State on the morning of the 16th:—Pressure rather high and steady over China, Korea and Japan. North-easterly to south-easterly winds along the China Coast. Fine, rather hot and cloudy weather in China.
State on the morning of the 17th:—Cloudy, fine and rather hot weather. South-easterly wind. Normal and falling pressure.
Probabilities. 430 p.m. yesterday:—Clo hot, fine and hazy weather with fresh southeasterly to south-westerly winds around Shantung. Overcast, hot variable with south-easterly to south-westerly winds and local thunder in the Lower Yangtze Valley and our regions: with rain or mist and north-easterly to easterly winds over the Eastern Sea to the south of the Saddles,—Siccawei Observatory.
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