State on the morning of the 18th:—Rather high anticyclone over Chit; typhoon over the Vizayas, slowly advancing north-westward. Fine weather with north-westerly to northeasterly winds in China. Cloudy to overcast and regular monsoon over the Yellow Sea and the Sastern Sea, State on the morning of the 19th:—Fine and cold weather with hoar frost. North-northwesterly breezes. Very high and steady pressure, Probabilities, 430 p.m. yesterday:—Fine, cold, and locally cloudy weather with southsterly winds around Shantung: north-westerly to north-easterly over our regions and to the south of the Saddles. Typhoon signal: Approximate position of the centre, at 6 a.m., within 60 miles, latitude 15, longitude 122, inclining north, intensity: unknown.—Siccawei Observatory.
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