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Yesterday the barometer was rising quickly at Nagasaki, and in the afternoon began to rise at Tokio. Along the coast of China the barometer, about the average at Sanghai and Foochow, was fulling at Hongkong and Amoy, There is a centre of low pressure with bad weather in the China—27th Sept: On Friday the baron meter was rising decidedly over Japan og well a3 over the China coast; the centre of high pressure appears tobe to the north of Corea, At Hongkong the winds still blew very hardirom the east; but the low pressure prevailing these last days over the China sea Was going away from that place and there was no appearance of a new depression to the south of Formosa, N.E, winds will continue along the coast with probably still fine weather here.—-28th Sept.: Yesterday the barometer remained steady, and a little above the mean, at the stations on the coast of China, except Hongkong, who it continued to rise markedly, Yesterday morning a depression, rapid anid disquieting, showed itself at Nayasaki. This morning the barometer is falling slightly at Shanghai,—29th Sept.: Yesterday high barometric pressure prevailed over Japan, the baron meter was falling over the China const, slowly in the northern part, more rapidly in the southern part, and still more quickly at Manila, A' typhoon was reported yesterday by th Manily Obaervatory to be E.S.E. of Luzon. Apparently the typhoon is to-day crossing the southern yarr of Luzon, and its probable course is toward the Tongking gulf; leaving free the route from Shanghai to Hongkong N.E. winds are likely to blow in the Formosa channel and $.E, winds along the northern cuast.—B0th Sept.: A centre of high barometric pressure was still provailing yesterday on the eastern const of Tupais and was extending over the northern coast of China, Over the southern coast the barometer was quickly falling, with fresh breezes from N.B. According to the last telegram from Manila the reported typhoon has crossed Luzon at about the Toth degree of latitude, a little to the north of Manila, with direction W.N.W. and a rapidity of translation of 7 miles for one hour.—tst Oct.: Yesterday the falling of the barometer along the southern coast of Chinn was moderating, " fruah breeze from N.E. continuing to blow in the Formosa Channel. The barometer, latterly very high at Tokio, began to fall; since last night it has been rising decidedly at Shanghai.—N, or N-E, windsatill probable along the coast of China and fine weather here.—2nd Oct.: Yesterday the barometer continued to fall slowly along the southern coast China, with fresh breeze from NE. blowing along the coast. It continued also to fall on the eastern coast of Japan, while it was rising on the northern cuast'of China, A continuation of fine weather at Shanghai and of N.W. or NE. winds along the coast may be expected, The average minimum of the thermom ter in the Settlement in September was 65°.90, the average maximum 81°.30, and the mean 73°.60, against 67°.67, 79°.60 and 73°.64 respectively, in the same month of 1889. The rainfall in September was 2.26 inches, and rain fell measurably on 5 days, against 5.49 inches and 13 daya in Septemder 1889, and an average of 5 75 inches and 10 days for the eight years 1882-89.
HE. Li Hung-chang has placed Mr. Ma Kien-chang in charge of the Shanghai Cotton Cloth Mill Ca., and has authorised him to assist the company by the loan to it of Tls. 300,000 from the reserve fund of the Jen Si Ho Insurance Ca. The Viceroy represents that this money has hitherto been only earning five per cent., while the Cotton Mill is to pay six per cent. per annum for the loan, and the shareholders are protected by his guarantee.
An old and very popular resident of Shanghai has passed away in the person of
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