Father Gherzi Tells of Developments at the Observatory During Quarter of a Century srrciAL To Tue Mi-e. wea"
Zikawei Observatory. What a cord of public service these words conjure up in the minds of thousands of people not only in Shanghai but throughout China ahd the Far East, and especially among those, "who £0 down to the sea in ships* and to those interested in shipping, and In the trade dependent thereon.
With the idea of placing' before readers of the "North-China" some facts concerning the amazing growth of sclentife investigation in the weather service at this Observatory, an Interview was recently sought with Father E. Gherzi, the well-known and genial director of meteorology and selsmotogy, who kindly consented to tell from personal knowledge something of the work done during the last quarter of a century.
Zikawei Observatory was founded in 1878, 50 that the period with which the present article deals covers just one-third of its "life," albeit a most Important part. Father Gherzi's association with' the weather service Gates'from Just after the Great War, when he returned to China and work: ed under the direction of the "Old Captain," Father L. Froe. who, owing to a serious breakdown in health, had fo retire in 1930, but who before his departure from Shanghai received from the shipping and business community generally a remarkable demonstration of appreciation of the services rendered to the public by the Observatory under his direction.
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