm...

Illustrations of the p

tcha Windas regards a well-conditioned

Man-o

or First-class Clipper Ship.

Rate of the Wind per Hour in Miles.

Fresh Breeze

Light Air

Light Breeze

Gentle Breeze

Moderate Breeze

Strong Breeze

Strong Gale.

Whole Gale

rricane....

Moderate Gale

Fresh Gale

Storm...

Just sufficient to give steerage way With which the above Ship with a sail ( 1 to 2 knots set and clean full would go in snooth

water..........

3 to 4

5 to 6

Royals, &c..

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails.

Triple Reefs, &c..

In which she could just carry in case, Double Reefs and Jib, &c. fuil and by

Close Reefs and Courses

In which she could just bear close- eefed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail Under Storm Staysail

Bare Poles...

0 to 2

3 - 10

11 15

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

16 - 20

21 25

26 30

45 52

53 60

above 80

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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

In accordance with the tenor of the Notification No. 153 of the 30th of July, 1878, thirty-five Candidates presented themselves for the vacant post of third Lighthouse Keeper. Under instructions from His Excellency the Governor, they were examined by Dr. EITEL, the Acting Head of the Education Department, and Mr. J. P. McEUEN, R.N., the Acting Harbour Master. Having read the report of the Examiners and the testimonials of the Candidates, His Excellency has been pleased to appoint LEOPOLDO L. LOPES to be third Lighthouse Keeper on probation.

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SALE OF THE OPIUM FARM.

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No. 172.

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With reference to the above Notification, it is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to extend the period up to which Tenders will be received to Noon on Wednesday, the 23rd October.

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Government of Queensland.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

SHOAL PATCH OFF TURTLE GROUP, INNER ROUTE.

Captain BROWN, of the s.s. Gunga, reports the existence of a Shoal Patch, over which the vessel grazed-and on which there probably would not be more than 12 feet at low water-lying 1 mile to the northward of the North Island of the Turtle Group, and with that Island on with Lookout Point.

Nothing less than 7 fathoms was obtained by the lead.

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NOTICE

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

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CHINA SEA.

SHANGHAI DISTRICT-WOOSUNG.

1.-"Lismore Wreck" Light.

SEPTEMBER, 1878. 423

Notice is hereby given that the foundations of the "Lismore Wreck" Screw-pile Lighthouse have been removed, and the Woosung Lightboat has been shifted 600 feet to the South of its former position and occupies the previous position of the Lighthouse.

2.-Woosung Broy.

The Woosung Buoy (No. 29 in the Chinese List of "Lights, Buoys and Beacons" for 1878), painted Red and Black vertical stripes, has been shifted 600 feet to the East of its former position.

This Light has been altered so as to show:-

3.- Woosung Lighthouse.

White, between the Bank of the Yangtze, to the West of the Lighthouse, and S. 2° W.

Green, between S. 2o W. and S. 59° 15′ W.

White, between S. 59° 15′ W. and S. 72° 20′ W.

Red, between S. 72° 20′ W. and the opposite Bank of the Woosung River.

The Bearings are magnetic and taken from seaward.

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By order of the Inspector General of Customs,

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No. 168.

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treet. The work will be divided into four contra 's, and separate

tendera rec

The 8

where also

The

an W 11

me.

Houd to

ider may be obtained.

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By Command,

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Colonial Secretary's

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No. 128.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

HONGKONG SILVER SUBSIDIARY COINS.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd June, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

No. 122.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notice respecting Typhoons is published for general information.

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Acting

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NOTICE TO MARINERS.

TEMBER, 1878.

425

Notice is hereby given that a dangerous rocky patch exists in the fairway into Mirs Bay. The following Magnetic bearings are from it :—

Fung Head,

South end of Basalt Island,.

East Ninepin Rock and South part of South Ninepin in line, North-east Head Tamkau,

.N. 16° W.

.N. 87° W.

.S. 55° W.

.S. 25° W.

This patch, about 40 feet long by 30 feet broad, extends in a North-east direction with 3 fathoms of water on it at low water springs and 15 fathoms close to.

H. M. S. Victor Emanuel, Hongkong, 7th August, 1878.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Unclaimed Correspondence, 6th September, 1878.

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THE

HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,

1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

CAPE D'AGUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

WINDS

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

DAY AND

BARO-

0 TO 12.

HOUR.

DATE.

METER

WEA-

THER.

BARO-

0 TO 12.

METER

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. | Dry.

Wet. Direct. Force.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet, Direct. Force.

iches

revious

*S.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. | Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

|Attd. Max. Min. | Dry.]Wet. Direct. | Force.

VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

RAIN FALL.

In inches

during previous 24 hours.

WEA-

THER.

Saturday,

31st

9 30.

84.0 80.0

30.08 | 85.0] Noon 30.06 | 90.0 92.0 81.0 89.0 83.0

b.c.

29.93 77.0

84.5 81.0 Calm

b.c.

29.98 85.0

85.0 82.0 SW

b.c.

28.30 79.0

b.c.

Aug.

0.0190.0

890 81.0

b.c.

29.94 89.0 89.5 78.0 88.0 83.0 SW 29.90 90.0

b.c.

29.98 86.0 89.0 79.0 88.0 82.0 SW

b.c.

0.00

:??

78.0 75.0] Calm

b.m.

28.30 82.0, 82.0, 75.0 81.0 79.0 Calm

b.m.

0.00

88.5 83.0 SW

b.c.

29.91 87.0

Sunday,

30.0387.0

1st

86.0 79.0 Noon? 30.00 87.0 91.0 80.0 86.0 80.0|

Sept.

29.94 89.0

b.c.

29.90 87.0

85.5 81.0] NW

b.c.

29.90 86.0

88.0 83.0 SW

b.c.

28.26 82.0

88.0 82.0 SW

b.c.

28.25 77.0

81.0 80.0 Calm

b.m.

76.0 74.0] WSW]

b.c.m.

b.c.

29.89 88.0 89.5 78.0 88.0 82.0 SW

b.c.

0,00

29.90 86.0 89.0 78.0 88.0 82.0 SW

b.c.

0.00

28.24 80.0 80.0 75.0 79.0 76.0 SSW

b.m.

0.00

89.0 81.0

b.c.

29.86 90.0

89.0 83.0 SW

b.c.

29.85 86.5

86.0 83.0 SW

Monday,

29.97 87.0

86.5 81.0

b.c.

29.84 86.0

85,0 82.0 Calm

b.c.

29.85 85.0

··

2nd

Noon 29.95 89.5 91.0 82.0 89.0 81.0

Sept.

29.92 90.5

Tuesday,

29.99 86.0

89.0 82.0

85.0 81.0

oru

Sept.

Wednesday,

4th

Noon 29.99 | 90.0 92.0 81.0 89.0 83.0]

29.95 90.0

30.0886.0

Noon 30.06 | 90.0 92.0 82.0 90.0 82.0

89.0 82.0

84.0 79.0

Sept.

30.02 92.0

:???:

True wind cannot be registered.

Do.

b.c.

29.85 88.0 90.0 77.5 88.0 82.0 SW

b.c.

0.00

: ?

b.c.

28.19 79.0

78.0| 76.0| SW

b.m.

85.0 80.0 SW

b.c.

28.18 77.0

76.0 76.0 SSW

o.f.m.

29.85 87.0 99.0 80.0 88.0 82.0 SW

b.c.

0.00

28.18 78.0 78.0 75.0 77.0 75.0 SW

b.m.

0.00

b.c.

29.8290.0

b.c.

29.86 87.0

89.0 82.0 SSW

b.c.

29.82 86.0

87.0 85.0 SW

··

b.c.

28.15 | 78.0

77.0 75.0 SW

b.m.

85.0 81.5 Calm

b.c.

29.87 86.0

86.0 83.0 SW

b.c.

28.21 78.0

76.0 76.0 SW

o.c.m.

b.c.

29.87 88.0 90.0 79.5 88.0 83.0 SW

b.c.

0.00

29.88 87.0 90.0 80.0, 87.0 81.0 SW

b.c.

0.00

28.20 | 78.0 78.0 75.0 77.0] 76.0] SW

o.c.m.

????

b.c.

29.85 90.01

90.0 83.0 SW

b.c.

29.83 87.0

87.0 85.0 SW

b.c.

28,1778.0]

b.c.

29.93 86.0

83.5 80.0 Calm

b.c.

29.94 89.0 90.5| 79.0 87.5 82,5 SW

b.c.t.

91.0 82.0

b.c.

29.91 90.0

88.5 83.5 SW

b.c.

: 8:

29.95 86.0

0.00

08:

77.0 76.0 SW

o.c.m.

87.0 83.0 SE

b.c.

28.27 77.0

76.0| 75.0] W

O.C.

0.00

29.93 87.0 90.0 80.0 90.0 84.0 SW

b.c.

0.00

29.92 88.0

88.0 85.0 SW

Thursday,

5th

30.08 87.5

Sept.

86.0 81.0 Noon | 30.07 90.0 93.0 83.0 89.0 81.0 30.02 92.0 91.0 82.0

b.c.

29.94 87.0

b.c.

85.5 81.0 SW

b.c.

29.96 86.0

29.90 90.0 91.0 79.5 90.5 83.5 Calm

b.c.

0.00

L: 3

.c.

28.25 79.0

88.0, 83.0 SSW

b.c.

28.29 80.0

28.27 79.0 79.0 75.0 78.0 76.0 SW

b.m.

0.00

78.0 76.0 SW

b.m.

79.0 76.0 Calm

b.m.

29.95 87.0 91.0 80.0 90.0 84.0 SSE

b.c.

0.00

b.c.

29.92 91.0

89.0 82.5 S

b.c.t.

29.92 88.0

89.0 83.0 SW

b.c.

28.29 82.0 82.0 76.0 80.0 77.0 NNW 28.24 79.0

2 b.m.

0.00

78.0 76.0 SSW

b.m.

Friday,

30.04 85.5

6th

84.0 81.0

9 Noon 30.02 90.0 91.0 81.0 89.0 81.0|

Sept.

3 29.95 90.5

b.c..

29.90 | 86.0

··

b.c.

86.0 82.0 SW

b.c.

29.92 85.0]

86.0 82.0 SW

b.c.

28.26 78.0

89.0 81.0

b.c.

29.92 88.0 92.0 79.0 87.0 82.0 SW 89.0 82.0 SW

29.93 89.0

b.c.

0.00

b.c.

29.92 86.0 92.0 78.0 89.0 82.0 SW 29.86 87.0

b.c.

0.00

··

89.0 78.5 SW

b.c.

··

77.0 76.0 SW 28.24 79.0 79.0 75.0 78,0| 76.0! SSW 28.18 80.0 79.0 75.0 SSW

c.m.

0.00

b.m.

? (hazy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; 9. squally; r. rain; s. snow; . thunder; u. ugly (threatening) ?ppearance of weather; v. visibility. n, &c., &c.

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

Description of Wind.

Calm...

Light Air Light Breeze Gentle Breeze Moderate Breeze Fresh Breeze ...

Strong Breeze ..

Moderate Gale

Fresh Gale

Strong Gale

Whole Gale

Storm...

Hurricane

Just sufficient to give steerage way.

of the Wind as regards a well-conditioned

ar or First-class Clipper Ship.

Kate of the Wind per Hour in Miles.

With which the above Ship with all sail ( 1 to 2 knots set and clean full would go in smooth water.

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

0 to 2

16 20

3 to 4

(5 to 6

21 25

Royals, &c.

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails.

53 60

70 - 80

above 80

In which she could just carry in chase, Double Reefs and Jib, &c. full and by .......

Triple Reefs, &c..

Close Reefs and Courses

In which she could just bear close-reefed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail Under Storm Staysail

Bare Poles.

STATE OF WEATHER:-6. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; f. foggy; g. gloomy; h. hai Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). NOTE.—A bar (—) under any letter augments its signification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r. h?

EPTEMBER, 1878.

THE HONG

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in

Uts Original Jurisdiction on Mondays and

Thursdays.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

UNT

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in its Summary Jurisdiction, on every Tues- day, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG

IN BANKRUPTCY.

OTICE.-HO-TAI-SANG alias HO-MING-

VERNMENT GAZETTE, 7TH SEPTEMBER, 1878.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

Foreign Attachment.

Suit No. 792.

Plaintiff,-Kwok-A-S00, of No. 20, Hilliar

Street, Victoria, Hongkong, Widow and Administratrix of the estate and effects of NG- LAN-TONG, deceased.

Defendant,-CHEANG-SING-CHA, of the "SHING-CHEONG" Chandler Shop, No. 92, Bonham Strand West, Victoria, aforesaid.

NoForeign Attachment returnable on the 18th

OTICE is hereby given that a Writ of

day of September, 1878, against all the Property moveable or immoveable of the above named De- fendant within the Colony has been issued in this Suit pursuant to the Provisions of Section LXXXII of "The Hongkong Code of Civil Procedure." SHARP, TOLLER & JOHNSON, Plaintiff's Attorneys.

Supreme Court House,

7th September, 1878.

NOTICE.

and responsibility of the late

NOCE, of Victoria, in the Colony of Hong-Hinter J. DOS REMEDIOS in our Firm

　　　kong, Trader, having been adjudged Bank- rupt under a Petition for adjudication of Bank- ruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong in Bankruptcy, on the 3rd day of September, 1878, is hereby required to surrender himself to the Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET, the Registrar of the said Court, at the first Meeting of Creditors, to be held before the said Registrar, on Thursday, the 26th day of September, 1878, at 11 A.M. precisely, at the said Court.

　　　　　The said Hon. CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee, and Messrs. STEPHENS AND HOLMES are the Solicitors acting in the Bank- ruptcy.

　　　　A Public Sitting will hereafter be appointed by the said Court for the said Bankrupt, to pass his final examination, and to make application for his

discharge, of which sitting, notice will be given

in the Hongkong Government Gazette.

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At the first Registrar will recei Creditors, Assigns or and Fects,

Dated the

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ceased on the 31st July, 1878.

Mr. AGOSTINHO GUILHERME ROMANO and Mr. ALEXANDRE ANTONIO DOS REMEDIOS have this day been admitted Partners therein.

Our Firm now consists of Mr. J. H. DOS REMEDIOS, Mr. A. G. ROMANO, and Mr. A. A. DOS REMEDIOS.

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VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 14TH SEPTEMBER, 1878.

Vor

No. 37.

No. 3.

[L.S.] J. POPE HENNESSY.

PROCLAMATION.

By His Excellency JOHN POPE HENNESSY, Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.

　　　　　Whereas a despatch has been received from the Right Honourable Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH, Bart., M.P., Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, conveying to me Her Majesty's Gracious Confirmation and Allowance of the following Ordinance; namely:

No. 3 of 1877, entitled,—An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to apply a Sum not exceeding Seven hundred and Eighty- three thousand Dollars to the Public Service of the Year 1878;

　　　　　Now, therefore, it is hereby Proclaimed, that the said Ordinance has been so confirmed and allowed as aforesaid.

Given G

No. 175.

By His Excellency's Command,

QUEEN

J Actin

M. PRICE,

ial Secretary.

House, Hongkong, this 14th Day of September, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　　His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to grant leave of absence to the Honourable CECIL C. SMITH, Treasurer and Registrar General.

　　　　　His Excellency the Governor has also been pleased to make the following temporary and provi- sional appointments dating from Monday next, the 16th instant:-

The Honourable J. M. PRICE, to perform the duties of Acting Colonial Treasurer, in addition to

those of Surveyor General;

The Honourable CHARLES MAY, to be Acting Colonial Secretary;

JOHN JOSEPH FRANCIS, Esquire, Barrister-at-Law, to be Acting Police Magistrate;

JOHN GERRARD, Esquire, to be Acting Registrar General;

　CRARLES VANDELEUR CREAGH, Esquire, to be Superintendent of the Fire Brigade; and J. A. CARVALHO, Esquire, to be Acting Assistant Superintendent of the Fire Brigade.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th September, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

No. 176.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

ENQUIRY INTO CERTAIN OFFICES OF THE SUPREME COURT.

　　　　　His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to direct the issue of a Commission to the following gentlemen to enquire into the practice and procedure respecting the receipt, custody, management and disbursement of all monies or valuable Securities coming into the hands of all Officers attached to the Supreme Court: The Honourable CHARLES MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary and Auditor General, the Honourable GEORGE PHILLIPPO, Attorney General, ADAM LIND, Esquire, and WILLIAM WOTTON, Esquire.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th September, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

430

No. 177.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH SEPTEMBER, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

PENSIONS TO CHINESE CONSTABLES.

The following Documents are published for general information.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th September, 1878.

Captain Superintendent of Police to Acting Colonial Secretary.

[No. 190.]

VICTORIA, HONGKONG,

10th September, 1878.

-I have the honour to apply for authority to pay the herein-mentioned commuted pension,

1 gratuity to:-

? Constable CHAN-NAM, who joined 16th September, 1868, as No. 115.

Average pay during last 3 years,

Pension,.

Commuted value, Gratuity,.....

Total,.

I also attach the Colonial Surgeon's certificate.

I have the honour to be,

$ 96

120

.$144

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

W. M. DEANE, Captain Superintendent of Police.

Certificate by

3 man is healthy and as regards that there

but he is old, 57 years of age. I do not know if that is against it, judging may reach a very advanced age.

10th September, 1878.

Minute of His Excellency the Governor.

commuted, earance he

YRES.

　　1. The manifest advantages of having Government pensioners amongst the names in this Colony and its neighbourhood are so great, that, wherever the law allows it, I prefer to persion Chinese, instead of giving them lump sums, as the latter practice needlessly severs their useful and loyal connection with this Government.

　　2. Let Police Constable CHAN-NAM therefore be placed on the pension list, in accordance with the provisions of Section XII of Ordinance No. 9 of 1862, and after the usual report of the Auditor General has been approved.

J. POPE HENNESSY.

10th September, 1878.

Section XII of Ordinance No. 9 of 1862.

　　"Whenever any Inspector, Sergeant, or Constable shall have completed the full term of service of ten years in the Police Force, he shall be entitled in addition to the Bonus or Passage Money mentioned in Section X, to an Annual Pension of Fifteen Sixtieths of the Annual Pay of his Rank, and also for every full and complete year's service after ten years, to an addition to the Annual Pension of One Sixtieth, in respect of each additional year of such service; and such Pension shall be computed upon the amount of the Annual Pay enjoyed by the person retiring at the time of his retirement, provided he shall have been in the receipt of the same for at least three years; otherwise the Pension shall be calculated upon the average amount of pay received by such person for the three years next preceding the commencement of such Pension: Provided always, that His Excellency the Governor shall and may grant Superannuation Allowance or a fixed sum by way of compensation to any Inspector, Sergeant, or Constable of the Force, who shall be disabled for further service by reason of Wounds or Injuries received in the actual execution of his duty.

No. 178.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH SEPTEMBER,. 1878. 431

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

SUNDAY LABOUR.

The following Correspondence is published for general information.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th September, 1878.

HONGKONG, 15th May, 1878.

SIR,-I consider it my duty to submit for your consideration the necessity which seems to me to exist for discontinuing, as far as possible, the employment of Chinese, and other labour, in Government departments, on Sundays.

　　　Highly appreciating Your Excellency's cordial interest in the well-being of the Native population, I am induced to believe that the subject will, if it has not done so already, engage your anxious

attention.

　　　Although, unfortunately, opinions differ among Christians as to the lawfulness of secular Recrea- tions on the LORD's day, I am not aware but that the keeping it as a Day of Rest from manual labour, is a duty acknowledged by all.

And the terms of the Commandment which describes our Sabbath obligations, since they include "the Stranger that is within our gates," doubtless embrace the population who are residing here under our National laws and protection.

If circumstances could be pleaded in extenuation of the neglect of this subject in past years, the admirable opportunities presented by the settled and flourishing condition of the Colony, seem to make the call imperative for dealing with it, now, in another manner.

I earnestly hope, then, that Your Excellency and Council will be of opinion that all Chinese Coolie, and other labour, on Sundays, under ordinary circumstances, should be abolished in Government works; and that this proviso be made in future contracts.

r of industrious rst the Native

The objections which may be raised against this course will be found, I am convinced, in- considerable, and will be altogether outweighed by its advantages, in the fulfilment of a duty; setting an example of consistency; and bestowing great physical benefit on a large nu labourers; besides ten

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　promote the observance of the Sabbath, generally, and Foreign co It is prob

with the

China,

the hunde

For

trust that

cause of the ausence of progress in the arts or civilization, together tment under debasing superstitions seen in heathen lands, and so notorious in a little due to the want of that Divinely appointed season of repose which enables Envigorate itself by reflection and rest.

and for many others which will present themselves to Your Excellency, I Induced to adopt the best and speediest means to relieve the Colony from the demoralization caused by the sights and sounds of Sunday toil under Government authority; and thereby set a befitting and widely influential standard for the practice of private individuals, and our Commercial Firms.

I have the honour to remain,

To His Excellency

The Governor in Council.

Sir,

Your Excellency's obedient Servant,

EDMUND DAVYS, Acting Colonial Chaplain.

[No. 403.]

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE, HONGKONG, 16th May, 1878.

　　　　REV. SIR, I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 15th instant, and to inform you

　　　　　　　that His Excellency the Governor agrees with you as to the desirability, if practicable, of stopping all Sunday labour in Government Departments, and that he will give the whole subject his best consideration.

I have the honour to be,

Rev. Sir,

The Rev. EDMUND DAVYS, M.A.,

Acting Colonial Chaplain.

Your most obedient Servant,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Coloni. Secretary.

432

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH SEPTEMBER, 1878.

[No. 646.]

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE, HONGKONG, 14th August, 1878.

　　　REV. SIR,-Adverting to my letter No. 403 of the 16th May, I have the honour to inform you that Governor POPE HENNESSY having carefully considered the objections you have taken to the practice of Sunday labour by Government employ?es, which has prevailed in Hongkong for many years past, has given instructions that His Excellency hopes will put a stop to all labour of the kind in future, except that which may be absolutely necessary and unavoidable

I have the honour to be,

Rev. Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

The Rev. EDMUND DAVYS,

Acting Colonial Chaplain.

No. 179.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION.

The following Documents are published for general information.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th September, 1878.

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS.

HONGKONG, 12th September, 1878.

　　　SIR, With reference to the Competitive Examination for the vacant post of Shroff (including also the duties of an English and Chinese Clerk) at the Supreme Court, we have the honour to report:-

1. All t1

PLUNKET, W

ndidates who at the preliminary examination, conducted by the Honourable C. B ad to have any knowledge of English at all, were

WIT. I LUNKET to present neustives for examination ?.

Central School.

2. Of the 15 Candidates thus summoned, only 6 presented themselves fo whom begged to be allowed to withdraw before the whole examination was No. 16, so that only 4 Candidates submitted to the whole examination, viz and No. 18.

the Honourable the Government

two of No. 8 and 14, No. 15,

3. These 6 Candidates were examined according to the scheme approved by His Excellency the Governor, and the results are detailed in the appended tabulated statement, from which it will appear that the Candidates ranged as follows:-

""'

No. 15, 6,

....

14,

16,

18,

63 Marks.

尊

24 ""

4. The only Candidate whom we can recommend for the favourable consideration of His Excellency the Governor is No. 15, Mr. CHUNG-SHING-HONG, who passed well in every subject, and regarding whom the Honourable C. B. PLUNKET writes in his list No. 15, "an intelligent smart man, speaks, reads and writes English remarkably well for a Chinaman;" which remark the undersigned are fully able to endorse.

5. The examination papers of all the Candidates and the testimonials of Mr. CHUNG-SHING-HONG are herewith enclosed.

　　　6. The testimonials of all the other Candidates and the documents which Dr. EITEL obtained from the Honourable C. B. PLUNKET for the purposes of this examination, and which are to be returned to Mr. PLUNKET, are also herewith forwarded.

E. J. EITEL.

M. S. TONNOCHY.

NG CHOY.

The Honourable J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

432

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH SEPTEMBER, 1878.

[No. 646.]

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE, HONGKONG, 14th August, 1878.

I have the honour to be,

Rev. Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

The Rev. EDMUND DAVYS,

Acting Colonial Chaplain.

No. 179.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION.

The following Documents are published for general information.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th September, 1878.

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS.

HONGKONG, 12th September, 1878.

　　　SIR, With reference to the Competitive Examination for the vacant post of Shroff (including also the duties of an English and Chinese Clerk) at the Supreme Court, we have the honour to report:-

1. All t1

PLUNKET, W

ndidates who at the preliminary examination, conducted by the Honourable C. B ad to have any knowledge of English at all, were

WIT. I LUNKET to present neustives for examination ?.

Central School.

the Honourable the Government

two of No. 8 and 14, No. 15,

""'

No. 15, 6,

....

14,

16,

18,

63 Marks.

尊

24 ""

5. The examination papers of all the Candidates and the testimonials of Mr. CHUNG-SHING-HONG are herewith enclosed.

E. J. EITEL.

M. S. TONNOCHY.

NG CHOY.

The Honourable J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH SEPTEMBER, 1878. 433

Minute by His Excellency the Governor.

　　　　I am much obliged to the Examiners for the trouble they have taken in this matter, and I approve of the appointment of the Candidate they recommend, Mr. CHUNG-HING-HONG.

13th September, 1878.

J. POPE HENNESSY.

No. 180.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　Tenders will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office, until Noon on Monday, the 23rd September, 1878, for the supply and making up of the undermentioned Winter Clothing for the use of the Hongkong Police Force, viz. :-

20 Fine Blue Cloth Suits for Inspectors and Jemadar. 275 Blue Cloth Suits for Europeans and Indians.

341 Serge Suits for Chinese.

150 Turbans.

550 Pairs of Chinese Shoes.

200

Do. Do.

Stockings. Garters.

　　　　Blue Cloth, Buff Facings, Black Lining for Inspectors' Coats, Striped Sleeve Lining, White. Lining, Buttons, Hooks and Eyes, Mohair Braid and Mohair Cord, White Cord Trousers, Buckles, Serge for the Chinese Force, and Cloth for Indians' Turbans only, will be supplied from the Police Store.

　　　　Form of Tender and any further information can be obtained on application at the Office of the Captain Superintendent of Police.

No Tender will be received unless sent in the Form required.

The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any Tender.

Colonial S

No. 181.

By Command,

?nokone. 14th September, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on the spot, on Monday, the 30th day of September, 1878, at 4 P.M., are published for general

information.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th September, 1878.

Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 30th day of September, 1878, at 4 P.M., by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of Four Lots of Crown Land, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a Term of 75 Years.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOTS.

Boundary Measurements.

Contents

No.

of Sale.

Registry No.

LOCALITY.

E. w. Square ft.

Annual Upset Rent. Price.

Rural Building Lot.

feet.

feet. feet. feet.

No. 1,

Near Mount Gough,

No. 2,

Do.

do.,

(218.0 431.0 487.0 265.0

214.0

340.0 431.0 289.6 241.0

46.68 138,861

31.51 91,526

650.00

425.00

No. 3,

Do.

do..

382.0 340.0 353.0 120.0 68,5593

23.61 20.

N. & E.

No. 4,

Do.

do.,

610.0 470.0

310.6 12,0,170

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH SEPTEMBER, 1878. 433

Minute by His Excellency the Governor.

　　　　I am much obliged to the Examiners for the trouble they have taken in this matter, and I approve of the appointment of the Candidate they recommend, Mr. CHUNG-HING-HONG.

13th September, 1878.

J. POPE HENNESSY.

No. 180.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

20 Fine Blue Cloth Suits for Inspectors and Jemadar. 275 Blue Cloth Suits for Europeans and Indians.

341 Serge Suits for Chinese.

150 Turbans.

550 Pairs of Chinese Shoes.

200

Do. Do.

Stockings. Garters.

　　　　Form of Tender and any further information can be obtained on application at the Office of the Captain Superintendent of Police.

No Tender will be received unless sent in the Form required.

The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any Tender.

Colonial S

No. 181.

By Command,

?nokone. 14th September, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on the spot, on Monday, the 30th day of September, 1878, at 4 P.M., are published for general

information.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th September, 1878.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOTS.

Boundary Measurements.

Contents

No.

of Sale.

Registry No.

LOCALITY.

E. w. Square ft.

Annual Upset Rent. Price.

Rural Building Lot.

feet.

feet. feet. feet.

No. 1,

Near Mount Gough,

No. 2,

Do.

do.,

(218.0 431.0 487.0 265.0

214.0

340.0 431.0 289.6 241.0

46.68 138,861

31.51 91,526

650.00

425.00

No. 3,

Do.

do..

382.0 340.0 353.0 120.0 68,5593

23.61 20.

N. & E.

No. 4,

Do.

do.,

610.0 470.0

310.6 12,0,170

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH SEPTEMBER, 1878. 433

Minute by His Excellency the Governor.

　　　　I am much obliged to the Examiners for the trouble they have taken in this matter, and I approve of the appointment of the Candidate they recommend, Mr. CHUNG-HING-HONG.

13th September, 1878.

J. POPE HENNESSY.

No. 180.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

20 Fine Blue Cloth Suits for Inspectors and Jemadar. 275 Blue Cloth Suits for Europeans and Indians.

341 Serge Suits for Chinese.

150 Turbans.

550 Pairs of Chinese Shoes.

200

Do. Do.

Stockings. Garters.

　　　　Form of Tender and any further information can be obtained on application at the Office of the Captain Superintendent of Police.

No Tender will be received unless sent in the Form required.

The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any Tender.

Colonial S

No. 181.

By Command,

?nokone. 14th September, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on the spot, on Monday, the 30th day of September, 1878, at 4 P.M., are published for general

information.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th September, 1878.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOTS.

Boundary Measurements.

Contents

No.

of Sale.

Registry No.

LOCALITY.

E. w. Square ft.

Annual Upset Rent. Price.

Rural Building Lot.

feet.

feet. feet. feet.

No. 1,

Near Mount Gough,

No. 2,

Do.

do.,

(218.0 431.0 487.0 265.0

214.0

340.0 431.0 289.6 241.0

46.68 138,861

31.51 91,526

650.00

425.00

No. 3,

Do.

do..

382.0 340.0 353.0 120.0 68,5593

23.61 20.

N. & E.

No. 4,

Do.

do.,

610.0 470.0

310.6 12,0,170

434

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH SEPTEMBER, 1878.

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

1. The highest bidder above the upset price shall be the Purchaser, and if any dispute arise, between two or more bidders, the Lot in dispute shall be put up again at a former bidding.

2. No person shall at any bidding advance less than $25.

3. Immediately after the fall of the hammer, the Purchaser shall sign the Memorandum of Agree- ment hereinafter contained for completing the purchase according to tl ese conditions, and shall within Three Days of the day of sale pay into the. Colonial Treasury the full amount of Premium at which the Lot shall have been knocked down.

　　　4. The Purchaser of each Lot shall be entitled to and shall execute on demand a Lease from the Crown of the Piece or Parcel of Ground comprised in such Lot for 75 Years, to be computed from the day of Sale, at such Annual Rental payable half-yearly on the 24th day of June and the 25th day of December in every Year as is specified in the Particulars of such Lot hereinbefore contained; and such Crown Lease shall be subject to and contain all Exceptions, Reservations, Covenants, Clauses, and Conditions inserted in the Crown Leases of Rural Building Lots in the Colony of Hongkong.

　　5. The Purchaser of each Lot shall pay to the Surveyor General on behalf of Her Majesty The QUEEN, a Fee of $5 upon the execution of the Crown Lease thereof.

6. The Purchaser of each Lot shall build and finish for occupation before the expiration of twelve calendar months from the day of sale, in a good, substantial and workmanlike manner, one good and permanent messuage or tenement upon some part of his Lot, and expend thereon a sum of not less than $1,000 (one thousand dollars). He shall also construct all the necessary covered drains to carry off the waste, and refuse water from the Main Building, Cook Houses, and Out-offices, and shall conduct the said refuse water and sewage, into one or more air and water tight cesspits, to be constructed within the boundaries of the said Lot. The whole to be constructed in a good substantial and work- manlike manner to the entire satisfaction of the Surveyor General. No sewage or refuse water will be allowed to flow on to or through any of the adjoining Lands, whether belonging to the Crown, or to private Persons, nor shall the contents of such cesspits be emptied on to Crown Land or any Government road or drain.

　　7. The Purchaser of each Lot shall also pay to the Surveyor General, on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen, the sum of $10 upon the execution of the Crown Lease thereof, for and in consideration of the Boundary Stones properly cut, fixed, and marked with the Registry Number, which shall be placed by the Surveyor General for the Purchaser at each angle of his Lot.

ich manner as to

im or Purchase

8. Should the Purchaser neglect or fail to comply with these Conditions, his Premium or any por- tion thereof which may be paid shall be thereupon forfeited to Her Majesty. who shall be at full liberty either to enforce the Sale, or to re-sell the Property at such time Her Majesty shall eem fit, and in case of a re-sale the increase. Money shall be retained by Her Majesty, and the deficiency, if any, and all C be made good by the defaulter and be recoverable as liquidated damages.

9. Possession of the Lot sold shall be given to the Purchaser, and deeme him on the day of sale.

penses shall

been taken by

MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BY THE PURCHASER Memorandum that the person whose name is hereunder written has been declared the highest bidder for the Lot described in the foregoing Particulars of Sale and hereunder specified opposite to his said name and signature and does hereby agree to become the Lessee thereof under and subject to the foregoing Conditions of Sale, and on his part to perform and abide by the said Conditions.

Number

of Sale

Lot.

and

Registry Number

Description of Lot, Purchased.

Amount of Annual Rental. Premium at which

Purchased.

Signature of Purchaser.

No. 168.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Tenders will be received at this Office, until Noon of the 30th September, for taking down and rebuilding the four sections of the Sea Wall in front of the Praya, situated between Marine Lot 63, Bonham Strand, and Wardley Street. The work will be divided into four, contracts, and separate tenders received for each section.

　　The Specifications and Drawings can be seen on application at the Surveyor General's Office, where also a proper Form of Tender may be obtained.

The Government will not bind itself to accept the lowest cr any Tender.

By Command,

ice, Hongkong, 31st August, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary,

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH SEPTEMBER, 1878.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Unclaimed Correspondence, 13th September, 1878.

437

Letters. Papers.

　　　　Aky, (Mypan) 1 regd. Atak, (Mypan) 1 regd.

Ayoon

A-Fook

Bennett, G. A. 2

Carter, W. S.

Letters. Papers.

'Letters. Papers.

Letters. Papers.

Lets. Pprs.

1 regd.

Cheing Loong&Co.1 Church, H. E.

Girnberk, M. Gaby, John

Lie Koetsay

1 regd.

Lone, J.

Grier, T. J.

Lock, Thomas 1

Pembroke, F. Parke, D. Powell, James 1

Thiel, C. Talpey, Capt. F.

Levis, S.

Home, Mr.

Tongei, (Chino) 1 Thiel, John F. ?. 1

Devlin, H.

Lee, Edward

Rita, Inocencia 1

Butcher, J. B. 1 bk.

Barrue, Monsr. 1

Dering, Geo. Dhite, Monsr. 1-

Heelis, Arthur 1 Hughes, J.

Roche, John

Muffitt, Joseph 1

Ryan, Capt.

Blanchard, Y. T. 2

Beal, Mrs.

Juster, Alejandro 1 regd.

Morley, W. H.

Bushnell, S. C.

Engel, Edward 1

Jackson, F. E.

MacKenzie,Capt.1

Bridges, Col,

Evans, Mr.

Jack, J.

Moore, Mr.

Brown, Sir C. 2

Bossolo, L.

Flagg, Wm. S. 3

Kee Shing & Co.1

Merriman, Jas. I MacDonald, J. 1

Morton & Co. 1

Sacconi, P. Silverlock, W. Sam Wal Swinney, F.

Rayden, Wm.

Woodville, E.

Tai Afat

Thompson, Miss 1

Ward, Miss H. 1

Wing Lee, Messrs.1 Walsh. Jas., Jr. 1

Willberg, Ch.

French, Capt. 1

Conghoon, Mrs. 1

Ferreri, C.

Cassipini, E.

Fox, Madam

Lo Yam Ting 1 Lynch, Richard 1

Noble, Edwin

Parkin, J. H. 2

Sanders, Albert Schulz, W.

Woo Lin Yuen 1

Whetton, Chas. 1

Thornton, Miss J. 1

Young, T., Mr. 1

For Merchant Ships.

Letters. P

Annie M. Smull 1

Letters. Papers.

Lets. Pprs.

Alexandra

2 2 regd.

Glamis Glamorgan, s.s. 2-regd.

Leon Crespo

Napier

Sea Gull, s.s.

Largs

Sacramento

America

Drumclog 2

Gylding

Lady Penrhyn 4

Ada Melmore

Devina

15 2

Lord Macaulay 5

Oceanic

Supreme

Arabia

Hawkesbury

Laurell

Erminia

Humboldt

Leucadia

Pursaid, s.s.

Banian

4 1rg. 2 Emily

Hotspur

Leonie

Presto

Brisbane

Brunette

City of Aberdeen

Faiwan, s.s.

Cashmere

Fusilier

2 1

Corona

Fair Leader 1

Chalecolet

Fontenay

Emily Chaplain 1

Freeman Clark

Hei Yei, s.s. Harkaway Hibernian

Helen

Hindostan Hopeful

Harretan Obear 1

Palestine

Mabel Clark

Premier

Melrose

Parthead Twescanal1

Stadt Harlem, s.s. 1 Stander, s.s. 1 regd. Shaughthevin 1 regd. Sarah Nicholson 1

S. Vaughan

Sin Taiwan, s.s. 1

Strathileven, s.s. 1 regd.

Chandos

Ferntower, s.s. 1

Havilah

1696 31

Magdala

Perctroclue 1

Mary Blair

Pauline

Tai Watt

Macaulay Maria

Presnits, s.s.

Thomas Bell

Prenar

Tokatea

Mary Smith

Prince Amadeo 1

Teti Austrian 1

Countess of Erroll 5

Fai Loong, s.s.

Melbreck

Philippine

Tamar

Challenge

Flensborg

Irigo

Charger

Invincible

Chocola

Globe

Irazu

122

Marine

Marina

Robert Henderson10

Verona

Milbeck

Rhoda

Commissary

Gunga, s.s.

Rifleman

Charlton, s.s.

Great Admiral 1

Jessie Jamieson 1

Netherton

Rosie Welt

1 regd.

Wm. Manson

W. E. Gladstone I regd.

Amsterdamsche

Banh?tte.

Christian.

For H. M. Ships.

.2 Letters.

· Modeste,..

...1 Letter

Books, &c., without Covers.

oks. Herald.

Daily Free Press.

De Aarde.

Daily Recorder.

Germania.

Nautical Magazine. Navy List.

Inverness Courier.

Le Si?cle.

Moniteur des Soies.

Our God Shall Come.

Rotterdamsche Courant.

Detained for Postage.

Jones,

care of Monrow, Esq., Georgia, U.S.A.,.....

Dead Letters.

Scotsman.

Siberian Mercantile Bk. Report,1877,(Russian). Sonderburger Zeitung.

2 Papers.

*9f

Abbott, Captain, Barque Parmenio, Hongkong,

Allen, Mrs., Woodside, Essex,..

Alton, Captain, S. S. Golden Horn, Rangoon,

Alvares, Pedro Stos y, Letram.No. 9, Hongkong,

Amunsen, H., Lile Vongmans gaden No. 14, Christiania,

1 Howell, G. H., Kensington Park, London,.

Hunt, Miss N., P. O., Greek Street, Soho, London,. Jackson, Mrs., P. O., Portland, Orgon, Jones, Miss E., 7, Sussex Street, Liverpool,. Jurgens, H., M?nchen, Germany,

Barker, G., Temperance Hall, Hongkong,..

..3

Lorge, F., 165, Central Avenue, Baltimore,

Barnes, Mr., care of Oriental Hotel,.

Low, J., Barque Tai Watt, Singapore,

Bell, Mrs. F. H., Hotel Meurice, Paris,...

Breton, Captain, Schooner Hail Columbia, Hongkong, Botelho, Da. Balbina, Hongkong,

　　　　　　Bulkeley, Captain, 26, Coventry Street, London, Canham, Mr., Cold Harbour Lane, London,

Lull, Captain, Ship Criterion, New York,. Lunnon, Mrs., 11, India Row, Poplar, London, Mahomedally, Karimahomed, Kutch, India,.. McVyar, Mary, 35, Natoma Street, San Francisco,.. Milne, Captain, Bark Aurora, Hongkong,

Cobb, Mrs., 7, Island Street, East India Road, London,

Constant, S. C., Peru, Indiana, U. S. A.,

Coulvis, A., Rue Lafayette, No. 130), Paris,.

Owen, W., 23, Isis Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Preston, Mrs. C. F., 933, Stockton Street, San Francisco, Rodern, S. von, Wilna, Germany,

Craig, Mrs., Florence Road, New Cross, London,

St?bner & Paul, Halberstadt, Germany,

Crimmin, Mrs., 11, Eden Place, Hoxton, London,

Sullivan, T., East Cambridge, Boston, U. S. A.,

Davis, Jno., Brymbo, Wrexham,.....

Thomas, E., 22, Kynaston Place, Swansea,

Dolbel, G. B., Ship Pentheselia, Calcutta,

Van der Zee, Niewendiep,

Dunckley, Mary A., 122, Orchard Street, New York,

Vigean, J. de, Paris,....

Eriksen, Emma, Faribault, Minesota, U. S. A., .................

Walker, S., Messageries Maritimes, Saigon,

Forrest, Mrs., E. L., 67, Tylor Street, Boston, U. S. A.,.

Weilmar, H., Hongkong Hotel, Hongkong,

Grandin, Mrs., 14, Edward Street, Bow, London,

White, G., Surveyor General's Office, Hongkong,

'Ghose, A. C., 43, Baugbarar, Calcutta,

Wilson, James, Post Office, Ontario, Canada West,

Harrison, T. W., Post Office, Hobart Town,

Youl, George, U. S. S. Saint Louis, League Island, Penna., U. S. A..........1

The above letters have been returned from various places at which the addressees cannot be found. If not claimed within ten days they will be

opened and returned to the writers.

General Post Office, Hongkong, 13th September, 1878.

438

THE

HONGKONG

1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

CAPE D'AGUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

WINDS

RIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

DAY AND

HOUR.

DATE.

BARO-

METER

0 TO 12.

WEA-

BARO-

THERMOMETER.

0 TO 12.

THER.

METER

WEA-

THER.

Saturday,

7th

Attd. Mux. Min. Dry. | Wet. Direct. Force.

30.01 86.5

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. | Force.

inches

dung previous! 1 hours.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

Ο ΤΟ 12.

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct.

Force.

VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

RAIN FALL.

In inches

during previous 24 hours.

WEA-

THER.

83.0 79.0

b.c.

29.90 87.0

Noon 30.00 | 89.0 92.0] 81.0 87.5 79.0]

:???

85.0 82.0 Calm

b.c.

29.90 87.0

85.0 83.0 SW

b.c.

28.24 79.0

78.0 77.0 NW

o.c.m.

b.c.

29.90 89.0 90.0 79.5 87.5 82.5 W

b.c.

0.00

Sept.

29.94 89.5

88.0 81.0

b.c.

29.85 90.0

88.5 83.0 SW

3 b.c.

29.89 87.0 90.0 79.0 87.0 83.0 SW 29.85 87.0

b.c.

0.00

28.22 80.0 80.0 75.0 79.0 76.0 W

b.m.

0.00

$5.0, 82.0 SW

b.c.

28.1878.0

77.0 76.0 SSW

b.m.

Sunday,

8th

30.02 87.0

Sept.

85.0 80.0 Noon 29.99 | 89.0 91.0 82.0 89.0 82.0 29.94 89.0

b.c.

29.89 87.0

85.5 81.5 Calm

b.c.

29.90 [86.0]

86.0 82.0 SE

b.c.

29.89 88.0 90.0 78.5 82.0 82.0 SW

b.c.

0.00

29.91 88.0 90.0 76.0 89.0 83.0 SW

b.c.

0.00

Monday,

9th

Sept.

29.97 88.0 87.0 81.0

9 Noon 29.96 87.0 91.0 82.0 86.0 81.0 29.89 90.0

89.0 82.0

b.c.

29.86 90.0

89.5 88.0 SW

b.c.

29.84 87.0

89.0 83.0 SW

b.c.

28.24 70.0

28.20 | 77.0 77.0 74.0 76.0 75,0 SW

28.17 77.0]

77.0 75.0 WSW

b.m.

0.00

77.0 76.0 SW

b.m.

b.c.

29.8586.0

85.0 81.0 Calm

b.c.

29.86 86.0

84.0 80.0 SW

b.c.

28.20 77.0

76.0 75.0 SW

o.c.m.

89.0 81.0

Tuesday,

10th

30.00 83.0|

Sept.

Noon 29.98 85.0 90.0 79.0 83.5 74.0 29.9386.0

: ? ;

81.0 78.0

84.5 76.0

Wednesday,

11th

29.97 78.5

Noon 29.96 79.0 87.0 74.0 75.0] 72.0|

75.0 71.0

True wind

cannot be registered.

b.c.

29.86 88.0 90.0 78.0 87.5 83.0 Calm

b.c.

0.00

29.82 87.0 91.0 80.0 85.0 83.0 SW

b.c.

0.00

28.17 79.0 80.0| 75.0 78.0 76.0 WSW

o.cm.

0.00

b.c.

29.81 88.0

29.87 84.0

87.5 83.0 SSW

b.c.

29.80 86.0

83.0, 80.0 SW

b.c.

83.0 77.0 NE

b.c.

29.88 84.0

84.0 78.0 N

b.c.

Do.

b.c.

29.87 86.0 89.0 75.0 87.5 79.0 NE

b.c.

0.24

29.87 86.0 90.0 76.0 87.0 79.0 N

c.m.

0.00

: 00

2::

28.13 78.0

28.20 78.0

28.1878.0 78.0 71.0 77.0 75.0 NNE.

77.0 77.0 SW

b.m.

72.0 70.0 NNE

O.C.

b.c.

29.84 87.0

89.5 82.0 N

b.c.

29.84 87.0

87.0 76.0 N

b.c.m.

29.84 80.0

77.0 73.0 NE

g.t.

-??

29.83 82.0|

28.17 79.0

77.5 76.0 NNW

4 O.C.

00:0

0.00

84.0 76.0 NNE

b.c.

28.17 71.0

70.0 68.0 N

o.c.m.

b.c.

29.84 82.0 90.5 73.0 81.0 75.0 N

b.c.

0.00

29.87 82.0 90.0 74.0 82.0 74.0 NNE

b.c.

0.00

28.15 75.0 75.0 68.0 74.0 71.0 N

O.C.

0.00

Sept.

29.91 81.0

80.0 74.0

29.83 84.0

83.0 75.0 NE

Thursday,

12th

Sept.

9 29.9580.0 78.5 73.0 Noon 29.94 82.0 87.0 75.0 81.0 74.0 29.88 84.0

3 83.0 77.0

c.b.

29.93 81.0

c.b.

29.92 84.0 85.0 76.0 85.0 78.0 N 29.79 84.0

: $

29.8582.0|

81.0 73.0 N

28.13 72.0]

80.0 74.0 N

b.c.

29.83 84.0

84.0 77.0 NNE

28.14 71.0

:] :

72.0 70.0 NNW

b.m.

71.0 68.0 NE

O.C.

b.c.

0.00

83.0 78.0 NE

Friday,

29.92 81.0

80.0 74.0

c.b.

29.80 82.0

13th

Noon 29.92 84.0 86.0 77.0 82.0 76.0)

b.c.

Sept.

3 29.88 83.0

82.0 76.0

c.b.

80.5 78.0 NE 29.81 85.0 89.0 78.0 85.5 79.0 ENE 29.81 85.0 84,079.0 E

b.c.

29.82 84.0 89.0 83.0 87.0 74.0 NNE 29.83 81.0

0.00

28.16 76.0 76.0 67.0 75.0 72.0 N

O.C.

83.0 77.0 NNE

b.c.

28.1275.0

29.8282.0|

GTO

3 b.c.

0.00

g.m.

29.79 82.0 81.0 75.0 80.0 75.0 NE 28.79 82.5]

15:

80.0 75.0 NNE

b.c.m.

28.13 72.0

;

80.0 76.0 NE

b.c.m.

0.00

189

75.0 72.0 ENE

o.c.m.

0.00

72.0 69.0 ENE

O.C.

··

28.13 75.0 76.0 69.0 75,0| 71,0| ENE 28.10 74.0

o.c.m.

0.00

74.0 72.0] E

o.c.m.

STATE OF WEATHER:-b. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; ?. foggy; g. gloomy; ?. hail; 7. Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew).

tnin

zy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; q. squally; r. rain; s. snow; &. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility.

NOTE.—A bar (—) under any letter augments its signification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain;

ail

&c.

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

Description of Wind.

Calm......

as regards well-conditioned lass Clipper Ship.

Rate of the Wind per Hour in Miles.

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Fresh Breeze

Light Air

Light Breeze

Gentle Breeze

Moderate Breeze

Strong Breeze

Moderate Gale

Fresh Gale

Strong Gale

Whole Gale

Storm..

Hurricane...

Just sufficient to give sted With which the above Shi set and clean full would water.......

In which she could just on full and by

Enots

tooth

R?s,

&c.

Side Reefs and T. G. Sails.

Dee Reefs and Jib, &c.

nase,

Ta Reefs, &c...

Clee Reefs and Courses

In which she could just bear close-reefed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail Under Storm Staysail

Bare Poles.

0 to 2

106

53 60

70 - 80

01234567BGOIN

above 80

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH SEPTEMBER, 1878.

THE HONGKOng government GAZETTE, 14TH SEPTEMBER, 1878.

NOTICE.

THE next Criminal elds on Wednesday, the

THE next Criminal Sessions of the Supreme

　　　Eighteenth day of September, A.D. 1878, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon,

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKFT,

Registrar..

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

Units Original Jurisdiction on Mondays and

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in

Thursdays.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in

Units Summary Jurisdiction, on every Tues-

day, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

In the Goods of CLEMENTI FABIAN DEMEE,

deceased.

ENG-SOON, deceased.

NOTICE is persons, to produce any

OTICE is hereby given to the next of Kin,

Wills or Codicils of the above named parties, de- ceased, that may be in their possession, before the Supreme Court, in its Probate Jurisdiction, on Thursday, the Nineteenth day of September, A.D., 1878; or, if none, that the next of Kin do accept, or refuse, Letters of Administration, fail- ing which, Letters of Administration will be granted to the Registrar of the said Court, or such other person as the Court may think fit.

IN THE SUPRE

of Hongk

in co-par

or firm of

adjudicated

dication in

By the Court,

Court of Hongkon

tember, in the year required to surrend

C. B PLUNKET, Registrar.

er the style aving been

for adju- Supreme day of Sep-

18, is hereby to the Honourable

　　　　　CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET, the Registrar of the said Court, at the first Meeting of Creditors to be held by the said Registrar, on Wednesday, the 25th day of September instant, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely, at the said Court.

　　　　　　The said Hon. CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee, and the undersigned is the Solicitor acting in the Bankruptcy.

A Public Sitting will hereafter be appointed by the said Court for the said Bankrupt to pass

his final examination, and to make application for 'his discharge, of which sitting notice will be given in the Hongkong Government Gazette.

At the first Meeting of Creditors, the Registrar will receive the proofs of the debts of Creditors, and the Creators may elect an Assignee or Assignees of the Bankrupt's Estate and Effects. Dated this the 13th day of September, 1878.

HENRY LARdner dennYS, Solicitor for the said Bankrupt,

16, Bank Buildings, Hongkong.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

NOTICE. HO-TAI-SANG alias HO-MING-

CHE, of Victoria, in the Colony of Hong- kong, Trader, having been adjudged Bank- rupt under a Petition for adjudication of Bank- ruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong in Bankruptcy, on the 3rd day of September, 1878, is hereby required to surrender himself to the Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET, the Registrar of the said Court, at the first Meeting of Creditors, to be held before the said Registrar, on Thursday, the 26th day of September, 1878, at 11 A.M. precisely, at the said Court.

The said Hon. CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee, and Messrs. STEPHENS AND HOLMES are the Solicitors acting in the Bank- ruptcy.

A Public Sitting will hereafter be appointed by the said Court for the said Bankrupt, to pass his final examination, and to make application for his discharge, of which sitting, notice will be given in the Hongkong Government Gazette.

At the first meeting of Creditors, the Registrar will receive the proofs of the debts of Creditors, and the Creditors may elect an Assignee or Assignees of the Bankrupt's Estate and Effects.

Dated the 6th day of September, 1878.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

Foreign Attachment.

Suit No. 792.

Plaintiff,-Kwok-A-Spo, of No. 20, Hilliar

Stunnty.- Viudvik, Hemki zaj dow and Administratrix of the estate and effects of NG- LAN-TONG, deceased.

Defendant,-CHEANG-SING-CHA, of the "SHING-CHEONG" Chandler Shop, No. 92, Bonham Strand West, Victoria, aforesaid. OTICE is hereby given that a Writ of Foreign Attachment returnable on the 18th day of September, 1878, against all the Property

moveable or immoveable of the above named De- fendant within the Colony, has been issued in this Suit pursuant to the Provisions of Section LXXXII of "The Hongkong Code of Civil Procedure." SHARP, TOLLER & JOHNSON, Plaintiff's Attorneys.

Supreme Court House,

7th September, 1878.

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Published by Authority.

No. 38.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 21ST SEPTEMBER, 1878.

VOL. XXIV.

No. 182.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Letter with Enclosure from the Acting Inspector of Schools is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 17th September, 1878.

[No. 114.]

C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary.

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, HONGKONG, 3rd September, 1878.

　　　　　SIR, With reference to C. S. O. No. 1944, I have the honour to report that I had a sufficient number of cirer printed, both in English and Chinese, with a view to take the votes of the parents of all boys now sing at the Central School, regarding the question of making attendance at Chinese lessons optional

circulars were distributed on 31st August and returned on 2nd September. 'etailed in the tabulated statement I enclose, the number of those

the Central School, being 137 out of a total 9 boys, dete declared their wish to continue, for the present year, both English and 1 School:

The resu

wishing to

33 per cent

Chinese studi

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

6*19

The Honourable J. M. PRICE,

E. J. EITEL,

Acting Inspeior of Schools.

&c.,

Acting Colonial Secretary,

&c.,

gc.

FOREIGNERS.

CHINESE.

TOTAL.

UPPER SCHOOL.

English only,. English and Chinese,

22233

LOWER SCHOOL.

English only,. English and Chinese,

66988

109

7TH AND 8TH CLASSES.

English only,.. English and Chinese,

07239

PREPARATORY CLASS.

English only,.

English and Chinese,

Do.

Number desirous of studying English only,..

do. English and Chinese,

Total,.

888888

102

18,6

137

282

419

E. J. EITEL,

Acting Inspector of Schools..

Number of Cases.

Number of Persons.

No. 183.

442 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST SEPTEMBER, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　The following Returns connected with the business of the Superior and Subordinate Courts of the Colony, for the Year 1877, are published for general information.

By Command,

C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 21st September, 1878.

RETURN of CRIMINAL CASES tried in the Supreme Court of Hongkong, during the Year 1877.

CRIMES.

Convicted.

SENTENCE.

CHARGES

CASES

Acquitted.

Death.

Death Recorded.

Penal Servitude.

Hard Labour over One Year.

Hard Labour One

Solitary Confinement. Year and under.

Number of Persons.

Number of Persons. Publicly flogged.

No. of Cases.

"ABANDONED.

POSTPONED. ?

No. of Persons.

Assault,

Assault and False Imprisonment, Assault occasioning Bodily Harm, Assault with Intent to rob,

142:1

without hard labour.

... ! without hard labour.

...

Attempting to commit Buggery,...

...

Attempting to commit Burglary,

Attempting to escape from Gaol,...

...

Attempting to obtain Goods by False Pretences,

Breaking and entering a Dwelling-house with Intent to commit a Felony

therein,

2 2

Burglary,

...

Burglary and Larceny,

1 3

Burglary and Larceny, being armed,

Burglary and Previous Convictions,

Burglary and receiving Stolen Goods,

...

Child Stealing, ...

Burglary and Wounding,

Cutting and Wounding with Intent to do grievous Bodily Harm,

...

Embracery,

Highw Robbery wh Violence,

16 81

Highway Robbery with Violence, and receiving Stolen Goods, Larceny,

Larceny nd Previous Convictions,

Larceny a Wounding,

...

Larceny and Receiving Stolen Goods,

Larceny by a Servant,...

Larceny in a boat, and Wounding,

Larceny in a Dwelling-house,...

...

Larceny in a Dwelling-house, and Previous Convictions,

Obtaining Goods by False Pretences,

Larceny in a Dyelling-house, and receiving Stolen Goods,

9 Larceny on board Ship in the Harbour,

2 Manslaughter

...

Obtaining Goods by False Pretences, and Previous Convictions,...

1 Obtaining Money by False Pretences,

Purchasing a Woman for the purpose of Prostitution,

2 Returning from Deportation,

1 Roblery from the Person, and returning from Deportation,

Receiving Stolen Goods,

4 Robbery from the Person,...

Robbery from the Person, and Previous Convictions,

Robbery from the Person, and Wounding,

1 Robbery from the Person with Violence,

...

1 Tendring Counterfeit Coin,

7 Uttering Counterfeit Coin,

Jttering a Forged Promissory Note,...

3124-242.1

..:

...

-2

...

15:

120 174

135 39

56 38 40 6

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

charged on entering into appear when called upon.

No. of Cases.

No. of Persons.

THE HONGKONG government GAZETTE, 21ST SEPTEMBER, 1878. 443

RETURN of the NUMBER of CASES tried and ACTIONS commenced in the Supreme and Vice-Admiralty Courts of Hongkong, during the Year ending 31st December, 1877.

Cases tried in 1877.

Court.

Number of Cases.

Amount of Debt and Damages

Judgment.

Total.

claimed.

Plaintiff. Defendant. Nonsuit.

Struck out. Cases.

Debt and Damages.

Supreme Court:-

Summary Jurisdiction,

a 673

$50,077.32

Original Jurisdiction,.

b 11

82,799.30

606 10

44 1

Chancery,

Banktcy,

? 8

Pro

158,578.94 582,627.10

Petitioners discharged Petitions

granted 60

Appo.....

Vice- alty Court,...

Respondent 3

44,200.00

759

$918,282.66

Actions commenced in 1877.

ount

Court

ber of Cases,

Famages. claimed.

Settled without Trial.

Judgment.

Total.

Plaintiff. Defendant.

Nonsuit. Struck out."

pend ence.

Cases. Debt & Damages.

Supreme Cour

Summ

Original Jurisdiction,

92,456.55 136,294.45

362 14

599

Chancery,

Bankruptcy,

e 117,229.71

Petitioners discharged S

Probate,

? 582,627.10

Petitions

granted

}60

......

Appeals,

Respondent 3

33,260.00

1,244

$961,867.81

Vice-Admiralty Court,...

a. Eight of these Cases were pending on 31st December, 1876.

b. Two of these Cases were pending on 31st December, 1876.

c. Three of these Cases were pending on 31st December, 1876.

d. One of these Cases was pending on 31st December, 1876.

e. This is the amount of liabilities entered in the Bankrupts' Schedules.

f. This is the value of the Estates as sworn to by the Petitioners and Appraisers.

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

}

NUMBER OF

TOTAL

NUMBER

CASES.

PRISO-

NERS.

Convicted

and

Punished.

* Consisting of Offenders not sentenced to Imprisonment.

Discharged.

Committed

for Trial at

the

Supreme

Court.

Committed

to Prison, or

Detained

pending Orders

of H. E. the

Governor.

To keep

the

Peace.

To be

of good

Beha-

M. F.

M. F. M. F. M.

9,283 10,717

572 7,336

1,966

364

209

9,745

972

2,557

120

TOTAL MALES AND FEMALES,.......

16717

viour.

Το

answer any

Charge.

false Charge

wilful false

runished for preferring or giving

Testimony.

ABSTRACT OF CASES Under cognizaNCE OF THE POLICE MAGISTRATES' COURT, DURING THE YEAR 1877. CASES HOW DISPOSED OF, AND THE NUMBER OF MALE AND FEMALE PRISONE · UNDER EACH HEAD.

Ordered to find Security.*

WRITS ISSUED BY THE POLICE Magistrates, DURING THE YEAR 1877.

Warrants.

Undecided.

Total

Number

Prisoners.

Summonses

for

Defendants.

Summonses

for

Witnesses.

of Notices Re-hearing.

Arrest.

Distress.

Search.

For

entering Gambling Houses.

Magis- trates'

Orders.

2,818

TOTAL.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST SEPTEMBER, 1878.

444

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST SEPTEMBER, 1878.

THE CASES CONSISTED 'OF :

445

No. of

No. of CASES.

PRI-

OFFENCE.

SONERS.

- 40

Brought forward,.

Constables of Police-

OFFENCE.

Abduction and sale of Women and female Children, Absent from Ship without Leave, (see "Desertion"). Abusive Language, (see “Breach of the Peace "). Accessory after the Fact to Felony, (see "Felony

before

　　　　Accusing of Crime-Conspiracy for, (see Conspiracy "). Aiding and Abetting in Felony, (see "Felony"). Alms-Soliciting, (see "Mendicancy").

Animals-Cruelty to,

Arms-Chinese not Holders of Night Passes found carrying, Army and Navy-Desertion from H. M.'s, (see "Desertion"). Arson,.

Artificers and Artizans-Misconduct as, (see “Workmen "). Assault-At or in connection with riotous Assemblages,

-Accompanied with Damage to Property, -Common, .

-Indecent,

10 m

No. of CASES.

No. of PRI- SONERS.

1,385

1,584

-Attempt to bribe, (see "Bribery "). -Misconduct as, (see "Police ").

Contagious Diseases Ordinance-Offences against,. Contempt of Court,

Coolie Lodging Houses-Unlicensed,(see “Unlicensed, &c.") Coroner's Summonses to attend Inquests-Disobedience of,

by Juror, (see “Jurors ").

Crackers-Making Bonfires or Firing, (see "Bonfires, &c.”) Crime Conspiracy to accuse of, (see Conspiracy "). Crimes and Offences committed in Chinese Territory, (see

"Chinese").

Crown Land-Trespass on, (see “Trespass ").

Cruelty to Animals, (see "Animals").

Cutting and Wounding with Intent, &c.,

409

530

Damage to Property (see " Malicious Injuries "). Dangerous and offensive Trades-Carrying on,

-On Person to prevent lawful Apprehension,*.

Weapons-Found by Night with,

-On Police in the Execution of their Duty, and obs-

tructing and resisting Police,..

-With Intent to ob

Deaths and Births-Breach of Ordinance for, (see "Births,

to commit an Unnatural Offence,

-With wounding,

Attempting to commit Felony, (see "Felony ").

&c.").

""}

other Offences,

to extort by Threats, Menaces, &c., (see

"Threats, &c.").

with Intent to break into a Dwelling House, (see

Night").

Decoying Persons into or away from the Colony, Deportation from Canton to the Colony under H. M.'s { Order in Council, 1865,..

from Japan

from Shanghai

Returning from, (see “Banishment”).

Deported Persons-Harbouring,

Desertion from Foreign Ships,

from H. M.'s Army and Navy,

from British Merchant Ships,

113

to bribe Police Constables, (see “Bribery ”).

Auctioneer-Unlicensed,

Banishment-Returning after, (see also "Conditional Pardon”), Bankrupt-Fraud by,..

Begging, (see "Mendicancy").

Bestiality, (see "Unnatural Offences").

Breach of the Peace,

Bills-Posting, (see "Posting Bills ").

Birds-Breach of Ordinance for Preservation of,

Births and Deaths-Breach of Ordinance for Registration of,.

Assisting in the--of Soldiers and Seamen,

Destitutes (see "Vagrants," under "Rogues and Vaga-

bonds, &c.").

Diseased Cattle-Bringing into the Colony, (see "Unwhole-

some Provisions ").

Disorderly Behaviour-Accompanied with Damage to

107 17

113

...

Boats-Larceny in the Harbour on board (see "Larceny ").

-Exposing Night

"Nuisances").

along the Praya in open, (see

-Obstruction of Wes by, (see "Obstruction”).

-Refusing to pay Hive of

Unlicensed -Breach of

Boarding Hi

“Bodily Injurie

Property,.. -Drunkenness, Fighting, &c., -Wasting Water at Public Hydrants,

906

1,447

Distilling-Illicit,

Dogs Allowing unmuzzled ferocious, to be at large, &c.,

Stealing,

Cargo Boats").

Domestic Servants-Misconduct as,...

Dredging in the Harbour at Anchorse for Chip

bunu ve oqu infting, (see

Cutti

Bonfires-

? ?? ???? ?? ??? ???? ? ?

Driving furiously-see"Furious driving,

408

468

Bribery,

British Mercha

of Duty by, (see

Seam

Brothels, (see

Buggery, (see """

Burglary,

inance").

Ordinance").

Buildings-Breach of Ordinance for,

Burial of Chinese elsewhere than in a Cemetery,

Cargo Boats-Breach of Ordinance for,.

Cattle-Bringing into the Colony diseased, (see "Unwhole-

some Provisions").

-Turned loose on Public Ways,

Stealing,

Chairs and Vehicles-Breach of Ordinance for Street,

Chair Coolies-Obstruction of Public Ways by, (see "Ob-

struction").

Chair Hire-Refusing to pay Vehicle or, (see "Chairs and

Vehicles").

'Night").

Chai Mui-Night Noises by playing at the Game called, (see

Child Stealing,

Chinese-Burial of, elsewhere than in a Cemetery, (see

"Burial ").

210 210

Drugs-Administering,

Drunkenness (see "Disorderly Behaviour").

Ducks-Selling in the Streets, (see "Markets

Ord-

Dust Bins-Neglecting to clean out, (see "Nuisances").

-Raking, (see "Nuisances ").

Dwelling Houses-Found by Night with Dangerous and

Offensive Weapons with Intent to break into, (see "Night").

-Found by Night in-with Intent to

commit Felony, (see “ Night").

-Larceny in a, (see “Larceny ").

Earth-Cutting from prohibited Places, (see “Trespass on

Crown Land").

Embezzlement,

Embracery,

Enclosed Places and Gardens-Larceny of Vegetables and

Fruits from, (see "Larceny ").

Encroachment on Crown Land, (see “Trespass ").

Escape of Prisoners from Gaol,...

from Custody of Police,

Negligently allowing,

Evidence Giving wilful false, (see "False Charge, &c."). Explosive Substances Breach of Ordinance for Storage of,. Extortion by Colour of Office,

-not Holders of Night Passes found carrying Arms,

(see "Arms");

-Offenders found in the Colony after Banishment under Ordinance 9 of 1857 and in Breach of Con- ditional Pardon under Ordinance of 1860, (see

Banishment" and "Conditional Pardon").

by Menaces,

by Threats, (see "Threats").

False Charge-Preferring or giving wilful false Evidence,

;, Imprisonment,

Pretences-Obtaining Goods and Money by,.. Statements-Seamen presenting false Characters and

making, (see "Seamen ").

Trade Marks and Labels-Fraudulently using, (see

"Trade Marks").

Felony--Accessory before the Fact to,..

after

-Aiding and abetting in,

-Attempting to commit,

-Conspiracy

-Found by Night in Dwelling Houses with Intent

228

320

?????

(see "Conspiracy ").

to commit, (see "Night, &c.

Fighting, (see “Disorderly Behaviou

Fire Arms--Discharging,

Fire Brigade Ordinance-Breach of Fish-Selling in the Streets,

→

"Markets Ord-

inance").

Forgery,

1,385 1,584

Carried forward,.

2,673 3,471

Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855,-Breach of,

Chinese Territory-Crimes and Offences committed in,.. Clothes-Hanging to dry over Public Ways, wet, (see

"Nuisances").

---Purchasing or Receiving Regimental, (see “Military

"" Law").

Coin--Offences relating to,.

Common Assault, (see "Assault”).

Larceny, (see "Larceny ").

Conditional Pardon-Breach of,

Confederating with Pirates, (see “Piracy ").

Conspiracy to accuse of Crime,

to commit Felony,

to defraud,

Constables of Police-Assault, &c., on, (see "Assaults").

-Assuming Name and Designation of,

(see "Police ").

Carried forward,..

446 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMEnt Gazette, 21st SEPTEMBER, 1878.

OFFENCE.

Brought forward,.

Forcible Entry,

Fowls-Selling in the Streets (see "Markets Ordinance "). Fraud by Bankrupt (see “ Bankrupt”).

Conspiracy to commit (see "Conspiracy”).

Fruits and Vegetables in Gardens and enclosed Places-Lar-

ceny of (see "Larceny ").

Fugitive Criminals-Apprehension and Detention of, Furious Driving,

Gambling-Breach of Ordinance for Suppression of,

-in the Streets, treated as Obstruction of Public

Ways,

-in the Streets, treated as Rogues and Vagabonds, -Registered Householder permitting, in a House,.. Gaols-Breach of Ordinance for,

Gaol-Escape of Prisoners from, (see “Escape”). Gardens and enclosed Places-Larceny of Vegetables and

Fruits from (see "Larceny ").

Gunpowder-Breach of Ordinance for Storage of, . Harbour and Coasts Ordinance-Breach of,

Dredging at Anchorage for Ships-of-War in the, Larceny on board Boat or Ship in the (see "Larceny"). Regulations-Breach of,..

"" Throwing Rubbish on the Beach or into the (see

"Nuisances").

Hawkers calling out in the Sale of their Wares (see Street

Noises").

Obstruction of Public Ways by (see “Obstruction"). Unlicensed,

No. OF CASES.

No. of PRI- SONERS.

OFFENCE.

2,673 3,471

Brought forward,.

Money Changer-Unlicensed, Murder,..

No. OF

CASES.

No. of PRI- SONERS.

Piracy with, (see “ Piracy ").. Naval Stores Breach of Ordinance for,.

Night-being out without Lights at (see “Light ”).

-Found at, armed with Dangerous and offensive Weapons, with Intent to break into Dwelling Houses,

-Found in Dwelling Houses by-with Intent to

commit Felony therein,

ANG

40 370

183

186

,,-Noises, by playing at the Game called “Chai-Mui,”

by Watchmen,

Passes-being out without (see “ Passes ").

-Chinese carrying Arms, not being Holders

of, (see "Arms”).

Nuisances-Allowing Dirt and Filth to remain on Pre-?

|5,150 | 6,411

847

mises or in immediate Vicinity thereof, . -Exposing Night Soil in the Streets in un- ?

covered Buckets and in open Boats,

Hanging wet Clothes, &c., to dry over Public (

Ways,

-Keeping Pigs without a Licence,.

-Neglecting to clean out Dust Bins, and

139

throwing Rubbish, &c., into the Streets,.. -Obeying Calls of Nature in the Streets, -Raking Dust Bins,

-Throwing Rubbish into the Harbour or on

the Beach,.

Unlicensed, and calling out in the Sale of their

Wares (see also "Street Cries "),...............................

507

Obscene Pictures-Exposing for sale,

Obstruction of or Resisting Police (see

Police").

House Breaking,

of Navigation,

204

246

Householder, Registered, permitting Gambling in a House,

(see "Gambling ").

of Roads and Streets, &c., by Hawkers,

Chair Coolies and Shopkeepers,

548

Householders and Servants-Breach of Ordinance for Re-

gistration of,

House-Larceny in a (see "Larceny ").

-Registered Householder permitting Gambling in a

(see "Gambling").

-Found by Night in a-with Intent to commit Felony

therein (see "Night”).

of Wharves by Boat People,...

135

145

#97

-Found by Night with Dangerous and offensive Wea- pons with Intent to break into a Dwelling (see "Night, &c.").

-Setting Fire to (see “Arson ").

Hose-Unlicensed Coolie Lodging (see "Unlicensed”).

Seamen's Boarding (see “Unlicensed "). sting Water at a public (see “Disorderly Con-

www

Ing &

her

Indecent Asqults, (see “Assault”).

Indecent Exposure of Person by bathing or otherwise, and

Offensive Trades-Carrying on Dangerous and, (see “Dan-

Weapons-Found at Night with Dangerous and-with Intent t

to break into a Dwelling House, (see "Night "). Having Possession of, (see "Weapons").

Opium-Breach of Ordinance for Preparation and Sale

Passengers' Act of 1855-Breach of Chinese, (see "Chi-

Passes-Chinese carrying Arms, not

of prepared,..

nese, &c.").

Night, (see Ar

-Chinese out at Night

rawning-lilegaily,

gerous").

1,125 15 3

1,125 15

Pawnbrokers-Breach of Ord'

Perjury, (see also “Prakt

wilful false Tasti

Pigs Unlicensed Keeping of, (see "Nuising

Piracy,..

-Breaches of Ordinances for

-Confederating with Pirates,..

Lewdness,

Inquests-Jurors disobeying Coroner's Summonses for At-

tendance at (see "Jurors ").

-with Murder,

Placards-Posting,..

Japan-Deportation to this Colony from (see " Deportation "). Jurors-Neglecting to answer Coroner's Summonses to attend

Inquests.

　　　　　　　　　　?” “Abduction and Sale of Women and Female Children" and "Decoying, &c.").

Kidnapping (see "Child Stealing,'

Labels and Trade Marks-Fraudulently using false, (see

"Trade Marks, &c.").

Larceny-Beasts or Birds not the subject of Larceny at

common Law,

-Cattle (see "Cattle Stealing").

-Children (see "Child Stealing ").

-Dogs (see "Dog Stealing ").

-Common,

-from Ships or Boats in the Harbour,

the Person,

Wreck,

-in a Dwelling House,

" -of Vegetables and Fruits from Gardens and en-

"" closed Places,

Lewdness, (see "Indecent Exposure, &c.").

Libel,

Lights-Chinese not carrying at Night,.

Lodging Houses-Unlicensed Coolie,

Mails Detention of H. M.'s (see "Post Office ").

Malicious Injury to Property,..

Manslaughter,

Marine Store Dealers-Breach of Ordinance for,. Markets Ordinance-Breach of,

-do.—and calling out,

Mendicancy,

Police-Assaulting, (see "Assault").

636

687

104

-Assuming Name, Designation, &c., of Constable of,

,, -Escape of Prisoners from Custody of, (ace "Es-

cape, &c.").

-Rescuing Prisoners from Custody of,

Police Constables-Bribery, or attempting to bribe, (see

"Bribery, &c.").

-Misconduct as,...

Posting Bills on Walls, &c., (see "Placards ").

Post Office-Breach of Ordinance for,

Poultry-Selling in the Streets, (see "Markets Ord-

inance").

Preservation of Birds-Breach of Ordinance for, (see

"Birds, &c.). ·

Prisoners-Escape from Custody of Police of, (see “Escape.”)

Gaol of, (see "Escape").

...

-Negligently allowing the Escape of (see "Es-

cape").

--Rescuing from Custody of Police, (see "Police.") Provisions Exposing for Sale or bringing into the Colony

unwholesome, (see "Unwholesome Provisions, &c.")] Public Ways-Hanging wet Clothes, &c. to dry over, (see

"Nuisances, &c.).

-Obstruction of, (see" Obstruction ").

Quarantine Regulations-Breach of,

Rape,

399

245

;

Mendicants-Bringing into Colony,

Men-of-War Anchorage--Dredging at, (see "Harbour").

Merchant Seamen-Desertion of, (see "Desertion").

-Refusal of Duty by British, (see "Sea-

men ").

Military Law-Breach of,....

Misdemeanor-Aiding and Abetti

-Attempting to con

commit other off -Inciting a Person to

in,

it, (see "Attempting to

'es").

mmit a,

Carried forwa. %,.........................

5,150 6,411

Receiving Stolen Goods,

Recognizances Breach of,

Regimental Clothes, &c.-Purchasing or receiving (see

"Military Law").

Registration of Births and Deaths-Breach of Ordinance

for (see "Births & Deaths").

of Householders and Servants-Breach of Ordinance for (see "House").

Religious Ceremonies-Chinese carrying on without Au- ?

thority,

Rendition of Chinese (see "Crimes, &c.”).

}

Rescuing Prisoners from Custody of Police (see "Police").

Carried forward,...

: :

8,468 9,804

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST SEPTEMBER, 1878.

OFFENCE.

Brought forward,..

No. of CASES.

NO. OF PRI- SONERS.

8,468 9,804

Resisting Police-Assaulting, obstructing, or, (see “Police,

&c.").

Riotous Assemblages,.

4 29

Assault at, or in connection with, (see

"" Assaults, &c.").

Breach of,

OFFENCE.

Brought forward,.....

Streams-Defiling,

Street Chairs and Vehicles-Breach of Ordinance for,

(see "Chairs and Vehicles").

Streets-Obstruction of Roads and, (see "Obstruction ").

Gamblers and Watchmen to Gamblers, (see "Ro-

gues and Vagabonds").

Gambling, treated as Obstruction of Public Ways,

(see "Gambling").

Noises by Hawkers,

Suspicious Characters, (see "Rogues and Vagabonds"). Threats-Attempting to extort by Menaces, and

...

113

115

Of Violence to the Person,

with Intent to extort Money,

Trade Marks and Labels-Fraudulently using false,

Trees, &c.-Cutting and destroying,

-Unlawful Possession of Shrubs, &c., (see

"Unlawful Possession ").

Turf-Cutting from Crown Land without Permit, (see

447

No. OF NO. OF CASES.

PRI- SONERS.

8,662 10,031

20.

121

142

345

"Trespass on Crown Land").

Trespass on Crown Land,

Uniform, &c.-Soldiers disposing of, (see "Military Law”). Unlawful Possession of Property,

252

301

of Trees, Shrubs, &c.,

????

Unnatural Offence,

Assault with Intent to commit an,

(see "Assaults").

Unwholesome Provisions-Exposing for Sale, or bringing

into the Colony,

Vehicles and Chairs-Breach of Ordinance for, (see

"Chairs, &c.")

River Steamers Ordinance, 1876,

Roads and Streets-Obstruction of, (see “Obstruction, &c."). Robbery-Assault with Intent to commit, (see "Assault, &c.").

-From the Person,

with Wounding,.

-On the Highways' with Arms or with Violence,. Rogues and Vagabonds-As suspicious Characters,

-As Vagrants (Europeans & Indians),

Rubbish and Filth-Alowing Accumulation in House, or immediate Vicinity thereof, of, (see "Nuisances ").

-Throwing into the Streets, (see “ Nui-

sances").

-Throwing into the Harbour or on the

Beach, (see "Nuisances").

Sailors-Assisting in the Desertion of, (see "Desertion "). Seamen-Harbouring deserted,

--Desertion of Merchant, (see "Desertion "). -Making false Statement as to Ships in which they served, and presenting false Characters, -Masters neglecting to furnish Discharge to, -Refusal of Duty by British Merchant,

Seamen's Boarding House, unlicensed,

Effects-Detention of,

Servants-Breach of Ordinance for Registration of House-

holders and, (see "House").

-Misconduct as Domestic, (see Domestic Servants ").

Ship or Boat in the Harbour-Larceny on board, (see

"Larceny ")..

Shooting with Intent to Murder,

Shopkeepers-Obstruction of Roads by, (see "Obstruction "). Soldiers-Assisting in the Desertion of, (see "Desertion ").

","

　　　　　　　　　-Disposing of Uniform, &c., (see "Military Law"). Spirituous and fermented Liquors-Breach of Ordinance

for Retail of,

Stamp Ordinance-Breach of,

Stealing Cattle, (see "Gattle Stealing ").

Children, (see "Child Stealing ").. Do gs, (see "De““

Stinkpots, &c., Junks

Stolen Goods-Receivin Stones and other

Stragglers

Persona

"Piracy

:..

? Danger of

tion

Watchmen to Gamblers, (see "Rogues and Vagabonds").

Misconduct as Private,

Night Noises by, (see "Night").

Weapons-Found by Night with dangerous and offensive, with Intent to break into Dwelling Houses, (see "Night").

-Having Possession of dangerous and offensive,... Weights and Measures-Breach of Ordinance for, Witnesses-Intimidating, (see “Embracery ").

-Ordered to give Security for Appearance, Wharves-Obstruction by Boat People of, (see "Obstruc-

tion ").

Workmen-Intimidating,

-Misconduct as,

Wounding-Assault with, (see "Assault”).

-Cutting and inflicg bodily Injuries, (see

"Cutting, &c.").

Robbery

Person “h. ~e “Rob

bery").

Wreck-Larceny from, (see "Larceny ").

...

forww.

Magistracy, H

22nd March, 1878.

ABSTRACT of

10,031

TOTAL,....

9,283 10,717

C. MAY, 1st Police Magistrate.

Ybrought under COGNIZANCE at the Police Magistrates' Court during a period of Ten Years from 1st January, 1868,

to 31st December, 1877, inclusive.

CASES HOW DISPOSED OF, AND THE NUMBER OF MALE AND FEMALE PRISONERS UNDER EACH HEAD.

Years.

Total Number of Cases.

Convicted and Punished.

Discharged.

Committed for Trial at Supreme

Court.

Committed to Prison

or detained pending Orders of

His Excellency

Ordered to find Security.

To keep the Peace, to be of Good Behaviour, and

to answer

Punished for Preferring False Charge or giving False Testimony.

Undecided.

Total Number of Defendants.

the Governor.

any Charge.

1868, 5,969

1869,

4,731

1870,

7,469 1,101 2,257 281 4,413 504 1,998 186 5,936 5,702 609 2,065 261

123

254

120

295

127

336

1871,

6,400 6,143 673

2,406 311

148

414

1872,

9,950 11,185 999 2,426

294

137

271

1873,

9,137

8,810 1,352 1,798

266

171

1874,

8,079 6,6361,135

1,651 269

101

175

1875,

8,055

1876,

1877,

9,283 7,336 572 1,966

9,103 7,315 683 1,744 300

6,749 890 1,632* 281

190

118

174

364

209

192

***FR22R7

GROTBO2773

22222232222

10,209

1,439

6,908

732

8,352

919,

9,211

1,017

14,099 1,345

10,933 1,673

8,665

1,436

8,713

1,217

9,402

1,024

9,745

972

Magistracy, Hongkong, 22

C. MAY,

Fit Police Magistrate.

448

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST SEPTEMBER, 1878.

CORONER'S INQUESTS.

TABLE A.-Return of all Coroner's Cases, 1877.

Nationality.

Europeans and Americans,

Chinese,..

Malays and Indians,

Other Chinese, very much decomposed,

Sex not ascertained,...................

Total,..

Inquest Held.

Buried without Inquest.

Grand Total.

Men. Women. Boys. Girls. Total. Men. Women. Boys. Girls. Total. 1877. | 1876.

985

}

145

135

...

888

176

155

TABLE B.-Return of Inquests, 1877.

Europeans and Americans.

Chinese.

Indians and Manila- Malays. men.

Total.

Verdicts.

Men.

Boys.

Men. Men. Women. | Boys. Girls.

Men.

Accidental Death,..

...

Accidentally Drowned,.

Felo de Se,....

Found Dead, (Cause of Death unknown),

Manslaughter,

Natural Causes,..

Do., in Gaol,

...

Murder,

Overdose of Opium,.

Suicide while Insane,

Total,

(b)

(a) TSANG-A-SAM and ESOP killed by the Yesso explosion.

(b) Native of South America.

Reason why no Inquest was held.

No suspicious Circumstances, No evidence and State of Body,.

Post Mortem satisfactory, Other Chinese, very much de-

composed, Sex not ascer- tained,...

Total,

TABLE C.-Return of Burials without Inquest, 1877.

Europeans

Chinese.

and Americans.

Indians.

Found on Shore.

Found in Harbour.

Total.

Men. Women. Men. Women. Boys. Girls. Men.

Known. Unknown. Known. Unknown.

~2~

??:

...

: ?:

+22

200

242

N.B.-The above returns include only two of the persons killed by the explosion of the Yesso's boiler.

Coroner's Office, Hongkong, 5th March, 1878.

J. RUSSELL, Coroner.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST SEPTEMBER, 1878.

449

METE

TAKEN AT THE GOVERNMENT LOCI

131

No. 184.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Table of Meteorological Observations, taken at the Government Lock Hospital, during the Month of August, 1878, is published for general information.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 21st September, 1878.

By. Command,

OBSERVATIONS

HONGKONG. FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST, 1878. of Spring Tides.

C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary.

THERMOMETERS

HYGROMETER.

DAY OF MONTH.

WIND.

CLOUD.

RAIN IN

dINCHES

BAROMETER.

SELF REGISTERING

DAY OF WEEK.

ATTACHED

IN THE SHADE.

MAX.

IN SHADE.

Max, and Min. of the previous 24 hours, taken at Noon.

SUN,

BULB

Ex-

IN VACUO. POSED.

ONDE

GRA38.

SHADE.

Temp. at

Noon.

Thursday,

Friday,.

Saturday,

Sunday,

Monday,

Tuesday,

Wednesday,

Thursday,

Friday,

Saturday,

Sunday,

12 Monday,

13 Tuesday,

14 Wednesday,

Thursday,

16 Friday,

17 Saturday,

18 Sunday,

19 Monday,

20 Tuesday,

21 Wednesday,

22 Thursday,

23 Friday,

24 Saturday

25 Sunday, 26 Monday, 27 Tuesday,

Wednesday.

Thursday,

Friday,

Saturday,

Mean.

.83.5

Total Rain fall, ·

9 A.M. 3 P.M. 9 A.M. 3 P. M. Min. Max. 29.65 29.63 82.0 85.0 75.0 84.0 83.0 140. 110. 82.0 85.0 79.0 80.0 85. 29.75 29.71 81.0 82.0 75.0 82.0 81.0 132. 102. 77.0 7.0 25.0 79.0 80.0 81.0 77.0 78.0 85. 29.80 29.75 83.0 79.0 73.0 79.0 78.0 124. 98. 74.0 6.0 24.0 73.0 83.0 79.0 80.0 77.0 85. 29.73 29.74 80.0 83.0 74.0 82.0 $1.0 115. 93. 75.0 8.0 18.0 77.0 80.0 83.0 78.0 79.0 90. 29.77 29.73 84.0 89.0 75.0 88.0 87.0 140. 103. 76.0 13.0 27.0 77.0 85.0 80.0 80.0 77.0 76.

