Saturday 29 December 2007

讀Hong Kong Government Gazette 2

A. What are on Wyndham Street (雲咸街), apart from newspaper and printing houses?
1. 1885: House no. 47, The Female Prison
Source: Government Notification no. 372, GA 1885 no.372.

B. Weather tables/reports / Meteorological observation
Published from 1860 to 1887, data collected from Victoria Peak, Praya East, Kowloon Bay etc. include temperature, humidity, wind, rainfull, duration of sunshine etc.
Meteorological observations, since 1861, were reported by the Government Civil Hospital and later the Royal Observatory.

C. International Exhibition
Includes prospectus, catalogues, invitation etc. of various International Exhibitions in Nuremberg, Amsterdam, Dublin, Paris, London, Melbourne, New Zealand, Chicago, Jamaica, Tasmania etc.

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