Shanghai 24 hours ending 7 p.m.:—Yesterday Min. 400 Max. 590 Same date, 1939 Min. 395 Rainfall nil.
Temperature at Siccawel:—Yesterday Min. 869 Same date, 1939 Min. 88.5
Siccawel's Report State on the morning of the 16th:—High and steady pressure over China and Japan. Northerly to easterly winds along the China Coast. Fine, cloudy and rather cold weather.
State on the morning of the 17th:—Fine and misty weather, East-north-easterly breezes. High and steady pressure.
Probabilities, 4.30 p.m. yesterday:—Fine and rather cold weather with fresh north-westerly to northerly winds around Shantung. Cloudy, fine and rather mild with' morning mist and northerly to easterly winds over our regions and to the South of the Saddles. Rainy with variable winds around the Loochoos.
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