State on the morning of the 20th:—Cloudy, fine and hot weather. South-south-easterly wind, High and steady Cloudy and thundery weather with Vatiities, 430 pum. yesterday:—able winds around Shantung, Cloudy, fine and very hot with local thunder breezes or winds in the Yangtze Valley: and south-easterly to south-westerly south-easterly to north-easterly over the Eastern Sca and Formosa. The typhoon over the Pacific will continue west-north-westward or north-westward. Typhoon signal: Approximate position. of the typhoon centre, at 6 a.m. within 120 miles, Latitude' 13, Longitude 128. Direction west-nor fi-west or northwestward. Intensity: unknown.—Siccawei Observatory.
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