29.83 29.81 80.0 82.0 73.0 82.0 (81.0 134. 98. 75.0 9.0 23.0 72.0 80.0 82.0 77.0 77.0 85. 29.87 29.83 80.0 83.0 72.0 84.0 83.0 132. 94. 74.0 12.0 20.0 76.0 80.0 82.0 77.0 77.0 85. 29.85 29.83 82.0 83.0 72.0 85.0 84.0 137. 102. 75.0 13.0 27.0 77.0 82.0 83.0 78.0 79.0 80. 29.85 29.80 82.0 86.0 74.0 90.0 89.0 146. 106. 78.0 16.0 28.0 79.0 84.0 88.0 79.0 80.0 76. 29.85 29.80 84.0 82.0 75.0 80.0 79.0 136. 105. 75.0 5.0 30.0 78.0 84.0 82.0 80.0 77.0 80. 77.4

29.78 29.74 81.0 78.0 71.0 77.0 75.0 131. 102. 72.0 6.0 30.0 75.0 82.0 78.0 77.0 75.0 76. 73.6 72.9

29.80 29.78 76.0 76.0 70.0 88.0 87.0 121. 91. 72.0 18.0 19.0 74.0 76.0 76.0 74.0 74.0 89. 72.6 72.6 E.

29.83 29.82 79.0 77.0 70.0 82.0 80.0 98. 84. 70.0 12.0 14.0 72.0 80.0 76.0 78.0 74.0 90. 89. 76.6 72.6 29.85 29.83 79.0 80.0 70.0 82.0 81.0 100. 88. 71.0 12.0 17.0 73.0 79.0 79.0 76.0 75.0 85. 80. 73.9 72.3 29.84 29.77 78.0 81.0 70.0 78.0 77.0 118. 90. 73.0 18.0 17.0 74:0 77.0 81.0 74.0 77.0 84. 80. 71.9 74.3

29.80 29.77 77.0 79.0 72.0 84.0 83.0 118. 98. 74.0 12.0 | 24.0 76.0 77.0 79.0. 75.0 76.0 89. 85. 73.6 73.9

29.83 29.81 83.0 86.0 77.0 89.0 88.0 148. 116. 79.0 12.0 27.0 75.0 83.0 88.0 80.0 82.0 85. 73. 78.0 78.2

29.85 29.82 84.0 88.0 77.0 89.0 87.0 138. 108. 77.0 12.0. 31.0 78.0 85.0 90.0 81.0 82.0 80. 65. 78.4

29.84 29.80 84.0 86.0 76.0 90.0 88.0 146. 109. 78.0 *4.0 31.0 79.0 85.0 86.0 80.0 81.0 76. 29.84 29.80 85.0 87.0 77.0 91.0 90.0 148. 112. 79.0 14.0 33.0 77.0 85.0 89.0 80.0 83.0 76. 29.82 29.72 85.0 88.0 78.0 93.0 92.0 148. 112. 79.0 15.0.33.0 78.0 86.0 89.0 81.0 83.0 76. 29.75 29.70 75.0 85.0 70.0 84.0 93.0 146. 112. 72.0 14.0 40.0 74.0 75.0 85.0 73.0 81.0 89. 29.75 29.70 84.0 86.0 77.0 89.0 88.0 142. 108. 72.0 19.0 36.0 73.0 85.0 86.0 81.0 81.0 80. 29.76 29.70 84.0 87.0 75.0 89.0 87.0 140. 105. 75.0 14.0 30.0 77.0 85.0 87.0 81.0 82.0 80. 29.81 29.79 85.0 88.0 77.0 90.0 89.0 148. 110. 78.0 13.0 32.0 77.0 87.0 89.0 80.0 29.90 29.85 84.0 87.0 75.0 85.0 84.0 146. 111. 78.0 10.0 33.0 79.0 $4.0 89.0 79.0 29.92 29.85 84.0 88.0 76.0 92.0 91.0 149. 112. 78.0 16.0 34.0 79.0 84.0 91.0 80.0 29.84 29.78 85,0 88.0 76.0 92.0 90.0 149. 112. 78.0 16.0 34.0 79.0 87.0 88.0 80.0 29.80 29.77 85.0 88.0 77.0 92.0 91.0 149. 113. 80.0 15.0 33.0 79.0 87.0 89.0 81.0 29.86 29.84 86.0 88.0 79.0 95.0 94.0 156. 119. 80.0 16.0 79.0 88.0 90.0 81.0 29.86 29.90 86.0 88.0 77.0 95.0 94.0 153. 118. 81.0! 18.0 37.0 80.0 88.0 91.0 81.0 29.81 29.77 82.1 84.0 74.3 86.5 84.6 136. 104. imary of August, 1877:-Mean Shade Temp.,

DIURNAL

RANGE, BULB

EXPOSED.

IN SOIL

MIN. DRY BULB IN WET BULBIN SHADE.

SHADE.

HUMIDITY

COMPLETE SATURATION =100.

DEW POINT.

QUARTER.

INCHES

DEEP.

9 A.M. 3 P.M. 9 A.M. 3 P.M.9.

M. 3 P.M. 9 A.M.3 P.M.

9 A.M. 3 P.M.

DURING

THE

PREVI-

OUS 24

HOURS.

9 A.M. 9 A.M.3 P.M.

0-10.

79.0 9.0

31.0

80.0

76.

85.

77.0 76.7 75.0 76.0

S.W.

0.10

90.

78.0 75.6

0.33

80.

76.6 76.3

S.W.

1.35

85.

76.7 75.0

0.03

76.

75.0

73.6 E.

0.40

76.

75.0 73.6

0.36

80.

75.3 76.3

0.10

65.

75.7 74.9

S.W.

76.

73.6 W.

S.W.

84.

S.W.

1.10

89.

S.W.

1.15

1.96

2.15

1.10

S.W.

1.15

S.W.

77.0

S.W.

0.02

76. 76.7 77.8

S.W.

73. 76.7 79.2 73. 77.8

S.W.

0.03

79.2 S.W.

S.W.

80. 71.6

78.4 S.W.

S.W

3.15

76.

78.4

77.8 S.W.

S.W.

0.40

77.

78.4 78.8 S.W.

S.W.

0.10

81.0 69.

65.

75.5

76.0

S.W.

82.0 76.

69.

75.7 77.6

S.W.

0.10

81.0 80.

59.

77.4

74.8 S.W.

S.W.

81.0 69.

69. 75.5 76.5

S.W.

82.0 73.

69. 77.1 77.6

S.W.

39.0

83.0 69.

82.0 69.

69.

76.5 78.6

S.W.

62.

76.5 76.4

S.W.

75.9 12.1 28.2 76.6 82.0

84.8

78.6

79.3 80.

75.

75.9 75.9

...

15.08

12.21 inches. Rain fell on 14 days.

1876:-

32.43

1875:-

.85.7

1.98

1874:-

.82.9

12.88

1873:-

.83.5

15.58,

1872:-

.84.5

6.75

PH. B. C. AYRES,

Colonial Surgeon.

}}

450 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST SEPTEMBER, 1878.

No. 185.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 21st September, 1878..

Government of South Australia.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Marine Board Office, Port Adelaide, 10th July, 1878.

The following Sailing Directions are published for general information.

By direction,

THOS. N. STEPHENS, Secretary.

Sailing Directions for Port Moorowie, from an Admiralty Survey in April, 1878.

Moorowie is a coaster's port, immediately to the eastward of Point Gilbert, in Sturt Bay, on the north side of Investigator Strait. The anchorage is a round hole, two cables in diameter, with 12 to 21 feet water, to get into which a bar has to be crossed with 8 feet over it. As a general rule, the port is not available for vessels drawing more than 10 feet. Point Gilbert has some rush-covered sandhills, 60 feet high, on its western part. Rocks, awash and with less than one fathom over them, stretch three cables to the southward of the Point, and, half a mile south from it, there are five fathoms. A stony bank, which dries at half tide, lies two and a half cables to the eastward of Point Gilbert; and E. by N., two cables from the centre of this bank, a black buoy marks the extreme of the one-fathom line to the eastward of the Point. E. N., four-fifths of a cable from the black buoy, a chequered buoy marks a rocky bank, with 5 to 6 feet water, extending three-quarters of a cable east and west, and half a cable north and south. The buoy lies on the N. W. part of

the bank.

　　　From Point Gilbert the coast bights to the N. E. (a rocky bank 20 to 40 feet high, fronted by sand and stones) for one mile to a point above which are some bare and rush-covered sandhills, the highest of which is 65 feet. A reef, awash at low water, extends two cables S. S. W. from this point, and there are no more than 6 feet water, S. W. S., four and three- quarter cables from it, where a red buoy marks the eastern side of the entrance to the port. The chequered bouy bears W. by N. N., one and two-thirds cables from the red buoy.

　　　Tides. It is high water full and change in Port Moorowie at three hours ten minutes; springe z stream is scarcely felt inside the port; outside, in ten fathoms, the flood sets to the eastward, and following the direction of the coastline at a rate of 14 knots at springs.

Directions and Anchorage.-Point Gilbert should be kept to the northward of N. " cast of north; then steer in betwee rea and chequered bu passing half a cable to bring the post office (the highest limestone house) to bear N. by W., steer for it on th

　cables N. N. W. from the red buoy, with the high-water extreme of Point Gilbert bearing W.) and weed, the holding ground being very good. From the westward, keep more than half a mi the post office bears N. by W., then proceed as before. In going in, a vessel will pass over 8 to 9 fe the buoys. If obliged to wait outside for high water, anchor in 30 feet, with Point Gilbert hill rush-covered hill east of the Township, N. E. by N.

eet.

The tidal

the westward,

red buoy bears former; or and a half 20-feet sand Gilbert, until distance outside. N. W., and the

W. N. GOALEN, Navigating-Lieutenant, R. N.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

Kingston, Lacepede Bay.

　　　Notice is hereby given that on the completion of the Screw Pile Pier, which is in course of construction at Kingston, Lacepede Bay, a Fixed White Light will be exhibited therefrom.

Further particulars will be furnished in due course.

FERGUSON,

Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide, 26th July, 1878.

No. 181.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

President, Marine Board.

The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on the spot, on Monday, the 30th day of September, 1878, at 4 P.M., are published for general-

information.

By Command,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Par

Colonial Secret 'ffice, Hongkong, 14th September, 1878.

ticulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 30th av of September, 1878, at 4 P.M., by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of Four Lots of

Land, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a Term of 75 Years.

Cro

454

HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER

STONE CUTT: RS' ISLAND.

THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

CAPE D'AGUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET,

THE

during previous 24 hours.

WINDS

RAIN FALL.

0 10 12.

WEA-

In inches

THER.

HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,

21ST SEPTEMBER, 1878.

1878.

HARBOCH OFFICE.

WINDS

WI DS

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

DAY AND

DATE.

HOUR.

BALO-

METER

0 TO 12.

WEA-

BARO

0 TO 12.

THER.

METER

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max., Min. Dry. | Wet. Direct. Force.

Atid. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct.

Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

VICTORIA PEAK.

THERMOMETER.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

Attd. Max. Min. | Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

Saturday,

14th

Sept.

29.95 81.0

Noon

80.0 76.0

29.95 81.0 84.0 76.0 79.0 76.0.

29.92 81.0

o.c.q.

29.82 83.0!

82.0 76.0 ENE

29.72 71.0

69.0 62.0 NE

o.c.

28.13 72.0

g.t.

o.c.q.

29.83 80.0! 87.0: 77.0 81.5 78.0 ENE

g.o.r.

0.55

29.71 72.0 79.0 64.0 71.0 63.0 NE

O.C.

0.00

80.0 76.0

o.x.q.

29.8 82.0

81 0 77.0. E

29.71 71,0

o.m.

Sunday,

15th

29.97 80.0

79.0, 75.0

o.c.q.

29.84 82.01

80.5 76.0 E

29.86 80.5

g.m.

70.0 65.0 NE

O.C.

28.1173.0

71.0 70.0 E

o.m.g.

28.13 | 72.0 74.0 70.0 71.0 71.0 E

0.m.g.

0.60

72.0 72.0 E

o.m.p.q.

78.0 76.0] NE

c.m.

28.15 71.0

71.0 70.0 E

o.i.q.

Noon

29.96 81.0 84.0 76.0 80.0 76.0

b.c.q.

Sept.

29.93 82.0

81.0 76.0

b.c.q.

Monday,

29.97 81.0

80.5 76.0

b.c.

29.8383.0;

16th

Noon 29.94| 83.0 84.0. 78.0 81.0 76.0

Sept.

29.86 84.5

83.5, 77.5

Tuesday,

29.91 83.0

81.0' 76.0

17th

Sept.

Noon

29.90 85.5 88.0 78.0 84.0, 75.0

29.83 87.0.

86,0, 78.0

Wednesday, 9

18th

29.82 81.5

Sept.

80.0 73.0

Noon 29.7784.0 88.0 78.0 82.0 75.0

29.72 86.0

3:2

True wind

cannot be registered.

b.c.

::??

29 85 85.0 85.5 76.5 84.5 77.0 E 29.84 84.0

b.c.

0.47 -

29.86 81.0 82.0 74.0 78.0 76.0 NE

c.m.

0.31

28.14 74.0 74.0 69.0 74.0 71.0 E

o.m.q.

0.86

85.0 78.0. E

29.84 84.0

b.c.

81.5 77.0 E

29.85 | 81.0)

b c.

78.0 75.0 NE

c.m.

28.13 | 74.0

73.0 71.0 E

80.0 75.0 NE

b.c.

28.16 73.0j

o.m.q.

72.0 71.0 E

o.m.

29.84 84.0 86.0 78.0 84.0 78.0 E

b.c.

0.00

Noon, no observations.

28.15 76.0 77.0 70.0 76.0 74.0 E

o.m.

0.00

b.c.

29.78 85.0

b.c.

29.7981.0

85.5 79.0 ESE

b.c.

29.78 | 82.0

82.0, 72.0, SE

b.m.

28.09 | 78.0

82.5 76.0 ENE

b.c.

29.81 81.0

81.0 76.0 N

b.c.m.

28.14 75.0

77.0 74.0 E

o.m.

74.0 72.0 ENE

*b.m.

Do.

b.c.

29.80 86.0 87.0 78.0 85.5 77.0 W

000

b.c

29.82 83.0] 84.0 73.0, 83.0] 76.0) S

1 b.m.

0.00

28.11 77.0 78.0 71.0 77.0 74.0 ENE

b.m.

0.00

b.c.

29 76 87.0

86.0 79.0 SW

b.c.

29.75 84.0

85.0 78.0 SW

b.c.

28.08 77.0

76.0 74.0 W

b.m.

28.02 $73,0

72.0 67.0 N

b.m.

b.c.

29.70 84.0

82.0 72.0 NW

b.c.

29.70 85.0 89.5 77.5 85.5 74.0 NNW

0.00

28.04 75.0 77.0 70.0 74.0 68.0 N

b.m.

0.00

27.98 78.0

77.0 71.0 NNW

Thursday,

29.73 83.0

:|:

81.0 78.0

b.c.

29.65 87.0

89.5 79.0 NNW

b.m.

82.0: 77.0

29.64 84.0

27.98 | 75.0

74.0 74.0 N

b.m.

83.5 76.0 NNW

Telegraph wire out of order.

19th Noon 29.73 87.0 88.0 78.0 85.0 75,0

Sept.

29.70 88.5.

87.0 76.0

Friday, 9

20th

29.87 84.0

Sept.

82.5 70.0 Noon 29.86 | 88.0 89.0 79.0 86.0 73.0 3 29.81 89.0]

29.74 85.0:

29.64 86.0 90.5 78.0 86.0 76.5 NNW 87.0 78.0 W

29.62 88.0j

3 b.

0.00

27.98 78.0 78.0 71.0 77.0| 76,0| NNW 27.94 77.0

b.m.

0.00

76.0 75.0 WNW

b.m.

b.c.

28.09 76.0

75.0 74.0 N

b.m.

85.0 75.0 N 29.74 87.0 88.0 78.0 87.0 76.0 N

A 2 b.

0.00

28.09 78.0 78.0 72.0 77,0| 76.0] NW 28.04 78.0

o.m.

0.00

77.0 76.0, WNW]

o.m.

··

88.0 77.0

29.70 89.0

88.0 79.0 N

3 b.

o. overcast; p. passing showers; 9. squally; 7. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility.

misty

STATE OF WEATHER:-b. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; f. foggy; 9. gloomy; h, hail; . lightni Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). NOTE.- A bar ( - ) under any letter augments its signification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and

Figures

Rate of the Wind per Hour in Miles.

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

Illustration

of the

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

Description of Wind.

0 to 2

70 - 80

above 80

Calm.....

Light Air Light Breeze Gentle Breeze Moderate Breeze Fresh Breeze .. Strong Breeze Moderate Gale Fresh Gale

Strong Gale

Whole Gale

Storm....

Hurricane..

Just sufficient to give sted

With which the above Shi

set and clean full would water..

knots

Royals, &c.

In which she could just carry in chase, Single Reefs and T. G. Sails.

full and by

Double Reefs and Jib, &c. Triple Iteefs, &c..

Close Reefs and Courses .

In which she could just bear close-reefed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail Under Storm Staysail ...

Bare Poles....

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F HONGKONG.

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in its Original Jurisdiction on Mondays and Thursdays.

By Order,

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SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in its Summary Jurisdiction, on every Tues- day, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

NOTICE. CHOW-TING of Victoria, in the

　　　　　　　　Colony of Hongkong, lately carrying on business at No. 37, Endicott Lane, Victoria afore- said, under the style or firm of "CHEONG- LOONG," having been adjudged Bankrupt under a Petition for adjudication in Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong, on the 19th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, 1878, is hereby required to surrender himself to the Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET, the Registrar of the said Court, at the first Meeting of Creditors, to be held by the said Registrar, on Friday, the Fourth day of October, proximo, at Eleven o'clock, in the forenoon, precisely, at the said Court.

　　　　　　　The said Hon, CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee, and HENRY LARDNER DENNYS is the Solicitor acting in the Bank- ruptcy.

At the first meeting of Creditors, the Registrar will receive the proofs of the debts of Creditors, and the Creditors may elect an Assignee or Assignees of the Bankrupt's Estate and Effects.

Dated the 19th day of September, 1878.

NOT

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY. OTICE.-CHA-Sz, of Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, lately carrying on business in co-partnership with CHA-SAM, under the style or firm of the "TYE-LEE-HONG," having been adjudicated Bankrupt under a Petition for adju- dication in Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong, on the 12th day of Sep- tember, in the year of Our Lord 1878, is hereby required to surrender himself to the Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET, the Registrar of the said Court, at the first Meeting of Creditors to be held by the said Registrar, on Wednesday, the 25th day of September instant, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely, at the said Court.

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No. 186. T

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 28TH SEPTEMBER, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

VOL. XXIV.

　　　　The following Intestate Estates' Returns for the half-year ending 30th June, 1878, are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd September, 1878.

C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary.

RETURN of ESTATES of INTESTATES for the half-year ending 30th June, 1878.

NAME OF INTESTA,

AMOUNT RE- CEIVED ON ACCOUNT OF THE ESTATE.

DEDUCTIONS

BALANCE

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH SEPTEMBER, 1878.

Minute by His Excellency the Governor, on the Police Report of the Burglary in the Caine Road on the night of the 29th of August.

I should be glad to get from the Captain Superintendent a Report of the Night Duties of the Police Force, specifying the beats, number of men, &c., at the present date, and a Statement showing the similar facts of both this time last year, and this time in 1876.

1st September, 1878.

Minute by the Acting Colonial Secretary.

Forwarded to Mr. DEANE for a report.

2nd September, 1878.

J. POPE HENNESSY, Governor.

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Report called for by His Excellency the Governor on the Night Duties of the Police.

　　　I have the honour to forward a Return of the Night Duties of the Police. The time from 6 P.M. of 30th August to 6 A.M. of 31st August has been taken as a sample.

2. I enclose a Comparative Return of the same period for three years for the Central District. The other Districts had similar duties and men in these three years.

　　　3. I enclose the Central District Duty Books for August, 1876, 1877, and a copy of the 12 hours above alluded to in 1878 as the original book is in use.

　　　4. I also forward the rough Returns for 10th August of the men in the Force, together with a fair abstract of the same.

　　　5. The Beat Book enclosed has virtually been unaltered since 1874. It will be observed that large as those beats are, I have rarely enough men to fill them all, in which case one man takes charge

of two beats.

3rd Sent

1878.

W. M. DEANE,

inte

nt of Police.

}

THE HONGKong goverNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH SEPTEMBER, 1878.

WESTERN DISTRICT.

Section 9.

6 P.M. TO MIDNIGHT.

459

Beats, 8.

Posts, 2.

1878.

1876.

MIDNIGHT TO 6 A.M.

1877.

1878.

1 1

Europeans, Indians, Chinese,

1876.

1877.

Also 1877, 2 Indians; 1878, 4 Indians, from 10 P.M. to 6 A.M.

Indians, Chinese,

Europeans, Indians, Chinese,

.....

Indians,

6 TO 10 P.M.

10 P.M. TO 2 A.M.

1876.

1877.

1878.

1876.

1877.

1878.

1876.

2 TO 6 A.M.

1877.

1878.

60 00

YAU-MA-TI.

6 P.M. TO MIDNIGHT.

MIDNIGHT To 6 a.m.

1876.

1877.

1878.

1876.

1877.

1878.

133

1 2 3

1876.

TSIM-SHA-TSUI.

6 P.M. TO MIDNIGHT.

1877. 2

1878. 2

MIDNIGHT to 6 A.M.

1876.

1877.

1878. 2

Also each year-1 European, Night Patrol.; 1 Chinaman, 9 P.M. to 5 A.M.

Minute by His Excellency the Governor.

I have read these papers carefully, but would be glad to see the Comparative Returns from the other Districts made in a similar form to the Returns of the Central District.

9th Septe

Europeans,.. Indians,

LAL ?

half

GKONG POLICE NIGHT DUTIES.

(Continuation.)

GAP AND PEAK.

6 P.M. TO MI?night.

1876.

1877.

1 2

J. POPE HENNESSY,

Governor.

MIDNIGHT TO 6 a.m.

1878.

1876.

1877.

1878.

SHAU-KI-WAN.

6 P.M. TO MIdnight.

MIDNIGHT TO 6 A.M.

1876.

1877.

1878.

1876.

1877.

1878.

1876.

9 P.M. TO 5 A.M.

1877.

1878.

Europeans, Indians, Chinese,

...

Also 1 Indian, Night Patrol, Shek-O as on next page.

STANLEY.

6 P.M. TO MIDNIGHT.

1876.

1877.

1878.

1876.

MIDNIGHT TO 6 A.M.

1877.

9 P.M. TO 3 A.M.

1878.

1876.

1877.

1878.

Europeans,

Indians,

Chinese,....

122

POK-FU-LAM.

6 P.M. TO MIDNIGHT.

1876.

1877.

Europeans,.....

Indians, Chinese,.

Europeans

MIDNIGHT TO 6 A.M.

1878.

1876.

18 /.

1878.

tra on special duty on Pok-fu-lam Road.

460

Europeans, Indians,.....

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH SEPTEMBER, 1878.

HUNG-HOM.

GENERAL PAtrol.

10 P.M. TO 4 A.M.

1876.

1877.

1878.

1876.

.1877.

1878.

1876.

MIDNIGHT TO 6 A.M.

1877.

1878.

...

1877 and 1878-6 P.M. to Midnight, 1 Chinese; Midnight to 6 a.m., l' Chinese.

Indian,

6 P.M TO MIdnight.

SHEK-0.

ABERDEEN.

MIDNIGHT TO 6 A.M.

...1 on Night Patrol.

10 P.M. TO 4 A.M.

1878.

1876.

1877.

1878.

1876.

9 P.M. TO 3 a.m.

1877.

1878.

1876.

1877.

1878.

1876.

1877.

Europeans,..

...

Indians,

...

Chinese,

...

TOTAL,

　　Europeans,. Chinese,

Europeans,.. Indians,.. Chinese,.....

WATER POLICE.

6 P.M. TO MIdnight.

1876. 6 43

1877. 6 44

1878.

IN :

1876.

1877.

1878.

107

115

106

146

144

146

MIDNIGHT to 6 a.m.

1876.

1877.

1878. 6

Also each year 2 Europeans and 8 Chinese at Aberdeen and Shau-ki-Wan between 10 P.M. to 4 A.M.

11th September, 1878.

W. M. Deane,

Captain Superintendent of Police.

Minute by His Excellency the Governor.

1. I return the Police Books-Volumes eleven and twelve, showing the duties for 1876 and 1877—which I have perused, together with the Report of Mr. DEANE and the Returns he was good enough to prepare at my request on the night duties of the Police Force. 2. Those documents confirm the suspicions I entertained that the r

NOMINE

3. They also show that in the most important District th

between inidnight and six o'clock in the morning has been redu

is Colony are

un regular beats

?, in the case of the

European Force, from 14 to 8, and in the case of the Chinese Force from about 20 to 15.

　　　4. The Captain Superintendent also says that he has rarely enough men to fill all the beats, and that in such cases he has to order one man to take charge of two beats.

5. Let the night beats and patrols in the Victoria District be at once restored to the maximum strength of 1876; and let the Captain Superintendent prepare for my consideration a revised scheme of night beats and patrols of about thirty-three per cent. greater strength than the maximum I refer to. 6. In future I should like to see weekly returns of the night duties, and to receive a special report before the numbers are altered in any particular district.

J. POPE HENNESSY,

Governor.

27th September, 1878.

No. 188.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　It is hereby notified that, under the Provisions of Ordinance No. 11 of 1844, Tuesday, the 5th of November next, is fixed for a special Sessions of the Justices of the Peace, to be held at the Police Magistrates' Office, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon of that day, for the purpose of considering applications for Licences for the Sale of Spirituous and Fermented Liquors, during the year commencing on 1st December next: It is possible, however, that some alterations may be made in the licensing laws before then, of which due notice will be given.

　　　Applications for such Licences must be lodged at the Police Magistrates' Office, at least Ten days before the Sessions, in the form prescribed in the said Ordinance, and no application will, after that period, be received for submission to the Sessions.

　　　Printed Forms of Application may be obtained by intending applicants at the Police Magistrates' Office, between the hours of 10 A.M. and 4 P.M. daily.

By Command,

C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th Sep

1078.

}

460

Europeans, Indians,.....

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH SEPTEMBER, 1878.

HUNG-HOM.

GENERAL PAtrol.

10 P.M. TO 4 A.M.

1876.

1877.

1878.

1876.

.1877.

1878.

1876.

MIDNIGHT TO 6 A.M.

1877.

1878.

...

1877 and 1878-6 P.M. to Midnight, 1 Chinese; Midnight to 6 a.m., l' Chinese.

Indian,

6 P.M TO MIdnight.

SHEK-0.

ABERDEEN.

MIDNIGHT TO 6 A.M.

...1 on Night Patrol.

10 P.M. TO 4 A.M.

1878.

1876.

1877.

1878.

1876.

9 P.M. TO 3 a.m.

1877.

1878.

1876.

1877.

1878.

1876.

1877.

Europeans,..

...

Indians,

...

Chinese,

...

TOTAL,

　　Europeans,. Chinese,

Europeans,.. Indians,.. Chinese,.....

WATER POLICE.

6 P.M. TO MIdnight.

1876. 6 43

1877. 6 44

1878.

IN :

1876.

1877.

1878.

107

115

106

146

144

146

MIDNIGHT to 6 a.m.

1876.

1877.

1878. 6

Also each year 2 Europeans and 8 Chinese at Aberdeen and Shau-ki-Wan between 10 P.M. to 4 A.M.

11th September, 1878.

W. M. Deane,

Captain Superintendent of Police.

Minute by His Excellency the Governor.

NOMINE

3. They also show that in the most important District th

between inidnight and six o'clock in the morning has been redu

is Colony are

un regular beats

?, in the case of the

European Force, from 14 to 8, and in the case of the Chinese Force from about 20 to 15.

　　　4. The Captain Superintendent also says that he has rarely enough men to fill all the beats, and that in such cases he has to order one man to take charge of two beats.

J. POPE HENNESSY,

Governor.

27th September, 1878.

No. 188.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　Printed Forms of Application may be obtained by intending applicants at the Police Magistrates' Office, between the hours of 10 A.M. and 4 P.M. daily.

By Command,

C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th Sep

1078.

}

No. 189.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH SEPTEMBER, 1878. 461

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on the spot, on Monday, the 14th day of October, 1878, at 4 P.M., are published for general information. By Command,

C. MAY,

· Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th September, 1878.

Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 14th day of October, 1878, at 4 P.M., by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of Three Lots of Crown Land, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 999 years.

No.

Registry No.

Sale.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOTS.

Boundary Measurements.

LOCALITY.

Contents in

w. Square ft.

Annual Upset Rent. Price.

feet.

Marine Lot,

No. 266.

No. 267.

Lap-Sap W?n,

Do.,

No. 268.

Do.,

100.0 100.0 200.0 200.0 20,000

264.43 2,000.00

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

　　　　1. The highest bidder above the upset price shall be the Purchaser, and if any dispute arise between two or more bidders, the Lot in dispute shall be put up again at a former bidding.

2. No person shall at any bidding advance less than $25.

3. Immediately after the fall of the hammer, the Purchaser shall sign the Memorandum of Agree- ment hereinafter contain for completing the purchase according to these Conditions, and shall within Three D

sale pay into the Colonial Treasury a deposit of one half of the amount of

Premium at hi

resi

bou knocked down and t Ana

on makik fanm th

day of sale

　　　　　　　　　　　　　-pay the remaining na one said premium. 4. The Purchase c

Suall be entitled to and shall execute on demand a Lease from the HONG Crown of the Piece or Parcel of Ground comprised in such Lot, for 999 Years, to be computed from the day of sale, at such Annual Rental payable half-yearly on the 24th day of June and the 25th day of December in every year as is specified in the Particulars of such Lot hereinbefore contained; and such Crown Lease shall be subject to and contain all Exceptions, Reservations, Covenants, Clauses, and Conditions inserted in the Crown Leases of Marine Lots in the Colony of Hongkong.

　　　　5. The Purchaser, of each Lot shall pay to the Surveyor General on behalf of Her Majesty The QUEEN, a Fee of $5 upon the execution of the Crown Lease thereof.

6. Should the Purchaser neglect or fail to comply with these Conditions, his Premium or any por- tion thereof which may be paid shall be thereupon forfeited to Her Majesty, who shall be at full liberty either to enforce the sale, or to re-sell the Property at such time and place, and in such manner as to Her Majesty shall seem fit, and in case of a re-sale the increase, if any, of the Premium or Purchase Money shall be retained by Her Majesty, and the deficiency, if any, and all Costs and Expenses shall be made good by the defaulter and be recoverable as liquidated damages.

7. Possession of the Lot sold shall be given to the Purchaser, and deemed to have been taken by him on the day of sale.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF SALE.

1. The Crown Lessee shall, within six calendar months from the date of the Crown Lease, construct an Embankment and a temporary inexpensive Sea-wall 50 feet from and co-extensive with the front of his Marine Lot, in strict accordance with the constructional details contained in the Conditions and Drawing attached to the Sale Plan, which is now on view at the Surveyor General's Office.

　　　　　2. All damages to the temporary. Sea-wall and Roadway caused by rains, or the sea, shall be forthwith made good, at his own expense, by the Crown Lessee, failing which, such repairs shall be carried out by the Colonial Government, at the sole cost of the Lessee, and such cost shall be recover- able under Summary Jurisdiction.

　　　　　3. Upon the expiration of five years from the date of the Crown Lease, the temporary Sea-wall shall be removed down to the foundations, and in lieu thereof a substantial and permanent Wall. shall be built along the same site by the Colonial Government at the sole cost of the Crown Lessee, always provided such cost does not exceed the prices given in the Official Schedule of Prices in force at that

462

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH SEPTEMBER, 1878.

time in the Public Works Department. The constructional details of the permanent Sea-wall and Roadway shall be in strict accord with the aforesaid Conditions and Drawing attached to the Sale Plan, which is now on view at the Surveyor General's Office.

4. Upon the completion of the permanent Sea-wall and Roadway, their maintenance and repair shall devolve upon the Colonial Government, and the Crown Lessee shall be entirely freed from any charge in respect of the up-keep of the said Roadway and Wall.

MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BY THE PURCHASER. Memorandum that the person whose name is hereunder written has been declared the highest bidder for the Lot described in the foregoing Particulars of Sale and hereunder specified opposite to his said name and signature and does hereby agree to become the Lessee thereof under and subject to the foregoing Conditions of Sale and on his part to perform and abide by the said Conditions.

Number

of Sale

Registry Number and

Lot. Description of Lot Purchased.

Amount of

Annual Rental. Premium at which

Purchased.

Signature of Purchaser.

No. 190.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notice to Mariners is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th September, 1878.

Government of India.

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE, AND CO

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

[No. 21.]

PERSIAN GULF.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Additional Information concerning the reported Shoal, N. N. E. of Bahrain.

　　With reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 19, issued from this Department on the 18th July 1878, the following additional information has been received through the Bombay Government:-

　　The Master of the British Barque Oribe describes this shoal as being about a quarter of a mile in extent, and lying in a north and south direction; the southern end, about 30 yards in diameter, being the shallowest part, and appeared to be nearly awash. The water over the patch is described as being " thick and muddy, with a light curling ripple.

At the time of passing the shoal, Jebel Direng bore N.-E. nearly.

By Direction of the Government of India,

A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr. (late I. N.),

Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.

MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, 27th August 1878.

　　This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Persian Gulf, No. 2837b; Indian Ocean, Sheet 2, northern portion, No. 748b; also, Admiralty Persian Gulf Pilot, page 125; and Taylor's Sailing Directory, Vol. I, page 249.

　　If this Notice is received on boardship, the substance of it should be inserted on the Charts affected by it, and introduced into the Sailing Directions to which it relates.

No. 168.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　The Specifications and Drawings can be seen on application at the Surveyor General's Office, where also a proper Form of Tender may be obtained.

The Government will not bind itself to accept the lowest or any Tender.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 31st August, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

462

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH SEPTEMBER, 1878.

Number

of Sale

Registry Number and

Lot. Description of Lot Purchased.

Amount of

Annual Rental. Premium at which

Purchased.

Signature of Purchaser.

No. 190.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notice to Mariners is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th September, 1878.

Government of India.

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE, AND CO

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

[No. 21.]

PERSIAN GULF.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Additional Information concerning the reported Shoal, N. N. E. of Bahrain.

　　With reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 19, issued from this Department on the 18th July 1878, the following additional information has been received through the Bombay Government:-

At the time of passing the shoal, Jebel Direng bore N.-E. nearly.

By Direction of the Government of India,

A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr. (late I. N.),

Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.

MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, 27th August 1878.

　　If this Notice is received on boardship, the substance of it should be inserted on the Charts affected by it, and introduced into the Sailing Directions to which it relates.

No. 168.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　The Specifications and Drawings can be seen on application at the Surveyor General's Office, where also a proper Form of Tender may be obtained.

The Government will not bind itself to accept the lowest or any Tender.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 31st August, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

CAPE D'AGUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT

WINDS

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

DAY AND

HOUR.

DATE.

BARO-

METER

0 TO 12.

WEA-

THERMOMETER.

BARO-

0 TO 12.

THERMOMETER.

THER.

METER

WEA

THER.

Attd. Max. Min.] Dry. | Wet. Direct. Force.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Forge.

BARO-

In inches during previous METER? hours.

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

WEA-

THER.

BARO-

WILS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL..

WEA-

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct.

Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

METER

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

Saturday,

29.95 85.0

83.0 74.0

29.80 84.0]

83.5 77.5 W

28.15 77,0

21st

- Sept.

Noon

29.92 88.0 91.0 79.0] 86.0 76.0 29.8788.0

b.c.

29.81 87.0 88.5 76.0 87.5 77.0 SW

0.00

:::00

76.0 72.0] NNW

o.m.

28.16 78.0 78.0 72.0 77.0 73.0 NW

o.m.

0.00

87.0 76.0

b.c.

29.80 90.0

··

89.0 78.0 NW

28.13 80.0

··

79.0 74.0 WNW

o.m.

Sunday,

22nd

29.99 84.0]

Sept

Noon 29.96 87.0 89.0 79.0 86.0 78.0] 29.90 86.5)

82.0 74.0

b.m.

29.84 85.0|

85.0 78.0

b.c.

23rd

Sept.

Tuesday,

24th

Sept.

Monday, 9 30.02 84.0

Noon? 30.00 | 87.0 89.0 79.0 85.0 76.0 29.95 87.01

30.05 83.5]

Noon | 30.04 | 85,0| 88.0 79.0 83.0] 75,0 29.97 85.0

82.0 78.0

29.88 85.0

85.0 78.0

82.0 75.0

83.0 76.0

Wednesday, 9

30.00 84.0|

··

82.0 80.0

25th Noon 29.96|87,0 89.0 79.0 87.0 79.0

True wind cannot be registered.

Do.

b.c.

29.8588.0

:???:

: 00:

29.86 87.0 90,0 87.0 87.5 79.0 S 29.83 89.0

83.5 77,0 Calm

b.c.

28.18 | 79.0

78.0 71.0 Calm

0.m.

I b.c

28.16 80.0 80.0 74.0 79.0 74.0] SSW

o.m.

0.00

91.0 83.0 SE

28.14 | 81.0]

80.0 75.0 8

o.m.

83.5 79.0 NE

28.2175.0

74.0 72.0 E

··

0.0

29.88 88.0 92.0 78.0 88.5 79.0 ESE.

28.20 78.0 79.0 71.0 77.0 73.0 E

b.c.

0.00

89.0 80.0 ESE

b.c.

28.17 | 79,0

77.0 74.0 E

b.c.

29.91 85.0

83.0 77.0 E

b.c.

28.24 75.0]

75.0 72.0 ESE

b.m.

29.92 | 87.0 90.0 80.0 87.0 77.0 E

c.b.

29.8887.0

b.c.

0.00

28.24 | 77.0 80.0 72.0 76.0 74.0 E

Telegraph wire out of order.

89.5 79.0 SE

b.c.

28.18 75.0

··

1220

b.m.

74.0 72.0 E

b.m.

0.00

29.8785.0

83.5 79.0 S

··

b.c.

28.20 77.0

76.0 74.0 NE

o.m.

29.87 88.0 88.0 79.5 88.0 80.5] SW

b.c.

0.00

Sept.

3 29.92 88.0|

87.0 79.0

b.c.

29.84 88.0

87.0 80.0 SW

b.c.

28.15 79.0

28.18 79.0 79.0 73.0 78.0| 75.0 WNW?

b.m.

0.00

78.0 74.0 SSW

b.m.

Thursday,

30.00 86,0

85.0 82.0

c.b.

29.88 86.0

Can

b.c.

28.22 76.0

26th

Noon 30.00 | 89,5 90.0 80.0 88.0 80.0

b.c.

29.89 88.0 88.5 79.5 88.0 82.0 SW

b.c.

0.00

··

75.0 74.0 SSW

o.m.

Sept.

29.96 91.0

90.0 82.0

b.c.

29.87 90.0

Friday, 9 30.07 86.0

84.0 81.0

b.c.

29.93 87.0

89.0 83.0 SW

b.c.

28.20 78.0

28.23 78.0 78.0 73.0 77.0] 75.0 SSW 78.0 76.0 SSW

3 0.m.

0.00

3 o.m.

85.0 81.0.ENE

28.2878.0|

b.c.D.

27th

Sept.

Noon 30.05 87.0 92.0 81.0 85.0 80.0 3 30.00 85.0

b.c.

83.0 79.0;

b.c.

29.94 88.0 90.5 81.0 88.0 82.0 ESE 29.90 87.0 86.0 81.0 ESE

b.c.

0.00

b.c.

77.0 76.0 ESE 28.27 79.0 79.0 74.0 78.0 75.0 ESE 28.22 | 75.0| 75.0 74.0 ESE

3 o.c.m.

0.00

00:0

o.c.m.

v. visibility.

Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). STATE OF WEATHER:-6. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; f. fogey ; v. `oomy; h. hail; 7. lightning; : n. misty (hazy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; 9. squally; r. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v.. NOTE.—A bar (—) under any letter augments its signification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and contiring rain, &c., &c.

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

iption of Wind.

Illustrati

of the Wind as regards a well-conditioned

or First-class Clipper Ship.

Rate of the Wind per Hour in Miles.

0 to 2

ll sail ( 1 to 2 knots mooth 3 to 4

5 to 6

(Royals, &c..

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails..

Phase,

Double Reefs and Jib, &c.

Triple Reefs, &c..

-- 52

Close Reefs and Courses

53 60

Main Topsail and reefed Foresail

61 - 69

Calm..

Light Air Light Breeze Gentle Breeze Moderate Breeze Fresh Breezo Strong Breeze

012340UTOGOCEN

Fresh Gale...

Strong Gale

Whole Gale

Storm...

Moderate Gale

Hurricane.

Just sufficient to give steerage With which the above Ship w set and clean full would go` water

In which she could just carry in full and by

In which she could just bear clon-reefed

Under Stor 1 Staysail ................ Bare Poles

70 - 80

above 80

Figures to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

GAZETTE, 28TH

SEPTEMBER,

1878.

465

Fox, Madam

Ayoon

1 regd.

A-Fook

Girnberk, M.

Gaby, John

Bennett, G. A. 2

Cunha, C. A. da 1

466

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH SEPTEMBER, 1878.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Unclaimed Correspondence, 27th September, 1878.

Letters. Papers.

Aky, (Mypan) 1 regd.

Atak, (Mypan) 1 regd.

Conghoon, Mrs. 1 Cassipini, E. Carter, W. S. Cheing Loong&Co.1 Church, H. E. L

French, Capt. 1

Powel, John, Pike, Mr.

Letters. Papers.

-Letters. Papers.

Lone, J.

Lock, Thomas 1

Levis, S.

Lee, Edward

Rita, Inocencia 1

Lumstom, W. 1

Roche, John

·1

Tai Afat

Ryan, Capt.

Butcher, J. B. 1 bk.

Costa, Rufina D. 1

Home, Mr.

Morley, W. H.

Rayden, Wm. 1

Barrue, Monsr. 1

Chagas, N. das 1

Heelis, Arthur 1

MacKenzie,Capt.1

Richards, Samuel 2

Blanchard, Y. T. 2

Moore, Mr.

Sacconi, P.

Beal, Mrs.

Devlin, H.

Juster, Alejandro 1 regd.

Merriman, Jas. 1

Silverlock, W.

Bushnell, S. C.

Dering, Geo.

Jackson, F. E.

MacDonald, J.

Sam Wah

Bridges, Col,

Dhite, Monsr. 2

Jack, J.

Martin, R. M. 1

Swinney, F.

Brown, Sir C. 2

Schulz, W.

Bossolo, L.

Evans, Mr.

Kee Shing & Co.1

Parkin, J. H.

Sams, W. F. B. 1

Lets. Pprs.

Thiel, C. Talpey, Capt. F. Tongei, (Chino) 1 Thiel, John F. ?. 1

Thomson, Alex. Tanner, J. B. 1

Woodville, E. Ward, Miss H. 1 Wing Lee, Messrs.1 Walsh. Jas., Jr. 1 Willberg, Ch. Whetton, Chas. 1

Brokenshar,Capt.4

Brooking, A. C. 1

Flagg, Wm. S. 3

Lie Koetsay 1 regd.

Pembroke, F.

Parke, D.

Savio, Pietro Sheather, C. H.

Young, T., Mr. 1

For Merchant Ships.

Letters. Papers.

Letters.

America

Devina

Hawkesbury

Lady Penrhyn 4

Oceanic

Arabella,

Hotspur

Lord Macaulay 15

Stadt Harlem, s.s. 1

Allice

1 regd.

Erminia Emily

Harkaway

Laurell

Pursaid, s.s.

Supreme

Stander, s.s.

1 regd.

Lets. Pprs.

Hibernian

Palestine

Brisbane

Emily Chaplain 8

Helen

Behar, s.s.

Eleanor

Hindostan

Parthead Twescanal1

Shaughthevin 1 regd.

Sarah Nicholson 1

Magdala

Perctroclue

Sydenham

Echo

Hopeful

Mary Blair

Presnits, s.s.

Skolfield

2 1

City of Aberdeen

Elizabeth Chills 1

Havilah

Macaulay

Prenar

Maria

Prince Amadeo 1

Cashmere

E. Nicholson 1

Corona

Irigo

Chalecolet

Freeman Clark

Invincible

Chandos

Fair Leader

Irazu

Countess of Erroll 5 1

Ferntower, s.s.

India

1221

Mary Smith

Melbreck

Prince Louis

Penrith

212

Tai Watt

Tokatea

Marine

Teti Austrian 1

Marina

Robert Henderson10

Tamar

Milbeck

Rhoda

Tweed

Charger

Flensborg

McNear

Chocola

Fabius

James Shepherd

Rifleman

Madeleine

Rosie Welt

regd.

Commissary

Magdalen

Corriente

Globe

Killarney, s.s.

Rosebud

Verona

4 1

Columoject, a

Drus. Papers

Watchmen under th

for Police purposes.

14. All the daily

Great Admiral 1

Glamorgan, s.s. 2 regd. Gylding

Leon Crespo Largs

Napier Nyassa

14 3

Sea Gull, s.s. Sacrament?

Wm. Manson

. 192.

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order.

Press.

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GlasgoWeekly Mail.

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Scotsman.

Siberian Mercantile Bk. Report, 1877,(Russian). Sonderburger Zeitung.

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Mondays and

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in

Thursdays.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

notice, the Court will sit in

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

OTICE.-CHOW-TING of Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, lately carrying on business at No. 37, Endicott Lane, Victoria afore- said, under the style or firm of "CHEONG- LOONG," having been adjudged Bankrupt under a Petition for adjudication in Bankruptcy, 'filed Hongkong, on the 19th in the Supreme Court

UNTIL furtary Jurisdiction, ou every Tuesday of September, in the year of Our Lord,

day, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

In re CHA-Sz, a Bankrupt.

Nefore the Registrar of the Supreme Court

OTICE. The first meeting of Creditors held

on the 25th instant, stands adjourned to Wed- nesday, the 9th day of October, 1878, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon.

H. L. DENNYS, Bankrupt's Solicitor.

Hongkong, 27th day of September, 1878.

1878, is hereby required to surrender himself to the Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET, the Registrar of the said Court, at the first Meeting of Creditors, to be held by the said Registrar, on Friday, the Fourth day of October, proximo, at Eleven o'clock, in the forenoon, precisely, at the said Court.

The said Hon. CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee, and HENRY LARDNER DENNYS is the Solicitor acting in the Bank- ruptcy.

At the first meeting of Creditors, the Registrar will receive the proofs of the debts of Creditors, and the Creditors may elect an Assignee or Assignees of the Bankrupt's Estate and Effects.

Dated the 19th day of September, 1878.

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DROIT

THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

No. 40.

No. 191.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 5TH OCTOBER, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. POLICE DUTIES AND INCREAse of Crime.

The following Documents are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office., Hongkong, 30th September, 1878.

VOL. XXIV.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

His Excellency The Governor to the Honourable C. May, Acting Colonial Secretary, th

Phineas Rrie, and the Honourable Thomas Child Hayllar, Q.C.

NMF

HONG

↑

GENTLI Report do me

your-

btained from Mr. Deang, the

ating to the Night Duties of the Police, I shou. yourselves as a Committee to consider those pap enclose, and to make such enquiries as you deem nec suggesting a more efficient disposition of the Police Force.

the same subject, which

2. Inr.

r. DEANE'S Report he observes that the Beat book has been virtually u anteroce 1874, and that as rarely enough of men to fill all the beats, in which case he has to gi e one man charge of two beats. The continuance of such a system since 1874 cannot be fair to Mr. DEANE and the Police Force, nor can it provide in the most efficient manner for the due security of life and property.

3. Amongst the papers enclosed I have therefore included the Annual Reports of the Captain Superintendent of Police since 1874, together with a letter written by Mr. DEANE in November last on the apparent increase of crime in Hongkong of late years. I should be glad if you would favour me with your opinions on the matters embraced in those Reports and in that Letter.

4. I have requested Mr. DEANE and Mr. CREAGH to attend any sittings of the Committee at which you may require their presence, and to give you whatever information or explanations you may deem necessary; and I hereby authorize you to call before you any Inspector or other member of the Police Force for the same purpose.

Any other public record or document, in addition to the enclosed, that you may desire to consult shall be placed at your disposal.

I have the honour to be,

Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant,

J. POPE JENNESSY,

Gor

SCHEDULE AND PR?CIS OF DOCUMENTS LAID BEFORE THE COMMITT 1. Minute of His Excellency the Governor on the Police Report of the B Road on the night of the 29th of August, 1878, calling for a Report on the nigh with the beats, number of men, &c. at that date, and at the same date in 1876 ·

　　　　　Report of the Captain Superintendent of Police, dated 3rd September. information called for, with further minutes and returns on the same subj Captain Superintendent suggesting certain changes.

or".

.ry in the Caine es of the Police, ,77.

transmitting the

I letters from the

468

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH OCTOBER, 1878.

　　　2. Letters from nk Managers, dated 27th September, 1878, as to increased night patrols, with correspondence and utes thereon.

　　　3. Police Report and Returns of Crime for the year 1874, (as published in the Government Gazette, February, 1875).

4. Police Report and Returns of Crime for 1875, showing "an increase of 19.74 per cent. of serious crime" as compared with 1874, (Government Gazette, February, 1876).

5. Police Report and Returns of Crime for 1876, showing "an increase of 6.45 per cent. of Serious Crime, and an increase of 23.86 per cent. of Minor Offences," as compared with 1875, (Government Gazette, February, 1877).

6. Police Report and Returns of Crime for 1877, showing an "increase of 32.39 per cent. of Serious Crime, and an increase of 7.13 per cent. of Minor Offences," as compared with 1876, (Government Gazette, April, 1878).

7. Despatch from. Governor SIR ARTHUR KENNEDY to the EARL OF CARNARVON, dated 29th September, 1876, reporting that "various returns may hereafter indicate a serious increase of crime in this Colony," and attributing "this apparent outbreak among the population of Hongkong," to the cheap fares of the Canton River Steamers.

8. Returns and information on this subject transmitted to the EARL OF CARNARVON by Governor POPE HENNESSY.

9. Letters from His Excellency the Governor to Commodore WATSON and H. M. Consul at Canton, dated 3rd and 5th of May, 1877, respecting an attack by armed robbers on one of the villages in Hongkong, with subsequent Police Report of a similar attack on another village of the Colony.

10. Statement made by His Excellency the Governor to the Legislative Council, on the 17th of September, 1877, on the increase of crime.

11. Letter from Mr. DEANE, the Captain Superintendent of Police, dated Bath, 26th November, 1877, submitting certain explanations concerning the apparent increase of crime in Hongkong.

12. Statement made by His Excellency the Governor to the Legislative Council, on the 12th of November 1877, on the advantage of having Steam-launches for Police purposes, with Minutes on

nd Reports from Mr. CREAGH and Mr. DEANE.

this

on the subject of increasing the number of armed Police; placing the District Captain Superintendent of Police, and further organizing the native Watchmen

Poli Reports and other Returns respecting the P e in 1878 (up to date).

pub

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

parative Return, prepared by the late Acting Superintendent of the Gaol, is information.

By Command,

C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th September, 1878.

Number of Prisoners discharged from the Hongkong Gaol, by Pardon, Warrant, or Authority of His Excellency the Governor, before such Prisoners had served two-thirds of the sentence of imprisonment imposed by the Judges or Magistrates.*

EUROPEANS. INDIANS.

CHINESE.

In the fifteen months, from 21st January, 1876,

to 21st April, 1877,

142

In the fifteen months, from 22nd April, 1877,

tc 22nd July, 1878,.

* This h

In referenc 72, six are now i

does not include Frisoners whose fines for Gambling were remitted on the recommendations of the Magistrates.

the number 142, there are twelve Chinese now in Gaol, and to the latter number

21.

T. C. DEMPSTER, Captain, Acting Superintendent Hongkong Gaol.

24th July, 187

468

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH OCTOBER, 1878.

　　　2. Letters from nk Managers, dated 27th September, 1878, as to increased night patrols, with correspondence and utes thereon.

　　　3. Police Report and Returns of Crime for the year 1874, (as published in the Government Gazette, February, 1875).

4. Police Report and Returns of Crime for 1875, showing "an increase of 19.74 per cent. of serious crime" as compared with 1874, (Government Gazette, February, 1876).

8. Returns and information on this subject transmitted to the EARL OF CARNARVON by Governor POPE HENNESSY.

10. Statement made by His Excellency the Governor to the Legislative Council, on the 17th of September, 1877, on the increase of crime.

11. Letter from Mr. DEANE, the Captain Superintendent of Police, dated Bath, 26th November, 1877, submitting certain explanations concerning the apparent increase of crime in Hongkong.

12. Statement made by His Excellency the Governor to the Legislative Council, on the 12th of November 1877, on the advantage of having Steam-launches for Police purposes, with Minutes on

nd Reports from Mr. CREAGH and Mr. DEANE.

this

on the subject of increasing the number of armed Police; placing the District Captain Superintendent of Police, and further organizing the native Watchmen

Poli Reports and other Returns respecting the P e in 1878 (up to date).

pub

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

parative Return, prepared by the late Acting Superintendent of the Gaol, is information.

By Command,

C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th September, 1878.

EUROPEANS. INDIANS.

CHINESE.

In the fifteen months, from 21st January, 1876,

to 21st April, 1877,

142

In the fifteen months, from 22nd April, 1877,

tc 22nd July, 1878,.

* This h

In referenc 72, six are now i

does not include Frisoners whose fines for Gambling were remitted on the recommendations of the Magistrates.

the number 142, there are twelve Chinese now in Gaol, and to the latter number

21.

T. C. DEMPSTER, Captain, Acting Superintendent Hongkong Gaol.

24th July, 187

No. 193.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH OCTOBER, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

469

The following Notification received from the Colonial Secretary, Ceylon, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st October, 1878.

C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary.

　　　　Till further notice there will be held monthly at Trincomalie sales of timber felled in the Government Forests of Tamankaduwa. The timber will be laid down on the sea beach of the inner.

harbour of Trincomalie.

　　　　The quantity of timber offered at each sale will be about 100 logs of Ebony and 500 logs of Satin-wood, Halmilla, &c.

　　　　The sales will be held on the 20th of each month, or if the 20th falls on a Sunday, then on the Monday 21st.

The first sale will be held on Monday,, 21st October.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Colombo, 10th September, 1878.

JOHN DOUG

Colon

No. 194.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　The following Instructions for the guidance of persons engaged in Chinese Immigration, which have been issued in Singapore, are published for general information.

By Command,

C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 2nd October, 1878.

INSTRUC

1.7

of the Sev

FOR THE GUIDANCE OF ERSONS ENGAGED IN CHINESE IMMICKATION AND SONS IN CHARGE OF DEPOTS UNDER ORDINANCE No. II OF 1877.

inese Immigrants Ordinance, 1877, no Chinese Immigrant is to be landed at any any place beyond the limits of the port at the Settlement, under a penalty not exceeding $25 for each Immigrant landed at any other place (Sections 2 and 10).

2. The arrival of every Chinese Immigrant Ship at any Settlement is to be forthwith reported to the Master-Attendant or Harbour-master under penalty not exceeding $500 (Section 10), when an officer from the Department of the Protector is to board the ship (Section 3) and examine each Immigrant as to the payment of his passage money (Section 5).

3. No Immigrant can be landed till after the Ship has been visited by the officers of the Chinese Department.

4. All Immigrants, whose passage shall not be paid for, within 24 hours after the arrival of the Ship, are to be landed at a dep?t, where they are to be kept under the care of the Protector, till arrangements are made for their passage money and agreements to labour; but no such Immigrant is to be kept longer than 10 days against his own will (Section 7).

5. All engagements to labour are to be registered in such form as the Governor may direct (Section 8).

6. By Section 9 the words "Chinese Immigrant" and "Immigrant Ship" are defined as follows:--- "Chinese Immigrant" means Chinese brought to the Colony from China in a Chinese Immigrant Ship, not being first or second class passengers; and "Chinese Immigrant Ships" are ships bringing such persons exceeding 20 in number to the colony.

NOTE.

It will facilitate the despatch of ships, if the masters of vessels with Chinese passengers on board, will, on approaching the Ports of the Straits Settlements, hoist the signal D.K.W., and separate the women and children on board, from the rest of the passengers.

Singapore, August, 1878.

W. A. PICKERING,

Protector of Chinese.

470

No. 195.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH OCTOBER, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

SALE OF THE OPIUM FARM.

Each Tender should specify the monthly payment offered for the period above-mentioned. The Government does not bind itself to accept the highest or any Tender.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd October, 1878.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

ollowing abstract of the Return of Revenue collected by the Collector of Stamp Revenue, ublished for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th October, 1878.

Collected in 1878 up to September 30th,.

No. 197.

in 1877

30th,.

Increase,

p-Once, Hongkong, 2nd October, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary.

$96,682.20 88,246.88

$ 8,435.32

ER,

p Revenue.

The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th October, 1878.

Government of China.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

[No. 91.]

CHINA SEA.

W?NCHOW DISTRICT-WENCHOW HARBOUR.

"Lion Rock" Beacon.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

　　　Notice is hereby given that a Beacon has been erected on a small pinnacle rock called "Shih Shih" (Lion Rock), submerged 8 feet at high water springs, situated near the anchorage at W?nchow, about 600 feet S. E. of the East end of the island known as the Chiang-Hsin-Ssu, which is in the middle of the river opposite the North wall of the city.

　　　The Beacon consists of a pole 15 inches in diameter painted black and white alternate bands, on which is fixed a ball 6 feet in diameter painted black with a horizontal white band round the centre.

The top of the pole is 24 feet above high water springs. The centre of the ball is 15 feet above high water springs.

By order of the Inspector General of Customs,

GERALD E. WELLESLEY, Acting Engineer-in-Chief.

IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS, Engineers' OFFICE, SHANGHAI, 20th September, 1878.

470

No. 195.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH OCTOBER, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

SALE OF THE OPIUM FARM.

Each Tender should specify the monthly payment offered for the period above-mentioned. The Government does not bind itself to accept the highest or any Tender.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd October, 1878.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

ollowing abstract of the Return of Revenue collected by the Collector of Stamp Revenue, ublished for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th October, 1878.

Collected in 1878 up to September 30th,.

No. 197.

in 1877

30th,.

Increase,

p-Once, Hongkong, 2nd October, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary.

$96,682.20 88,246.88

$ 8,435.32

ER,

p Revenue.

The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th October, 1878.

Government of China.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

[No. 91.]

CHINA SEA.

W?NCHOW DISTRICT-WENCHOW HARBOUR.

"Lion Rock" Beacon.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

　　　The Beacon consists of a pole 15 inches in diameter painted black and white alternate bands, on which is fixed a ball 6 feet in diameter painted black with a horizontal white band round the centre.

The top of the pole is 24 feet above high water springs. The centre of the ball is 15 feet above high water springs.

By order of the Inspector General of Customs,

GERALD E. WELLESLEY, Acting Engineer-in-Chief.

IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS, Engineers' OFFICE, SHANGHAI, 20th September, 1878.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH OCTOBER, 1878.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

[No. 92.]

CHINA SEA.

YANGTZE RIVER-CHINKIANG DISTRICT.

Beaver, or Pottinger Island Light.

471

Notice is hereby iven that the Beaver Island Beacon Light has been shifted 500 yards to the S. 15° E. of its former position, in conseque of the washing away of the river embankment.

By order of the Inspector General of Customs,

GERALD E. WELLESLEY,

Acting Engineer-in-Chief.

IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS, ENGINEERS' OFFICE, SHANGHAI, 21st September, 1878.

NOTICE TO MARINERS. [No. 93.]

CHINA SEA.

RIVER MIN-FOOCHOW DISTRICT.

"Benjamin Aymar" Rock.

Notice is hereby given that a red and black chequered Buoy, 6 feet in diameter, surmounted by a black diamond-shaped cage, will shortly be placed at the "Benjamin Aymar" Rock, on which the American barque Benjamin Aymar struck in January, 1878, near the "North Channel" entrance to the Foochow river.

For bearings, etc., see Notice to Mariners, No. 84, of 16th April, 1878.

By order of the Inspector General of Customs,

GERALD E. WELLESLEY, Acting Engineer-in-Chief.

IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS, ENGINEERS' OFFICE, SHANGHAI, 23rd September, 1878.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

[No. 94.]

CHINA SEA.

jar

RIVER MIN-FOOCHOW DISTRICT.

Half-tide Beacon.

Notice is hereby given that during the rebuilding of the Half-tide Beacon situated in the river Min, 24 miles N.N.E. of the Mingan Pass, a boat will be stationed a short distance to the westward of it.

A Red Flag will be flown at the masthead during the day, and a Red Light shown at night.

By order of the Inspector General of Customs,

GERALD E. WELLESLEY, Acting Engineer-in-Chief.

IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS, ENGINEERS' OFFICE, SHANGHAI, 25th September, 1878.

NOTICE.

　　　　　Owners of Tenements assessed to the Police, Lighting, Water and Fire Brigade Rates, are hereby informed that the Rates for the Fourth Quarter of the year 1878, are payable in advance, during and within the Month of October.

　　　　　It is requested that such Rates may be paid before the 31st October, as after that date application will be made to the Supreme Court for the recovery of arrears.

J. M.PRICE, Acting Colonial Treasurer.

Colonial

ury, Hongkong, 5th October, 1878.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH OCTOBER, 1878.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

[No. 92.]

CHINA SEA.

YANGTZE RIVER-CHINKIANG DISTRICT.

Beaver, or Pottinger Island Light.

471

Notice is hereby iven that the Beaver Island Beacon Light has been shifted 500 yards to the S. 15° E. of its former position, in conseque of the washing away of the river embankment.

By order of the Inspector General of Customs,

GERALD E. WELLESLEY,

Acting Engineer-in-Chief.

IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS, ENGINEERS' OFFICE, SHANGHAI, 21st September, 1878.

NOTICE TO MARINERS. [No. 93.]

CHINA SEA.

RIVER MIN-FOOCHOW DISTRICT.

"Benjamin Aymar" Rock.

For bearings, etc., see Notice to Mariners, No. 84, of 16th April, 1878.

By order of the Inspector General of Customs,

GERALD E. WELLESLEY, Acting Engineer-in-Chief.

IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS, ENGINEERS' OFFICE, SHANGHAI, 23rd September, 1878.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

[No. 94.]

CHINA SEA.

jar

RIVER MIN-FOOCHOW DISTRICT.

Half-tide Beacon.

A Red Flag will be flown at the masthead during the day, and a Red Light shown at night.

By order of the Inspector General of Customs,

GERALD E. WELLESLEY, Acting Engineer-in-Chief.

IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS, ENGINEERS' OFFICE, SHANGHAI, 25th September, 1878.

NOTICE.

　　　　　It is requested that such Rates may be paid before the 31st October, as after that date application will be made to the Supreme Court for the recovery of arrears.

J. M.PRICE, Acting Colonial Treasurer.

Colonial

ury, Hongkong, 5th October, 1878.

474

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT

GAZETTE,

5TH

OCTOBER,

1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

CAPE D'AGUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

DAY AND

HOUR.

DATE.

BARO-

METER!

THERMOMETER.

WINDS

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

0 TO 12.

WEA-

THER.

BARO-

Ο ΤΟ 12.

METER

WEA-

THER.

THERMOMETER.

In inches

|Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

|Attd. Max.{Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

BARO- during previous METER 24 hours.

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous, 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

Victoria PEAK, HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

THERMOMETER.

WINDS

? TO 12.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. | Force.

RAIN FALL.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

Saturday, 9 30.15 85.0

83.5 79.0

b.c.

30.00 87.0

86.0 81.0 ENE

b.c.

28.35 77.0

76.0 75.0 E

o.m.

6th

Noon 30.14 87.0 88.0 80.0 85.0 80.0

60 :

b.c.

30.01 88.0 88.0 80.0 87.5 81.0 E

b.c.

0.00

28.35 80.0 80,0| 74,0| 78.0 76.0 ESE

o.c.m.

0.00

Sept.

30.09 87.0

85.0 80.0

b.c.

29 98 89.0

88.0 82.0 SE

b.c.

28.33 80.0

79.0 76.0 ESE

b.c.m.

Sunday,

29th

Sept.

30.1685.5 84.0 79.0 Noon 30.15 86.5 88.0 81.0 85.0 79.0 30.11 86.0

b.c.

30.01 87.0

86.5 81.0 ENE

b.c.

28.35 78.0

b.c.

30.01 89.090,5 81.0 89.0 82.0 ESE

b.c.

0.00

1980

76.5 75.0 ENE

0.c.

28.33 77.0 79.0 74.0 76.0 74.0 E

0.c.

0.00

84.0 78.0

0.c.

29.99 87.0

85.5 82.5 ESE

b.c.

28.30 73.0

··

73.0 72.0 SE

O.C.

··

Monday,

30th

30.12 84.0

83.0 81.0

c.b.

29.98 86.0

··

Sept.

Tuesday,

1st

Noon

Oct.

Wednesday,

2nd

Oct.

Noon

Noon 30.12 85.0 88.0 78.0 84.0 80.0

30.0885.0

30.12 84.0

30.12 85.0 87.0 80.0 83.5 79.0

30.06 86.5

30.09 83.0]

84.5 78.0

81.0 78.0

30.05 | 81.0 86.0 77.0 79.0 77.0

83.0 79.0

True wind cannot be registered.

Do.,

c.b.

85.0 80.5 E 29.99 87.0 89.0 77.0 89.0 82.5 E

b.c.

0.26

c.b.

29.97 88.0

90.5 82.5 E

b.c.

29.97 86.0

84.5 79.5 E

Court o

b.c.

29.98 | 87.0 91.0 80.0 88.5 81.0 E

b.c.

29.96 89,0

93.5 85.0 E

b.c.

o.c.r.

29.95 84.0

82.0 79.0 E

o.r.

30.02 81.5!

Thursday,

3rd

30.09 84.0 Noon 30.07 86.5 87.0 78.0 85.0 80.0

79.5 77.0

o.c.q.r.

o.c.q.

29.95 82.0 94.0 78.0 80.C| 78.9| EbyN|

o.r.

0.75

29.92 82.0

81.0 78.5 E

q.p.

品

82.5 79.0

O.C.

29.95 84.0

c.b.

: ?

84.0 80.0 E

o.r.

29.95 86.0 86.0 78.0 86.0 81.0 E

b.c.

1.78

Oct.

80.04 87.0

86.0 81.0

b.c.

29.94 87.0

87.0 82.0 E

b.c.m.

Friday,

9 30.15 84.5

4th

Oct.

83.0 79.0 Noon 30.13 | 86.0 88.0 80.0 84.0 78.0 30.07 86.5

b.c.

30.01 86.0

··

b.c.

85.0 77.0

b.c.

30.01 87.0 88.5 79.0 87.5 80.0 E 29.98 88.0

85.0 80.0 E

b.c.

0.48

90.5 79.0 E

b.c.

0.00

Telegraph wire out of order.

28.27 77.0

76.0 74.0 E

28.25 75.0

74.0 74.0 E

o.c.r.

28.20 74.0 76.0 72.0 73.0 72.0 E

o.c.r.q.

1.16

28.20 74.0

73.0 73.0 E

o.m.q.

28.29 75.0

74.0 73.0 ESE

o.c.q.

28.28 77.0 78.0 72.0 76,0 75,0| ESE

O.C.

1.92

28.25 77.0

76.0 75.0 ESE

o.r.q.

28.34 77.0

76.0 74.0 ESE

O.C

28.32 78.0 78.0 73.0 77.0 75.0 ESE

o.c.m.

0.31

28.2978.0

77.5 74.0 ESE

o.c.m.

:: 0

28.3175.0

28.32 77.0 77.0 69.0 76.0 75.0 E

28.29 78.0

28.28 77.0

28.29 78.0 78.0, 73.0 77,0) 76.0] E

75.0 74.0 E

o.m.

0.18

77.0 75.0 E

··

76.0 74.0 E

0.c.m.

O.C.

o.c.m.

0.00

:。 :

STATE OF WEATHER:-6. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; f. foggy; g. gloomy; h. hail; 7. lightning; m. mistyazy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; q. squally; r. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility. Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). NOTE.—A bar (—) under any letter augments its signification, thus f, very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and conti n, &c., &c.

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

Description of Wind.

Illustr?

er of the Wind as regards a well-conditioned ...ar or First-class Clipper Ship.

ate of the Wind?

r Hour in M?les.

Figures to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

0 to

Calm.

Light Air Light Breeze Gentle Breeze

Moderate Breeze

Just sufficient to

st.erage way

Fresh Breeze -

Strong Breeze

Moderate Gale

Fresh Gale

Strong Gale

Hurricane...

Whole Gale ...

Storm.....

In which she could just carry in chase, Double Reefs and Jib, &c. full and by

In which she could just bear close-reefed Under Storm Staysail ...............

Bare Poles....

With which the above Ship with all sail ( 1 to 2 knots set and clean full would go in smooth 3 to 4 water..... 5 to 6

Royals, &c.

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails..

Triple Reefs, &c...

Close Reefs and Courses

Main Topsail and reefed Foresail

61 69

above 80

012345OTOROLA

[

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH OCTOBER, 1878.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Unclaimed Correspondence, 4th October, 1878.

475

Letters. Papers.

Ayoon

A-Fook

1 regd.

Ainsbury, Capt.

Blanchard, Y. T. 2 Beal, Mrs.

Bushnell, S. C.

Bridges, Col,

Aky, (Mypan) 1 regd. Atak, (Mypan) 1 regd.

Almeida, Pio d' 1

Bennett, G. A. 2 Butcher, J. B. 1 bk. Barrue, Monsr. 1

Conghoon, Mrs. 1 Cassipini, E. 1 Carter, W. S. 1 Cheing Loong&Co.1 Church, H. E. 1 Cunha, C. A. da 1 Costa, Rufina D. 1 Chagas, N. das 1 Cross, Mrs. S. J. 1

Berlowitz, Wm. 1 Bernard, Emile 1 Black, Geo.

Evans, Mr.

Letters. Papers.

Letters, Papers.

Kee Shing & Co.1

Powel, John, Pike, Mr.

Baughman, GE. 1

French, Capt. 1 Fox, Madam

Lie Koetsay

1 regd.

Lone, J.

Lock, Thomas 1

Rita, Inocencia 1

Levis, S.

Rochie, John

Gaby, John

Lee, Edward

Ryan, Capt.

Gomes, Rom?o 1 Galistaun, C. M. 1

Lumstom, W. 1

Rayden, Wm.

Lets. Pprs.

Thiel, C. Talpey, Capt. F. Tongei, (Chino) 1 Thiel, John F. ?. 1 Tai Afat

Thomson, Alex. 1 Tanner, J. B.

Richards, Samuel 2

Morley, W. H.

Woodville, E.

Home, Mr.

MacKenzie,Capt.1

Sacconi, P.

Ward, Miss H. 1

Heelis, Arthur 1 Hill, Chas. E. 1

Moore, Mr.

Sam Wah

Wing Lee, Mess

Merriman, Jas. 1

Swinney, F.

Walsh. Jas., Jr.

Martin, R. M. 1

Brown, Sir C.

Schulz, W.

Willberg, Ch. 1

Sams, W. F. B. 1

Whetton, Chas. 1

Bossolo, L.

Dhite, Monsr. 2

Brokenshar,Capt.4

Daclin, Paul

Juster, Alejandro 1 regd.

Parkin, J. H.

Savio, Pietro

Wright, James 1

Jackson, F. E.

Brooking, A. C. 1

Dezzerett, Miss

Jack, J.

Pembroke, F. 3 Parke, D.

Sheather, C. H,

Sanders, Albert 1

Young, T., Mr. 1

For Merchant Ships.

Letters. Papers.

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476

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH OCTOBER, 1878.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in

Thursdays.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in its Summary Jurisdiction, on every Tues- day, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

MEMORANDUM of DEED or other INSTRU- "The MENT to be registered pursuant to Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1864”

1. Title of Deed,

whether Deed of

Assignment,. Composition or Inspectorship.

2. Date of Deed.

3. Date of Execution

by Debtor.

4. Name and Des- cription of the

Deed.

Deed of Inspectorship.

The Twenty-third day of August, 1878.

LAU SUN, of No. 4, Bonham Debtor as in the Strand, West, Victoria, in the Co- lony of Hongkong, lately carrying on business there in co-partnership with LAU SHANG, LAU-?, and AU SUN, (now absent from the Colony), as Money Changers, un- der the style or shop name of 66 Tin-tai.”

5. The names and AU SHING, WONG KWAN

Descriptions of the Trustees or other TONG, and Woo LEEN TAK, all parties to the of Victoria, in the Colony of Hong- ing the Creditors. Kong, three of the Creditors of the

Deed, not includ-

6. A short State-

ment of the na-

ture of the Deed.

said LAU SUN, Inspectors.

Deed of Inspectorship.

I certify the above to be a true copy of the Entries in the Registry Book of Deeds under "The Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1864."

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

Dated 18th September, 1879.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

PROBATE JURISDICTION.

In the Goods of CHAN WOONG TONG, deceased.

TAM-A-CHAI,

THOMAS HARB,

Honourable FRANCIS SNOWDEN, Judge of the said Court, at the Supreme Court House, Victoria,, Hongkong, on Wednesday, the Sixteenth day of October, instant, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon precisely.

The Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET. is the Official Assignee, and HENRY LARDNER DENNYS, Esquire, the Solicitor acting in the Bankruptcy.

Hongkong, 4th October, 1878.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

N°

OTICE.-FOONG HIM SHAN, of Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, lately carrying on business at Nos. 58 and 60, Bonham Strand, West, Victoria aforesaid, under the style or firm of KWONG HING CHEONG, having been adjudged Bankrupt under a Petition for adjudication in Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hong- kong, on the 30th day of September, in the year of Our Lord 1878, is hereby required to surrender himself to the Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET, the Registrar of the said Court, at the first Meeting of Creditors to be held by the said Registrar, on Thursday, the 17th instant, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely, at the said Court.

The said Hon. CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee, and HENRY LARDNER DENNYS is the Solicitor acting in the Bank- ruptcy.

A Public Sitting will hereafter be appointed by the said Court for the said Bankrupt to pass his final examination, and to make application for his discharge, of which sitting notice will be given in the Hongkong Government Gazette.

At the first Meeting of Creditors, the Registrar will receive the proofs of the debts of Creditors, and the Creditors may elect an Assignee or Assignees of the Bankrupt's Estate and Effects.

Dated the 1st day of October, 1878.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

In the matter of HO TAI SANG, alias HO MING CHE, a Bankrupt.

NOTIC

be-

mak

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG

IN BANKRUPTCY.

In re CHA-Sz, a Bankrupt.

Nefore the Registrar of the Supreme Court

OTICE.-The first meeting of Creditors held

on the 25th instant, stands adjourned to Wed- nesday, the 9th day of October, 1878, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon.

H. L. DENNYS, Bankrupt's Solicitor.

Hongkong, 27th day of September, 1878.

NOTICE.

E beg to notify that we have commenced

WE to, as Merchants and General Com-

mission Agents, under the style or firm of DUNN, MELBYE & Co.

WILLIAM EDWARD HENRY DUNN. PETER EMIL HELGA MELBYE. Hongkong, 1st October, 1878.

MR.

date.

NOTICE.

"R. S. GODFREY BIRD is authorised to sign our Firm per procuration from this

WILSON & SALWAY, Architects, &c.

Hongkong, 3rd October, 1878.

CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE.

Neneral Meeting of Shareholders in the

OTICE is hereby given that the Ordinary

above Office, will be held at the Office of the un- dersigned, No. 7, Queen's Road, on Friday, the 11th instant, at half past 2 P.M.

扁

SANG,

day of September, 1878, a public sitting for the said Ban upt to pass his last examination, and cation for his order of discharge, will be held before the Honourable FRANCIS SNOWDEN, Acting Chief Justice of the said Court, at the Supreme Court House, Victoria, Hongkong, on Monday, the 14th day of October, 1878, at Eleven o'clock A.M., precisely.

The Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee in the Bankruptcy.

STEPHENS & HOLMES, Solicitors for the Bankrupt, 2. Club Chambers, Hongkong.

WILLIAM SHANNON,

A-FONG,

WILLIAM MATCHETT,

LEE-A-LOO,

A-CHUN,

MASUN,

4th October, 1878.

ALEXANDER CAMPBELL,,,

WONG FOW,

LEONG KIN,

WILLIAM DUNPHY,

OTICE is hereby given that in accordance

with the provisions of Ordinance No. 9 of 1870, Section 3, an order has been made by FRANCIS SNOWDEN, Esquire, Acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hongkong, limiting the time for Creditors and others to send in their claims against the above Estates to Mon- day, the 4th day of November, 1878, on or before which date, all claims must be proved, otherwise, they will not be included in the scheme of Divi- sion.

All persons indebted to the said Estates, are required to make immediate payment to

C. B. PLUNKET, Official Administrator.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG) IN BANKRUPTCY.

OTICE.

CHOW TING of No. 37, Endicott Lane, Victoria, Hongkong, lately carrying on business under the style or firm of "CHEONG LOONG," having been adjudged Bankrupt under

NOTICE.

The Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1864.

EDWARD ESTARICO, lately keeper of the Hotel d'Europe, in Victoria, Hongkong, adju- dicated a Bankrupt, on the 11th May, 1874. CHENG HENG, of No.-, Shelley Street, Victoria,

Hongkong, Mess Compradore, adjudicated a Bankrupt, on 8th June, 1875. WILLIAM COCHRANE EDWARDS, of Victoria, Hongkong, adjudicated a Bankrupt on the 19th August, 1875.

WILLIAM FRANCIS BROWN SAMS, and WIL-

LIAM MCGREGOR SMITH, trading under the style of Wahee, Smith & Co., East Point, adjudicated Bankrupts on the 11th February, 1875.

SABINO REIS ROZARIO, trading under the style or firm of Edwards, Rozario & Co., Victoria, Hongkong, adjudicated Bankrupt on the 18th August, 1875.

KWANG HING TAI, alias KWAN-A-CHEONG, trading under the style or shop name Seng Tai, adjudicated a Bankrupt on the 25th February, 1876.

a Petition for adjudication in Bankruptcy, filed A

in the Supreme Court of Hongkong in Bankruptcy, on the Nineteenth day of September, A.D. 1878, a public sitting for the said Bankrupt to pass his last examination and make application for his order of discharge, will be held before the

FINAL DIVIDEND MEETING will be held on the Fifteenth day of October, 1878, in each of the above Estates, commencing at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, precisely.

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No. 41.

No. 198.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 12TH OCTOBER, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

JUNK TRADE of Hongkong.

The following Comparative Return is published for general information.

By Command,

VOL. XXIV.

Colonial Secretary's ce, Hongkong, 7th October 878.

Comparative Return of Licences, &c., issued under

C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary.

our and Coasts Ordinance, for the three first Quarters of 1877 and 1878.

SPECIAL PERMITS.

CLEARANCES.

ANCHO-

Jusk FISHING LICENCES. LICENCES.

RAGE PASSES.

Monthly Temporary (White.) (Blue.)

TOTAL DOCUMENTS ISSUED.

TOTAL RECEIPTS.

Day. Night.

Total Return from 1st January,

do.

1877, to 30th September, 1877.

Do.

190

1,863

11,248

1,408

1878,

204

1,919

12,016

1,412

12,325

13,613

10,870 16

11,773

38,490 14,143.00

41,571 15,687.75

Increase,

Hongkong, 4th October, 1878.

No. 199.

768

1,288

903

3,081 $1,544.75

J. P. MACEUEN,

Acting Harbour Master, &c.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　Colonel STUART, Commanding Royal Engineer, having by authority assumed the command of the Troops in Hongkong, during the absence of His Excellency Major-General DONOVAN, has this day been sworn in as a Member of the Executive Council.

By Command,

C. MAY, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secr

ce, Hongkong, 9th October, 1878.

478 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH OCTOBER, 1878.

No. 200.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following translation of a Letter from the Acting Consul for Spain, is published for general information.

By Command,

C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th October, 1878.

[No. 6.]

SPANISH CONSULATE,

HONGKONG, 2nd October, 1878.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　purpose of SIR,-With reference to Foreign vessels..consigned to the Philippine Islands for the loading Timber, I have the honour to inform your Excellency that the Director General of Finance in those Islands, has been pleased to approve of such vessels touching at any other fit Port of Luzon in preference to Manila, should it suit their interests to do so.

　　　As this decision might interest the trade of the Colony, inasmuch as many English and German ships leave this for the purpose mentioned, I deem it desirable to bring it to the knowledge of your Excellency for publication, if requisite, in the Government Gazette.

His Excellency The Governor.

I have, &c.,

Jos? VELEZ.

No. 201.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　Tenders for the supply of Provisions and other Articles required for un Hongkong, from 21st November, 1878, to the 20th November, 1879, inclus this Office, until Noon of Tuesday, the 5th November, 1878.

Victoria Gaol,

? received at

　　　No Tender will be received, unless the Person tendering shall produce a receipt to the effect that he has deposited in the Colonial Treasury the sum of $200, as a pledge of the bona fides of his offer, which sum shall be forfeited to the Crown, if such Person shall refuse to carry out his Tender.

Form of Tender and any information can be obtained on application at the Office of the Gaol Superintendent.

No Tender will be received unless sent in the Form required.

The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any Tender.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th October, 1878.

No. 202.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Tenders will be received at this Office, until Noon of the 28th of October, for taking down and rebuilding the section of the Sea Wall in front of the Praya, situated between Marine Lot No. 63, near Tam-Achoy Lane, East, and Marine Lot No. 53, near Endicott Lane.

The Specifications and Drawings can be seen on application at the Surveyor General's Office, where also a proper Form of Tender may be obtained.

The Government will not bind itself to accept the lowest or any

Tender.

By Command,

Colorial Secr

Office, Hongkong, 12th October, 1878.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

479

No. 203.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH OCTOBER, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　　The following Return, received from Mr. HENRY DICKIE, of the quantity of Spirits distilled by the China Sugar Refining Company, Limited, is published for general information.

Spirits manufactured during the quarter ending 10th October, 1878,.

By Command,

Proof Gallons. 856

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th October, 1878.

No. 204.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th October, 1878.

Government of Cape of Good Hope.

GOVERNMENT NOTICE.-No. 579, 1878.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Office of the Commissioner of Crown Lands and Public Works, Cape of Good Hope,

The publication is directed of the following Notice to Mariners.

NOTICE TO MARINERS. Cape St. Francis Light.

8th July, 1878.

Referring to a preliminary Notice by the Chief Inspector of Public Works, dated 17th July, 1877, which first appeared in the Government Gazette of thi Colony of 20th July, 1877, and to a Government Notice No. 348 of 1878 of 29th April, 1878, which first appea

information concern

light was first exhib

sunset and sunrise.

..L.

Le Government Gazette of 30th April, 1878, subjoined to the former, and affording further and light proposed to be exhibited at Cape St. Francis; it is now hereby notified that the ght of Thus, 4th July, 1978, and will contir to be disn1 red, henceforward hetween

lophotal revolving white light, fishing at intervals of twente the sea.

e quarters miles from the deck of vessel, fifteen-quarters miles westward of Cape St. y seconds, and is visible, in The tower has been built upon a low point (Seal Point), situated 'e and thrrinted in the two former Notices above Francis, and is in Latitude 31° 12′ 30′′ south (not 34° 22′ 30," as was err alluded to); Longitude 24° 50′ 20′′ East, of Greenwich.

The light is a stu

clear weather, about sixteen

eously

　　　　　　The tower is a cylindrical stone structure, ninety-one feet high, and . hundred and eighteen feet above the level of high water.

Caution.

s a good day mark: the focal plane is one

　　　　　　The following are special points of difference between this tower and light, and those at Cape Recife (45 miles to the Eastward).

The tower at Cape St. Francis is wholly white, that at Cape Recife is painted in horizontal bands alternate red and white.

The light at Cape St. Francis is revolving white, shewing a bright flash every twenty seconds; that at Cape Recife is revolving white, attaining a maximum of brightness and completing its phases once every minute.

JOHN LAING, Commissioner.

GOVERNMENT NOTICE.—No. 550,

1878.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Cape of Good Hope,

27th June 1878.

　　　　　　The following Correspondence, received from the Commodore Commanding, relative to the erection of a Beacon at Pelican Point, Walwich Bay, is hereby published for general information.

His Excellency the Right Honourable Sir BARTLE FRERE, Bart.,

J. GORDON SPRIGG, Colonial Secretary.

Active, in Simon's Bay, 19th June, 1878.

G. C. B., G., C. S. I., &c., &c., &c., Governor and High Commissioner. SIR,-I have the honour to forward herewith, for your Excellency's information, a copy of a report I have received from Captain PURVIS, of H. M. S. Dane, acquainting me of the results of his visit to Walwich Bay, and enclosing a Notice of a Beacon erected at Pelican Point, which I request may be made public for the guidance of trading Vessels visiting that place.

I have the honour to be,

Your Excellency's obedient Servant,

(Signed)

F. W. SULLIVAN, Commodore.

479

No. 203.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH OCTOBER, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　　The following Return, received from Mr. HENRY DICKIE, of the quantity of Spirits distilled by the China Sugar Refining Company, Limited, is published for general information.

Spirits manufactured during the quarter ending 10th October, 1878,.

By Command,

Proof Gallons. 856

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th October, 1878.

No. 204.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th October, 1878.

Government of Cape of Good Hope.

GOVERNMENT NOTICE.-No. 579, 1878.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Office of the Commissioner of Crown Lands and Public Works, Cape of Good Hope,

The publication is directed of the following Notice to Mariners.

NOTICE TO MARINERS. Cape St. Francis Light.

8th July, 1878.

information concern

light was first exhib

sunset and sunrise.

..L.

lophotal revolving white light, fishing at intervals of twente the sea.

The light is a stu

clear weather, about sixteen

eously

　　　　　　The tower is a cylindrical stone structure, ninety-one feet high, and . hundred and eighteen feet above the level of high water.

Caution.

s a good day mark: the focal plane is one

　　　　　　The following are special points of difference between this tower and light, and those at Cape Recife (45 miles to the Eastward).

The tower at Cape St. Francis is wholly white, that at Cape Recife is painted in horizontal bands alternate red and white.

JOHN LAING, Commissioner.

GOVERNMENT NOTICE.—No. 550,

1878.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Cape of Good Hope,

27th June 1878.

　　　　　　The following Correspondence, received from the Commodore Commanding, relative to the erection of a Beacon at Pelican Point, Walwich Bay, is hereby published for general information.

