State on the morning of the 1st:—Anticyclone Over northern China. High pressures over Japan: rather low over our regions. Northwesterly to north-easterly winds along the China Coast Fine weather in the north. Overcast with local snow in the Lower Yangtze.
State on the morning of the 2nd:—Fine and cold weather. North-westerly breezes. Normal and rising pressure. Heavy hoar frost.
Probabilities, 4.30 p.m. yesterday:—Fine and cole weather with fresh monsoon around Shantung. Cloudy, rather fine at times and cold with strong monsoon over our regions, the Eastern Sea and Formosa.—Siccawei Observatory,
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