"State on the morning of the 14th:—High and rising pressure over China, Korea and Japan northerly to north-easterly winds along the China Coast. Fine and cold weather in the north. Overcast to cloudy in our regions.
State on the morning of the 15th:—Fine and colder weather. Heavy hoar frost. Pressure very high and rising. North-north-westerly breezes.
Probabilities, 430 p.m. yesterday:—Cloudy but fine and cold weather with morning fog and fresh north-westerly to northerly breezes around Shantung and over our regions. Cloudy to overcast with strong monsoon over the Ezstern Sea and Formosa—Siccawei Observatory,
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