His Excellency the Right Honourable Sir BARTLE FRERE, Bart.,

J. GORDON SPRIGG, Colonial Secretary.

Active, in Simon's Bay, 19th June, 1878.

I have the honour to be,

Your Excellency's obedient Servant,

(Signed)

F. W. SULLIVAN, Commodore.

480

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH OCTOBER, 1878.

HYDROGRAPHICAL NOTE.-CAPE OF GOOD HOPE AND WEST COAST OF AFRICA STATION.

H.M.S. Dana, 28th May, 1878.

Place and Subject of Correction.

Position:

Giving Latitude and Longitude with Angles or Bearings

and Distances.

Walfisch Bay, West

Coast of Africa.- Beacon erected on Pelican Point.

Approved,

Correction is required to

Admiralty

Charts Nos.

Sailing Di- rections (title

& page).

Light List

(title & page).

Tide Tables

(page).

REMARKS.

To embrace all details regarding the Correction, the Authority, whether by personal examina- tion, from reliable information, &c.

Beacon is erected 25 yards inside N. W.

extreme of Pelican Point.

595

Africa Pilot

Part II.,

Latitude of Beacon ascertained by Meridian Altitude O with artificial horizon, to be 22° 53′ 32′′ S. Longi- tude by Mer. distance from Obs., Cape of Good Hope, 14° 28′ 30′′ E.*

p.p.

191,

192.

The Beacon consists of a rough spar, standing 27 feet above the level of the sand, surmount- ed with a red ball with a black cask about 6 feet lower down; whale's bones and old planks are lashed round its base about 8 feet high. We found, by careful Astronomical observations, that Pelican Point is about 3 miles out of its position given on the Chart; it is also only 3 feet above high water, and, consequently, not easy to make, especially if the weather is at all misty.

* This position places the Point about 3 miles S.S.E. of its position as shown on the Admiralty Chart No. 595.

JAMES ST. C. BOWER, Lieutenant,

(Signed)

Navigating Officer.

(Signed) J. CHILD PURVIS, Captain.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to direct that the values of the Money Orders as yet unpaid which were lost in the Meikong in June, 1877, be refunded to the remitters of such Orders. The values of such lapsed Orders as have not been already refunded or paid by duplicate, will accordingly be repaid to the respective remitters on application to the General Post Office, Hongkong.

ALFRED LISTER,

General Post Office, Hongkong, 3rd October, 1878.

No. 195.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. SALE THE OPIUM FARM.

't.

+ 0,

Postmaster General.

　　Notice is here given, tha Tenders or the Privilege of Preparing and selling Prepared Opium within the Colony for the term ole one,

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　or three years from the 1st of March, 1879, under the provisions of Ordinance No. 2 of 185 will be received at this Office, until Noon on Wednesday, the 23rd October, 1878.

Each Tender should specify the monthly payment offered for the period above-mentioned.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Tender. The Government does not bind itself to accept the highest or any Should the highest Tender be less than the sum the Governor thinks a fair price for the Opium Farm, His Excellency in Council will grant Licences direct under Section 3 of the Ordinance, and take such further steps as may be necessary to realize a fair price.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd October, 1878.

No. 188.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

It is hereby notified that, under the Provisions of Ordinance No. 11 of 1844, Tuesday, the 5th of November next, is fixed for a special Sessions of the Justices of the Peace, to be held at the Police Magistrates' Office, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon of that day, for the purpose of considering applications for Licences for the Sale of Spirituous and Fermented Liquors, during the year commencing on 1st December next. It is possible, however, that some alterations may be made in the licensing laws before then, of which due notice will be given.

Printed Forms of Application may be obtained by intending applicants at the Police Magistrates' Office, between the hours of 10 A.M. and 4 P.M. daily.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th September, 1878.

C. MAY, Colonial Secretary.

480

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH OCTOBER, 1878.

HYDROGRAPHICAL NOTE.-CAPE OF GOOD HOPE AND WEST COAST OF AFRICA STATION.

H.M.S. Dana, 28th May, 1878.

Place and Subject of Correction.

Position:

Giving Latitude and Longitude with Angles or Bearings

and Distances.

Walfisch Bay, West

Coast of Africa.- Beacon erected on Pelican Point.

Approved,

Correction is required to

Admiralty

Charts Nos.

Sailing Di- rections (title

& page).

Light List

(title & page).

Tide Tables

(page).

REMARKS.

To embrace all details regarding the Correction, the Authority, whether by personal examina- tion, from reliable information, &c.

Beacon is erected 25 yards inside N. W.

extreme of Pelican Point.

595

Africa Pilot

Part II.,

Latitude of Beacon ascertained by Meridian Altitude O with artificial horizon, to be 22° 53′ 32′′ S. Longi- tude by Mer. distance from Obs., Cape of Good Hope, 14° 28′ 30′′ E.*

p.p.

191,

192.

* This position places the Point about 3 miles S.S.E. of its position as shown on the Admiralty Chart No. 595.

JAMES ST. C. BOWER, Lieutenant,

(Signed)

Navigating Officer.

(Signed) J. CHILD PURVIS, Captain.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

ALFRED LISTER,

General Post Office, Hongkong, 3rd October, 1878.

No. 195.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. SALE THE OPIUM FARM.

't.

+ 0,

Postmaster General.

　　Notice is here given, tha Tenders or the Privilege of Preparing and selling Prepared Opium within the Colony for the term ole one,

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　or three years from the 1st of March, 1879, under the provisions of Ordinance No. 2 of 185 will be received at this Office, until Noon on Wednesday, the 23rd October, 1878.

Each Tender should specify the monthly payment offered for the period above-mentioned.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd October, 1878.

No. 188.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

It is hereby notified that, under the Provisions of Ordinance No. 11 of 1844, Tuesday, the 5th of November next, is fixed for a special Sessions of the Justices of the Peace, to be held at the Police Magistrates' Office, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon of that day, for the purpose of considering applications for Licences for the Sale of Spirituous and Fermented Liquors, during the year commencing on 1st December next. It is possible, however, that some alterations may be made in the licensing laws before then, of which due notice will be given.

Printed Forms of Application may be obtained by intending applicants at the Police Magistrates' Office, between the hours of 10 A.M. and 4 P.M. daily.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th September, 1878.

C. MAY, Colonial Secretary.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH OCTOBER, 1878.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

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THE

HONGKONG

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,

12TH OCTOBER, 1878.

1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

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JE FALL.

WINDS

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DAY AND

HOUR.

DATE.

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Ο το 12.

THE

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER / AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

THERMOMETER.

CAPE D'AGUILAR, HEIGHT 170 FEET.

VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

THERMOMETER.

METER

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. | Force.

In fichea dur ing previous 1 hours.

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RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

WEA-

In inches

THER.

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during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

'METER

WINDS

? TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches

during previous 24 hours.

Saturday, 9

5th

30.12 84.0 Noon 30.08 87.0 88.0 80.0 85.0 78.0

83.0 81.0

b.c.

29.99 86.0

85.0 80.0 E

b.c.

30.00 84.0

84.0 79.0 NE

b.c.

28.32 78.0

b.c.

Oct.

30.0287.0

86.0 79.0

b.c.

29.98 87.0 91.0 80.0 87.5 81.0 E 29.93 89.0

b.c.

0.00

30.00 84.5 85.0 79.0 84.0 79.0 NE

b.c.

0.00

89.0 82.5 SW

b.c.

29.90 84.0

83.0 79.0| NE

5 b.c.

28.25 79.0

28.30 79.0 79,0 74.0 78.0 76.0] ESE

77.0 76.0 ESE

o.p.c.

b.m.

0.00

78.5 76.0 ESE

b.m.

Sunday,

6th

30.0884.0

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82.5 76.0 Noon 30.02 | 86.0 89.0 80.0 85.0 78.0 29.9687.0

29.95 86.0

b.c.

86.0 76.01

b.c.

Monday,

7th

30.01 79.0

76.0 69.0

c.b.

29.86 80.0

Oct.

Tuesday,

8th ·

Noon 29.96 | 81.0 82.0 75.0 80.0| 71.0 29.91 82.0

29.76 77.5

Noon 29.65 | 78.0 82.0] 73.0 77.0| 75.0

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81.0 72.0

76.0 70.5

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29.70 77.5

76.5 73.0

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9th

30.07 81.0

80.0 77.0

Noon 30.08 | 81,5 82.0 77.0 80.0 78.0

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c.b.

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29.94 88.0 91.0 80.0 88.0 80.5 N 29.89 90.0

84.0 79.0 NE

b.c.

29.94 84.0

81.5 78.5 N

b.c.

28.28 77.0

76.0 74.0 N

o.m.

b.c.

0.00

29.95 86.0 88.0 79.0 83,0| 79.0] N

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b.c.

0.00

28.25 | 80.0 80.0 73.0 79.0 75.0 N

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90.5 81.0 NE

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29.89 86.0]

84.0 79.5 N

2 b.c.

28.20 81.0

80.0 76.0 NNW

o.m.

77.5 71.0 N

b.c.

28.19 70.0

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69.0 68.0 N

o.c.m.

29.86 | 83.0 90,0 75,0 83.0 74.0 NW

b.c.

28.16 72.0 75.0 67.0 72.0 68.0| NNW|

o.c.m.

0.00

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29.82 83.0

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28.11 | 73.0]

72.0 68.0 NNW

o.c.r.w.

29.64 78.0

75.0 74.0 N

o.r.u.

27.84 66.0

o.c.m.

66.0 65.0 N

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78.5 78.0 E

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30.04 83.0

82.0 79.0

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29.93 83.0

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10th

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29.99 84.0

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28.33 74.0

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74.0 73.0 E

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30.10 84.0

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STATE OF WEATHER:-b. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; ?. foggy; g. gloomy; h. hail; 7. lighti Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (?ew). NOTE.—A bar (—) ?under any letter augments its signification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r.heavy and

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of the

Wind.

Description of Wind.

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the Force

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Illustration

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. First-class Clipper Ship.

Rate of the Wind per Hour in Miles.

to denote

Calm...

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Strong Gale Whole Gale

Storm....

Hurricane.

Just sufficient to give steerage way.

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3 to 4

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Royals, &c.

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails.

In which she could just carry in chase, Double Reefs and Jib, &c. full and by

Triple Reefs, &c.

Close Reefs and Courses

In which she could just bear close-reefed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail

Under Storm Staysail

Bare Poles........

0 to 2

70 -

above 80

THE LONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH OCTOBER, 1878.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

UNT

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in its Original Jurisdiction on Mondays and Thursdays.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF hongkong.

UNT

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in its Summary Jurisdiction, on every Tues- day, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG

IN BANKRUPTCY.

OTICE.—CHA Sz, of Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, lately carrying on business in co-partnership with CHA SAM, under the style or firm of the "Tye Lee Hong," having been adjudged a Bankrupt under a petition for adjudi- cation of Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong on the 12th ?day of September, in the Year of Our Lord 1878, a public sitting for the said Bankrupt to pass his last examination, and make application for his order of discharge, will be held before the Honourable FRANCIS SNOWDEN, Judge of the said Court, at the Supreme Court House, Victoria, aforesaid, on Wednesday, the 23rd day of October instant, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon of that day pre- cisely.

The Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee in the Bankruptcy.

Dated the 9th day of October, A.D. 1878.

HENRY LARDNER DENNYS, Solicitor acting in the Bankruptcy,

16, Bank Buildings, Hongkong.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

OTICE. CHOW T

Lane, Victoria,

on business under

LOONG," ha

of No. 37,

Endicott kong, lately carrying of CHEONG

djudged B inkrupt under

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

【OTICE-FOONG HIM SHAN, of Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, lately carrying on business at Nos. 58 and 60, Bonham Strand, West, Victoria aforesaid, under the style or firm of KWONG HING CHEONG, having been adjudged Bankrupt under a Petition for adjudication in Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hong- kong, on the 30th day of September, in the year of Our Lord 1878, is hereby required to surrender himself to the Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET, the Registrar of the said Court, at the first Meeting of Creditors to be held by the said Registrar, on Thursday, the 17th instant, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely, at the said Court.

The said Hon. CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee, and HENRY LARDNER DENNYS is the Solicitor acting in the Bank- ruptcy.

Ac the first Meeting of Creditors, the Registrar will receive the proofs of the debts of Creditors, and the Creditors may elect an Assignee or Assignees of the Bankrupt's Estate and Effects.

Dated the 1st day of October, 1878.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

In the matter of Ho TAI SANG, alias ?? [ING CHE, a Bankrupt.

?OTICE.—The above named HO TAI SANG, otherwise Ho MING CHE, Trader, having been adjudged Bankrupt under a Petition for adjudication of Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong in Bankruptcy, on the 3rd day of September, 1878, a public sitting for the said Bankrupt to pass his last examination, and make application for his order of discharge, will be held before the Honourable FRANCIS SNOWDEN, Acting Chief Justice of the said Court, at the Supreme Court House, Victoria, Hongkong, on Mo-day, the 14th day of October, 1878, at Eleven o'clock A. M., precisely.

a Petition for

ication i

drywigy. filed

in the Supre

67", A.D. 1828

y-of Septem

on the Ninete

a public sitting for the said Bar krupt to pass his last examination and make application for his

Wefore the tge of the Victoria, ith dar

ore!

order of discharge, will be held Honourable FRANCIS SNOWDEN, Ju said Court, at the Supreme Court House, Hongkong, on Wednesday, the Sixteer of October, instant, at 11 o'clock in the f noon precisely.

The Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee, and HENRY LARDNER DENNYS, Esquire, the Solicitor acting in the Bankruptcy.

Hongkong, 4th October, 1878.

The Honourabl CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET

Official Assignee in the Bankruptcy.

STEPHINO & Holly Solicitors for the Bankrupt,

4th October, 1878.

2, Club Chambers, Hongkong.

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NOTICE.

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VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 19TH OCTOBER, 1878.

VOL. XXIV.

SPEECH OF HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR ON THE

COLONIAL FINANCES.

The following Report, extracted from the Daily Press, is published for general information.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

A meeting of the Legislative Council was held on Thursday, the 15th October. There were present:-

His Excellency Governor POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G.

Honourable F. SNOWDEN, (Acting Chief Justice).

Honourable C. MAY, (Acting Colonial Secretary). Honourable G. PHILLIPPO, (Attorney

Honourable J. M. PRICE, (Acting Colo

eral).

Treasurer).

Honourable P. RYRIE.

ourable W. KESWICK.

14. Lowered

Honourable T. C. HAYLLAR, Q.C.

THE LATE PRINCE CONSORT.

　　　　　HIS EXCELLENCY.-Gentlemen, in accordance with that which is the loyal practice in all Colonies of Her Majesty's Empire where anything concerning the Royal Family comes before the Council, I rise to ask you to suspend the standing orders for the purpose of enabling me to propose a vote of ?110 for a portrait of the late Prince Consort. I mentioned to some of my Honourable friends on the Council last year, that certain native visitors, who had come to see me at Government House, noticed that we had no portrait of the Prince Consort on the walls, and, being Chinese gentlemen, they expressed surprise that, while we had portraits of the Princes, there was no portrait of their illustrious father. My Chinese friends were not ignorant of Prince ALBERT's unrivalled fame as an exalted Public Character and as a noble model of domestic life. Taking the hint so given, I communicated with the Secretary of State. My despatch was laid before the Queen and Her Majesty has herself been graciously pleased to select a portrait of the Prince Consort by WINTERHALTER, in the uniform of the Rifle Brigade, as the portrait which will be copied for Hongkong. The copy will be made by Mr. WILLIAMSON, who had been chosen as the artist to do so by Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH. I therefore beg to move, with your permission, that we vote a sum of ?110 for this purpose, and thus secure a suitable companion picture for the portrait of Her Majesty that was obtained for Government House in 1867.

　　　　　Honourable W. KESWICK.-Your Excellency, I have pleasure in seconding the motion just proposed. There can be no doubt that the loyalty of every colonist will be gratified by seeing the portrait of the late Prince Consort at Government House. There probably has been no man in so exalted a position who so well remembered that great powers and natural gifts bring to their possessor not so much privileges as duties. I have pleasure in seconding the motion.

THE FINANCES OF THE COLONY.

　　　　　HIS EXCELLENCY.-Gentlemen, it will be in the recollection of Members of the Council that last year, in accorda with the usual practice in the Colony, I laid before the Council my Financial Statement, when submitting the Estimate 1878. On that occasion, I mentioned to the Council that I had taken, in one respect, an unusual course. I said:-" "time ago, towards the end of September, I gave to the Finance Committee the trouble of looking over the Esti 'Expenditure for 1878. It is not usual for a Governor to do so, but this being the first time I had had to p "Estimates for this Colony, I thought it well to be guided by their greater local experience, and accordingly th came before them." Well, gentlemen, I had to consider this year how far that innovation had worked well and, being of opinion that it worked remarkably well, I have this year also troubled the Finance Commit the Estimates of Expenditure, the various proposals that have been made by heads of departments, increase and the Finance Committee from time to time have met and considered these proposals, and before next they will have had before them the whole of the proposed Estimates of Expenditure for the year 1879

((

488

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH OCTOBER, 1878.

I must say there is another innovation I should like to make in this matter. The Finance Committee is something similar to the House of Commons when the House sits in what is called Committee of the whole House.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　In its capacity as Committee of the whole House, the House of Commons deals with financial questions, and deals thoroughly with them. If I introduce here the system of enabling our Members of Council to deal with the Estimates, long before they come on the public board, I do not see why I should deprive the public of the Colony, who, for aught I know, may be interested in what the Finance Committee is doing, of that privilege which we have in England when the House of Commons sits in Committee of the whole House; and therefore I am considering whether it would be agreeably or not to the Members of the Finance Committee if I were to allow reporters to be present at their future meetings. Of course, Honourable Members are well aware that the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council consists of every Member of the Council except myself. It consists of all the Non-official Members, and of all the Official Members except the Governor, and I have no doubt the highly intelligent public of this Colony would be only glad to know what is being done about the finances, in Committee, before the time comes when the Governor lays the Estimates on the table. And, in touching upon this, I will repeat what I said the first time I had the honour of addressing you on the subject, namely, that any Member of the Finance Committee who considers and consents to any vote is not necessarily bound, when he comes here to the public Council, to support that vote: when he comes into the Council, he is as free as before to take whatever line he likes about it.

I certainly have derived, both last year and this, very great assistance from the unusual course I adopted. In now informing you of my intention to continue it, it is only my duty to say that, whatever course I may take, I cannot bind my successor, or any future Governor for all I know, some future Governor may revert to the old system of making the statement without the Finance Committee having seen the proposed Estimates of Expenditure. I only speak for myself, when saying that in future I shall adopt that system which I have found work so well.

In November last, also, gentlemen, I told you why it was that I had felt it necessary, on my arrival in this Colony, to look very sharply after the expenditure. Mr. GARDINER AUSTIN put into my hands, as soon as I arrived, the returns, which had been audited a few weeks previously, of the year 1876. He did his duty at once in drawing my attention to a matter which undoubtedly every Governor should regard with great anxiety, namely, to the fact that in 1876, whilst the expenditure amounted to $902,500, the revenue had amounted only to $885,308; in other words, the expenditure had outstripped the revenue, fortunately only by a small sum. But, seeing that this was the case, it became my duty to give that close attention to the finances of the Colony which I have endeavoured to give, and I mentioned to you last November that I very carefully scrutinised from time to time the monthly proposals of every head of a department for the expenditure in his department. Well, how has that worked? You have had before you, in the month of April, 1878, the finance returns for the year 1877, showing that the revenue of 1877 was greater than the expenditure of that year. I don't know that I can more clearly show to you the result of the returns to which I am referring than by reminding you that on the day when I made my statement last year, the 12th November, I anticipated having at the end of the year 1877 a balance of $277,000. I find that, in Januar 1878, the Colonial Treasurer was able to certify the last vear' halance at $295,512, being somewhat in excess of the sum I had anticipated. I have returns laid before me ev

"rer of the Colony. st in shrouodal -recksty return, dated 1 ti

according to that ve call the Special 10,000 being voted to the

I have here now ** the

him.

to our crack at this date is $573,014. I need hardly tell you that this is exclus

fund amounted to $380,000, until, at my request, the Secretary of State sanctic..

China Famine Fund. The Special Fund is now $370,000, so that, adding to the Special Fund the balance now at the credit of the Colony, we get a sum total of $743,000. So far, gentlemen, for the result as regards the balance in the Treasury chest.

　　Thanks to my Honourable friends the Auditor General and Colonial Treasurer, I am also in a position to inform you what has been the actual result of the first nine months, that is, the first three quarters, of the current year. You will remember that, when I framed the Estimates for 1878, I anticipated that, by stimulating the revenue, not by additional taxation, but by collecting what the existing law entitled us to collect, and on the other hand carefully looking after the expenditure, our revenue at the end of this year would exceed the expenditure by a sum of $71,954. When I estimated in November, 1877, for this surplus on the current accounts of the Colony in 1878, I know that some of my Honourable friends, though they were good enough to entertain some confidence in m administration, yet entertained doubts of the possibility of our having so large a balance as $71,000 of revenue in exce of expenditure. My Honourable friend the Treasurer has now sent to me the returns, closed and certified, of the first three quarters of the year, and these returns will enable us so far to test the accuracy of what I anticipated. I find that, in the first three quarters of this year,

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　the revenue has not only been in excess of the expenditure, but has so far exceeded it that we have a surplus on the nine months' transactions of $85,923. Therefore it is possible that at the close of the year 1878, instead of $71,000, we may have a surplus of $100,000.

You will be interested to learn what are the items which give this increase of revenue above expenditure and which exhibit an excess over the previous year. I find, for instance, that our actual receipts for the year 1877 from leased lands mounted to $120,554. Now if our rent-roll produced exactly the same sum in 1878 as it did in 1877 we should get in the e months to which I am now referring $90,416. But I am happy to say that the rent-roll of the Colony is increasing, that in the nine months instead of having only $90,000 we have $105,000, and I look forward to having at the close of ar from that important source of revenue $135,000, instead of the $120,000 we had last year. In passing I should You that in the return of our rent-roll I do not include that which really would be an item of capital, namely, on the sale of the land. I am dealing now with the rent-roll and that alone. We may receive before the end of siderable sums of premium on the sales of lands, but I prefer to take no notice of it because it is eating into our at I am now dealing with is healthy revenue. Next, taking the item of stamps, the amount actually received 118,488; in other words, that ought to give us for the nine months of the present year $88,866; but instead 'n us $95,603, and the total sum to be derived from stamps this year I calculate at $127,000. I am bound whatever source may be traced the increase in the rent-roll, it would not perhaps be proper to assume se in the revenue from stamps is derived from a similar source, for it has been my duty to institute,

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since I have come to the Colony, certain prosecutions under the Stamp Ordinance. I have been favoured by the Collector of Stamps with a return for the last three or four years, from which it appears that in 1874 there was one prosecution under the Stamp Ordinance against one defendant. In the year 1875 there were no prosecutions. In the year 1876 there were

no prosecutions. Last year there were six prosecutions against nine defendants; and up to August, which is the date of the return this year, there were ten prosecutions against nineteen defendants. In all cases the defendants were Chinese. As you are aware, I am enforcing the Stamp Ordinance against them. They were not called upon to pay in former years-at least, such is my opinion-their proper proportion of the stamp revenue. They are doing so now, and no doubt a portion at least of the considerable increase which has taken place in the revenue from stamps is due to the cause I have indicated. I may say before leaving the subject that in the opinion of competent authorities there were more evasions by Chinese of the Stamp Ordinance in the years 1875 and 1876, when there were no prosecutions, than in 1877 and 1878 when there have been prosecutions.

In my statement to the Council last November I mentioned what every Honourable Member considered one of the best tests of our prosperity, and that is the junk trade. Our revenue from that source last year was $19,051. That ought to give us for nine months $14,289. In fact we have received in the nine months $15,551. From the registry of cargo boats we received last year $2,347. The actual receipts for the first nine months of 1878 were $2,531. I need not remind you that the increase probably represents nearly the whole increase of the year, because in the case of cargo boats few are registered in the last quarter of the year. In the item of light dues I find that last year the sum total was $14,984. That ought to give us in round numbers for the nine months $11,000, whereas we have got $13,928, and I expect to receive altogether from light dues not far short of $18,000.

　　　　　There is another item of some importance, and that is the item in the Estimates called Interest. Now, at the close of 1876, there was a sum of $20,000 in the Chartered Banks at 5 per cent. On the 31st March, 1877, that sum amounted to $80,000. $80,000 at 5 per cent. gives $4,000 per annum profit. On the 30th June, 1877, it was increased to $160,000, and on the 30th September, 1877, it was still further increased to $210,000. On the last day of the year 1877, it amounted to $270,000, and at this date we have in the Chartered Banks of this Colony, earning interest at 5 per cent., the sum of $360,000, a sum not only exceeding any investment of that kind heretofore, but more than double any sum hitherto saved from revenue, independently of the gambling fund, and lodged in the Banks at interest. On this item the Colony is now making $18,000 per annum profit.

Now, gentlemen, those facts no doubt you will say are of importance, but the importance they have for the public becomes very practical if they can enable us to do something in the way of reducing taxation.

ards the early part of the year 1877, the profit on subsidiary coins exceeded retustim to consider how for this Cover ma?

$20,000. Well, it-

coins.

We don't c

ey are coined i.. England. They are sent to us by the Imperial Government. Of course we pay for them in Eng at when we get them here we get them for the convenience of the community, and I cannot believe that it is a sound policy for this Government to make a profit out of subsidiary coins. I had taken that view of the matter and communicated it to Mr. AUSTIN before I received a despatch from the Secretary of State in which Lord CARNARVON adverted in pretty strong terms to the practice of making a profit out of the subsidiary coins in Hongkong; and the result, as you know, is that now any one can get coins from the Treasury. We make no profit on them; they are supplied at the rate we have obtained them at ourselves.

The next item that will no longer figure in the revenue returns of the Colony of Hongkong amounted last year to $7,023; it is the item for brothel licences. On that subject I have received some despatches from Her Majesty's Government. A question was lately asked in the House of Commons, and a copy of that question was sent to me by Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH, in a despatch in which he said :-

"I have the honour to inform you that a question, of which I enclose a copy, has been asked in the House of Commons as to the revenue derived under Ordinance 10 of 1867, from houses of ill-fame in the Colony under your Government.

　　　　　"It has been alleged that the balance of the fund now in hand amounts to $50,000, and though I can scarcely think "that such is the case, I should wish to have full information on the subject.

　　　　　　"If, therefore, this point has not already been dealt with by the Commission, I request that you will either invite them "to include in their report a statement of the condition of any fund that has been formed under the 66th section of the "Ordinance, together with any recommendation on the subject that they may think proper to make: or that you will obtain "this information from the records of the Treasury and report to me at an early date the result of your inquiry."

I sent this despatch at once to the Commission,-two of the members of the Commission are now sitting at this table -and they lost no time in ascertaining the facts Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH wanted to know. Going back only as far Ordinance 10 of 1867-which came into operation in April, 1868-from April, 1868, to April, 1877, the Colony recei from brothel licences $74,404.. During the same period hospital fees from prostitutes amounted to $9,849; fin prostitutes and brothel-keepers, $11,362, making a sum total of $95,616. Adding to that the sum that had been o1 from similar sources for the few years before the passing of that Ordinance, and then deducting from the sum tota' of the Lock Hospital and the salaries of the Inspectors of Brothels, I am afraid that, instead of $50,000, the r Colony has been something like $80,000 or $90,000 under that Ordinance. When I looked back at what' when the Ordinance passed, I saw that the particular clause which rendered it compulsory upon the officer that there should be a special fund for it, and that this was not to be paid to the revenue-I saw that that

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because there was a strong feeling at the Legislative Council that it would not be proper to allow such money to enter into the revenue. The gambling funds had unfortunately for a certain time, in opposition to the advice of the principal Members of this Council (the leading Unofficial Members), in opposition to the advice of the Chief Justice, and without the sanction of Her Majesty's Government, been paid into the revenue of the Colony; but when the facts became generally known, owing to the action taken at this Council table, and in other ways, orders were given that these licences should Unfortunately, what I am cease and in future the gambling fund should not be mixed with the revenue of this Colony. now detailing to you escaped attention. I had to inform the Secretary of State that the fund to which he referred had never been constituted, and in reply to the despatch in which I forwarded the statements of the gentleman in whose charge the department lay, I received the following reply:-

"I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 54, of the 1st July, relative to the amount of revenue derived from houses of ill-fame, and I approve of the steps which you have taken for constituting a special fund "from this source in accordance with Ordinance 10 of 1867."

　　In other words, the special fund has now been formed, and in the preliminary financial statement I am now making to you, for the first time since that Ordinance passed, we shall not have to consider that an item of revenue, nor will it again appear in the Estimates of this Colony.

There are two reasons why the community of Hongkong should feel some interest, I venture to think, in the statement I am now making. If there is in our Treasury chest this large and unprecedented balance; if these leading items of revenue are steadily increasing-and, I should add, as one of the most significant, that the house tax (the amount we derive from the twelve per cent on the valuation of house property) is also increasing, and will reach its maximum this year-if, I say, everything is so flourishing, the community will fairly ask, has not the time arrived when some consideration may be given to the tax-payer, and especially to the householders in the Colony? I find that in 1868 the police rate, lighting rate, water rate, and fire brigade rate amounted to 11 per cent. In 1870 it was raised to 12 per cent., and since 1870 up to this moment it has stood at 12 per cent. Now, before venturing to say how we might deal with that, I should like to ask you to consider two other items of revenue to which I have now to refer.

One is what we derive from opium. That shows no increase. Whilst everything else increases, the Opium Farm is at and a standstill, and we are to receive this year, 1878, the sum of $132,000, being the same sum that we received in 1877, being less than the sum received in 1876, and considerably less than the sum received in 1875. The rent of the Opium Farm in 1875 was $137,000, in 1876, $133,000; it is now $132,000. Well, gentlemen, I am of opinion—and I know you concur with me that by prudent management we ought to get for the Opium Farm, if not its full value, at all events a fair value, and therefore something largely in excess of what the present farmers pay.

There is another item of revenue, that of spirits. That brings us in a comparatively small sum, a sum far smaller than

I find that in 187 it realises for other Governments similarly situated to ours.

source a revenue of

ore it is, gentlemen, e for the purpose of ushing a Spirit Farm

$28,395. Instead of $28 we ought receive from the Spirit Farm $100, that in the months of August and September I asked the Unofficial Mnbers of Coun considering the question of how far they, as commercial men, would be prepared to assist L in the Colony; and also how far they would assist me in improving the Opium Ordinance so as to strengthen the hands of the opium farmer and encourage him to give a proper sum for the monopoly. I received from my Honourable friends the Unofficial Members valuable advice on these two points, and, speaking in the presence of my Honourable friends, I think I am justified in saying that they went entirely with me on the subject of the Spirit Farm. As regards the Opium Farm, there are certain alterations in the Ordinance which I contemplate submitting to you. They are alterations in detail, and I apprehend they are alterations which my Honourable friends will support. I may mention that I did draft, with the assistance of the Attorney General, a Bill to establish in this Colony an Opium Farm identical with that in Singapore. But

　　my Honourable friends, who know more than I do of the commercial transactions of this Colony, and whose views on such subjects I always receive with the utmost deference, at once suggested that the proposed Bill should not be pressed; and of course I took their advice. The Bill will not be laid before you, but only such amendments of the existing law as my Honourable friends will approve.

Nothing would give me greater satisfaction than to lower considerably the rates and taxes in this Colony. Until I see my way to a proper sale of the Opium Farm, and until I find out what we can get from a Spirit Farm, I content myself with announcing to you in public the views I have already communicated to you in private, so that they may be considered by you and the Colony in general; and I think I may look for support from you in doing everything that can be lawfully done to stimulate our revenue from opium and spirits. With regard to the Spirit Farm, I am not disposed to think that its operation should be confined simply to Chinese spirits, from which I hope to get a very large revenue, but I think a Spirit Farm may also deal, as it does in Singapore, with other classes. We have in this Colony a large number of sailors and others who at this moment drink very bad and nominally very cheap spirit. One effect of the Spirit Farm would be to increase the revenue, but another effect would be to establish some check on the deleterious spirit now sold; so that the legislation I contemplate, and, perhaps, with your sanction, may succeed in passing, will not only increase our revenue but

'll benefit the consumer likewise.

Honourable

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　of my I have told you that there has been an increase in the revenue from junks. Now I know some

the Unofficial Members whom I have consulted from time to time on this subject, entirely agree with me with respect s levied on junks. We levy at this moment on junks of 500 piculs a sea-going licence of $10 and a fishing licence ar 500 piculs we levy $1 a month and 20 cents fishing licence; for vessels of 500 piculs and less than 1,000 we roing licence, and $3 fishing licence; for vessels above 1,000 piculs we levy $20 sea-going licence. So far for ing. Upon the whole of the European shipping we levy one cent a ton. Now, these two items are items ce. They both show an increase, and the increase they show furnishes us with one of the best and safest

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tests of the growing prosperity of the Colony. If the Opium Farm sells at the figure I anticipate, and if we can establish a Spirit Farm, I would ask you then to consider the advisability of entirely removing from the native trade of the Colony the licensing fees I have now detailed to you, and I would ask you also to consider the equity of considerably reducing the police, water, lighting, and fire brig?de rates.

　　　　　Gentlemen, I have no doubt the interest you feel in the statement I have made is, as men of business, not confined merely to seeing that our revenue is prosperous. What is the meaning of our rent-roll steadily increasing and being now at a figure never known before in the history of Hongkong? What is the meaning of the increase of the junk trade, and the increase in light dues? What is the meaning of all the other items of increase that I have spoken to you of? And I may add even such a small thing as the licences on chairs, carriages, and horses. The increase in all these items can be described in one word-prosperity. It means the prosperity of the Colony. Under the junk trade increase I assume at the close of this year-there are figures now before me-that we shall have on the native trade alone an increase of 89,000 tons in the year. And what does the increase in light dues during the first three months of this year and up to this date indicate? It shows us that in the European and American shipping-the foreign shipping coming to this harbour-the increase in 1878 will be 300,000 tons, so that we may in the year 1878 calculate upon being able to show an increase of 390,000 tons of shipping entered into this Colony in cargo as compared with last year. To estimate the full value of that, I may remind you that the total shipping of Queensland, which is the largest Colony in area in the British Empire and not the least flourishing, amounts to 388,000 tons: that is, of ships entered with cargo. The total tonnage of ships entered into the two important Colonies of South Australia and Western Australia put together is actually less than the increase we have made this year. In truth, gentlemen, when I compare the position of this Colony with that of other Colonies, and especially when I remember-and we are bound to do that, I think, in fairness-that in the nine months to which I have been referring, and of which I have the authentic returns now before me, it may be said that our prosperity is due to no real activity of trade in the United Kingdom or India, we surely have cause for satisfaction.

In the United Kingdom during that period there has been depression. In India we have had during the same period mercantile uncertainty, an uncertainty that still continues. In China itself we have had a desolating famine, and even down to the Kwang-tung province, which this Colony adjoins, there has been during the same period unexampled and severe distress. Therefore, it is some satisfaction to me to-day, in making to you this preliminary financial statement- sketching out to you the proposals I may have the honour to submit to you, I hope, at the usual time next month-to know that in the history of this Colony no Governor was ever before able to put before his Council such indisputable proofs of growing, steady, and safe prosperity as the facts that you have before you to-day.

tot present to answer us for all the requirements of the Colony. If you agree with

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mething like that fig" "e, then you will

of taxation; and his point of course we shall bea, in mind ir

id if we gain much increase of revenue from the Spirit Farm, we ought at once to reduce producing the wealth of the Colony. The native junk trade, of course, is employed in

taxation upon those who producing the wealth of the Colony, but every householder in this industrious community, every Chinese trader, every European man of business, every Portuguese clerk who works away with his pen in a merchant's office, is producing wealth by his labour, and I think it hard we should be deriving from a direct tax upon such householders the largest single item of our revenue. Therefore, gentlemen, in the sketch I have ventured to put before you I have indicated on the one hand the exact state of the finances; you see how prosperous they are; I have also told you frankly the general idea I have of how we should deal with them, and when next November I submit my schemes to you more in detail I shall look forward with confidence to receiving your support (Applause.)

Honourable P. RYRIE asked His Excellency if, in the estimate he had made of the expenditure for the end of the year, he had taken the full amount voted for the different departments, because he had been given to understand occasionally some of the departments did not spend the amounts voted. For instance, the Police sometimes did not spend the entire amount voted, and he would ask if in his estimate His Excellency had taken the full amount voted or only the amount actually expended.

　　　　　His EXCELLENCY said he had only taken the actual expenditure of the nine months. It sometimes happened, that more was voted than was required during the year, but speaking generally, he could say that for the ensuing portion of this year the expenditure would be in the same proportion it had been. There were some items which appeared in the Estimates last year on account of which no expenditure whatever had been incurred. For instance, one for which his Honourable friends the Unofficial Members had voted was the establishment of an observatory and time ball, but he subse- quently ascertained that the Unofficial Members entertained a little doubt about it, and accordingly he had not spent one farthing of that vote. From time to time, as his Honourable friend was aware, the Finance Committee had voted certain

These were all included.

sums.

Honourable P. RYRIE.-They are supplementary.

His EXCELENCY-They are supplementary; but they are included and appear in the statement submitted to me by the Treasurer. Sometimes money has to be spent immediately; for instance, after that heavy rain storm some months ago, my Honourable friend the Surveyor General had to set to work immediately and the Finance Committee then dealt with it. Honourable P. RYRIE said that with regard to the Police rate, it was during the time of General BRUNKER that it was eleven per cent., and when he was superseded it was put up.

His EXCELLENCY said that was so.

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH OCTOBER, 1878.

·CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO THE DIETARY SCALE AND STRUCTURE OF THE HONGKONG PRISON.

Papers laid before the Legislative Council, by Order of His Excellency the Governor, 15th October, 1878.

[No. 99.]

The Right Honourable the Earl of Carnarvon to His Excellency Governor Sir Arthur Kennedy, K.C.M.G., C.B.

DownING STREET,

5th November, 1875.

　　　SIR,-I have had under my consideration, in relation to the outbreak of February last in the Singapore Gaol, the question of the propriety of subjecting prisoners to what is called "Penal Diet."

　　　The conclusion at which I have arrived is that prisoners at hard labour ought not for any period to be confined to a diet of rice, salt, and water, or bread, salt, and water, as those articles do not, in my judgment, contain the elements of nutrition necessary for the sustenance of prisoners at hard labour; and I have to request that you will arrange for some addition to be made to the list of articles of diet supplied to prisoners during the period in respect of which they are now liable to be subjected to penal diet. The addition need not be otherwise than distinctly moderate and I have to request that you will report to me, after consultation with the chief Medical Officer of your Government in what manner you propose to execute my instructions.

The Officer Administering the Government of

HONGKONG.

I have, &c.,

His Excellency Governor Sir Arthur Kennedy, K.C.M.G., C.B., to the Right Honourable the Earl of Carnarvon.

CARNARVON.

[No. 2.]

GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 3rd January, 1876.

spatch, No. 99,

MY LORD,—I have the honour to acknowledge the "roint of yo of 5th November, 187 on the sulet of penal diet.

ngapo

In reply thereto, b, to transmit an extract from the Prison Rules at themselves and from which your Lordship will observe that no prisoner is

5, which explain

a to hard labour

while undergoing penal diet. These rules have been in operation since 18, and have been found

to work well, and the general health of the prisoners exceptionally good.

may remark that the penal diet proved to be a most deterring punishment to riotous and drunken sailors, with which our Gaol was at one period crowded.

　　With this exception, I shall defer making any alteration till I receive further instructions from your Lordship.

The Right Honourable

I have, &c.,

A. E. KENNEDY, Governor.

[No. 100.]

THE EARL OF CARNARVON,

&c.,

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies,

&c.,

&c.

The Right Honourable the Earl of Carnarvon to His Excellency Governor Sir Arthur Kennedy, K. C.M.G., C.B.

DOWNING STREET,

29th July, 1876.

SIR,-I have received your Despatch No. 99 of the 7th of June last, reporting that prisoners sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment or under are exempt from hard labour and are kept on penal diet. I concur in the reasons which you have adduced in support of this practice, and I should be glad you would transmit to me the Report of the Commission which has enquired into the dietary and discipline of the Hongkong Gaol, together with the evidence brought before it.

Governor Sir A. E. KENNEDY, K.C.M.G., C.B.,

&c.,

&c.

I have, &c.,

CARNARVON.

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[No. 40.]

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH OCTOBER, 1878. His Excellency Governor Sir Arthur Kennedy, K.C.M.G., C.B.,

to the Right Honourable the Earl of Carnarvon.

GOVERNMENT House,

HONGKONG, 28th February, 1877.

493

　　　　MY LORD,-With reference to your Lordship's Despatch No. 100 of the 29th July, 1876, I have the satisfaction of being able, on the eve of my departure, to inform your Lordship that the questions connected with the discipline and dietary of Victoria Gaol, Hongkong, have at length been satisfactorily settled, and put, I trust, upon a basis which will eventually result in a material decrease in its inmates.

　　　　The long delay which has taken place not only in the preparation of the report, but in the final adoption of the regulations and dietary scale, has been owing to the thorough and exhaustive manner in which the Commission prosecuted its enquiries in the first instance, and to the desire by which the Executive was animated to allow every variety of opinion in matters of detail to be thoroughly ventilated and weighed before finally reducing to a system the suggestions recommended by individual members of the Commission.

With these remarks I will leave the report of the Commission, together with the evidence taken by it, and the code of regulations and scale of dietary finally adopted by the Executive in your Lordship's

I have, &c.,

hands.

[No. 45.]

The Right Honourable The Earl of Carnarvon to His Excellency Governor Pope Hennessy, C.M.G.

A. E. KENNEDY,

Governor.

DOWNING STREET,

7th May, 1877.

SIR,—I have received Sir A. KENNEDY'S Despatch No. 40 of the 28th of February, forwarding the Report of a Commission appointed to inquire into the discipline and dietary of the Victoria Gaol, together with a Code Regulations recommended by the Commission.

2. I do not

has taken in reg

assume that tho

comment on the

Sir

THUR KENNEDY'S Despatch w taction, the Hangkong Ge

nment

ode of Regulations which has been drawn up by the Commission. I shall ns have not yet been promulgated and that it is therefore open to me to wrun a view to their amendment before promulgation.

3. But first win regard to the Report of the Commission itself I have to observe that while I agree in the view that the dietary has hitherto been excessive, experience leads me to be cautious in adopting reductions in face of adverse professional opinion. The fact that the diet of a prisoner is better than that of a free labourer is not necessarily a conclusive proof that it is excessive. The diet of the free labourer may be more ample than is strictly necessary. The human frame may be able to sustain itself on less food when the man is free, than in the depressing circumstances of impri- sonment. A Government incurs a grave responsibility if it reduces men to so low a condition that an outbreak of epidemic evil find them an easy prey to its ravages. Altogether the question is surrounded with so many hygienic and medical difficulties, that in examining the question for yourself I have no doubt you will exercise great caution.

4. I am not disposed to disagree with the criticisms of the Committee on the subject of Prison Labour, and, as at present advised, I concur in their recommendation that the eight cranks now in store should be put up and made use of.

5. If it is thought desirable to introduce a tread-wheel, one can be procured through the Crown Agents, and sent out to the Colony, with instructions how to put it together and use it.

6. The Committee seem to have considered the question of the reconstruction of the Gaol upon the separate system beyond the scope of their enquiries, though expressing an opinion in favour of the plan.

　　　　　　I consider the separate system to be the only true basis of Prison Discipline, and among Chinese prisoners there are very special reasons for its adoption. It is mentioned in the Report that few of the Warders know Chinese, and the terrible outbreak in the Singapore Prison is a warning of the danger of affording Chinese prisoners an opportunity to combine. I have to request that you will at once call on the Surveyor General to draw out plans for consideration showing the alterations that would be requisite and the surrounding ground and buildings.

　　　　　　7. With regard to the proposed Regulations, I have to observe that the power given by the 7th Regulation to the Superintendent to put his subordinates in irons appears to me wholly illegal, and the infliction of fines can only be enforced under pain of dismissal.

　　　　　　8. Rule 83, respecting the cutting of women's hair is at variance with the instructions conveyed in my Circular Despatch of the 22nd of April, 1876.

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH OCTOBER, 1878.

　　　9. I disapprove the power given by Rule 90 to the Superintendent to refuse to allow a prisoner under remand or committed for trial to see his legal adviser, and the power given by Rule 93 to a Committing Magistrate or Visiting Justice to forbid a prisoner in similar circumstances from seeing his friends; and I have to refer you on this subject to my Circular Despatch of the 27th of April last

year,

　　　10. You should consult the Attorney General as to the validity of the power to administer oaths conferred by the 124th Section, and if the power is not effectually conferred by the Rule it should be created by law.

　　　11. The Rules relating to the Turnkey's mess, I consider are out of place and should be removed. There are no rules in the proposed Code as to labour. This important omission should be supplied.

I have, &c.,

Governor HENNESSY, C.M.G.,

&c.,

&c.

[No. 57A.]

The Right Honourable the Earl of Carnarvon to His Excellency Governor Pope Hennessy, C.M:G.

CARNARVON.

DOWNING STREET,

28th May, 1877.

SIR,-I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. AUSTIN'S Despatch No. 62 of the 28th of March, respecting the Report of the Prison Commission.

2. You will gather from my Despatch No. 45 of the 7th of May, that as regards the discipline and dietary of the Victoria Gaol, it is my desire that more should be done than merely, "remedying "such defects in detail as were incidentally brought to light, and as were capable of immediate "amendment."

3. My desire is that you should take into your early consideration the whole question of Prison Discipline on the basis of the recommendations of the Commission, with the modifications indicated in my Despatch No. 45 of the 7th ultimo.

4. With reference to Mr. AUSTIN's request that I would procure for the Government of Hongkong information relative to the use of Cranks, I have directed the Crown Agents, to obtain such informa- tion, which will be forwarded to you by an early opportunity.

Governor HENNESSY, C.M:G.,

Thave,

ARNARVON.

[No. 72.]

&c.,

&c.

The Right Honourable the Earl of Carnarvon to His Excellency Governor Pope Hennessy, C.M.G.

DOWNING STREET,

20th June, 1877.

　　SIR, I have to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. AUSTIN'S Despatch, No. 75, of the 11th of April, respecting certain matters of Prison Discipline.

　　2. I rely on you to review the whole question of Prison Discipline in Hongkong; and to make such proposals as will place the system upon a sound basis for the future.

　　3. In the letter from the Acting Colonial Secretary, which forms the enclosure to Mr. AUSTIN'S Despatch, I observe a direction that the practice is to be discontinued of Turnkeys employing prisoners to cook their meals for them and act as their body servants, "when their quarters are so situated as "to necessitate the prisoners passing outside of the office gates whereby they are enabled to communi- "cate with the outside world."

　　4. I do not know whether any Turnkeys have their quarters within the office gates. If there are any such, then under this letter they may continue to employ prisoners as their cooks and body servants. I consider that they should not be in any better position than those residing beyond the office gates, and should provide for their wants at their own expense. If your experience of climate suggests that it would be expedient to provide them with this assistance from public sources, the boon should be applied equally to Turnkeys residing beyond the office gates, and in some form less objection- able on grounds of discipline than prison labour.

Governor HENNESSY, C.M.G.,

&c.,

&c.

I have, &c.,

GARNARVON.

[No. 117.]

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 15th September, 1877.

　　　　MY LORD, I have from time to time furnished your Lordship with information showing that the Gaol is not as efficient an instrument in the suppression of crime as it ought to be, and I have also pointed out what seems to me a grave error in the Administration of Justice, that is, the imposition of repeated short sentences on old offenders.

　　　　But whilst I hope, in course of time, to make some reforms in those two subjects, there is a third element in the suppression of crime with respect to which I venture to ask for your Lordship's assistance: I mean the establishment of a system of transportation.

In the year 1857, Sir JOHN BOWRING was authorized to transport to Labuan sixty of the worst class of Hongkong criminals. Soon after I arrived at Labuan I applied to the Secretary of State for permission to get a hundred convicts from Singapore. With Sir HARRY ORD'S co-operation this was done; and I found the comparatively large number of Chinese convicts I then had to deal with, could be managed without much difficulty, and that their work was most beneficial to Labuan. The large wharf in the Harbour alongside of which steamers can take in coal, the fish market, the beginning of the railway to Tanjong Kubong, the heaviest part of the overground work at the colliery, the drainage of the land where I put the barracks of the new armed Police Force, all these things were done by the Hongkong and Singapore convicts.-

　　　　On the other hand, the arrangement was of manifest advantage at the moment to Hongkong and Singapore. But as the system was not kept up, its benefit to the two larger Colonies soon ceased.

　　　　What I now propose is that your Lordship should authorize me to arrange with the Governor of Labuan the transportation from time to time of convicts from Hongkong.

To save time, I have written to Governor USSHER asking him to consider the question and lay his views before your Lordship. I have the honour to enclose a copy of the letter I have addressed to him. The Chief Justice, Mr. Justice SNOWDEN, the Members of my Executive Council and the un-official Members of the Legislative Council, all approve of the idea, and agree in thinking that the transport- ation from time to time of our worst criminals to Labuan would do more than anything else to put a check to the increase of crime in Hongkong.

I have, &c.,

The Right Honourable The EARL OF CARNARVON,

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies,

&c.,

&c.

J. POPE HENNESSY, Governor.

[No. 121.]

GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 21st September, 1877.

MY LORD,ve the honour to acknowledge the receipt to-day of a Telegraphic Despatch from Your Lordship in the following terms:-

"Twentieth, Governor (of) Labuan reports arrangements for despatch of Coolies from

"Hongkong. Grant all proper facilities."

In reference to this subject I beg to lay before your Lordship copies of the correspondence which has already passed, by which your Lordship will observe that I had long since given instructions that everything should be done in Hongkong to facilitate the despatch of Coolies to work the coal mines in Labuan.

There is also however another method of assisting the Government of Labuan in developing the natural resources of that Colony, and to this I have referred in my Despatch No. 117 of 15th instant in which I have requested your Lordship to sanction the transportation of Hongkong Chinese Convicts to Labuan. Judging from past experience there can be no doubt that the interests of both Colonies would be promoted by such an arrangement.

The Right Honourable The EARL OF CARNARVON,

I have, &c.,

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies,

&c.,

&c.

J. POPE HENNESSY, Governor.

[No. 164.]

GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 22nd November, 1877.

MY LORD,?With reference to my Despatches on the evils of the associated prison system in this Colony, and to your Lordship's instructions in the Despatch No. 45 of the 7th of May last directing me to call on the Surveyor General for plans of the alterations necessary for adapting the Gaol to the Separate System, I have now the honour to transmit to Your Lordship Mr. PRICE'S Report, accom- panied by plans and a condensed estimate of the cost.

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　　Your Lordship will perceive that owing to the inadequacy of the actual Gaol accommodation, its necessary enlargement and modifications will involve an expenditure of $95,000.

　　The transportation of long sentenced criminals, however, as shown by the Surveyor General, would do away with the necessity for a new detached wing and would reduce the outlay to $44,800, or less than one half, a circumstance which makes me the more hopeful of your Lordship's favourable con- sideration of my Despatches Nos. 117 of 15th September, 121 of 21st September, and No. 155 of 7th November, 1877, with reference to Labuan as a convict settlement for-Hongkong.

　　As to the works particularized by Mr. PRICE, I may remind your Lordship that this town is built on a strongly marked slope, and that once a building site has been levelled and laid out, it is a matter of extreme difficulty to effect subsequent extensions. These difficulties of level, no less than the want of room, will account for the somewhat close juxtaposition of the buildings and the absence of more capacious airing yards.

　　There is no doubt the present Gaol is unfortunately placed. Sir HERCULES ROBINSON's plan of having a convict prison on Stone Cutter's Island would have prevented some of the serious evils of overcrowding and association to which it has been my duty from time to time to refer. Looking however to your Lordship's instructions, I have confined myself to considering such alterations only as may be essential in the existing Gaol in the Town of Victoria.

I have, &c.,

The Right Honourable The EARL OF CARNARVON,

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies,

&c.,

&c.,.

&c.

J. POPE HENNESSY, Governor.

[No. 48.]

The Right Honourable Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Bart., M. P., to His Excellency Governor Pope Hennessy, C.M.G.

DOWNING STREET,

5th June, 1878.

　　SIR,-I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch, No. 164, of the 22nd of November, relating to proposed improvements in the Victoria Gaol, and enclosing plans prepared by the Surveyor General for this purpose.

　　2. I am aware che in drawing these plans, Mr. PRICE has conformed to the instructions contained in paragraph 6 of my Predecessor's Despatch, No. 45, of the 7th of May, 1877, and I fully appreciate the care which he has bestowed upon them, but after due consideration of the subject, I am of opinion that they will not provide the accommodation required.

It may

3. I observe that both you and the Surveyor General refer to the question of the reconstruction of the Gaol as dependent on the project of transporting long sentenced criminals to Labuan. be convenient, therefore, that I should at once state that I am not at present prepared to entertain this suggestion, and that any scheme for the improvement of the prison discipline in the Colony should proceed on the assumption that Hongkong will have to provide accommodation for the whole of its own criminals.

4. Keeping this decision in view, it will be evident that Mr. PRICE's plans for the enlargement of the existing Gaol, while they scarcely meet even the present requirements of the Colony, are open to objection on the grounds which he has himself indicated in paragraph 16 of his letter to the Colonial Secretary, viz., that the size of the airing yards, already small, will be still further diminished. Such a diminution of the prison yards together with the crowding of fresh buildings on the present site would be highly detrimental both to the discipline and the sanitary condition of the prison, and on this ground, it will be necessary to abandon Mr. PRICE's proposal.

5. It has been suggested as a mode of meeting the difficulty that the prisoners should be divided, and a second prison built outside the town, but as at present advised, I consider it wholly out of the question to establish two separate prisons in so small a Colony.

6. Two alternatives present themselves, the one being to enlarge the existing prison by acquiring and building on additional ground in the immediate neighbourhood: the other to abandon the present buildings and erect a wholly new prison on a different site.

7. As regards the acquisition of additional ground, an extension may apparently be sought either above or below the present site; that is to say, it would seem feasible either to resume the leases of the land immediately above Chancery Lane and carry the Gaol up to Caine Road, (at the same time closing Chancery Lane, or making a covered passage between the existing Gaol and the new site), or to resume the houses now occupied for the Civil Hospital and the other premises which are bounded by the Old Bailey.

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　　　　8. I am aware that the difference of levels may perhaps render it impracticable to carry out either of these schemes, except at a cost which would be prohibitory when added to the compensation payable to the lessees: but I think it right that every possible course should be considered before arriving at a definite conclusion. Either plan would have the advantage of securing the continued protection afforded by the proximity of the Police Barrack; but on the other hand would be open to the objection that such an extension would permanently fix the Gaol in the heart of a very populo us quarter of the City.

　　　　9. As regards the ground occupied by the present temporary Hospital, it would apparently be necessary to bring the Police Barrack forward to the Street, so as to leave room for a new prison block where the Barrack now stands; and I should add that I am doubtful whether this locality would admit of the Police Courts being also placed there, or whether it would not be necessary to look for a site elsewhere.

　　　　10. If either of these plans were adopted, advantage should be taken of the opportunity of. increasing the accommodation to improve as much as possible the existing prison. The enlargement of the airing grounds by the removal of the radiating blocks, and the erection of a separate Hospital, are among the improvements which seem most imperatively called for.

　　　　11. The only alternative to these extensions being apparently the construction of an entirely new prison, the question of site remains to be considered: and it will be necessary to weigh the relative merits of all available spots, including Stone Cutters' Island, and any vacant Crown Lands within reasonable distance of the town:-or on the face of the hill above the houses.

12. In many respects I am of opinion that the erection of a new prison on a new site will be found to be the best solution of the question, but the expense which it would involve would doubtless be very great, and it will be for you to inquire carefully into the financial conditions of the various schemes which I have suggested. The main elements for consideration appear to be roughly, on the one hand, the cost of acquiring additional land in the vicinity of the present site and of converting the present buildings and erecting those which will be required in addition; and on the other hand, the cost of a new site and the cost of a new prison; against which should be set the amount that would be derived form the sale of the present site and buildings. I need scarcely say that in the event of its being decided to erect a wholly new Gaol, it would be undesirable to spend money on enlarging or converting the present building.

13. In the foregoing remarks it has been my object to set before you what I conceive are the chief elements of the question for consideration, and before I arrive at a final decision on a matter in which the assistant specific local knowledge is so material, I shall be happy to receive from you a report upon themptive cost of the several proposals, and upon the sites which seem to you suitable for a new Gagogether Mr. PRICE.

further ju sopstions aroy may desire to offer after consulting

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient humble Servant,

Governor HENNESSY, C. M. G.,

&c., &c.,

&c.

M. HICKS-BEACH.

[No. 96.]*

GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 3rd October, 1878.

　　　　　SIR,-In Despatch No. 103 of the 22nd of August, 1877, the EARL OF CARNARVON expresses the opinion that Sir ARTHUR KENNEDY, (in a Despatch he wrote a few months before he left Hongkong), had good reason, in the absence of any other apparent cause, for connecting the increase of crime in the Colony with the cheap fares from Canton. His Lordship, however, was good enough to add, "It is "true, however, that as pointed out in your Despatch No. 43 of 22nd June, 1877, the increasing "number of recommittals and of convictions generally may be to some extent accounted for by defects "in the prison system as especially by the fact of the discipline of the Gaol not being sufficiently severe

to act as a deterrent.

2. Next to the serious evils of the associated system, one of the gravest defects I fo kong Gaol was the excessive amount of food given to the Chinese prisoners. The enclosed extracts Hong- from minutes of various meetings of the Executive Council contain a record of my views and proceed- ings on the important question of the prison dietary not being in my opinion sufficiently deterrent.

3. The Regulations on this subject of the Gaol Commission that had been presided over by Mr. SNOWDEN had been adopted and promulgated a short time before my arrival ; and Sir ARTHUR KENNEDY, on the eve of his departure, had expressed to Lord CARNARVON, (Despatch No. 40, 28th February, 1877), the opinion that the dietary scale of Victoria Gaol had at length been satisfactorily settled, and finally adopted by the Executive.

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4. Nothing but the strongest reasons could justify me in interfering with a dietary scale framed by gentlemen of so much local knowledge as the Commissioners, and adopted as a final settlement by my experienced predecessor. But what I saw in the Gaol when I occasionally paid surprize visits after the prisoners had had their meals, and the accurate information and valuable advice I received from some of the leading Chinese gentlemen in the Colony, as to the average meal of a hard working Chinese coolie outside the prison, induced me to cut down the dietary scale I found in operation.

5. I need hardly say that in the reductions I made, I did not forget the instructions given from time to time by Her Majesty's Government that short sentenced prisoners can be safely subjected to greater reductions of food than long sentenced prisoners.

6. Beginning in August, 1877, and proceeding carefully and with the sanction of Dr. AYRES, the Colonial Surgeon, the enclosed comparative table shows the reductions, I thought it my duty to make in the dietary scale as it existed on my arrival in April, 1877.

7. It will be seen that all the Chinese prisoners that pass through the Hongkong Gaol have been subjected to some reduction in diet, and that this reduction, in the case of the vast majority of the prisoners has not been inconsiderable. In the statistical returns of the Hongkong Prison for 1876 that were laid before Sir ARTHUR KENNEDY, and which appear in Blue Book for 1876, page 168, the following table is given:-

Number of Persons committed to Penal Imprisonment in the Hongkong Gaol, not including Debtors (26) and Security cases (700).

For 5 Years and

upwards.

From 1 Year to 5 Years.

From 3 Months For 3 Months

to 12 Months.

or less.

117

254

2,968

The enclosed comparative table shows that, in the case of all Chinese prisoners committed for six months or under, I have reduced the Dietary Sale of the Gaol Commission to the following extent:-

Dietary Scale of Existing Dietary Gaol Commission.

Scal

26 ounces.

u ices.

...

Comm Pin

Pic pe lay, Fresh Fish, 2 days a week, Salt Fish, 3 days a week,............... Vegetables, twice a week,.

Thus of the three thousand four hundred criminals that on average subjected to the discipline of the Hongkong Gaol every year, over three thousand come under the above reduction of diet.

8. In the case of prisoners on penal diet, I have also made a considerable reduction in the allowance of food recommended by the Gaol Commission.

9. The Colonial Surgeon has carefully watched and continues to watch the effect of these reduc- On the other hand, bearing tions of diet, and I have made no change without his entire concurrence.

in mind what Lord CANARVON says in his Despatch No. 45 of 7th May, 1877, in the case of the comparatively small number of prisoners who are undergoing more than three years imprisonment, I have allowed the Colonial Surgeon to restore the weekly ration of pork that had always been given to them until March, 1877, and which was stopped for a few months in opposition to his professional opinion.

10. Another point on which, as it appeared to me, the discipline of the Hongkong Gaol was not sufficiently deterrent is that of real hard labour. On the last occasion that I brought this question of Gaol labour and prison discipline to the notice of the Legislative Council, (29th of April, 1878) the Senior un-official member, Mr. RYRIE, to whose sound judgment and knowledge I attach great weight, expressed the opinion that the present system was less deterrent than one under which the prisoners would'

mpelled to do some remunerative hard work. On this subject I shall have the honour of

ou in a separate despatch.

addre

I have, &c.,

J. POPE HENNESSY,

Governor.

The Right Honourable

SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH, Bart., M. P.,

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies,

&c.,

&c.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH OCTOBER, 1878.

VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF HONGKONG.

No. 1 OF 1878.

TUESDAY, 19TH FEBRUARY, 1878.

PRESENT:

His Excellency Governor J. POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G.

The Honourable the Chief Justice (Sir JOHN SMALE).

　　The Honourable the Colonial Secretary (JOHN GARDINER AUSTIN, C.M.G.). The Honourable the Colonial Treasurer (CECIL C. SMITH).

The Honourable PHINEAS RYRIE.

The Honourable HENRY LOWCOCK.

The Honourable JOHN MACNEILE PRICE.

The Honourable FRANCIS BULKELEY JOHNSON.

The Minutes of the last Meeting of Council are read and confirmed.

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　　　　　The draft Jury List for 1878 is taken into consideration, and, having been revised and amended, and the Special Jurors having been designated, is finally adopted.

On the motion of His Excelleney the Governor, the Bill to relieve a certain class of Passenger Steamers from the Regulations of Schedule A of the Chinese Passenger Act, 1855,' and from the Regulations of Schedule E of the Chinese Emigration Consolidation Ordinance, 1874,' and to substitute other Regulations in regard thereto, is read a second time.

"His Excellency then moves the first reading of a Bill to prom for the Survey and Regulation of Steam-ships and Vessels propelled by steam, and states that th esso" accident, which had occurred since the last meeting of Council, pointed to the necess of immediate Legislation regarding the survey of steam-ships; the clauses in the general Mere Shipping Consolidation Bill relating to the subject had been made into a separ

　The Bill is read a first time. On the motion of the Governor,

Finance Committee, are passed :-

ring votes, which had been already sanctioned by the

PAYMENTS AUTHORIED IN EXCESS OF THE ESTIMATES OF 1878, REQUIRING LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY. ·

Allowanc

Goan al Secretary

Chinese Interpreter, at ?500 per annum,

$2,400.00

WODEHOUSE for extra work in the translation of Chinese

480.00

120.00

Petitions, $40 per month,.

Allowance for a Chinese Clerk, $10 per month,

Registrar General's Establishment.

Increase of pay to Inspector of Markets (Mr. ORLEY), at $20 per month,

$3,000.00

$ 220.00

Educational,

Exclusive of Establishment.

Grants-in-Aid, additional vote,

Works and Buildings.

$ 500.00

Erection of a Bungalow at the Peak for Government Officers, Repairing the Roof over Lecture Hall in Central School,

$6,000.00

800.00

$6,800.00

Roads, Streets, and Bridges.

Sanitary Improvements at Aberdeen,

$1,000.00

Miscellaneous Services.

Furniture for Government House,

$5,000.00

Polishing and re-covering Chairs in Council Room, and one Table Cover,

(re-vote),.

.00

Compensation to Mr. TOMLIN, for losses sustained by being removed from

the Acting Superintendency of Victoria Gaol,.....

,50.00

5,507.00

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH OCTOBER, 1878.

　　His Excellency reads a Despatch from Her Majesty's Secretary of Sate for the Colonies sanctioning an increase to the vote for the Widow of the late Mr. ALEXANDER, of $580, thus raising it to $2,500.

The increase to the vote is passed.

　　On the vote for $2,400 as Salary to a Chinese Interpreter, His Excellency refers to the serious inconvenience which he experiences owing to the want of a qualified Chinese Interpreter, an incon- venience shared also by the Colonial Secretary, and he states that, with the sum asked for, he hoped to be able to secure the services of a thoroughly competent Interpreter, who would be attached to the Colonial Secretary's Department and interpret for His Excellency when occasion required.

　　Conversation on the generally defective state of interpretation in the public service of the Colony follows, and eventually the vote is agreed to for one year.

　　On the $500 for additional vote to Grants-in-aid of Schools, His Excellency 'refers to the correspond- ence regarding the Government Schools recently published in the Gazette, and states it to be his intention to convene a Conference consisting of two or three members of the Executive Council and the Unofficial Members of the Legislative Council, together with Mr. STEWART and Dr. EITEL, with a view to arriving at some definite conclusion regarding the best means of promoting the study of English in the Government Schools.

　　His Excellency also informs Honourable Members that Dr. EITEL had consented to act as Head of the Educational Department and as Inspector of Schools during Mr. STEWART'S absence, and that he proposed, at the next meeting of Council, to ask for a vote to be given to Dr. EITEL as an honorarium for acting for Mr. STEWART, and also for a vote to enable Mr. STEWART to go home on four months' vacation leave on full pay.

　　The Honourable H. Lowcock, on behalf of the Unofficial Members of Council, expresses his appreciation of His Excellener intentions to encourage the study of English, and his gratification at hearing of Dr. EITEL'S appointmo

　　His Excellency then refers to the lamentable state of affairs prevailing in the North of China in consequence of the famine, as revealed.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　the correspondence published in the last issue of the Government Gazette. He proposes the Coun

~+~ request permission from Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies to give $10,0

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　cial Fund, as assistance to the famine stricken sufferers.

tates that steps are being taken by the

The Honourable F. B. JOHNSON cordially concurs, community to organize a relief fund with the same object 11

This and the other votes are then agreed to.

His Excellency adjourns the Council at 5 P.M., sine die.

Read and confirmed, this 15th day of October, 1878.

H. E. WODEHouse,

Clerk of Councils.

J. POPE ENNESSY,

Govetor.

VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF HONGKONG.

No. 2 of 1878.

MONDAY, 29TH APRIL; 1878. PRESENT:

His Excellency Governor J. POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G.

The Honourable the Acting Chief Justice (FRANCIS SNOWDEN).

The Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary (JOHN MACNEILE PRICE). The Honourable the Attorney General (GEORGE PHILLIPPO).

The Honourable the Colonial Treasurer (CECIL C. SMITH).

The Honourable the Acting Auditor General (CHARLES MAY).

The Honourable PHENEAS RYRIE.

The Honourable HENRY Lowcock.

The Honourable FRANCIS BULKELEY JOHNSON.

The Council meets this day by Special Summons.

　　On the proposal of the Governor, the confirmation of the Minutes of the last meeting is deferred to the next meeting.

His

Acting Ch

C. MAY to

GARDINER A. They accordin

llency informs the Council that he had appointed the Honourable F. SNOWDEN to be istice during the absence on leave of Chief Justice Sir JOHN SMALE, and the Honourable ting Auditor General consequent upon leave of absence granted to the Honourable J. and that these gentlemen had taken the oath as Members of the Legislative Council.

re their seats at the Table.

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　　His Excellency reads a Despatch from Her Majesty's Secretary of Sate for the Colonies sanctioning an increase to the vote for the Widow of the late Mr. ALEXANDER, of $580, thus raising it to $2,500.

The increase to the vote is passed.

　　Conversation on the generally defective state of interpretation in the public service of the Colony follows, and eventually the vote is agreed to for one year.

　　His Excellency then refers to the lamentable state of affairs prevailing in the North of China in consequence of the famine, as revealed.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　the correspondence published in the last issue of the Government Gazette. He proposes the Coun

~+~ request permission from Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies to give $10,0

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　cial Fund, as assistance to the famine stricken sufferers.

tates that steps are being taken by the

The Honourable F. B. JOHNSON cordially concurs, community to organize a relief fund with the same object 11

This and the other votes are then agreed to.

His Excellency adjourns the Council at 5 P.M., sine die.

Read and confirmed, this 15th day of October, 1878.

H. E. WODEHouse,

Clerk of Councils.

J. POPE ENNESSY,

Govetor.

VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF HONGKONG.

No. 2 of 1878.

MONDAY, 29TH APRIL; 1878. PRESENT:

His Excellency Governor J. POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G.

The Honourable the Acting Chief Justice (FRANCIS SNOWDEN).

The Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary (JOHN MACNEILE PRICE). The Honourable the Attorney General (GEORGE PHILLIPPO).

The Honourable the Colonial Treasurer (CECIL C. SMITH).

The Honourable the Acting Auditor General (CHARLES MAY).

The Honourable PHENEAS RYRIE.

The Honourable HENRY Lowcock.

The Honourable FRANCIS BULKELEY JOHNSON.

The Council meets this day by Special Summons.

　　On the proposal of the Governor, the confirmation of the Minutes of the last meeting is deferred to the next meeting.

His

Acting Ch

C. MAY to

GARDINER A. They accordin

re their seats at the Table.

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH OCTOBER, 1878.

　　　　His Excellency also announces that he had appointed the Honourable J. M. PRICE to be Acting Colonial Secretary, and that Mr. PRICE would accordingly take his seat as an Official instead of Un- official Member of Council.

The Council goes into Committe upon the Chinese Passengers Ordinance, 1877, (Special Licences), which is examined clause by clause, and is finally passed without alteration, bearing the Title of " An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to relieve a certain class of Passenger Steamers from the Regulations of Schedule A of The Chinese Passen- gers' Act, 1855,' and from the Regulations of Schedule E of the Chinese Emigration Consolidation Ordinance, 1874,' and to substitute other Regulations in regard thereto," being "Ordinance No. 1 of 1877." His Excellency moves the second reading of the Steam-ship Survey and Regulatim Ordinance, 1878. At the instance of the Honourable F. B. JOHNSON, supported by the Honourable P. RYRIE, His Excellency refers the Bill to a Select Committee.

　　　　His Excellency, with the concurrence of the Council, nominates the following gentlemen to be Members of the Select Committee: The Honourable the Acting Chief Justice, The Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary, The Honourable the Attorney General, and the three Unofficial Members of Council.

The Bill is thread a second time.

　　　　With the permission of His Excellency, on the suggestion of the Attorney General, there is also read a first time, and referred to the same Select Committee, the Merchant Shipping Consolidation Bill.

This Bill; His Excellency states, deals with the whole question of Merchant Shipping, including the provisions of the Bill just read a second time. Inasmuch, however, as the latter had been embodied in a separate Ordinance in order that, owing to the state of things revealed by the late "Yesso" accident they might be brought into operation without delay, he trusted that the Select Committee would deal as quickly as possible with that part of the question.

His Excellency moves the first reading of a Bill to amend Ordinance No. 4 of 1863, having for its object to give power to punish prisoners for prison offences after the expiration of their sentence and before their discharge from prison.

The Bill is read a first time.

There are

Finance

before the Council the following votes which were passed at a Meeting of the

18th April 1978 ay ?vers

the 18th

ENTS AUTHORISED IN EXCESS OF THE ESTIMATES OF 1878,

REQUIRING LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY.

Educational Establishment.

Half Salary to Mr. ARTHUR, as 2nd Master Central School,

Works and Buildings.

Accommodation for new Gaol Officials from England,

Green Island Lighthouse Extensions,

Wooding the Island, Wages of Cerneau,

....

$ 630.00

$ 625.00

1,100.00

800.00

Dry Earth System,-Kiln for drying Earth,, .............

1,000.00

$3,525.00

Roads, Streets, and Bridges.

Reconstruction of Praya Wall,........

$25,000.00

New Roads and Reclamations in Kennedy Town,

4,300.00

$29,300.00

Miscellaneous Services.

Reuter's Telegrams,-Subscription to,—

For 2 Quarters from 14th January to 13th July, 1878,......

$ 1,200.00

502

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH OCTOBER, 1878.

In connection with the educational vote of $630 to Mr. ARTHUR, Acting Second Master in the Central School, His Excellency asks for a further vote of 400 guineas as remuneration to Dr. EITEL, who had consented to perform the duties of Head of the Educational Department and Inspector of Schools during Mr. STEWART'S absence on leave.

His Excellency also lays upon the Table the resolutions passed at a recent Conference consisting of some of the Members of the Executive and Legislative Councils together with Mr. STEWART and Dr. EITEL, held to consider the question of the best means of promoting the study of English in the Colony, and states that with regard to the teaching of English in the Village Schools, one of the Villages, Wong-Nei-Chong, had volunteered to pay nearly twenty per cent of the salary necessary for securing the services of a Chinese Master who could teach English.

　　　As recording the present amount of knowledge of English possessed by the Central School pupils, His Excellency further lays upon the Table a return prepared by Mr. STEWART, immediately before his departure, giving the English speaking capacity of each pupil then at the Central School.

The votes to Mr. ARTHUR and Dr. EITEL are then agreed to.

　　　In reply to the Honourable F. B. JOHNSON, the Acting Colonial Secretary states that the $25,000 asked for, for Praya Re-construction Works, will be at present a charge on the Special Fund and not on the General Revenue of the Colony.

The different votes are agreed to.

　　　Adverting to the necessity for an improved system of Prison Discipline, which he had fully laid before the Legislative Council in September last, His Excellency solicits the opinions of Honourable Members as to the advisability of employing prisoners on remunerative labour, whether within or without the Gaol walls, instead of such useless work as shot-drill and crank-labour.

　　　In the course of his remarks, His Excellency suggests that it might be feasible to put by a certain small percentage of the prisoners' earnings to be given, when they are leaving the Gaol, to those who by industry and good conduct might deserve it.

Discussion ensues, in which His Honour the Acting Chief Justice, the Honourable H. LowcoCK and the Honourable P. RYRIE speak approvingly of the suggested changes.

Finally it is proposed by the Acting Colonial Secretary, and carried unanimously:-

"That it is resolved that prisoners may be employed inside or outside the Geol under such

regulations as the Go ernor may frame."

that the

　　　In reply to the Honourable H. Lowcock, His Excellency informs Honou able Me question of transporting Criminals to Labuan was receiving the best consideration of Her Majesty's Government.

His Excellency informs Honourable Members that, following out the suggestion made last year by the Gaol Commission, he had determined, as an experimental measure and with the concurrence of special supervision of the Colonial Surgeon, to still further reduce the scale of rations allowed to prisoners.

　　　Reverting to the remarks which he had on a former occasion made on the subject of the deporta- tion and branding of prisoners, His Excellency intimates his conviction that, with the general improve- ment in the Police Force, the establishment of the Chinese Detective Police, the introduction of Chinese Turnkeys in the Gaol, and the increased facilities of detection of old offenders by the system of registering their photographs, the necessity for branding deported prisoners no longer existed. His Excellency asks the Members of Council to consider this question, and that of reducing to a permanent arrangement the release of well behaved prisoners after the expiration of two-thirds of their sentence, as he contemplates submitting a resolution to them on the subject before long.

His Excellency adverts to the injury inflicted especially on the soldiers and sailors by the facili- ties for the sale of cheap and injurious spirituous liquors in the Colony, and states that it may become his duty to ask for Legislative powers to deal with the question. Meanwhile, he would avail himself of the existing law to prevent the rum distillers from selling rum in any smaller quantity than 36 gallons at a time.

His Excellency adjourns the Council, sine die.

Read and confirmed, this 15th day of October, 1878.

H. E. WODEHouse,

Clerk of Councils.

J. POPE HENNESSY,

Governor.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH OCTOBER, 1878.

HONGKONG.

ANNO QUADRAGESIMO-SECUNDO

VICTORIA REGINE.

JOHN POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G., Governor and Commander-in-Chief.

No. 2 of 1878.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, Title.

with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof,

to amend Ordinance No. 4 of 1863.

[15th October, 1878.]

HEREAS doubts have arisen as to whether under sections Preamble.

XI and XII of Ordinance No. 4 of 1863, punishments directed to be inflicted for breach of regulations or of prison discipline by the Superintendent of the Gaol or the Superintend- ent in conjunction with a Justice of the Peace (as the case may be) can lawfully be carried out after the expiration of the term of imprisonment for which the offender was originally sentenced, and it is desirable to remove such doubts: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

I. All punishments imposed under the authority of sections XI and XII of Ordinance No. 4 of 1863, shall be valid and effectual to all intents and purposes, notwithstanding the expira- tion of the period for which the offender was originally sentenced to imprisonment by lawful authority, and the Superintendent of any Gaol may lawfully detain any prisoner after the expiration of his original sentence and deal with him, in carrying out the punishment imposed on such offender under the authority of sections XI and XII of Ordinance No. 4 of 1863, in all respects, as if his original sentence had not expired.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 15th day of October, 1878.

503

H. E. WODEHOUSE,

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　The following Bills, which were read a first time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council held on Tuesday, the 15th day of October, 1878, are published for general information.

By Command,

H. E. WODEHOUSE, Clerk of Councils.

Council Chamber, Hongkong, 15th October, 1878.

An Ordinance to amend "The Markets Ordinance,

1858."

1878.]

HEREAS it is expedient to amend an Ordinance enti- tled the "Markets Ordinance, 1858" by authorising the Governor in Council to grant licences to sell or expose for sale in places other than a public market articles of food for man usually sold or exposed for sale in a public market under the conditions hereinafter expressed: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice of the Legislative Council, thereof as follows:-

I. Notwithstanding anything contained in the "Markets Or- dinance, 1858" or in the "Markets Ordinance, 1867," from and after the coming into operation of this Ordinance, it shall be law- ful for the Governor in Council, from time to time, to grant licen- ces for the sale of articles of food for man usually sold or exposed for sale in a public market elsewhere than in a public market to such persons for such considerations and for such periods as he shall think fit, and it shall be lawful for any person holding such licence to sell or expose for sale such articles as he may be em- powered to sell or expose for sale under such licence during the continuance of such licence.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH OCTOBER, 1878.

HONGKONG.

ANNO QUADRAGESIMO-SECUNDO

VICTORIA REGINE.

JOHN POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G., Governor and Commander-in-Chief.

No. 2 of 1878.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, Title.

with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof,

to amend Ordinance No. 4 of 1863.

[15th October, 1878.]

HEREAS doubts have arisen as to whether under sections Preamble.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 15th day of October, 1878.

503

H. E. WODEHOUSE,

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　The following Bills, which were read a first time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council held on Tuesday, the 15th day of October, 1878, are published for general information.

By Command,

H. E. WODEHOUSE, Clerk of Councils.

Council Chamber, Hongkong, 15th October, 1878.

An Ordinance to amend "The Markets Ordinance,

1858."

1878.]

504

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH OCTOBER, 1878.

II. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to make Regulations for the proper conduct of business authorised to be carried on under this Ordinance by licences generally or by any particular licence, and from time to time to repeal, alter, or vary the same; and such Regulations shall be binding as well upon the grantees of such licences as upon all persons employed by or dealing with the grantees of such licences, and such Regula- tions may be enforced by such penalties as may be specificd therein: Provided that such Regulations shall be published in the Gazette for at least two weeks before they shall come into operation, and that no penalty shall exceed the sum of $500.

III. All penalties under this Ordinance may be recovered in a summary manner before a Police Magistrate, and shall not affect any condition for the forfeiture or cancellation of the licence subject to which the same may have been granted.

Title.

Preamble.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to authorize the Appropriation of a Supplementary Sum not exceeding Forty-five thousand Dollars to defray the Charges of the Year 1877.

1878.] HEREAS it has become necessary to make further provision for the public service of the Colony for the year 1877, in addition to the charge upon the revenue for the service of the said year already provided for in the Estimates submitted to the Legis- lative Council: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

Supplement- I. A sum not exceeding Forty-five thousand dollars shall be ary Estimates. and the same is hereby charged upon the revenue of this Colony for the service of the year 1877, the said sum so charged being expended as hereinafter specified; that is to say:-

1877.

ESTABLISHMENTS.

$ c 277.4

Colonial Secretary,

Auditor General,

Surveyor General,

Collector of Stamp Revenue,

Ecclesiastical,

Medical,

Total Establishments,

SERVICES EXCLUSIVE OF ESTABLISHMENTS.

Colonial Treasurer,-

Surveyor General,"

Judicial,

Police,

Fire Brigade,

Charitable Allowances, Works and Buildings,

Roads, Streets, and Bridges,

Miscellaneous Services,

Land and Houses purchased,

Total exclusive of Establishments,

Total,

404.55 1,044.08

43.37

12.11

349.90

$2,131.45

13.00

180.00

277.80

8,920.20

264.73

1,605.58

2,400.09

25,289.98

2,456.37

1,005.00

42,412.75

$44,544.20

504

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH OCTOBER, 1878.

Title.

Preamble.

1877.

ESTABLISHMENTS.

$ c 277.4

Colonial Secretary,

Auditor General,

Surveyor General,

Collector of Stamp Revenue,

Ecclesiastical,

Medical,

Total Establishments,

SERVICES EXCLUSIVE OF ESTABLISHMENTS.

Colonial Treasurer,-

Surveyor General,"

Judicial,

Police,

Fire Brigade,

Charitable Allowances, Works and Buildings,

Roads, Streets, and Bridges,

Miscellaneous Services,

Land and Houses purchased,

Total exclusive of Establishments,

Total,

404.55 1,044.08

43.37

12.11

349.90

$2,131.45

13.00

180.00

277.80

8,920.20

264.73

1,605.58

2,400.09

25,289.98

2,456.37

1,005.00

42,412.75

$44,544.20

205.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH OCTOBER, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

505

The following Accounts, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation Hongkong, during the Months ending 31st July, 31st August, and 30th September, 1878, are olished for general information.

By Command,

C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th October, 1878.

31st July, 1878.

AVERAGE

BANKS.

AMOUNT.

SPECIE IN RESERVE.

iental Bank Corporation,

130,775

100,000

artered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,..

418,408

150,000

artered Bank of India, Australia and China,

702,133

250,000

?ngkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,

1,218,204

600,000

TOTAL,..

2,469,520

1,100,000

31st August, 1878.

AVERAGE

BANKS.

AMOUNT.

SPECIE IN RESERVE.

riental Bank Corporation,

147,975

100,000

hartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,....

545,446

200,000

hartered Bank of India, Australia and China,

777,535

300,000

ongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,...

1,286,850

600,000

TOTAL,...

2,757,806

1,200,000

30th September, 1878.

BANKS.

AVERAGE AMOUNT.

SPECIE IN RESERVE.

riental Bank Corporation,

140,237

100,000

hartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,

592,690

200,000

hartered Bank of India, Australia and China,.

899,663

350,000

longkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,..

1,482,392

700,000

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH OCTOBER, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

llowing Table of Meteorological Observations, taken at the Government Lock Hospital, during the Month of September, 1878, is published for general

al Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 19th October, 1878.

By Command,

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS

TAKEN AT THE GOVERNMENT LOCK HOSPITAL, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 1878. 137 feet above mean low level of Spring Tides.

C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary.

THERMOMETERS (Fahrenheit.)

BAROMETER.

SELF REGISTERING

OF WEEK.

ATTACHED IN SHADE.

IN THE SHADE.

MAX.

DIUR-

Max. and Min, of the previous 24 hours, taken at Noon.

SUN,

MIN.

NAL

BULB

RANGE,

BULB

VACUO.

Ex- GRASS. POSED.

SHADE.

9 A.M.

3 P.M. 9 A.M. 3 P.M. Min. | Max.

Temp. at

DIURNAL

RANGE, BULB

EXPOSED.

HYGROMETER.

IN SOIL

MIN. DRY BULB IN WET BULBIN SHADE. SHADE.

HUMIDITY

COMPLETE SATURATION =100.

DEW POINT.

QUARTER.

CLOUD.

WIND.

RAIN IN

INCHES

DEEP.

9 A.M. 3 P.M. 9 a.m.3 p.?. 9 A.M. 3 p.m. 9 a.m.

.3 P.M.

9 A.M.

3 P.M.

DURING

THE

PREVI-

OUS 24

HOURS.

9 A.M. 9 A.M.3 P.M.

0-10.

Noon.

29.82

29.73 86.0

88.0

76.0 89.0

88.0

155. 121.

80.0

13.0

41.0

82.0

87.0

89.0

80.0 82.0

69.

75.5

77.6

S.W'.

S.W.

29.75

29.70

85.0

87.0

78.0

93.0

91.0

149. 112.

79.0

33.0

15.0

80.0

87.0

88.0

81.0

82.0

73.

77.1

78.2

S.W.

29.76

29.72

86.0 89.0

72.0 94.0

93.0

151. 115. 71.0

44.0

21.0

81.0

89.0 91.0

81.0

84.0

65.

76.0

70.

79.7

S.W.

8.W.

29.91

29.81

86.0 89.0

72.0

94.0

91.0

149.

113.

79.0 22.0

34.0

80.0

89.0 90.0

81.0

82.0 65.

65.

76.0

77.0

S.W.

ay,

29.90

29.81 86.0

89.0

81.0

90.0

89.0

157.

117.

81.0

9.0

36.0

81.0

87.0

90.0

82.0

77.

05.

78.8

77.0

S.S.W.

S.W.

29.85

29.85 80.0

88.0

77.0 90.0

156.

89.0

120. 72.0

13.0

48.0 81.0

87.0

89.0

82.0

80.0

77.

61.

78.8

74.3

S.W.

29.85

29.75

86.0

68.0

89.0

91.0 90.0

141.

109.

23.0

71.0

38.0

81.0

91.0

86.0

81.0

83.0

76.

66.

77.8

78.0

S.W.

29.85

29.80

85.0 88.0

77.0

88.0

87.0

149.

112.

81.0 11.0

31.0 81.0

86.0

89.0

82.0

81.0

76.

69.

77.8

77.6

8.S.W.

29.80

29.75] 86.0

89.0

78.0 88.0

86.0

140.

10.0

107. 81.0

26.0 80.0

87.0

90.0

81.0

73.

