State on the morning of the 19th:—Normal and steady pressure over China and Japan, Typhoon to the east of Manila moving north to north-eastward. South-westerly winds around Shantung: north-westerly to north-easterly along the Coast, Fine and cold weather.
State on the morning of the 20th:—Fine and cold weather with hoar frost. Easterly breezes. Normal and steady pressure.
Probabilities, 4.30 p.m. yesterday:—Fine and cold weather, cloudy in places with freshening sopith-westerly to north-westerly winds over Shantung: north-westerly to north-easterly over our regions and the Eastern Sea, Typhoon signal; Approximate position of the centre at 2 pin, within 120 miles, latitude 19, longitude 133, direction north-east, intensity: unknown.—Siccawei Observatory.
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