The following telegram was addressed to the Secretary of State by H.E. the Governor on Thursday afternoon
The, Secretary of State for the Colonies, Hongkong, 28th May, 1896.
London.
Hongkong community presents its respect ful duty to Her Majesty the Queen.
I have this afternoon. unveiled Jubilee Statue to Her Majesty erected on recently completed portion of reclamation. two thousand: Naval, abi itary, and Volun-Immense concourse of people; upwards of teers. Magnificent spectacle, great siasm. Chater Chairman mittee, —From Hongkong Papers.
Tax Director of Sicawei Observatory reports: Friday, 29th May, 10 a.m.—State of the weather on the 28th.—The isobars are directed. alma el from, the. S.W. to the NoE wit Pressures in the 5 storms throughout the day at Shanghai; torrential rain at 5.50 p.m. State on the j morning of the 20th.—Thunderstorms continue at Shanghai; rumbling of thunder is still heard in the S. and the W. Pro-Labilities.—Rainy weather, with thunderstorms. Light S.W. monsoon in the S., and very variable winds in the N. and along the Yangtze. Local gales may be expected during the thunderstorm.—Saturday, 30th "May, 10 a.m.—State of the atmosphere on the 20th.—Pressure is decreasing gradually from the China Sea at Saigon (30.08 in.) up to the Sea of Japan. (29.49 in.) at Viadivostock. The summer monsoon is established in the Formosa Channel. A slow fall of the barometer at Manila and at Bolinao with W. and N.W. wind seems to indicate a depression to the E. of the Philippines.—State on the morning on the 30th.—The barometer rises rather rapidly at Shanghai and thunderstorms have ceased. Probubili finer weather. Moderate in the S., and very yarm Sunday, 31st May, 10 atmosphere on the 20th,—Hi pressures over Anna barometer low between Tokio stock. This last station has like Shanghai, visited by storms, The state of the barometer and the wind at Manila and Bolinao seems still to indicate an area of relatively low pressures wide of the Philippines over the Pacific. State on the morning of the 31st.—Fall of the barometer at Sicawei. Telegrams having failed for some days from several of the Yangtze stations, it is impossible to say if this fall is caused by the approach of continental depression. Probubitities.—Uncertain and variable weather. Moderate breezes from §.E. and S.W. in the S., and very variable winds in the N.—Monday, Ist of June, 10 n.m.—State of the atmosphere on the lst of May.—High pressures over Annam and the valley of the Yangtze. Area of low pressures stretching from the N.E. to the S.W. between Vladivostock and Shanghai. Notwithstandin; the barometer rises everywhere to the N. of the Yangtze and over Japan. The depression which has prevailed to the E. of the Philippines since the 29th deepens slowly. State on the morning of the Ist of June.—Barometer rising at Shanghai, Tele-gam from Manila toh wind this morning advises that the depression reported to the E. of Luzon becomes more important. A typhoon may be expected. Probabilities. Continuation of overcast and variable weather. Very variable breezes over the entire coast; the wind over the S. coast may shift to the N.E. in the evening, wMPuesday, 2nd June, 10 a.ms—State of the atmosphere on the Ist of June—The depression still exists tothe E. of Luzon, but without any sensible movement. High pressures over Annam and a slight maximum over the Yangtze between Shanghai and Kiukiang. Varinble breezes, shifting to the N.E., over the S. coast. State on the morning of the 2nd.—The rise of the baron meter has ceased at Shanghai. The baron meter falls afresh over Japan, which per hay will be the first to be visited by the depression of the Pacific. Probabilit i able weather with threats of rai winds in the S., and very variable winds the N.—Wednesday, 3rd June, 10 a.m. State of the atm on the 2nd. Slight modifications in high pressures over Annam, low to the N.E. of Viadivostock, ith an area of relatively high barometer in the neighbourhood of Shanghai. barometer still falls slowly at Bolinao and at Manila, and signs of a depression to the E. of the Philippiness exist still. State on the morning of the 3rd.—Barometer almost stationary at Shanghai. Slight har-metric gradient everywhere. The ins. from the stations of. the Yangtze being still lacking we cannot state further particulars about the weather in the interior of China, tion and in force over the entire const. Probabilities for the 4th.—Unsettled weather, with threats of rain. Moderate N.E, winds in the S.; variable breezes, more generally between S. and S.E. inthe—Thursday, 4th June, 10 a.m,:—State of the rceuther on the drd inst.—Pressures are equal over almost the whole coast, with two maxina, the first move important over Annam, and the second slighter over the centre of Japan and to the N. of Shanghai. The telegrams from the Yangtze and Chefoo are still wanting.—Stute on the mon ing of the 4th.—Barometer rises at Sicawe the secondary maximum of pressures becomes ed between Shanghai and Japan, Probabilities.—Owing to the high pressures Lover Japan, the weather will remain unsettled. Moderate to fresh, N.E. breezes in theS., and variable winds over the N. coast.
Tue average minimum of the thermometer in the Settlement in May was 59°.09, the i 46, and the mean Tod and 68°34 The rainfall in 16 inches, and rain fell measurably on LI days, against 2.60 inches and 6 days in May, 1895, and min. average of 3.90 inches and 11 days for the 14 years 1882-1895.
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