62.

77.1

75.4

S.S.W.

29.80

29.79

82.0

85.0

72.0 86.0

85.0

141. 108.

77.0 14.0

31.0

78.0

82.0

86.0

84.0 76.0 64.

58. 68.6

69.5

N.W.

S.S.W.

0.25

29.78

29.72 76.0

80.0

70.0

81.0

80.0

136.

100.

75.0 11.0

25.0 76.0

75.0 80.0

71.0 74.0

79.

71.

68.1

69.9

N.W.

S.W.

ay,

29.75

20.70

79.0

83.0

73.0

84.0

83.0

136. 101.

75.0 11.0

26.0 76.0

79.0 83.0

73.0

76.0

71.

68.

68.9

71.3

N.E.

...

29.72

83.0

81.0 29.70

74.0

85.0

84.0

126.

76.0

100.

29.72

29.75

29.70

29.71

29.72 79.0

29.68

29.06 83.0

79.0

80.0

75.0 81.0

80.0

122.

74.0

96.

11.0

6.0

77.0

24.0

83.0

81.0

75.0

77.0

72. 72.

70.9

73.0

N.E.

82.0

73.0 80.0

79.0

118.

90.

74.0 7.0

80.0 84.0

75.0 85.0

80.0

134.

98. 75.0

10.0

22.0 75.0 16.0 72.0

23.0

80.0

79.0

75.0

76.0

75.

85.

71.6

73.9

0.45

79.0

82.0

74.0

76.0

75.

72.

70.6

72.0

0.65

73.0

84.0

80.0

75.0

78.0

75.

72.

71.6

74.0

86.0

74.0 87.0

80.0

136.

110.

76.0

13.0

34.0 72.0

87.0

85.0

77.0

80.0

64. 69.

71.8

75.5

S.W.

0.05

lay,

29.67

29.57 81.0

85.0

74.0 85.0

84.0

110.

148.

73.0

11.0

37.0

75.0

82.0

86.0

73.0

77.0

60.

61.

67.0

71.2

N.E.

N.W.

29.56

29.52

82.0

74.0

85.0

87.0

88.0

149.

110.

74.0

14.0

76.0

26.0

87.0

84.0

73.0

76.0

54.

55.

65.7

68.9

N.W.

S.W.

29.68

29.03 84.0 87.0

74.0 92.0

91.0

132.

115.

74.0

18.0

76.0

41.0

85.0

89.0

72.0

77.0

49.

52.

63.5

69.4

N.E.

S.W.

...

29.73

29.70

81.0 88.0

75.0

92.0

91.0

149.

76.0

111.

17.0

35.0 76.0

82.0

90.0

75.0

76.0

72.

44.

72.0

65.6

N.W.

S.W.

...

29.80

29.72

83.0

86.0

74.0 91.0

90.0

155.

118.

74.0 17.0

44.0 77.0

87.0

$4.0

77.0

68.

58.

72.4

70.6

29.80

29.77

83.0

85.0

74.0

89.0

88.0

148.

114.

76.0 15.0

38.0 78.0

83.0

86.0

77.0

78.0

72.

64.

73.0

72.8

N.E.

29.82

29.78

82.0

84.0

76.0 86.0

85.0

110.

142.

day,

29.80

29.72

83.0

88.0

75.0 92.0

91.0

155.

112. 78.0

29.80

29.76 85.0

88.0

76.0 93.0

92.0

149.

111.

78.0

10.0

78.0

17.0

32.0

34.0 78.0

78.0

83.0

84.0

78.0

75.0

76.

60.

74.7

69.1

85.0 90.0

79.0

85.0

72.

77.

75.1

81.9

S.W.

33.0 80.0

87.0

90.0

81.0

73.

62.

77.1

75.4

S.W.

29.85

29.80

84.0

83.0

77.0 87.0

86.0

149.

111.

10.0

80.0

29.92

29.90 84.0

76.0 87.0

86.0

144.

79.0

106.

???

29.93

29.90

85.0

84.0

29.90

29.87

82.0 84.0

76.0 86.0 72.0 80.0

85.0

144.

105.

126.

85.0

79.0

73.0

98.

80.0

31.0

85.0

29.0 80.0

11.0 86.0 84.0

80.0

10.0 26.0 85.0

82.0

77.0

14.0 25.0

83.0

84.0

80.0

78.0

80.

76.

77.4

74.7

87.0

80.0

69.

76.

76.7

75.5

...

77.0

80.0

72.

68.

76.1

72.4

...

77.0

80.0

76.

73.6

76.7

0.30

OQTZIO+ :

...

Mean.

y ofSeptember, 1877:-Mean Shade Temp.,

29.79

29.77

83.0 85.7

74.6

88.0

143.

87.0

76.3

108.

13.3 31.8 77.9

86.6

83.9

77.5

78.9

70.

62.

73.3

73.9

1.70

...

.84.3

Total Rain fall,

13.15 inches. Rain fell on 11 days.

5.31

1876:-

1875:

.80.9

14.15

1874:-

83.1

14.77

1873:-

80.0

12.94

Pu. B. C. AYRES, Colonial Surgeon.

1872:-

81.6

9.27

No. 207.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH OCTOBER, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notice to Mariners is published for general information.

By Command,

C. MAY,

507

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 19th October, 1878.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

[No. 113.]

CHINA SEA.

(1) Rocks Near Anamba Islands.

The Italian Government has published the following information, relative to the existence of two small rocks, lying about 4 miles N. W. by W. from the north point of Little Telega island, Anamba islands.

These rocks (Nicado rocks) are 5 feet above high water, and were seen by the master of the Italian barque Nicado. From the position as given, namely, lat. 3° 9′ N., long. 105° 50' E., the east point of Djimaja island bears S. 3 W. distant 10 miles.

(2) Sunken Danger in Bashee Channel.

Information has been received from Vice Admiral C. F. Hillyar, C.B., Commander-in-Chief on the China station, relative to the existence of a sunken danger in the Bashee channel.

This rock (Forest Belle rock), on which the American barque Forest Belle struck, lies S. 10° W. distant 6 miles from Little Botel Tobago island.

Position, lat. 21° 51′ N., long, 121° 34′ 25′′ E.

(The bearings are Magnetic. Variation (1) 1° 30′ Easterly (2) 0° 20′ Westerly in 1878.)

By Command of their Lordships,

Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 16th August, 1878.

This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-

(1) China sea, souti

(2) China ser

Liau-tung gi

FRED?. J. EVANS,

Hydrographer.

a portio i, No. 2660a; Anamba islands, No. 1371: Also China Sea Directory, vol. I., 1878, page 153.

por jon, No. 26616; Luzon island, northern portion with Bashee and Balingtang channels, No. 2454 and Hongkong to`

Directory, vol. III., 1874, page 221

No. 202.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The Specifications and Drawings can be seen on application at the Surveyor General's Office, where also a proper Form of Tender may be obtained.

The Government will not bind itself to accept the lowest or any Tender.

By Command,

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th October, 1878.

No. 201.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　Tenders for the supply of Provisions and other Articles required for the use of Victoria Gaol, Hongkong, from 21st Noveinber, 1878, to the 20th November, 1879, inclusive, will be received at this Office, until Noon of Tuesday, the 5th November, 1878.

　　　　Form of Tender and any information can be obtained on application at the Office of the Gaol Superintendent.

No Tender will be received unless sent in the Form required.

The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any Tender.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th October, 1878.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

CAPE D'AGUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,

19TH

1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

WINDS

RAIN FALL.

WINDS

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

DAY AND

HOUR.

DATE.

BARO-

METER

0 TO 12.

WEA-

THER.

THERMOMETER.

BARO-

0 To 12.

WEA-

THERMOMETER.

In inches

METER

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. | Wet. Direct. Force.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

BARO- during previous METER 24 hours.

0 TO 12.

WEA-

THER.

BARO-

In inches during previous METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

24 hours.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct.

Force.

Ir inches during previous 24 hours.

Saturday, 9

30.22 79.5 77.0 75.0 12th Noon 30.21 | 81.0 84.0 75,0 80.0 75,0 Oct. 30.18 81.5 80.0 75.0

O.C.

30.05 80.0|

0.c.

30.05 82.0 88.5 75.0 81.5 76.5 NE

o.c.q.

30.04 83.0

77.5 75.0 NE

g.m.

28.38 71.0]

g.m.

82.5 77.0 E

g.m.

28.34 72.0

28.34 71.0 73.0 70.0 71.0 70.0 E

70:

71.0 70,0| ENE

o.p.f.

o.c.m.

0.80

71.5 70.5 E

o.c.m.

Sunday,

13th

9 30.27 80.5

··

79.0 74.0

c.b.

30.09 81.0

80.5 75.0 E

b.c.

28.41 72.0

71.0 70.0 E

o.c.m.

Noon? 30.24 81.0 83.0 76.0 81.0 75.0

c.b.

Oct.

30.23 82.0 →

80.0 75.0

0.c.

30.0983.0 85.0 76.0 85.0| 79,0| E 30.08 82.0

b.c.

(0.00

28.42 | 74.0| 76.0 68.0|| 73,0| 71.0 ENE

o.c.m.

0.08

82.0 77.0 EbS

b.c.

28.3971.0

70.0 70.0 E

o.c.m.

Monday,

14th

Oct.

30.25 80.0

79.0 74.0

b.c.

30.0881.0

80.5 75.0 E

b.c.

Noon | 30.21 | 82.5, 85,0| 76.0 81.0| 76.0|

28.40 72.0

30.16 82.0

Tuesday,

30.20 80.0|

80.0 76,0

78.0 75.0

15th Noon 30.15 80.0 84.0 75.0 78.0 75.0

Oct.

30.12 79.0]

78.0 75.0

··

Wednesday,

16th

30.17 79.5

78.5 73.0

Noon 30.16 | 79.5 80.0] 76.0 78.0 73.0]

True wind cannot be registered.

Do.

b.c.

30.07 83.0 85.5 77.0 84.5 78.0 E

b.c.

0:00

b.c.

30.03 84.0

86.0 79.0 E

b.c.

O.C.

30.03 81.0

28.35 72.0

71.5 70.0 ENE

4 b.c.m.

28.40 | 73.0 76.0 68.0 73.0 71.0 ENE

b.c.m.

0.00

72.0 71.0 ENE

b.c.m.

78.5 76.0 E

g.p.

28.36 72.0

71.0 70.0 E

o.f.d.

0.c.

30.02 81.0 86.0 75,5 79.0 76.0 E

g.p.

Telegraph wire out of order.

O.C.

30.00 81.0

79.0 76.0 E

g.p.

28.31 73.0 73.0 69.0 69.5 69.0 E 28.30 70.0

o.f.d.

0.28

69.0 69.0 E

o.f.

o.c.q.

29.98 80.0

79.5 73.0 ENE

28.31 69.0]

69.0 67.0 E

o.c.q.

29.98 | 81.0 80.0 77.0 79.5 74,0 ESE

28.30 70.0 72.0 68.0 69.0 69.0 E

o.c.m.

-0.20

Oct.

30.1279.0

78.0 73.0

O.C.

29.98 81.0

79.0 74.0 ESE

Thursday, 9 30.16 78.5

75.0 73.0

O.C.

30.00 80.0

28.29 69.0

78.0 73.5 EbN

g.m.

28.32 68.0

17th

Noon 30.16 80.0 80.0 75.0 78.0 73.0]

O.C.

29.98 80.0 81.0 74.5 80.5 74.0 E

b.c.

Oct.

30.10 80.0

78.5 74.0

o.c.

29.98 81.0

80.0 75.0 EbS

o.m.

28.28 70.0

:::

69.0 68.0 E

o.c.m.

68.0 68.0 E

0.c.m.

28.32 70.0 70.0 67.0] 69.0 68.0 E

o.c.m.

0.08

69.0 68.0 E

5 o.c.m.

Friday,

18th

9 30.15 79.0) Noon 30.12 81.0 82.0 75.0 79.0 74.0

78.0 74.0

O.C.

29.98 80.0

79.0 74.0 E

g.m.

28.30 69.0

69.0 69.0 E

o.c.q.

O.C.

Oct.

3 30.07 81.0

80.0 75.0

O.C.

29.98 82.0 83.0 75.5 82.0 75.0 E 29.96 82.0 82.0 76.0 E

b.c.

28.29 70.0 70.0 68.0 70.0 69.0] E 28.28 70.0

o.c.q.

0.15

69,0 68.0 E

o.c.q.

STATE OF WEATHER:-b. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; f. foggy; g. gloomy; h. hail; 7. lightning; m.1 Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). (hazy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; q. squally; r. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility. NOTE.-A bar (-) under any letter augments its signification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and continuing rain, &c., &c.

Illustrations of the power of the wind as regards a well-conditioned Man-of-War or First-class Clipper Ship.

Rate of the Wind per Hour in Miles.

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

Calm...

Light Air Light Breeze Gentle Breeze Moderate Breeze Fresh Breeze

Strong Breeze

Moderate Gale

Fresh Gale

Strong Gale

Whole Gale

Storm..

Hurricane...

With which the above Ship with all

Just sufficient to give steerage way set and clean full would go in smooth water....

0 to 2

? to knots

3 to 1

(5 to 6

Hoyals,

&c.

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails..

Triple Reefs, &C..

Close Reefs and Courses

Main Topsail and reefed Foresail

above 80

OL2345078QQI2

In which she could just carry in chase, Double Reefs and Jib, &c. full and by

In which she could just bear close-reefed Under Storm Staysail .......

Bare Poles..

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

Description of Wind.

OCTOBER, 1878.

509

510

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH OCTOBER, 1878.

Aky, (Mypan) 1 regd.

Atak, (Mypan) 1 regd. Ayoon

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Unclaimed Correspondence, 18th October, 1878.

Letters. Papers.

Brooking, A. C. 1

Evans, James S. 1

Berlowitz, Wm. 1

1 regd.

Bernard, Emile 1

A-Fook

Black, Geo.

French, Capt. 1 Fox, Madam

Almeida, Pio d' 1.

Ainsbury, Capt.

Baughman, G. E. 1 Blacklock, John 1 Bryde, Capt.

Alexander, H. 1 Aniess William, 1

Butcher, J. B. 1 bk. Barrue, Monsr. 1 Blanchard, Y. T. 2 Beal, Mrs.

Cheing Loong&Co.1 Church, H. E. L Cunha, C. A. da 1 Cross, Mrs. S. J. 1 Clatand, Monsr. 1

Gaby, John Garstin, Major 1

Heelis, Arthur 1 Hill, Chas. E. 1 Honsego, Mr. Howard, Mrs. 1

Letters. Papers.

Larsen, Andrew 1 Luz, Ellarina da 1 Leys, Robert R. 1 Lamerton, H. 1 Morley, W. H. MacKenzie,Capt.1 Moore, Mr. 1 Merriman, Jas. 1 Martin, R. M. 1 More, Miss E. J. 1

Letters. Papers.

Patterson,Mrs.H.1

2 1 1

Roche, John Ryan, Capt. Rayden, W. M. 4 Richards, Samuel 2 Richmond, A.

Swinney, F.

Sams, W. F. B. 1

Sam Wah

Neo Teing Siew 1 regd.

Bushnell, S. C.

Brown, Sir C. 2

Dhite, Monsr. 2

Lie Koetsay Lone, J.

1 regd.

Savio, Pietro

Bossolo, L.

Brokenshar,Capt.4

Daclin, Paul Dumont, Mrs. H. 1

Lock, Thomas 1 Levis, S.

Pembroke, F. Parke, D. Pike, Mr.

3 1

Sheather, C. H.

Stewart, Capt. 1 Stott, Revd. G. 1

Lets. Pprs.

Talpey, Capt. F. Tongei, (Chino) 1 Thiel, John F. ?. 1 Tai Afat

Thomson, Alex. 1 Tanner, J. B. Taffell, Wm.

Ward, Miss H. 1 Wing Lee, Messrs.1 Walsh. Jas., Jr. 1 Willberg, Ch.

Whetton, Chas. 1 Wright, James 1 Winters, Miss G. 1

Young, T., Mr. 1

For Merchant Ships.

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America

Charlton, s.s.

Globe

Letters. Papers.

Letters. Papers,

Lady Penrhyn

Palestine

Arabella,

3 1

Corea

Great Admiral 1

Laurell

Parthead Twescanal 1

Alice

1 regd.

Chinaman

Gylding

Lota

Perctroclue

Albyn's Isle

Presnits, s.s.

Stander, s.s.

1 regd.

Altcar

Devina

Hawkesbury

Harkaway

Brisbane

Erminia

Helen

Behar, s.s.

Emily

Hindostan

Emily Chaplain 10

Hopeful

City of Aberdeen

Eleanor

Cashmere

Elizabeth Chills 2

Corona

E. Nicholson

Hail Columbia 1

Hornet

Hylton Castle 2

<.001 12

2122

Prince Amadeo 2

Sacramento Supreme

Stadt Harlem, s.s. 1

Shaughthevin 1 regd.

Lets. Pprs.

Magdala

Mary Blair

Prince Louis f 1

Sydenham

Penrith

1 regd.

Strathern

Maria

Mary Smith

Phillip Fitzpatrick i

S. Vaughan

11 regd.

Southern Cross 1

Melbreck

Milbeck

Quang Tsing, s.s. 1

Tai Watt

McNear

Robert Henderson10

Tokatea

Magdalen

Chalecolet

Estrone

Rifleman

Teti Austrian

Moss Glen

Chandos

Irigo

Maritime Union 1

Countess of Erroll 5

Freeman Clark

Invincible

Rosie Welt 3 regd. 1 Rosebud

regd.

Tamar

Tweed

Commissary

Fair Leader

Remonstrant 1

Trowbridge

Corrientes

Ferntower, s.s. 1

James Shepherd

Napier

Rosetta, McNeil

Verona

Columbian, s.s. 1

Fabius

J. MacDonald 1

Nyassa

Regent

Wm. Manson 1

Creswell

Failoong, s.s.

Commonwealth

Firth of Forth 1'

Leon Crespo

Oceanic

Sea Gull, s.s.

Wm. Phillips 1

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Lo Yam Ting, Mrs., Hongkong,.

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Donaldson, T., Hongkong,

Doss, Kally Nauth, New China Bazaar, Calcutta,..

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Hutchinson, A., S.S. Banda, Singapore,

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Schutt, Mrs. A., German Consulate, Port Said,

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Ku Shing & Co., 205, Queen's Road West, Hongkong, Lay, Col. John, care of F. W. Kallefleisch, London,.. Lasson, John, Ship Alameda, Liverpool,

..1

.....1

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The above letters have been returned from various places at which the addressees cannot be found. If not claimed within ten days they will be

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General Post Office, Hongkong, 18th October, 1878.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH OCTOBER, 1878.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in

Thursdays.

By Order,

Mondays and

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

Uits Summary Jurisdiction, on every Tues-

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in

day, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

NOTH

OTICE.-WONG YAU Mur and TANG SIK LING both of Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, Traders, carrying on business under the style or firm name of "YEE On," having been adjudged Bankrupts under a Petition for adju- dication in Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong, on the 11th day of Octo- ber, in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy eight, are hereby required to surrender themselves to the Hon. CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET, the Registrar of the said Court, at the first Meeting of Creditors to be held by the said Registrar, on Tuesday, the 29th instant, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely, at the said Court,

The said Hon, CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee, and WILLIAM WOTTON is the Solicitor acting in the Bankruptcy.

　　　　　At the first Meeting of Creditors, the Registrar will receive the proofs of the debts of Creditors, and the Creditors may elect an Assignee or Assignees of the Bankrupt's Estate and Effects.

Dated the 18th day of October, 1878.

IN THE SUPREME,

IN B

NOTICE ELI

the Colony

on business at No..

aforesaid, having bi?n c

ONG

ying Victoria,

under

　　　　　a Petition for adjudication in Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong, on the 12th day of October, in the year of our Lord 1878, is hereby required to surrender himself to the Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET, the Registrar of the said Court, at the first Meeting of Creditors, to be held by the said Registrar, on Tuesday, the 29th instant, at Eleven o'clock, in the forenoon, precisely, at the said Court.

　　　　　　　　The said Hon. CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee, and HENRY LARDNER DENNYS, is the Solicitor in the Bankruptcy.

　　　　　　　A Public Sitting will hereafter be appointed by the said Court for the said Bankrupt, to pass his final examination, and to make application for his discharge, of which sitting notice will be given in the Hongkong Government Gazette.

　　　　　　At the first meeting of Creditors, the Registrar will receive the proofs of the debts of Creditors, and the Creditors may elect an Assignee or Assignees of the Bankrupt's Estate and Effects.

Dated the 18th day of October, 1878.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

In the matter of Ho TAI SANG, alias Ho MING CHE, a Bankrupt.

NOTICE -The above named Bankrupt hav-

ing passed. his last Examination, the hear- ing of the application by him for his Order of Discharge stands adjourned to Monday, the 28th day of October, 1878, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon.

Dated this 19th October, 1878.

STEPHENS & HOLMES, Solicitors in the Bankruptcy.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG

IN BANKRUPTCY.

NOTICE-CHA Sz, of Victoria, in the Colony

of Hongkong, lately carrying on business style or firm of "Tye Lee Hong," having been in co-partnership with CHA SAM, under the adjudged a Bankrupt under a petition for adjudi- of Hongkong on the 12th day of September, in cation of Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court the Year of Our Lord 1878, a public sitting for and make application for his order of discharge, the said Bankrupt to pass his last examination, will be held before the Honourable FRANCIS SNOWDEN, Judge of the said Court, at the Supreme Court House, Victoria, aforesaid, on Wednesday, the 23rd day of October instant, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon of that day pre- cisely.

LOUIS MENDEL, Esquire, is the Creditors' is the Solicitor acting for the Bankrupt. Assignee in the Bankruptcy, and the undersigned

Dated the 18th day of October, A.D. 1878.

HENRY LARDNER DENNYS,

16, Bank Buildings, Hongkong.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

NOT the Colony of Hongkong, lately carrying

OTICE.-FOONG HIM SHAN, of Victoria,

on business at Nos. 58 and 60, Bonham Strand, West, Victoria, aforesaid, under the style or firr of KWONG HING 'adjudged a Bankrupt

dication of Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong, on the 30th day of Septem- ber, in the year of our Lord 1878, a public sitting for the said Bankrupt to pass his last examination, and make application for his order of discharge, will be held before the Honourable FRANCIS SNOWDEN, Judge of the said Court, at the Supreme Court House, Victoria, aforesaid, on Wednesday, the 30th day of October, instant, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon of that day, precisely.

CHAU CHUNG LAI, Esquire, is the Creditors' Assignee in the Bankruptcy, and the undersigned is the Solicitor, acting for the Bankrupt.

Dated this the 18th day of October, A.D. 1878.

HENRY LARDNER DENNYS, 16, Bank Buildings, Hongkong.

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NOTICE.

511

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Published by Authority.

No. 43.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 26TH OCTOBER, 1878.

VOL. XXIV.

No. 208.

The following documents are published for general information.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

By Command,

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th October, 1878.

[No. 478.]

GENERAL POST OFFICE,

HONGKONG, 9th July, 1878.

　　　　　SIR,-An impression seems to have got abroad amongst the Mercantile Community here that correspondence from China for London when forwarded by French Packet will reach its destination more quickly if directed vi? Naples than if sent vi? Marseilles.

I have pointed out to the senders (who have been induced to redirect their letters for the Marseilles route) that his idea is most probably mistaken. As however, the French Post Office

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　zeyer Agent whom I consulted could not speaks" posto

the Ang I have the honour to request information as to whether I am correct in supposing that no time would be gained by sending correspondence or closed mails for London to Naples instead of to Marseilles.

J. TILLEY, Esq., C.B.,

London.

[No. 122,543.]

I have, &c.,

A. LISTER, Postmaster General of Hongkong.

GENERAL POST OFFICE,

LONDON, 4th September, 1878.

SIR,-In reply to your letter of the 9th July last, No. 478, I beg leave to inform you that advantage would certainly be gained by sending vi? Naples, instead of vi? Marseilles, the mails for England which your Office makes up for conveyance by French Packet.

　　　　　In the ordinary course, those mails, if landed at Naples, should reach London twelve hours sooner than if carried on by the Packet to Marseilles. Such being the case, I have to suggest that the mails in question should be addressed in future vi? Naples.

THE POSTMASTER GENERAL,

&c.,

&c., Hongkong.

&c.,

am, &c.,

EDW. H. REA.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Mails for the United Kingdom, &c. by French Packet.

　　　　　Under instructions from the London Post Office, the Mails for the United Kingdom which have hitherto been forwarded vi? Marseilles, will henceforth be forwarded vi? Naples, as it is understood that a gain of twelve hours results from the adoption of this route.

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26TH OCTOBER, 1878.

As it would be extremely inconvenient to divide the mail, and no practical advantage would result from doing so, all correspondence intended for the United Kingdom by French Packet will be sent vi? Naples, even though marked vi? Marseilles.

An impression appears to prevail that correspondence for the Mediterranean stations, Gibraltar, Malta, Cyprus, the Levant, Turkey, &c., can be forwarded only by British Packet. It can be forwarded also by French Packet, and if so forwarded generally arrives a week earlier than if it had been detained for the British Mail.

ALFRED LISTER,

General Post Office, Hongkong, 22nd October, 1878.

Postmaster General.

No. 209.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　The following Return of Births and Deaths for the 3rd Quarter, ending 30th September, 1878, received from the Registrar General's Office, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th October, 1878.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

RETURNS of BIRTHS and DEATHS for the 3rd Quarter of 1878, ending 30th September.

DISTRICTS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

CHINESE.

DEATHS. BRITISH & FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

BIRTHS.

DEATHS.

BIRTHS.

DEATHS.

ling

Boys. Girls. M Females. Boys. Girls.

Males. Fem tes.

British and Foreign, 9

Victoria, Kow-loon, Sh?u-k? W?n, Aberdeen,

173

122

466

953

Portuguese, .....

.18

Indian, &c.,

...

Non-Residents, ......17

...

Stanley,

TOTAL,...

22.

189

137

546

611

ANNUAL DEATH-RATE,

GRAND TOTAL, PER1,000 FOR 3RD QUARTER OF

1878.

Whole Population,.....

34.69

Births, 369

....

British & Foreign Community,

22.28

Deaths, ...1,207

Do. deducting non-Residents,

16.84

...

Chinese,

35.55

Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 24th October, 1878.

...

JOHN GERRARD, Acting Registrar General.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

The Bokhara Buoy, which drifted from its position on the rock during the Gale of the 8th instant, Anot yet been replaced.

Department, Hongkong, 21st October, 1878.

}

J. P. MCEUEN, Acting Harbour Master, &c.

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ALFRED LISTER,

General Post Office, Hongkong, 22nd October, 1878.

Postmaster General.

No. 209.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　The following Return of Births and Deaths for the 3rd Quarter, ending 30th September, 1878, received from the Registrar General's Office, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th October, 1878.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

RETURNS of BIRTHS and DEATHS for the 3rd Quarter of 1878, ending 30th September.

DISTRICTS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

CHINESE.

DEATHS. BRITISH & FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

BIRTHS.

DEATHS.

BIRTHS.

DEATHS.

ling

Boys. Girls. M Females. Boys. Girls.

Males. Fem tes.

British and Foreign, 9

Victoria, Kow-loon, Sh?u-k? W?n, Aberdeen,

173

122

466

953

Portuguese, .....

.18

Indian, &c.,

...

Non-Residents, ......17

...

Stanley,

TOTAL,...

22.

189

137

546

611

ANNUAL DEATH-RATE,

GRAND TOTAL, PER1,000 FOR 3RD QUARTER OF

1878.

Whole Population,.....

34.69

Births, 369

....

British & Foreign Community,

22.28

Deaths, ...1,207

Do. deducting non-Residents,

16.84

...

Chinese,

35.55

Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 24th October, 1878.

...

JOHN GERRARD, Acting Registrar General.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

The Bokhara Buoy, which drifted from its position on the rock during the Gale of the 8th instant, Anot yet been replaced.

Department, Hongkong, 21st October, 1878.

}

J. P. MCEUEN, Acting Harbour Master, &c.

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NOTICE.

　　　It is requested that such Rates may be paid before the 31st October, as after that date application will be made to the Supreme Court for the recovery of arrears.

Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 5th October, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Treasurer.

Letters. Papers.

Aky, (Mypan) 1 regd. Atak, (Mypan) 1 regd. Ayoon

1 regd.

A-Fook

Almeida, Pio d' 1

Ainsbury, Capt.

Alexander, H. 1 Aniess William, 1 Anderson, C. E. 1 Adkins, Mr.

Brooking, A. C. 1 Berlowitz, Wm. 1 Bernard, Emile 1 Black, Geo. 2 Baughman, G. E. 1 Blacklock, John 1 Bryde, Capt. Bustamante y B.1 Berry, Thomas 1 Beguin, Monsr. J.1

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Unclaimed Correspondence, 25th October, 1878.

Letters. Papers.

Dumont, Mrs. H. 1

Letters. Papers.

Lone, J. Lock, Thomas 1

Evans, James S. 1

Fox, Madam

Levis, S.

Letters. Papers. Patterson, Mrs.H.1 Penfold, Miss Paull, John

Larsen, Andrew 1

Luz, Ellarina da 1

Leys, Robert R. 1

Roche, John

Gaby, John Garstin, Major ?1 Gaetz, A.

Lamerton, H. 1

Ryan, Capt.

Richards, Samuel 2

Lets. Ppra.

Talpey, Capt. F. Tongei, (Chino) 1 Thiel, John F. ?. 1 Tai Afat

Thomson, Alex. 1 Tanner, J. B. Taffell, Wm.

Butcher, J. B. 1 bk.

Barrue, Monsr. 1

Blanchard, Y. T. 2

Cheing Loong&Co.1 Cunha, C. A. da 1 Cross, Mrs. S. J. 1

Beal, Mrs.

Clatand, Monsr. 1

Bushnell, S. C.

Clarke, Hugh 1

Brown, Sir C. 2

Gilkison, W. P. 1 Gomes, ?. B. H. 1

Heelis, Arthur 1 Hill, Chas. E. 1 Honsego, Mr. Howard, Mrs. 1 Hannen, G.

Morley, W. H. MacKenzie,Capt.1'

Moore, Mr. Merriman, Jas. 1 Martin, R. M. 1 More, Miss E. J. 1

Neo Teing Siew 1 regd.

Richmond, A. 1

Rosendah, P.

Ward, Miss H. 1 Wing Lee, Messrs.1

Sam Wah

Swinney, F.

Bossolo, L.

Brokenshar,Capt.4

Dhite, Monsr. 2 Daclin, Paul

Lie Koetsay

1 regd.

Pembroke, F. 3 Pike, Mr.

Sams, W. F. B. 1 Savio, Pietro Sheather, C. H, Stewart, Capt. 1 Stott, Revd. G. 1 Sharp, C. K.

Walsh, Jas., Jr. 1 Willberg, Ch. Whetton, Chas. 1 Wright, James 1 Wilson, Revd. J. 1 Weber, R. T. Wing On Chong 1

Young, T., Mr. 1

For Merchant Ships.

Letters. Papers,

Arabella,

Alice

Altcar

3 1 1 regd.

Comme yealth, s.s. 2

Letters. Papers.

Globe

1 Crest Amiral 1

Devina

15 2

Gyl Gitanilla

Brisbane

Behar, s.s.

City of Aberdeen

Cashmere

Eleanor

Corona

Countess of Erroll 5

Estrone

Commissary 4

Espiegle

Corrientes

Columbian, s.s. 1

Creswell

Fair Leader

Commonwealth 1

Ferntower, s.s. 1

Corea

Fabius

Erminia

Emily

Emily Chaplain 10

Elizabeth Chills 2

Freeman Clark

Hawkesbury Harkaway Helen Hindostan Hopeful

2122

463212

Hail Columbia 2 Hornet

Hylton Castle 2

Irigo Invincible Imbat, s.s.

121

Magdala Mary Blair

Maria Mary Smith Melbreck McNear

Letters. Papers.

J. MacDonald 1

anall

Lady Penrhyn 4 Laurell

Lota

Perctroclue Presnits, s.s. Prince Amade, 2

Letters. Papers.

Supreme

Stander, s.s.

Lets. Pprs.

1 regd.

Saaughthevin 1 regd.

Sydenham

7 3

Strathern

S. Vaughan

Magdalen

Moss Glen

Maritime Union 2

Marcia, s.s.

2012 CO CO THG1

Prince Louis 10 Phillip Fitzpatrick 1 Premier

Robert Henderson10

Rifleman

Rosie Welt 5 regd. 1,

4 1

Southern Cross 1

Sarah Bell

Tai Watt

Tokatea

1 1 regd.

Teti Austrian 1

Rosebud

Tamar

Remonstrant

Tweed

Rosetta, McNeil Regent

Trowbridge Tyburnia

Chinaman

Failoong, s.8.

Napier

Challenge

Firth of Forth

James Shepherd

Nyassa

Sea Gull, s.s. Sacramento

Wm. Manson

Wm. Phillips 1

For H. M. Ships.

Diligent,...1 Letter. Frolic,...1 Letter. Kestrel, ...2 Letters. Magpie,...1 Letter. Sheldrake,...2 Letters. Victor Emanuel,...1 Letter. W. G. Galdie,...1 Letter.

Amsterdamsche Courant. De Aarde.

Arbetare-Bladet.

Christadelphian.

Books, &c., without Covers.

Illustrated London News. Journal de St. Peters- Navy List. Illustrated Australian.

Dagbladet.

Glasgow Weekly Mail.

Journal de Geneve.

bourg.

L'Union Savoisienne.

Detained for Postage.

Pattern of Flannels Rotterdamsche Courant.

Sonderburger Zeitung. Sunderland & Durham

County Herald.

Hayden, Mrs. G. Glenville, P. O., Fairfield County, Conn., U.S.A.,...

Jones, J. S., care of Monrow, Esq., Georgia, U.S.A.,.............................

Jones & Co., Messrs., 207 & 209, California Street, San Francisco, P. O. Box 1240,...........

General Post Office, Hongkong, 25th October, 1878.

2 Papers.

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METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

CAPE D'AGUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

WINDS

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

DAY AND

Lou.

DATE.

BARO-

METER

0 TO 12.

WEA-

BARO-

0 TO 12.

THER.

METER

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max.) Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. | Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

THERMOMETER.

WINDS

? TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

THERMOMETER.

WINDS

0 TO 12.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. | Force.

RAIN FALL.

In inches

during previous 24 hours.

Saturday,

30.13 79.0]

77.0 74.0

o.c.q.

29.97 80.0|

··

19th

Noon

30.0979.0 81.0 75.0 78.0 74.5

o.c.q.p.

78.0 75.0 E 29.97 81.0 83.0 75.5 80.0 73.5 E

··

o.r.

30.00 78.0

g.m.

0.09

Oct.

30.04 79.0

77.0 74.5

Sunday,

9 30.09 79.0

o.c.q.p.

29.92 | 80.0

79.0 75.5 E

o.r.

29.95 77.0

: ?? :

77.0 74.5] NE

o.d.

28.28 70.0j

··

69.0 69.0 E

o.f.q.

29.98 79.0 79.0 73.0 77.0 74.0 NE

o.d.

0.04

28.24 69.0 71.0 69.0 69.0) 69.0? E

o.f.q.

0.62

THE

77.0 75.0 NE-

o.r.

28.21 70.0

70.0 69.5 E

o.f.r.

77.5 74.5

o.c.r.

29.92 80.0

20th

Noon? 30.06| 79.5 80.0] 75,0| 78,0| 75.0

o.c.r.

29.9280.080,5 75.5 79.0 77.0 ESE

Oct.

30.02 78,0

76.0 75.0

o.c.r.

29.90 79.0|

78.5 76.5] NE

g.o.r.

29.96 78.0

g.o.r.

76.5 75.5 S

g.o.r.

29.92 78.0

76.0 76.0 ENE

6 I.

28.20] 71.0

71.0 71.0 E

o.f.r.

29.96 78.0 78.0 73.0 77,0| 76.0 E

1.62

76.0 76.0 E

28.24 71.0 72.0, 69.0] 71.0 71.0 ESE

28.25 71.0]

o.c.r.

1.80

€

70.0 68.0 ESE

o.c.r.

Monday,

21st

30.09 80.0

78.0 76.0

··

o.c.r.

29.92 81.0

...

79.5 77.0 E

o.r.

29.96 | 78.0|

78.5 76.0] E

b.c.

Noon 30.07 81.0 82.0 75,0| 79.0 76.0]

Oct.

30.01 80.5

Tuesday,

22nd

30.07 80.0

Oct.

Wednesday,

23rd

Noon 30.05 | 82.5 83.0 75.0 81.0 76.0

30.01 82.5

30.08 81.0

80.0 75.0

Noon? 30.05 | 83,5| 85,0 75.0 82.0 77.0

88833

79.0 76.0

81.0 77.0

True wind cannot be registered.

Do.

O.C.

29.91 82.0 82.5 74,5 81.5 77.0 E 29.89 82.0

O.F.

0.85

29.96 80.0 80.5 73.5 78.0 76.0 ENE

b.c.

83.0 86.0 E

b.c.m.

29.92 80.0]

78.5 75.5] ENE

b.c.

28.25 72.0

72.0 72.0 E.

0.f.

2.33

28.2872.0 73.0 70.0| 72.0 72.0 E

o.f.

28.24 72.0

71.0 70.0 E

o.f.

44 45

1.65

c.b.

29.91 81.0

b.c.

29.91 | 84.0 86.0 76.0 86.0 78.0 Calm

8:90

81,5 77.5 Calm

b.c.

29.95 80.0

78.0 77.5 NE

b.c.

29.89 86.0

b.c.

29.92 82.0

89.5 81.5 E

b.c.

29.90 80.0

0.00 29.94 80.0 80.0] 75.0] 80.0 77.0 NE 83.0 77.5 E

b.c.

2 b.c.

28.27 73.0]

0.00

28.22 75.0

72.0 71.0 E

o.f.

28.26 75.0 76.0 70.0 74.0 73.0 Calm

b.m.

0.00

74.5 73.0 Calm

b.m.

80.0 76.0 Calm

b.c.

29.97 81.5

81.0 77.5 E

b.c.

28.26 75.0

Oct.

30.01 -83.0

81.5 76.0

b.c.

29.93 | 85.0 90.0] 75.0 85.0 79.0 SW

b.c.

0.00

29.96 81.5 83.5 73.0 80.5| 77,5] E

b.c.

0.00

29.90 | 85.0

85.0 79.0 SW

b.c.

29.95 80.0

79.0 77.0 NE

b.c.

28.23 76.0

28.28 78.0 78.0 71.0 77.0 75.0 E

74.0 73.0 N

c.m.

0.00

75.0 74.0 E

c.m.

Thursday,

9 30.13 80.0

78.0 75.0

b.c.

92.98 84.0]

24th

Noon 30.11 81.0 84.0 77,0 79.0 75.0|

b.c.

Oct.

3 30.07 81.0

79.0 75.0

b.c.

29.9683.0

81.0 76.0 ENE

b.c.

30.01 80.0

78.0 75.0 NE

b.c.

29.99 83.0 86.0 77.0 84.0 77.0 E

b.c.

$0.02 | 80.0 81.0 75.0 78.5| 75,0| NE

85.0 78.0 E

b.c.

19.96 | 80.0

77.5 74.0 NE

b.c.

0.00

00:0

28.30 72.0

71.0 71.0 E

o.p.c.

28.31 73.0 73,0| 70.0| 72.0 71.0 E

o.c.m.

0.00

b.c.

28.26 74.0

73.0 71.5 E

o.c.m.

Friday, 9 30.15 78.0

76.0 72.0

O.C.

29.98 79.0]

77.0 73.0 E

25th

Oct.

Noon 30.12 | 80.0 82.0, 75.0 78.5 74.0; 3 30.05 80.5

O.C.

29.98 82.0 86.0] 74.0 83.0 76.0 E

b.c.

78.5 74.0

b.c.

29.94 82.0

82.5 76.0 E

b.c.

$0.02 77.5 76.0 73.0 NNE 80.02 75.5 78.5 63.5 76.5 72.5 NE 29.96 74.0 73.0 72.0 NE

4 0.

28.31 69.0

68.0 68.0 E

o.m.

b.c.

0.00

3 b.c.

28.30 71.0 71.0 67.0 70.0 68.0 E 28.25 72.0

b.m.

0.00

··

71.5 70.0 E

b.m.

of the

Wind.

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Calm.

Light Air Light Breeze Gentle Breeze Moderate Breeze Fresh Breeze. Strong Breeze

Moderate Gale Fresh Gale

Strong Gale.

Whole Gale

Storm.....

Hurricane.....

Just sufficient to give steerage way. With which the above Ship with all sa set and clean full would go in smooj water.

In which she could just carry in chase full and by...................

to knots

to d

to 6

Royal, &c.

Mingle Reefs and T. G. Sails.

Double Reefs and Jib, &c. Triple Reef, &c..

Close Beefs and Courses

In which she could just bear close-reef Main Topsail and reefed Foresail Under Storm Staysail

Bare Poles..

Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). STATE OF WEATHER:-6. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; f. foggy; g. gloomy; h. hail; 7. lightning; m. mi NOTE.—A bar (~~) under any letter augments its signification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and continuing

Figures to denote

the Force

Description of Wind.

(hazy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; g. squally; 7. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; u, ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility. &c., &c.

Figures

Illustrations of the pow ?the Wind as regards a well-conditioned Man-of-or First-class Clipper Ship.

Rate of the Wind

per Hour in Miles.

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

PASTR?

53 - 60

above 80

SUUS

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HONGKONG

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,

26TH

OCTOBER,

1878.

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518 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26TH OCTOBER, 1878.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

UNTIL

"NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in its Original Jurisdiction on Mondays and Thursdays.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

"NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in

its Summary Jurisdiction, on every Tues- day, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

NOTICE.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

In the matter of JOHN WILLIAM FINCH, ad- judicated a Bankrupt on the 7th day of July, 1874.

TONG YUT, adjudicated a Bank- rupt on the 26th day of January, 1878.

JOHN ROBINSON WHITE, ad- judicated a Bankrupt on the 16th day of March, 1878.

LUK MUI, adjudicated a Bank- rupt on the 6th day of April, 1878.

YUCHING, adjudicated a Bank- rupt on the 20th day of May, 1878.

YU HANG alias' YU KWANG, adjudicated a Bankrupt on the 20th day of May, 1878.

DIVIDEND MEETING will be held on the 8th day of November, 1878, in each of the above Estates, commencing at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely.

Creditors who have not already proved their debts, are to come prepared to prove the same, or they will be excluded from the benefit of the said dividend, and all claims not then proved, will be disallowed.

26th October, 1878.

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

In the matter of NG AKEW, a Bankrupt.

that a Meeting of the

NOTICE is hereby given who was adjudicated

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY..

In the matter of CHA-SZ, a Bankrupt.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

In the matter of Ho TAI SANG, alias HO MING CHE, a Bankrupt.

NOTICE is hereby given that at the meeting NOTICE. The above named Bankrupt hav-

matter on the 9th

ing passed his last Examination, the hear-

Discharge stands adjourned to Monday, the 28th day of October, 1878, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon.

day of October, instant, LOUIS MENDEL, Esq.,ing of the application by him for his Order of was appointed Creditors' Assignee of the above- named Bankrupt's Estate.

All persons indebted to the said Estate, are accordingly required to make prompt payment to the said Creditors' Assignee.

Dated the 26th day of October, A.D. 1878.

WILLIAM H. BRERETON, Solicitor for the Creditors' Assignee, 29, Queen's Road,

Hongkong.

Dated this 19th October, 1878.

STEPHENS & HOLMES, Solicitors in the Bankruptcy.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG NOTICE.-FOONG HIM SHAN, of Victoria,

IN BANKRUPTCY.

In re CHA-Sz, a Bankrupt.

NOTICE. The last examination of the above

named Bankrupt, stands adjourned to Sa- turday, the 23rd day of November, 1878, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon.

H. L. DENNYS, Bankrupt's Solicitor.

Hongkong, 24th day of October, 1878.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

WONG YAU MUI and TANG

NOTICKLING both of Victoria, in the Colony

of Hongkong, Traders, carrying on business under the style or firm name of "YEE On," having been adjudged Bankrupts under a Petition for adju- dication in Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong, on the 11th day of Octo- ber, in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy eight, are hereby required to surrender themselves to the Hon. CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET, the Registrar of the said Court, at the first Mecting of Creditors to be held by the said Registrar, on Tuesday, the 29th instant, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely, at the said Court.

The said Hon. CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee, and WILLIAM WOTTON is the Solicitor acting in the Bankruptcy.

At the first Meeting of Creditors, the Registrar will receive the proofs of the debts of Creditors, and the Creditors may elect an Assignee or Assignees of the Bankrupt's Estate and Effects.

Dated the 18th day of October, 1878.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

Bankrupt on the 1st day of March, 1878, will NOTICE. ELIJAH LILLEY, of Victoria, in

be held before the Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET, the Registrar of the Supreme Court, at the Court House, Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, on Thursday, the 7th day of Novem- ber, 1878, at Eleven of the clock in the forenoon, precisely, when the Assignee will submit a state- ment of the whole Estate of the Bankrupt as then ascertained of the property received, and of the property outstanding.

And the meeting will declare by resolution whether any and what part of the said produce of the Estate, shall be divided amongst the Creditors.

　　Creditors who have not already proved their debts are to come prepared to prove the same or they will be excluded the benefit of the said Dividend, and all claims not then proved will be disallowed.

Dated this 26th day of October, 1878.

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

WILLIAM H. BRERETON, Esq., 29, Queen's Road,

Solicitor for the Official Assignee in the above Bankruptcy.

the Colony of Hongkong, lately carrying on business at No. 1, Pottinger Street, Victoria, aforesaid, having been adjudged Bankrupt under a Petition for adjudication in Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong, on the 12th day of October, in the year of our Lord 1878, is hereby required to surrender himself to the Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET, the Registrar of the said Court, at the first Meeting of Creditors, to be held by the said Registrar, on Tuesday, the 29th instant, at Eleven o'clock, in the forenoon, precisely, at the said Court.

The said Hon. CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee, and HENRY LARDNER DENNYS, is the Solicitor in the Bankruptcy.

At the first meeting of Creditors, the Registrar will receive the proofs of the, debts of Creditors, and the Creditors may elect an Assignee or Assignees of the Bankrupt's Estate and Effects.

Dated the 18th day of October, 1878.

in the Colony of Hongkong, lately carrying on business at Nos. 58 and 60, Bonham Strand, West, Victoria, aforesaid, under the style or firm of "KWONG HING CHEONG," having been adjudged a Bankrupt under a Petition for adju- dication of Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong, on the 30th day of Septem- ber, in the year of our Lord 1878, a public sitting for the said Bankrupt to pass his last examination, and make application for his order of discharge, will be held before the Honourable FRANCIS SNOWDEN, Judge of the said Court, at the Supreme Court House, Victoria, aforesaid, on Wednesday, the 30th day of October, instant, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon of that day, precisely.

CHAU CHUNG LAI, Esquire, is the Creditors' Assignee in the Bankruptcy, and the undersigned is the Solicitor, acting for the Bankrupt.

Dated this the 18th day of October, A.D. 1878.

HENRY LARDNER DENNYS,

16, Bank Buildings, Hongkong.

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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

Published by Authority.

No. 44.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 2ND NOVEMBER, 1878.

VOL. XXIV.

No. 4.

[L.S.] J. POPE HENNESSY.

PROCLAMATION.

Whereas by Ordinance No. 3 of 1862, intituled "An Ordinance to authorize His Excellency the Governor by Proclamation to prohibit the Exportation of Military Stores and other Articles," it is enacted that it should be lawful for His Excellency the Governor, by and with the Advice of the Executive Council, by Proclamation to be published in the Hongkong Government Gazette, or in any Extraordinary Gazette, to prohibit, for such period as should be mentioned in such Proclamation, either to be exported from the Colony of Hongkong, or to be carried Coastwise within the said Colony (amongst other things), Arms, Ammunition, Gunpowder, and Military and Naval Stores,

　　　　　And whereas in consequence of certain representations made to me by His Excellency the Governor-General of Kwang-Tung and Kwang-Si, have determined, with the Advice of the Executive Council of this Colony, o prohibit such exportation for the period hereinafter mentioned,

Now, therefore, I, Jour Porr

Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, do by and with the Advice of the Executive Council, by this Proclamation prohibit for a period of Six Months, from the Second day of November, unless. this Proclamation shall be in the meantime revoked, either to be exported from the Colony of Hongkong, or to be carried Coastwise within the said Colony, Arms, Ammunition, Gunpowder, and Naval and Military Stores.

By His Excellency's Command,

C. MAY,

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Given at Government House, Hongkong, this 1st Day of November, 1878.

　　　　　With reference to the above Proclamation, Ordinance No. 3 of 1862 is hereby republished for general information.

No. 3 of 1862.

An Ordinance to authorize His Excellency the Governor

by Proclamation to prohibit the Exportation of Military Stores and other Articles.

WHE

[17th March, 1862.]

HEREAS it is desirable to vest in His Excellency the Preamble.

Governor power to prohibit the exportation of military

stores and other articles and goods, subject to such provisions as are hereinafter expressed: Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council, as follows :-

I. It shall be lawful for His Excellency the Governor, by and Exportation of with the advice of the Executive Council, by Proclamation to be military published in the Hongkong Government Gazette, or in any stores, &c., Extraordinary Gazette, to prohibit for such period as shall be prohibited by mentioned in such Proclamation, either to be exported from the Proclamation, Colony or to be carried Coastwise within the Colony, arms, and forfeiture

may be

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and mode of ammunition, and gunpowder, military and naval stores, and

seizure for breach of prohibition.

Harbour

Master not to

be liable for

act when

any articles which His Excellency may judge capable of being converted into or made useful in increasing the quantity of military or naval stores, provisions, or any sort of victual which may be used as food by man, or any or either of such arms, ammunition, gunpowder, stores, goods or articles, respectively. And in case any such arms, ammunition, gunpowder, stores, goods, or articles which shall have been so prohibited shall be exported from the Colony or shall be carried Coastwise, or be water-borne to be so exported or carried, they shall be forfeited and shall vest in Her Majesty, and forthwith thereupon it shall be the duty of the Harbour Master by Warrant under his hand upon his own view, or upon an information made upon oath before any Justice of the Peace, to cause all such goods and articles so herein before declared forfeited to be seized, and to detain the same to the use of Her Majesty and to be disposed of as His Excellency the Governor shall by order under his hand and seal direct.

II. The Harbour Master shall not be liable in damages or otherwise for any act done by him in pursuance of the obliga- tion and duty imposed on him by this Ordinance, and in case His adopted by the Excellency the Governor shall direct the disposition of any goods or article which shall have been seized by the Harbour Master, such direction shall be conclusive evidence that the act done by the Harbour Master is within the duty imposed on the Harbour Master by this Ordinance.

Governor.

No. 210.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Tenders for Contracts for the supply of the articles included in the undermentioned Schedules, of the Government Civil and Lock Hospitals, for the space of one year, commencing on the 26th of December, 1878, will be received at this Office, until Noon of Monday, the 2nd of December, 1878.

Schedule 1, Provisions.

2, Medical Comforts.

3, Bedding and Clothing.

4, Miscellaneous.

Tenders may be made for all 4 Schedules, or for each separately.

The Contractor will be required to enter into a Bond for the due fulfilment of his Contract, and for the supply of all articles of the best quality.

Tenders must be in duplicate, and in sealed envelopes, endorsed "Tenders or Hospital Contract.” Forms of Tender, and all other information, may be obtained from the Superintendent of the Government Civil Hospital.

　　　No Tenders will be received, unless the Person tendering shall produce a receipt to the effect that he has deposited in the Colonial Treasury the sum of $200 as a pledge of the bond fides of his offer, which sum shall be forfeited to the Crown, if such Person shall refuse to carry out his Tender.

The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest, or any Tender.

By Command,

C. MAY,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 31st October, 1878.

No. 211.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Acting Colonial Secretary.

　　　The Reverend R. HAYWARD KIDD having reported his return to the Colony, has resumed his duties as Colonial Chaplain from the 20th October.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st November, 1878.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

No. 212.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Notice is hereby given, that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to recognize M. PLICHON as in charge of the French Consulate at Hongkong, during the absence on leave of the Consul.

By Command,

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st November, 1878.

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and mode of ammunition, and gunpowder, military and naval stores, and

seizure for breach of prohibition.

Harbour

Master not to

be liable for

act when

Governor.

No. 210.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Schedule 1, Provisions.

2, Medical Comforts.

3, Bedding and Clothing.

4, Miscellaneous.

Tenders may be made for all 4 Schedules, or for each separately.

The Contractor will be required to enter into a Bond for the due fulfilment of his Contract, and for the supply of all articles of the best quality.

The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest, or any Tender.

By Command,

C. MAY,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 31st October, 1878.

No. 211.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Acting Colonial Secretary.

　　　The Reverend R. HAYWARD KIDD having reported his return to the Colony, has resumed his duties as Colonial Chaplain from the 20th October.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st November, 1878.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

No. 212.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Notice is hereby given, that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to recognize M. PLICHON as in charge of the French Consulate at Hongkong, during the absence on leave of the Consul.

By Command,

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st November, 1878.

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POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Mails for the United Kingdom, &c. by French Packet.

　　　Under instructions from the London Post Office, the Mails for the United Kingdom which have hitherto been forwarded vi? Marseilles, will henceforth be forwarded via Naples, as it is understood that a gain of twelve hours results from the adoption of this route.

Ayoon

General Post Office, Hongkong, 22nd October, 1878.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Unclaimed Correspondence, 1st November, 1878.

Letters. Papers,

Fox, Madam

Ferreri, Casimiro 2

Fontanesi, A. 1

1 regd.

Bernard, Emile 1 Blacklock, John 1 Bryde, Capt.

Gaby, John

Letters. Papers.

Aky, (Mypan) 1 regd.

Atak, (Mypan) 1 regd.

A-Fook

Ainsbury, Capt. Alexander, H. 1 Aniess William, 1 Anderson, C. E, 1: Adkins, Mr.

Bustamante y B.1 Beguin, Monsr. J.1 Barclay, C. W.

Garstin, Major 1 Gilkison, W. P. 1 Gomes, C. B. H. 1

Letters. Papera.

Thomas 1.

ALFRED LISTER,

Letters. Papers/

Patterson,Mrs.H.1- Paull, John 1 Plesees, Carolina 1

2 1

Postmaster General.

Lets. Ppre.

Smith & Co., J. G. 1 Stewart, David Talpey, Capt. F. Tongei, (Chino) 1 Thiel, John F. ?. 1 Tai Afat

Thomson, Alex, 1' Tanner, J. B. 1 Taffell, Wm.

21 M

Letters. Papers.

Loc Levis, S.

Larsen, Andrew 1

Luz, Ellarina da 1

Leys, Robert R. 1

Roche, John

Lamerton, H. 1

Ryan, Capt.

Leu Tong

Richards, Samuel 2

Cheing Loong&Co.1* Cunha, C. A. da 1 Cross, Mrs. S. J. 1

Richmond, A. 1.

MacKenzie,Capt.1

Rosendah, P.

Barrue, Monsr. 1

Clatand, Monsr. 1

Heelis, Arthur 1 Hill, Chas. E. 1

Moore, Mr.

Randal, A. R.

Blanchard, Y. T. 2

Merriman, Jas. 1

Clarke, Hugh 1

Beal, Mrs.

Honsego, Mr.

Martin, R. M. 1

Sam Wah

Chulan & Co. 1

Howard, Mrs. 1

Bushnell, S. C.

More, Miss E. J. 1

Swinney, F.

Whetton, Chas. 1

Colville, D. D.

Brown, Sir C. 2

Hannen, G.

Muller, A.

Bossolo, L.

Dhite, Monsr. 2

Sams, W. F. B. 1` Savio, Pietro

Weber, R. T.

Brokenshar,Capt.4 Brooking, A. C. 1 Berlowitz, Wm. 1

Daclin, Paul

Imberti, B.

Neo Teing Siew 1 regd.

Sheather, C. H,

Wing On Chong 1 White, Wm. E. 1

Dumont, Mrs. H. 1

Evans, James S. 1

Lie Koetsay Lone, J.

regd.

Pembroke, F. 3 2 Pike, Mr.

Stewart, Capt. 1 Stott, Revd. G. 1 Sharp, C. K.

Wai Chung

1 regd.

Young, T., Mr. 1

Walsh, Jas., Jr. 1.

Willberg, Ch. 1

For Merchant Ships.

Letters. Papers.

Arabella, Alice

1 regd.

Altcar

Colomo

Anna

Challonge 1 Commonwealth, p.s. 2

Globo

Letters. Papers. Flintshire, s.s. 1 Fleetwing

Letters. Papers.

Lets. Pprs.

Jnles Dufaure 1 Julie

Overdale

Stander, s.s.

1 regd.

Devina

Great Admiral 1

Lady Penrhyn 4 Laurell Lota

1412

Shaughthevin 1 regd.

Palestine

Sydenham

Parthead Twescanal1

Strathern

4 1

Perctroclue 1

S. Vaughan

2 1 regd.

Brisbane

Dharwar

Behar, s.s.

Bertha Marion 1

Erminia

Black Prince

Emily

Emily Chaplain 10

City of Aberdeen

Eleanor

Gylding Gitanilla

Hawkesbury Harkaway Helen

Prince Amadeo 2

Southern Cross 1

Cashmere

Elizabeth Chills 2

Corona

Estrone

Hindostan Hopeful

Countess of Erroll 5 1

Espiegle

Commonwealth 1

　　Corea Chinaman

4212121

Commissary

Corrientes

Columbian, s.s. 1

Creswell

Freeman Clark Fair Leader

Ferntower, s.s. 1 Fabius Failoong, s.s. Firth of Forth 2

Hail Columbia Hornet Hylton Castle 2 Irigo Invincible

2122

KO CO TO GE HN HN

Magdala Mary Blair Maria Mary Smith Melbreck McNear Magdalen

28127

Prince Louis. 10°

Sarah Bell

Phillip Fitzpatrick 1 Premie

S. Hunlie

Satent

Southesk

Robert Henderson10 Rifleman

Tai Watt

Rosie Welt

5 regd.

Tokatea

Moss Glen

Rosebud

Teti Austrian 1

Maritime Union 2

Remonstrant

Tamar

Marcia, s.s..

Rosetta McNeil

Tweed

Mignon

Regent

Trowbridge

Madeleine

Tyburnia

Sea Gull, s.s.

James Shepherd

J. MacDonald 1

Napier Nyassa

22 12

, Sacramento

Wm. Manson

Supreme

Wm. Phillips

For H. M. Ships.

Frolic,.....................1 Letter.

Magpie...................2 Letter.

Sheldrake,..............2 Letters · 1 Paper. Victor Emanuel,................................1 Letter.

Books, &c., without Covers.

Illustrated London News. Journal de St. Peters Navy List.

Amsterdamsche Courant. De Aarde.

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2 Papers:

1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

Cape d'AGUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

WINDS

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

DAY AND

BARO-]

HOUR.

DATE.

METER

0 TO 12. Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

WEA-

BARO-

0 TO 12.

THER.

METER

WEA-

THER.

Attd.|Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. | Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

THERMOMETER.

In inches

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

In inches

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. | Force.

during previous: 24 hours.

Saturday, 9 30.15 79.0

78.0 73.0

b.c.

29.98 80.0

26th

Oct.

Sunday,

Noon 30.11 81.5 82.0 75.0 80.0 73.0 30.06 81.0

: :

b.c.

80.01 74.0

b.c.

80.0 74.0 E 29.97 82.0 84.0 76.0 82.0 74.0 E 29.93 82.0

3 b.c.

30.03 77.0

··

b.c.

0.00

84.0 76.0 E

b.c.

80.01 | 78.0 78.5 74.0 75.0 73.0 NE 29.96 77.5

76.0 73.0 NE

b.c.

28.32 | 72.0|

71.0 69.0 E

o.m.

b.c.

0.00

28.2973.0 73,0 68.0 72.0 70.0 E

0.m.

0.00

76.5 73,5 NE

b.c.

28.26 73.0

72.0 70.0 E

o.m.

.0"

30.1780.0

79.0 74.0

b.c.

29.99 82.0

27th

Noon 30.13|80,082,0| 76.0 80.0 73.0|

b.c.

29.99 | 83.0 85,5 76.0 85.5 80.0 E

Oct.

30.07 80.5

80.0 74.0

b.c.

29.95 84.0

b.c.

30.02 80.0

78.0 74.0 NE

b.c.

28.32 | 73.0

72.0 70.0 E

b.m.

b.c.

0.00

30.03 80.0 80.0 74.0 78.0 74.0 NE

b.c.

28.82 74.0 73.0 64,0 78.0 71.0 E

b.m.

0.00

84.5 80.0 E

b.c.

29.9979.0

78.0 74.0 NE

b.c.

28.27 72.0

71.0 70.0 E

b.m.

Monday,

9 30.16 80.0

28th

Oct.

78.574.5 Noon 30.16 82.0 83.0 75.0 81.0.74.0 3 30.12 83.0 82.0 78.5

c.b.

29.99 81.0

80.0 76.5 NNE

b.c.

29th

Oct.

Wednesday, 9

30th

Tuesday, 9 30.28 74.0|

Noon 30.26 76.0 78.0 70.0 74.0] 66.0| 30.2176.0

30.31 73.0]

Noon? 30.27 | 74.0 76.0] 68.0 72.0 66.0

71.0 62.5

:88

Oct.

30.2275.0

75.0 66.0

71.0 66.0

True wind cannot be registered.

Do.

b.c.

29.99 | 83.0 86.0 75,5| 84.0 77.0 NE

0.00

30.03 81.0]

30.03 81.0 82.5 78.5 81.0 74.0 N

79.0 74.0 N

b.c.

0.00

28.33 | 74.0]

28.3276.0 75,0 70.0 75,0] 72.0 N

b.c.

29.99 85.0

··

86.0 80.0 NE

30.02 82.0

··

82.0 74.0 N

3 b.c.

28.30 74.0

74.0 70.0 NE

b.m.

0.00

73.0 70.0 N

100

b.m.

c.b.

30.10 76.0

72.0 65.0 N

30.05 81,0

79.0 74.0 N

5 b.c.

28.40 66.0}

65.0] 59.0] N

o.m.

b.c.

30.11 | 77.0 90.0] 70.5 78.5 69.0 NNE

0.00

30.04 81.0 82.0 73.0 81,075.0 N

b.c.

0.00

28.38 67.0 67.0 62.0 66.0 62.0 N

b.m.

0.00

b.c.

30.08 79.0

··

80.0 73.0 NNE

30.02 82.0

82.0 76.0 N

3 b.c.

28.36 | 67.0

67.0 64.0 ENE

h.m.

b.c.

30.12 74.0

73.0 68.0 NE

b.c.

30.18 75.0

73.0 66,5]

b.c.

30.12 76.0 80.5 68.0 76.0 69.0 NE 30.09 77.0

b.c.

0.00

76.0 69.0 NE

b.c.

30.17 || 74.0 76.0 68.0 70.5 64.0 NE 30.11 75.0

Thursday,

9 30.3078.0

31st

Oct.

Noon? 30.25 75.5 76.0 69.0 74.0 65.0| 30.2176.0

6:9

71.5 65,0

30.10 74.0

74.0 67.5

73.0 66.5 NE

b.c.

30.21 | 75,0

888

70.0 65.0 NE

6 b.c.

28.43 65.0|

65.0 63.0 E

o.c.m.

6 b.c.

0.00

71.0 64.5 NE

b.c.

28.38 67.0

28.40 68.0 68.0 61.0 68.0 65.0] ENE 67.0 64.0 ENE

4 o.m.

0,00

o.c.m.

71.0 62.5 NE

28.44 65.0

65.0 61.0] ENE

4 o.m.

30.10 | 77.0 79.5 68.5 77.0 67.5 NE 30.09 78.0

b.c.

78.0 71.0 E

b.?.

Friday,

30.2574.5

1st

Noon? 30.20 | 77,0| 77,0| 70,0| 75,0| 69,0

Nov.

3 30.15 77.0

73.0 67.0

b.c.

75.0 69.0

b.c.

30.03 79.0]

30.08 75.0 30.07 | 78.0 84.0] 69,5| 79.0] 71.0 ESE 78.5 71.0 ESE

74.0 69.0 E

b.c.

3 b.c.

0:00

b.c.

28.40 67.0 67.0 61.0 67,0 63.0| ENE 28.37 67.0

28.41 69.0

28.37 68.0 68.0 62.0 68.0 65.0 ENE 28.32 69.0

misty (hazy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; q. squally; ". rain; s. snow; t. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility.

STATE OF WEATHER:-b. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; f. foggy; g. gloomy; h. hail; 7. lightning| Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). NOTE.—A bar —) under any letter augments its signification, thus f, very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and conting rain, &c., &c.

30.15 | 75.0 76.0 67.5 72.5| 65,0| NE

0.03

???? :

30.11 | 75.0

73.0 66.5 NE

: ?,:

o.m.

0.00

67.0 66.0 ENE

o.m.

30.13 76.0|

73.0 67.0 NE

5 b.c.

30.1176.0 77,0 66.0 74.5 69.5] NE 30.0676.0

b.c.

0.00

00:0

68.0 65.0 ENE

74.0 69.0 NE

b.c.

co co

b.c.

0.00

69.0 66.0| ENE

b.c.

: 8:

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Description of Wind.

Figures

Bare Poles......

Wind.

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Strong Breeze

Fresh Gale -

Strong Gale.

Whole Gale

Storm.....

Hurricane....

Just sufficient to give steerag

With which the aboye Ship wi

set and clean full would goal

water...

In which she could just carry la dhass?, full and by

to 2 knots

to 4

to 6

Royals, &c.

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails.

Double Reefs and Jib, &c. Triple Reefs, &c..

Close Reefs and Courses ..

In which she could just bear close-reefed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail

Under Storm Staysail"....

to denote

Illustrations of

of the Wind as regards a well-conditioned or First-class Clipper Ship.

Rate of the Wind per Hour in Miles.

the Force

of the

Wind.

0 to 2

3 10

11 - 15

70 - 80

above 80

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SUPREME court oF HONGKONG.

UNI

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in its Original Jurisdiction on Mondays and Thursdays.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

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C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

THE BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE, 1864.

MEMORANDUM of DEED or other INSTRU- MENT to be registered pursuant to The Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1864.”

1. Title of Deed,

Deed of Assignment and Re-

whether Deed of lease. Assignment,

Composition or Inspectorship.

2. Date of Deed.

3. Date of Execution

by Debtors.

4. Names and Des-

criptions of the Debtors as in the Deed.

3. The Names and

Descriptions of the

29th October, 1878.

CHUN SOON GHEE whose name in Chinese characters is

and Wo LEAN TUCK whose nam

IN THE SUPREME URT OF HONG KONG IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG

IN BANKRUPTCY.

NOTICE-WONG YAU MUI, and TANG

IN BANKRUPTCY,

In re CHA-Sz, a Ban' rupt.

TOTICE.~The last examination of the above

11. L. DENNYS, Bankrupt's Solicitor,

SIK LING both of Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, Traders, carrying on business under the style or firm name of "YEE ON," having been adjudged Bankrupts under a Petition for adju-turday, the 23rd day of November, 1878, at dication in Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme 11 o'clock in the forenoou. Court of Hongkong, on the 11th day of () t- ber, in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy eight, a public sitting for the said Bankrupts to pass their last examination, and make application for their order of discharge, will be held before the Honourable FRANCIS SNOWDEN, Judge of the said Court, at the Supreme Court House, Victoria, aforesaid, on Wednesday, the 13th day of November instant, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon of that day pre- cisely.

The Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee, and the undersigned is the Solicitor, acting for the Bankrupts.

Dated the 1st day of November, A.D. 1878.

WILLIAM WOTTON, Solicitor acting in the Bankruptcy, 29, Queen's Road, Ilongkong.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

NOTICE ELIJAH LILLEY, of Victoria, in

the Colony of Hongkong, lately carrying on business at No. 1, Pottinger Street, Victoria, aforesaid, having been adjudged a Bankrupt under a Petition for adjudication of Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong, on the 12th day of October, in the year of our Lord 1878, a public sitting for the said Bankrupt to pass his last examination, and make application in Chinese characters is fit for his order of discharge, will be held before the trading together in co-partnership at No. 75, Praya West, Sy-ing- poon, in the City of Victor?a, in the Colony of Hongkong, as Mer- chants, under the style or firm of "GHEE TUCK" which in Chinese characters is

therein and hereinafter called "the Debtors."

MOK SEE YEONG whose name

姐

Trustees or other in Chinese characters is 吻

Partics to the

Deed, not Includ- of No. 64, Bonham Strand, West,

ing the Creditors. Merchant, trading under the name or style of "WO TYE HONG” which in Chinese characters is

6. A short State-

ment of the Na-

行泰和 and QUAN CHEUK

Moo whose name in Chinese cha-

racters is 謀卓關 of No. 101,

Wing Lok Street, Merchant, trad- ing under the name or style of "KWONG WING SUEN" which

in Chinese characters is 信

thereinafter called "the Trustees." An Assignment of all the Debtors' ture of the Deed. Property, Goods, Chattels, Estate and Effects of whatsoever kind and nature whether joint or separate or otherwise howsoever and where- soever situate of them the said Debtors and each of them, but upon trust for the benefit of all the Creditors of the Grantors or Debtors in the like manner as if the property so conveyed and as- signed had become vested in the Grantees as the Assignees of the Grantors or Debtors under their the Debtors' Bankruptcy, pursu- ant to "The Bankruptcy Ordi- nance, 1864," and also a Release from all the Debtors' liabilities.

1st November, 1878.

7. When left for Registration.

I certify the above to be a true copy of the Entry in the Registry Book of Deeds under "The Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1864."

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

Hongkong, 1st November, 1878.

WILLIAM II. BRERETON,

Solicitor for the above named Trustees, 20, Queen's Road, Hongkong.

Honourable FRANCIS SNOWDEN, Judge of the said Court, at the Supreme Court House, Vic- toria, aforesaid, on Wednesday, the 13th day of November, instant, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon of that day, precisely.

The Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee in the Bankruptcy.

HENRY LARDNER DENNYS, Solicitor for the Bankrupt,

16, Bank Buildings, Hongkong.

NOTICE.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF

HONGKONG.

In the matter of JOHN WILLIAM FINCH, ad- judicated a Bankrupt on the 7th day of July, 1874.

TONG YUT, adjudicated a Bank- rupt on the 26th day of January, 1878.

JOHN ROBINSON WHITE, ad- judicated a Bankrupt on the 16th day of March, 1878.

LUK MUI, adjudicated a Bank- rupt on the 6th day of April, 1878.

YU CHING, adjudicated a Bank- rupt on the 20th day of May, 1878.

YU HANG alias Yu KWANG, adjudicated a Bankrupt on the 20th day of May, 1878.

DIVIDEND MEETING will be held on the 8th day of November, 1878, in each of the above Estates, commencing at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely.

26th October, 1878.

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Hongkong, 24th day of October, 1878.

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Published by Authority.

No. 45.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 9TH NOVEMBER, 1878.

VOL. XXIV.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

No. 213.

　　　　The following Commission under the Hand and Seal of His Excellency the Governor is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 7th November, 1878.

[L.S.] J. POPE HENNESSY.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Whereas in consequence of the conviction of FREDERICK SOWLEY HUFFAM for the misappropriation of certain money received by him as Official Assignee under Ordinance 13 of 1867 of certain Bankrupt Estates, I have considered it desirable in the interest of the public service of this Colony, of the Suitors in the Supreme Court, and of the public generally, that enquiries should be made as to whether or not greater precautions, me be adopted for the spent and shan aparcariation, or distribution of moneys, goods and chattels, or vluable securities, which are paid into or deposited with the apice Gift of this Colony, or are collected or received by,, or deposited with persons holding official appointments in connection therewith:

　　　　And whereas such enquiries will be most conveniently prosecuted by Commissioners appointed by a Commission to report upon the matters in question: I, JOHN POPE HENNESSY, Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Governor and Commander-in-chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, appoint you The Honourable CHARLES MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary and Auditor General, The Honourable GEORGE PHILLIPPO, Attorney General, THOMAS JACKSON, Esquire, and WILLIAM WOTTON, Esquire, to be Commissioners for instituting and prosecuting all needful or proper enquiries in that behalf and for this purpose to make enquiries as to the duties and responsibilities of the Registrar of the Supreme Court, the Sheriff, the Deputy Registrar, the Bailiffs, and the Officers and Servants in the departments of the Registrar and the Sheriff, and also as to the duties and responsibilities of the Registrar of the Supreme Court as Official Assignee and Official Administrator ex-officio respectively under Ordinances 5 of 1864 and 9 of 1870, and also as to the duties and responsibilities of Official Assignees especially appointed by the Governor under Ordinance 15 of 1867, of Official Liquidators appointed by the Court under Ordinance 1 of 1865, and of Official Trustees appointed by the Governor under Ordinance 1 of 1873, and of all other persons holding similar appointments from the Crown, the Governor, or the Court, whose duty it is to collect, receive, or dispose of any moneys, securities for money, or property of any description, under or by virtue of the orders of the Supreme Court, or under or by virtue of their respective appointments, in respect to the collection, receipt, custody, management and disposition of all moneys, goods and chattels, valuable securities, or other property which may be received or disposed of by them in any such official capacity as aforesaid, and as to the practice and procedure connected with the receipt and payment of money, and as to the method of keeping accounts by such parties respectively, and as to any existing checks upon fraud or malversation of office by such parties respectively, and as to the rules in force for the guidance of such parties in dealing with public money, or securities, or with money or valuable securities entrusted to or received or collected by them in virtue of any such ap- pointment as aforesaid, and generally as to the practice and procedure in respect of the realization of assets and the estment and distribution thereof, and the winding up of estates in which any of the parties above cumerated are concerned, and to take evidence in the premises, and to report to me all evidence so taken by you and your opinions and recommendations thereon, and I do hereby require you to commence your proceedings forthwith and to make your Report to me as aforesaid with all

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526 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH NOVEMBER, 1878.

reasonable despatch, and I do hereby empower you, during the course and for the purposes of this Commission, to demand and obtain access at all times to all papers, records and documents relating to the subject matter of your enquiry in the custody and under the control of the Registrar of the Supreme Court or any of the public Departments within this Colony, and from time to time to call before you and examine all such Officers and other persons as aforesaid and all other persons in the public service that you may consider necessary, and I do hereby charge all persons in the public service to be aiding and assisting unto you herein.

　　　Given under my Hand and under the Seal of the Colony of Hongkong, ct Victoria, in this Colony, this sixth day of November, 1878.

By Command,

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Νο. 214.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Order by His Excellency the Governor-in Council is published for general

information.

By Command,

C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 7th November, 1878.

ORDER OF HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

AT THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG,

the 6th day of November, 1878.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

Whereas by "The Post Office Ordinance, 1876," it is provided, amongst other things, that the Governor in Council may, from time to time, by Order under his hand dete ne the Rates of Postage to be charged upon all correspondence sent hy post from the General Pos ce of the Colony, or received from places outside the Colony, and the Scale of Weights according to which such Rates are to be charged:

-V.

　　　And whereas by an Order in Council bearing date the 17th day of September, 1877, the Governor in Council was pleased to order that the Rates of Postage and Scale of Weight should, until further notice, be according to the Table to the said Order annexed:

And whereas it has been necessary to revise the said Table and to substitute a new Table in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, His Excellency JOHN POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G., in Council, by virtue of the powers in that behalf by the said Ordinance or otherwise in him vested, is pleased to order that the said Table annexed to the said Order of the 17th day of September, 1877, be revoked, and that the Rates of Postage and Scale of Weight shall, until further notice, be according to the Table hereunto annexed.

Approved in Council,

J. POPE HENNESSY, Governor.

H. E. WODEHOUSE, Clerk of Councils.

RATES

OF POSTAGE

I.--TO COUNTRIES OF THE POSTAL UNION:

General Rates of Postage to or from the Countries of the Postal Union (see list below), Exceptional Rates to or from the Countries marked (16) in the list below, via Brindisi only,.

PAID

UNPAID

PAID

UNPAID

REGISTRATION.

8 cents.

NEWSPAPERS AND PRICES CURRENT.

2 cents. Cannot be sent.

BOOKS AND PATTERNS, PER 2 OZ.

4 cents. Letter Rate.

LETTERS,

PER OZ.

12 cents. 18

16 cents. 22

8 cents.

4 cents. Cannot be sent.

6 cents. Letter Rate.

? Less the value of the Stamps, if any.

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526 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH NOVEMBER, 1878.

　　　Given under my Hand and under the Seal of the Colony of Hongkong, ct Victoria, in this Colony, this sixth day of November, 1878.

By Command,

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Νο. 214.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Order by His Excellency the Governor-in Council is published for general

information.

By Command,

C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 7th November, 1878.

ORDER OF HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

AT THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG,

the 6th day of November, 1878.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

-V.

And whereas it has been necessary to revise the said Table and to substitute a new Table in lieu thereof:

Approved in Council,

J. POPE HENNESSY, Governor.

H. E. WODEHOUSE, Clerk of Councils.

RATES

OF POSTAGE

I.--TO COUNTRIES OF THE POSTAL UNION:

General Rates of Postage to or from the Countries of the Postal Union (see list below), Exceptional Rates to or from the Countries marked (16) in the list below, via Brindisi only,.

PAID

UNPAID

PAID

UNPAID

REGISTRATION.

8 cents.

NEWSPAPERS AND PRICES CURRENT.

2 cents. Cannot be sent.

BOOKS AND PATTERNS, PER 2 OZ.

4 cents. Letter Rate.

LETTERS,

PER OZ.

12 cents. 18

16 cents. 22

8 cents.

4 cents. Cannot be sent.

6 cents. Letter Rate.

? Less the value of the Stamps, if any.

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH NOVEMBER, 1878.

THE COUNTRIES OF THE POSTAL UNION ARE AS FOLLOWS:-

527

Aden.

Ceylon.

Africa, West Coast,...(16)

Chandernagore.

India. Italy.

New Brunswick,......(16)

Tahiti.

New Caledonia.

Tangiers.

Algeria.

Denmark and Colonies.

Japan, (Local Rates).

Newfoundland,

.(16)

Tetuan.

Angola,

.(16)

Dutch Guiana,

...(16)

Karikal.

Norway.

Timor.

Annobon.

Egypt.

*Kashmir.

Nova Scotia,............(16)

Tripoli.

Argentine Republic,.(16)

Austria.

Falkland Islands,..

..(16)

Labuan.

Persia.

Tunis.

Faroe Islands.

Lagos,

..(16)

Peru,

.(16)

Turkey.

Azores Islands,........................(16)

Fernando Po, .......................(16)

*Ladak.

Philippine Islands, (Local).

United Kingdom..................

.(16)

*Bagdad.

Finland.

*Linga.

Fondicherry.

United States,

.(16)

Balearic Islands.

France and Colonies.

Low Islands.

Portugal and Colonies.

Vancouver's I.,.

.(16)

Barbary.

French Guiana,

.(16)

Luxemburg:

Prince Edward's I.,...(16)

WEST INDIES, viz. :—

*Bassora.

Gaboon,

.(16)

Madagascar.

R?union.

Buen Ayre,..

.(16)

Batavia.

Gambia,

.(16)

Mah?.

Roumania.

Cuba,..

Cura?oa,.

.(16)

Belgium.

Germany.

Madeira,.

....(16)

Russia.

Desirade,

.(16)

Guadeloupe,

(16)

Bermuda,...

.(16)

Gibraltar.

Malta.

Saigon, (also see Local).

Isle of Pines,

..(16)

Jamaica,.

.(16)

Brazil,

.(16)

Goa.

Manila, (Local Rates).

Senegal,

..(16)

Les Saintes,

..(16)

British Guiana,.......

.(16)

Gold Coast,

..(16)

*Mandalay.

Servia.

Marie Galante,

.(16)

Martinique,

..(16)

Buenos Ayres,.. .(16)

Greece.

Marian Islands.

Seychelles.

Oruba,.

.(16)

*Bunder Abas.

Greenland,

..(16)

Marquesas Islands.

Sierra Leone,..

.(16)

Porto Rico,

(16)

Saba,..

.(16)

*Bushire.

*Gwadur.

Mauritius.

Spain and Colonies.

St. Croix,

(16)

*Cabul.

Holland.

Mayotte.

St. Pierre et Miquelon.

St. Eustatius,·

(16)

St. John,

.(16)

Canada,

.(16)

Honduras,

.(16)

Mozambique.

Straits Settlements.

St. Martin,

.(16)

St. Thomas,

..(16)

Canary Islands,

.(16)

Hongkong and Agencies.

Cape Verde Islands.

Hungary.

Cayenne,

Iceland.

*Muscat.

Netherlands and Colonies. Netherlands India.

Sweden.

Surinam,

.(16)

Trinidad,

.(16)

Yanaon.

Switzerland.

*Zanzibar.

II.-TO NON-UNION COUNTRIES.

NON-UNION COUNTRIES.

PACKET.

SUPERSCRIP-

TION.

LETTERS.

PER OZ.

REGIS-

TRATION.

NEWS-

PAPERS.

Books &

PAT-

TERNS. PER 2 OZ.

* Aspinwall (N.R.), Bahamas, Guatemala (N.R.), Hayti (N.R.), Mexico (N.R.), Panama (N.R.), Salvador (N.R.), Venezuela (N.R.),

....

* Australia, New Zealand Tasmania, Fiji, Cape of Good C.

Hope, Natal, St. Helena, Ascension,

*Bolivia, Chili Costa R

nada (N.K.), Nicaragua (N.R.),

* Hawaiian Kingdom,

Via

cents. cents. | cents.

cents.

U.S.

San Francisco,

N.R.

(Fr. Br.

Naples,

Southampton,

Br.

Brindisi,

122 22

446

(Bf.

Br. Brindisi,

N.R.

U.S. San Francisco,

N.R.

(Fr. Naples,

N.R.

Br.

Southampton,

Br.

Brindisi,

446

∞ ∞

N.R.

* West Indies, (except those named under Union Countries, } the Bahamas, and Hayti, which see) Paraguay, Uruguay, J

{

Fr.

} 34

N.R.§

N.R. §

Br.

Naples, Southampton,

Br. Brindisi,

§ Except to British W. Indies, 12 cents.

N.R. signifies No Registration; Br., Fr., or U.S. by British, French, or United States Packet respectively; C., by Contract Packet; Pr., by Private Steamer; (*) Prepayment is compulsory; (1) A small extra charge is made on delivery.

III.-LOCAL POSTAGE,

LETTERS REGIS- NEWS- PEROZ. TRATION. PAPERS.

BOOKS & PARCELS

PAT-

PER b.

TERNS. PER 2 OZ.

INCLUDING

REGISTRY.

cents.

cents. cents.

cents.

Within any Town or Settlement, or between Hongkong, Canton, and

Macao, in either direction,

Between any other two of the following places (through a British Office), viz.: Hongkong, Macao, Ports of China, Bangkok, Cochin China, Tonquin, and the Philippines, by Private Ship, Between Hongkong, Shanghai, and Yokohama, in either direction, by *

British, French, or U.S. Mail Packet,

Parcels; Between British Offices in China, Macao, Pakhoi, Sin-

gapore, Penang, and Malacca,

General Post Office, Hongkong, 1st November, 1878.

528 THE HONGKong goverNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH NOVEMBER, 1878.

No. 215.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　Notice is hereby given that Rule 67 of the Victoria Gaol Regulations is rescinded, and the following Rule has been substituted for it by His Excellency the Governor in Council.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th November, 1878.

RULE No. 67, VICTORIA GAOL.

Drawn by, His Excellency the Governor's request.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

　　No. 67. The Colonial Chaplain shall read prayers with the prisoners of his own persuasion at least once in every week, and preach to them, and perform all other offices of religion as he may think fit, and may visit each of such prisoners in his or her cell as often as he may think fit at reasonable times. To sick, dying, or condemned prisoners, he shall have access at any time.

No. 216.

'GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　The following letter from the Privy Council to the Colonial Office, dated 5th September, 1878, together with the Memorandum accompanying it, is by direction of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies, published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th November, 1878.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

COPY.

Privy Council to Colonial Office.

PRIVY COUNCIL OFFICE,

5th September, 1878.

SIR, I am directed by the Lord President of the Council to transmit to you the enclosed copy of a Memorandum which has been sent to the Foreign Office for the purpose of calling the attention of Foreign Governments to the provisions in the "Contagious Diseases (Anir ls) Act, 1878," which relate to animals imported from abroad.

dum in question before Secretary

The Lord President requests that you will lay the Memorandum in question before Secretary Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH, and that you will call his attention to Section 5, Sub-section IX., of the above-named Act, by which animals imported from Her Majesty's Colonies are deemed, for the purposes of the Act, to be foreign animals, and I am to suggest, for the consideration of Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH, whether the attention of the various Colonial Governments should not be called to this fact, in order that the information referred to in the Memorandum may be furnished by any Colony that may desire to apply for exemption from the provisions of the. Act as regards slaughter at the port of debarkation.

The Under Secretary of State,

COPY.

&c., &c., &c.,

Colonial Office.

MEMORANDUM.

I am, &c.,

(Signed,)

C. L. PEEL,

　　The attention of all Foreign Governments should be called to the provisions of the "Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, 1878," under which, except in the case of countries specially exempted by the Privy Council, "in whole or in part, from the operation of the Act, all animals landed from abroad in any part of the United Kingdom, will, after the 1st January next, be slaughtered at the port of debarkation.

　　The Lords of Her Majesty's Privy Council will require from any country applying for exemption-

1. A statement of the laws which regulate the importation of animals into that country; 2. Of the methods adopted to prevent the spreading of any contagious disease when it

exists there;

3. A periodical report on the general sanitary condition of their animals.

　　It is also desirable that their Lordships should be furnished, before the 1st of November next, with such information, on the points above referred to, as Her Majesty's representatives in foreign countries which export animals to the United Kingdom may be able to obtain through the British Consulates.

No. 217,

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH NOVEMBER, 1878. 529

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notice respecting a Prize of ?100 for an Essay on Hydrophobia is published】 for general information.

By Command,

C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th November, 1878.

PRIZE OF ONE HUNDRED POUNDS.

FOR AN

ESSAY ON HYDROPHOBIA:

ITS NATURE, PREVENTION, AND TREATMENT

OFFERED BY

· V. F. BENETT STANFORD, Esq., M.P.,

TO BE AWARDED BY THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS of London.

