To the Editor of the "Nort-Cuina Dairy News."
Srr,—During these hot trying days you might at least give us the satisfaction of knowing that we have sweltered in real heat and not in imagination. The N.C.D.N. gives yesterday's maximum as 91.8 in the shade whereas the semaphore station and Siccawei both show 96.4. The latter figures are surely nearer the mark than those given by you in this morning's issue, 1 am, ete., Shanghai, July 30.
All depends where you are. Our temperatures are taken, as noted on the front page, near the cathedral, We took to adding thi indication precisely because of the difference between there and Sicca wei. The latter appears to be hotter in the summer and colder in winter than the cathedral com-
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