The court was founded bec the Mien burning question concerning jurisdiction over the ever-increasing, Chinese population in the Settlement Hitherto all. cases involving Chinese were relegated to the district magi strate, In the few cases concerning, foreigners, foreign consular represent atives watched. the proceedings, to Uittle or no purpose. Criminals Gon Ainually. escaped punishment and in Drought Broken by Heavy Rains Shanghai, June 27, The present unsettled' weather expected to continue until the middle of July, it is reported by the Siccawei authorities. A few days ago it seemed as though this year would be as cly as 1939, but the recent heavy rainfall of over three inches in two days has practically made up the total rainfall for the year to average, last Monday 1.18 inches of rain failing, and on 'Tuesday 1.84 inches, At the beginning of June the vain fail for 1940 was 14.60 inches, andi the average 14.07, but so little' rain fell in the carly pakt of the month that by June 22 comparison showed that 1040 had had only: 15.51 inches, 'a8 opposed to the 20.61 figure for the average of the past 67 years, With the recent rain, however, this total will be brought up to 1058 inches, Which is only two inches below the average.
Temperatures for the month have been correspondingly peculiar, the past few days being much cooler than Similar days last year. Before the rain started, temperatures were very high, reaching a maximum of 1004 degrees on June 19, as compared to 183.8 degrees for the same day last year. There have also been large changes of temperature in a single day, "as much as 30 degrees being recorded recently.
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