Conditions under which the above Prize is to be competed for:--

(1.) The Essay must be in English, or accompanied by an English translation.

The Essay must be delivered to the College on or before January 1st, 1880.

(3.) Each Essay to be accompanied by a sealed envelope, containing the name and address of the author, and bearing a motto on the outside. The same motto to be inscribed on the Essay.

(4.) The Essay may be the joint production of two or more authors.

(5.) The Essay, if not published by the author within a year, to become the property of

the College.

(6.) The Prize not to be awarded unless an Essay of sufficient merit be presented.

The questions which are thought by the College specially to require investigation are:---

(a.) The origin and history of outbreaks of Rabies, particularly in the United Kingdom

and its dependencies.

(b.) The best mode of prevention of Rabies.

(c.) The c racteristics of Rabies during life

which are associated wh

? ?

commencement.

(d.) The origin of Hydrophobia in man

omier 1, and chemical changes

stages, particularly in its

(e.) The chemical and anatomical morbid changes observed in the subjects of the disease, with special reference to those having their seat in the organs of the nervous system, and in the salivary glands.

(f.) The symptoms of the disease, particularly of its early stage, as illustrated in well-

observed cases.

(g.) The diagnosis of the disease in doubtful cases, from conditions more or less resem-

bling it.

(h.) The alleged prolonged latency of the malady.

(i.)

The efficacy of the various remedies and modes of preventing the disease, which have been proposed, and what plan of treatment, whether prophylactic or curative it would be most desirable to recommend for future trial.

No. 218.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following abstract of the Returns of the Collector of Stamp Revenue, dated 1st November, 1878, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th November, 1878.

C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Total Revenue 'dthe month of October, 1878,.

1877,.

$ 11,086.21 $ 9,914.63

Increase,

Collected in 1878 up to October 31st,

in 1877

$ 1,171.58

.$107,768.41 .$ 98,161.51

Increase,

$ 9,60

}

530

No. 219.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH NOVEMBER, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following letter reporting on Danger off Olifant's Point is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th November, 1878.

C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary.

REPORT ON DANGER, OFF OLIFANT'S POINT.

H.M. Surveying Vessel Fawn, Table Bay, 5th June, 1878.

Commodore F. W. SULLIVAN, C. B., Senior Officer.

Sir, I have the honour to inform you that on the 3rd instant, I made an examination of the locality where the Union mail steamer Kafir struck and was lost on February last.

2. The Survey has not been exhaustive, as time would not allow me to fill up thoroughly the great blanks that have been left in the Chart of the entire west shore of the Cape Peninsula, nor was there any occasion why a very close Survey of the waters off Olifant's Bosch should be undertaken.

The locality is well-known to fishermen, who spend great part of their lives there, and three visits that I have made by land from Simon's Town, have convinced me that these men know of no danger outside the Rock called by them the "Albatross," on which they one and all declare the Kafir to have struck, they having been eye witnesses of her movements.

3. The result of my examination is that the "Albatross" rock is 1,200 yards from the shore of Olifant's Point, or 500 yards farther seaward than previously shown on the Chart.

4. The spot where the Kafir's remains now lie is 1.6 miles to the S.E. B S. of this rock.

5. A *tracing of my soundings in this vicinity is enclosed for your information.

I have, &c.,

W. J. L. WHARTON, Commander in charge of Survey.

No. 220.

* Filed in Surveyor General's Office, for general information.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notice to Mariners is published for general information.

By Command,

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th November, 1878.

}

Government of India.

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AGRICULTURE, AND COMMERCE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

[No. 23.]

BAY OF BENGAL, COAST OF BURMA.

Reported Shoal, North-west of Cheduba Island.

　　　Mr. W. E. Hutchinson, Commanding the British India Steam Navigation Company's Steamer Avagyee, whilst on a voyage from Bassein to Kyouk Phyou, observed heavy rollers and breakers indicative of a shoal patch, with probably only 2 or 3 fathoms at low water, lying 8 miles to the north-west of Beacon island, Cheduba, coast of British Burma.

From the shoal, West point of Ramree island bears N. by E. E., and the north-west point of Cheduba island S. E. by 3., which places it in latitude 19° 2' N., and longitude 93° 21' 30" E.

CAUTION.-The whole of the neighbourhood of Cheduba and Ramree islands is imperfectly known, and careful avigation is necessar

[The bearings are Magnetic: Variation 2° 55′ Easterly in 1878.]

By Direction of the Government of India,

A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, Comdr. (late I. N.),.

Superintendent, Marine Survey of India.

NE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, 15th October 1878.

affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Cheduba strait and Ramree harbour, No. 832; Elephant point to Che Juba, No. 821; Bassein ng, No. 830; Bay of Bengal, No. 70b; Indian Ocean, No. 7486; and Taylor's Sailing Directory, Vol. I, page 490.

received on boardship, the substance of it should be inserted on the Charts affected by it, and introduced into the Sailing Directions

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH NOVEMBER, 1878.

NOTICE.

531

　　　　All persons intending to apply for Seamen's Boarding House Licences for the years 1878-1879, under Ordinance No. 6 of 1852, should send in their applications in writing to this Office, on or before Saturday, the 23rd November, stating accurately the position of the House, and that there is an entire dwelling intervening between it and any House licensed for the sale of Spirituous or Fermented Liquors.

In measuring the rooms, strict regard will be paid to the Regulations laid down on the 1st July, 1872, and no Licence will be granted to any House that does not come within the full meaning of the Ordinance.

　　　　Before a Licence can be issued, the Applicant will be required to produce the sanction of a Police Magistrate.

Harbour Department, Hongkong, 31st October, 1878.

J. P. McEUEN, Acting Harbour Master, &c.

No. 210.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Schedule 1, Provisions.

2, Medical Comforts.

3, Bedding and Clothing.

4, Miscellaneous.

Tenders may be made for all 4 Schedules, or for each separately.

　　　　The Contractor will be required to enter into a Bond for the due fulfilment of his Contract, and for the supply of all articles of the best quality.

Tenders must be in duplicate, and in sealed envelopes, endorsed "Tenders for Hospital Contract." Forms of Tender, and all other information, may be obtained from the Superintendent of the Government Civil Hospital.

No Tenders will be received, unless the Person tendering shall produce a receipt to the effect that he has deposited in the Colonial Treasury the sum of $200 as a pledge of the band fides of his offer, hich sum shall e forfeited to the

Ine. Government s not bind itself to accept the lowest, or any Tender.

By Command,

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 31st October, 1878.

No. 128.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

HONGE SILVER SUBSIDIARY COINS.

Notice is hereby given, that these Coins of the respective values of 20 Cents, 10 Cents, and 5 Cents each, can be obtained at par at the Colonial Treasury, and at the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd June, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

NOTICE.

　　　　　It is requested that such Rates may be paid before the 31st October, as after that date application will be made to the Supreme Court for the recovery of arrears.

Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 5th October, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Treasurer.

532

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH NOVEMBER, 1878.

Letters. Papers.

Aky, (Mypan) 1 regd.

Bryde, Capt.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Unclaimed Correspondence, 8th November, 1878.

Letters. Papers.

MacKenzie,Capt.1 Moore, Mr.

Letters. Papers

Richards, Samuel 2 Richmond, A. 1

Leis. prs.

Talpey, Capt. F. Tongei, (Chino) 1 Thiel, John F. ?. 1

Thomson, Alex. 1

Tanner, J. B. Taffell, Wm.

Walsh, Jas., Jr. 1 Willberg, Ch.

Letters. Papers.

Letters, Papers.

Gaby, John

Atak, (Mypan) 1 regd.

Beguin, Monsr. J.1

Garstin, Major 1

Lamerton, H. Leu Tong

Ayoon

regd.

Barclay, C. W.

Gilkison, W. P. 1

A-Fook

Black, G. H.

1 reg.

Gomes, C. B. H. 1

Rosendah, P.. Randal, A. R.

Tai Afat

Ainsbury, Capt.

Brooke, J. H. 1

Rayden, W. M. 1

Alexander, H. 1

Aniess William, 1

Cross, Mrs. S. J. 1

Heelis, Arthur 1

Anderson, C. E. 1

Clatand, Monsr. 1

Hill, Chas. E.

Merriman, Jas. 1 Martin, R. M. 1 More, Miss E. J. 1

Rutherford, Revd. 1

Raimond, Baron 1 Roberts, A.

Adkins, Mr.

Clarke, Hugh 1

Howard, Mrs. 1

Muller, A.

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Chulan & Co. 1

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Mellomcosta, A. i

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Hunter, Miss

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Civetta, G.

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Sams, W. F. B. 1

Beal, Mrs.

Bushnell, S. C.

Dhite, Monsr. 2

Pembroke, F. Pike, Mr.

3 2

Savio, Pietro

Sheather, C. H,

Brown, Sir C. 2

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Lone, J.

Patterson,Mrs.H.1

Bossolo, L.

Lock, Thomas 1

Paull, John

Evans, James S. 1

Levis, S.

Persse, Capt.

Larsen, Andrew 1

Fox, Madam

Luz, Ellarina da 1

Ferrero, Luigi

Leys, Robert R. 1

Roche, John Ryan, Capt.

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Stewart, Capt. 1 Stott, Revd. G, 1

Sharp, C. K.

Smith & Co., J. G. 1 Steinhener, C. 1 Souza, D. J. de 1

Whetton, Chas. 1

Weber, R. T.

Wing On Chong 1 White, Wm. E. 1

Wai Chung

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Corona

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Columbian, s.s. 1

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5 regd.

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Tamar

Tweed

Fair Leader

Ferntower, s.s. 1

Irigo Invincible

Napier

1277

Sea Gull, s. Sacramento Sydenham

~16

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General Post Office, Hongkong, 8th November, 1878.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

CAPE D'AGUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

THE

HONGKONG

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH NOVEMBER,

1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

THERMOMETER.

WINDS

DAY AND

DATE.

BARO-

0 TO 12.

WEA-

BARO

THERMOMETER.

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

WEA-

HOUR.

In inches

METER}

THER.

METER

THER.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

? TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

THERMOMETER.

Saturday,

2nd

Nov.

[Attd. Max.] Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force. 30.21 | 75.5 74.0 69.0 Noon 30.18 | 77,5| 78,0| 71,0| 76,0| 70.0| 3 30.1277.0

during previous

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

24 hours.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches

during previous 24 hours.

b.c.

30.03 | 76.0

76.0 71.0 E

b.c.

30.08 78.0

··

74.0 69.0 NE

28.34 66.0

b.c.

30.03 79.0 81.5 71.0 79.0 75.0 E

b.c.

0.00

76.0 70.0

b.c.

30.00 | 80.0

79.0 74.0 E

30,03 | 76.0 76.0 70.0] 74.0 68.0 NE 30.03 75.0

: ?

0.00

66.0 65.0 E 28.35 68.0 69.0 64.0 68.0 66.0 E

o.c.m.

0.00

74.0 68.0 NE

28.30 68.0

68.0 66.0 E

o.c.m.

Sunday, 9 30.18 76.5

3rd.

Noon? 30.14 78.5 81.0 74.0 77.5 71.5

Nov.

Monday,

4th

Nov.

30.10 78.5

30.1978.0

Noon 30.16 | 79.0 81.0 75,0| 77,0| 73,0| 30.12 80.0

75.0 69.0

c.b.

30.00 79.0]

78.5 74.0 E

30.07 76.0

75.0 72.0 NE

b.c.

28.34 68.0

68.0 67.0 E

o.c.m.

b.c.

30.00 81.0 82,5] 74.5 80.0 74.5 E

30.05 | 76.0 76.5 72.0 76.0| 72,0| NE

b.c.

0.00

78.0 73.0

b.c.

30.00 82.0

81.5 76.5 E

30.02 76.0

77.0 72.0

b.c.

30.01 80.01

79.0 74.0 E

30.08 77.0

30.1678.0

Tuesday, 9

5th Noon 30.14 79.0 81.0 75.0 77.0 74.0

78.0 74.0

76.5 73.01

··

Nov.

30.11 | 78.5

76.0 73.0

Wednesday,

6th

9 30.14 79.0

Noon 30.09 | 80.5 82.0] 75.0 79.0 74.0|

77.0 74.0

True wind cannot be registered.

Do.

b.c.

:??

30.01 81.0 82.5 75.0 82.0 75.0 E

b.c.

0.00

:00

:??

76.0 71.0 NE

b.c.

28.34 71.0 71.0 66.0 71.0 68.0 E

28.30 71.0

o.c.m.

70.0 69.0 E

o.c.m.

: 8:

0.00

76.0 72.0| NE

b.c.

28.32 70.0

··

69.0 68.0 E

o.c.m.

30.07 | 77.5 78.0 72.0 76.5 73.0 NE

b.c.

0.00

28.35 72.0 71.0 67.0 71.0 69.0 E

0.c.m.

0.00

b.c.

29.99 82.0

81.5 75.0 E

30.00 77.0

76,5 73.0 NE

b.c.

28.29 72.0

72.0 69.0 E

o.c.m.

b.c.

29.99 80.0

79.0 75.0 E

b.c.

30.03 77.5

77.0 73.0 NE

b.c.

28.32 69.0

0.c.

29.99 81.0 84.0 75.0 80.5 75.0 E

b.c.

0.00

30.04 78.0 79.0 73.5 76.0 73.0 NE

b.c.

0.00

69.0 68.0 E

o.f.

28.31 70.0 70.0 67.0 69,0 69.0 E

o.f.

0.00

O.C.

29.99 80.0

78.5 75.0 E

b.e.

30.00 77.0

b.c.

29.99 81.0

|=80.0] 75.5] E

b.c.

29.99 79.0

b.c.

29.98 82.0 82.5 74.0 82.0 77.0 E

b.c.

0.00

29.99 78.0 78.0 72.0 77.0 74.5| NE

: ?

76.0 73.0 NE

3 b.c.m.

28.30 70.0

··

69.0 68.0 E

o.m.

77.0 74.0 NE

b.c.

28.30 70.0

70.0 69.0 E

o.f.

b.c.

0.00

28.30 74.0 74.0 67.0 73.0 72.0 ESE

o.f.

0.00

Nov.

3 30.05 83.0

Thursday, 9 30.1280.0 79.0 74.0 7th Noon 30.1184.0 84.0 75.0 82.0 76.0 Nov. 3 30.06 84.0

81.0 76.0

b.c.

29.94 84.0

85.5 81.5 EbS

b.c.

29.95 77.0

··

77.0 75.0 NE

b.c.

28.26 75.0

74.0 70.0 E

o.c.m.

b.c.

29.96 82.0

81.0 77.0 Calm

0 b.c.

30.01 80.0

80.0 75.0 SE

b.c.

28.33 75.0

b.c.

29.97 84.0 87.5 75.0 85.0 79.0 W

b.c.

0.00

30.00 81.5 83.0 73.0 81.5 76.0 SE

b.c.

0.00

3:42

74.0 73.0 SE

0.c.

28.81 75.0 76.0 71.0 75.0 73.0 ENE

b.v.

0.00

83.0 77.0

b.c.

29.96 | 86.0

85.0 79.0 W

b.c.

29.99 81.5

Friday, 9

8th

30.1875.0] Noon 30.17 | 75.0 80.0 71.0 73.0 68.0

73.0 67.0

0.c.

O.C.

Nov.

3 30.11 74.5

73.0 67.0

O.C.

30.00 76.0.

30.00 | 75.0 74.0 70.0 NE 30.00 76.0 86.0 74.0 75.5 71.0 NE 75.5 72.0 NE

:??

4 g.

30.06 77.0

0.00

30.0976.0 77.5 68.5 74.0] 68.5 N 30.02 76.0|

688888

81.5 76.0 SE

b.c.

28.27 76.0

72.0 69.0 N

b.c.

28.34 66.0

b.c.

0.00

: 3

75.0 74.0 ENE

b.v.

66.0 64.0 N

o.m.

73.0 68.0 N

2 0.

28.33 67.0 67.0 64.0 67.0 65.0 N 28.2967.0

o.m.

0.00

67.0 65.0 N

o.m.

STATE OF WEATHER:-6. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; f. foggy; . gloomy; h. hail; 7. lightning; Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). misty (hazy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; 9. squally; r. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility. NOTE.-A b?? -- under any letter augments its signification, thus f. very foggy; r, much rain; r. heavy and contining rain, &c., &C.

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

Description of Wind.

Calm..

Light Air Light Breeze Gentle Breeze Moderate Breeze Fresh Breeze... Strong Breeze Moderate Gale Fresh Gale

Strong Gale...................

Whole Gale

Storm......

Hurricane

Illustrations of thewer of the Wind as regards a well-conditioned Man War or First-class Clipper Ship.

Rate of the Wind per Hour in Miles.

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

Just sufficient to give steerage wi With which the above Ship with set and clean full would go in 1

water..

In which she could just carry in full and by

In which she could just bear closes Under Storm Staysail Bare Poles.....................

(1 to 2 knots th? 3 to 4

5 to 6

Royals, &c..

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails..

Double Reefs and Jib, &c.

Triple Reefs, &c...

Close Reefs and Courses

fed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail

0 to 2

3-10

11 - 15

16 - 20

26 - 30

37 44

45 52

53 60

above 80

012345OTARO 2

61 69

888

1878.

533

534 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH NOVEMBER, 1878.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

UNTs Original Jurisdiction on Mondays and

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in

its

Thursdays.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

"NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in

UNT

its Summary Jurisdiction, on every Tues-

day, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG

IN BANKRUPTCY.

In the matter of FOONG HIM SHAN, a Bankrupt.

NOTICE that at the

　　　　　of Creditors held in this matter on the 17th day of October, 1878, CHUN SHUNG LAI, Esq., was appointed Creditors' Assignee of the above- named Bankrupt's Estate.

All persons indebted to the said Estate, are required to make prompt payment to the said Creditors' Assignee.

Dated 9th day of November, A.D. 1878.

STEPHENS & HOLMES,

Solicitors for the Creditors' Assignee, 2, Club Chambers, Hongkong.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

OTICE.—ELIJAH LILLEY, of Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, lately carrying on business at No. 1, Pottinger Street, Victoria, aforesaid, having been adjudged a Bankrupt under a Petition for adjudication of Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong, on 12th day of October, in the year of our 1878, a public sitting for the said Bankrupt to pass his last examination, and make application for his order of discharge, will be held before the Honourable FRANCIS SNOWDEN, Judge of the said Court, at the Supreme Court House, Vic- toria, aforesaid, on Wednesday, the 13th day of November, instant, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon of that day, precisely.

The Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee in the Bankruptcy.

HENRY LARDNER DENNYS, Solicitor for the Bunkrupt, 16, Bank Buildings, Hongkong.

AVIZO.

BAR?O DO CERCAL, renovando o an- nuncio publicado nesta Gazeta do Governo de Hongkong em Dezembro de 1876, declara que n?o se responsabiliza por nenhuma obriga??o con- trahida pela BARONEZA, sua mulher.

Macao, 29 d'Outubro de 1878.

THE BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE, 1864.

MEMORANDUM of DEED or other INSTRU- MENT to be registered pursuant to “The Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1864.”

1. Title of Deed,

Deed of Assignment and Re-

whether Deed of lease. Assignment, Composition or Inspectorship.

2. Date of Deed.

3. Date of Execution

by Debtors.

4. Names and Des-

criptions of the Debtors as in the Deed,

29th October, 1878. 29th October, 1878.

CHUN SOON GHEE whose name

in Chinese characters is 義信會

and Wo LEAN TUCK whose name in Chinese characters is

trading together in co-partnership at No. 75, Praya West, Sy-ing- poon, in the City of Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, as Mer- chants, under the style or firm of "GHEE TUCK" which in Chinese.

characters is

therein and hereinafter called "the Debtors."

MOK SEE YEONG whose name

5. The Names and Descriptions of the Trustees or other in Chinese characters is

Parties to the

ing the Creditors.

Deed, not includ- of No. 64, Bonham Strand, West, Merchant, trading under the name

6. A short State-

ment of the Na-

or style of "WO TYE HONG" which in Chinese characters is

行泰和 and QUAN CHEUK

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VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 16TH NOVEMBER, 1878.

VOL. XXIV.

MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

The following Report, extracted from the Daily Press, is published for general information.

A meeting of the Legislative Council was held on Monday, the 11th November. There were present:—

His Excellency Governor POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G.

Honourable F. SNOWDEN, (Acting Chief Justice). Honourable C. MAY, (Acting Colonial Secretary).

Honourable G. PHILLIPPO, (Attorney General).

Honourable P. RYRIE.

Honourable W. KESWICK,

Honourable H. Lowcock.

Honourable T. C. HAYLLAR, Q.C.

THE ESTIMATES.

　　　　His EXCELLENC* Gentleman, Lacoupielt de muck of your me recentie in a Financial Statement that in laying before you to-day the stimates for 1879, I will confine myself to merely telling you the Treasurer's Estimate of th Expenditure and Revenue, with perhaps one or two remarks. My Honourable friend Mr. PRICE is unfortunately not here to-day owing to illness, but I hold in my hand the Estimate of Revenue, which amounts to $998,636. That Estimate is exclusive of a sum of about we will say $6,000, which we will obtain under Ordinance 10 of 1867, but which is no longer included under the head of General Revenue, but will be used for the purposes of that Act. If that sum had been included, as in former years, our Estimate of Revenue would be over $1,000,000. I have further to tell you Mr. PRICE very properly estimated the Revenue from the Opium Farm at $132,000, the sum received for it ?in 1878, whereas you are doubtless aware we will actually receive, I hope, a considerably larger sum for the Opium Farm in 1879. I am not at this moment quite in a position to say what increase is anticipated, but I am certain from the offers sent in we will receive a larger sum than the sum received this year; but in preparing this Estimate, Mr. PRICE very properly places the Opium. Farm simply at the present figure. Then there is put down a sum of $26,500 for the Spirit Revenue, and you are also aware it is extremely likely we shall receive a good deal more than that, if, with your consent, I establish a Spirit Farm. So far for the Revenue. The Expenditure is estimated at $932,286; in other words, you will see our Revenue is in excess of the Expenditure. You will have all the details before you when the Estimates are printed, and then at the next meeting we can enter fully into discussion on the various details. On this occasion, simply reading the Bill a first time, I suppose we will have no discussion, though on my part I shall offer no objection to any discussion any member may choose to originate. But at the present time I may say our Revenue is in excess of our Expenditure, and considerably in excess for next year, so that in considering the Estimates in detail you will bear in mind what I said on the last occasion, that it may be possible for us to do something in the way of remission of taxation, and on that I wish you to consider before the next meeting two questions. First, I would put before you the question whether we might not remove the licence on native junks. The Revenue from that source is $20,000. The next question will be the reduction of our house tax. You are, of course, aware that any reduction of the house tax would be really made by the Governor in Executive Council, that is, it will be my duty next month to fix the rate for next year. At present it is twelve per cent. I hope to be able to reduce it, but whatever is fixed I would like to have your approval. As to the licence on junks, that is in a different position. If we sweep away the licence we shall have to sweep away those portions of the Ordinance imposing the licence on junks, and having done that it is not likely it would be re-imposed. On the order hand, if we reduce the house tax and in years to come any deficiency occurs, which I hope may not be the case, the tax can be increased if necessary be the Governor in Executive Council. Therefore it will be for you to consider and inform me what course you think ought to be taken with regard to these two items. It is possible also your experience may suggest some other items. However that may be, the Estimates I hold in my hand will be printed and distributed, and then we shall have an opportunity of going more fully with them. I should like to meet again this week if convenient.

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Honourable P. RYRIE.-I suppose we shall have the printed forms some days before the second reading?

His EXCELLENCY.—I will undertake to have them in the hands of Honourable members three days before the second reading, or we can postpone the meeting if you like.

Honourable W. KESWICK.-Seven days is the usual time.

His EXCELLENCY.-Well, we can have seven days. Practically nearly all the items appearing on these papers have been before you in Finance Committee, and so far, therefore, I ought on this occasion to thank you very much for the great pains you have given from time to time in the Finance Committee in framing these Estimates, because that is what it

tell may comes to. I have not myself made a single alteration in any vote passed by the Committee. I

there was one you vote one or two votes, about which I was in a little doubt. I thought perhaps the Finance Committee were a little generous, but I thought it better to yield my views to those of the Committee, and I have allowed the Treasurer to embody in the Estimates every proposal of the Finance Committee.

The Ordinance was read a first time.

THE GAOL.

His EXCELLENCY.-Now, gentlemen, at the last meeting of Council I referred to a suggestion of the Chief Justice about the prison and the prison rules, and I then told you it would be my duty to lay before you information which would put you in possession of the requirements of the Secretary of State. Well, I have done that, and in writing to the Secretary of State I told him that this despatch which he had sent he did not instruct me to lay it before the Legislative Council, but I said "though you have not instructed me to lay the despatch before the Legislative Council, I have ventured to do so, as I am at all times most anxious to ascertain, by the full expression of opinion in public Council, the views of those who represent so important a section of the community as the gentlemen I refer to." I may say that in the despatch I wrote to Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH reporting the fact that I had laid his despatch before the Council, I said that my Honourable friend on the right (Mr. KESWICK) to whom I mentioned in August its general scope and who had a conversation on the subject with Mr. PRICE, and my Honourable friend on the left (Mr. Lowcock), who also had a conversation with Mr. PRICE about it, both entertained doubts as to whether it was judicious to spend much money on Gaol extension in this Colony. My Honourable friend on the right (Mr. KESWICK) did not think it was right to spend much money in that way, and he suggested an alternative scheme which, if carried out, he thought might do away with the necessity. However that may be, I think it only respectful to my Honourable friends that they should have laid before them the first despatch of Lord CARNARVON and the despatch of Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH. They have been in the hands of Honourable members since the 15th October, and I have no doubt my Honourable friends have carefully considered them, and I should be glad to elicit a full and frank expression of opinion on the subject. I am sorry my Honourable friend Mr. PRICE is not here to-day, because he would have given us some important information, but without myself entering into the matter or antici- pating what you may say, I think it but right to inform you what the basis of our consideration ought to be. In the first place Her Majesty's Government say we must have a Gaol on the separate system. Then comes the question how many prisoners ought we to accommodate in the Gaol here. Now, taking this time in the last year Sir ARTHUR KENNEDY'S

r'average of the number Jovember, 1876, that increase the number of

　　　　　　　　　thria Noxomban 1876 oo parind which we may fairly look to as giving u: we ought to provide for in the Gaol, I find a memorandum of Mr. TOMLIN in which he says, owing to the very large number of prisoners confined in the Gaol, 574, it became necessary to prisoners in each cell, putting nine in each of the large cells and seven in the small ones. Mr. TOMLIN also favoured me in May, 1877, with a return of the whole cubic space of the cells in which these prisoners were confined, and the result is that in the large cells, where usually there were seven prisoners, but where in 1876 there had been nine, there were 184 cubic feet for each man. In the other cells it amounted to 221 feet for each man. I now speak of Chinese prisoners only. The European prisoners have larger cells, that is, there is a much smaller number in the cell; indeed, as a general rule, each prisoner has a cell to himself. Now, the question is, if we are to have anything like that number, 574 prisoners, whether it is right to crowd them so much into the cells that we should have only 221 or 184 cubic feet for each man.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Her Majesty's Government have over and over again said you must have at least a thousand cubic feet of breathing space for each man, and I find in a very valuable report supplied by Deputy Inspector-General WELLS and Dr. O'BRIEN, though the precise object of their inquiry was of a different character, they refer incidentally and for reasons which you will understand, to the space in each cell and they express the opinion that the average space in the cells of our prison is not sufficiently large. Taking the Europeans and Chinese throughout the whole of the Gaol in regard to their space they find the allowance is from 482 to 775 cubic feet. This is the general average, which includes Europeans. The figures they gave, 482 and 775, were the figures given by Dr. AYRES. He made a subsequent minute that these were the average of the whole Gaol, including the Europeans, but taking Chinese alone of course it is much smaller. The Commis- sioners, who have most recently reported on the Gaol, express a decided opinion we should have from a thousand to twelve hundred cubic feet per man. Lord CARNARVON, writing to me shortly after I arrived, said "I consider the separate system to be the only true basis of prison discipline, and among Chinese prisoners there are very special reasons for its adoption. It is mentioned in the report that few of the Warders know Chinese, and the terrible outbreak in the Singapore prison is a warning of the danger of affording Chinese an opportunity to combine. I have to request that you will at once call on the Surveyor General to draw out plans for consideration showing the alterations that would be requisite and the surrounding ground and buildings." Well, you are aware, gentlemen, I did that. I made an effort also to get rid of our old offenders by a transportation scheme. Well, it did not succeed. Her Majesty's Government do not see the way clear to that at present, and no hope is held out that it will be done ultimately. Then comes the important despatch of Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH of the 5th June, 1878. He puts the whole case very briefly in the last two paragraphs. He says:-

"In many respects I am of opinion that the erection of a new prison on a new site will be found to be the best solution of the question, but the expense which it would involve would doubtless be very great, and it will be for you to inquire carefully into the financial conditions of the various schemes which I have suggested. The main elements for consideration appear to be roughly, on the one hand, the cost of acquiring additional land in the vicinity of the present site and of converting the present buildings and erecting those which will be required in addition; and on the other hand, the cost of

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　　　　a new site and the cost of a new prison; against which should be set the amount that would be derived from the sale of the present site and buildings. I need scarcely say that, in the event of its being decided to erect a wholly new Gaol, it would be undesirable to spend money on enlarging or converting the present building.

　　　　　　"In the foregoing remarks it has been my object to set before you what I conceive are the chief elements of the question for consideration, and before I arrive at a final decision on a matter in which the assistance of specific local knowledge is so material, I shall be happy to receive from you a report upon the comparative cost of the several proposals, and

　　　　　　upon the sites which seem to you suitable for a new Gaol, together with such further suggestions as you may desire to offer after consulting Mr. PRICE."

He there instructs me to consult with Mr. PRICE before making my final recommendation. Well, in addition to consulting Mr. PRICE, I am very anxious to consult with you and hear your views on the subject. The financial question is of very great importance. I mentioned to my Honourable friend on the right (Mr. KESWICK) in August last that the cost of the ground from the present Gaol up to Caine Road-I think it was something like $45,000 I said we would have to pay for that alternative scheme as regards the land, but I have reason to believe we might have to pay a considerably larger sum.

?? the other hand, if it is possible for the Government to adopt a site for which we should have to pay no money and sell a portion of our present Gaol site, I think it not at all unlikely we might be able to build a Gaol for considerably less than if we were to carry out the plan of advancing up to Caine Road. So I would ask you to consider this question. If we go up to Caine Road and the population of the Colony continues to increase, if we have a population of say 300,000 or 400,000, what becomes of the Gaol in Caine Road? You will have built a Gaol to accommodate a certain number, but

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　you cannot on extending it. On the other hand, you might get a site where the Gaol could be extended as required. These, I think, gentlemen, are considerations which it is my duty to put before you, and I shall be very glad now to hear the members of the Council, either official or non-official, express their views on this subject.

　　　　　　Honourable W. KESWICK.-Your Excellency, I was not aware that this subject was to be brought forward to-day, and I am not prepared at once to state all the views I entertain upon it. The objections which I have previously expressed are not in any way lessened by any statement I have heard. I think that there is every reason to try other measures than enlarging our Gaol to get rid of the criminal class. About twelve months] ago I mentioned that I thought Gaol extension was the last thing we should consider. I should be glad when we next meet to state more distinctly how I support those objections, and I hope you will allow me in the meantime simply to state that I hold objections to the proposals that have been made.

Honourable P. RYRIE.--Your Excellency, like the Honourable Member who has just spoken, I was not aware that this matter was to be brought forward to-day. I must certainly say my views are entirely in favour of the separate system. We ought to have a Gaol with sufficient accommodation to provide for the separate system being carried out thoroughly, and I am certain our Gaol as it is at present is not calculated to attain that object; but as far as I have gathered from my own observation, and from hearing the views of other persons, my opinion is against the removal of the Gaol from the present site, if by any reasonable expense sufficient cells could be added to carry out the separate system. As to the present building, I have been given t nderstand that hon the cells on the basement now being made are completed, and the cells on the upper corridor divided

bject to ection if I am stating what is inaccurate 370 cells could be provided, and with an additional wing fra 500 to 600 could be made. I am of opinion that that number of cells would be ample for years to come, as from the number of prisoners in Gaol, you have always to deduct the number of those who are employed in various offices about the prison, such as shoemakers, tailors, and those who undertake menial offices. It would not be necessary to put them in separate cells. Then those who are committed for non-payment of fines, for 'seven days or three days, would not need to be placed in separate cells. Taking all these together, my impression is that at all times you would have some eighty or one hundred to be deducted. For the remainder, therefore, from 500 to 600 separate cells ought to be quite enough. I would also respectfully submit that while we all believe the population will increase, when we get the separate system the ratio of the increase of crime to the population will be a ratio of decrease as compared with the increase of the population.

　　　　　　　Honourable T. C. HAYLLAR.—I may be permitted to say one or two words on a subject which I have had at various times under my own consideration, and that is, as to the relief of the Gaol by means which really permit people to be at liberty who ought to be in Gaol. Now there is a system in force here which has a double aspect, and that is the system which is generally known as the deportation system. Worked within certain limits and according to definite rules which have been laid down on more than one occasion in despatches from home, and by the Governor himself, I think there can be no doubt it may work a great deal of good; but if it is worked, as I believe it has been, simply for the purpose of relieving the Gaol of persons who ought to be there, I am of opinion it works unmitigated mischief. Various inquiries have been made at different times as to what becomes of people deported. If a man is a mere rogue and vagabond wandering about this Colony with no evidence against him to prove that he is a criminal although there is a common sense presumption that he is a man who cannot be doing any good and may be doing a great deal of harm, if such a man could be deported no one could deny that would be doing the Colony a great deal of service; but if there is evidence against a man showing that he is a person who ought to be locked up, and ought not to be abroad, and it is only for the purpose of emptying the Gaol that he is sent away, it is throwing a great burden upon the tax-payers, because it must increase the work and responsibility of the Police in looking after a man who ought to be locked up. Besides, there is this to be said, who knows what becomes of these people? It is a question I have inquired into many times. There seems to be an impression that they go away. When there is a system of emigration going on, as there was a short time ago to Cooktown, a good many of them do go away; but if they go only to the other side of the water and crowd all the villages in immediate contiguity to our Colony they must be a source of continual annoyance if not of danger. They are people who have been in Gaol, they have learned all the bad that can be learned, and that is an element that strongly increases the danger from these people. Looking, therefore, at the subject from that particular aspect, I think we must all have in view in considering the question of the enlargement of the Gaol, that we cannot get rid of the criminals by any tour de force. It seems to me that the transportation scheme is a scheme that we must treat as being definitely abandoned. We have therefore to fall back entirely upon what is open to us, namely, the scheme of keeping people in Gaol. I most entirely

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coincide with what fell from the Honourable Member who spoke last at to the imperative necessity of having the separate system. I think it is the opinion of all the officers in this Colony acquainted with the subject that that system is absolutely essential. But apart from that opinion I would still believe that the association system is in itself a most unmitigated evil. Lord CARNARVON, in a despatch your Excellency read to us, said there were special reasons for the adoption of the separate It is perfectly obvious that the system among Chinese prinoners. One need not do more than allude to those reasons. results of association must be bad. But quite apart from its relation to the Chinese there are other reasons why that system should not be continued. In the first place I consider and I believe it is generally held-that the association system renders the discipline of the Gaol almost nugatory, and that it throws on the officer in charge of the Gaol work which he has the greatest difficulty in fulfilling. He gets two or three desperate spirits mingling with the others who are capable of stirring up an amount of mischief which under the separate system is impossible. Again, there is the danger of associating with desperate and hardened characters those who have just embarked upon a career of crime. Chances are where you get hardened criminals mixing with younger offenders that the younger are turned out as bad as those they have been mingling with. But apart from the question of discipline, and apart from the danger of training up younger criminals, there is this, that I myself do not believe, as long as there is the association system, the Gaol forms much of a punishment. If men are allowed to mingle with each other and chat and talk, nearly all the terrors of the Gaol must be removed. As I understand the question, where the discipline of the Gaol comes in is where the prisoner is compelled to work, as a man must work if he is confined in a cell by himself: but where they can loaf away the time with plenty of food and association that they appreciate, nine-tenths of the terror of Gaol must be gone. If the separate system comes into force, it would necessarily, take it, involve an extension of the Goal, but how far, is another question. There are always a large number of prisoners employed in necessary offices about the Gaol; then it is possible such a very large extension of the Gaol need not take place as was suggested by the Honourable Member who spoke last. On the other hand, as to what should be done for the extension of the Gaol, there is a consideration I should like to point out to your Excellency on which an inquiry could very properly be made, and that is whether such a large Gaol such as ours ought properly to be placed in the midst of a crowded town? I am informed all medical men think that is very much opposed to the best principles in reference to the placing of Gaols in tropical climates. A Gaol may be, and very often is, a centre of disease, and the question of conservancy of health is of great importance in a place like this. If the Gaol has to be altered, I think that is a question that ought not to be lost sight of. The important question, however, is the financial one, and an inquiry might very properly be made as to what the value of our present Gaol property is, what it could be sold for, and what it would really cost in the long run to remove the Gaol altogether. Of course I agree with the Honourable gentleman who spoke last that in years to come the increase of criminals would not be so great in proportion to the increase of the population. However, a question of this kind, involving a large sum of money, should be settled once for all. It is a financial question, as to what in the long run would be the cheapest for the Colony. It is possible we might alter our present Gaol to meet our present requirements; but my impression is that if the Gaol has to be increased the cheapest plan would be to remove it on to Government land where, if extensions became necessary they could be 'made, and, one might reasonably hope, by the prisoners themselves. When in Ireland I visited a Gaol, Maryborough, where not one single pound had been spent for 1-bour except in the bringing of > the work, and there was not material, everything being done by the prisoners themselves. They all beer **. the slightest expense for bricklaying or anything of that kind. I would therefore

I would therefore just the wut the suggestion that if the labour of prisoners is to be utilised it might be utilised in making their own Gaol.

The ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE.-Your Excellency, I was not aware this subject was to be discussed to-day; had I been I would have refreshed my memory with regard to what took place before the Gaol Committee. I think none of us can have the slightest doubt whatever, and I entirely agree with the Honorable member who has just sat down, that the separate system is the only efficient system of Gaol discipline, and I think there is not the slightest doubt that for many reasons it would be the most deterrent system we could adopt for Chinese. If shut up in a cell for some time alone they would think twice before they brought themselves a second time within grasp of the law. It was a question we considered in the Gaol Com- mittee, though it was not quite within the scope of our inquiry. We took great pains to go into it. Mr. PRICE very kindly gave us his services and we found that by altering some of the wings of the Gaol about seventy or eighty cells could be provided. Well, we took upon ourselves to recommend that, although, of course, it was entirely insufficient for the whole criminal population of this place; but at the same time we did not think it right to put Mr. PRICE to the trouble and expense of providing estimates, because we did not know whether it met the views of Sir ARTHUR KENNEDY and whether it would be adopted at all. I must say, with regard to the remarks of the gentleman who has just sat down, about deportation, I cannot conceive there is any cruelty in deporting a man to his own country. Therefore, as far as the mere removal from this Colony goes, there can be no harm in it. When it was accompanied by branding it was a doubtful question, especially when the branding was on a part of the body when it could be readily seen; at the same time there are parts of the body where it could be placed without being so observable, but I do not know that it is necessary, with the system of photography the Police have for their identification. Again, with regard to deportation the Honourable member seems to think it merely accummulates a number of vagabonds across the water ready at a moment's notice to pounce upon us here. I admit that is possible, but at the same time I think if very severe measures are adopted when they are caught here they may be induced to remain in their own country. I must say I think it is worthy of reconsideration whether deportation after all is not a very good system indeed. I only wish to allude to one other thing and that is about Gaol labour. That is a question w? considered very much indeed before the Committee. We tried to consider every possible means of employing the prisoners in useful labour but there were so many reasons why it was very difficult indeed to suggest a form of labour which would keep them employed and at the same time be remunerative. I don't think I need go into the matter at very great length now, but it is really a very difficult subject. I understand we shall have an opportunity of discussing this at another time, and then I shall have an opportunity of expressing my views more fully. With regard to the removal of the Gaol, I think every one would be glad if it could be removed. I presume the Honourable member's suggestion as to removing the Gaol to another place refers to Stone Cutter's Island, but when we considered that question the extreme convenience of bringing prisoners backwards and forwards was found to be so great that we did not venture to recommend it. That was a subject beyond our inquiry, but we considered it and thought the plan of removal could hardly be adopted owing to the great

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expense which would be incurred in transferring the prisoners backwarks and forwards. There are many ways of enlarging the Gaol. One is to pull down the Police Courts. That would give a very large space indeed which could be made use of; and with regard to the Police Courts they might very well, I think, be placed in the building of the Supreme Court, provided accommodation could be found for the other departments which now occupy a part of the building. The convenience of the Police must of course be consulted to a certain extent, and it is an immense convenience to them to be so close to the Gaol as to be able to have prisoners transferred at once to the Gaol and back again. That, however, is a luxury very rarely enjoyed in other places. Indeed, I do not know any place where it exists;, and the distance is so short from the Supreme Court that I think if it is required to provide fresh Police Courts accommodation could very well be found there.

　　　　Honourable W. KESWICK.-If I may be permitted, I understand twelve months ago an item was inserted in the Esti- mates for the adaptation of certian portions of the Gaol to the separate system. I think the expression of opinion at that meeting was wholly, as it is at this meeting, in favour of the separate system, and that a trial should be made.

The ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY.-With your Excellency's permission, I should like to inform the Council of a matter connected with the question of Gaol acommodation. In 1862 I was called upon the furnish Sir HERCULES ROBIN- SON with a report having reference to the improvement of the Police. One great difficulty was to obtain some suitable accommodation for quarters, and reflecting upon that particular subject it struck me that two great benefits could be secured. One was the appropriation of the area now occupied by the Police Barracks, but which at that time was intended to form an area for Gaol accommodation-that it should be given up to the Police, and that a new prison for long sentenced prisoners should be constructed at Stone Cutter's Island. That plan was ultimately carried out by Sir HERCULES ROBINSON, and although some mischances occurred, which I am sure by no possibility could occur again, arising in some measure from too great economy and having imperfect tools to work with--the scheme met with disadvantages which, as I said before, are not likely to occur again. This Gaol effected the particular object of keeping the criminal classes from Victoria in a place where they had no opportunity even of looking at that world which gave them pleasure. They were hardly worked, and I believe a revival of that system would tend to remove from us the very great difficulties that now beset us both as to the management and the removal of the criminal classes. The financial question is to some extent involved, but the financial question is not the chief question. The question is to obtain the power of reducing our criminal class, beside which mere cost is perfectly secondary. It is true the scheme was most unfortunate; but I think that had the plan been carried out, had its faults been removed, had its management been made perfect, Stone Cutter's Island Gaol would have been found most effective, if not thoroughly effective, and its object would have been attained by the reduction of the criminal class. I held that opinion in 1862 and I continue to hold it at the present time. I don't think I am at all in error in putting these conclusions before you. I believe that as a matter of cost, the cost of enlarging our present Gaol, accompanied, as it would be, with the certain discomfort of having in the midst of our population an establishment which carries with it undoubted evils, must form a great part of the question. The removal of the Gaol to a place like Stone Cutter's Island where its enlargement can at any time be effected, without any cost for land, recommends itself to our consideration. The cost of making extensive alterations in th limited area of the present Goal renders it, I thin, Imost impracticable. I have looked at the veious. schemes proposea; some of them recommend themselves for their economy, but if economy is taken into consideration too much utility is always to be found wanting. I have told you the plain unvarnished tale as to Stone Cutter's Island Gaol. I think it may fairly come within the consideration of the Honourable Council, and I am prepared most firmly and conscientiously to advocate it as the one thing more likely to remove our present evils than any other that suggests itself to my mind I do this, gentlemen, because I think it is due to the gentleman, Sir HERCULES ROBINSON, who carried out that scheme, to say that the burden that was thrown upon him of having carried out so expensive, unnecessary, and almost foolish a system as building a Gaol over at Stone Cutter's Island should be shared by its initiator. I have never regretted that I suggested to Sir HERCULES ROBINSON the advisability of building a penal Gaol at Stone Cutter's Island, and I certainly advocate its adoption at the present moment. With regard to cost, I certainly think that with the employment of prisoners in preparing the material, utilising the fittings of the present Gaol, the sale of part of the area now occupied by the Gaol, and sundry other things which would practically recommend themselves to the Officers who would have to carry out the work, regarding economy as a necessary factor, undoubtedly the cost would be far less than enlarging the Goal by purchasing additional property, than making a temporary shift and building on a confined area something which would be wanting in all the requirements of a Gaol. If it is considered that the removal of the Gaol to Stone Cutter's Island is a scheme that cannot recommend itselt to the Council, I would say, as the Honourable Member who last spoke (the Acting Chief Justice) has said, the removal of the Magistracy, the removal of the Superintendent's residence, and the removal of the Gaol Office would give room for solitary cells, and I think of the two or three plans put before the Council, that of itself would be best that could be adopted. The Magistracy need not be taken to the Supreme Court House, although the Offices there would be well adapted for it. But a new Magistracy could be built at small expense on the piece of ground now belonging to the Government near the entrance to the Police Station. The subject of deportation is one also that invites remarks. I think if it can be shown that 50 per cent. of our deportees absolutely remain away, then we accomplish one material and great gain in sending them away to their own country. Of course it must be very well understood that the generous principles of the British Government would not send a man away even to his own country from the place of his adoption unless it was shown that he came within the meaning of our Ordinance, that he would be dangerous to the peace and good order of the Colony. Men are not deported for one offence, but only when it is found they become habitual thieves, and then I don't think there can be the slightest claim on their part that they have been treated with great hardship or in any way contrary to British law.

HIS EXCELLENCY.-Perhaps, gentlemen, it would be convenjent for us if we could resume this discussion on Thursday. We could take the Estimates the following week, and we might go into this question if convenient on Thursday.

　　　　　Honourable W. KESWICK.-With what object are we to come to a decision? If we decide there shall be a new Gaol, is it that it shall appear immediately on the Estimates ?

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HIS EXCELLENCY.-I should not like to put anything of this kind on the Estimates without first putting it before Her Majesty's Government. All I have been asked to do is to express my own opinion and the opinion of Mr. PRICE. I was not asked to lay the despatch before the Council. As you are aware, everything connected with prison discipline rests with the Governor, who is responsible to the Imperial Government. I make no proposal, nor shall I next Thursday; but I hope to elicit an opinion. When I receive that, and not until then, shall I frame any recommendation of my own. Remembering the figure I mentioned to you, 574, as the number of prisoners in Gaol in November, 1876, it is important to consider what changes have been made that might lead, you would suppose, to our having a larger number of prisoners in November, 1878. We have, of course, as you know, more distress in the neighbouring Provinces of China; we have since then also had other causes, such as the long continuance of the cheap fares from Canton, and the really considerable increase of population. The increase of the Chinese population since November, 1876, has been very great, far greater in these two years than in any preceding two years. Therefore you might fairly say the number in Gaol at the present time must be greater than in the time of Sir ARTHUR KENNEDY. But also, you might say the number must be still greater because the Governor, soon after he came here, pointed out to the Magistrates that it was very desirable to send repeated old offenders to the Supreme Court instead of giving them two or three months' imprisonment, where His Honour the Chief-Justice Sir JOHN SMALE, or the Honourable Acting Chief Justice could give a longer sentence. And I may tell you that Sir JOHN SMALE the first time he came to see me said, "Since the time of Sir HERCULES ROBINSON, I never know what sentence I give a prisoner. Then a man received a sentence and was never let out until he served two-thirds of that sentence, except, of course, under exceptional circumstances." But since Sir HERCULES ROBINSON's time the sentences of the Supreme Court have been interfered with in this way, that, as my Honourable friend (Mr. HAYLLAR) said, when the Gaol gets crowded the Superintendent was in the hahit of sending up a list, saying "Here is a number of men who have served one-third or one-half of their sentences; let them be deported," and that accordingly was done. That system, Sir JOHN SMALE pointed out, interfered with his sentences and it had the effect, as the Honourable member (Mr. HAYLLAR) points out, of accumulating in the neighbourhood of the Colony many persons who ought to be serving their sentence of imprisonment. Therefore, you might fairly say, as I have returned to Sir HERCULES ROBINSON'S system, which was never reported to the Secretary of States as having been altered-I have returned to it, and no man is let out now before serving two-thirds of his sentence-therefore you might naturally say there must be a larger number in the Gaol than in 1876. Well, in spite of all these facts, the number of prisoners in Gaol at this moment is less than at the corresponding date of 1876. That supports the view of my Honourable friend on the right (Mr. RYRIE) that the separate system will tend to diminish the ratio of the increase of crime as compared with that of the population, and I do not believe that, if we succeed in establishing a proper Gaol, though the population will increase with the prosperity of the Colony the number of criminals will increase in the same ratio. It is my duty every day to ascertain the number of prisoners in Gaol, and I have a return sent to me every morning. I have received over 500 returns of the number of prisoners in Gaol, how they are distributed, and what they are doing. These returns give me a certain amount of anxiety and thought, and it is from a study of these returns, as I mentioned to you before, I have seen the necessity of introducing a far more severe scale of dietary. I don't say it is owing to the short commons I have given to the large mass of prisoners that pass through our Gaol that the number of prisoners is less. It may be accidental. These things are very difficult to trace and it takes a long time to bring a scheme into operation. But whatever scheme you may be disposed to suggest you wal of course bear in mind that my disposition is to carry out the scheme of Sir HERCULES ROBINSON as to the remission of sentences, namely, not to let any man out before he has served two-thirds of his term, to let every prisoner know he must serve his two-thirds, and that as regards the remission of the other third he can only earn it by good conduct. I think I am also justified in asking you to favourably consider the question of sending repeated old offenders to the Supreme Court. With respect to what has been mentioned incidentally by most of my Honourable friends who have spoken, that is deportation, I may tell in a word or two briefly how that stands. I arrived here in April and shortly after received a despatch from Lord you CARNARVON. His despatch was dated in May, and in it he told me he was unable to give his sanction to an Ordinance passed by Sir ARTHUR KENNEDY entitled the Consolidation Branding and Deportation Ordinance. In the despatch in which he gave me instructions on the subject, he expressed the opinion that deportation should be employed only when unavoidable, that it should be used only when dealing with persons accused or suspected of things likely to imperil the security of the Colony, and that it should be used with caution. Well, you will perhaps be interested to know how I have acted on that despatch. You are aware that the Magistrates recommend occasionally prisoners for deportation. Further- more the Superintendent of the Prison can make a recommendation to that effect, and such recommendations always receive the attention of the Executive. With respect to the Magistrates, in every single case in which a Magistrate has recom- mended a prisoner to me for deportation, and when the sentence was, according to the rulling of the Attorney General, a legal sentence, and the Executive Council thought the man should be deported-he has been deported. There have been cases in which the sentences passed have not been legal sentences-the papers are referred to the Attorney General, and the moment he says "This is not according to law," my plain duty, as the head of the Executive, is not to act on that sentence. Again, soon after I came here, a question arose about the form of warrant or conditional pardon that had been issued by Sir ARTHUR KENNEDY, and it was held by the Supreme Court that for certain reasons given in the judgment of the Chief Justice these warrants were sometimes illegal. The result is that a man who has been deported and who has returned to the Colony, which is a common event, if he were to be brought up and tried for returning from deportation, the judgment of the Court would be that he should be discharged, inasmuch as the particular form of warrant I refer to has been held to be illegal. At that time the Chief Justice called on me and said he would be sorry to have continual collisions on this subject, and therefore, he said, where a man returns from deportation, it would be very well before he is brought up to be tried for this that the opinion of the Attorney General should be taken as to whether the warrant was legally good; of course, where the opinion was that it was not legal I have not been able to order the man to be tried for returning. With respect to the Superintendent of the Prison, there have been only three prisoners recommended since I have come here, whom I have not deported, and those cases are briefly these:-The first is the prisoner LEE LUM KWAI. He was recom- mended for release by Captain DUCAT for his services at the time of the Yesso explosion. Subsequently he proved very useful as Interpreter in Captain DEMPSTER'S time, and he was again recommended. Well, in that case I have not been able to discharge the prisoner from Gaol, and therefore cannot deport him. That is the first of the three. With respect to

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　　　the other cases there were two men who were recommended for deportation, and one was a man who was in prison for utter- ing counterfeit coin, the other for larceny. They were recommended to me to be deported, and the ground was that the men were in very bad health. [His Excellency went on to read the minutes on the cases and the medical reports called for on the health of the prisoners, from which it appeared they had only a few weeks to serve and that they were not likely to live out their term. He did not deport the men, but recommended them to the Tung Wah Hospital, where he believed they died.] His Excellency proceeded-I have given you then the three cases in which I declined deportation, and I think you will all agree with the action I took in regard to them. LEE LUM KWAI is still in prison. As regards the other two, the prisoners were not of that desperate class that it is desirable to get rid of.. On the subject of deportation itself I think there is not a second opinion in the Ccanci; indeed, if we could deport every prisoner that would be a solution of the whole question, but it really comes to this, and I think the Acting Chief Justice touched upon it to-day, what do you do with a man when he comes back? Let us now select from the 530 prisoners in Gaol at this moment a couple of hundred of the worst offenders and deport them; the problem is, what are you to do with them when they come back? Well, the Acting Chief Justice says they must be punished with severity when they come back, and another of my Honourable friends would like to have them flogged on their return.. Well, the Council is aware the flogging of the deported prisoners on return was tried, but had to be discontinued. In fact when it was discovered, when Sir JOHN SMALE and Sir JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE drew attention to the fact that this illegal punishment had been going on, a despatch was prepared in which the Governor, Sir RICHARD MACDONNELL, sought for that power, but it was refused. The Government would not consent that a man returning from deportation should be flogged for that offence alone. If on his return he commits another offence he may be sentenced by the Magistrate or the Supreme Court, but you must make up your minds that the Government will not consent to a man being flogged simply for returning from deportation. My Honourable friend the Colonial Secretary has told us it is not usual to apply deportation unless the man has a second or third offence. [His Excellency went on to refer to a case which occurred the other day which the most experienced member of the Executive Council did not think was a case for deportation, but it so happened the three other members differed with his Honourable friend, and although he (the Governor) quite agreed with the Colonial Secretary's view of the matter he acted on the view of the majority who thought it was.] His Excellency concluded-It is well for you if you have to take into consideration the question of Gaol expense to take into consideration also these things. It requires a knowledge of all these things to enable you or to enable me to arrive at a safe conclusion on this general question. However, gentlemen, if it is convenient for you next Thursday I think we might perhaps go into this question, and I shall possibly put before you the result of the Commission I refer to, Dr. WELLS and Dr. O'BRIEN.

It having been suggested that Thursday would be an inconvenient day to meet, Monday was suggested by His Excellency.

Honourable H. Lowcock.-This is such a broad question, your Excellency, that it cannot be dealt with and settled before the Estimates are passed. There is no doubt the separate system will meet the views of the whole community, but with reference to the enlargement of the Gaol or its removal, that embraces so many questions that of course it would be impossible to settle it for so time. Therefore, I think the discussion on that might be postponed until after the passing. of the Estimates, urlose vish it continued for some particular reason.

His Excellency.—I don; at all contemplate making this part of the Estimates, but at the same time I should really like to have the members of the Council express in as reasonable a time as possible their views on this question. Of course Honourable members are acquainted with the fact that I entered on this subject soon after my arrival, and I should like to have the views of Honourable members upon it. I shall be glad to afford you whatever further information you would like to obtain, and if it occurs to you between*this and Monday that there is any further information you would like, I will see that any further despatch or anything you like to ask for shall be laid before you.

Honourable W. KESWICK.-In considering the number of prisoners we have to provide for I would suggest that we should go back to the year 1860 and get a return of the number of prisoners who have been in Gaol, the number who have been released before the term of their sentences expired, and what number have been deported. Statistics are important; let us have them in order that we may judge whether we have to look forward to an unlimited extension of Gaol accommodation to keep down the criminal class; and, as I mentioned earlier in the discussion, I understand last year it was decided that the separate system was to be tried in the Gaol, and if my recollection serves me right there was a vote for that purpose.

Honourable H. Lowcock.-$10,000.

Honourable W. KESWICK.-I should like to know if there is any data on which we can form an opinion of the effect of the system.

His EXCELLENCY.-There is no data on that precise point. Mr. PRICE has built a few cells, but the number is insufficient to furnish data, and you know what Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH said. I had to take the responsibility of deciding whether we would go on with the cells we were making. I decided that we would go on. The result, however, up to this time we have in fact not had any opportunity of testing.

The ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE.-May I ask if any estimate has been formed of the value of the present Gaol site? His EXCELLENCY.-Mr. PRICE has formed an estimate, but unfortunately I have not got the figures with me now. It is a very valuable site.

Honourable W. KESWICK.-I must remark I don't see very clearly the object of the discussion.

　　　　　His EXCELLENCY.-I have no hesitation in answering my honourable friend very frankly. If we meet next Monday every member will express his opinion, I hope. I have already heard a great deal of sound advice and the more I hear the better. I think it better to do all this before, because otherwise what course am I to take? Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH asks me for my opinion after consulting with Mr. PRICE. Suppose I write in answer to this dispatch "I have, in accordance with your instructions, consulted Mr. PRICE" and proceed to express an opinion; my opinion, if it is worth anything, will, I think, be much more valuable if we have a complete discussion on the subject.

　　　　　Honourable V. KESWICK.-We cannot properly discuss this subject unless we know the probable cost. We may all quite agree it would be a very nice thing to have a Gaol out of town, and various other things which are quite impracticable; but what we have to consider, in my view, is that the criminal class is a certainty. Are we as practical men, with money

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which we must not spend heedlessly-how are we to deal with it. I think we should see something like the cost of schemes. As to $45,000 buying the land between the present Gaol and Caine Road, of course it is simply an error of judgment on the part of some one. The value of the site no one can question. If this question has to be considered it should not be considered simply as to the prisoners, whether it would be better for them to be at Stone Cutter's Island. We have to consider whether the money to be expended would be better expended at Stone Cutter's Island or here, or whether by a different system of Gaol discipline and of punishment generally we could not do without it altogether.

　　His EXCELLENCY.-It was just before the meeting that the Colonial Surgeon called and told me Mr. PRICE was ill; otherwise these figures could have been before you. But you will bear in mind that as against the sum of money we would have to expend in extending the present site-and I quite agree with my Honourable friend (Mr. KESWICK) it would be far in excess of $45,000-against that we could place the site on Stone Cutter's Island, which we have for nothing, and the labour of the prisoners in making the Gaol. I have not myself formed any definite idea on the subject as yet, and will not do so until the question is discussed. I will try and circulate to the members as soon as possible Mr. PRICE's estimates of the alternative schemes.

　　The ATTORNEY-GENERAL suggested that in considering the question of removing the Gaol to Stone Cutter's Island it would be advisable to take into consideration the cost of steam launches to convey the prisoners. That would be an expense that would go on for ever; it would be an annual charge.

　　The ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY.-There would still be a necessity for a house of detention here, because there would be no necessity to send to Stone Cutter's Island prisoners who were charged with municipal offences, such as nuisances, or anything in fact merely involving a short imprisonment of a few days or weeks. Juvenile offenders, again, need not be sent to this repressive prison. Consequently, the number of prisoner to be provided for in the new Gaol would not, I believe, exceed three hundred men, and I believe the firm discipline that could be maintained in a place where there was not the slightest temptation for any one to expect gratification would undoubtedly furnish one of the greatest reasons for the belief that the Gaol would effect this great object.

The ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE.-Prisoners on remand would also remain on this side.

　　His EXCELLENCY.-Then, gentlemen, I will content myself with giving you notice that I will ask you to resume this discussion on this day week, and on that occasion I will lay before you the report of the Commissioners on the mode of flogging in the Gaol, which I have received only quite recently, and some reports on the question of public flogging. I think these two subjects might be very well brought before you the same day, and I will endeavour to let you have as much information on them as I possess myself.

The debate was then adjourned.

THE MARKETS AMENDMENT ORDINANCE.

　　This Ordinance came on for second reading, and having been considered in committee was passed and numbered 3 of 1878.

THE SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATION ORDINATM

The Ordinance also came on for second reading and was passed and numbered 4 of 1878,

THE BANKRUPTCY LAW.

　　Honourable T. C. HAYLLAR.-Your Excellency, a good deal of attention has been directed recently, through some very unfortunate matters, to the working of the Bankruptcy Ordinance, and I think it may be altogether for the public benefit that there should be laid before the Council the result of the winding up of the estates since the Ordinance 4 of 1864 came into operation. Should the Council think it expedient these returns should be laid upon the table, and should I happen to have a seat at this board when these returns are presented, I should be prepared to make a substantive motion, but there are one or two things I would mention now as showing that some reform is necessary in the Bankruptcy Ordinance. There has been before the Imperial Parliament for two years a Bill to amend the Bankruptcy Law of 1869, and in all probability that Act will be passed next session. That Act will form no doubt a very useful model for the amendment of the law here, but it seems to me highly expedient before any English Act is adopted here, as the Act of 1861 was, bodily into this Colony, there should be some special inquiry into the circumstances of the Colony, and how far the English law is adapted to them. There are two difficulties which I may very briefly mention. The first is that the bankruptcy law is, I believe, totally unfitted to meet the case of the Chinese. They have nothing of the kind themselves, it is quite a revelation to them. Chinese traders who fall into difficulties never think of going into bankruptcy; they wind up their estates themselves, and very few respectable traders take the trouble to prove on bankrupt estates at all. The consequence is that the estates that have come into our courts have really been estates in which there has been nothing or very little to administer, and where it has been for the purpose of something very like fraud. The second difficulty is this, that when persons intend to evade their debts they very carefully remove everything they have from this Colony, and when the estate comes to be wound up, although they have a great deal of property in their own country, the Court cannot touch it. These are difficulties that have to be met, and I think a great deal of light would be thrown on the working of the Bankruptcy Ordinance if a return was laid on the table showing its first results. I therefore move-

That a return be prepared and presented to the Legislative Council showing :-

1. The number of adjudications of Bankruptcy declared from the time since "The Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1864"

came into operation to date.

2. The name and nationality of the bankrupt.

3. The amount of debts shown by the schedule in each case.

4.-The amount or value of the estate set out in the schedule, and the amount which actually came into the hands

of the Official Assignee in each case.

5.-The mount of commission received by the Official Assignee in each estate.

6.-The cots of winding up each estate.

7.—The length of time taken in winding up each estate.

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8.—The amount of dividend declared and paid.

9.-The number of estates still outstanding and unliquidated.

I think that, if a return of that kind is laid on the table here, where public discussion may be invited on so material a point it would be greatly to the benefit of this Colony.

Honourable W. KESWICK.-I have pleasure in seconding the motion.

　　　　　The ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE said that having had to study the Act he entirely agreed with what Mr. HAYLLAR had said. He believed the Ordinance was entirely unsuited to the requirements of the Colony. One thing that had struck him was the indifference of creditors in looking after their own property. He had in his recollection two or three large bankruptcies in which no creditors ever appeared to prove their debts, and in one or two cases he had directed that the bankruptcy be annulled. He would even go further than his Honourable friend, and propose that His Excellency should suspend the Ordinance until one more suited to the requirements of the Colony could be introduced. If His Excellency could see his way to do that it would be a very excellent measure.

The ATTORNEY GENERAL said he thought the returns asked would be of some service in considering any future legislation, but he did not think it would be any advantage to go into this question until we saw the new Act which has been under consideration for two or three years and will probably be passed next session. It was a great advantage to have the text of one of our own Ordinances explained by English decisions on the subject, so that they would naturally postpone any action until they saw the Act next year. As to suspending the present Ordinance, it would have to be done by Ordi- nance, and he thought it would be rather hard on Europeans here who had the misfortune to get into difficulties if there was no Ordinance to afford them protection. As to its working with regard to Chinese he had had no experience in this Colony, although he had in others. The returns moved for by his Honourable friend would probably be of great assistance in considering this matter.

　　　　　HIS EXCELLENCY.-I shall have great pleasure in having the returns prepared, and I need hardly say I shall con- sider and consult with the Executive Council very carefully as to the suggestion made by his Honour the Chief Justice, and I shall be able at an early date to let you know what view the Executive Council take about it. I am fully aware of the importance and gravity of the whole question.

ORDER BOOK.

Honourable H. Lowcock suggested that it would facilitate the business very much if Honourable members were supplied with a notice before the meetings, stating in general terms the business the Council was called to consider.

　　　　　HIS EXCELLENCY referred to the practice in the House of Commons, and said he would have great pleasure in having a notice sent round some days before the meetings.

This concluded the business.

VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF HONGKONG.

No. 3 OF 1878.

TUESDAY, 15TH OCTOBER, 1878.

PRESENT:

His Excellency Governor J. POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G.

The Honourable the Acting Chief Justice (FRANCIS SNOWDEN).

The Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary (CHARLES MAY).

The Honourable the Attorney General (GEORGE PHILLIPPO).

The Honourable the Acting Colonial Treasurer (JOHN MACNEILE PRICE).

The Honourable PHINEAS RYRIE.

The Honourable HENRY Lowcock.

The Honourable WILLIAM KESWICK.

The Honourable THOMAS CHILD HAYLLAR, Q.C.

The Honourable CHARLES MAY and the Honourable J. M. PRICE, to whom the usual oaths had been previously administered, took their seats respectively as Acting Colonial Secretary and Acting Colonial Treasurer.

　　　　　The Honourable T. C. HAYLLAR, Q.C., to whom the usual oaths had been previously administered, took his seat as an Unofficial Member (under instructions from the Secretary of State) as long as the Honourable Mr. PRICE occupies an official seat at the Board.

　　　　　The Minutes of the Meeting held on the 19th February and on the 29th April, 1878, are read and confirmed.

　　　　　His Excellesy moves the suspense of the Standing Orders, and proposes a vote of ?110 for providing a pictae of the late Prince Consort for Government House.

The Honourable W. KESWICK Seconds the motion, which is carried unanimously.

His Excellency makes the following Financial Statement respecting the Finances of the Colony-

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8.—The amount of dividend declared and paid.

9.-The number of estates still outstanding and unliquidated.

I think that, if a return of that kind is laid on the table here, where public discussion may be invited on so material a point it would be greatly to the benefit of this Colony.

Honourable W. KESWICK.-I have pleasure in seconding the motion.

ORDER BOOK.

　　　　　HIS EXCELLENCY referred to the practice in the House of Commons, and said he would have great pleasure in having a notice sent round some days before the meetings.

This concluded the business.

VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF HONGKONG.

No. 3 OF 1878.

TUESDAY, 15TH OCTOBER, 1878.

PRESENT:

His Excellency Governor J. POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G.

The Honourable the Acting Chief Justice (FRANCIS SNOWDEN).

The Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary (CHARLES MAY).

The Honourable the Attorney General (GEORGE PHILLIPPO).

The Honourable the Acting Colonial Treasurer (JOHN MACNEILE PRICE).

The Honourable PHINEAS RYRIE.

The Honourable HENRY Lowcock.

The Honourable WILLIAM KESWICK.

The Honourable THOMAS CHILD HAYLLAR, Q.C.

　　　　　The Minutes of the Meeting held on the 19th February and on the 29th April, 1878, are read and confirmed.

　　　　　His Excellesy moves the suspense of the Standing Orders, and proposes a vote of ?110 for providing a pictae of the late Prince Consort for Government House.

The Honourable W. KESWICK Seconds the motion, which is carried unanimously.

His Excellency makes the following Financial Statement respecting the Finances of the Colony-

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THE FINANCES OF THE COLONY.

HIS EXCELLENCY.-Gentlemen, it will be in the recollection of Members of the Council that last year, in accordance with the usual practice in the Colony, I laid before the Council my Financial Statement, when submitting the Estimates for

I said:-

"Some 1878. On that occasion, I mentioned to the Council that I had taken, in one respect, an unusual course, "time ago, towards the end of September, I gave to the Finance Committee the trouble of looking over the Estimates of "Expenditure for 1878. It is not usual for a Governor to do so, but this being the first time I had had to prepare the "Estimates for this Colony, I thought it well to be guided by their greater local experience, and accordingly the Estimates "came before them." Well, gentlemen, I had to consider this year how far that innovation had worked well or otherwise, and, being of opinion that it worked remarkably well, I have this year also troubled the Finance Committee to look into the Estimates of Expenditure, the various proposals that have been made by heads of departments, increases of salaries, &c., and the Finance Committee from time to time have met and considered these proposals, and before next month, I trust that they will have had before them the whole of the proposed Estimates of Expenditure for the year 1879.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　The Finance Committee is something I must say there is another innovation I should like to make in this matter. similar to the House of Commons when the House sits in what is called Committee of the whole House. In its capacity as Committee of the whole House, the House of Commons deals with financial questions, and deals thoroughly with them. If I introduce here the system of enabling our Members of Council to deal with the Estimates long before they come on the public board, I do not see why I should deprive the public of the Colony-who, for aught I know, may be interested in what the Finance Committee is doing-of that privilege which we have in England when the House of Commons sits in Committee of the whole House; and therefore I am considering whether it would be agreeably or not to the Members of the Finance Committee if I were to allow reporters to be present at their future meetings. Of course, Honourable Members are well aware that the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council consists of every Member of the Council except myself. It consists of all the Non-official Members, and of all the Official Members except the Governor, and I have no doubt the highly intelligent public of this Colony would be only glad to know what is being done about the finances, in Committee, before the time comes when the Governor lays the Estimates on the table. And, in touching upon this, I will repeat what I said the first time I had the honour of addressing you on the subject, namely, that any Member of the Finance Committee who considers and consents to any vote is not necessarily bound, when he comes here to the public Council, to support that vote: when he comes into the Council, he is as free as before to take whatever line he likes about it.

I certainly have derived, both last year and this, very great assistance from the unusual course I adopted. In now informing you of my intention to continue it, it is only my duty to say that, whatever course I may take, I cannot bind my successor, or any future Governor: for all I know, some future Governor may revert to the old system of making the statement without the Finance Committee having seen the proposed Estimates of Expenditure. I only speak for myself, when saying that in future I shall adopt that system which I found work so well.

In November last, also, gentlemen, I told you why it was that I had felt it necessary, on my arrival in this Colony, to look very sharply after the expenditure. Mr. GARDINER AUSTIN put into my hands, as soon as I arrived, the returns, which had been audited a few weeks previously, of the year 1876. He did his duty at once in drawing my attention to a matter which undoubtedly every Governor should regard with great anxiety, namely, to the fact that in 1876, whilst the expenditure amounted to 302,500, the reven e ad amounted only to $885,308; in other words, the expenditure had outstripped the revenue, fortunately only by a small sum. But, seeing that this was the case, it became my duty to give that close attention to the finances of the Colony which I have endeavoured to give, and I mentioned to you last November that I very carefully scrutinised from time to time the monthly proposals of every head of a department for the expenditure in his department. Well, how has that worked? You have had before you, in the month of April, 1878, the finance returns for the year 1877, showing that the revenue of 1877 was greater than the expenditure of that year. I don't know that I can more clearly show to you the result of the returns to which I am referring than by reminding you that on the day when I made my statement last year, the 12th November, I anticipated having at the end of the year 1877 a balance of $277,000. I find that, in January, 1878, the Colonial Treasurer was able to certify the last year's balance at $295,512, being somewhat in excess of the sum I had anticipated. I have returns laid before me every week by the Treasurer of the Colony. I have here now the last return prepared by him. It is the usual weekly return, dated 12th October, and according to that the balance to our credit at this date is $373,014. I need hardly tell you that this is exclusive of what we call the Special Fund. That fund amounted to $380,000, until, at my request, the Secretary of State sanctioned $10,000 being voted to the China Famine Fund. The Special Fund is now $370,000, so that, adding to the Special Fund the balance now at the credit of the Colony, we get a sum total of $743,000. So far, gentlemen, for the result as regards the balance in the Treasury chest.

Thanks to my

Honourable friends the Auditor General and Colonial Treasurer, I am also in a position to inform you what has been the actual result of the first nine months, that is, the first three quarters, of the current year. You will remember that, when I framed the Estimates for 1878, I anticapated that, by stimulating the revenue, not by additional taxation, but by collecting what the existing law entitled us to collect, and on the other hand carefully looking after the expenditure, our revenue at the end of this year would exceed the expenditure by a sum of $71,954. When I estimated in November, 1877, for this surplus on the current accounts of the Colony in 1878, I know that some of my Honourable friends, though they were good enough to entertain some confidence in my administration, yet entertained doubts of the possibility of our having so large a balance as $71,000 of revenue in excess of expenditure. My Honourable friend the Treasurer has now sent to me the returns, closed and certified, of the first three quarters of the year, and these returns will enable us so far to test the accuracy of what I anticipated. I find that, in the first three quarters of this year, the revenue has not only been in excess of the expenditure, but has so far exceeded it that we have a surplus on the nine months' transactions of $85,923. Therefore it is possible that at the close of the year 1878, instead of $71,000, we may have a surplus of $100,000.

You Wr

　　　　　　　interested to learn what are the items which give this increase of revenue above expenditure and which exhibit an excess over the previous year. I find, for instance, that our actual receipts for the year 1877 from leased lands amounted to $120,554. Now if our rent-roll produced exactly the same sum in 1878 as it did in 1877 we should get in the

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nine months to which I am now referring $90,416. But I am happy to say that the rent-roll of the Colony is increasing, and that in the nine months instead of having only $90,000 we have $105,000, and I look forward to having at the close of the year from that important source of revenue $135,000, instead of the $120,000 we had last year. In passing I should say to you that in the return of our rent-roll I do not include that which really would be an item of capital, namely, premiums on the sale of the land. I am dealing now with the rent-roll and that alone. We may receive before the end of the year considerable sums of premium on the sales of lands, but I prefer to take no notice of it because it is eating into our capital. What I am now dealing with is healthy revenue. Next, taking the item of stamps, the amount actually received last year was $118,488; in other words, that ought to give us for the nine months of the present year $88,866; but instead of that it has given us $95,603, and the total sum to Wisherived from stamps this year I calculate at $127,000. I am bound here to say that, to whatever source may be traced the increase in the rent-roll, it would not perhaps be proper to assume that the whole increase in the revenue from stamps is derived from a similar source, for it has been my duty to institute, since I have come to the Colony, certain prosecutions under the Stamp Ordinance. I have been favoured by the Collector of Stamps with a return for the last three or four years, from which it appears that in 1874 there was one prosecution under the Stamp Ordinance against one defendant. In the year 1875 there were no prosecutions. In the year 1876 there were no prosecutions. Last year there were six prosecutions against nine defendants; and up to August, which is the date of the return this year, there were ten prosecutions against nineteen defendants. In all cases the defendants were Chinese. you are aware, I am enforcing the Stamp Ordinance against them. They were not called upon to pay in former years-at least, such is my opinion-their proper proportion of the Stamp revenue. They are doing so now, and no doubt a portion at least of the considerable increase which has taken place in the revenue from stamps is due to the cause I have indicated. I may say before leaving the subject that in the opinion of competent authorities there were more evasions by Chinese of the Stamp Ordinance in the years 1875 and 1876, when there were no prosecutions, than in 1877 and 1878 when there have been prosecutions.

In my

statement to the Council last November I mentioned what every Honourable Member considered one of the best tests of our prosperity, and that is the junk trade. Our revenue from that source last year was $19,051. That ought to give us for nine months $14,289. In fact we have received in the nine months $15,551. From the registry of cargo boats we received last year $2,347. The actual receipts for the first nine months of 1878 were $2,531. I need not remind you that the increase probably represents nearly the whole increase of the year, because in the case of cargo boats few are registered in the last quarter of the year. In the item of light dues I find that last year the sum total was $14,984. That ought to give us in round numbers for the nine months $11,000, whereas we have got $13,928, and I expect to receive altogether from light dues not far short of $18,000.

There is another item of some importance, and that is the item in the Estimates called Interest. Now, at the close of per cent. On the 31st March, 1877, that sum amounted to 1876, there was a sum of $20,000 in the Chartered Banks at 5 $80,000. $80,000 at 5 per cent. gives $4,000 per annum profit. On the 30th June, 1877, it was increased to $160,000, and on the 30th September, 1877, it was still further increased to $210,000. On the last day of the year 1877, it amounted to $270,000, and at this date we have in the Chartered Banks of this Colony, earning interest at 5 per cent., the sum of $360,000, a sum not only exceeding any investment of that kind heretofore, but more than double any sum hitherto saved On this item the Colony is now from revenue, independently of the gambling fund, and lodged in the Banks at interest.

making $18,000 per annum profit.

There are, however, two items-comparatively small items-which we can no longer include in the revenue of the Colony, and of which I shall have a word or two to say. We have been in the habit of making considerable sums by what is called the profit on subsidiary coins. Towards the early part of the year 1877, the profit on subsidiary coins exceeded $20,000. Well, it is, to my mind, a nice question to consider how far this Government ought to make a profit on subsidiary coins. We don't coin them; they are coined in England. They are sent to us by the Imperial Government. Of course we pay for them in England, but when we get them here we get them for the convenience of the community, and I cannot believe that it is a sound policy for this Government to make a profit out of subsidiary coins. I had taken that view of the matter and communicated it to Mr. AUSTIN before I received a despatch from the Secretary of State in which Lord CARNARVON adverted in pretty strong terms to the practice of making a profit out of the subsidiary coins in Hongkong; and the result, as you know, is that now any one can get coins from the Treasury. We make no profit on them; they are supplied at the rate we have obtained them at ourselves.

The next item that will no longer figure in the revenue returns of the Colony of Hongkong amounted last year to On that subject I have received some despatches from Her Majesty's $7,023; it is the item for brothel licences. Government. A question was lately asked in the House of Commons, and a copy of that question was sent to me by Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH, in a despatch in which he said :-

"I have the honour to inform you that a question, of which I enclose a copy, has been asked in the House of Commons

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　your Government. as to the revenue derived under Ordinance 10 of 1867, from houses of ill-fame in the Colony under

　　　　"It has been alleged that the balance of the fund now in hand amounts to $50,000, and though I can scarcely think "that such is the case, I should wish to have full information on the subject.

　　　　"If, therefore, this point has not already been dealt with by the Commission, I request that you will either invite them "to include in their report a statement of the condition of any fund that has been formed under the 66th section of the "Ordinance, together with any recommendation on the subject that they may think proper to make: or that you will obtain “this information from the records of the Treasury and report to me at an early date the result of your inquiry.”

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from similar sources for the few years before the passing of that Ordinance, and then deducting from the sum total the cost of the Lock Hospital and the salaries of the Inspectors of Brothels, I am afraid that, instead of $50,000, the profit of the Colony has been something like $80,000 or $90,000 under that Ordinance. When I looked back at what had occurred when the Ordinance passed, I saw that the particular clause which rendered it compulsory upon the officers in the Colony that there should be a special fund for it, and that this was not to be paid to the revenue-I saw that that clause was passed because there was a strong feeling at the Legislative Council that it would not be proper to allow such money to enter into the revenue. The gambling funds had unfortunately for a certain time, in opposition to the advice of the principal Members of this Council (the leading Unofficial Members), in opposition to the advice of the Chief Justice, and without the sanction of Her Majesty's Government, been paid into the revenue of the Colony; but when the facts became generally known, owing to the action taken at his Council table, and in other ways, orders were given that these licences should cease and in future the gambling fund should not be mixed with the revenue of this Colony. Unfortunately, what I am now detailing to you escaped attention. I had to inform the Secretary of State that the fund to which he referred had never been constituted, and in reply to the despatch in which I forwarded the statements of the gentleman in whose charge the department lay, I received the following reply:

"I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 54, of the 1st July, relative to the amount of revenue derived from, houses of ill-fame, and I approve of the steps which you have taken for constituting a special fund "from this source in accordance with Ordinance 10 of 1867.”

　　　There are two reasons why the community of Hongkong should feel some interest, I venture to think, in the statement I am now making. If there is in our Treasury chest this large and unprecedented balance; if these leading items of revenue are steadily increasing-and, I should add, as one of the most significant, that the house tax (the amount we derive from. the twelve per cent. on the valuation of house property) is also increasing, and will reach its maximum this year-if, I say, everything is so flourishing, the community will fairly ask, has not the time arrived when some consideration may be given to the tax-payer, and especially to the householders in the Colony? I find that in 1868 the police rate, lighting rate, water rate, and fire brigade rate amounted to 11 per cent. In 1870 it was raised to 12 per cent., and since 1870 up to this moment it has stood at 12 per cent. Now, before venturing to say how we might deal with that, I should like to ask you to consider two other items of revenue to which I have now to refer.

　　　One is what we derive from opium. That shows no increase. Whilst everything else increases, the Opium Farm is at a standstill, and we are to receive this year, 1878, the sum of $132,000, being the same sum that we received in 1877, and being less than the sum received in 1876, and considerably less than the sum received in 1875. The rent of the Opium Farm in 1875 was $137,000, in 1876, $133,000; it is now $132,000. Well gentlemen, I am of opinion-and I know you concur with me—that by prudent management we ought to get for the Opium Farm, if not its full value, at all events a fair value, and therefore something largely in excess of what the present_farmers pay.

　　　There is another item of revenue, that of spirits. That brings us in a comparatively small sum, a sum far smaller than it realises for other Governments similarly situated to ours. I find that in 1877 we obtained from that source a revenue of $28,395. Instead of $28,000, we ought to receive from the Spirit Farm $100,000, if not more; and therefore it is, gentlemen, that in the months of August and September I asked the Unofficial Members of Council to meet me for the purpose of considering the question of how far they, as commercial men, would be prepared to assist me in establishing a Spirit Farm in the Colony; and also how far they would assist me in improving the Opium Ordinance so as to strengthen the hands of the opium farmer and encourage him to give a proper sum for the monopoly." I received from my Honourable friends the Unofficial Members valuable advice on these two points, and, speaking in the presence of my Honourable friends, I think. I am justified in saying that they went entirely with me on the subject of the Spirit Farm. As regards the Opium Farm, there are certain alterations in the Ordinance which I contemplate submitting to you. They are alterations in detail, and I apprehend they are alterations which my Honourable friends will support. I may mention that I did draft, with the assistance of the Attorney General, a Bill to establish in this Colony, an Opium Farm identical with that in Singapore. But my Honourable friends, who know more than I do of the commercial transactions of this Colony, and whose views on such subjects I always receive with the utmost deference, at one suggested that the proposed Bill should not be pressed; and of course I took their advice. The Bill will not be laid before you, but only such amendments of the existing law as my Honourable friends will approve.

Nothing would give me greater satisfaction than to lower considerably the rates and taxes in this Colony. Until I see my way to a proper sale of the Opium Farm, and until I find out what we can get from a Spirit Farm, I content myself with announcing to you in public the views I have already communicated to you in private, so that they may be considered by you and the Colony in general; and I think I may look for support from you in doing everything that can be lawfully done to stimulate our revenue from opium and spirits. With regard to the Spirit Farm, I am not disposed to think that its operation should be confined simply to Chinese spirits, from which I hope to get a very large revenue, but I think a Spirit Farm may also deal, as it does in Singapore, with other classes. We have in this Colony a large number of sailors and other who at this moment drink very bad and nominally very cheap spirit. One effect of the Spirit Farm would be to increase the revenue, but another effect would be to establish some check on the deleterious spirit now sold; so that the legislation I contemplate, and, perhaps, with your sanction, may succeed in passing, will not only increase our revenue, but will benefit the consumer likewise.

I have told you that there has been an increase in the revenue from junks. Now I know some of friends, the Unofficial Members whom I have consulted from time to time on this subject, entirely agree with me with respect Honourable my to the fees levied on junks. We levy at this moment on junks of 500 piculs a sea-going licence of $10 and a fishing licence of $1; under 500 piculs we levy $1 a month and 20 cents fishing licence; for vessels of 500 piculs and less than 1,000 we

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levy $15 sea-going licence, and $3 fishing licence; for vessels above 1,000 piculs we levy $20 sea-going licence. So far for the native shipping. Upon the whole of the European shipping we levy one cent a ton. Now, these two items are items of great significance. They both show an increase, and the increase they show furnishes us with one of the best and safest tests of the growing prosperity of the Colony. If the Opium Farm sells at the figure I anticipate, and if we can established a Spirit Farm, I would ask you then to consider the advisability of entirely removing from the native trade of the Colony the licensing fees I have now detailed to you, and I would ask you also to consider the equity of considerably reducing the police, water, lighting, and fire brigade rates.

year and up to this date indicate? It shows us that in the European and American shipping—the foreign shipping coming to this harbour-the increase in 1878 will be 800,000 tons, so that we may in the year 1878 calculate upon being able to show an increase of 390,000 tons of shipping entered into this Colony in cargo as compared with last year. To estimate the full value of that, I may remind you that the total shipping of Queensland, which is the largest Colony in area in the British Empire and not the least flourishing, amounts to 388,000 tons: that is, of ships entered with cargo. The total tonnage of ships entered into the two important Colonies of South Australia and Western Australia put together is actually less than the increase we have made this year. In truth, gentlemen, when I compare the position of this Colony with that of other Colonies, and especially when I remember-and we are bound to do that, I think, in fairness-that in the nine months to which I have been referring, and of which I have the authentic returns now before me, it may be said that our prosperity is due to no real activity of trade in the United Kingdom or India, we surely have cause for satisfaction..

　　　　　In the United Kingdom during that period there has been depression. In India we have had during the same period mercantile uncertainty, an uncertainty that still continues. In China itself we have had a desolating famine, and even down to the Kwang-tung province, which this Colony adjoins, there has been during the same period unexampled and severe distress. Therefore, it is some satisfaction to me to-day, in making to you this preliminary financial statement-- sketching out to you the proposals I may have the honour to submit to you, I hope, at the usual time next month-to know that in the history of this Colony no Governor was ever before, able to put before his Council such indisputable proofs of growing, steady, and safe prosperity as the facts that you have before you to-day.

