Minutes of meeting called by the Cor mittee of the Chamber of Commerce at their office son Wednesday, 20th September, 1881, for the purpose of discussing the feasibility of organizing a system of Meteorological Reports from the China Coast and the interior, with the view of improving the knowledge of the origin and direction of storms, and warning mariners of their approach.
There were present of the Committee Messrs. F. B. Forbes (Chairman), M. W. Boyd, A. Guitzow, W. Howie, E.'G. Low, 'A. McLeod, H. 8. Morris, W. Paterson, and H. Bahr Bolton J. Chapsal J. H. Hart W. Long Lind,
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