　　　　　And, gentlemen, knowing that, I have every confidence that you will assist me cordially in dealing with the finances next month in such a way as to effect for the tax-payers of this Colony a reasonable reduction. It will be our duty, no doubt to maintain our revenue at a safe figure, and I would throw out to my unofficial friends this for consideration, that something like $900,000 a year ought at present to answer us for all the requirements of the Colony. If you agree with me that we ought to determine our revenue this year at something like that figure, then you will at once see the feasibility of our making some reductions of taxation; and this point of course we shall bear in mind in doing so, namely, that if we stimulate the Opium Farm, and if we gain much increase of revenue from the Spirit Farm, we ought at once to reduce taxation upon those who are producing the wealth of the Colony. The native junk trade, of course, is imployed in producing the wealth of the Colony, but every householder in this industrious community, every Chinese trader, every European man of business, every Portuguese clerk who works away with his pen in a merchant's office, is producing wealth by his labour, and I think it hard we should be deriving from a direct tax upon such householders the largest single item of our revenue. Therefore, gentlemen, in the sketch I have ventured to put before you I have indicated on the one hand the exact state of the finances; you see how prosperous they are; I have also told you frankly the general idea I have of how we should deal with them, and when next November I submit my schemes to you more in detail I shall look forward with confidence to receiving your support.-(Applause.)

These were all included.

sums.

Honourable P. RYRIE.-They are supplementary.

His EXCELLENCY-They are supplementary; but they are included and appear in the statement submitted to me by the Treasurer. Sometimes money has to be spent immediately; for instance, after that heavy rain storm some months ago, my Honourable friend the Surveyor General had to set to work immediately and the Finance Committee then dealt with it. Honourable P. RYRIE said that with regard to the Police rate, it was during the time of General BRUNKER that it was eleven per cont., and when he was superseded it was put up.

His EXCELLENCY said that was so.

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH NOVEMBER, 1878.

　　On the motion of His Excellency, the Bill to amend Ordinance No. 4 of 1863 is read a second time, and the Council goes into Committee.

The Attorney General states that it will be necessary to amend the Bill for reasons which he gives, and he suggests that it be referred to a Select Committee.

His Honour the Acting Chief Justice thinks that the whole of the Gaol Ordinance, No. 4 of 1863, should be referred to a Select Committee, including the Bill under consideration.

His Excellency the Governor said he was willing to consent to His Honour's proposal. However, on the suggestion of the Honourable W. KESWICK, the Bill is proceeded with at once, and, being committed with a slight transposition of words, is passed, bearing the Title of " An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend Ordinance No. 4 of 1863,"-being "Ordinance No. 2 of 1878."

The following Bills are read a first time, a Bill to amend the Markets Ordinance, 1858; a Bill to authorize the Appropriation of a Supplementary Sum not exceeding Forty-five thousand Dollars to defray the Charges of the Year 1877.

The Acting Colonial Secretary, reports that the following votes had passed the Finance Committee and required Legislative Authority:-

PAYMENTS AUTHORISED IN EXCESS OF THE ESTIMATES OF 1878, REQUIRING LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY.

ESTABLISHMENTS.

Harbour Master's Department.

Steam Launch, Contingencies,

Supreme Court.

Assistant Interpreter, (Mr. BALL), at $1,800 per annum, for 2 months, ......$ Copying Clerk to the Registrar, for October and November, at $40 per month,

200.00

300.00 80.00

380.00

SERVICES EXCLUSIVE OF ESTABLISHMENTS. Medical.

Provisions for Patients,

.....

Miscellaneous Services.

$ 2,000.00

Subscription to Reuter's Political Telegrams, twice a week, for 3 months, from

14th September,

$ 250.00

PAYMENTS AUTHORISED IN EXCESS OF THE ESTIMATES OF 1878, REQUIRING LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY.

POLICE, EXCLUSIVE OF ESTABLISHMENTS.

Hire of 2 Steam Launches for Harbour Police service, at $90 per month each,

for 2 months,.......

$ 360.00

His Excellency also brings before the Council the following list of votes which had been approved by the Finance Committee:-

PAYMENTS AUTHORISED IN EXCESS OF THE ESTIMATES OF 1878, REQUIRING LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY.

ESTABLISHMENTS. Educational.

Four months' half pay to Mr. STEWART to make up his full pay on vacation

leave,

Salary to Mr. MURRAY as Assistant Master at the Central School, as a Super- numerary, from 16th April to 31st May, owing to Mr. BALL'S blindness, at $80 per month,.

$ 520.00

120.00

Salary to Mr. MURRAY as Acting 5th Master from 1st June to 31st December,

at $120 per month, Allowance to Mr. MURRAY for Chinese Teacher at $10 per month, from 1st

July to 31st December,

840.00

60.00

$1,540.00

Medical.

Extra Salary to the Acting Apothecary of the Civil Hospital (Mr. SENNA) at

$47.50 per month, from 15th July to 15th November, 4 months,.......$ Allowance to Colonial Surgeon for Chair Coolies, from 1st June to 31st

December, at $24 per month,

190.00

168.00

358.00

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Gaol.

Allowance to Warden HAYWARD, for Chinese Teacher, from 1st September,...$ 40.00

SERVICES EXCLUSIVE OF ESTABLISHMENTS.

Pensions.

Pension to Mr. BOTELHO, Apothecary of the Civil Hospital, at $396 per

　　annum, from 16th November to 31st December, Gratuity to Mr. BOTELHO, 9 months' pay at $80, for 9 years of service not counted in the Pension, being a month's pay for every year of service,

49.50

720.00

769.50

Educational.

...

Re-printing of certain Books of the School Book Committee's Series,.. House Rent to Mr. MURRAY, from 1st July to 31st December, at $30 per

month,

Police.

Compensation to P. C. MCDOUGAL, for injuries received in the service,.......$

121.00

180.00

301.00

60.00

Works and Buildings.

Maintenance of Telegraph,.

500.00

Roads, Streets, and Bridges.

Repair of Damages caused by Rain Storms of May and June, Gratuities to Scavenging Contractor and Overseers,

$34,506.00 140.00

$34,646.00

Land and Houses Purchased.

Purchase of a House at Tai-kok-tsui for School-house,

100.00

Miscellaneous Services.

Telegraph Service.

Do. Do.

Cost of Submarine Line to Green Island, Block-house at landing of the Caple,

$ 1,443.04 250.00

Cost of 2 sets of Telephones,

650.00

$2,343.04

Colonial Defence.

Cost of an old Junk for Torpedo practice,

45.00

Volunteer Drill Instructors and Contingencies, say, at $200 per month,

7 months,

1,400.00

Honorarium to Commandant, at $100 per month, from 16th May to 31st

August,

350.00

Blue Navy Serge, for Uniforms,

....

Buttons, &c.,.....

Making Coats and Trousers,

.....

531.14

83.00

581.05

$2,990.19

PAYMENTS AUTHORISED IN EXCESS OF THE ESTIMATES OF 1877, REQUIRING LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY.

ESTABLISHMENTS.

Colonial Secretary.

Contingencies, Register Books from England, excess,

Auditor General.

Printing Documents and Forms for all Departments, excess, Coal for fire places for all Departments, excess,....

90.84

274.00

227.98

501.98

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Collector of Stamp, Revenue.

Cost of Stamps, excess,

Ecclesiastical.

50.37

..$

12.11

Difference in Exchange on account of Colonial Chaplain's (Rev. Mr. KIDD)

salary being paid in England,

SERVICES EXCLUSIVE OF ESTABLISHMENTS.

Colonial Treasurer.

Revenue Service.-Petty Expenses in Assessments, excess,.......................................

Judicial.

Administration of Justice.-Compensation' to Witnesses and Fees to Counsels

and Attorneys, excess,

Police.

New Recruits, 20 men from England,

Clothing, excess,

Pensions and Gratuities, excess,

Arms and Ammunitions, excess,..

13.00

277.80

$ 5,927.51

2,111.96 754.64 422.75

$9,216.86

Charitable Allowances.

Sundry Allowances, excess,

Works and Buildings.

Maintenance of Public Gardens,

The different votes are agreed to.

221.50

amount paid in England for Seeds, &c.,......$ 209.04

Adverting to the suggestion of His Honour the Acting Chief Justice that the time has come for revising the Prison Ordinance, No. 4 of 1863, His Excellency the Governor lays upon the table copies or extracts of despatches relating to the Dietary Scale, and to the structure of the Prison, which, His Excellency says, will be printed and distributed, so that Honourable Members may consider the requirements of the Secretary of State.

His Excellency adjourns the Council, sine die.

Read and confirmed, this 11th day of November, 1878.

H. E. WODEHOUSE,

J. POPE HENNESSY,

Governor.

Clerk of Councils.

Title.

Preamble.

Governor in

grant licences

market.

HONGKONG.

ANNO QUADRAGESIMO-SECUNDO VICTORIA REGINA.

JOHN POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G.,

Governor and Commander-in-Chief.

No. 3 of 1878.

An Ordinance to amend "The Markets Ordinance,

1858."

[11th November, 1878.] WHEREAS it is expedient to amend an Ordinance enti-

tled the "Markets Ordinance, 1858" by authorising the Governor in Council to grant licences to sell or expose for sale in places other than a public market articles of food for man usually sold or exposed for sale in a public market under the conditions hereinafter expressed: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

I. Notwithstanding anything contained in the "Markets Or- Council may dinance, 1858" or in the "Markets Ordinance, 1867," from and for sale of food after the coming into operation of this Ordinance, it shall be law- elsewhere than ful for the Governor in Council, from time to time, to grant licen- in public

ces for the sale of articles of food for man usually sold or exposed for sale in a public market elsewhere than in a public market to such persons for such considerations and for such periods as he shall think fit, and it shall be lawful for any person holding such licence to sell or expose for sale such articles as he may be em- powered to sell or expose for sale under such licence during the continuance of such licence.

550

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH NOVEMBER, 1878.

Collector of Stamp, Revenue.

Cost of Stamps, excess,

Ecclesiastical.

50.37

..$

12.11

Difference in Exchange on account of Colonial Chaplain's (Rev. Mr. KIDD)

salary being paid in England,

SERVICES EXCLUSIVE OF ESTABLISHMENTS.

Colonial Treasurer.

Revenue Service.-Petty Expenses in Assessments, excess,.......................................

Judicial.

Administration of Justice.-Compensation' to Witnesses and Fees to Counsels

and Attorneys, excess,

Police.

New Recruits, 20 men from England,

Clothing, excess,

Pensions and Gratuities, excess,

Arms and Ammunitions, excess,..

13.00

277.80

$ 5,927.51

2,111.96 754.64 422.75

$9,216.86

Charitable Allowances.

Sundry Allowances, excess,

Works and Buildings.

Maintenance of Public Gardens,

The different votes are agreed to.

221.50

amount paid in England for Seeds, &c.,......$ 209.04

His Excellency adjourns the Council, sine die.

Read and confirmed, this 11th day of November, 1878.

H. E. WODEHOUSE,

J. POPE HENNESSY,

Governor.

Clerk of Councils.

Title.

Preamble.

Governor in

grant licences

market.

HONGKONG.

ANNO QUADRAGESIMO-SECUNDO VICTORIA REGINA.

JOHN POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G.,

Governor and Commander-in-Chief.

No. 3 of 1878.

An Ordinance to amend "The Markets Ordinance,

1858."

[11th November, 1878.] WHEREAS it is expedient to amend an Ordinance enti-

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH NOVEMBER, 1878.

penalties.

II. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to make And may make Regulations for the proper conduct of business authorised to be Regulations carried on under this Ordinance by licences generally or by any enforceable by particular licence, and from time to time to repeal, alter, or vary the same; and such Regulations shall be binding as well upon the grantees of such licences as upon all persons employed by or dealing with the grantees of such licences, and such. Regula- tions may be enforced by such penalties as may be specified therein Provided that such Regulations shall be published in Regulations to the Gazette for at least two weeks before they shall come into be published in operation, and that no penalty shall exceed the sum of $500.

Gazette.

before Police

III. A penalties under this. Ordinance may be recovered in Penalties may a summary manner before a Police Magistrate, and shall not affect be recovered any condition for the forfeiture or cancellation of the licence Magistrate subject to which the same may have been granted.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 11th day of November, 1878.

summarily.

551

H. E. WODEHOUSE,

Clerk of Councils.

HONGKONG.

ANNO QUADRAGESIMO-SECUNDO VICTORIA REGINE.

JOHN POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G., Governor and Commander-in-Chief.

No. 4 OF 1878.

[11th November, 1878.]

Title.

HEREAS it has become necessary to make further provision Preamble.

for the public service of the Colony for the year 1877, in addition to the charge upon the revenue for the service of the said year already provided for in the Estimates submitted to the Legis- lative Council; Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with

the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1877.

I. A sum not exceeding Forty-five thousand dollars shall be Supplement- and the same is hereby charged upon the revenue of this Colony ary Estimates, for the service of the year 1877, the said sum so charged being expended as hereinafter, specified; that is to say :-

ESTABLISHMENTS.

Colonial Secretary,

Auditor General,

Surveyor General,

Collector of Stamp Revenue,

Ecclesiastical,

Medical,

277.43

404.56

1,044.08

43.37

12.11

349.90

Total Establishments,

$2,131.45

SERVICES EXCLUSIVE OF ESTABLISHMENTS.

Colonial Treasurer,-

13.00

Surveyor General, -

180.00

Judicial,

277.80

Police,

8,920.20

Fire Brigade,

Charitable Allowances,

264.73

1,605.58

Works and Buildings,

2,400.09

Roads, Streets, and Bridges,

25,289.98

Miscellaneous Services,

2,456.37

Land and Houses purchased,

1,005.00

Total exclusive of Establishments,

$42,412.75

Total,

$44,544.20

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 11th day of

November, 1878.

H. E. WODEhouse,

Clerk of Councils.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH NOVEMBER, 1878.

penalties.

Gazette.

before Police

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 11th day of November, 1878.

summarily.

551

H. E. WODEHOUSE,

Clerk of Councils.

HONGKONG.

ANNO QUADRAGESIMO-SECUNDO VICTORIA REGINE.

JOHN POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G., Governor and Commander-in-Chief.

No. 4 OF 1878.

[11th November, 1878.]

Title.

HEREAS it has become necessary to make further provision Preamble.

the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1877.

ESTABLISHMENTS.

Colonial Secretary,

Auditor General,

Surveyor General,

Collector of Stamp Revenue,

Ecclesiastical,

Medical,

277.43

404.56

1,044.08

43.37

12.11

349.90

Total Establishments,

$2,131.45

SERVICES EXCLUSIVE OF ESTABLISHMENTS.

Colonial Treasurer,-

13.00

Surveyor General, -

180.00

Judicial,

277.80

Police,

8,920.20

Fire Brigade,

Charitable Allowances,

264.73

1,605.58

Works and Buildings,

2,400.09

Roads, Streets, and Bridges,

25,289.98

Miscellaneous Services,

2,456.37

Land and Houses purchased,

1,005.00

Total exclusive of Establishments,

$42,412.75

Total,

$44,544.20

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 11th day of

November, 1878.

H. E. WODEhouse,

Clerk of Councils.

552

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16?H NOVEMBER, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Bill, which was read a first time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council held on Monday, the 11th day of November, 1878, is published for general information.

By Command,

Council Chamber, Hongkong, 11th November, 1878.

H. E. WODEHOUSE,

Clerk of Councils.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, Title.

with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to apply a sum not exceeding Seven hundred and fifty-two thousand Dollars to the Public Service of the Year 1879.

November, 1878.]

WHEREAS or the pen 1879 has been estimated at the sum

THEREAS the expenditure required for the service of this Preamble.

Colony for the year

of seven hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty-eight cents: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council. thereof, as follows:-

I. A sum not exceeding seven hundred and fifty-two thousand Estimates, dollars shall be, and the same is hereby charged upon the 1879. revenue of this Colony for the service of the year 1879, and the said sum so charged shall be expended as hereinafter specified; that is to say :-

Governor,

Colonial Secretary,-

Colonial Treasurer,-

Auditor General, Clerk of Councils, Surveyor General, - Government Gardens, Postmaster General,

ESTABLISHMENTS.

$ c. 2,708.00

3,656.00

3,804.00

16,479.00

100.00 27,842.00

4,552.80

30,660.00

Registrar General,

11,866.00

Harbour Master,

27,890.00

Lighthouses,

7,424.00

Collector of Stamp Revenue,

4,162.00

Judicial,

22,600.00

Registrar of Companies,

192.00

Ecclesiastical,

1,158.00

Educational,

21,918.00

Medical,

15,876.00

Police Magistrates,-

6,394.00

Police,

145,858.80

Gaol,

21,372.00

Fire Brigade,

8,626.00

Total Establishments,

$385,138.60

SERVICES EXCLUSIVE OF ESTABLISHMENTS.

Colonial Treasurer,

Surveyor General,

Postmaster General,

Registrar General,

Judicial,

Educational,

1,500.00 1,800.00 20,734.78

25.00 200.00 7,700.00 19,020.00

390.00

}

Medical,

Police Magistrates,

Police,

Gaol,

Fire Brigade,

Charitable Allowances,

Transport, -

Works and Buildings,

Roads, Streets, and Bridges,

Lighthouses,

Miscellaneous Services,

Military Contribution,

28,885.00

17,170.00

3,075.20

4,000.00

4,500.00

66,750.00

44,720.00

3,000.00

38,500.00 104,348.00

Total,

- $751,456.58

No. 221.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH NOVEMBER, 1878. 553

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　　The following Order by His Excellency the Governor in Council, is published for general information.

By Command,

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th November, 1878.?

THE LIGHTHOUSES ORDINANCE, 1873.

No. 17 of 1873. ORDER

Made by His Excellency the Governor in Council, this 29th day of October, 1878.

By virtue of the provisions of the above mentioned Ordinance, it is ordered,——

That the River steamer Kiang Chow, belonging to KWOK ACHEONG, whilst running instead of the Yotsai, be exempted from the payment of Light Dues so long as she enters the waters of the Colony by day.

H. E. WODEHOUSE,

Clerk of Councils.

Approved in Council,

J. POPE HENNESSY, Governor and Commander-in-Chief.

No. 222.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint H. E. WODEHOUSE, Esquire, to be Acting Deputy Superintendent of Police provisionally and until further notice vice C. V. CREAGH appointed to be Acting Police Magistrate.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th Nove

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

No. 223.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

It is hereby notified that pending instructions from H. M.'s Government, His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to recognize provisionally ALEXANDER C. LEVYSOHN, Esquire, of the Firm of Messrs. ARNHOLD KARBERG & Co., as Consul for Sweden and Norway.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th November, 1878.

No. 224.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th November, 1878.

No. 225.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notice to Mariners is published for general information.

C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary,

By Command,

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th November, 1878.

No. 221.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH NOVEMBER, 1878. 553

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　　The following Order by His Excellency the Governor in Council, is published for general information.

By Command,

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th November, 1878.?

THE LIGHTHOUSES ORDINANCE, 1873.

No. 17 of 1873. ORDER

Made by His Excellency the Governor in Council, this 29th day of October, 1878.

By virtue of the provisions of the above mentioned Ordinance, it is ordered,——

That the River steamer Kiang Chow, belonging to KWOK ACHEONG, whilst running instead of the Yotsai, be exempted from the payment of Light Dues so long as she enters the waters of the Colony by day.

H. E. WODEHOUSE,

Clerk of Councils.

Approved in Council,

J. POPE HENNESSY, Governor and Commander-in-Chief.

No. 222.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th Nove

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

No. 223.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th November, 1878.

No. 224.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th November, 1878.

No. 225.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notice to Mariners is published for general information.

C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary,

By Command,

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th November, 1878.

554

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH NOVEMBER, 1878.

????

Government of China.

NOTICE TO MARINERS..

[No. 95.]

CHINA SEA.

RIVER MIN-FOOCHOW DISTRICT.

Aymar Buoy.

　Notice is hereby given that on the 25th October a red and black chequered Buoy, 6 feet in diameter, surmounted by a black diamond-shaped cage, was moored in 11 fathoms, L.W., 900 feet E.N.E. of the east end of the reef known as the

Benjamin Aymar Rock," which is situated near the "North Channel" entrance to the Foochow River.

The name "Aymar" is painted on the Buoy in white.

　The following are the magnetic bearings from the reef, given by Captain R. H. NAPIER, R.N., commanding H.M Surveying Vessel "Nassau":-

Changchi Peak

Middle Dog Ligthouse

Sea Dog Summit.

Sea Cat

See Admiralty Charts, Nos. 1262, 1761 and 2400.

By order of the Inspector General of Customs,

.bears N. 68° E.

S. 37° E.

S. 59° E.

S. 71° E.

GERALD E. WELLESLEY, Acting Engineer-in-Chief.

IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS, ENGINEERS' OFFICE, SHANGHAI, 6th November, 1878.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

The Bokhara Buoy has been replaced in its former position over the Rock.

Harbour Department, Hongkong, 13th November, 1878.

No. 210.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

J. P. MCEUEN, Acting Harbour Master, &c.

Tenders for Contracts for the supply of the articles included in the undermentioned Schedules. of the Government Civil and Lock Hospitals, for the space of one year, commencing on the 26th of December, 1878, will be received at this Office, until Noon of Monday, the 2nd of December, 1878

Schedule 1, Provisions.

2. Medical Comforts.

3, Bedding and Clothing.

4, Miscellaneous.

Tenders may be made for all 4 Schedules, or for each separately.

The Contractor will be required to enter into a Bond for the due fulfilment of his Contract, and for the supply of all articles of the best quality.

Tenders must be in duplicate, and in sealed envelopes, endorsed "Tenders for Hospital Contract.” Forms of Tender, and all other information, may be obtained from the Superintendent of the Government Civil Hospital.

No Tenders will be received, unless the Person tendering shall produce a receipt to the effec that he has deposited in the Colonial Treasury the sum of $200 as a pledge of the bon? fides of his offer, which sum shall be forfeited to the Crown, if such Person shall refuse to carry out his Tender.

The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest, or any Tender.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 31st October, 1878.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

No. 128.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

HONGKONG SILVER SUBSIDIARY COINS.

　Notice is hereby given, that these Coins of the respective values of 20 Cents, 10 Cents, and 5 Cents each, can be obtained at par at the Colonial Treasury, and at the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd June, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

}

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH NOVEMBER, 1878. 555

NOTICE.

　　　　Before a Licence can be issued, the Applicant will be required to produce the sanction of a Police Magistrate.

Harbour Department, Hongkong, 31st October, 1878.

J. P. MCEUen, Acting Harbour Master, &c.

NOTICE.

　　　　It is requested that such Rates may be paid before the 31st October, as after that date application will be made to the Supreme Court for the recovery of arrears.

Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 5th October, 1878.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Treasurer.

Unclaimed Correspondence, 15th November, 1878.

Letters. Papers.

1 regd.

B?guin, Monsr. J.1 Barclay, C. W.

Cross, Mrs. S. J. 1

Clatand, Monsr, 1.

Clarke, Hagh

Hannen, G.

Barrue, Monsr. 1

Blanchard, Y. T. 2

Beal, Mrs.

Bushnell, S. C.

Letters. Papers.

Aky, (Mypan) 1 regd. Atak, (Mypan) 1 regd.

Ayoon

A-Fook

Ainsbury, Capt.

Alexander, H. 1 Aniess William, 1 Anderson, C. E. 1

Adkins, Mr.

Arowgothunda, S. 1 reg.

Brown, Sir C. 2 Bossolo, L. Brokenshar,Capt.4 Brooking, A. C. 1 Bernard, Emile 1

Blacklock, John 1 1 Bryde, Capt.

Chulan & Co. 1 Colville, D. D.

Civetta, G. Creaton, Jas. Cunha, C. A. da 1

Dhite, Monsr. 2 Dumont, Mrs. H. 1 Evans, James S. 1

Fox, Madam .1

Lone, J.

Lock, Thomas 1 Levis, S. Larsen, Andrew 1 Luz, Ellarina da 1 Leys, Robert R. 1

Mellomcosta, A. 1

Neo Teing Siew 1 regd.

Pembroke, F. Pike, Mr. Patterson, Mrs.H.1 Persse, Capt. 1

For Merchant Ships.

Sam Wah

Swinney, F.

Letters. Papers.

Letters. Papers

Ferrero, Luigi 1 Fyfe, J. B.

Lamerton, H. Leu Tong

Roche, John

Ryan, Capt.

Garstin, Major 1

Richards, Samuel 2

MacKenzie,Capt.1

Richmond, A.

Heelis, Arthur 1

Moore, Mr.

Rosendah, P.

Lets. Pprs.

Talpey, Capt. F. Tongei, (Chino) 1

Tai Afat

Thomson, Alex. 1

Tanner, J. B.

Hill, Chas. E.

Merriman, Jas. 1

Rayden, W. M. 1

Taffell, Wm.

Howard, Mrs. 1

Martin, R. M.

Roberts, A.

More, Miss E. J.1

Reily, Chs.

Veltz, Miss M. 1

Hunter, Miss

Muller, A.

Howell, Mrs. L. 1

Willberg, Ch.

Johnson, Octavius 1 Jensen, C.

Sams, W. F. B.

Savio, Pietro

3 2 1

Sheather, C. H,

Wai Chung

Stewart, Capt. 1

Stott, Revd. G. 1 Sharp, C. K.

Quong Tong Tai 1

1 Steinhener, C. 1 Souza, D. J. de

Whetton, Chas. 1

Weber, R. T.

Wing On Chong 1

White, Wm. E. 1

1 regd.

Wildash, F. J. C. 1 Whyte, Jno.

Williams, John 1

Yae, Ching

Letters. Papers.

Arabella, Alice

Columbian, s.s. 1

　　Commonwealth 1 regd.

Ferntower, s.s. 1 Fabius

12424

James Shepherd J. MacDonald 1

Altear

Anna

Corea Chinaman

Failoong, s.s.

Nyassa

Overdale

Letters. Papers.

S. Vaughan

2 1 regd.

Southern Cross 1

Sarah Bell

Lets. Pprs.

Fleetwing

Challenge

Frederick

Brisbane

Commonwealth, s.s. 2

Flatin, s.s.

Behar, s.s.

Coloma

Great Admiral 1

Bertha Marion 1

Black Prince

Dharwar

Hawkesbury

Belcarry

Harkaway

Bertie Bigelow 1

Erminia

Helen

Emily

Hindostan

2122

City of Aberdeen

Eleanor

Hopeful

Cashmere

Estrone

Hail Columbia 2

Lady Penrhyn Lota

Magdala

Mary Blair Mary Smith McNear Magdalen Moss Glen Maritime Union 2 Marcia, s.s.

S. Hunlie

Palestine

Satent

Parthead Twescanal 1

Southesk

* N∞N

Prince Amadeo 2

Sumatra

Prince Louis

Tai Watt

Robert Henderson 10

Tokatea

Rosie Welt

5 regd.

Teti Austrian

Rosebud

Tamar

Remonstrant

Tweed

Regent

Tyburnia

Corona

Espiegle

Hornet

Mignon

Countess of Erroll 5

Madeleine

Sea Gull, s.s.

Wm. Manson 1

Commissary

Freeman Clark

Irigo

Sacramento

Wm. Phillips

Corrientes

Fair Leader

Invincible

Napier

Strathern

W. E. Gladstone 1

Victor Emanuel,....

For H. M. Ships.

.1 Letter.

Vigilant,.........

...1 Letter.

Arbetare-Bladet.

Christadelphian.

De Aarde.

Dagbladet. Daily Telegraph. Glasgow Weekly Mail. Illustrated London News.

Books, &c., without Covers.

Illustrated Australian.

Journal de Geneve. Journal de St. Peters-

bourg.

L'Union Savoisienne..

Navy List.

Pattern of Flannels, &c.

Rotterdamsche Courant.

Sonderburger Zeitung. Sunderland & Durham

County Herald.

Times.

United Methodist Free Free Churches Minutes 1878.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

CAPE D'AGUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

VICTORIA PEAK, HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

556

THE

HONGKONG

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,

16TH NOVEMBER,

1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

WINDS

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

DAY AND

DATE.

BARO-

? TO 12.

HOUR.

METER

WEA-

THER.

BARO-

METER

0 TO 12.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max.] Min. Dry.] Wet. Direct. Force.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max Min. | Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. | Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches

during previous 24 hours.

Saturday,

9th

Nov.

30.16 74.0

30.2175.0 Noon? 30.20 | 73.0|76,0| 70.0 71.0 68.0

72.0 69.0

O.C.

0.c.

78.0 68.0

O.C.

30.02 74.0 30.02 74.0 79.0 69.5 73.0 69.0] NE 73.5 70.0 NE

30.02 74.0

73.0 69.0 NE

30.09 74.0|

70.0 68.0 N

o.d.

28.33 | 64.0]

64.0 63.0 ENE

o.f.

0.00

30.08 74.0 75.0 67.5 70.0 66.5| N

0.00

28.33 64.0 64.0 63.0 64.0 63.0] ENE

o.m.

0.00

30.06 75.0

73.0 68.0 N

28.31 64.0

64.0 63.0 ENE

o.m.

Sunday, 9

10th

30.2574.0 Noon 30.21 | 74.5 75.0 70.0 73.0 67,5

72.0 67.0

O.C.

30.05 71.0

73.5 69.0 N

b.c.

30.11 | 75.0|

74.0 67.0 N

b.c.

28.37 65.0

64.0 64.0 N

o.m.

O.C.

30.05 75.0 77.0 70.0 74.5 70.5 N

0.00

30.10 75.0 75.0 68.0 74.5 68.0 N

b.c.

0.00

28,36 | 65.0) 65.0; 62,0| 65.0 63.0 ENE

b.c.

0.00

Nov.

30.16 | 75.0

74.0 68.5

O.C.

30.04 76.0

Monday,

11th

Nov.

Tuesday,

12th

30.25 73.5

Noon? 30.22 74.0 75.0 70.0 73.0 66.0 30.2075.0

30.29 69,5

73.0 66.0

71.5 66.0

o.c.

30.04 74.01

:|:

75.0 72.0 N

b.c.

30.06 75.0

74.5 68.5 N

28.36 66.0

66.0 64.0 N

3 b.c.

0:0

72.5 68.0 N

b.c.

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VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 23RD NOVEMBER, 1878.

VOL. XXIV.

MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

The following Report, extracted from the Daily Press, is published for general information.

A meeting of the Legislative Council was held on Monday, the 18th November. There were present:—

His Excellency Governor POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G.

Honourable F. SNOWDEN, (Acting Chief Justice). Honourable C. MAY, (Acting Colonial Secretary). Honourable J. M. PRICE, (Acting Colonial Treasurer). Honourable P. RYRIE.

Honourable H. Low?OCK.

Honourable W. KESWICK.

Honourable T. C. HAYLLAR, Q.C.

His EXCELLENCY.-Gentlemen, I am sorry to inform you that the Attorney General is unable to attend owing to illness.

THE EXTENSION OF THE GAOL.

　　　　　The SURVEYOR GENERAL (and ACTING TREASURER)-Your Excellency, before resuming the debate of last Monday, on the subject of the Gaol extension, I would beg to lay upon the table, estimates*. of the cost of the alternative schemes referred to in the despatch of the Secretary of State of the 5th June last. Copies of this document are already in the hands of Honourable members, and I was about to ask to be permitted to add a brief word in elucidation of its contents.

RECAPITULATION.

1.-High Level Project,t.. 2.-Low Level Project,t 3.-New Gaol, 4.-Extension of present Gaol,

. $150,940

195.700

133,200 84,000

　　　　　　　　NOTE.-Under both extension projects of the present Gaol, there will be 441 Separate Cells as also 20 Associated Cells capable of holding 60 prisoners. The present Women's Ward and the Debtors' Ward will remain untouched.

J. M. PRICE,

Surveyor General.

　　　　　　　　? In both High and Low Level Projects, owing to the possibilily of the proprietors eventually deriving a larger income from both the Hollywood Road and Caine Road sites by their adaptation to Chinese tenements, it is questionable whether, in equity, the Government could acquire either piece of land for the values here assessed.

VICTORIA GAOL.

Comparative cost of the projects mooted in Secretary of State's despatch No. 48 of 5th June, 1878:-

1.-High Level Project (Extension up to Caine Road).

Purchase of Land,

Building New Block with 200 Separate Cells,

Levelling and retaining Site for same,

Conversion of Associated Cells in present Gaol Building into Separate Cells,

Total,

..$ 66,440

64,000

10,000

10,500

..$150,940

Building New Block with 200 Separate Cells,

Erection of New Police Barracks,

Conversion of Associated Cells in present Gaol Buildings into Separate Cells,

2.-Low Level Project-(Extension on to Police precincts, and removal of Police Barracks to Hollywood Road).

Purchase of Mr. SASSOON's Lots,

.$ 48,200 64,000

Com 73,000 10,500

..$195,700

Total,

Cost of Erection of a New Gaol at Stone Cutter's Island with 500 Separate Cells:-

New Gaol,

Quarters for Staff and Guard,

Enclosure Walling,

Total,

Deduct proceeds of Sale of portion of present Gaol and Site,

Balance,

$153,900 24,000 5,300

$183,200 50,000

$133,200

PRESENT GAOL EXTENSION.

Building New Block on present Magistracy Site with 176 Solitary Cells,

Building Quarters for Gaol Staff on Site purchased in 1872,

.$ 53,000

20,000

Conversion of Associated Cells in Wing A C and E of present Gaol into 252 Separate Cells,

Total,

11,000

84,000

　　　　　　　For this expenditure is obtained an aggregate of 428 Separate Cells in addition to 20 Associated Cells with room for 60 prisoners in Wings B and D which remain untouched. The women's and debtors' Prison and the Gaol Hospital also remain available as at present. This project entails the sacrifice of the Magistracy buildings.

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The Hongkong GOVERNMENT CAZETTE, 23RD NOVEMBER, 1878.

But before proceeding further, I think it only right to express my great regret that I should not have been able to be present in my seat on Monday last, to reply to any questions that Honourable members might have wished to address to me. I hope that my absence did not cause any inconvenience; in fact I venture to hope it may have been of some advantage in giving us another week to consider this matter with greater deliberation. I read with great interest the reports of the debate, and noticed particularly the very natural objection of the Honourable gentleman opposite (Mr. KESWICK), who appeared disinclined to enter into the discussion of any project until we had before us the estimates of the probable cost. the table contains those estimates, and, with the concurrence Well, the document I have just had the honour of laying upon of the Council, I would venture to review these figures very briefly, so that we may leave nothing behind us to be mis- understood hereafter. I hold in my hand the despatch to your Excellency from Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH, dated 5th of June, and which your Excellency caused to be published in the Government Gazette. In that despatch, after condemning the proposal which I had the honour to submit pursuant to instructions from Lord CARNARVON, Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH goes on to suggest to your Excellency three alternative projects which he requests may be investigated, their relative merits and comparative cost carefully weighed, and a further report made to him. These projects are-first, the high level project of extending the Gaol up to the Caine Road; second, the project of extending the Gaol on to the Police precincts, and removing the Central Police Barracks; and third, that of erecting a new Gaol on an entirely new site. With regard to this last suggestion, Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH enjoins that particular care should be taken to compare that at Stone Referring to the schedule in their hands, Cutter's Island with any available sites we may possess on this side of the water. Honourable members will see that the cost of realising the first alternative scheme proposed by the Secretary of State comes to $150,940. These figures pretty clearly set forth the cost of the project, and admit of no question except perhaps in the case of the item of $66,440 which represents the cost of the land. With regard to the cost of land in Hongkong, it may be convenient I should explain the principles on which the Government Assessor bases his valuations. The system is one that has been adhered to for many years past in the Department over which I have the honour to preside. First the gross annual rent of the land is taken and from that gross annual rent the assessor deducts such items as insurance, ground- rent, depreciation of buildings, and a landlord's ordinary yearly building repairs, and, making a sum of these deductions, he arrives at the net annual income of the proprietor. This net annual income he capitalises at fifteen years' purchase. In England it is generally twelve years, but here in the East it has always been fifteen years. This capitalisation is set down as the value, plus ten per cent. for forced resumption by the Crown. I do not know of any system that could be fairer. At the same time it must be confessed that as often as not, proprietors of land say, "I have no objection to your valuation; you are correct in your valuation of my net income, yet at the same time if I were to adapt my premises to Chinese tenements I would be able to double the proceeds from my land." That may be true or not, but the Government Assessor cannot proceed to value on speculative intentions. It is for the Government afterwards to investigate the proprietor's claim and allow by way of compensation what the facts may justify. That system has been applied to the high level scheme; also to the low level which necessitates the resumption of four lots of land on which the hospital stands. I am led to understand Honourable members believe these items for the purchase of land are insufficient. That I repeat is a matter for discussion, but all I have to say is, if they are insufficient so much the worse for the extension projects, for they are already very expensive projects, and, if we have to pay more for the land than I have estimated far one would not be prepared to recommend your Excellency to entertain them for a moment. Proceeding to the low level scheme, or the extension of the Gaol on to the Police precincts and the removal of the Police barracks on to Hollywood Road or some other site, we find the cost there still higher and less commensurate with the advantages to be attained. It entails the erection of new Police Barracks, at a cost alone of $73,000, and the total cost of the project is $195,700. And, again, the same questions apply to this as to the first scheme with regard to the price of the land, which is here valued roughly at $50,000. There remains only one other alternative to be considered, and that is the erection of an entirely new Gaol on some other site. The cost of this is put down at $159,900. The estimate provides for a structure with 500 Separate Cells at Stone Cutter's Island. From the estimate of $183,200 is deducted, in accordance with the recommendation of the Secretary of State, the sum of $50,000, proceeds of the sale of a portion of the present Gaol and site. This figure, $50,000, for the land is perhaps low, but it is based on the same scale of assessment as the item that appears on the opposite side of the account for the cost of land; it will be a question for discussion, whether this project recommends itself to Honourable members. In conclusion, I would call your Excellency's attention to a fourth alternative, which is not mooted at all in Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH'S despatch, but which appears in the schedule before us; it is that of a proposed extension on the present premises themselves. My instructions from your Excellency were to examine this question exhaustively, and, favourable or unfavourable, to include all possible alternatives in the comparative estimates. Your Excellency will recollect that a project much of the same nature has been recently rejected by the Secretary of State, and this is simply an improvement on that rejected project, inasmuch as it leaves a large airing yard between the old Gaol and the proposed new buildings, and Central Police Barracks, but it also means the sacrifice of the site of the present Police Courts. I have no site to offer you for these in exchange. I do not know where they may be conveniently placed. My learned friend opposite (the Acting Chief Justice) seems to think they might, perhaps, without inconvenience to the Law Courts, be placed in the Supreme Court building. There is also the plan of placing them on the site purchased in 1872 for $10,000 opposite the Civil Hospital. But I am not altogether prepared to recommend at the present moment, they should be located here, because I am not certain that the space would suffice for the very large requirements and increasing archives of the Police Courts. However, these are all questions to be considered by the light of the estimates setting forth the cost of the different schemes.

　　　Honourable W. KESWICK.-Your Excellency, the discussion which took place when we last met was unexpected by the majority of Honourable members of the Council, but the statement that your Excellency then made, and the remarks which followed, I think, were of great use in bringing forward the subject of Gaol accommodation in a manner calculated to have the merits of the question at issue fully ventilated. The few remarks I made on that occasion must have convinced your Excellency that my views on the question were very decided ones, though at the moment I was rot prepared to enter into details. The present Goal is, in my opinion, one of a most excellent character. Its situation has been described by my Honourable friend on my right (Mr. HAYLLAR) as being in the midst of a crowded town. It is in a town certainly, but not in a crowded part of this city. It is placed on the slope of a terraced hill, and I do not believe that more pure air, or more invigora-

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28en NOVEMBER, 1878. 561

ting breezes are enjoyed in any part of the town than on the site of Victoria Gaol. The building itself is a comparatively new one. It contains, perhaps, every improvement that a modern Gaol is expected to possess, with the solitary exception that it was not designed for prisoners under the new system called the separate system. Well, that system has yet to be tried. I- think it is one which recommends itself as being in all probability the most deterrent mode of confinement which can be applied to prisoners. Victoria Gaol also fortunately possesses, although it was not designed for it, a number of cells that might be converted into separate cells for prisoners. At the present time there are twenty-four of these cells completed. There are also twenty-four in course of completion; these make 48, and I understand that in the course of a few months the number might be very readily brought up to between 70 and 80, which would represent a very large percentage of the prisoners in the Gaol, because it is not, I presume, intended that all the prisoners should be confined in separate cells- prisoners, for example, undergoing short sentences. The site is capable of an extension which, I believe, would admit, in the event of new wings being added to the present structure, of an addition perhaps of wards for 250 prisoners. The site of the Magistracy, which is adjacent, is large, while the piece of ground which was bought not very long ago opposite the Hospital might also be taken into consideration. That piece of land, I notice, has the houses in ruins, tumbling down, and unutilised. Such an extension of the Gaol would not be an overcrowding of the site. As I have said, the position of the site would prevent anything of the kind. I conceive, Sir, though Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH, the Secretary of State for the Colonies for the time being, may consider that the Gaol is in the centre of a town, in a densely populated part of the City, it is our duty, I conceive, Sir, it is your duty, to give everyone who takes an interest in this question the plain, unprejudiced, and real truth that, in regard to the site, there is no better in the Island for sanitary purposes. Now, I come to a consideration of the question whether the Gaol is fully adapted at the present time to the ordinary requirements of the Colony, having regard to the great number of criminals who have to be imprisoned. The returns, which I received to-day, show that though there have been occasionally times when the Gaol was densely crowded, or what I should consider unduly crowded—it would be if all the prisoners were European-still there had been times when the numbers had been 305, 357, 340, 333, 353, and 352, and that not for one year, but a series of years. I have not had time to analyse the figures quite accurately, but they have been frequently for a long period together. Curiously enough, whenever there has been in Hongkong an impression that the Executive power is deficient in energy, that the experience of the past is forgotten, that the laws which that experience has caused this legislature to pass have been disregarded, that night passes are ignored, that lanterns are no longer in use, and that thieves, criminals, and others can roam about the town, advantage is taken of it and we find the criminal class increasing. I find that in January, 1876, on the second day of that month there were in Gaol 383; February, 390; March, 373; April, 367; May, 363; June, 414; July, 391; August, 414; September, 426; October, 521; November, 541; December, 516; January, 1877, 451; February, 420; March, 358; April, 339; May, 340; June, 360; July, 339; August, 378; September, 408; October, 405; November, 461; December, 421; then in January of the present year, 433; February, 493; March, 476; April, 550-it should not be forgotten that there was a large delivery in December; in one day 30 prisoners were liberated, I presume, from their time having expired-May, 539; June, 493; July, 494; August, 547; September, 569; October, 524; November, 4th, 517, and November 18th, 519. You will observe that during the greater part of this year there has been a considerable increase in the number of prisoners in the Gaol. One cause of this, I think-although your Excellency did not mink so before, I was happy to see that on Monday last your Excellency attached some importance to-is the low fares on the Canton boats. These low fares have always, in my opinion, had some effect on the increase of crime here. Your Excellency was of a different opinion at one time

time————

His EXCELLENCY.-No, not entirely of a different opinion. What I mentioned before was that I did not believe the cheap fares from Canton were the 'sole cause of the increase of crime here; I said it was not entirely due to that.

　　　　　Honourable W. KESWICK.-I am glad your Excellency has explained that, because it has removed a misapprehension on my part. These figures do not indicate that the Gaol is insufficient for the requirements of our criminal population, and I believe it is possible, by a vigorous punishment of prisoners, to gradually reduce their number. We should not forget, and I think it is an important matter which should be invariably insisted upon in correspondence with England, that this Colony is not as it were a part of the Territory of Great Britain. It is not an Island in Mid-ocean where the criminal class could be dealt with within our own borders, but it is an Island small enough to be termed a rock, within a stone's throw of Kwangtung, a Province which of all others is noted for the turbulence of its inhabitants. Well, it should not be forgotten either that the Chinese who come here would be very differently treated in their own country. I maintain that we make our Gaol too comfortable; the prisoners are too well fed, too well cared for in every respect. It must be an inducement to many of them who are starving on the mainland to come here, commit some petty crime, and be imprisoned. Compared with anything they have ever enjoyed in their lives, it is a sort of paradise. I should mention, with regard to the Gaol, there was an opinion given some years ago, I think it was in 1866, by a Governor of Macao who visited Hongkong. He states:-

"I visited this prison, and it appears to me that England, with her spirit of charity and civilization, has not forgotten to unite in this establishment the conditions which, without breach of the end proposed by the institution, are the most salutary to the existence of criminals, severity, work, and possible comfort-such are the features that strike one on inspec- tion of this Gaol. England is civilising even in her prisons. There is always something to be learned in visits made to establishments of Great Britain; such is the impression which I carry with me of my visit to the Goal of the British Colony." Such was the impression stated by the Governor of Macao. Well, the opinion of the Governor of Macao in 1866 has been the opinion I have heard expressed by many visitors to this Colony who have seen our Gaol. I have heard but one opinion on this subject. Only the other day I mentioned to a gentleman who had gone through the Gaol that there was a project to close it and place the Gaol on Stone Cutter's Island, that it was thought insufficient in accommodation, that the air was too confined in the cells, there was not space enough for the prisoners. He did not believe I was in earnest. He said "It cannot be, you are joking. It is impossible surely that such an idea has been broached in the Colony or at home. It should be the duty of those in authority to inform correctly the Colonial Office." I think it is the opinion of every one who has gone through the Gaol. The corridors and cells are in summer the coolest and best ventilated places in the Colony. I have been frequently in it, and I must admit I have been in no more comfortable place in summer. The cells are not hermetically sealed; there is a current of air through all of them. They are superb places for the criminal to reside

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in, particularly criminals of the Chinese class. Now, Sir, with regard to Stone Cutter's Island, I have but one opinion, and that is that it should be utterly condemned. I believe there is no necessity for it. On the other hand, I believe were the Gaol to be removed the cost would be enormous to construct a new one, and the cost would not end there.

We should have an annual burden upon the tax-payers for the keeping up of a strong guard, for Stone Cutter's Island is in a distant part of the harbour, also a costly service of communication with Hongkong. We should in addition not get rid of this Gaol. It is, in my opinion, absurd to imagine we could. We must have a Gaol, small or large, in the town. I think that was admitted at the last Meeting. At least several speakers seemed to be of my own opinion that it is absolutely necessary for the administration of justice that there should be a prison in the town. Your Excellency alluded. at our last Meeting to a conversation which passed a few months ago. I then heard of this possible scheme of reviving the Stone Cutter's Island Gaol and I ventured to express an opinion that the community would learn of such a project with great dissatisfaction. I also mentioned, if I remember rightly, that they were tired of the manner in which one Governor might propose and execute an undertaking and his successor destroy it. We have had experience of these costly undertakings, and my impression is the Colony is not in love with them. It would be well, it appears to me, that the policy of a Governor--the hobbies or ideas which more or less we all like to air—should be confined within the narrow- est bounds when it is a matter which concerns an expenditure of money. There is in this matter an enormous expenditure of money involved, and I think there is reason for this community to view with the greatest possible objection the expendi- ture of more money on Gaols at Stone Cutter's Island, or even in the extension of the present one. The reasons I have for entertaining such strong opinions are briefly these. That I understand the state of the native town is indescribably bad, that the increase of population to which your Excellency alluded at our last Meeting-which is undoubtedly one of the best signs of the prosperity of the Colony-has also its alarming side, and that is that there has been nothing done, or compara- tively little, to make such an influx to the population of the town anything but dangerous. I believe, Sir, that in 1875 the Surveyor General and the Colonial Surgeon were appointed a Commission to report upon the sanitary state of Victoria. Their labours were commenced, but unfortunately soon after the work was begun the Surveyor General was taken ill

The ACTING COLONIAL TREASURER.-The Colonial Surgeon, I think.

　　　Honourable W. KESWICK.-They were both taken ill at any rate, and their illness was attributed to the very un- pleasant and painful duty they had to perform, that of visiting houses which it was almost poisoning to enter. That report, I have no doubt, has been seen by your Excellency. It has not been published.

His EXCELLENCY.-What is the date of it?

　　　Honourable W. KESWICK.-February, 1875. That report, I understand, was of too horrible a character; it was feared the alarm created by it would be too great, and it has not seen the light of day yet, that is, it has not been published. I hope it has gone to the Secretary of State. Some of the facts that were elicited by the gentlemen who investigated the sanitary state of the Colony at that time, you will understand, perhaps, if I mention one or two cases.

His EXCELLENCY.-May I ask, one moment, has this report been laid before the Council?

The ACTING COLONIAL TREASURER.-No.

Honourable W. KESWICK.-I have not got the report.

His EXCELLENCY.-I thought you had.

Honourable W. KESWICK.-No, I was going to say I had some notes.

　　　His EXCELLENCY.-I have not seen the report, I arrived in April, 1877. If it was not forwarded to the Secretary of State or laid before this Council, I am not to blame. Furthermore, if anyone has supplied my Honourable friend with extracts I shall not be able to deal with them. It ought to have been forwarded to me, but I have not seen the report.

　　　Honourable W. KESWICK.-I have no extracts from the report, I have not seen it. What I was going to say was this, that I have no doubt the report contained some such statements as these--

His EXCELLENCY.-May I ask the authority?

Honourable W. KESWICK.-A creditable authority.

His EXCELLENCY.—I hope my Honourable friend will have no objection to state the authority, as this is a public board. Honourable W. KESWICK.-Mr. ALFORD is my authority.

His EXCELLENCY.-A very high and trustworthy authority. Honourable W. KESWICK.-If I may be permitted—---

His EXCELLENCY.-Certainly.

Honourable W. KESWICK.-The first case I would mention is this

　　　"No. 51, East Street, Taipingshan, ground floor 29 feet 6 inches long, 16 feet 1 inch wide, 11 feet high, floor of mud 2 feet 6 inches below street and side channel, kitchen 7 feet by 10 feet with a sleeping room in it, no smoke flue, a back door and a hole 1 feet square. 8 chambers or partitions, 7 families. 18 people including 12 females and children, a loft 8 feet high, containing 6 more people. Rent $7.50 per month, Chinese landlords, tenant 6 years in possession, sub-tenants of several years' occupation. The cookhouse leaks, the house has not been repaired during tenancy, water comes in at the door. There is a well in the house, and 8 more in its immediate vicinity. It is 7 feet down to the water which stands 1 foot 3 inches deep. The sub-tenants are bricklayers, hawkers, ship-coolies, a cook, and a boat-builder; 2 of them do not come home at night, the others nightly wash themselves in the cookhouse.'

　　　Now, I maintain that these people ought to have their comforts attended to in a sanitary point of view, if they have not the attention the prisoners in Victoria Gaol have. There is another case :-

　　　"10, Lower Lascar Row, Seamen's Boarding House, licensed for 45 men, 18 bunks below, room there 37 feet 3 inches by 13 feet 6 inches by 8 feet 9 inches high, One bunk 6 feet 5 inches by 3 feet 3 inches high. 28 men on the next floor 163 cubic feet per man,'

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There are a number of cases which it would be tedious, perhaps, to read, but I may mention that formerly in one place there were seventy pigs kept. I think there are pigs now in a reduced number. I believe also some of the houses visited showed that there were pigs not on the ground floors only but on the other storeys, and that numbers of them were kept under the beds of the Chinese, and that the water percolated from the top storey down to the lower. In many places throughout the town, too, there are wells. These wells in many cases have a foot and a half depth of water. They are in the close neighbourhood of sewers, sewers of the worst possible kind. That is the state of the town as described there. In 1873 the Honourable gentleman opposite (the Surveyor General), wrote:-

"An inspection of the Chinese districts discloses the phenomenon of a dense mass of people herding together in dark and ill-ventilated dwellings totally devoid of drainage, and where the house sewage, kitchen refuse, and sullage are generally kept standing inside each house in a tub from which is evolved an effluvium that would turn the stomach of a carrion crow.

It is true that the vital energy of the occupants of such places is so lowered, and their olfactory nerves either so blunted or so supernaturally fortified against the offence as to render them callous about it, but notwithstanding, the germs of disease lurk there, and are being generated by a pernicious and revolting system which urgently demands reform."

　　　　　　The description is forcible, and in the present day is true in the main. Little has been done for the amelioration of the condition of these people. I have read the extract from the report on the Water Supply of Hongkong dated 1873. The water supply we know to be inadequate. In many parts of the town there have been additional hydrants put up lately, and the supply is better than it was, but the intermittent supply of water must always be bad. Some people get a sufficient supply, others do not. It is costly to the inhabitants. They have to carry it to a considerable distance, and many of them, I understand, suffer grievously from the want of an efficient water supply. Then, if we come to consider the state of our markets, I think we shall come to the conclusion that if the Colony has money to spend it would be better to spend it in improving them than either in extending the Gaol or building an unnecessary and, I believe, universally condemned new one. These points, the sanitation of Victoria, which of course comprises drainage, water supply, and I believe I may include markets, are in themselves so far more important than the Gaol question that I think I was justified in stating to your Excellency when we had that conversation that I believed the community of Hongkong would be intensely dissatisfied if the Gaol at Stone Cutter's Island were undertaken and the work executed. There is another matter which I beg to call attention to, as being one also that has been present to my mind for a long time as more deserving of attention than the Gaol. I allude to the Central School. The C which I am sure they feel proud c^ education and its civilising influences. igo, and nothing done! Why is it thu

ool, I believe, possesses the confidence of this community. It is an institution be viewed as the centre from which Chinese boys are sent with a European gnored. The new building, long ago planned, the site for it cleared some years known that the present building is wholly unfitted for the number of pupils It has to accommodate. We are aware that the masters have suffered severely, some of them having contracted disease within its over-crowded walls that has carried them to their graves. I think it is well to be plain in this matter, because it appears to me it should be known if the is one

bethence the delay arises. It is said that the opposition

of a would be ecclesiastical dignitary has prevented the consummation of the hopes of the Colony with regard to education. Strange, if true, that from the source from whence we should hope for the highest knowledge there should be opposition to the rudiments of education. I have not much more to say, your Excellency, but I trust I have redeemed the promise that I would at this Meeting state the objections which I see to spending the money of the Colony upon either the extension of the present Gaol or the building of a new one. Much may be done, certainly, I believe, to reduce the number of prisoners that are within the Gaol. I don't want to go over again the ground of deportation, of whipping, and of all the necessary punishments, but whether they are approved of at home, or not, they are the only punishments that will suit the class of criminals that we have to deal with. We should hurl back on China the many who are attracted to this place by the clemency of our laws and the comforts of our prison. They come, not as honest men to earn their living; they come most of them to prey upon the Colony. We should get rid of them. I was glad to observe that your Excellency had reduced the dietary, I understand, notwithstanding the statement of your Excellency that it was suggested to you by some Chinese gentlemen, that it was a recommendation contained in a report of the Gaol Committee, and that it had been mentioned by others. Be that as it may, it is a move in the right direction, and I trust it will not be long until we hear of other changes. The Justices of the Peace have taken some interest in this matter of Gaol regulation and addressed a letter, which I have no doubt your Excellency is acquainted with, on the 2nd of this month to Mr. CREAGH, the Police Magistrate. With your Excellency's permission I will read the correspondence-

"HONGKONG, 2nd November, 1878.

　　　　　　"SIR, We have the honour to request that you will be good enough to convene, and preside at, a special Meeting of the Justices to discuss various matters connected with the Gaol, especially the question of the necessity for its projected enlargement.

　　　　　　"If convenient in all respects we suggest that the Meeting be held on Friday, the 8th instant, at three o'clock in the afternoon.

"To C. V. CREAGH, Esquire, Police Magistrate."

"We are, Sir,

"Your obedient Servants,

"W. KESWICK.

"H. Lowcock.

"H. H. NELSON.

"F. D. SASSOON.

"R. H. SANDEMAN.

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The reply to that letter, dated the 7th November, is in these words:-

"HONGKONG MAGISTRACY, 7th November, 1878. "GENTLEMEN,-In reply to your letter of 2nd instant I have the honour to state that by the Gaol Ordinance Justices of the Peace are only empowered to meet in order to revise prison rules and regulations.

　　"The Attorney General, to whom I have referred the matter, is of opinion that we have no power by virtue of office to discuss the question of enlarging the building. Consequently I should not be justified in calling a Meeting of the Justices for that purpose.

"I have the honour to be,

"Gentlemen; "Your most obedient Servant,

"C. V. CREAGH, "Acting Police Magistrate.”

On the 9th November, the following letter was addressed to Mr. CREAGH:~

your

"HONGKONG, 9th November, 1878.

you

“SIR,-Thanking you for communication of 7th instant, we have the honour to request that will convene and preside at a Meeting of the Justices to revise the rules and regulations of the Gaol.

　　"If convenient in all respects we suggest that the Meeting be held on Friday next, the 15th instant, at half-past three o'clock in the afternoon.

"We have the honour to be,

"Sir "Your obedient Servants,"

It is signed by the same gentlemen. On the 11th November the following reply was received:-

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　"HONGKONG MAGISTRACY, 11th November, 1878. "GENTLEMEN,I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of 9th instant and regret that I am unable to comply with your request.

"The present Gaol regulations (which were introduced only last year by Sir ARTHUR KENNEDY) appear to me to answer in every way the purpose for which they are intended. I cannot therefore participate in any measures taken with a view to their alteration.

"I have the honor

sn,

bedient Servant,

"C. V. CREAGH, "Acting Police Magistrate.”

that

letter the following answer was sent on the 16th November:-

"HONGKONG, 16th November, 1878.

　　"SIR, We have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of 11th instant, and we regret the answer it conveys to our application to you to call a Meeting of the Justices of the Peace.

"You give as a reason for not complying with our request your opinion that the present Gaol regulations answer in every way the purpose for which they were intended.

"We submit that your own opinion, valuable as we admit it to be, of the efficiency of the Gaol rules is not sufficient reason for your declining to summon a Meeting of the Justices when invited to do so-and we request a reconsideration of your decision.

"We desire to point out that by section 10 of Ordinance No. 4 of 1864, under which we wish to act, it is laid down that at Meetings of Justices of the Peace one of the Justices must be a Police Magistrate, and that it is hardly to be supposed that in framing this section there was an intention to give the Magistrate a right to render nugatory the opinions and powers of the body of Justices by a capricious refusal to summon or attend their Meetings.

"We have the honour to be, etc."

No reply has been received to that letter. Indeed there has not been time for one to be received, but I hoped that an application by the Justices would have led to their meeting together at the Gaol, together with a Police Magistrate, and becoming fully conversant with this important matter of the regulations of the Gaol. I hope still we may have that opportunity. There is one matter which I had overlooked almost, but which is really so important that I hope your Excellency will allow me to return to it. It was with reference to important rules on the sanitary state of the town. The Chinese have very different ideas from ours on some matters, especially, I should think, on the matter of Gaols and the necessity of keeping their houses clean, and what we should consider the amount of air which tenants should possess or have the means of obtaining. On the 24th of May a Memorial was addressed to your Excellency by a number of Chinese in which they state, after complaining of interference with their rights:-

"Now these habits, although your Memorialists are given to understand that they are condemned by the more recent rules of Western science, are, as a matter of fact, the outcome of a lengthened experience among the Chinese of living in large and crowded cities, and are as deep-rooted as most of their social customs, so that it is quite certain that the tenants for whom these houses are intended as they would not understand the reason, would in no way avail themselves of the facilities for the free access of light and air which the Surveyor General's proposed alterations would provide for them.”

　These gentlemen evidently don't like to have the dwellings of the poorer classes in Hongkong improved. But your Excellency's minute on this Memorial is one that should be borne in mind in discussing the matter of putting the Chinese on the same footing in this Gaol that Europeans would be placed on in a Gaol at home.

"This Memorial, which relates to the structure of purely Chinese houses in the Chinese quarter of the town, is signed by nearly all the leading Chinese inhabitants of Hongkong, in fact it is signed by those intelligent and influential Chinese residents whose views with respect to such questions are entitled to the greatest weight. Agreeing with them in the

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general principles they have now put before me, I would be glad to learn that the Memorialists could see their way to conforming to the essentially Chinese style of dwelling common both to Canton and Hongkong, and which, while economis- ing space to the utmost, admits of a certain amount of light and ventilation through the small square spaces left at the back called smokeholes."

　　　　I would call your attention to that last line again. It is a curious commentary upon all the air the criminal classes are deemed to require. I think, Sir, there are the names in this Memorial of some of the gentlemen connected with the Tung Wah Hospital. That institution, it was hoped, would be a credit to Hongkong. A gentleman well qualified to form an opinion of the Hospital, and who not very long ago visited it, when I inquired of him what his opinion was, wished to be silent, he did not wish to express what he felt. Had he done so I was given to understand the expression would have been that it was utterly abominable. That, Sir, is the state of one of the institutions in Hongkong.

　　　　His EXCELLENCY.-I did not intend, gentlemen, to follow my Honourable friend to-day, but to leave to other Members of Council the task of discussing the question which we are met to consider, that of Gaol extension. My Honourable friend complained at the last meeting of Council that I had brought forward the question without giving any notice to the Council, but in fact at the preceding meeting I had informed the Council it was my intention to lay upon the table, which I immediately did, the despatch of the Secretary of State, and then I said the Council would consider the requirements of Her Majesty's Government. That was so far a notice. But what am I to say to the topics introduced by my Honourable friend to-day? We are met to consider Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH's despatch on Gaol extension; but my Honourable friend deals with the drainage of the town, with the Water Supply Report which was sent to the Government in 1873, and not approved of, and for very good reasons, as I will explain presently. He refers to the Central School and to ecclesiastical influences, and finally winds up with a reflection on the Tung Wah Hospital Committee. Now, no notice has been given to me of any of these questions, but I personally take no exception whatever to the Honourable gentleman for not having favoured me with his intention to refer to these topics, because it is my business to be conversant as far as I can with the public business, and every subject he has referred to is connected with our public business, and he is fully entitled to express an opinion upon them and especially at this board. Therefore I have never made it matter of complaint that questions are brought before the Council without notice.

　　　　Honourable W. KESWICK.-If I failed in giving notice it was most unintentional. It appeared to me the subject was one of the expenditure of public money and I was bound to state ray reasons, and give good reasons, for my opposition to the expenditure of money on a Gaol at Stone Cutter's Island, or otherwise on Gaol extension, when there were many more important matters requiring attention. To them I called attention as I thought they were fairly within the subject of the debate.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　But at the 'His EXCELLENCY.-As I say, I think my Honourable friend is entitled to express his opinions freely. last meeting I was reproached for not having given notice, and now we have topics introduced without notice, all of interest and importance and to all of which I will, with your permission, say a word or two. With respect to the water supply-

Honourable W. KESWICK was understood to explain that he had only referred to the report inciden lly to read an extract from it illustrative of the sanitary state of the town.

and the reasons

His EXCELLENCY. It the same time it is important for the Council to know the nature of this rep why it was objected to-

The ACTING COLONIAL TREASURER.-May I be allowed to say that that was laid aside altogether in favour of a more modern project.

His EXCELLENCY.-For the Tytam Works, including the subsidiary water supply, ?302,000 was asked. I am now quoting from the Water Supply Report my Honourable friend Mr. KESWICK had in his hands. The estimates sent home amounted to over ?300,000. Her Majesty's Government did not wish to have that amount of money spent in the Colony on additional water supply and for very good reasons. The Honourable gentleman referred to the drainage of the town. Even in one of our Ordinances, No. 8 of 1856, I find that the Surveyor General is entitled to insist that every house in this Colony must either have a privy or water closet, and we are told in this report the advantage of the water supply would be immense owing to its utility in sweeping away the house sewage. Now the water supply that might be so used, that might be used if the Ordinances of the Colony requiring water closets were put in force, is it a water supply the Chinese have asked for? No. What do the Chinese themselves think of the proposal? They have told me what they think about it. I asked my Honourable friend who his authority was and he mentioned the name of a high authority and a trustworthy gentleman, but what do the Chinese themselves say? They say "Nothing alarms us more than your projects of drainage and water supply for flushing house sewage. They are not consistent with our modes of living." And, furthermore, if the Honourable gentleman had elicited that opinion from the Chinese he might then have gone to a man like Dr. DUDGEON, of Peking, who has had many years' experience of Chinese life. He last year wrote a most valuable work on the diseases of China. What does he say? A European goes into any town, the smells at once affect him, he says "this is very unhealthy, these people must all be suffering from typhoid fever." But, adds Dr. DUDGEON, a little enquiry would show him that typhoid fever is very rare in Chinese towns. Why? Because, fortunately for them, they have not made use of the system of water closets. It was only, I think, a few months ago that the book was reviewed in the China Review; Dr. DUDGEON also favoured me with a copy. In the review that was then written the very passage in which Dr. DUDGEON denounces, and very properly attacks, the introduction of this so-called Western sanitary system into a Chinese population, was referred to. If my Honourable friend had gone to the Chinese they would have told him nothing alarmed them more than the idea of flooding their houses for the purpose of having water closets or underground drainage. The system by which they dispose of their house sewage is altogether different from ours. It is not by letting their excreta go into the drains that they get rid of it. Junks leave here every day with cargoes of it. It is carried away from the Colony. We know how they keep house sewage, kitchen refuse and sullage in covered tubs in their houses for a day or two or even longer, but the contents of those tubs is carried out of the Colony. When I came here I found it was put in pits at Belcher's Bay. That, of course, was very undesirable, but now it is taken away early every morning to the mouths of the Canton river and sold at a large profit. I am not prepared to allow any alteration in that system, unless, indeed, the Chinese themselves should ask for it; but, on the contrary, they protest against any alteration. To make an alteration would be extremely

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expensive and most injudicious. Now that is one reason--and a very good reason-why the Government should reject this Water Supply scheme. They had it all before them; they had also before them the requirements of this prison, and it is the latter that Her Majesty's Government presses on our attention. My Honourable friend remarked it is better to tell the truth about the site to the Minister of State. He thinks Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH imagines the Gaol is built on a plain. Well, my Honourable friend cannot have read, I think, all the despatches that were laid before him recently, or he would find in the despatch I wrote to Lord CARNARVON in November, 1877, forwarding Mr. PRICE's plans and estimates, that I had said :-"As to the works particularised by Mr. PRICE, I may remind your Lordship that this town is built on a strongly marked slope, and that once a building site has been levelled and laid out it is a matter of extreme difficulty to effect subsequent extensions." Of course I told the truth to Lord CARNARVON, but I can assure my Honourable friend the Colonial Office did not require to be told by me that the Gaol was on a slope. They have had it before them for years-in fact, it goes with the Blue Book every year—a plan showing the structure of the Gaol, and the height of the land. In one of the earliest despatches I wrote, not important enough to be printed, I said the houses in Chancery Lane overlooked the prison yard. All these things were known to the Government. They know what is required. Whether they are right or wrong, about the necessity for Gaol extension, of this the Council may be sure, whatever instructions Her Majesty's Government may give me, will be given with a full knowledge of the facts. They have had plans from my Honourable friend the Surveyor General and his predecessors, and they know what is required.

Now my Honourable friend (Mr. KESWICK) approved of the change I made in the dietary scale, but I think I gathered from him that the he expressed a little doubt as to whether the Chinese made a suggestion to me that the amount of food was excessive.

Honourable W. KESWICK.-Not that they had made a suggestion, but that it had been the first.

His EXCELLENCY.-The Gaol Committee reported before I arrived. The Gaol Committee's report was carried into effect before I arrived as far as the approval of the Government went, and they reduced the amount, I think we may say speaking roughly, from 30 oz. to 26 oz. I was not responsible for what I found when I came here. I found the scale as framed by the Committee and approved by the Governor. The Chief Justice hands me a paper showing the amount was 1 Hb. 13 oz. before the time of the Gaol Committee, and they recommended a reduction to 26 oz. Well, that was done before I came.

The Honourable P. RYRIE said some members of the Committee were in favour of a further reduction.

　　　His EXCELLENCY.-I was coming to the fact that I know one member of the Committee did recommend a greater reduction. I know my Honourable friend Mr. RYRIE thought a catty would be sufficient. Well, I visited the Gaol several times. I had a conversation with some of the leading members of that Chinese Hospital my Honourable friend (Mr. KESWICK) has spoken so severely of, and they all, without exception said to me, "You cannot expect to reduce the number of prisoners in your Gaol as long as you give them 26 oz. There are short sentence prisoners who go in for a month or two; why no ut them down more than that?" Well, I had a consultation about that. Then I reduced the Committee's scale by the sa amount they had reduced the former scale, which made it 23 oz. The next step I took, which applies to the vast majori of prisoners, was to reduce it to 16 oz., so that therefore I acted on the advice of these Tung Wah Hospital Committee gen

aen, and I find, as far as it has gone, their advice has been very sensible. The Gaol Committee were not disposed to bind themselves to 26 oz., and I believe no gertleman heard with greater satisfaction the change I had made than did his Honour the Chairman of that Committee (the Acting Chief Justice). Well, I reduced it to 16 oz., but I may again remind my Honourable friend (Mr. KESWICK) what I found in existence when I arrived; that was the scale with which I had to deal. It was 26 oz.; I cut it down to 16 oz. Well, the Tung Wah Hospital Committee are responsible for that piece of good advice, but I must tell my Honourable friend that if he refers to the despatches-the ordinary Blue Book reports of Sir ARTHUR KENNEDY and Sir RICHARD MACDONNELL he will find a very different account given of that hospital from what he has now given. Sir RICHARD MACDONNELL and Sir ARTHUR KENNEDY describe the institution as most creditable to the Colony. It was only the other day that the Surveyor General said in Executive Council, in referring to the buildings of this Colony, by far the best constructed and the finest building in Hongkong is the Tung Wah Hospital. And what did Sir RICHARD MACDONNELL say? In a public address he said "We would indeed be fortunate if the Civil Government possessed an hospital as capacious, and as well ventilated as the Tung Wah Hospital." I do not know who the anonymous authority of my Honourable friend is, but I myself have visited that hospital more than once and I agree with Sir RICHARD MACDONNELL and Sir ARTHUR KENNEDY that it is a credit to the Colony. It is not merely about the dietary of the prison that the Tung Wah Hospital Committee have given good advice to the Government. Now that they have been criticised here to-day I must also remind the Council that on a question that excites a great deal of interest in England, and very justly-Chinese emigration-the Tung Wah Hospital Committee have always given sound and valuable advice to the Government. My predecessors have over and over again borne testimony to the merits of that Committee. But in my own experience what have they done? There were a certain number of emigrants prepared to go to the Sandwich Islands. There came from the Committee of the Tung Wah Hospital a letter calling attention to the fact that the licences under which these men were going were not in accordance with law, and that there was something wrong about the passage tickets. I directed an inquiry by the Harbour Master, and he found on examining, a number of Chinamen who had got passage tickets (our Ordinance says, whatever the amount may be it shall be received in full payment), that the passage tickets stated what was not true. Forty-five dollars was put down on each ticket as having been paid in full; but in point of fact they had only given $8, and, more than that, the $8 was only to pay for their rice on the passage, and they were expected to enter into a contract of service on arriving at their destination. Well, I did more than that. I sent a letter to the Consul-General at Honolulu asking him about it. He is a great advocate for the emigration. He says the Chinese are the most industrious people they have there, and it is very important they should get Chinese. But he told me this. When a vessel comes in the Chinamen are not allowed to land. There goes on board an agent of the landowners of the Sand- wich Islands and accompanying him is a Government officer, and no Chinaman is allowed to land unless he there and then signs a contract of service for two or sometimes three years, but never less than two. More than that, I got a copy from the Consul-General of the contract of service. It contained a clause to which reference had also been made by the Tung Wah Hospital Committee that the men who signed that contract would be compelled, at the option of the landed

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proprietor, to work by night instead of day when necessary. In other words, the Chinamen would be detained on board. the ship prisoners, not allowed to land until they put their names to a contract of service. And what was the meaning of it?

The Harbour Master publishes every year the emigration rules of Hongkong, and one of the rules is this-passed by the Governor in Council at the instigation of the Secretary of State-that there is to be no emigration whatever where there is a contract of service except to British Colonies. That was known to the gentlemen at Honolulu, and to all the officials concerned, and by that which I now publicly state to be a false, frandulent, and illegal act, these gentlemen endeavoured to evade that regulation. The Sandwich Islands do not constitute a British Colony. No contract service labourers could leave Hongkong for that place but by signing a false paper here-because the licence paper said they were free and under no contract of service and then having got them into the waters of the Sandwich Islands they would be made contract service labourers, with no British Magistrate to protect them. To whom am I indebted for the expos? of that fraud? To the Tung Wah Hospital Committee. In the days of the Macao coolie trade it was they who first exposed it, and over and over again in this Colony there have been abuses exposed by the action of the Tung Wah Hospital. They deserve great credit. And I may say, too, though it concerns their own people, that I think, as the head of the Government here, I may congratulate that Committee on the result of the collection they made this year, for the relief of the sufferers by the famine in China-$108,000 among their own countrymen in this town. So much for the Tung Wah Hospital. I agree with my predecessors that the building is a credit to the Colony; the Committee I regard as amongst our most useful citizens.

My Honourable friend has also brought forward to-day the question of Education. Now my Honourable friend is fairly entitled to ask why is it that the new Central School, on the purchase of a site for which we have laid out so much money, has not been commenced, and to that a very simple answer can be given. I received not long since from Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH a despatch in which he asks me to furnish him with my recommendations on Education generally in Hongkong. He had, indeed, previously, immediately on coming into office, addressed a similar despatch to me, and therefore I was able to tell him the despatch in which he repeated his previous inquiry had crossed a despatch of mine in which I had given my recommendations to Her Majesty's Government. Now I think it would hardly be fair to Her Majesty's Government-it would be highly unpractical-at the very moment when a Governor is called upon to give his recommendations, if we were to proceed at once to have plans and estimates drawn for the new building, when, for aught I know, Her Majesty's Government may not agree with ray Honourable friend that the present building is too small. It is possible Her Majesty's Gevernment may say, you must in Hongkong spend a little more money on the children of the poor, you must not confine your grant to a middle class institution, you must devote a little attention to the 12,000 poor children who, Mr. STEWART tells us, are running about the streets uneducated; and it is possible Her Majesty's Government may tell us, when you have done that, when you have grappled with crime at its source, you may spend as much money as your un-official friends may desire. My Honourable friend used the phrase that the Central School was ignored. I venture to think he cannot have paid much attention to what has been done in the Central School since I came to the Colony. The Central School was one in which we all understood the Chinese were taught English, but you remember what I discovered myself on that subject. Have I done nothing at all to endeavour to carry out a little more teaching of English in the school? Has the Honourable gentleman no recollection of an Education Conference that met on the question of teaching English?

Honourable W. KESWICK.-It was the building I referred to.

　　　　　His EXCELLENCY.-Yes, precisely; but if it was a part of our recommendations that there should be five other schools in the Colony-five preparatory schools-does that in no degree lighten the burden that will fall on the Central School? If we are to have five other schools, and that my Honourable friend is aware is a part of the scheme that has been proposed and which I believe he approved-I sent round the papers to him and to all the un-official members of Council-it was a project costing $10,000 and you have all approved of it. I think it is a very good scheme, but if you have five additional schools costing $10,000 it may appear to Her Majesty's Government that that to some extent will diminish the number in the Central School. I cannot say what Her Majesty's Government will determine, but being asked to report fully and lay my recommendations, such as they may be, before Her Majesty's Government, and those recommendations being now under consideration, it would be highly improper for me to prejudge the whole case, and enter on a costly scheme which might not be approved. I will go further. My Honourable friend has referred to that great difficulty which exists all over the world-the ecclesiastical question. I shall say nothing as to the ecclesiastical dignitary, to whom my Honourable friend has thought proper to refer; but, if my memory serves me rightly, I did state in public in this Colony my views about the education we should have. I said it, certainly, at an institution presided over by another ecclesiastical dignitary, a man of great learning, of great experience in education, and whose institution I was very happy to attend the day that I did so. I refer to St. Paul's College. It was the first time that I had the opportunity of attending that institution and it was when the annual prizes were being distributed. I attended and distributed the prizes, and in accordance with the custom, I made a few remarks. I was surprised to learn when I went to St. Paul's College, that it was the first time for ten or twelve years that any Governor of Hongkong had been at any similar distribution of prizes at that institution. Sir HERCULES ROBINSON used to attend, and so did his predecessors.

Honourable P. RYRIE reminded His Excellency that for serveral years there had been no teaching at the College. His EXCELLENCY.-But it had been in operation for some years before my arrival. Without saying anything now reflecting on any one else, I was the first Governor for ten or twelve years that went there. Well, what did I say? I then publicly announced my views on the education question. I am not sorry, though it is without notice, that my Honourable friend has referred to them, because it is well to have these things discussed publicly and ventilated. Is my Honourable friend prepared to spend as much money on St. Paul's College as on the Central School in proportion to the number of pupils? If it educates 200, and the Central School 400, would my Honourable friend think it fair to spend the money in that proportion? That is, twice as much or the Central School as on St. Paul's College? I think I can answer, that my Honourable friend would say, no, I am in favour of spending by far the larger proportion of the grant on the Central School; but what is the result? It has two results; first, that you destroy the voluntary efforts of St. Paul's College. Bishop BURDON said to me, how can I afford to bring out teachers from England? You give us a paltry grant that may

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　　perhaps suffice to purchase stationery, but certainly not to provide a passage from England, and here you are supporting a middle-class school destroying voluntary effort. This question, as my Honourable friend well knows, has been argued before. The Central School, it is said, is a secular one, and the State, forsooth, is to spend nearly all its money on secular education, and in a country like this, under a Christian Government, we are to say to St. Paul's College, because the Bible is taught there, you must occupy a secondary place, and we shall give the greater part of the grant to a school which is purely secular. My Honourable friend refers to ecclesiastical influences. Let me tell him the most active friends of education in this Colony are the missionaries of all denominations and the societies to which they belong. Who are the men who visit the schools, who are always to be seen at the schools? The missionaries. But, forsooth, in this Colony we are to have another system-a system which, let me remind my Honourable friend, exists in no other part of the British Empire, a system by which we are to support one party, the secular party, in opposition to the ecclesiastical influences he refers to. In Ceylon and Singapore, the Eastern Colonies nearest to us, the rule is, no matter who occupies the school, no matter whether the Bible is taught in the school or not, the Government will give that school the same support as it will to a purely secular institution. The State, you say, is secular, and therefore the school to which you give the vote should be secular. That is a fallacy. It is not accepted in England, and I am happy to say Her Majesty's Government have recognised in my own. country the fairer principle of payment by results. If my Honourable friend would endeavour to follow the example of Englishmen he would see at once the thing to be accomplished is Education, and, to achieve that, payment by results. The way to obtain Education is not to taboo a man because he teaches the Bible. But there is something else. Is the Central School purely secular? What is taught in the Central School? The Central School is a school where religion is taught, but it is not the Christian religion. In the Central School there are books in use every day inculcating upon the students who go to that school what is called ancestral worship. They are in the list of printed school books. Every day they are used. In other words, the keystone of the religion of China is taught in that school, and, forsooth, because in a school not half a mile away, in St. Paul's College, because the Bible is taught, the other school which teaches the religion of China is to receive nearly the whole of the Government grant and a miserable pittance be given to St. Paul's College. What is the result St. Paul's College? Bishop BURDON told me he feared he would have to close it at the end of the year; it could no longer compete with the Central School. I have ventured to a few friends to express a hope that some means may be found to prevent that, but if it should come to pass that that valuable institution, which gave a sounder English education to children in the time of Bishop SMITH, Bishop ALFORD, and the present Bishop than has been given during the whole r?gime of the Central School-I say it will not be creditable to the Colony if St. Paul's College is to be driven from the field on the ground that it did not ignore religion. But I have some reason to hope that St. Paul's College will yet be saved. What does the head of the Church Mission say on this subject? He takes great interest in education. His society all over the British Empire does. What is his objection to the Central School? That it destroys voluntary effort, and that that school is supported by the State because it is supposed to be purely secular. Now, is my Honourable friend prepared to enter the lists against the whole of the religious education party, not only in this Colony but in England, where those who desire that the State education should be purely secular are still a very small number? But there are others to whose views my Honourable friend ought to pay some attention, and they are the parents of those children who go to our schools. Sir ARTHUR KENNEDY, the last time he was at the Central School, said he was prepared in matters of education to pay entire deference to the views of the parents of the ohren who go to school. Now, has my Honourable friend taken any pains to ascertain the views, first, of the Christian parents, and, second, of the Chinese parents? I have done so with great care, and I can assure my Honourable friend the Christian parents totally differ from him.

Honourable W. KESWICK.-I expressed no opinion with regard to the teaching, and I am not aware your Excellency is acquainted with my views on the subject. I referred to the cause of the delay in the building of the school, and that there was a rumour I should like have set at rest that it was an ecclesiastical difficulty. I do not admit for a moment that your Excellency is acquainted with my views.

HIS EXCELLENCY.-I hope my Honourable friend is in favour of perfect equality in matters of education, and I trust that when the question comes before us, after Her Majesty's Government have considered my recommendations, I may find him then supporting the views I have expressed and which undoutedly prevail in England and prevail throughout the vast majority of Christian parents in this Colony who send children to school, and throughout the whole body of Chinese who have communicated with me over and over again on the subject. They naturally say we wish to have some little management in the school in which our children are to be educated, and for which we pay taxes. The Chinese inhabitants are entitled, for two reasons, to have some voice in the management of that school. First, they are the parents of the children who attend the school, and secondly, they are by far the largest tax-payers in the Colony, and when they come to me and tell me the objections they have to it and the changes they would like, can I conceal these facts from Her Majesty's Government? I must tell the truth to the Government, and I must let Her Majesty's Government distinctly understand that if they desire to have an education here in accordance with the wants and wishes of the vast majority of the parents of the children, in accordance with the views of the Chinese community, as well as in accordance with the principles followed in every other part of the British Empire, some change must be made in the existing system; and if any change is made it must be a change in the direction of having perfect fair-play and even-handed justice for all. I am not prepared to carry out any scheme that is to be made an agent for still further destroying voluntary effort in this Colony, but I yield to no one in an anxious desire to make the Central School more useful and efficient. I think the Secretary of State was right when, referring to Mr. STEWART's reports on the examination of the boys in English, he referred to the lack of English teaching as a grave defect in the Central School. The reports were sent home, with Mr. STEWART's explanations, and Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH speaks of it as a grave defect. Well, I appeal to you all, whether I did not take steps to remedy it. I laid before you the whole question. We had a Conference on the teaching of English at the Central School, and changes are going on in the direction of teaching English efficiently. Whatever can be done to render it more efficient I am prepared to do, but I am not prepared to recommend Her Majesty's Government to spend more money on the Central School until Her Majesty's Government have fully made up their minds as to the principle on which the money for the education grant is to be spent. My Honourable friend has said not one word as to those little children running about the streets, and if we are to educate them we must not be spending too much money on a middle-class education for people who can afford to pay for it in great measure for themselves.

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　　　　　I have thus referred to the extraneous subjects touched upon by my Honourable friend; the real subject we were called to discuss the despatch of Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH on the enlargement of the prison-I leave to Honourable members to debate. As I told you at the last meeting, my duty is to hear what you have to say on that subject, and I will give every attention to what you do say. My Honourable friend has studied with great care all the facts and figures it was his duty to study, but there was one point I must say I should have been glad if he had avoided. I took it to be somewhat of a reflection on Mr. CREAGH.

Honourable W. KESWICK.-Not a reflection.

His EXCELLENCY.-I may be wrong, but so I took it to be. I find what the Police Magistrate did was this. That on receiving from certain Visiting Justices an application to take the chair at a meeting to discuss the enlargement of the Gaol he obtained the opinion of the Attorney General, and the Attorney General expressed the opinion that under clause X of the Ordinance he had no power to summon a meeting for that object. Well, I may here remind my Honourable friend that before the date of that letter, signed by himself, by my Honourable friend here on the left (Mr. Lowcock) and by other gentlemen-long before that I had laid before you the despatch of Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH, and, in other words, it became a question for the legislature to consider. Now what is the use of a legislature? Why are we here at all if, when a despatch from the Secretary of State is laid upon the table, to be discussed here, my Honourable friends write to the Police Magistrate to have a meeting of Visiting Justices convened to discuss the very matter which we are to-day discussing? Surely this is the place for such things. I could well understand it if the Visiting Justices could say, this matter has been neglected for years by the Governor and Council, but they could not say that, but the first part of their request has been complied with. The Governor in Council not only made alterations immediately before my arrival, but I myself, on the suggestion of the Chief Justice that it would be a very good thing for us to have a Committee of this Council to consider the rules and regulations of the Gaol, had said that that should be done. As it was to be done by a Committee here I have no hesitation in telling my two Honourable friends it would have been better for them to have taken their position as members of the Council, to have paid some attention to the opinion of the Governor and the Chief Justice, that this was a matter to be considered by a Committee of the Council. In a Crown Colony it is. important to avoid meetings, except such as are strictly legal and in accord with the constitutions. I quite agree with Mr. CREAGH. He acted very wisely, because he acted legally. On the other hand, was it very respectful to the legislative body of which the Honourable gentleman was a member to endeavour to enter into this question when he knew it had been submitted to me and had been laid on this table? If you were to go back in the history of the Colony you would find no precedent for such a meeting, and you have totally misunderstood the scope of that section. When Mr. MERCER forwarded the Ordinance to the DUKE OF NEWCASTLE, His Grace at once pointed to this extraordinary provision that the Governor in Council was to frame rules or that they should be framed at a meeting of Justices. The DUKE of NEWCASTLE said the Governor in Council should do it; that it was extremely desirable that the prison regulations should be made, not by a Board of Justices whose proceedings may be guided by no settled principles, but by the Governor in Council. Now Mr. CREAGH acted according to law, he acted as a Police Magistrate and Visiting Justice ought to act, and though I have not seen or heard until now the two concluding letters that have been read, I approve of his conduct, and I have no doubt it meets with the entire approval of the majority of the Council.

The Honourable W. KESWICK said the application of the Justices had no personal reference whatever, and he had brought forward the correspondence merely as a matter of information. He cast no reflection on any man. He was not yet convinced, however, that the application was an illegal one. The answers to Mr. CREAGH were of the simplest character, asking him for a reconsideration, as in the opinion of the gentlemen who addressed him he had taken a wrong view. If the gentlemen who addressed him were in error-if their application could not be legally granted-undoubtedly they were wrong, but he was not certain the interpretation put on that Ordinance was the correct one. He only wanted what was right.

His EXCELLENCY said that, as far as he remembered, Mr. CREAGH did not refer to his (the Governor's) opinion of the Ordinance. Mr. CREAGH referred to the opinion of the Attorney General, and the Attorney General gave his opinion that the application was illegal.

The Honourable W. KESWICK said it might be illegal to grant what was requested, but not illegal to make application. His EXCELLENCY said that was a delicate distinctive. His Honourable friend admitted it would be illegal to grant the application--

Honourable W. KESWICK said he did not admit this.

His EXCELLENCY said the Attorney General had given his opinion that it was, and any one reading the Ordinance, he thought, would take the same view. They had present the most eminent legal authority in the Colony, the Chief Justice, and he would perhaps have no hesitation in telling them whether it would be legal under the clause. They had also present a Queen's Counsel, a most eminent member of the Bar, and perhaps he would favour them with his opinion. It was a matter of some importance because Visiting Justices should be the first to observe the law.

The Honourable W. KESWICK said perhaps His Excellency would read the application, as he appeared not to have understood it. He made no reflection on any man, and hoped he would be the last person to do anything of the kind.

His EXCELLENCY said the matter was most pertinent to the subject under discussion-the enlargement of the Gaol, but at the same time, as the correspondence was read, and as Mr. CREAGH, who was entrusted with the important Office of Police Magistrate, had expressed an opinion, quoting the words of the Attorney General, that he would have been exceeding his powers according to law if he had complied with the request, it came to this, either that Mr. CREAGH was right or that the gentlemen making the application were right. He had no hesitation in saying Mr. CREAGH was right.

The Honourable W. KESWICK said he did not desire to question the answer to the first application. His EXCELLENCY said the position of a Police Magistrate could not be lightly brought before the public by any man without a full explanation, and having it made clear who was right and who was wrong according to law. If Visiting Justices think the Police Magistrate is wrong with regard to the interpretation of an Ordinance they had a right to say so, but if the Magistrate was right it was his duty to see that it was made clear. The Honourable gentleman said it might have been illegal for Mr. CREAGH to have complied with the application, but that that did not render it illegal for the Justices

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to make it. Well, that was a delicate distinction he did not recognize. Visiting Justices, before asking the Police Magis- trate to take a step the Ordinance would not justify, should have taken the trouble to read the Ordinance, and then they would not have put him in the position of having to refuse to comply with a request which he could not lawfully grant.

　　The ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY.-I may state, your Excellency, that when Mr. CREAGH received the first letter he brought it to me and asked my opinion as to the answer he should give. I told him, on looking at the Ordinance, I thought he had no power to accede to the application, but I advised that he should send in an official letter to the Attorney General on the face of which the Attorney General could give an opinion. That he did, and the Attorney General gave his opionion that the Police Magistrate had no power to call such a meeting or to preside over it.

　　The Honourable W. KESWICK said Mr. CREAGH was thanked for his communication, and there was no imputation of his having done anything contrary to what he ought to have done in the letter. The question of discussing the building was not gone into. It was considered entirely settled.

　　The ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE.-Your Excellency, I have at various times had occasion to consider this Ordinance, 4 of 1863, but I have not considered it with reference to the question now before the Council with any great care. Therefore any opinion I may express must be received with that qualification. As to the first letter I should say this, that, as the Honourable gentleman (Mr. KESWICK) admits, it was not quite within the scope of the Visiting Justices' duties to go into the structure of the Gaol. I think that was beyond their powers, and that Mr. CREAGH very properly declined to preside at a meeting where that question was to be taken into consideration. No doubt that is a question for the Executive to consider, and it would not be for the Justices of the Peace to enter into it. But, I understand that they then requested Mr. CREAGH to convene a meeting for another purpose. I would merely say, with regard to that, I think the Police Magistrate rather went beyond what he was called upon to do in expressing an opinion as to whether the rules were such as met all the requirements of the case, and I think, considering the important position which Justices of the Peace occupy in regard to the Gaol regulations, it would have been better if he had allowed the meeting to take place and had heard what these gentlemen had to say. I don't think it would have been illegal for him to have done that, but, with regard to the first question, I think Mr. CREAGH was decidedly right.

　　The Honourable H. LowCOCK.-Your Excellency, we have wandered so far, unconsciously perhaps, from the subject we were called upon to discuss, that I will merely refer now as shortly as possible to what I wished to say on Gaol accom- modation, for I need scarcely waste the time of the Council in making many remarks, as I so thoroughly agree with the arguments of my Honourable friend opposite (Mr. KESWICK). I do not believe in the necessity for the Colony being burdened with the enormous outlay and contingent expense that either the enlargement of the present Gaol on the scale suggested by some, or its removal to another site, will throw upon us, for in considering this subject it must be borne in mind that there will not only be the cost of the buildings in either case, but there will be the extra expense of Warders and Turnkeys, and as, if we enlarge the Gaol, it will, under our present system, certainly be filled, there will also be the cost of maintaining the increased number of prisoners, in itself no small item. I do not, I say, believe in the necessity for all this, as I am convinced that with certain changes in the discipline and management of our present Gaol it may be rendered amply sufient for the requirements of the Colony. If the punishments awarded to crime are not sufficient to prevent it, severer measures must be adopted, and such severer punishments and the carrying into effect of the separate system in the prison, will, I am sure, soon cause a decrease of crime in the Colony and thus do away with the necessity of increased Gaol accommodation. That our Gaol discipline has not been sufficiently deterrent I think is evident from the number of old offenders who persistently return to it and look on it as their home, and I argue that an enlargement to any extent of the Gaol would simply be providing a residence for a still larger number who would look on it as an invitation to Hongkong to commit what crimes they like with the simple alternative, if detected, of retiring to a home of comparative ease and comfort. Should the present building not admit of alteration for a sufficient number of separate cells, I am sure there is ample space on some part of the present site or on some part of the adjacent Government property, on which the necessary addition might be made without any very serious outlay, and if the deportation laws are judiciously carried into effect, there is no reason why we should have to maintain any larger number, if as many prisoners as we do now, while if the present punishment for returning from deportation is not sufficiently deterrent let means be devised for making it so, for I see no reason why those whose presence here is a constant source of danger to the peace of the Colony should be allowed to remain in it. At the last meeting of Council your Excellency made allusion to and gave some particulars of the recommendation of the Magistrates and the Superintendent of the Gaol for deportation, also to the Supreme Court sentences, and from your Excellency's remarks, it would appear there has been some difference of opinion as to the working of the Deportation Ordi- nances. It seems that several sentences of deportation have been disallowed on the plea of the illegality of the warrants owing to some discrepancy in the dates, and though Sir JOHN SMALE held the warrants were out of order it is believed that the present Acting Chief Justice held a different opinion, and it would be interesting to learn the opinions of the Attorney General and Puisne Judge on so important a matter, and to learn also why fresh legal warrants could not have been granted to meet the cases, as, I believe, in this action Sir JOHN SMALE would have concurred. With the view therefore of throwing as much light on this subject as possible, which I am sure your Excellency will agree is most desirable, I beg to give notice of the following resolution :---

　　"To move that the correspondence between the Government and the Supreme Court, the Magistrates, and the Police Department, with reference to every case reported or recommended to the Executive for deportation since April, 1877, be laid on the table."

　　The Honourable T. C. HAYLLAR referred to the great fluctuations in the number of prisoners to be provided for, and after pointing out that the question really depended on what amount of space would be required for the separate system, suggested that an inquiry might be instituted into that question.

　　The Honourable P. RYRIE said his great objection to the first three plans which had been submitted was their extreme costliness. He did not think the Colony, with all the other useful and necessary work to be undertaken, was called upon to incur that expenditure. With regard to Stone Cutter's Island, he thought the four miles of water intervening was

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD NOVEMBER, 1878. 571

　　　another serious objection, as there are days very often in this harbour when it would be impossible to communicate, and advantage might be taken by the prisoners of that. There was also a further objection, the necessity of a Gaol of some sort on this side and in consequence a double staff of officials. He remained of the opinion he expressed at the last meeting in favour of the separate system, but he was not prepared to advocate its being carried out at the expense entailed by the first three schemes. He hoped that it would be decided to adopt the present Gaol to the separate system and that by taking in the Magistracy, a sufficient number of separate cells would be provided, and with reference to the remark in the Secretary of State's despatch that they could not have in the adaptation of the present building sufficiently large yards for exercise, he was credibly informed that the present lower yard in the Gaol could be extended so as to give quite sufficient space; in the separate system the yards were, he was given to understand, only required for exercise, not for work, as they were at present. He did not think there was any necessity for providing accommodation for a larger number of prisoners than that in Gaol at present, as if the separate system was to be a success, crime should diminish and the number of cells obtainable by altering and adding to the present Gaol, as proposed by scheme 4, would be found amply sufficient; if, on the other hand, the separate system did not prove a success, some other plan would have to be adopted for suppressing crime, and there would be the satisfaction that not a very large sum of money had been expended. He was inclined to support the fourth scheme.

　　　　　The ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE thought that supposing the Colony found itself obliged to build a new Gaol and had in hand an abundance of money, it would be a good thing to place it on Stone Cutter's Island. But the subjects now under consideration were the three schemes of re-construction. As to the high level scheme, the objection was that it would cost far more than the estimate, and seriously injure property in Caine Road. The low level project was not to be thought of owing to the great expense. It would be a great pity to remove the Police Barracks, now so conveniently situated in the centre of the town, for which at great cost a new site must be obtained. The third, the re-construction scheme, was the best, the Gaol might be made to provide separate cells for 500 prisoners. But ought such an expense to be incurred before we have tried the effect of more severe discipline and other forms of punishment? A punishment, the most severe and deterrent known-the dark cell-had never been tried. Flogging had never yet by law been made the punishment for returning from deportation, except for a very short time, by Ordinance 7 of 1870. With such important works on hand as the new Hospital, the Praya Wall, not to mention the Central School as to which His Excellency had addressed some observations, he thought that we were not justified in incurring the great expense of these schemes until we had tried the means we have at hand to check crime and induce deported prisoners to stay at home.

　　　　　The ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY said no larger guard would be required for a Gaol on Stone Cutter's Island, and communication would not be required oftener than twice a day.

　　　　　　His EXCELLENCY said the discussion had been a most valuable one, and the Chief Justice had thrown out a hint about the dark cell on which he should at once consult Mr. TONNOCHY, the able Superintendent of the Gaol. The dark cell was in all prisons very deterrent and would especially be so among Chinese. Adverting to the figures quoted by the Honourable member (Mr. KESWICK), that at this date, 18th November, 1878, there were 519 prisoners, Europeans and Chinese, in Gaol, he asked him to look at the returns for which he had moved, and which were on the table ch showed that at the corresponding date immediately preceding his (the Governor's) arrival, that is on the 18th November, 1876, there were 554 prisoners in Gaol. To-day, the number of Chinese prisoners was 479; two years ago, it was 510; and it was instructive to remember that two years ago, the practice of trying to keep down the numbers in Gaol by conditional pardons, and sending out prisoners branded was in full operation, and that floggings and deportations were at a maximum. It was on every ground satisfactory to note that the number of prisoners to-day was less than the number two years ago. Com- menting on a remark made by the Chief Justice, that flogging for returning from deportation was only in force a very short time, His Excellency said there had been illegal flogging. When a deported man came back, the Governor (Sir RICHARD MACDONNELL) wrote "Mr. DOUGLAS knows what to do with this man," and thereupon the man was flogged. It was to these illegal floggings Sir JOHN SMALE and Sir JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE called attention. 383 men had been so flogged. On the subject of conditional pardons, His Excellency said he looked forward to obtaining the unanimous assent of the Council to making every prisoner serve out two-thirds of his time. The returns asked for by Mr. Lowcock he would have much pleasure in supplying without a motion. He also looked forward to making the prison here remunerative. In conclusion, he had to thank Honourable members for their advice. He had received a great deal of sound advice which he would consider, and whatever recommendations he might make to Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH would be made only after

that consideration.

After some questions as to details had been answered by Mr. PRICE,-

　　　　　His EXCELLENCY said that on the notice that had been sent round, in addition to the Gaol extension, there were two other subjects, but at that late hour these could not be gone into. One was public flogging, and on that he might say he had been requested by Lord CARNARVON to take the opinion of the gentlemen connected with the administration of justice. They had all reported with one exception, who by some mistake had not received the circular, that they thought public flogging might with safety be abolished. With respect to the other question, the mode of flogging in the Gaol, he would lay before the Council the report of the Commission consisting of the Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, Dr. WELLS, and Dr. O'BRIEN, who were appointed early in the year to consider this subject. His Excellency briefly stated the nature of the contents of the report. In consequence of the report, he said, Dr. AYRES had got a lighter rattan for use in the Gaol.

The ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE suggested that the debate might be adjourned.

His EXCELLENCY said that Honourable members would receive the papers he had referred to and when they had had time to consider them they would meet again and discuss, if they desired to do so, the reports he had referred to on Public Flogging, and the mode of flogging in the Gaol.

The Council was then adjourned sine die.

572 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23rd NOVEMBER, 1878.

VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF HONGKONG.

No. 4 OF 1878.

MONDAY, 11TH NOVEMBER, 1878.

PRESENT:

His Excellency Governor J. POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G.

The Honourable the Acting Chief Justice (FRANCIS SNOWDEN). The Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary (CHARLES MAY). The Honourable the Attorney General (GEORGE PHILLIPPO). The Honourable PHINEAS RYRIE.

The Honourable HENRY LOWCOCK.

The Honourable WILLIAM KESWICK.

The Honourable THOMAS CHILD HAYLLAR, Q.C.

ABSENT:

The Honourable the Acting Colonial Treasurer (JOHN MACNEILE PRICE), from indisposition.

The Minutes of the Meeting held on the 15th October, 1878, are read and confirmed.

His Excellency lays upon the table the Estimates for 1879, and moves the first reading of a Bill to apply a Sum not exceeding Seven-hundred and Fifty-two thousand Dollars to the Public Service of the Year 1879.

His Excellency accompanies his motion with some explanatory remarks, and suggests, for the consideration of the Council, the possibility of a slight reduction of taxation.

The Bill is read a first time.

His Excellency, adverting to Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH'S Despatch, on the question of Gaol Extension, of the 5th June, 1878, which His Excellency had laid on the table with other Despatches, at the last Meeting, and which had been printed for the information of the Legislative Council, invites the Members to favour him with their views upon the subject. Lengthy discussion ensues, and ulti- mately the further consideration of the matter is postponed until the Meeting of Council on Monday

next.

On the motion of His Excellency, the Bill to amend the Markets Ordinance, 1858, is read a second time, and, after some brief explanation by the Attorney General, is committed and passed, bearing the Title of "An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend The Markets Ordinance, 1858,”—being "Ordinance No. 3 of 1878."

The Supplementary Appropriation Bill is read a second time, committed and passed, bearing the Title of "An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to authorize the Appropriation of a Supplementary Sum not exceeding Forty-five thousand Dollars to defray the Charges of the Year 1877,-being "Ordinance No. 4 of 1878."

　　The Honourable T. C. HAYLLAR, Q. C., in accordance with notice previously given, moves for certain returns illustrating of the working of the Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1865.

The Honourable W. KESWICK seconds the motion.

　　The Honourable the Acting Chief Justice cordially concurs in the terms of the motion and suggests the ad interim suspension of the Bankruptcy Ordinance, the working of which His Honour condemns as wholly unsatisfactory.

His Excellency states that His Honour's suggestion will meet with the best consideration at his hands and that of his Executive Council.

The motion of the Honourable T. C. HAYLLAR is carried unanimously.

His Excellency adjourns the Council, to Monday, the 18th November, 1878.

Read and confirmed, this 18th day of November, 1878.

H. E. WODEHOUSE,

J. POPE HENNESSY, Governor.

No. 227.

Clerk of Councils.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　It is hereby notified, that a List of the Tenements valued for the Year 1879, under the provisions of Ordinance No. 12 of 1875, will be open for inspection at the Treasury for Fourteen Days, commenc- ing upon Monday, the 25th instant.

　　Persons wishing to inspect the List are requested to apply to the Honourable the Acting Colonial Treasurer between the hours of 10 A.M. and 4 P.M.

C. MAY,

By Command,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th November, 1878.

No. 226.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD NOVEMBER, 1878. 573

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　Tenders will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office until Saturday, the 30th November, 1878, for the supply of the undermentioned Articles for the Government Steam Launches, for the space of one year:-

Coals.

Water.

Firewood.

Emery Cloth.

Coal Tar.

White Wash.

Brushes, Scrubbing.

Hard (Coir).

Hand Sweeping.

Lamp Wick.

Lamp Oil.

Castor Oil.

Yellow Wash.

Chinese Varnish. Shovels.

Red Lead.

Rope, Manila.

Hemp.

Line, White.

Canvas.

Cotton Waste.

Tallow.

Soap.

Hemp Packing.

White Lead.

Twine.

Candles.

Bath Brick.

Bamboo Brooms.

Fire Brick.

Round Wick Packing.

Rope Yarn Packing.

Buckets, Iron.

Wood.

India Rubber Packing, assorted.

Fire Clay. Gauge Glasses.

　　　　Also, "Picked" Sydney Coal, for office and household use, to be delivered from godown, in such quantities (not less than ton) as may be required. Coolie hire to be paid by Government.

Form of Tender and any information can be obtained on application at the Offices of the Captain Superintendent of Police, and the Harbour Master.

The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any Tender.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th November, 1878.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

No. 228.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　Notice is hereby given, that at Noon on Friday, the 13th December, the Privilege of Slaughtering Cattle in the Western Slaughter House during the year 1879, will be put up to Public Auction, at the Government Offices.

　　　　1. The Monopoly shall begin on the 1st January, 1879, and terminate on the 31st of December of the same year.

2. The conditions shall be such as are set forth in "The Markets Ordinance, 1858," and "The Markets Ordinance, 1867," and the Bye-Laws issued thereunder, and shall be subject to such modifications as may be made by any subsequent revision of those Ordinances, or those Bye-Laws.

　　　　3. The conditions shall also exclude the right to interfere with the Slaughtering of Goats by, or for the Indian Troops and Police.

　　　　4. The highest bidder above the upset price shall be recommended to His Excellency the Governor as the purchaser, but His Excellency reserves the right of not accepting the highest bid. If any dispute arise, the Monopoly may be put up again at a former bidding.

5. No person shall at any bidding advance less than $100.

　　　　6. Immediately after the fall of the hammer, the Purchaser shall sign a Memorandum of Agree- ment for completing the purchase according to these conditions, and shall on the same day give security of two householders, approved by the Government, each to the amount of one-twelth of the total annual premium, for the due fulfilment of the contract, if approved by His Excellency the Governor.

7. The Monthly Premium shall be paid into the Colonial Treasury upon the Twenty-first day of each month.

　　　　8. Persons desirous of bidding at the Auction are directed to call at the Registrar General's Office, where further particulars may be obtained.

By Command,

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd November, 1878.

574

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23rd NOVEMBER, 1878.

No. 229.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Table of Meteorological Observations, taken at the Government Lock Hospital, during the Month of October, 1878, is published for general information.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd November, 1878.

By Command,

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS

TAKEN AT THE GOVERNMENT LOCK HOSPITAL, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 1878. 137 feet above mean low level of Spring Tides.

C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary.

THERMOMETERS (Fahrenheit.)

HYGROMETER.

WIND.

CLOUD.

RAIN IN

INCHES

DAY OF MONTH.

BAROMETER.

SELF REGISTERING

DAY OF WEEK.

ATTACHED IN SHADE.

MAX.

DIUR-

IN THE SHADE.

Max. and Min. of the previous 24 hours, taken at Noon.

SUN,

MIN.

BULB

Ex-

IN VACUO. POSED.

NAL

RANGE,

GRASS. IN

IN SOIL

MIN. DRY BULB IN WET BULBIN SHADE. SHADE.

HUMIDITY COMPLETE SATURATION =100.

DEW POINT.

QUARTER.

DURING

THE

PREVI-

OUS 24

HOURS.

0-10.

SHADE.

3 P.M.

Temp. at

Noon.

1 Tuesday,.

2 Wednesday, 3 Thursday,

4 Friday,

5 Saturday,

6 Sunday,

Monday,

8 Tuesday,

Wednesday,

10 Thursday, 11 Friday,

12 Saturday,

13 Sunday, 14 Monday,

140. 103.

15 Tuesday,

Friday,

Wednesday,

17 Thursday,

19 Saturday,

20 Sunday,

Monday,

22 Tuesday,

Wednesday,

24 Thursday,

Friday,

26 Saturday,

Sunday,

Monday,

Tuesday,

Wednesday,

Thursday,

Mean.

29.92

29.86 78.2

80.7

71.6 83.0 80.7 131. 98. 72.7 10.3 25.4 71.9 78.4 80.1

9 A.M. 9 A.M. 3 P.M. Min. Max. 29.90 29.85 83.0 86.0 76.0 86.0 85.0 134. 98. 78.0 10.0 20.0 77.0 83.0 86.0 78.0 80.0 76.. 72. 74.7 76.1 E. 29.85 29.80 80.0 79.0 72.0 79.0 78.0 137. 97. 74.0 7.0 23.0 70.0 80.0 79.0 77.0 76.0 85. 85. 75.0 73.9 E.

29.85 29.83 82.0 84.0 73.0 86.0 80.0 134. 101. 75.0 26.0 74.0 82.0 84.0 78.0 80.0 80. 80. 75.3 77.4 E.

29.92 29.87 83.0 86.0 75.0 86.0 85.0 138. 98. 75.0 11.0 23.0 75.0 83.0 86.0 79.0 77.0 80. 61. 76.3 71.2 E.

29.90 29.83 82.0 87.0 75.0 87.0 86.0 78.0 12.0 25.0 77.0 83.0 88.0 79.0 80.0 .80. 65. 76,3 74.9 E.

29.85 29.78 83.0 87.0 77.0 90.0 88.0 153. 118. 78.0 13.0 40.0 78.0 84.0 87.0 77.0 77.0 68. 58. 72.4 70.6 29.80 29.72 77.0 80.0 70.0 81.0 80.0 145. 108. 72.0 9.0 36.0 76.0 77.0 80.0 70.0 72.0 67. 63. 65.1 66.5 29.60 29.55 75.0 78.0 70.0 ↑ 78.0 77.0 129. 100. 70.0 8.0 30.0 67.0 75.0 78.0 70.0 75.0 74. 84. 66.4 72.9 29.90 29.85 79.0 81.0 70.0 80.0 79.0 122. 98. 72.0 10.0 26.0 69.0 79.0 81.0 76.0 78.0 85. 85. 73.9 76.0 29.93 29.90- 81.0 82.0 75.0 83.0 82.0 121. 97. 75.0 8.0 22.0 72.0 81.0 82.0 78.0 78.0 85. 80. 76.0 29.96 29.93 82.0 83.0 76.0 85.0 84.0 135. 96. 77.0 9.0 19.0 73.0 82.0 83.0 77.0 78.0 76. 76. 73.6 74.7

30.00 29.95 78.0 79.0 70.0 80.0 79.0 135. 95. 71.0 10.0 24.0 73.0 78.0 79.0 74.0 74.0 79. 75. 71.2 70.6 30.05 30.01 79.0 79.0 72.0 83.0 82.0 144. 98. 73.0 11.0 25.0 71.0 79.0 79.0 74.0 74.0 75. 75. 70.6 70.6 30.03 29.96 79.0 80.0 73.0 84.0 83.0 142. 97. 74.0 11.0 23.0 72.0 79.0 80.0 74.0 75.0 75. 75. 70.6 71.6 29.96 29.92 77.0 78.0 71.0 78.0 77.0 125. 93. 72.0 7.0 21.0 78.0 77.0 78.0 74.0 74.0 84. 79. 71.9 71.2 E 29.95 29.90 78.0 78.0 73.0 79.0 78.0 117. 90. 73.0 6.0 17.0 71.0 78.0 78.0 73.0 73.0 75. 75.* 69.5 69.5 E.

29.95 29.90 77.0 78.0 70.0 79.0 78.0 116. 88. 72.0 9.0 16.0 71.0 77.0 78.0 72.0 73.0 75. 75. 29.93 29.86 78.0 80.0 70.0 80.0 79.0 112. 87. 71.0 10.0 16.0 70.0 78.0 80.0 73.0 75.0 75. 75.

29.90 29.81 76.0 77.0 71.0 78.0 77.0 110. 87. 72.0 7.0 15.0 70.0 76.0 77.0 74.0 74.0 89. 84.

29.88 29.81 77.0 75.0 70.0 79.0 78.0 110. 86. 72.0 9.0 14.0 70.0 77.0 75.0 75.0 74.0 89. 94.

29.88 29.81 78.0 79.0 71.0 80.0 79.0 105. 83. 73.0 9.0 10.0 71.0 78.0 79.0 76.0 29.86 29.81 79.0 82.0 73.0 86.0 85.0 142. 108. 73.0 13.0 35.0 71.0 79.0 82.0 76.0 29.86 29.82 79.0 82.0 70.0 86.0 85.0 147. 109. 71.0 16.0 38.0 72.0 80.0 82.0 75.0

29.92 29.87 79.0 79.0 73.0 82.0 81.0 146. 107. 75.0 9.0 32.0 73.0 80.0 79.0 75.0 29.95 29.85 76.0 79.0 71.0 81.0 80.0 139. 104. 74.0 10.0 30.0 72.0 76.0 79.0 71.0 29.93 29.88 79.0 80.0 72.0 83.0 82.0 136. 103. 73.0- 11.0 30.0 72.0 79.0 80.0 74.0 75.0 75. 75.

29.95 29.88 79.0 80.0 74.0 84.0 83.0 136. 103. 74.0 10.0 29.0 72.0 80.0 80.0 74.0 74.0 71. 71. 29.95 29.92 79.0 83.0 71.0 83.0 82.0 136. 102. 74.0 12.0 28.0 73.0 79.0 83.0 74.0 75.0 75. 64. 70.6 69.7 N.E. 30.05 30.00 72.0 75.0 67.0 76.0 75.0 133. 100. 64.0 9.0 36.0 70.0 72.0 75.0 67.0 66.0* 74. 58. 63.2 59.5 30.07 30.02 71.0 73.0 64.0 75.0 74.0 128. 98. 65.0 11.0 33.0 68.0 71.0 73.0 66.0 66.0 73. $6. 62.2 60.8 30.07 30.01 71.0 74.0 65.0 77.0 76.0 132. 96. 64.0 12.0 32.0 67.0 71.0 74.0 64.0 66.0 65. 62. 58.7 60.2 74.0 74.7 77. 74. 70.8 71.0

INCHES

DEEP.

9 A.M. 3 P.M. 9 A. M. 3 P.M. 9 A.M.3 P.M. 9 A.M.3 P.M.

9 A.M.

3 P.M.

9 A.M. 9 A.M.3 P.M.

0.15

2.65

0.35

S.W.

N.W. N.W.

N.W.

N.E.

0.20

N.E.

2.40

75.3

2.80

N.E.

1.00

0.15

N.E.

0.10

68.5 69.5 E.

0.05

69.5

71.6 E.

0.05

72.6

71.9 E.

0.35

73.6

73.3 E.

1.50

10*

OBIBIOgaaaa-aa-go

75.0 89. 80. 77.0 85. 76. 77.0 75. 76. 74.0 75. 75. 74.0 75. 75.

74.6

72.3 E.

1.50

73.9

73.6 E.

E..

71.6 73.6 71.6 70.6 67.4 70.6

N.E.

68.9 71.6

69.9 69.9

N.E.

...

13.25

Summary of Octomber, 1877:-Mean Shade Temp.,

.76.4

...

Total Rain fall,

1.89 inches. Rain fell on 5 days.

1876:-

77.2

1.00

1875-

.77.0

3.25

"".

1874:-

.79.6

1.52

1873:-

.77.1

0.64

PH. B..C. AYRES, Colonial Surgeon.

1872:-

76.8

6.38

No. 230.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD NOVEMBER, 1878. 575

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd November, 1878.

NOTICE.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

H.M.S. "Sylvia,"

NAGASAKI, 4th November, 1878.

　　　The positions of the Meac Sima group, and Pallas Rocks, have been found by H.M.S. Sylvia to differ considerably from shewn in the Charts.

The approximate positions are as under-

Kusa Kaki, the highest Peak of the Meac Sima Group.

Latitude (approx.), . . Longitude (approx.),

32° 01′ N.

128° 21' E.

Pallas Rocks-South Rock.

Latitude (approx.),, Longitude (approx.),

32° 14 N. 128° 6 E.

P. ALDRICH,

Commander.

Commodore G. W. WATSON,

Hongkong.

Government of New Zealand.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 22, of 1878.

EXHIBITION OF FIXED WHITE LIGHT ON CENTRE ISLAND, FOVEAUX STRAIT.

Marine Department,

Wellington, N.Z., 22nd August, 1878.

　　　With reference to the preliminary notice issued by this department, dated the 22nd day of October, 1877, it is hereby notified that, on and after Monday, the 16th day of September next, a Light will be exhibited from the Lighthouse which has been erected on Centre Island,the position and characteristics of which are as follow:-

The Centre Island Lighthouse is situated on the southern extremity of Centre Island, in Foveaux Strait, New Zealand. The Tower is 20 feet in height, built of timber and painted white. The Light will be FIRST ORDER FIXED, showing WHITE from the bearing of North 78° West, round by the North, over an arc of 176°, to the bearing of South 82° East. The light will SHOWRED from this latter bearing to South 54° East, and RED between the bearings of North 78° West and South 4o East, and between this latter bearing and the bearing of South 54° East the light will NOT BE SHOWN.

　　　The Light is elevated 265 feet above the sea, and, allowing 15 feet for the height of the eye, will be seen at a distance of about 22 nautic miles in clear weather, and at lesser distances according to the state of the atmosphere.

NOTE.-All bearings are magnetic and taken towards the Light.

G. GREY.

N.B. This Notice will affect the following Admiralty Charts of New Zealand, viz.: General and Sheet XI.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 24, of 1878.

LIGHT ON CAPE MARIA VAN DIEMEN.

PRELIMINARY NOTICE.

Marine Department,

Wellington, New Zealand, 9th September, 1878.

　　　Notice is hereby given that a Lighthouse is now in the course of erection at Cape Maria Van Diemen. It is anticipated that the light will be ready for exhibition in January, 1879: The following is a description of the light that will be

exhibited:

　　　Cape Maria Van Diemen Lighthouse is situated on the small island which lies off the northern end of Cape Maria Van Diemen, at the extreme north of the North Island of New Zealand. The light will be a First Order REVOLVING WHITE LIGHT, visible all round as far as the land will allow. It will attain its greatest brilliancy every minute. From the lower part of the tower a FIXED RED LIGHT will be shown over the Columbia Reef.

Due notice will be given of the exact date when this light will be first exhibited.

G. GREY.

576

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD NOVEMBER, 1878.

Government of China.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

[No. 96.]

CHINA SEA.

YANGTZE RIVER-SHANGHAI DISTRICT.

Change in the Langshan Crossing.

1.-MIDDLE BANK BUOY.

This Buoy has been shifted about three cables to the westward of its former position. It is moored in 7 fathoms at low water, and marks the starboard side of the channel, when entering the Crossing.

2.-NORTH BANK BUOY.

　　　This Buoy has now been painted black. It is moored in 5 fathoms at low water, and marks the port side of the channel between the South and North Banks. It will, until further notice, be called the South Bank Buoy.

3.-WATERMAN BANK LOWER BUOY.

This Buoy has been shifted about one-and-a-half cables to the S.W. of its former position. It is moored in 44 fathoms at low water, and marks the N.E. edge of the Waterman Lower Bank.

4.-WATERMAN BANK UPPER BUOY.

This Buoy has been moved about four cables to the W.N.W. of its former position. It is moored in 7 fathoms at low water, and marks the east edge of the Upper Waterman Bank, which is very steep.

By order of the Inspector General of Customs,

GERALD E. WELLESLEY, Acting Engineer-in-Chief.

IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS, ENGINEERS' OFFICE, SHANGHAI, 9th November, 1878.

No. 210.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Schedule 1, Provisions.

2, Medical Comforts.

3, Bedding and Clothing.

4, Miscellaneous.

Tenders may be made for all 4 Schedules, or for each separately.

The Contractor will be required to enter into a Bond for the due fulfilment of his Contract, and for the supply of all articles of the best quality.

No Tenders will be received, unless the Person tendering shall produce a receipt to the effect that he has deposited in the Colonial Treasury the sum of $200 as a pledge of the bona fides of his offer, which sum shall be forfeited to the Crown, if such Person shall refuse to carry out his Tender.

The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest, or any Tender.

By Command,

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 31st October, 1878.

No. 128.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

HONGKONG SILVER SUBSIDIARY COINS.

　　　Notice is hereby given, that these Coins of the respective values of 20 Cents, 10 Cents, and 5 Cents each, can be obtained at par at the Colonial Treasury, and at the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd June, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD NOVEMBER, 1878. 577

NOTICE.

　　　　　It is requested that such Rates may be paid before the 31st October, as after that date application will be made to the Supreme Court for the recovery of arrears.

Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 5th October, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Treasurer.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

The Bokhara Buoy has been replaced in its former position over the Rock.

Harbour Department, Hongkong, 13th November, 1878.

J. P. MCEUEN, Acting Harbour Master, &c.

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578

THE HONGKONG

1878,

HARBOUR OFFICE,

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

CAPE D'AGUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

WINDS

THERMOMETER.

DAY AND

HOUR.

DATE.

BARO-1

METER

0 TO 12.

WEA-

BARO-

WINDS

0 To 12.

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

THER.

METER

WEA-

THER.

In inches

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. | Wet. Direct. Force.

Saturday,

16th

Nov.

30.22 67.0 Noon 30.17 68.569.0 60.0 67.056.0

63.0 55.0

b.c.

30.13 68.5

68.0 56.5

b.c.

Sunday,

30.27 67.0

17th

Nov.

Noon

65.0 55.0

30.21 68.5 70.0 61.0 67,0| 56.0|

30.16 68.0

30.08 67.0

66.5 58.5 N 30.03 70.0 75.5 60.0 72.0 63.0 N 30.02 72.0

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

30.05 67.0]

BARO- during previous METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

WEA-

THER.

BARO-

24 hours.

Attd. Max Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous] 24 hours.

ETER

WI DS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. | Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches

during previous 24 hours.

? ??

30.10 70.01

68.0 56.0 NNE

b.c.

28.34 58.0

56.0 54.0 NNE

o.m.

0.00

30.10 | 70.0 72.5| 58.C] 69.0 57.0 N

b.c.

0.00

74.0 65.0 N

30.04] 71.0]

69.0 57.0 N

b.c.

68.0 58.0

66.5 58.0, N 30.08 71.0 75.0 61.0 72.0 62.0 N 30.06 73.0

28.37 59.0

28.32 | 60.0; 61,0| 52.0| 60,0 57.0 N

28.29 65.0

o.c.m.

0.00

65.0 59.0 N

o.c.m.

58.0 52.0 NNE

0.m.

b.c.

0.00

28.36 61.0 62.0 55.0 61.0 56.0 NNW

o.m.

0.00

{

74.5 64.0 N

b.c.

28.33 66.0

66.0 59.0 NNW

o.in.

Monday,

18th

Nov.

30.23 68.01

65.0 59.0

30.09 70.0

70.0 63.5 N

28.38 61.0

61.0 56.0 NNE

o.m.

Noon 30.20 72.0 73.0 62.0 71.0 62.0

30.16|73.0|

Tuesday,

19th

Nov.

30.27 71.0

??;

: ?

72.0 64.0

68.0 62.0

Noon 30.24 | 73.0 74.0, 66.0 71.0 65.0

30.16 73.0

71.0 65.0

Wednesday,

20th

Nov.

Noon

30.28 73.0

71.0) 65.0

30.26 76.0 77.0 66.0 75.0 66.0

True

wind cannot be registered.

Do.

30.09 73.0 77.0 62 5 75.5 67.0 N

b.e.

0.00

28.34 62.0 64.0 56.0 62.0 60.0 NNW

o.m.

0.00

30.07 76.0

77.0 68.0 S

28.32 63.0

30.10 72.0

72.0 66.0 N

b.c.

28.41 65.0

b.c.

30.10 74.0 78.5 66.0 76.0 68.0 E

b.c.

0.00

68:0

63.0 60.0 NNW

o.m.

65.0 61.0 ENE

o.m.

28.38 65.0 65.0 60.0 65.0 60.0 ENE

o.m.

0.00

b.c.

80.06 74.0

c.b.

30.12 74.0

75.0 68.0 ESE

b.c.

28.32 | 65.0

Telegraph wire out of order.

74.5 69.0 NE

b.c.

28.42 65.0

65.0 60.0] ENE

o.m.

64.0 62.0 ENE

o.c.m.

··

b.c.

30.12 77.0 81.0 69.0 81.0 72.0 ESE

b.c.

0.00

28.42 69.0 69.0 61.0 68.0 66.0 ENE

o.c.m.

0.00

30.20 77.0

75.0 66.5

b.c.

30.11 79.0

80.0 72.0 SW

b.c.

28.38 71.0

Thursday,

21st

Nov.

30.2973.5

72.0 64.0

30.13 74.0

73.0 65.0 NE

28.44 67.0

Noon 30.2676.0 77.0 69.0 75.0 65.0)

30,20 78.0

76.0 66.5

30.14 77.0 81.5 68.5 80.0 70.0 N 30.1280.0

0.00

85.0 74.0 E

28.38 72.0]

:::

70.0 67.0 Calm

o.c.m.

66.0 62.0 ENE

o.h.

28.42 | 70.0 70.0 62.0 69.0 64.0 N

o.h.?

0.00

Friday,

22nd

Nov.

69.0 66.0

30.35 72.5

19 Noon 30.30 72.0 77.0 67.0 70.0 65.0 3 30.25 71.0|

b.c.

30.17 73.0|

69.0 64.0

b.c.

69.5 65.0 N 30.17 74.0 85.0 66.0 72.0 66.0 E 30.15 74.0 71.0 65.5 E

b.c.

28.45 60.0j

71.0 67.0 N

o.b.

: 8:

60.0 59.0 E

o.h.

b.c.

0.00

b.c.

28.44 65.0, 65.0 60.0 65.0 62.0 E 65.0 63.0 ESE

28.44 66.0

o.h.

0.00

o.h.

: 8:

Figures to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

GOVERNMENT

GAZETTE,

23RD

NOVEMBER, 1878.

STATE OF WEATHER:-b. blue sky; c. clotids (detached); d. drizzling rain; f. foggy; g. gloomy; h. hail; 7. lightning; m. misty (hazy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; q. squally; r. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility. Object at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). NOTE. A bar --) under any letter augments its signification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and continuing rain, &c., &c.

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Description of Wind.

Wind.

Illustrations of the power of the Wind as regards a well-conditioned Man-of-War or First-class Clipper Ship.

Rate of the Wind per Hour in Miles.

Calm.....

Light Air

Light Breeze

Gentle Breeze

Just sufficient to give steerage way. · With which the above Ship with all sail set and clean full would go in smooth

Moderate Breeze

Fresh Breeze.

Strong Breeze

Strong Gale

Whole Gale

Storm.....

Hurricane..

Moderate Gale

Fresh Gale

water...

In which she could just carry in chase, Double Reefs and Jib, &c. full and by

Triple Reefs, &c..

Close Reefs and Courses

In which she could just bear close-reefed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail Under Storm Staysail

(1 to 2 knots

3 to 4

5 to 6 Royals, &c.

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails.

Bare Poles...

0 to 2

3 - 10

70 - 80

above 80

}

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD NOVEMBER, 1878.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in

Units Ofiginal Jurisdiction on Mondays and

Thursdays.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in its Summary Jurisdiction, on very ?Tues- day, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

In re WONG YAU MUI and TANG SIK LING, lately trading together under the firm name of "YEE ON," Bankrupts. OTICE.—The above named Bankrupts hav-

N°

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG

IN BANKRUPTCY.

NOTICE HANS KIR, of lyi tarity, in ton OTICE. HANS KIER, of Victoria, in the

business at Victoria, aforesaid, having been ad- judged Bankrupt under a Petition for adjudica- tion in Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong, on the 2nd day of October, in the Year of our Lord 1878, is hereby required to surrender himself to the Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET, the Registrar of the said Court, at the first Meeting of Creditors to be held by the said Registrar, on Thursday, the 28th instant, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon, precisely, at the said Court.

The said Hon. CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee, and Messrs. STEPHENS & HOLMES are the Solicitors in the Bankruptcy.

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At the first meeting of Creditors, the Registrar will receive the proofs of the debts of Creditors, and the Creditors may elect an Assignee or Assignees of the Bankrupt's Estate and Effects.

Dated the 14th day of November, 1878.

OTICE is hereby given that the partnership

hearing of the application by them for their Order NO called the ORIENTAL SUGAR REFINERY

of Discharge stands adjourned to Tuesday, the 10th day of December next.

Dated the 23rd day of November, 1878.

WILLIAM WOTTON, Solicitor acting in the Bankruptcy, 29, Queen's Road, Victoria.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG

IN BANKRUPTCY.

In re ELIJAH LILLEY, a Bankrupt.

N°

OTICE. The above named Bankrupt hav- ing passed his last Examination, the hear- ing of the application by him for his Order of Discharge stands adjourned to Thursday, the 28th instant.

H. L. DENNYS, Solicitor in the Bankruptcy.

Dated the 14th November, 1878.

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No. 48.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 30TH NOVEMBER, 1878.

VOL. XXIV.

No. 5.

[L.S.] J. POPE HENNESSY.

PROCLAMATION.

No. 2 of 1877, entitled,—An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to authorize the Appropriation of a Supplementary Sum not exceeding Seventy-four thousand Dollars to defray the charges of the Year 1876; Now, therefore, it is hereby Proclaimed, that the said Ordinance has been so confirmed and allowed as aforesaid.

By His Excellency's Command,

C. MAY,

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Given at Government House, Hongkong, this 29th Day of November, 1878.

No. 231.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following temporary and provisional appointments, pending the decision of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies:-

Mr. J. DYER BALL to be Acting Assistant Interpreter at the Supreme Court. Mr. MURRAY to be Acting Fourth Master at the Central School. Mr. MCKINNEY to be Acting Fifth Master at the Central School.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd November, 1878.

No. 232.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Notice is hereby given, that at Noon on Friday, the 13th December, the Privilege of Farming all Granite Quarries in the Island of Hongkong, during the year 1879, as also the same Monopoly for Kowloon, will be put up to Public Auction at the Government Offices.

　　　　　1. The Monopoly shall begin on the 1st of January, 1879, and terminate on the 31st of December of the same year.

3. No person shall at any bidding advance less than $50.

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Published by Authority.

No. 48.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 30TH NOVEMBER, 1878.

VOL. XXIV.

No. 5.

[L.S.] J. POPE HENNESSY.

PROCLAMATION.

By His Excellency's Command,

C. MAY,

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Given at Government House, Hongkong, this 29th Day of November, 1878.

No. 231.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following temporary and provisional appointments, pending the decision of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies:-

Mr. J. DYER BALL to be Acting Assistant Interpreter at the Supreme Court. Mr. MURRAY to be Acting Fourth Master at the Central School. Mr. MCKINNEY to be Acting Fifth Master at the Central School.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd November, 1878.

No. 232.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

　　　　　1. The Monopoly shall begin on the 1st of January, 1879, and terminate on the 31st of December of the same year.

3. No person shall at any bidding advance less than $50.

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4. Immediately after the fall of the hammer, the purchaser shall sign a Memorandum of Agree- ment for completing the purchase according to these conditions, and shall on the same day give security of two householders, approved by the Government, each to the amount of one-twelfth of the total annual premium, for the due fulfilment of the contract, if approved by His Excellency the Governor.

5. The Monthly Premium shall be paid into the Colonial Treasury upon the Twenty-first day of

each month.

6. Persons desirous of bidding at either of the two Auctions are directed to call at the Surveyor General's Office, where further particulars may be obtained.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th November, 1878.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

No. 233.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

It is hereby notified, that ADOLF ANDR?, Esquire, has reported his return to the Colony and the resumption of his duties as Consul for Austria-Hungary from the 25th instant.

By Command,

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th November, 1878.

No. 234.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Applications with testimonials will be received at this Office, on or before Monday, the 9th December, for the vacant post of Inspector of Nuisances.

Salary $720 per annum.

The duties are those of sanitary inspection over a district of the City of Victoria, together with the supervision of the carrying out of the Government Scavenging Contract.

A knowledge of colloquial Chinese (to be tested by the Board of Examiners) is essential.

By Command,

C. MAY,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th November, 1878.

Acting Colonial Secretary.

No. 235.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Tenders will be received at this Office, until Noon on Saturday, the 21st December, for the supply of the undermentioned Articles for the use of the Police Department, from the First day of January, to the Thirtieth day of June, 1879.

Oil. Lampwick. Buckets. Tubs. Salt. Soap. Gram. Bran. Paddy. Oats. Straw. Hay.

Per jar. large & small,

per dozen

24 catties. of each.

each.

per lb.

per picul.

The above enumerated Articles must be of good quality, deliverable at the Central Police Barracks, at such times and in such quantities as may be required.

　　　Form of Tender and any further information can be obtained on application at the Office of the Captain Superintendent of Police.

No Tenders will be received unless prepared in the Form required.

By Command,

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th November, 1878.

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4. Immediately after the fall of the hammer, the purchaser shall sign a Memorandum of Agree- ment for completing the purchase according to these conditions, and shall on the same day give security of two householders, approved by the Government, each to the amount of one-twelfth of the total annual premium, for the due fulfilment of the contract, if approved by His Excellency the Governor.

5. The Monthly Premium shall be paid into the Colonial Treasury upon the Twenty-first day of

each month.

6. Persons desirous of bidding at either of the two Auctions are directed to call at the Surveyor General's Office, where further particulars may be obtained.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th November, 1878.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

No. 233.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

It is hereby notified, that ADOLF ANDR?, Esquire, has reported his return to the Colony and the resumption of his duties as Consul for Austria-Hungary from the 25th instant.

By Command,

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th November, 1878.

No. 234.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Applications with testimonials will be received at this Office, on or before Monday, the 9th December, for the vacant post of Inspector of Nuisances.

Salary $720 per annum.

The duties are those of sanitary inspection over a district of the City of Victoria, together with the supervision of the carrying out of the Government Scavenging Contract.

A knowledge of colloquial Chinese (to be tested by the Board of Examiners) is essential.

By Command,

C. MAY,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th November, 1878.

Acting Colonial Secretary.

No. 235.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Oil. Lampwick. Buckets. Tubs. Salt. Soap. Gram. Bran. Paddy. Oats. Straw. Hay.

Per jar. large & small,

per dozen

24 catties. of each.

each.

per lb.

per picul.

The above enumerated Articles must be of good quality, deliverable at the Central Police Barracks, at such times and in such quantities as may be required.

　　　Form of Tender and any further information can be obtained on application at the Office of the Captain Superintendent of Police.

No Tenders will be received unless prepared in the Form required.

By Command,

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th November, 1878.

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No. 128.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

HONGKONG SILVER SUBSIDIARY COINS.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd June, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Letters. Papers.

A-Fook

Clatand, Monsr. 1

Garstin, Major 1

Ainsbury, Capt.

Clarke, Hugh 1

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Unclaimed Correspondence, 29th November, 1878.

Lamerton, H. Leu Tong

Letters. Papers.

Roche, John

Letters. Papers

Alexander, H. 1

Colville, D. D.

Heelis, Arthur 1

Richmond, A. 1 Rosendah, P.

Aniess William, 1

Civetta, G.

Hill, Chas. E. 1

Creaton, Jas.

Bushnell, S. C. Brown, Sir C. 2 Bossolo, L.

Arowgothunda, S. 1 reg. Atkins, John

Cunha, C. A. da 1 Callaghan, Dr. 2 Caldwell, Miss B.1 Crawford, J. W. 1

Hannen, G.

Hemptinne,Monsr. 4 Hi Loi

Howard, Mrs. 1

Martin, R. M. 1 More, Miss E. J. 1 Muller, A.

Rayden, W. M. 1

Roberts, A.

Reily, Chs.

Mellomcosta, A. 1 Marmont, B. Maurer, G.

Rosado, E. L. da 1

1 8

Beguin, Monsr. J.1 Barclay, C. W. Botor, Miss A. 1 Boeshore, Wm. 1 Bustamante y B.1

Cross, Mrs. S. J. 1

Dhite, Monsr. 2 Dumont, Mrs. H. 1

Evans, James S. 1

Jensen, C.

Kelly, Mr.

1 Kwong Tai Cheong 2

Levis, S.

Wai Chung

Pike, Mr. Patterson, Mrs.H.1 Persse, Capt. 1

Whyte, Jno.

Williams, John 1

Fox, Madam

1 Ferrero, Luigi 1

Luz, Ellarina da 1

Leys, Robert R. 1

Quong Tong Tai 1

Talpey, Capt. F.

Yae, Ching

Neo Teing Siew 1 regd.

Sams, W. F. B. 1 Sheather, C. H. Stewart, Capt. 1 Stott, Revd. G. 1 Souza, D. J. de 1 Smith & Co., R. 1 Stillfried, F.

Lets. Ppra.

Thomson, Alex, 1 Tanner, J. B. 1 Taffell, Wm.

Veltz, Miss M. 1

Whetton, Chas. 1 Weber, R. T. 1 Wing On Chong 1

White, Wm. E. 1

1 regd.

Wildash, F. J. C. 1

For Merchant Ships.

Letters. Papers.

Arabella

Alice

1 regd.

Corrientes 2 Columbian, s.s. 1

Fair Leader

Letters. Papers.

Letters Papers.

Letters. Papers.

Lets. Pprs.

Irazu

Overdale

Sarah Bell

Ferntower, s.s. 1

S. Hunlie

Altcar

Anna

Commonwealth 1 Corea

Fabius

James Shepherd

Palestine

Satent

Failoong, s.s.

J. MacDonald

Parthead Twescanal 1

Southesk

Abbey Cowper 2

Challenge

Fleetwing 1

Jassan

Prince Amadeo 2

Sumatra

Athene

Commonwealth, s.s. 2 2

Frederick

Jessie Jamieson 1

Prince Louis

Sydenham

Ann Adamsen 1

Creswell

Flatin, s.s.

Premier

Lady Penrhyn 4

Spinaway

Cosmo

Pilgrim

Brisbane

Channel Queen 1

Great Admiral 1

Lota

1 regd.

Stanfield

Peteral, s.s.

Saga

Behar, s.s.

Charmer

Magdala

Bertha Marion 2

Cilurnum

Black Prince

Cuba

Belcarry

1 1 regd.

Dharwar

Bertie Bigelow 1

Banian

Erminia

Eleanor

City of Aberdeen

Estrone

Hawkesbury Harkaway Helen

Hindostan

Hopeful Hornet Hawthorne

2122

LO CO SDI T?

Mary Blair Mary Smith

Robert Henderson10

Tai Watt

Rosie Welt

5 regd.

Tokatea

McNear

Rosebud

Teti Austrian

Magdalen

Remonstrant

Tamar

Moss Glen

Regent

Tweed

Maritime Union 2

Marcia, s.s.

Sea Gull, s.s.

Tyburnia Taunton

3 1 regd.

Cashmere

Espiegle

Herat

Mignon

Sacramento

Corona

Emilio

Madeleine

Strathern

Wm. Manson

Countess of Erroll 5

Irigo

Commissary

Freeman Clark

Invincible

S. Vaughan

2 1 regd. Wm. Phillips

Nyassa

3 1

Southern Cross 1

W. E. Gladstone 1

For H. M. Ships.

Frolic,.

Magpie,......

.......1 Letter.

Victor Emanuel,........

..3 Letters.

Dagbladet.

Arbetare-Bladet.

Amsterdamsche Courant. Daily Telegraph.

Christadelphian.

Christian.

Glasgow Weekly Mail.

Illustrated London News.

Books, &c., without Covers.

Illustrated Australian.

Journal de Geneve. Journal de St. Peters-

bourg.

General Post Office, Hongkong, 29th November, 1878.

L'Union Savoisienne. Navy List.

Rotterdamsche Courant. Reynolds's Newspaper.

Sonderburger Zeitung. Sunderland & Durham

County Herald.

Times.

United Methodist Free Churches Minutes 1878.

Weekly Scotsman.

THE

HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,

30TH

1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

CAPE D'AGUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

WINDS

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

DAY AND

BARO-

0 TO 12.

HOUR.

DATE.

METER

WEA-

THER.

BARO-

METER

0 TO 12.

WEA-

In inches

THER.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

RAIN FALL.

0 TO 12.

WEA-

THER.

In inches

during previous

|Attd. Max. Min.; Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

24 hours.

Attd. Max. Min. | Dry.] Wet. Direct. Force.

during previous 24 hours.

Saturday,

30.32 69.0

67.0 64.0

b.c.

30.16 72.0

70.0 64.0 E

b.c.

28.45 61.0

60.0 58.0 E

o.m.

23rd

Nov.

Noon 30.28 71.0 72.0 65.0 9.0 63.0

30.22 72.0

70.0 53.5

30.16 72.0 73.0 64.5 72.0 64.0 E

b.c.

0.00

30.12 75.0

75.5 68.0 E

b.c.

28.43 62.0 63,0 58.0 62.0 60.0 E

28.47 66.0

o.m.

0.00

65.0 63.0 SE

o.m.

Sunday,

24th

Nov.

68.0 64.0

30.27 71.0

9 Noon 30.23 71.5 73.0 65.0 70.0 64.0 30.19 72.0

3 71.0 65.0]

b.c.

30.12 71.0

70.0 66.0 N

b.c.

28.40 62.0

62.0 60.5 E

0.m.

b.c.

30.12 74.0 78.0 66.0 76.5 67.5 EbN

b.c.

0.00

28.39 65.0 64.0 59.0 64.0 60,0 E

b.c.m.

0.00

b.c.

30.10 75.0

75.5 69.0 E

b.c.

28.34 64.0

64.0 60.0 E

b.c.m.

Monday,

30.29 72.0

70.0 63.0

0.c.

30.13 72.0

71.0 66.0 ENE

b.c.

28.42 61.0

61.0 59.0 NE

c.m.

...

25th

Nov.

Noon 30.25 73.5 75.0 67.0 72.0 65.0]

??:

30.20 | 75,0|

74.0 67.0

Tuesday,

26th

Nov.

30.27 73.0

71.0 62.5

Noon 30.24 75.0 76.0; 70.0 74.0 63.0

30.20 75.0

74.0 64.0

Wednesday,

27th

Nov.

30.28 66.0

Noon 30.24 70.0 71.0 62.0 68.0 59.5

30.19 71.0:

64.5 58.0

? :

True wind cannot be registered.

0.c.

30.13 74.0 77.5 67.0 75.5 70.0 N

b.c.

0.00

28.40 65.0 65.0 59.0 65.0 62.0 ENE

b.m.

0.00

O.C.

30.11 75.0

77.0 71.0 Calm

b.c.

28.35 65.0

65.0 63.0 N

b.m.

Telegraph wire out of order.

b.c.

30.12 74.0

73.0 65.0 NE

b.c.

28.40 65.0

65.0 59.0 NNE

o.m.

Do.

b.c.

30.10 78.0

30.12 76.0 79.0 70.0 79.0 69.0 NE

b.c.

0.00

28.38 67.0 68.0, 61.0 67.0 61.0] N

o.m.

0.00

79.5 69.0 NE

b.c.

28.35 68.0

b.c.

30.12 69.0

67.5 61.0 NE

b.c.

28.37 56.0

:??

67.0 61.0 N

0.m.

56.0 53.0 N

o.m.

b.c.

30.12 71.0 82.0 62.0 75.0 65.0 NE

b.c.

0.00

28.38 62.0 62.0 55.0] 62.0 59.0 N

o.m.

0.00

69.0 60.0

b.c.

30.11 74.0

75.0 65.5 NE

b.c.

28.34 64.0

63.0 61.0 N

o.m.

Thursday, 9

28th Noon

Nov. 3

30.29 67.5;

64.0 55.5

b.c.

30.12 69.0

30.26 68.5 71.0 62.0 67.0 56.0

b.c.

30.12 70.0 77.0 61.5 73 0 64.0 N

65.0 59.0 N

b.c.

30.22 71.0

69.0 59.0

b.c.

30.12 73.0

78.5 67.5 N

b.c.

: 8:

28.40 56.0

··

56.0 52.0 N

o.c.m.

0.00

28.38 61.0 61.0 54.0 61.0 59.0 NNE 28.39 63.0

o.c.m.

0.00

63.0 59.0 NE

b.c.m.

28.44 57.0

57.0 51.0 NE

o.m.

Friday,

29th

Noon

30.32 67.0

64.0 54.0

b.c.

30.16 67.0

65,0 56.5 N

b.c.

30.29 70.0 71.0 60.0 68.0 58.0

b.c.

Nov.

3 30.23 69.5

68.0 59.0

b.c.

30.14 72.0|

··

30.17 70.0 78.5 60.0 73.5 62.0 N 74.0 64.0 E

b.c.

0.00

28.41 62.0 62.0 53.0 62.0 55.0 ENE 62.0 55.0 E

28.35 62.0

o.m.

0.00

o.m.

b.c.

Figures

Illustrations of the power of the Wind as regards a well-conditioned Man-of-War or First-class Clipper Ship.

Rate of the Wind

to denote

per Hour in Miles.

the Force

of the

Wind.

NOVEMBER,

STATE OF WEATHER:-b. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; f. foggy; g. gloomy; h. hail; 7. lightning; m. misty (hazy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; q. squally; r. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility. Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). NOTE.-A bar ? under any letter augments its signification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and continuing rain, &c., &c.

Calm.

Light Air Light Breeze

Gentle Breeze

Fresh Breeze

Just sufficient to give steerage way.

Moderate Breeze

With which the above Ship with all sail ( 1 to 2 knots set and clean full would go in smooth water...

3 to 4

5 to 6

(Royals,

26 30

Strong Breeze

Moderate Gale

Fresh Gale

Strong Gale

Whole Gale

Storm..

Hurricane..

Bare Poles...

In which she could just carry in chase, Double Reefs and Jib, &c. full and by

In which she could just bear close-reefed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail Under Stormm Staysail................

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails.

31 36

Triple Reefs, &c...

Close Reefs and Courses

above 80

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Description of Wind.

Wind.

012345OTQCE2

1878.

585

* 586

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH NOVEMBER, 1878.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

HE next Sitting of this Court, in its Sum- mary Jurisdiction, will be held on Wednes- day next, the 4th December, at 10 A.M.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in its Original Jurisdiction on Mondays and Thursdays.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

In the matter of ELIJAH LILLEY, a Bankrupt.

NOTICE is hereby given that the above named

　　　　　ELIJAH LILLEY, who was adjudged a Bankrupt on the Twelfth day of October, 1878, obtained his order of discharge on the Twenty- eighth day of November, 1878, under the "Bank- ruptcy Ordinance, 1864."

HENRY LARDNER DENNYS, Solicitor acting in the Bankruptcy, 16, Bank Buildings, Hongkong.

In the Matter of the Estate of JO?O JOAQUIM DOS REMEDIOS, deceased.

OTICE.-All persons indebted to the above named Estate are requested to make im- mediate payment to the undersigned, and all Creditors having claims against the Estate to send in their accounts in duplicate without delay.

STEPHENS & HOLMES, Solicitors for the Executors.

2, Club Chambers,

Hongkong, 30th November, 1878.

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No. 49.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 7TH DECEMBER, 1878.

VOL. XXIV.

No. 236.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notice to Mariners is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 7th December, 1878.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

VICTORIA HARBOUR, LABUAN.

The Flagstaff at Ramsey Point has been removed. A White Pillar will be erected to mark the Point.

A new Flagstaff has been erected a cable E. S. E. of the Government Offices.

The Beacon on the outer Shoal has been washed away, a Buoy (Black Ball) has been placed on the centre of the Shoal, but after the first of December, this Buoy will be so placed as to mark the Eastern limit of this Shoal.

　　　　The Beacon on the Harbour Shoal has been removed. A Buoy (White Ball) has been placed on the centre of this Shoal.

A. S. HAMILTON,

Harbour Master.

No. 235.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Oil. Lampwick. Buckets. Tubs. Salt. Soap. Gram. Bran. Paddy. Oats. Straw. Hay.

Per jar. large & small,

per dozen

24 catties.

of each.

each.

per lb.

per picul.

　　　　The above enumerated Articles must be of good quality, deliverable at the Central Police Barracks, at such times and in such quantities as may be required.

Form of Tender and any further information can be obtained on application at the Office of the Captain Superintendent of Police.

No Tenders will be received unless prepared in the Form required.

By Command,

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th November, 1878.

588 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7TH DECEMBER, 1878.

No. 234.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　Applications with testimonials will be received at this Office, on or before Monday, the 9th December, for the vacant post of Inspector of Nuisances.

Salary $720 per annum.

The duties are those of sanitary inspection over a district of the City of Victoria, together with the supervision of the carrying out of the Government Scavenging Contract.

A knowledge of colloquial Chinese (to be tested by the Board of Examiners) is essential.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th November, 1878.

No. 232.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

　　1. The Monopoly shall begin on the 1st of January, 1879, and terminate on the 31st of December of the same year.

3. No person shall at any bidding advance less than $50.

4. Immediately after the fall of the hammer, the purchaser shall sign a Memorandum of Agree- ment for completing the purchase according to these conditions, and shall on the same day give security of two householders, approved by the Government, each to the amount of one-twelfth of the total annual premium, for the due fulfilment of the contract, if approved by His Excellency the Governor.

　　5. The Monthly Premium shall be paid into the Colonial Treasury upon the Twenty-first day of each month.

6. Persons desirous of bidding at either of the two Auctions are directed to call at the Surveyor General's Office, where further particulars may be obtained.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th November, 1878..

No. 228.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

1. The Monopoly shall begin on the 1st January, 1879, and terminate on the 31st of December of the same year.

3. The conditions shall also exclude the right to interfere with the Slaughtering of Goats by, or for the Indian Troops and Police.

5. No person shall at any bidding advance less than $100.

7. The Monthly Premium shall be paid into the Colonial Treasury upon the Twenty-first day of

each month.

　　8. Persons desirous of bidding at the Auction are directed to call at the Registrar General's Office, where further particulars may be obtained.

By Command,

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd November, 1878.

No. 227.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7TH DECEMBER, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

589

　　　Persons wishing to inspect the List are requested to apply to the Honourable the Acting Colonial Treasurer between the hours of 10 A.M. and 4 P.M.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th November, 1878.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

No. 128.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. HONGKONG SILVER SUBSIDIARY COINS.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd June, 1878.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Unclaimed Correspondence, 6th December, 1878.

Letters. Papers.

A-Fook

Ainsbury, Capt.

Clatand, Monsr. 1 Clarke, Hugh 1

Garstin, Major 1

Alexander, H. 1

Letters. Papers.

Lamerton, H. 1 Leu Tong

Letters. Papers

Lets. Pprs.

Roche, John

Thomson, Alex, 1

Richmond, A.

Colville, D. D.

Heelis, Arthur 1

Rosendah, P.

Aniess William, 1

Civetta, G.

Hill, Chas. E. 1

Tanner, J. B. Taffell, Wm.

1 1

Martin, R. M. 1

Rayden, W. M. 1

Atkins, John

Arowgothunda, S. 1 reg.

Creaton, Jas.

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HARBOUR OFFICE.

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

CAPE

D'?GUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

WINDS

RAIN FALL

WINDS

THERMOMETER.

DAY AND

HOUR.

DATE.

BAO-

METER

0 TO 12.

WEA-

THER.

BARO-

METER

0 TO 12.

WEA-

THER.

In inches

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

WEA-

THER.

In inches

BARO-

METER

Saturday,

30th

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

30.29 €9.0

67.0 59.0]

O.C.

Noon 30.25 69.0 71.0 60.0 68.0 60.0

O.C.

Nov.

30.2170.01

69.0 62.0

o.c.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. ?Wet. Direct. Force.

30.14 69.0

during previous 24 hours.

Attd. Max Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

during previous 24 hours.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry.] Wet.] Direct. Force.

VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

RAIN FALL.

In inches

during previous 24 hours.

WINDS

0 TO 12.

WEA-

THER.

68.0 61.0 N

g.m.

30.15 69.0

66.0 60.5 N

28.40 | 59.0|

··

59.0 56.0 ENE

b.c.d.

30.14 | 70.0 76.5| 65.0 69.5| 63.0 Calm 30.12 71.0

g.m.

0.00

71.0 65.0 Calm

g.m.

30.14 70.0 74.0 62,0 67.0 60.5 N 30.12 70.0|

O.C.

0.00

28.35 40.0 61,0, 57.0; 60.0 57.0 N

b.m.

0.00

66.0 60.0 N

O.C.

28.34 40.0

60.0 57.0 N

b.c.

Sunday,

1st

Dec.

30.3169.0

67.0 59.0 Noon 30.28 69.5 72.0 60.0 68.0 60.0

b.c.

30.13 70.0

68.5 62.0 N

b.c.

30.15 69.0

67.5 60.0 N

b.c.

28.41 59.0]

59.0 55.0 N

b.c.

30.23 70.0

70.0 60.0

b.c.

30.13 72.0 75,5 64.5 78.0 66.0 N 30.13 73.0

b.c.

0.00

30.12 72.0 76.0 62.0 74.0 64.0 N

:???

b.c.

0.00

28.42 63.0 64.0 56.0 63.0 59.0 N

b.m.

0.00

75.0 68.5 N

b.c.

30.13 73.0

Monday,

2nd

Dec.

30.39 66.0

64.5 54.0 Noon? 30.36 | 68.0 72.0, 60.0 66.0 37.0

b.c.

30.22 66.0

30.30 68.0

:??:

66.0 57.5

Tuesday,

3rd

Dec.

30.37 68.0

Noon 30.32 71.0 71.0 62.0 68.0 60.5

12289

65.0 59.0

30.26 71.0

69.0 62.5

Wednesday,

4th

Dec.

30.31 70.0

67.0 64.0

Noon 30.25 70.5 73.0 65.0 69.0 65.0

: ?

True wind cannot be registered.

Do.

b.c.

30.20 69.0

b.c.

30.20 69.0

b.c.

:::

€4.0 57.0 N

b.c.

30.26 68.0

74.0 64.0 N

b.c.

28.37 63.0

63.0 57.0 N

b.m.

63.0 58.0 N

b.c.m.

28.47 55.0

30.22 68.0 76.0 60.5 72.0 63.0 N

b.c.

0.00

30.25 68.0 76.0 62.5 63.0 57.0 N

b.c.m.

0.00

28.45 61.0 61.0 54.0, 61.0 54.0 NE

68.0 61.0, N

b.c.

30.22 67.0

63.0 57.0 NNE

b.c.m.

28.41 58.0

55.0 50.0 NE

b.m.

b.c.

0.00

58.0 54.0 NE

b.c.

67.0 61.0 N

b.c.

30.24 68.0

65 5 59.5 NE

b.c.

28.46 62.0

62.0 51.0 ENE

b.c.

30.20 71.0 77,5 62.5 77.0 66.0 N

30.18 720

b.c.

0.00

30.24 69.0 72.0 59.0 62.0 58.0 NE

b.c.

0.00

28.45 65.0 66.0 54.0 64.0 55.0 ENE

b.c.

72.0 65.0 E

b.c.

30.19 69.0

··

62.0 60.5 NE

b.c.

28.42 65.0

65.0 54.0 NE

b.c.

30.17 70.0

69.5 65.0 E

b.c.

30.17 70.0]

[

67.0 63.0 NE

28.39 61.0|

60.0 58.0 E

b.p.c.

b.c.

30.15 72.0 77.0 65.0 71.5| 66.5 E

b.c.

0.00

30.14 70.0 74.0 63.0 67.0 64.0 NE

0.00

28.40 64.0 66.0 58.0 64.0 62.0 E

b.m.

0.00

30.20 71.0

70.0 65.0

b.c.

30.10 72.0

74.0 68.0 EbS

b.c.

30.09 68.0

67.0 64.0 NE

28.35 66.0

65.0 64.0 E

b.h.

Thursday, 9

30.22 71.0,

69.0 65.0 5th Noon 30.18 76.0 77.0 66.0 75.0 66.0

30.10 78.0

72.5 67.0 Calm

b.c.

30.11 72.5

72.0 66.0 N

30.10 78.0 84.0 65.5 84.0 71.0 E

b.c.

0.00

Dec.

30.14 76.5

75.0 69.0]

30.06 76.0

75.5 70.5 W

b.c.

: 8:

80.1073.0 77.0 64.0 76.0 71.0 SE

0.00

30.04 74.0

68.0 62.0 SE

: 2:

28.36 65.0

28.38 70.0 71.0 60.0 69.0 65.0 NNE

28.35 69.0

65.0 62.0 NE

b.m.

b.h.

0.00

69.0 65.0 E

b.h..

Friday,

9 30.26 72.0

69.0 65.0

0.c.

30.09 71.0!

69.5 66.0 EbS

g.m.

30.12 71.0j

68.0 64.0 N?

b.c.

28.36 64.0

63.0 62.0 ENE

o.c.p.f.

6th

Noon 30.21 70.5 77.0 67.0 69.0 65.0]

o.c.

Dec.

30.12 70.5

69.0 65.0

b.c.

30.05 73.0

30.09 72.0 86.0 67.0 70.5 67.0 ESE 71.0 67.0 ESE

g.m.

0.00

··

b.c.m.

··

30.11 70.5 78.0 64.0 68.5 62.0 NE 66.0 64.0 ENE

30.04 70.0

b.c.

0.00

b.c.

28.35 63.0 66.0] 60.0 63.0 62.0 ENE 28.30 65.0

o.p.c.

65.0 63.0 E

o.c.m.

590

THE

HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7TH

0.00

: 8:

STATE OF WEATHER:-b. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; f. foggy; g. gloomy; h. hail; 7. lightning; m. misty (hazy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; 9. squally; r. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility. Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). NOTE.—A bar —) under any letter augments its signification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and ?ontinuing rain, &c., &c.

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of the

Wind.

Description of Wind.

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to denote

Illustrations of the power of the Wind as regards a well-conditioned Man-of-War or First-class Clipper Ship.

Rate of the Wind

per Hour in Miles.

the Force

of the

Wind.

Calm..

Light Air Light Breeze .. Gentle Breeze Moderate Breeze Fresh Breeze... Strong Breeze

Moderate Gale

Fresh Gale

Strong Gale

Whole Gale

Storni....

Hurricane....

Just sufficient to give steerage way.

water...

With which the above Ship with all sail (I to 2 knots set and clean full would go in smooth 3 to 4 (5 to 6 Royals, &c..

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails..

In which she could just carry in chase, Double Reefs and Jib, &c. full and by

Triple Reefs, &c.. Close Reefs and Courses

In which she could just bear close-reefed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail Under Storm Staysail

Bare Poles.....

0 to 2

53 60

61 69

above 80

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1878.

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No. 50.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 14TH DECEMBER, 1878.

VOL. XXIV.

No. 237.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

It is hereby notified, that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to recognize Se?or ALBINO MENCARINI as in charge of the Spanish Consulate at this port.

By Command,

C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th December, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

No. 238.

The following Letter from the Consul for Spain is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th December, 1878.

C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary.

HONGKONG, 6th December, 1878.

　　　　　SIR, I have the honour to inform Your Excellency, that in virtue of a decree of the Government of the Philippines, enforced by orders of H. C. Majesty's Government of the 28th March and 17th August last year, no foreign coinage is allowed to be introduced into the Philippine Islands until new orders are issued.

I beg to request from Your Excellency the favour that the notice be brought to public knowledge through the Official Gazette of this Colony.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your Excellency's most obedient Servant,

ALBINO MENCARINI.

To His Excellency the Governor and Commander-in-Chief,

HONGKONG.

No. 239.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　　In accordance with the provisions of Section 6 of Ordinance No. 6 of 1875, His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to direct that the following days be observed as Public Holidays throughout the Government Departments.

Christmas Eve. Christmas Day.

Thursday, the 26th December.

and New Year's Day.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th December, 1878.

C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary.

594 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH DECEMBER, 1878.

No. 240.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　Tenders will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office, on or before Friday, the 27th Decem- ber, at Noon, for the erection of a boat as per accompanying specification.

The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any Tender.

SPECIFICATION.

　　　A stout and substantial boat, fit for use in heavy weather. Length, 24 feet 6 inches; beam, 5 feet 3 inches; depth, 2 feet, with good floor and lines. Keel, gunwale, garboard strake, thwarts, and gratings (to extend right fore and aft) to be of teak, the planking of China pine, fastened with copper rivets. Duck awning fore and aft with teak or iron stanchions at stem and stern. House aft, of No. 1 canvas on iron frame.

　　　Rowlocks and fittings to be of iron, except brass knees. Brass steering yoke (double purchase) and plaited lines. Mast clamp and step to be fitted, but no mast or sail required. To pull 4 oars, but oars not required. To have three coats of paint inside and out. Workmanship and materials to be all of the best description.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th December, 1878.

No. 241.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

　　　The following Accounts, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hongkong, during the Months ending 31st October, and 30th November, 1878, are published for general information.

By Command,

C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th December, 1878.

31st October, 1878.

BANKS.

AVERAGE AMOUNT.

SPECIE IN RESERVE.

Oriental Bank Corporation,

194,150

150,000

Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,..

714,334

250,000

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,

736,891

300,000

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,

1,524,575

600,000

TOTAL,..

3,169,950

1,300,000

30th November, 1878.

BANKS.

AVERAGE AMOUNT.

SPECIE IN RESERVE.

Oriental Bank Corporation,

346,450

200,000

Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,

642,452

250,000

562,560

200,000

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,..

1,430,052

600,000

TOTAL,..........

2,981,514

1,250,000

Νο. 242.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH DECEMBER, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

595

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint M. J. ADAMS to be Inspector of Nuisances from the 12th instant.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th December, 1878.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary

No. 243.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　　The following Order in Council dated Osborne, the 14th day of August, 1878, amending the Order in Council of the 9th March, 1865, relating to Her Majesty's Courts in China and Japan, is published for general information.

By Command,

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th December, 1878.

AT THE COURT AT OSBORNE HOUSE, ISLE OF WIGHT, The 14th day of August 1878. PRESENT,

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

Whereas Her Majesty the Queen has power and jurisdiction over Her Majesty's subjects resident in or resorting to China and Japan:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of the powers in this behalf by the Foreign Jurisdiction Acts, 1843 to 1875, and by the Act of Parliament of the Session of the sixth and seventh- years of Her Majesty's reign (chapter 80) "for the better government of Her Majesty's subjects resorting to China," or otherwise, in her vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

Preliminary.

1.—This Order may be cited as The China and Japan Order in Council, 1878.

2.-This Order shall commence and have effect as follows:

(a.) As to the making of any warrant or appointment under this Order, immediately from and after the making of this Order.

(b.) As to all other matters and provisions comprised and contained in this Order, immediately from and after the expiration of one month after this Order is first exhibited in the public office of Her Majesty's Consul-General for the district of the Consulate of Shanghai; for which purpose Her Majesty's Consul-General or other principal Consular officer for the time being for that district is hereby required forthwith, on receipt by him from Her Majesty's Minister in China of a copy of this Order, with instruc- tions in this behalf, to affix and exhibit this Order conspicuously in that public.office, and to keep the same so affixed and exhibited during one month thereafter; of the time of which first exhibition notice shall be published as soon thereafter as practicable in each Consular district in China and in Japan, in such manner as Her Majesty's Ministers there respectively direct; and the time of the expiration of that month shall be deemed the time of the commencement of this Order.

3.-(1.) Articles 9 to 22, both inclusive, of the China and Japan Order in Council, 1865, are hereby revoked.

(2.) Articles 36 and 37 of that Order are hereby revoked as regards Japan only.

(3.) In this Order "the Secretary of State" means one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.

　　　　(4.) Subject to the foregoing provisions, this Order shall be read as one with the China and Japan Order in Council, 1865.

(5.) A Copy of this Order shall be kept exhibited conspicuously in each Court and Consulate in China and in Japan.

(6.) Printed copies thereof shall be provided, and shall be sold at such reasonable price as Her Majesty's Ministers there respectively direct.

Νο. 242.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH DECEMBER, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

595

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint M. J. ADAMS to be Inspector of Nuisances from the 12th instant.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th December, 1878.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary

No. 243.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

By Command,

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th December, 1878.

AT THE COURT AT OSBORNE HOUSE, ISLE OF WIGHT, The 14th day of August 1878. PRESENT,

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

Whereas Her Majesty the Queen has power and jurisdiction over Her Majesty's subjects resident in or resorting to China and Japan:

Preliminary.

1.—This Order may be cited as The China and Japan Order in Council, 1878.

2.-This Order shall commence and have effect as follows:

(a.) As to the making of any warrant or appointment under this Order, immediately from and after the making of this Order.

3.-(1.) Articles 9 to 22, both inclusive, of the China and Japan Order in Council, 1865, are hereby revoked.

(2.) Articles 36 and 37 of that Order are hereby revoked as regards Japan only.

(3.) In this Order "the Secretary of State" means one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.

　　　　(4.) Subject to the foregoing provisions, this Order shall be read as one with the China and Japan Order in Council, 1865.

(5.) A Copy of this Order shall be kept exhibited conspicuously in each Court and Consulate in China and in Japan.

(6.) Printed copies thereof shall be provided, and shall be sold at such reasonable price as Her Majesty's Ministers there respectively direct.

596 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH DECEMBER, 1878.

Supreme Court for China and Japan.

　　4.-(1.) There shall be a Chief Justice and an Assistant Judge of the Supreme Court for China and Japan.

　　(2.) The Assistant Judge shall be the Registrar of the Supreme Court; and the office of Law Secretary of the Supreme Court is hereby abolished.

(3.) The Assistant Judge shall hear and determine such causes and matters, civil and criminal, and transact such other part of the business of the Supreme Court, as the Chief Justice from time to time by general order, or otherwise, directs; and for that purpose the Assistant Judge shall have all the like jurisdiction, power, and authority as the Chief Justice.

(4.) Any party to a suit or proceeding wherein any matter or question is heard and determined by the Assistant Judge shall be entitled, as of course, to a rehearing before the Chief Justice, sitting with the Assistant Judge, or, in the unavoidable absent of the Assistant Judge, alone.

(5.) If, on any such rehearing, there is a difference of opinion between the Chief Justice and

the Assistant Judge, the opinion of the Chief Justice shall prevail.

(6.) Throughout the China and Japan Order in Council, 1865, and the Rules made thereunder, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall, as regards China, be deemed to be therein substituted for the Judge of the Supreme Court.

(7.) There shall be attached to the Supreme Court a Chief Clerk, and so many officers and Clerks as the Secretary of State from time to time thinks fit.

Court for Japan.

5.-(1.) There shall be in and for Japan a Court styled HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S COURT FOR

JAPAN.

(2.) The Court for Japan shall have a seal, bearing its style and such device as the Secretary of State from time to time directs.

　　(3.) The Court for Japan shall hold its ordinary sittings at Kanagawa, or, on emergency, at any other place within the district of the Consulate of Kanagawa, but may at any time transfer its ordinary sittings to any place in Japan approved by the Secretary of State or by Her Majesty's Minister in Japan.

(4.) There shall be a Judge and an Assistant Judge of the Court for Japan.

(5.) The Assistant Judge shall hear and determine such causes and matters, civil and criminal, and transact such other part of the business of the Court, as the Judge from time to time by general order, or otherwise, directs; and for that purpose the Assistant Judge shall have all the like jurisdic- tion, power, and authority as the Judge.

(6.) Any party to a suit or proceeding wherein any matter or question is heard and determined by the Assistant Judge shall be entitled, as of course, to a rehearing befor the Judge, sitting with the Assistant Judge, or, in the unavoidable absence of the Assistant Judge, alone.

(7.) If, on any such rehearing, there is a difference of opinion between the Judge and the Assist- ant Judge, the opinion of the Judge shall prevail.

(8.) In Japan, persons accused of crimes which in England are capital shall be tried by the Judge of the Court for Japan, with a jury, and not otherwise.

(9.). There shall be attached to the Court for Japan a Chief Clerk, and so many officers and Clerks as the Secretary of State from time to time thinks fit.

Jurisdiction in Japan.

　　　6.—(1.) Her Majesty's Consul for the district of the Consulate of Kanagawa shall cease to hold and form a Provincial Court.

(2.) Unless and until the Secretary of State otherwise directs, Her Majesty's Consul for the time being for the district of the Consulate of Kanagawa shall be the Assistant Judge of the Court for Japan.

　　　(3.) All Her Majesty's jurisdiction, civil and criminal, exerciseable in Japan shall, for and within the district of the Consulate of Kanagawa, be vested in the Court of Japan as its ordinary original jurisdiction.

　　　(4.) All Her Majesty's jurisdiction, civil and criminal, exerciseable in Japan beyond the district of the Consulate of Kanagawa, and not under this Order vested in the Court for Japan, shall, to the extent and in the manner provided by the China and Japan Order in Council, 1865, as modified by this Order, be vested in the Provincial Courts in Japan, each for and within its own district.

　　　(5.) The Court for Japan shall have, in all matters, civil and criminal, an extraordinary original jurisdiction throughout Japan, concurrent with the jurisdiction of the several Provincial Courts in Japan, the same to be exercised subject and according to the provisions of the China and Japan Order in Council, 1865, as modified by this Order.

　　　7.-(1.) Subject to the provisions of this Order, the provisions of the China and Japan Order in Council, 1865, and the Rules in force in the Supreme Court and other Courts in China and Japan made under that Order, shall extend and apply to the Court for Japan, as if the same were a Court (not a Provincial Court) established under that Order.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH DECEMBER, 1878. 597

　　　　(2.) For the purpose of the application thereof to the Court for Japan, in Articles 23, 24, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 47, 54 to 57, 59, 61, 62, 67, 68, 69, 72, 74, 77 to 80, 83, 93, 99, 102, 105, 108 to 111, 117, 119, 120 to 126, 144, 153, 155, all inclusive, of that Order, and throughout those Rules, there shall, as regards Japan, be deemed to be substituted Japan for China or for China and Japan, Kana- gawa for Shanghai, the Court for Japan for the Supreme Court for China and Japan, and the Judge and Assistant Judge of the Court for Japan for the Judge and Assistant Judge of the Supreme Court; but not so as to affect those Articles or Rules as regards the operation thereof in and for China.

　　　　8.-(1.) Article 119 of the China and Japan Order in Council, 1865, relative to appeals in civil cases to the Supreme Court for China and Japan, shall extend and apply to appeals from decisions of the Court for Japan, as if the same were a Provincial Court within that Article; and that Article, and the Rules therein referred to, shall, accordingly, notwithstanding anything in this Order, apply to appeals from the Court for Japan to the Supreme Court for China and Japan; but the last-mentioned appeals shall not be heard except by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, sitting with the Assistant Judge of that Court, or, in the unavoidable absence of the Assistant Judge, alone.

(2.) If, on any such Appeal, there is a difference of opinion between the Chief Justice and the Assistant Judge, the opinion of the Chief Justice shall prevail.

(3.) Articles 120 to 126, both inclusive, of the China and Japan Order in Council, 1865, relative to appeals to the Supreme Court for China and Japan, in criminal cases, shall extend and apply to appeals to that Court in criminal cases from decisions of the Court for Japan, both in cases originally tried in the Court for Japan and in cases brought by virtue of this Order before that Court, under those Articles, by way of appeal from any Court or Officer in Japan; and, for the purposes of this Article, the Court for Japan shall, in cases so brought before it by way of appeal, be deemed to be the Court trying the case.

Judges in China and Japan.

　　　　9.-(1.) The Chief Justice and Assistant Judge of the Supreme Court and the Judge and Assistant Judge of the Court for Japan shall each be appointed by Her Majesty by warrant under Her Royal Sign Manual, subject and according to Article 23 of the China and Japan Order in Council,

1865.

　　　　(2.) The Chief Justice and the Judge shall each be a subject of Her Majesty by birth or natura- lization, who, at the time of his appointment, is a member of the Bar of England, Scotland, or Ireland, of not less than seven years' standing.

10.-(1.) In case of the death or illness, or the absence or intended absence from the district of the Consulate of Shanghai, of the Chief Justice or of the Assistant Judge of the Supreme Court, Her Majesty's Minister in China may appoint a fit person to be the Acting Chief Justice or to be the Acting Assistant Judge (as the case may require); but, unless in any case the Secretary of State otherwise directs, the Assistant Judge, if present and able to act, shall always be appointed to be the Acting Chief Justice.

(2.) In case of the death or illness, or the absence or intended absence from the district of the Consulate of Kanagawa, of the Judge or of the Assistant Judge of the Court for Japan, Her Majesty's Minister in Japan may appoint a fit person to be the Acting Judge or to be the Acting Assistant Judge (as the case may require).

Vice-Admiralty Jurisdiction.

11. Any proceeding taken in China or Japan against one of Her Majesty's vessels, or the officer commanding the same, as such, in respect of any claim cognisable in a Court of Vice-Admiralty, shall be taken only in the Supreme Court or in the Court for Japan, under the Vice-Admiralty jurisdiction thereof respectively.

Pending Proceedings.

12. Nothing in this Order shall affect any suit or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the commencement of this Order, with reference either to the original proceedings therein, or to any appeal therein, or otherwise; save that all suits and proceedings, civil or criminal, instituted or taken in the district of the Consulate of Kanagawa before and pending at the commencement of this Order are hereby transferred to the jurisdiction of the Court for Japan; and the same may be carried on and shall be tried, heard, and determined, in and by the Court for Japan, as nearly as may be, as if the same had been instituted or taken in the district of the Consulate of Kanagawa after the commence- ment of this Order.

And the Most Honourable the Marquess of Salisbury, and the Right Honourable Sir Michael Edward Hicks-Beach, Baronet, two of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, and the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, are to give the necessary directions herein as to them may respectively appertain.

C. L. PEEL.

- 598 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH DECEMBER, 1878.

No. 244.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on the spot, on Monday, the 30th day of December, 1878, at 2 P.M., are published for general information.

By Command,

C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th December, 1878.

Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 30th day of December, 1878, at 2 P.M., by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of One Lot of Crown Land, in the Island of Aplichao, for a Term of 999 Years.

No.

of Sale.

Registry No.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

LOCALITY.

Boundary Measurements.

Contents in

Square ft.

Annual Upset Rent. Price.

Aplichao Marine Lot

feet. feet. feet. feet.

No. 17,

West end of the Village of Aplichao,

60.0 60.0 100.0 100.0 6,000 13.20 200.00

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

1. The highest bidder above the upset price shall be the Purchaser, and if any dispute arise, between two or more bidders, the Lot in dispute shall be put up again at a former bidding.

2. No person shall at any bidding advance less than $5.

3. Immediately after the fall of the hammer, the Purchaser shall sign the Memorandum of Agree- ment hereinafter contained for completing the purchase according to these conditions, and shall within Three Days of the day of sale pay into the Colonial Treasury the full amount of Premium at which the Lot shall have been knocked down.

　　　4. The Purchaser of the Lot shall be entitled to and shall execute on demand a Lease from the Crown of the Piece or Parcel of Ground comprised in such Lot for 999 Years, to be computed from the day of Sale, at such Annual Rental payable half-yearly on the 24th day of June and the 25th day of December in every Year as is specified in the Particulars of such Lot hereinbefore contained; and such Crown Lease shall be subject to and contain all Exceptions, Reservations, Covenants, Clauses, and Conditions inserted in the Crown Leases of Marine Lots in the Colony of Hongkong.

5. The Purchaser of the Lot shall pay to the Surveyor General on behalf of Her Majesty The QUEEN, a Fee of $5 upon the execution of the Crown Lease thereof.

6. The Purchaser of the Lot shall also pay to the Surveyor General, on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen, the sum of $10 upon the execution of the Crown Lease thereof, for and in consideration of the Boundary Stones properly cut, fixed, and marked with the Registry Nunber, which shall be placed by the Surveyor General for the Purchaser at each angle of the Lot.

7. Should the Purchaser neglect or fail to comply with these Conditions, his Premium or any por- tion thereof which may be paid shall be thereupon forfeited to Her Majesty, who shall be at full liberty either to enforce the Sale, or to re-sell the Property at such time and place, and in such manner as to Her Majesty shall seem fit, and in case of a re-sale the increase, if any, of the Premium or Purchase Money shall be retained by Her Majesty, and the deficiency, if any, and all Costs and Expenses shall be made good by the defaulter and be recoverable as liquidated damages.

8. Possession of the Lot sold shall be given to the Purchaser, and deemed to have been taken by him on the day of sale.

MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BY THE PURCHASER. Memorandum that the person whose name is hereunder written has been declared the highest bidder for the Lot described in the foregoing Particulars of Sale and hereunder specified opposite to his said name and signature and does hereby agree to become the Lessee thereof under and subject to the foregoing Conditions of Sale, and on his part to perform and abide by the said Conditions.

Number

of Sale Lot.

Registry Number

and

Description of Lot Purchased.

Amount of Annual Rental.. Premium at which

Purchased.

Signature of Purchaser.

No. 245.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH DECEMBER, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

599

　　　　His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to add the following Gentlemen to the Commission of the Peace for the Colony:-

The Honourable T. C. HAYLLAR, Q.C.

The Honourable C. B. PLUNKET.

HUGH BOLD GIBB, Esquire.

J. H. SCOTT, Esquire.

E. E. SASSOON, Esquire.

D. A. J. CROMBIE, Esquire.

J. G. T. HASSELL, Esquire.

J. J. FRANCIS, Esquire.

NG ACHOY, Esquire.

W. STANLEY ADAMS, Esquire, M.D. SAMUEL BARFF, Esquire.

E. BOWDLER, Esquire.

By Command,

C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th December, 1878.

No. 246.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th December, 1878.

Government of Queensland.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

LEADING LIGHTS, ENDEAVOUR RIVER.

C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary.

On and after this date, two red lights will be exhibited from above the sheds on Nos. 1 and 2 wharves at Cooktown, which lights, when in line, lead across the Bar in the deepest water and through the channel towards No. 1 wharf.

Vessels from the southwards, intending to enter the port at night, will, after passing Blackbird Patch, keep Walker Point open of Monkhouse Point; and vessels from the northwards, after rounding Cape Bedford, will steer for Mount Cook until the line of leading lights is approached, when they will haul up, and, keeping the two lights in line, will steer in until within two ships' lengths of No. 1 wharf. From this position any clear berth available at the wharves will be seen.

G. P. HEATH, Commander RN.,

Department of Ports and Harbours, Brisbane, 14th September, 1878.

Portmaster.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

NEW LIGHT, LOW ISLANDS, INNER ROUTE TORRES STRAITS.

　　　　On and after this date, the Temporary Light at the Low Islands will be replaced by a revolving Dioptric Light of the third Order. The light, which is placed at an elevation of 65 feet above high water level, attains its greatest brilliancy every minute, and is visible from a distance of about 14 miles.

The tower is painted white and stands in the centre of the western Islet.

Department of Ports and Harbours, Brisbane, 17th September, 1878.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N.,

Portmaster.

LIGHT, FLAT-TOP ISLAND, PIONEER RIVER.

　　　　On and after this date, the Temporary Light on Flat-Top Island-off the entrance to the Pioneer River-will be replaced by a fixed Dioptric Light of the 4th Order. The light stands at an elevation of 174 feet above high water, and in fine weather is visible from a distance of about 19 miles. It will be seen as a white light between the bearings of S. by W. southerly aud N.W. westerly,-except where the light is intercepted by Round-Top Island, between the bearings of N. 64° and 58° W.-and as a red light between the bearings of N.W. westerly, and N. by E. northerly.

Vessels from the northward, after passing m. Island and opening out the white light, will be clear of the shoal water off Shoal Water Point, the reef off Rocky Islet, and the detached reef between that Islet and Flat-Top Island, while the light is in sight; while vessels from the southward also will be clear of the reef off Hay Point, while within the south-western edge of the sector of white light.

Department of Ports and Harbours, Brisbane, 26th September, 1878.

G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N.,

Portmaster.

NOTE. Since the above notice was published, Staff-Commander Bedwell, R.N., the Admiralty Surveyor, has reported having found a 3-fathom patch lying N.W. 6 miles from Slade Point. As this shoal is within the sector of white light, a red shade will shortly be placed so as to colour 10° of arc on the western side of the sector, and thus still allow the white light to lead in clear of all danger.

US.

RNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH DECEMBER, 1878. 601

OST OFFICE NOTICE.

S BY THE BRITISH PACKET.

zelony will be despatched with Mails for the Straits Settlements, len, Egypt, Malta, Gibraltar, Europe, and countries served through

ant.

ries no mails for the Australian Colonies, E. or S. Africa, nor for

the hours of closing the Mails, &c. :—

i.-Money Order Office closes; Post Office closes except the night box, which

remains open all night.

instant,-

A.M.-Post Office opens.

A.M.- -Registry of Letters ceases.

Posting of all printed matter ceases.

A.M.-Mails closed, except for Late Letters.

11.10 A.M.-Letters may be posted with late fee of 18 cents until

11.30 A.M.-when the Post Office closes entirely.

11.40 A.M.-Late Letters may be posted on board the packet with late fee of 18 cents until

time of departure.

neral Post Office, Hongkong, 13th December, 1878.

ALFRED LISTER,

Postmaster General.

NOTICE.

pplications for Passage Brokers' Licences for the Year 1879, under Ordinance No. 5 of 1874, ? received at this Office, from this date up to the 31st instant.

Applicants are requested to state the names and addresses of the parties they offer as Sureties

Section VI of the Ordinance aforesaid.

J. P. MCEUEN, Acting Emigration Officer, &c.

Harbour Department, Hongkong, 7th December, 1878.

No. 235.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Oil. Lampwick. Buckets. Tubs. Salt. Soap. Gram. Bran. Paddy. Oats. Straw. Hay.

Per jar. large & small,

per dozen

24 catties. of each.

each.

per ib.

per picul.

　　　　The above enumerated Articles must be of good quality, deliverable at the Central Police Barracks, at such times and in such quantities as may be required.

　　　　Form of Tender and any further information can be obtained on application at the Office of the Captain Superintendent of Police.

No Tenders will be received unless prepared in the Form required.

By Command,

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th November, 1878.

- 602 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,

No. 128.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICA.

HONGKONG SILVER SUBSIDIARY C

Notice is hereby given, that these Coins of the respective v Cents each, can be obtained at par at the Colonial Treasury, and at

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd June, 1878.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Unclaimed Correspondence, 13th December, 1878.

Ainsbury, Capt. Alexander, H. 1

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Letters. Papers.

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Letters. Papers.

Letters. Papers

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Talpey Thomso

Callaghan, Dr. 2

Caldwell, Miss B.1

Crawford, J. W.1

Hannen, G.

Hemptinne, Monsr.4

Hi Loi Halpern, J.

Martin, R. M. 1

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Tanner,

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Richmond, A. 1

Taffell, V.

Muller, A.

Rosendah, P.

Cristoforis, G. de 1

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Bushnell, S. C.

Roberts, A.

Veltz, Mis

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Cross, Mrs. S. J. 1 Clatand, Monsr. 1

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Jensen, C.

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5211

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1878.

DAY AND

DATE.

BARO-

HOUR.

METER

HARBOUR OFFICE.

WINDS

THERMOMETER.

? TO 12.

WEA-

THER.

BARO-

METER

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

CAPE D'AGUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

THERMOMETER.

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL

WEA-

THER.

In inches during previous

BARO-

METER

THERMOMETER.

WINDS

0 To 12.

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. | Wet. Direct. Force.;

Attd. Max. Min. ?Dry. Wet. Direct. | Force.

24 hours.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. | Dry. Wet. Direct.

Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

Saturday,

7th

Dec.

67.0 63.0

30.20 70.0

9 Noon 30.16 71.0 72.0 64.0 69.0 63.0 30.0971.0

b.c.

··

b.c.

69.0 64.0

b.c.

69.0 64.0 ESE

30.05 70.0 30.05 72.0 72.5 64.5 72.0 65.0 ESE 30.01 73.0

b.c.

0.00

72.0 66.0 ESE

b.c.

30.10 70.0 30.08 71.0 71.0 62.0 65.0] 62.0 NE 30.02 71.0

67.0 62.0 NE

b.c.

28.28 62.0)

b.c.

0.00

28.30 64.0 65,0 57.0 64.0 61.0 E

67,0 63.0 NE

b.c.

28.26 65.0

62.0 60.0 E

b.c.

b.m.

0.00

64.0 63.0 ENE

0.c.

Sunday,

8th

Dec.

30.15 71.0

71.0 68.0

O.C.

30.01 73.0

74.5 67.0 EbS

b.c.

Noon 30.12 72.5 76.0 68.0 72.0 68.0 30.1078.0

c.b.

73.0 68.0

c.b.

30.01 76.0

:?? :

80.02 71.0

30.01 76.0 79.0 67.0 78.5; 73.0] Calm

b.c.

0.00

30.04 72.0 73.0 64.0 70.0 66.0 NE

76.5 71.5 ESE

b.c.

30.02 73.0

70.0] 65.0, NNE

o.c.m.

0.c.m.

70.0 67.0° NNE

o.c.m.

0.00

Monday, 9

9th

30.18 73.0

71.5 69.0

o.c.d.

30.04 74.0

Noon 30.16 74.0 77.0 70.0 73.0 71.0

Dec.

30.12 69.0

Tuesday,

10th

Dec.

30.19 70.0

67.0 66.0

66.5 64,0

Noon 30.15 68.0 74.0; 64.0 67.0 64,5

30.09 68.5

Wednesday, 9

11th

30.1271.5

Noon 30.09 | 72.0 73.0 65.0 71.0 69.0

67.0 65.0

70.0 69.0

True wind cannot be registered.

o.c.d.

30.04 | 75.0 79,0 69.0 74.0 71.5 Ebs

199

72.0 70.5 Calm

o.m.

30.06 72.0

71.0 69.0 N

o.m.

28.35 65.0

28.30 63.0

28.30 68.0 68.0 61.0 67.0 65.0 E

28.30,68.0

63.0 61.0 E

0.€.

o.c.

0.00

68.0 67.0 N

o.c.m.

65.0 65.0 NE

o.f.

0.m.

0.00

30.07 | 73.0 73.0 69.5 70.0 69.0] NE

o.c.d.

30.04 72.0

68.0 66.5 E

o.m..

30.03 71.0

:』:

o.m.

0.00

66.0] 64.0] NE

o.m.

28.36 63.0

28.32 66.0 69.0 64.0 66.0 65.0 E

o.f.

0.00

63.0 63.0 E

o.f.

O.C.

30.04 70.0

67.5 66.0 E

g.m.

30.06 | 68.0

Do.

O.C.

30.03 70.0 74.5 63.5 69.0 66.0 E

g.m.

0.00

O.C.

30.00 71.0

68.5 66.0 EbS

g.m.

30.03 | 68.01

66.0 64.0 NE

o.m.

28.32 60.0

60.0 60.0 E

d.i.

30.01 68.5 70.5 61.0 65.0 64.0 NE

0.m.

0.00

28.25 60.0 61.0 58.0 60.0 60.0 E

o.f.

0.00

66.0 64.0 NE

o.m.

28.23 60.0

60.0 60.0 E

o.f.

··

o.c.m.

30.00 72.0

71.5 70.0 E

o.m.

o.c.m.

29.99 74.0 74.0 66.5 73.5 71.0|| ESE)

g.m.

Dec.

30.04 73.0

72.0 70.0

O.C.*

29.96 74.0

73.5 71.0 ESE

g.m.

30.00 70.0

69.5 68.0 NE

28.27 65.0

65.0 65.0 SE

o.f.

··

0.00

30.00 70.0 72.0 63.0 69.5 68.0 NNE

0.00

28.25 67.0 67.0 60.0 67.0 66.0 SE

o.f.

0.00

29.95 71.0

71.569.5 N

28.23 67.0

67.0 66.0 ESE

o.f.

Thursday,

12th

Dec.

30.07 73.0

72.0 71.0 Noon 30.05 75.0 75.0 70.0 74.0 71.0 30.00 75.0

··

o.c.m.

29.95 74.0

O.C.

74.5 70.0

c.b.

··

72,571.0 Calm 29.93 76.0 77.0 69.5 75.5 73.5 Calm 77.5 74.0 E

29.92 77.0

0.00

0:00

28.26 67.0)

67.0 67.0] ESE

o.f.

28.23 70.0 70.0] 65.0 70.0 68.0 ESE 28.20 69.0

O.C.

69.0 67.0 ESE

O.C.

0.00

Telegraph wire out of order.

Friday,

13th

Dec.

30.11 73.0 70.0 68.5| Noon 30.09 73.0 76.0 69.0 71.5 69.0 3 30.05 72.0

o.c.m.

c.b.

71.0 68.0

O.C.

29.95 74.0 29.95 74.0 79.0 68.0 74.5 71.0 ESE 29.95 | 73.0 71.0 69.0 ESE

71.5 69.5 ESE

g.m.

··

g.m.

0.00

g.m.

28.34 65.0 65.0 65.0 ESE 28.33 | 66.0 67.0 64.0 66.0 66.0 E 67.0 65.0 E

28.31 67.0

o.f.

0.00

o.f.

STATE OF WEATHER:-b. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; f. foggy; g. gloomy; h. hail; 7. lightning; m. misty (hazy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; g. squally; r. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; u. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). under any letter augments its signification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and continuing rain, &c., &c.

NOTE.-A bar ( →

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Description of Wind.

Illustrations of the power of the Wind as regards a well-conditioned Man-of-War or First-class Clipper Ship.

Rate of the Wind per Hour in Miles.

Figures

to denote

the Force

of the

Wind.

OR2B4ONOOOH

Calm..

Light Air... Light Breeze .. Gentle Breeze

Moderate Breeze Fresh Breeze Strong Brecze

Moderate Gale Fresh Gale

Strong Gale.

Whole Gale

Storm..

Hurricane..

Just sufficient to give steerage way.

With which the above Ship with all sail ( 1 to 2 knots

set and clean full would go in smooth 3 to 4 water....

In which she could just carry in chase, full and by

In which she could just bear close-reefed Under Storm Staysail ................... Bare Poles.....

5 to 6

Royals,

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails. Double Reefs and Jib, &c. Triple Reefs, &c...

Close Reefs and Courses

Main Topsail and reefed Foresail

0 to 2

70 - 80

above 80

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14TH

DECEMBER, 1878.

603-

604

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH DECEMBER, 1878.

NOTICE.

THE next will be held on Wednesday, the

HE next Criminal Sessions of the Supreme

　　Eighteenth day of December, A.D. 1878, at Te o'clock in the forenoon.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF Hongkong.

UNT

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in its Summary Jurisdiction, on every Tues- day, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in its Original Jurisdiction on Mondays and Thursdays.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

In the Goods of JAMES WILLIAMS, late Livery

Stall Keeper, deceased.

N°

OTICE is hereby given to the next of kin, and all other persons, to produce any Wills or Codicils of the above named party, de- ceased, that may be in their possession, before the Supreme Court, in its Probate Jurisdiction, on Monday, the 23rd day of December, A.D. 1878; or, if none, that the next of Kin do accept, or refuse, Letters of Administration, fail- ing which, Letters of Administration will be granted to the Registrar, or such other person as the Court may think fit.

By the Court,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

NODC LILLE, of Victoria, in the Colony of

"OTICE. THOMAS SUTTON LILLEY (alias)

Hongkong, lately carrying on business under the style of the "ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA COM- PANY," having been adjudged a Bankrupt under a Petition for adjudication in Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong, on the 12th day of December, in the Year of our Lord 1878, is hereby required to surrender himself to the Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET, the Registrar of the said Court, at the first Meeting of Creditors to be held by the said Registrar, on the 11th instant, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, precisely, at the said Court.

The said CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee.

A Public Sitting will hereafter be appointed by the said Court for the said Bankrupt, to pass his final examination, and to make application for his order of discharge, of which sitting notice will be given in the Hongkong Government Gazette.

At the first meeting of Creditors, the Registrar will receive the proofs of the debts of Creditors, and the Creditors may choose an Assignee or Assignees of the Bankrupt's Estate and Effects.

Notice is hereby also given to all persons in- debted to the said Bankrupt or that have any of his effects, not to deliver the same but to the said Registrar.

Supreme Court,

14th day of December, 1878.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

OTICE.-HO FOOK TEEN, of Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, Accountant and Salesman, employed in the "YEE WO TYE," Iron and Coppersmith shop, No. 80, Queen's Road Central, Victoria aforesaid, having been adjudged Bankrupt under a Petition for adjudication in Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hong- kong on the 2nd day of December, A.D. 1878, is hereby required to surrender himself to the Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET, the Registrar of the said Court, at the first Meeting of Creditors to be held by the said Registrar, on Monday, the 23rd instant, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely, at the said Court.

　　　　The said Hon. CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee, and Messrs. SHARP, TOLLER & JOHNSON are the Solicitors acting in the Bankruptcy.

At the first Meeting of Creditors, the Registrar will receive the proofs of the debts of Cr?ditors, and the Creditors may elect an Assigree or Assignees of the Bankrupt's Estate and Effects.

Dated the 14th day of December, 1878.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

In the matter of HANS KIER, a Bankrupt.

OTICE. HANS KIER, lately carrying on

business as a Merchant at Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, having been adjudged Bankrupt under a Petition for adjudication of Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hong- kong in Bankruptcy, on the 2nd day of October, A.D. 1878, a public sitting for the said Bankrupt to pass his last examination, and make application for his order of discharge, will be held before the Honourable FRANCIS SNOWDEN, Acting Chief- Justice of the said Court, at the Supreme Court House, Victoria, Hongkong, on Monday, the 16th day of December, instant, at Eleven o'clock A.M., precisely.

The Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee in the Bankruptcy.

STEPHENS & HOLMES, Solicitors for the Bankrupt.

2, Club Chambers,

Hongkong, 3rd December, 1878.

In the Matter of the Estate of Jo?o JOAQUIM DOS REMEDIOS, deceased.

NOTICE. All persons indebted to the above

named Estate are requested to make im- mediate payment to the undersigned, and all Creditors having claims against the Estate to send in their accounts in duplicate without delay.

STEPHENS & HOLMES, Solicitors for the Executors.

2, Club Chambers,

Hongkong, 30th November, 1878.

In the Matter of the Estate of Jo?o JOAQUIM DOS REMEDIOS, deceased.

T is hereby notified that Probate of the last Will and Testament of Jo?O JOAQUIM DOS REMEDIOS, deceased, was granted to the under- signed on the 25th day of November, 1878.

J. H. DOS REMEDIOS. D. A. DOS REMEDIOS. M. C. DO KOZARIO. ALEX. A. DOS REMEDIOS.

Hongkong, 14th December, 1878.

In the Matter of the TRUST DEED for the benefit of the Creditors of the Estate of AUGUSTINE HEARD & Co.

NOT

OTICE is hereby given, that a Meeting of the Creditors of the above Estate will be held, pursuant to the 167th Section of the Ordi- nance No. 5 of 1864, before the Official Assignee in Bankruptcy, at the Court House of Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, on Monday, the 23rd day of December, 1878, at 11 of the clock in the forenoon, when the Trustees will submit a Statement of the whole Estate collected by them and of the property outstanding specifying the cause of its being so outstanding, and of all the receipts and of all the payments thereout made, and any Creditor may attend and examine such statement and compare the receipts with the pay- ments. And the Meeting will declare by resolu- tion whether any and what part of the said pro- duce of the Estate (after making a reasonable deduction for future contingencies), shall be divided amongst the Creditors.

Dated this 11th day of December, 1878.

JAMES WHITTALL,

by his Attorney W. KESWICK, T. G. LINSTEAD,

WM. H. BRERETON,

Solicitor for the Trustees, 29, Queen's Road.

Trustees, Estate

A. Heard & Co.

OFFICE OF THE CHINESE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.

N°

OTICE is hereby given that, in consequence of Messrs. OLYPHANT & Co. having sus- pended payment, the Board of Directors of the above Company, at a Special Meeting held at the Head Office on the 9th instant, appointed Mr. J. BRADLEE SMITH as General Agent, pro. tem., by whom all Business of the said Company will be transacted.

To confirm the action of the Board of Direct- ors with reference to the Appointment of Mr. J. BRADLEE SMITH as General Agent of the Company, an Extraordinary Meeting of the Shareholders will be held at the Head Office of the Company on Monday, the 13th January, 1879, at 3 o'clock in the Afternoon, when an Audited Statement of Affairs of the Company will be submitted.

By Order of the Board,

WM. REINERS, Chairman.

Hongkong, 10th December, 1878. CHINESE AND ENGLISH DICTIONARY,

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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

No. 51.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 21ST DECEMBER, 1878.

HONGKONG.

ANNO QUADRAGESIMO-SECUNDO

VICTORIA REGINE.

VOL. XXIV.

JOHN POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G., Governor and Commander-in-Chief.

No. 5 OF 1878.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, Title.

with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to apply a sum not exceeding Seven hundred and seventy-nine thousand Dollars to the Public Service of the Year 1879.

[21st December, 1878.]

WHEREAS, has been estimated at the sum

HEREAS the expenditure required for the service of this Preamble.

Colony for the year 1879

of seven hundred and seventy-eight thousand four hundred and one dollars and thirty-eight cents: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof,

as follows:-

I. A sum not exceeding seven hundred and seventy-nine thou- Estimates, sand dollars shall be, and the same is hereby charged upon the 1879. revenue of this Colony for the service of the year 1879, and the said sum so charged shall be expended as hereinafter specified;

that is to say :-

Governor,

Colonial Secretary,-

Colonial Treasurer,-

Auditor General,

Clerk of Councils, Surveyor General, -

ESTABLISHMENTS.

$ c.

2,948.00

5,936.00

3,804.00

16,479.00

100.00

27,902.00

Government Gardens,

4,552.80

Postmaster General,

30,660.00

Registrar General, -

11,866.00

Harbour Master,

27,890.00

Lighthouses,

7,424.00

Collector of Stamp Revenue,

4,162.00

Judicial,

22,744.00

Registrar of Companies,

192.00

Ecclesiastical,

Educational,

Medical,

Police Magistrates,-

Police,

6,394.00

145,858.80

Carried forward, - $359,580.60

1,158.00

23,634.00

15,876.00

- 606

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST DECEMBER, 1878.

Brought forward,

$359,580.60

Gaol, Fire Brigade,

21,552.00

8,626.00

Total Establishments, $389,758.60

SERVICES EXCLUSIVE OF ESTABLISHMENTS.

Colonial Treasurer,

Surveyor General,

1,500.00

1,800.00

20,734.78

25.00

Postmaster General,

Registrar General, - Judicial,

Educational,

Medical,

Police Magistrates,

Police,

Gaol,

Fire Brigade,

Charitable Allowances,

Transport, -

Works and Buildings,

Roads, Streets, and Bridges,

Lighthouses,

Miscellaneous Services,

Military Contribution,

200.00

8,060.00 19,020:00

390.00

28,885.00

18,170.00

5,040.00

4,000.00

4,500.00

85,750.00

44,720.00

3,000.00

38,500.00 104,348.00

Total,

- $778,401.38

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 21st day of December, 1878.

H. E. WODEHouse, Clerk of Councils.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　The following Bills, which were read a first time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council held this afternoon, are published for general information.

By Command,

Council Chamber, Hongkong, 21st December, 1878.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to extend Ordinance No. 1 of 1875 to provide means for enforcing good order and discipline in the Police Force employed in the Royal Naval Yard to the other Establishments of the Royal Navy in this Colony.

[

187 ]

HEREAS it is expedient to extend the provisions of Ordinance No. 1 of 1875 for enforcing good order and discipline in the Police Force employed in the Royal Naval Yard to the other establishments of the Royal Navy in this Colony: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

I. From and after the coming into operation of this Ordinance the provisions of Ordinance No. 1 of 1875 shall not be confined to the Police Force employed in the Royal Naval Yard at Hongkong but shall be extended to the Police Force employed on the messuages, lands, tenements, hereditaments, erections, buildings and property or any or either of such lands, tenements, hereditaments, erections, buildings and property now vested or hereafter to become vested in the Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland or the Commis- sioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral aforesaid under the provisions of Ordinance No. 3 of 1863, and the words "The Commodore or other Officer in charge of the Royal Naval Establishments on shore in this Colony," shall be substituted for the words "The Commodore or other Superintendent of Her Majesty's Naval Yard," and the words "The Commodore or other Superintendent of the Naval Yard," whenever they occur in the said Ordinance No. 1 of 1875.

H. E. WODEHOUSE,

Clerk of Councils.

- 606

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST DECEMBER, 1878.

Brought forward,

$359,580.60

Gaol, Fire Brigade,

21,552.00

8,626.00

Total Establishments, $389,758.60

SERVICES EXCLUSIVE OF ESTABLISHMENTS.

Colonial Treasurer,

Surveyor General,

1,500.00

1,800.00

20,734.78

25.00

Postmaster General,

Registrar General, - Judicial,

Educational,

Medical,

Police Magistrates,

Police,

Gaol,

Fire Brigade,

Charitable Allowances,

Transport, -

Works and Buildings,

Roads, Streets, and Bridges,

Lighthouses,

Miscellaneous Services,

Military Contribution,

200.00

8,060.00 19,020:00

390.00

28,885.00

18,170.00

5,040.00

4,000.00

4,500.00

85,750.00

44,720.00

3,000.00

38,500.00 104,348.00

Total,

- $778,401.38

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 21st day of December, 1878.

H. E. WODEHouse, Clerk of Councils.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

　　　The following Bills, which were read a first time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council held this afternoon, are published for general information.

By Command,

Council Chamber, Hongkong, 21st December, 1878.

[

187 ]

H. E. WODEHOUSE,

Clerk of Councils.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST DECEMBER, 1?78. 607

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend Ordinance No. 2 of 1858 entitled "An Ordinance for- Licensing and Regulating the Sale of Prepared Opium."

187 ]

EREAS by Ordinance No. 2 of 1858 it is enacted (amongst other things) that the Governor in Council may grant unto any persons for such considerations and upon such conditions and for such terms and periods and in such form as from time to time shall be by the Governor in Council regu- lated and determined and also previously notified to the public in the Hongkong Government Gazette the sole privilege of boiling and preparing opium and of selling and retailing within this Colony or the waters thereof opium so boiled or prepared:

And Whereas it is by the said Ordinance also enacted that the person, if any, actually holding any such privilege is thereby empowered to grant licences to all proper persons authorising them to boil and prepare opium and to sell and retail opium so boiled and prepared:

And Whereas it is desirable to make some provisions with respect to the regulating the quantity of opium manufactured and the transfer of the stocks of raw and prepared opium in the possession of the person holding such exclusive privilege and his licensees at or near the end of his term of exclusive privilege to the next holder of the same, and to make other amendments in the said recited Ordinance:

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

I. No person holding such exclusive privilege as aforesaid, nor any licensee under such person as aforesaid, shall sell or dispose of any boiled or prepared opium at or near the end of the term for which such person holds such exclusive privilege or at any time during the term for which such person holds such exclusive privilege so as in either case to authorize the use of such boiled or prepared opium at any time after 12 o'clock at noon of the third day after the commencement of the term of the new holder of the exclusive privilege, under a penalty not exceeding one thousand dollars.

II. Every holder of such exclusive privilege shall, one month before the end of his term of exclusive privilege expires, give public notice in the form provided by the schedule hereto that the said privilege is to expire on the day to be named and that no boiled or prepared opium purchased from such holder of such exclusive privilege or from any licensee of such holder can be used after such time without the consent of the new holder. Such notice shall be printed in English and Chinese and the holder of the exclusive privilege shall supply copies thereof to all persons licensed by him under the said recited Ordinance: and every person so licensed shall exhibit the notice in his place of sale in a con- spicuous position so as to be plainly visible to every person enter- ing such place of sale. Any person offending against any of the provisions of this section shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars.

III. The holder of the exclusive privilege and his licensees shall, on the expiration of his term, hand over to the incoming holder, and the incoming holder shall take over from the outgoing holder all his stock of raw, boiled and prepared opium at such prices as may be settled subject to the proviso hereinafter con- tained for arbitration in case of difference.

IV. Neither the holder of the exclusive privilege nor his licensees shall, at or near the end of his term, manufacture more than the usual quantity of boiled or prepared opium or sell any boiled or prepared opium at less than the average current prices of the day, or in greater quantities than usual at the time of the year, and shall not sell, export, or otherwise make away with or dispose of any of his stock of boiled or prepared opium but shall make over to the new holder of the said exclusive privilege the full and complete stock of raw or boiled and pre- pared opium at the marketable value thereof and in the event of any difference arising as to quantities of boiled and prepared opium manufactured or sold during the last three months of the term and the price of the same and of the nature and quantity of the raw or boiled or prepared opium so to be purchased or made over and the prices thereof, such difference shall be determined by three arbitrators, one to be appointed by the new holder of the exclusive privilege, one by the person whose exclusive privilege has expired or is about to expire, and one by the Governor, and the award of such arbitrators or a majority of them shall be final, and the arbitration or such other settlement shall be held at such time at or before or after the end of the term of the out-

608

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST DECEMBER, 1878.

going holder of the exclusive privilege as to the Governor may seem reasonable, and any award made may be filed in Court pursuant to the provisions of "The Hongkong Code of Civil Procedure."

V. Section VIII of the said recited Ordinance shall be amended as follows:-After the word " 'any" in the thrd line of the said section the word "boiled or" and after the word "opium" in the fourth line thereof the words "not purchased from the holder of the "existing privilege for the time being or his licensee the burthen "of proof of which purchase shall lie upon any person alleging that "he so purchased the same. Provided always that no person "who may have purchased any boiled or prepared opium from the "outgoing holder of the exclusive privilege or from any licensee of "such outgoing holder shall be liable to be convicted for having "in his possession such boiled or prepared opium not exceeding three taels weight at any time before noon on the third day after the commencement of the new holder's privilege."

VI. All boiled or prepared opium offered or exposed for sale or retail by any unauthorised person and all boiled or prepared opium found in the possession or custody or control of any unauthorised person or in any unauthorised place, except as in the last section mentioned, and any utensils or vessels which have been used or which are manifestly intended to be used in boiling or preparing opium by any unauthorised person or in any unau- thorised place, may be seized by a Police or Revenue Officer, and shall be forfeited and may be by a Magistrate delivered and adjudged to the holder of the exclusive privilege for the time being, and any unauthorised person in whose possession any such boiled or prepared opium or utensils or vessels are found may be apprehended and taken before a Magistrate by any Police or Revenue Officer.

VII. Whenever boiled or prepared Opium is so seized as last aforesaid and any such utensils or vessels are also seized as afore- said, the Police or Revenue Officer seizing the same may also seize any raw opium that may be found in the custody or control of such unauthorised person or in such unauthorised place and such raw opium shall be subject to the order of the Magis- trate before whom the case is brought.

VIII. Whenever from any other cause there is reasonable ground to believe that boiled or prepared opium is manufactured at any place within this Colony it shall be lawful for a Police or Revenue Officer to seize any raw opium found in such place.

IX. Any Justice of the Peace may issue a Search Warrant under section IX of the said recited Ordinance, and the person executing any such Search Warrant may seize and hold any utensils or vessels which have been used or which are manifestly intended to be used in boiling or preparing opium and in any case where boiled or prepared opium is found under the circum- stances mentioned in the said section of the said recited Ordinance or any such utensils or vessels as last aforesaid are found, may also seize any raw opium found in the possession of any person having such boiled or prepared opium utensils or in any such tenement, place, or vessel as is mentioned in the said section.

X. All Police Officers shall have the powers and authority of a Revenue Officer under this Ordinance, and the Governor may grant his Warrant in form of schedule ( ) to such agents or servants of the holder of the exclusive privilege for the time being as may be approved of by him to act as Revenue Officers: and no person except those so appointed and except Police Officers shall be competent to act as Revenue Officer under this and the said recited Ordinance. Such Warrants may at any time be withdrawn by the Governor and any person other than a Police Officer assuming to act as a Revenue Officer under this Ordinance shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars.

XI. The names and places of residence of every Revenue Offi- cer so appointed as aforesaid shall be posted in a conspicuous place at the Police Court.

XII. Every Revenue Officer appointed under this Ordinance shall be supplied at the expense of the holder of the exclusive privilege for the time being with a badge bearing such sign or mark of office as may be directed by the Governor and before acting against any person under the provisions of this Ordinance every such Revenue Officer shall declare his office and produce to the person against whom he is about to act his said badge. Every Police Officer acting under the provision of this or the said recited Ordinance, if not in the uniform proper to his service shall in like manner declare his office and produce to the person against whom he is about to act such part of his public equipment as the Captain Superintendent of Police shall have directed or may direct to be carried by Police Officers when employed on secret or special service.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST DECEMBER, 1878.

XIII. All penalties under the said recited Ordinance or under this Ordinance may be recovered in a summary way before any Magistrate.

XIV. For the purposes of this Ordinance, any boiled or pre- pared opium or utensils or vessels used for preparing the same shall be deemed to be in possession of any person if he know- ingly have them in actual possession, custody, or control by himself or by any other person.

XV. In case any boiled or prepared opium or utensils or vessels used for preparing the same are found without being -apparently in the possession of any one, it shall be lawful for the Magistrate to cause a notice to be affixed at the place where any such article may be found calling upon the owner thereof to claim the same, and in case no person shall come forward to make a claim within one week from the date of such notice, the same together with any raw opium that may be found in the same place shall be forfeited and may be handed over by the Magistrate to the holder of the exclusive privilege for the time being.

any

XVI. Where any boiled or prepared opium or utensils or vessels used for preparing the same are found in the possession of any unauthorised person or in any unauthorised place, and it appears to a Magistrate that such boiled or prepared opium was boiled or prepared by such person or in such place or if utensil or vessel used for boiling or preparing opium be found in the possession of such person or in such place, it shall be law- ful for such Magistrate to declare any raw opium found in the possession of such person or in such place to be forfeited and to direct that the same shall be delivered to the person holding the exclusive privilege at the time when the same was so found as aforesaid.

XVII. It shall be in the power of the person holding the exclusive privilege as aforesaid at the time when this Ordinance comes into operation to terminate the term granted to him by giving one month's notice to that effect to the Colonial Secretary of this Colony, provided that such notice be given and received within one month from the date when this ?rdinance so comes into operation, and if such notice be not given as aforesaid, then the present arrangements shall continue in full force and effect- during the term still unexpired.

XVIII. This Ordinance shall be construed with the said recited Ordinance as one Ordinance, and shall come into operation at such time as the Governor in Council may direct, and this and the said recited Ordinance may be cited as

66 The Excise Ordi- nance (Opium), 1858-1878."

609

No. 247.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Tenders for contracts for the supply of provisions for the European and Chinese Constables of the Police Force, for the space of Six of Months, commencing on the 1st January, 1879, will be received at this Office, until Noon of Saturday, the 28th December, 1878.

The Tenders must be in duplicate and in sealed envelopes endorsed "Tender for Police Mess Provisions."

Forms of Tender and all other information may be obtained at the Office of the Captain Superintendent of Police.

The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th December, 1878..

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

No. 248.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

It is hereby notified, that the undermentioned gentlemen have reported their return to the Colony and have resumed their official duties:-

C. J. WHARRY, Esq., M.D., Superintendent Government Civil Hospital. G. S. NORTHCOTE, Esq., Clerk in the Registrar General's Department. R. H. CAIRNS, Esq., Government Marine Surveyor.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th December, 1878.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary,

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST DECEMBER, 1878.

XIII. All penalties under the said recited Ordinance or under this Ordinance may be recovered in a summary way before any Magistrate.

any

66 The Excise Ordi- nance (Opium), 1858-1878."

609

No. 247.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The Tenders must be in duplicate and in sealed envelopes endorsed "Tender for Police Mess Provisions."

Forms of Tender and all other information may be obtained at the Office of the Captain Superintendent of Police.

The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th December, 1878..

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

No. 248.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

It is hereby notified, that the undermentioned gentlemen have reported their return to the Colony and have resumed their official duties:-

C. J. WHARRY, Esq., M.D., Superintendent Government Civil Hospital. G. S. NORTHCOTE, Esq., Clerk in the Registrar General's Department. R. H. CAIRNS, Esq., Government Marine Surveyor.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th December, 1878.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary,

610

WIND.

CLOUD.

RAIN IN

INCHES

No. 249.

GOVERNMEN

The following Table of Meteorological Observations, taken at the Gover information.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 21st December, 1878.

he Month of November, 1878, is published for general

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

HYGROMETER.

METEOROLOG

MONTH OF NOVEMBER, 1878.

137 feet above,T

TAKEN AT THE GOVERNMENT LOCK HOSPIRAI

THERMOMETERS (Fahrenheit.)

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST DECEMBER, 1878.

DAY OF MONTH.

BAROMETER.

SELF REGISTERING

DAY OF WEEK.

ATTACHED IN SHADE.

MAX.

IN THE SHADE. Max,and Min, of the previous 24 hours, taken at Noon.

SUN,

MIN

BULB

BULBIN

HADE.

HUMIDITY COMPLETE SATURATION =100.

DEW POINT.

QUARTER.

DURING

THE

PREVI-

OUS 24

HOURS.

0-10.

VACUO.

Ex-

POSED.

GRA

Temp. ut

Friday,

2 Saturday,

Sunday,

Monday,

91.

5 Tuesday, Wednesday,

Thursday,....

8 Friday,

Saturday,

10 Sunday, 11 Monday,

12 Tuesday, Wednesday,

30.05

92%

131.

91.

Thursday,

Friday,

16 Saturday,

17 Sunday,

18 Monday, 19 Tuesday,

Wednesday,

Thursday,.

22 Friday,

23 Saturday,

24 Sunday, 25 Monday,

13.0

26 Tuesday,

27 Wednesday,

28 Thursday,

Friday,

Saturday,

Mean.

9 A.M. 3 P.M. 9 A.M.3 P.M. Min. Max. Noon. 30.04 29.95 74.0 76.0 66.0 79.0 77.0 135. 98. 30.00 29.92 75.0 76.0 68.0 79.0 78.0 130. 96. 29.96 29.90 76.0 78.0 71.0 81.0 80.0 135. 95. 29.96 29.90 78.0 79.0 71.0 80.0 79.0 130. 94. 29.95 29.90 72.0 77.0 71.0 78.0 77.0. 129. 29.91 29.85 79.0 83.0 71.0 84.0 83.0 137. 102. 29.91 29.85 80.0 84.0 71.0 86.0 85.0 147. 114. 72.

29.96 29.92 73.0 73.0 66.0 74.0 73.0 148. 116 68.0 67.0 74. 70.

30.00 29.95 72.0 71.0 65.0 72.0 71.0 134. 108 67.0 67.0 74. 78.

30.03 29.96 72.0 74.0 05.0 73.0 72.0 123. 67.0 68.0 74. 66.

30.00 72.0 73.0 65.0 74.0 73.0 132. 66.0 65.0 69.

30.06 30.00 66.0 71.0 60.0 72.0 71.0 130. 60.0 61.0. 68. 53.

30.05 30.00 69.0 74.0 62.0 73.0 72.0 63.0 65.0 65.

80.02 20.92 71.0 75.0 64.0, 77.0 76.0 138. 98. 64.0 66.0 65. 58.

30.00 29.94 66.0 68.0 59.0 68.0 67.0 136. 97. 59.0 61.0 64. 64.

30.00 29.95 64.0 70.0 56.0 71.0 70.0 138. 100. 55.0 59.0 55. 47.

30.03 29.97 66.0 71.0 56.0 71.0 70.0 137. 101. 56.0 60.0 52. 48.

30.03 29.96 68.0 72.0 59.0 71.0 70.0 137. 100. 61.0 64.0 57. 58.

30.05 29.98 70.0 71.0 61.0 75.0 74.0 135. 96. 63.0 64.0 65. G?

30.06 30.00 72.0 76,0 65.0 78.0 77.0 141. 107.556.0 65.0 68.0 62. 63.

30.06 30.00 72.0 7:70 65.0 78.0 77.0 141. 107. 66.0 13.0 41.0 65.0 73.0 77.0 65.0 66.0 62. 53. 30.10 30.05 68.0 70.0 63.0 71.0 70.0 136. 103. 65.0 8.0 38.0 64.0 68.0 70.0 63.0 68.0 73. 88. 30.10 30.00 68.0 71.0 61.0 72.0 71.0 130. 98. 63.0 11.0 35.0 64.0 68.0 71.0 63.0 64.0 73. 65.

30.05 30.00 69.0 71.0 62.0 76.0 75.0 133. 93. 64.0 14.0 29.0 65.0 69.0 71.0 64.0 64.0 73. 65.

30.06 -30.00 70.0 74.0 62.0 75.0 73.0 130. 91. 137. 100 62.0 13.0 29,0 64.0 70.0 75.0 67.0 69. 62. 59.4 61.2

30.06 30.00 72.0 74.0 66.0 77.0 76.0 68.0 11.0 32.0 65.0 720. 74.0 64.0 57. 55. 56.2 56.7

30.06 30.00 65.0 70.0 58.0 71.0 70.0 136. 100. 60.0 13.0 40.0 63.0 65.0 70.0 62.0 63. 61. 52.3 55.8 N.

30.06 30.03 64.0 69.0 58.0 71.0 70.0 136. 98. 60.0 13.0 38.0 63.0 64.0 69.0 59.0 63. 53. 51.2 51.2 N.

$0.10 30.03 66.0 69.0 57.0 72.0 71.0 133. 94. 58.0 15.0 36.0 61.0 67.0 69.0 59.0 60. 53. 52.6 51.2 N.

30.06 30.00 67.0 70.0 60.0 67.0 65.0 130. 90. 63.0 7.0 27.0 64.0 67,0 70.0 62.0 60. 61. 52.6 55.8

.M. 3 P.M.9 A. M. 3 P.M. 9 A.M.3 P.M.

9 A.M. 3 P.M.

9 A.M.

9 A.M.3 P.M.

7.0 69.0 66. 63. 9.0 70.0 70. 67. 1.0 73.0 75. 75. B.0 73.0 75. 71.

73.0 73.0 79.

61.9 63.4 64.7 65.1 E. 67.4 69.5 E.

N.E.

69.5 68.9 E.

75.

70.2 69.5 E.

74.0 74.0 75.

57.

70.6 67.4 E.

475.0 78.0 72.

70.9 74.0 W.

64.3 62.6

N.E.

63.2

64.0

N.E.

63.2 63.0

N.E.

62.

61.5 59.1

N.E.

55.1 53.4

N.E.

58.

57.6 58.4

N.E.

41.0

78:0

58.7 59.5 53.3 55.5 47.5 46.9 47.9 51.0 N.E. 54.0 57.3 N.W. 57.6 58.7 N.E. 59.1 62.3 N.E. 59.1 58.3 59.1 66.5 59.1 58.7

N.N.E.

FAZZZZZZZZZZZFFFFFF

N.W.

N.E.

N.W.

N.N.E.

N.E.

N.N.E.

60.1 58.7

N.E.

0.02

03.0

58.0

N.N.E.

.N.E.

57.0

59.0

N.E.

...

30.02

29.96 70.7 73.5 63.4

74.9 73.7 134. 98.

66.9 11.4 31.3 65.8 68.6 73.8

64.3

66,0

66.

62.

59.6 58.5

0.02

Summary of November, 1877:-Mean Shade Temp.,

.72.0

Total Rain fall,.

1.45 inches.

Rain fell on

days.

1876:-

69.9

0.90

1875:-

.71.0

0.52

(

1874:-

67.8

0.00

1873:-

71.8

0.88

PH. B. C. AYRES, Colonial Surgeon,

1872:-

.70.8

0.05

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST DECEMBER, 1878.

NOTICE.

611

Under provisions of Ordinance No. 11 of 1844, notice is hereby given, that a Special Sessions of the Justices of the Peace will be held at the Police Magistrates' Court, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon of Tuesday, the Twenty-first of January next, and thereafter, on the first Tuesday of every month, for the purpose of considering applications for granting or transferring Spirit Licences during the year 1879.

　　　　Such applications to be lodged at the Police Magistrates' Court, at least ten days before each of the Sessions now notified

Magistracy, Hongkong, 20th December, 1878.

No. 244.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

C. V. CREAGH, Acting Police Magistrate.

The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on the spot, on Monday, the 30th-day of December, 1878, at 2 P.M., are published for general information.

By Command,

C. MAY. Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th December, 1878.

No.

of Sale.

Registry No.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Boundary Measurements.

LOCALITY.

Contents in

w. Square ft.

Annual Upset Rent. Price.

Aplichao Marine Lot

feet.

feet. feet.

feet.

No. 17,

West end of the Village of Aplichao, 60.0 60.0 100.0 100.0 6,000

13.20

200.00

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

　　　　　1. The highest bidder above the upset price shall be the Purchaser, and if any dispute arise, between two or more bidders, the Lot in dispute shall be put up again at a former bidding.

2. No person shall at any bidding advance less than $5.

　　　　　5. The Purchaser of the Lot shall pay to the Surveyor General on behalf of Her Majesty The QUEEN, a Fee of $5 upon the execution of the Crown Lease thereof.

6. The Purchaser of the Lot shall also pay to the Surveyor General, on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen, the sum of $10 upon the execution of the Crown Lease thereof, for and in consideration of the Boundary Stones properly cut, fixed, and marked with the Registry Number, which shall be placed by the Surveyor General for the Purchaser at each angle of the Lot.

8. Possession of the Lot sold shall be given to the Purchaser, and deemed to have been taken by him on the day of sale.

METEOROLOGICAL

STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.

MENTIONED STATIONS.

CAPE D'?GUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

THE

HONGKONG

GOVERNMENT

GAZETTE,

21ST

1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

WINDS

THERMOMETER.

DAY AND

BARO-

? TO 12.

WEA-

BARO-

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

HOUR.

DATE.

METER

THER.

METER

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct.

Force.

In inches during previous 24 hours.

BARO-

METER

WINDS

0 TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

WEA-

THER.

In inches

BARO-

METER

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct.

Force.

during previous 24 hours.

WINDS

RAIN FALL.

0 TO 12.

WEA-

THER.

Attd. Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inches

during previous 24 hours.

Saturday,

14th

Dec.

30.28 62.0 62.0 59.0

9 Noon 30.27 | 62.0 70.0 60.0 62.0 58.0 30.22 63.5

0.c.

O.C.

63.0 58.5

O.C.

30.11 65.0 62.0 59.5 N 30.10 65.0 75.0 59.5 64.5 61.0 N

30.10 66.0

o.m.

30.17 61.5

58.0 54.5 N

b.c.

28.38 55.01

55.0 54.0 NE

o.f.

g.m.

0.00

30.17 66.0 67.0 58.0 64.0) 52.0] N

b.c.

0.00

28.35 55.0 56,0 53.0 55.0 54.0 N

4 o.f.

0.00

66.0 62.0 N

g.m.

30.13 65.0

Sunday,

30.41 55.0

55.0 54.0

O.C.

30.22 62.0

56.5 54.0 N

g.m.

30.23 62.0!

15th

Dec.

Noon 30.36 61.0 64.0 54.0 61.0 55.01 30.31 62.0

0.c.

62.0 56.0

c.b.

Monday, 9

30.47 55.0

16th

Dec.

Noon

30.42 57.0 60.0 51.0 57.0 50.0

30.37 58.5

55.0 49.0

b.c.

30.29 62.0

58.0 51.0

Tuesday,

17th

30.40 54.5

Noon 30.34 59.0 60.0 51.0 59.0 50.0

Dec.

30.27 60.0

54.0 47.0

60.0 51.0

Wednesday,

18th

Dec.

30.32 61.0

61.0 53.0-

Noon 30.25 65.0 66.0, 58.0, 65.0 54.0

30.20 65.5

Thursday,

19th

Dec.

30.266.5]

Noon 30.22 71.0 75.0 61.0 71.0 61.0

30.17 69.0

1: 8:

True wind cannot be registered.

b.c.

30.23 62.0

:::

30.22 64.0 70.0 54.0 65.0 60.0 N

30.20 65.0

g.m.

0.00

67.0 61.0 N

b.c.

30.15 62.0

:」 :

65.0 55.0 N

O.C.

28.34 58.0|

57.0 56.0 NNE

o.f.

54.0 49.0, N

b.c.

28.46 48.0

48.0 48.0 N

o.f.

30.21 63.0 64.0 52.0 56.5 46.0, N

b.c.

0.00

28.47 53.0 54.0 47.0 53.0 52.0 N

O.C.

0.00

59.0 51.0 N

b.c.

28.44 56.0

55.0 54.0 N

O.C.

56.0 51.0 N

b.c.

30.33 62.0

54.0 49.0 N

b.c.

28.53 47.0]

46.0 45.0 NE

O.C.

30.29 61.0 67.0 51.0 62.0 55.0 N

b.c.

0.00

30.31 63.0 66.5 46.0 58.0 52.0 N

b.c.

0.00

28.50 50.0 51.0 45.0 50.0 48.0 NE

b.c.v.

0.00

66.0 58.5 N

b.c.

30.25 62.5

59.051.0 N

b.c.

28.45 55.0

b.c.

30.22 60.0

Do.

b.c.

30.15 62.0

56.0 50.0 N

b.c.

30.27 64.5

54 0 49.01. N

b.c.

28.44 49.0

30.2163.0 66.5 51.5 66.0 57.0 Calm

b.c.

0.00

30.31 63.0 66.5 46.0 58.0 52.0 N

b.c.

0.00

: 2

62.5 56.0 N

b.c.

30.25 62.0|

59.0.51.0 N

b.c.

28.47 54.0

:::

55.0 54.0 NE

b.c.v.

49.0 46.0 NE

b.c.

28.48 54.0 50.0 46.0 54.0 50.0 ENE

b.c.

0.00

53.0 49.0 N

b.c.

30.15 63.0

65.0 56.0

30.09 69.0

63.5 56.5 Calm

b.c.

30.17 63.5

30.14 66.0 70.5 58.0, 70.0 59.5 Calm

b.c.

0.00

72.0 64.0 Calm

30.16 65.0 66.5 55.0 66.0 55.5 NE 30.10 65.5 66.0 56.0 NE

63.0, 54.0 N

b.c.

28.43 53.0|

53.0 50.0 NE

b.h.

b.c.

0.00

28.40 59.0 59.0 50.0 59.0 54.0 ENE

b.c.h.

0.00

b.c.

28.37 61.0

66.0 60.0

b.c.

30.10 68.0

28.42 61.0

70.0 64.0 Calm

b.c.

:|:

60.0 56.0 ENE

b.c.

60.0 55.0 E

b.c.

30.10 72.0 75.0 61.5 73.5 63.0' W

b.c.

0.00

28.38 66.0 66.0 56.0 65.0 61.0 E

b.h.

0.00

28.34 67.0]

66.0 62.0 E

b.c.h.

69.0 63.0

b.c.

30.08 73.0

76.0 69.0 W

b.c.

Telegraph wire out of order.

28.35 61 0

61.0 59.0. ENE

b.h.

Friday, 9

20th

30.22 67.0

67.0 66.0 Noon 30.17 68.0 72.0 65.0 68.0 63.0'

b.c.

Dec.

30.11: 68.0

68.0 62.0

b.c.

68.5 64.5 E

30.08 70.0; 30.08 70.0 77.5 64.5 70.5 65.0 E 30.05 71.0| 70.5 65.5 E

b.c.

4 b.c.

b.c.

0.00

28.32 63.0. 63.0 59.0 63.0 60.0 E 28.29 63.0 62.0 58.0 E

b.c.

0.00

b.c.

STATE OF WEATHER:-6. blue sky; c. clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; f. foggy; 9. gloomy; 7. hail; 7. lightning; m. misty (hazy); o. overcast; p. passing showers; q. squally; r. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; u. tigly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility Objects at a distance unusually visible; w. wet (dew). -- ) under any letter augments its signification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and continuing rain, &c., &c. NOTE.-A bar (

Figures

to denote the Force

of the

Wind.

Description of Wind.

Calm..

Light Air

Light Breeze

Gentle Breeze

Moderate Breeze

Fresh Breeze

Strong Breeze

Moderate Gale

Fresh Gale

Strong Gale

Whole Gale

Storm...

Hurricane...

Figures

Illustrations of the power of the Wind as regards a well-conditioned Man-of-War or First-class Clipper Ship.

to denote

Kate of the Wind

per Hour in Miles.

the Force

of the

Wind.

Just sufficient to give steerage way. With which the above Ship with all sail set and clean full would go in smooth

water.

1 to 2 knots

3 to 4

5 to 6

Royals,

Single Reefs and T. G. Sails.

Triple Reefs, &c..

In which she could just carry in chase, Double Reefs and Jib, &c. full and by

Close Reefs and Courses ..

In which she could just bear close-reefed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail Under Storm Staysail

Bare Poles.

0 to 2

3 - 10

11 15

16 20

26 30

37 44

45 52

61 69

above 80

CL2S4OONOODIQ

DECEMBER,

1872.

613

614 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST DECEMBER, 1878.

NOTICE.

Applications for Passage Brokers' Licences for the Year 1279, under Ordinance No. 5 of 1874, will be received at this Office, from this date up to the 31st instart.

Applicants are requested to state the names and addresses of the parties they offer as Sureties under Section VI of the Ordinance aforesaid.

Harbour Department, Hongkong, 7th December, 1878.

J. P. MCEUEN, Acting Emigration Officer, &c.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Commencing with the English Mail of the 21st instant, the hours of closing both the English and

Mails will, by direction of His Excellency the Governor, be alike, as follows:-

departure,-

Money Order Office closes; Post Office closes except the night box, which

emains open all night.

11.30

　　Particular attis rates) after 10 a.m. ·

It is requested that care, &c.,

for the Coast, the American Ma

No restriction is placed upon the

be addressed to any part of the world.

cases. Posting of all printed matter and patterns ceases.

dress

te Letters.

be fee of 18 cents until tirely

the acket with late fee of 18 cents unt

matter will be received (except at lett

Post mixed up with letters, and that th fter the Contract Mail is gone.

rs posted on board either packet. They

Late fee stamps must be placed at the to left hand corner of the cover.

Senders of the late letters for the French Supplementary Mail are earnestly requested to see t the Postage is undoubtedly sufficient and the late fee paid, as the French Agents' instructions are NOT TO FORWARD letters which are insufficiently prepaid, but to SEND THEM BACK FROM SAIGON.

All persons are requested to distribute their correspondence as evenly as practicable between the two mails, instead of keeping the bulk of it for the English Mail, and to post everything as early as possible. It will otherwise be difficult to continue the hours fixed above.

General Post Office, Hongkong, 13th December, 1878.

ALFRED LISTER,

Postmaster General.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Unclaimed Correspondence, 20th December, 1878.

Baux, Monsr. G.1 Benton, C. J.

Letters. Papers.

Ainsbury, Capt. Alexander, H. 1 Aniess William, 1 Arowgothunda, S. 1 reg. Atkins, John Ament, Mrs. M. 1

Beguin, Monsr. J.1 Botor, Miss A. 1 Boeshore, Wm. 1 Beattie, Joseph 1 Bensan, James 1

Clarke, Hugh 1 Colville, D. D. Creaton, Jas.

Callaghan, Dr. 2 Caldwell, Miss B.1 Crawford, J. W. 1 Cristoforis, G. de 1 Couper, Capt. Carnegie, Andrew

Dhite, Monsr. 2 Dumont, Mrs. H. 1 Daclin, Monsr. 1

Letters. Papers.

Letters. Papers

Lets. F'prs.

Garstin, Major 1

1 Garcia, Juliana 1

Lumley, John 2 Larnachi, J. W. 1

Howard, Mrs.

Hannen, G.

More, Miss E. J. 1 Muller, A.

Quong Tong Tai 1

Roche, John 2 Richmond, A. 1 Rosendah, P.

Talpey, Capt. F.

Thomson, Alex. 1 Tanner, J. B. 1 Taffell, Wm.

Thornton, Wm. 1

Hemptinne,Monsr.

Mellomcosta, A. 1

Rayden, W. M. 1

Hi Loi

Taylor, Wm. K. 1

Marmont, B.

Roberts, A.

Mackie, Mrs.

Reily, Chs.

Cross, Mrs. S. J. 1 Clatand, Monsr. 1

Evans, James S. 1 Esteban, C. y 1

Jensen, C.

Kelly, Mr. Kwong Tai Cheong 2

Luz, Ellarina da 1 Leys, Robert R. 1 Lamerton, H. 1 Leu Tong

McLeod, E.

Rosado, E.M.L.da 1

Veltz, Miss M. 1

Mudge, Win.

Roberts, W. C. 1

Neo Teing Siew 1 reg

Pike, Mr. Patterson, Mrs.H.1

Persse, Capt. Pagsan, R.

Sams, W. F. B. ! Sheather, C. H. Stewart, Capt. 1 Souza, D. J. de 1 Smith & Co., R. 1

Wing On Chong 1 White, Wm. E. 1 Wai Chung

1 regd, Wildash, F. J. C. 1 Whyte, Jno. 1

Williams, John 1

Smith, Geo.

Walker, Thos. 2

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST DECEMBER, 1878.

For Merchant Ships.

615

Letters. Papers.

Arabella

Letters. Papers. Countess of Erroll 5 -1

Letters. Papers.

Ferntower, s.s. 1

Alice

1 regd.

Corrientes

Fabius

Altcar

Columbian, s.s. 1

Frederick

James Shepherd 5 J. MacDonald 1 Jassan

Letters. Papers.

Nyassa

Letters. Papers.

3 1

Lets. Pprs.

Overdale

Abbey Cowper 2

Corea

Flan, s.s.

Jessie Jamieson 2

Sarah Bell S. Hunlie Satent Southesk

Athene

Challenge

Far y

Java

Palestine

Sydenham. 10.

Ann Adamsen 3

Creswell

Fusilier

Parthead Twescanal 1

Spinaway 1

Aleppo

Cosmo

Kirkland

Prince Amadeo 2

Stanfield

Great Admiral 1

Albyns Isle

Channel Queen 1

Prince Louis

10 1

Saga

Glamis

Asia

Charmer

Gitanilla

Lady Penrhyn 4

Premier

Stracathro

Alurnus

Cilurnum

Lota

8 1

Pilgrim

1 regd.

Caldew

Glamorgan, s.s. 1 regd.

Golden Fleece

Lord Macaulay 1

Peteral, s.s.

Tokatea

Brisbane

Cosmo

Pelham

Teti Austrian 1

Behar, s.s.

Hawkesbury

Bertha Marion 2

Dharwar

Helen

Belcarry

1 1 regd.

Hopeful

Magdala

Mary Blair Mary Smith

Pacific Slope

Tamar

Tweed

Rosie Welt

5 regd.

Taunton

Bertie Bigelow 1

Erminia

Hornet

McNear

Regent

Tre Corde

Banian

Eleanor

Herat

Magdalen

Rifleman

Three Brothers 5

Bury, St. Ed.

1 2 regd. Estrone

Hilda

Moss Glen

Rosebud

Vidal

Black Watch

Espiegle

Hotspur

Maritime Union 2

Humboldt

Marcia, s.s.

Sacramento

Cashmere

Corona

Freeman Clark Fair Leader

Madeleine

Strathern

Wm. Manson 1 Wm. Phillips

Irigo

Mary Fraser

Southern Cross 1

W. E. Gladstone 6 1

For H. M. Ships.

Iron Duke,...............3 Letters; 1 regd.

Magpie,.....

...1 Letter.

Victor Emanuel,.............................................................1 Letter.

Arbetare-Bladet.

Daily Telegraph.

Amsterdamsche Courant.

Amsterdammer.

El Imparcial.

Christadelphian.

Glasgow Weekly Mail.

Christian.

Dagbladet.

Books, &c., without Covers.

Illustrated Australian.

Journal de Geneve. Journal de St. Peters-

bourg.

Illustrated London News. L'Union Savoisienne.

General Post Office, Hongkong, 20th December, 1878.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

THE

E next sitting of the Court, in its Summary Jurisdiction, will be held on Tuesday, the 31st day of December, A.D. 1878, at 10 A.M.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

UNTI

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in its Original Jurisdiction on Mondays and Thursdays.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

In the Goods of TUNG KWAI, deceased.

DOOCHOY,

NOTICE in other persons, to produce any

OTICE is hereby given to the next of Kin,

Wills or Codicils of the above named parties, de- ceased, that may be in their possession, before the Supreme Court, in its Probate Jurisdiction, on Saturday, the 28th day of December, A.D. 1878; or, if none, that the next of Kin do acce, or refuse, Letters of Administration, fail- ing wiri, Letters of Administration will be granted to the Registrar, or such other person as the Court may think fit.

By the Court,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

In the Matter of the Estate of Jo?o JOAQUIM DOS REMEDIOS, deceased.

?OTICE.—All persons indebted to the above

named Estate are requested to make im- mediate payment to the undersigned, and all Creditors having claims against the Estate to send in their accounts in duplicate without delay.

STE HENS & HOLMES, Solicitors for the Executors.

2, Club Chambers,

Hongkong, 30th November, 1878.

Leisure Hour. Loofungen und Lehrterte. Navy List.

Rotterdamsche Courant. Reynolds's Newspaper. Russian Newspaper.

In the Matter of the Estate of Jo?o JOAQUIM DOS REMEDIOS, deceased.

T is hereby notified that Probate of the last Will and Testament of Jo?o JOAQUIM DOS REMEDIOS, deceased, was granted to the under- signed on the 25th day of November, 1878.

J. H. DOS REMEDIOS.

D. A. DOS REMEDIOS.

M. C. DO KOZARIO.

ALEX. A. DOS REMEDIOS.

Hongkong, 14th December, 1878.

In the Matter of the TRUST DEED for the benefit of the Creditors of the Estate of AUGUSTINE HEARD & Co.

Statement of the whole Estate collected by them

and of the property outstanding specifying the cause of its being so outstanding, and of all the receipts and of all the payments thereout made, and any Creditor may attend and examine such statement and compare the receipts with the pay- ments. And the Meeting will declare by resolu- tion whether any and what part of the said pro- duce of the Estate (after making a reasonable deduction for future contingencies), shall be divided amongst the Creditors.

Dated this 11th day of December, 1878.

JAMES WHITTALL,

by his Attorney W. KESWICK, T. G. LINSTEAD,

WM. H. BRERETON,

Solicitor for the Trustees, 29, Queen's oad.

Trustees, Estate

A. Heard & Co.

OFFICE OF THE CHINESE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.

Νο

Sunderland & Durham

County Herald. Sonderburger Zeitung Saturday Falkirk Herald.

Times.

The Times of India,

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News.

United Methodist Free Churches Minutes 1878.

Weekly Scotsman.

BRADLEE SMITH as General Agent, pro. tem., by whom all Business of the said Company will be transacted.

By Order of the Board,

WM. REINERS, Chairman.

Hongkong, 10th December, 1878.

NOTICE.

E have this day opened a Branch

WE Establishment in SHANGHAI,

where Orders for Printing, Stationery, and Book-binding will be executed with promptness, neatness and on moderate

terms.

NORONHA & SONS. Hongkong, 1st November, 1878.

NORONHA & SONS, PRINTERS, PUBLISHERS & STATIONERS

AND

Printers to the Government of Hongkong, No. 5, HOLLYWOOD ROAD, HONGKONG.

ESTABLISHED, 1844.

Letter-Press Printing. Copper-Plate Printing Play-bills, Hand-bills, Programmes, Posters, &c., &c.,

neatly printed in coloured ink.

LARGE ASSORTMENTS OF VISITING, BALL, MENU, AND SEAT CARDS.

Printed and Published by NORONHA & SONS, Printers to the Hongkong Government, No. 5, HOLLYWOOD ROAD, Hongkong,

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST DECEMBER, 1878.

For Merchant Ships.

615

Letters. Papers.

Arabella

Letters. Papers. Countess of Erroll 5 -1

Letters. Papers.

Ferntower, s.s. 1

Alice

1 regd.

Corrientes

Fabius

Altcar

Columbian, s.s. 1

Frederick

James Shepherd 5 J. MacDonald 1 Jassan

Letters. Papers.

Nyassa

Letters. Papers.

3 1

Lets. Pprs.

Overdale

Abbey Cowper 2

Corea

Flan, s.s.

Jessie Jamieson 2

Sarah Bell S. Hunlie Satent Southesk

Athene

Challenge

Far y

Java

Palestine

Sydenham. 10.

Ann Adamsen 3

Creswell

Fusilier

Parthead Twescanal 1

Spinaway 1

Aleppo

Cosmo

Kirkland

Prince Amadeo 2

Stanfield

Great Admiral 1

Albyns Isle

Channel Queen 1

Prince Louis

10 1

Saga

Glamis

Asia

Charmer

Gitanilla

Lady Penrhyn 4

Premier

Stracathro

Alurnus

Cilurnum

Lota

8 1

Pilgrim

1 regd.

Caldew

Glamorgan, s.s. 1 regd.

Golden Fleece

Lord Macaulay 1

Peteral, s.s.

Tokatea

Brisbane

Cosmo

Pelham

Teti Austrian 1

Behar, s.s.

Hawkesbury

Bertha Marion 2

Dharwar

Helen

Belcarry

1 1 regd.

Hopeful

Magdala

Mary Blair Mary Smith

Pacific Slope

Tamar

Tweed

Rosie Welt

5 regd.

Taunton

Bertie Bigelow 1

Erminia

Hornet

McNear

Regent

Tre Corde

Banian

Eleanor

Herat

Magdalen

Rifleman

Three Brothers 5

Bury, St. Ed.

1 2 regd. Estrone

Hilda

Moss Glen

Rosebud

Vidal

Black Watch

Espiegle

Hotspur

Maritime Union 2

Humboldt

Marcia, s.s.

Sacramento

Cashmere

Corona

Freeman Clark Fair Leader

Madeleine

Strathern

Wm. Manson 1 Wm. Phillips

Irigo

Mary Fraser

Southern Cross 1

W. E. Gladstone 6 1

For H. M. Ships.

Iron Duke,...............3 Letters; 1 regd.

Magpie,.....

...1 Letter.

Victor Emanuel,.............................................................1 Letter.

Arbetare-Bladet.

Daily Telegraph.

Amsterdamsche Courant.

Amsterdammer.

El Imparcial.

Christadelphian.

Glasgow Weekly Mail.

Christian.

Dagbladet.

Books, &c., without Covers.

Illustrated Australian.

Journal de Geneve. Journal de St. Peters-

bourg.

Illustrated London News. L'Union Savoisienne.

General Post Office, Hongkong, 20th December, 1878.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

THE

E next sitting of the Court, in its Summary Jurisdiction, will be held on Tuesday, the 31st day of December, A.D. 1878, at 10 A.M.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

UNTI

NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in its Original Jurisdiction on Mondays and Thursdays.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

In the Goods of TUNG KWAI, deceased.

DOOCHOY,

NOTICE in other persons, to produce any

OTICE is hereby given to the next of Kin,

By the Court,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

In the Matter of the Estate of Jo?o JOAQUIM DOS REMEDIOS, deceased.

?OTICE.—All persons indebted to the above

named Estate are requested to make im- mediate payment to the undersigned, and all Creditors having claims against the Estate to send in their accounts in duplicate without delay.

STE HENS & HOLMES, Solicitors for the Executors.

2, Club Chambers,

Hongkong, 30th November, 1878.

Leisure Hour. Loofungen und Lehrterte. Navy List.

Rotterdamsche Courant. Reynolds's Newspaper. Russian Newspaper.

In the Matter of the Estate of Jo?o JOAQUIM DOS REMEDIOS, deceased.

T is hereby notified that Probate of the last Will and Testament of Jo?o JOAQUIM DOS REMEDIOS, deceased, was granted to the under- signed on the 25th day of November, 1878.

J. H. DOS REMEDIOS.

D. A. DOS REMEDIOS.

M. C. DO KOZARIO.

ALEX. A. DOS REMEDIOS.

Hongkong, 14th December, 1878.

In the Matter of the TRUST DEED for the benefit of the Creditors of the Estate of AUGUSTINE HEARD & Co.

Statement of the whole Estate collected by them

Dated this 11th day of December, 1878.

JAMES WHITTALL,

by his Attorney W. KESWICK, T. G. LINSTEAD,

WM. H. BRERETON,

Solicitor for the Trustees, 29, Queen's oad.

Trustees, Estate

A. Heard & Co.

OFFICE OF THE CHINESE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.

Νο

Sunderland & Durham

County Herald. Sonderburger Zeitung Saturday Falkirk Herald.

Times.

The Times of India,

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News.

United Methodist Free Churches Minutes 1878.

Weekly Scotsman.

BRADLEE SMITH as General Agent, pro. tem., by whom all Business of the said Company will be transacted.

By Order of the Board,

WM. REINERS, Chairman.

Hongkong, 10th December, 1878.

NOTICE.

E have this day opened a Branch

WE Establishment in SHANGHAI,

where Orders for Printing, Stationery, and Book-binding will be executed with promptness, neatness and on moderate

terms.

NORONHA & SONS. Hongkong, 1st November, 1878.

NORONHA & SONS, PRINTERS, PUBLISHERS & STATIONERS

AND

Printers to the Government of Hongkong, No. 5, HOLLYWOOD ROAD, HONGKONG.

ESTABLISHED, 1844.

Letter-Press Printing. Copper-Plate Printing Play-bills, Hand-bills, Programmes, Posters, &c., &c.,

neatly printed in coloured ink.

LARGE ASSORTMENTS OF VISITING, BALL, MENU, AND SEAT CARDS.

Printed and Published by NORONHA & SONS, Printers to the Hongkong Government, No. 5, HOLLYWOOD ROAD, Hongkong,

-MA

DROIT.

THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

Published by Authority.

No. 53.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 28?? DECEMBER, 1878.

VOL. XXIV.

No. 250.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint provisionally and until further notice Mr. ALFRED MAY to be Acting Fifth Master at the Central School from the 1st January, 1879.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th December, 1878.

C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary.

No. 251.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

It is hereby notified, that for the ensuing year, the Western Slaughter House is leased to TANG Kit of the "KWAN TAI LOONG" Pig Lan, Praya West.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th December, 1878.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

No. 252.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Notice is hereby given, that at Noon on Tuesday, the 31st December, the Privilege of Farming all Granite Quarries in the Island of Hongkong, during the year 1879, as also the same Monopoly for Kowloon, will be put up to Public Auction at the Government Offices.

1. The Monopoly shall begin on the 1st of January, 1879, for one, two, or three years at the option of the highest bidder.

3. No person shall at any bidding advance less than $50.

4. Immediately after the fall of the hammer, the purchaser shall sign a Memorandum of Agree- ment for completing the purchase according to these conditions, and shall on the same day give security of two householders, approved by the Government, each to the amount of one-twelfth of the total annual premium, for the due fulfilment of the contract, if approved by His Excellency the Governor.

5. The Monthly Premium shall be paid into the Colonial Treasury upon the Twenty-first day of

each month.

6. Persons desirous of bidding at either of the two Auctions are directed to call at the Surveyor General's Office, where further particulars may be obtained.

By Command,

C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Glonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th December, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

hereby notified that, in accordance with "The Rating Ordinance, 1875," His Excellency the by and with the advice of the Executive Council, has fixed the Police Rate for the Year and-three-quarters per cent for Houses in the City of Victoria, and at Five per cent for Batish Kowloon and the outlying Villages of the Colony; and the Lighting Kate at One- ter per cent, the Fire Brigade Rate at One-half per cent, and the Water Rate at One-and-a ut per annum,

annum, for Houses in the City of Victoria.

Police, Lighting, Fire Brigade, and Water Rates will be payable Quarterly in advance at the Colonial Treasury, between the first and last Days of the first Month in each Quarter.

These several Rates shall be charged and chargeable on, and recoverable from, the Owners of the Tenements in respect of which the above Assessments have been made.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th December, 1878.

NOTICE.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Under provisions of Ordinance No. 11 of 1844, notice is hereby given, that a Special Sessions of the Justices of the Peace will be held at the Police Magistrates' Court, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon of Tuesday, the Twenty-first of January next, and thereafter on the first Tuesday of every month, for the purpose of considering applications for granting or transferring Spirit Licences during the year 1879.

Such applications to be lodged at the Police Magistrates' Court, at least ten days before each of the Sessions now notified.

Magistracy, Hongkong, 20th December, 1878.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Unclaimed Correspondence, 27th December, 1878.

Crawford, J.W. 1 Cristofons, G. del Couper, Capt.

Letters. Papers. Lamerton, H. 1 Leu Tong 2 Lumley, John 2 Larnach, J. W. 1 Lilly, E.

C. V. CREAGH, Acting Police Magistrate.

Lesters. Papers.

Letters. Papers

Garceau,Monsr.A.1 Gonzales & Co. 1

vanda, S. 1 regd. Clark, Mrs. S.J. 1

Mr. M. 1

Howard, Mrs. 1 Hannen, G.

Pike, Mr. Patterson, Mrs. H.1 Persse, Capt. Pagsan, R.

Letters. Papers.

Lets. Ppra

Souza, D. J. de 1

Smith & Co, R. 1 Smith, Geo.

2.1

***

Dhite, Manar. 2 Dumont, MrcHil Dacha, Mooer. 1 Davis, Quintio 1

Hemptione,Monsr.4

Quong Tong Tai 1

Hi Loi

High Comtom 1

More, Miss E.J, 1 1 Mulier, A.

Talpey, Capt. F. Thomson, Alex.1 Taffell, m. 1

Wm.

Roche, John

Thornton, Wm. 1

Hazlett, Alvah 1

3. (J.

Harrison, Capt. 1

Mudge, Wm.

Meilomcosta, A. I 1

Rosendali, P. 1

Kayden, W. M. 1

Veltz, Miss M. 1

J. 10.

Moner.

Caldwell, Miss Bi

Evans, J. S. Esteban, C. y. i

1 Freias, Jose

Garstin, Major 1 Garcia, Juliana I Gracias, A. J. I

Moore, Miss J. 1

Roberts, A.

Wing On Chong 1

Jensen, C.

MeMiilan, Harry2

Reily, Chs.

White Wm. E. 1

Musso, Jean B.1

Kelly, Mr. Kwong TaiCheong2

Roberts, W. C. 1 1 Rouchand

Wai Chung

1 regd.

Whyte, Jno.

Neo Teing Siew 1 regd.

Sams, W. F. B. 1

Wildash, F.J.C.1

Williams, John 1

Luz, Ellarina da 1 Leys, Robert R. 1

Oyarzabal, G. 1

Sheather, C. H. Stewart, Capt. 1

Walker, Thos. 2 Wilson, James 1

For Merchant Ships.

Letiers. Papers.

Letters. Papera.

Letters Papers.

Letters. Papers.

per Freeman Clark

Haraway

Cashmere

I regd.

Corona

Fair Leader

Maritime Union 2 Marcia. $.5.

Sacramento Strathern

A war

Countess of Erroll5

Ferntower, s.s. 1

Irigo

Mary Fraser

Matchless

Southern Cross 1

Sarah Bell

Fabius

Corrientes

Colombian, &s. ?

Frederick

James Shepherp 7.

Masonic

S. Hunlie

Satent

Ac Adamsu

Corea

Fiatin, 8.8.

J. MacDonald 1

Challenge

Fusilier

Jassan

Nyassa

Southesk

Sydenham

Channel Queen

Flintshire, 8.8. 1 Firth

Jessie Jamieson 3

Java

Overdale

Spinaway

Stanfield

Charmer

Johore, s.s.

Caluroom

Palestine

Great Admiral 1

Turner

Caller

Cosmo

Gramis

Gitanilla

Lady Penrhyn 4 Lota

Parthead Tucscanal 1

Tokatea

Prince Amadeo 2

Teti Austrian 1

Cirkland

Carlton,

Glamorgan, s. 1 regd. Golden.Fleece 1

Lord Macaulay 1

Prince Louis 10

Leucadia Lodore

Premier

Pilgrim

1 regd.

Peteral, s.8.

Dharwar

*f von 3

Davina

Hawkesbury Helen

1 1 regd.

Hopeful

1 3

Magdala

Pelhami

Tamar

Tweed

Taunton

Tre Corde

Three Brothers 5

2 1

Mary Blair

Penrith

ezte Below

Mary Smith

Hornet

Erminia

1 2 regd.

Beanor

Warch

Benefactor

Katroue Espiegle

Herat Hilda Humboldt

McNear

Rosie Welt

5 regd.

Wm. Manson 1

Magdalen

Regent

Wm. Phillips

Moss Glen

Rosebud

W. E. Gladstone &

Trou Duke...

?6 Letters; I regd.

Fly......

Dr vict

-- Couraok

Amsterdammer.

Daily Telegraph.

For H. M. Ships.

...............................1. Letter regd.

Victor Emanuel,......................

..1 Letter.

Books, &c., without Covers.

Illustrated Austratian.

Journal de Geneve. Journal de St. Peters-

bourg.

El Imparcial Glasgow Weekly Mail.

Illustrated London News. L'Union Savoisienne.

Leisure Hour. Loofungen und Lehrterte. Navy List.

Rotterdamsche Courant. Reynolds's Newspaper. Russian Newspaper.

Sunderland & Durham

County Herald. Saturday: Falkirk Herald. Schreib und H?lfskalen- [der, 1879,

Times. The Times of India.

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News.

United Methodist Free Churches Minutes 1878.

Weekly Scotsman.

27th December, 1878.

1878.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

STONE CUTTers' Island.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

Cape d'AGUILAR. HEIGHT 170 Feet.

WINDS

RAIN FALL.

THERMOMETER.

THERMOMSTER.

THERMOMETER.

IND

BARO-

Ο ΤΟ 12.

HOUR.

WEA-

THER.

BARO-

0 TO 12.

METER

WEA-

THER.

In inches

METER

BARO- during provi- METER

WINDS

? TO 12.

RAIN FALL.

WEA-

THER.

BARO-

Attd Max. Min. Dry. Wet.street. Force.

Attd Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

ous 24 hours.

Attd Max. Min. Dry. Wet. Direct. Force.

In inchies during previ- ous 21 hours.

METER

lay,

30.23 | 66.0

66.0 61.0

O.C.

30.1069.0

67,0 60 0] N

Noon | 30.20 | 63,0| 70,0 65.0 30.11 70,0] ...

68.0 66 0

0.0.

30,10 |70.0 71.0 ? 65,0, 69.5) 65,0| N

70.0 69.0

b.c.

30.07 |72.0|

77.5 71.5 NE

ay,

30.1965.0

65,0 60.0;

0.0.

30,07 |63.0]

67 561.0 E

Noon | 30.16 | 65.0 70.0 61.0. 65 0 60,0 30.1363,0|

O.C.

63.0 60.0

O.C.

30.07|63.0 78.0 63,5, 65.5 60.5 E 61.0 60.5] E

30.0007,0

1432

10 10 10

b.c.

...

30.09 |63.0

66-559.5 NE

b.c.

0.00

b.c.

...

30.10 | 69,071.5 62.5 71·5] ?0.5' NE 30.0471.0

|71-0 63.0 NE

b.c.

30.07 67.0

61-0 59.0) NE

b.c.

o.d.

0.00

30.0767.076,5 60.0 62-5 59.0 NE

...

30.01 66.5

60,0 59.0 NE

421

KO LO LO

b.c.

...

0.00

b.c.

...

o.m.

0.00

...

30.17 | 641.5}

esday,

ec.

6-1.0 6·1.0

lay,

Noon | 30 15 | 66.0 67.0, 60,0] 66.0 65.0

30.10 | 67.0

67.0 65.0

day,

30.20 [66.0!

66.0 60,0

Noon

30.

30,11 70.0|

30.31 50.0|

30.15 | 69,0| 70,0, 6·1.0 68 0] 65.0}

...

70.0 69.0

sday

ec.

30.24 | 60,0

...

30.42 | 49,0

50.053.0

80,000,0

Noon | 30.29 | 59,5 66,0 56 0 59,0j 56,0

True wind cannot be registered.

Do.

O.C.

30.0565.0

66.0, 62.0] E

b.c.

30.01 | 65,5]

63.0 60.0 NE

o.m.

O C.

30.05 | 69.0 69,0 69.0 68,0 6-1,0] E

c.b.

30.02 70.0

...

69.5) 65.0] E

2 23

b.c.

0.03

b.c.

...

30.0.1 67.0 67.0 61.0 67.0 61.0 NE 30.00 67.0}

o.m.

0.00

...

65.0 61.5 NE

o.m.

...

Atta Max. Min. Dry. Wot. Direct.

28.35 63.0 | 62.0 60,0) NE 28.35 | 63.0 63.0) 57.0 62.0 57.0 N 63.059.0 N

23,33 64.0

28.31 | 57.0

28.33 | 59-0 59,0| 56.0 59-0| 55,0| E 28,27 | 59-0

28.30 | 55.0

29.23 | 60.0 60.0) 56.0 60.0 58,0 E 69.0] 60.0] E

28,24 | 60·0|

VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT 1,823 FEET.

THERMOMETER.

THER.

WIN 3

0 TO 12.

WEA-

Force.

b.c.

RAIN FALL.

In inches during provi- ous 21 hours,

57.0 55.0 E

58.0) 51,0) E

55.0 55,0| E

222

V40 10

b.c.

b.h.

o.c.h.

0.00

...

o.c.h.

0.00

5 o.f.d.

642

0,0.

0.0.

O.C.

0.08

c.b.

30.06 70.0}

63.0 63,0| NE

b.c.

30.06 71.0 74.0) 61-0| 73,0 66,0) N 30.0572.0

73.5 63.0 N

b.c.

0.00

...

30-1563.0

30.15 68.070,0] 61.0] 68.0) 61-0 N

30.10 70.0

70.0

65.0 61.0 N

63.5, N

...

c.b.

30.1865,0

***

60.0) 55,0, N

c.b.

b.c.

30.18 | 65.0 76.0, 55 0 61.0 57.0 N 30.16 | 65,0

62-0; 66.0 N

48.0 17.5

Noon | 30,37 | 50,0 60,0 19,0 50,0| -19.0|

b.c.

30.1356.0

50.0 13.0 N

30.30 | 56.564,0 16,0 55,0 16,0 N

30.30 | 52.0

52.0 49.0)

b.c.

30.21 56,0

56 0 17.0 N

324

10 40 40

b.c.

b.c,

b.c.

28.3851.0

28.35 | 52.0) 53.0) 49,0; 52.0|49.0] N

b.c.

28.32 58.0

58.0 53.0 N

O.C.

b.c.

0.00

b.c.

28,34 | 62.0 62.0 57,0 62.0 60.0|| N 28,2762-0

O.C.

0.00

62.0] 60-0] N

b.c.

...

51.0) 49.0] N

0.00

28.34 | 52.0}

52·049′0] NNW

GO CO CO

o.h.

0.00

o.l.

...

23.40 | 43.0|

43.0] 37.0 NNW;

o.h.

b.c.

5 b.c.

0.00

Telegraph wire out of order.

28,35 | 43.0) 45.0 35.0 43:0| 36-0| NNW 43,0] 36-0) NNW]

28,35 | 43.0|

o.h.

0.00

6 o.h.

b.c.

***

...

28.36 | 38.0

38 0] 35.0] NE

day,

30.35 44.0]

ith

ec.

41.0 41.0 Noon | 30,27 | 19.0 51.0) 41,0 49,0) ·?7,0 30.21 51.0

b.c.

30.26 | 52.0

50.0

b.c.

41.0 39.0 NE 30.22 | 52.0 55,0; 10,0 54,0 46,0] N (60.0; 50.0] E

30.1657.0|

312

b.c.

0.00

b.c.

28-41 | 41,0| 46.0 35,0 41,0 36,0 NNW 28-4343-0

41.0 35.0) NNW]

222

o.b.

o.h.

0.00

***

Figures

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28?? DECEMBER, 1878.

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STATE OF WEATHER:-b. blue sky; c. clouds (detachod) d. drizzling rain; f. foggy;g. gloomy; h. hail; 7.lightning; m. misty (hazy); o.overcast; p. passing showers; q. squally; ; v. visibility. Objects at a distance unusually visible: w. wet (dow). NOTE.—A bar (-) under any letter augments its signification, thus f, very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and continuing rain, &c., &c.

r. rain; 8. snow; t. thundo; ?, ugly (threatening) appearance of wea.

Figures

to denote the Force

of the

Wind.

Description of Wind.

Illustrations of the power of the Wind as regards a well conditioned Man-of-War or First-class Clipper Ship.

Rate of the Wind

per Hour in Miles.

to denote the Forco

of the

Wind.

Calm...

Light Air....

Light Breeze.

Gentle Breeze

品

Moderate Breezo ........

Fresh Breez? ..........

Strong BrecZO ......

Moderato Cale

Fresh Gale .................................

Strong Galo .... Whole Gale.......

Storm

Hurricane

Just sumleient to givo steerago way

With which the above Ship with all sail (1 to 2 knots Bet and cloan full would go in smooth, 3 to 4

water............................

0 to

5 to 6

Single Reefs and T. G. Salls

What

Double Reefs aud Jib, &c. ................................................ Triple Reefs, &c. Close Reefs and Courses

61 69

above 80

"228383728578

In which she could just carry in chase- full and by.

In which she could just bear close-reefed Main Topsail and reefed Foresall

Under Storm Staysail

Baro Poles ......................

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