THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH NOVEMBER, 1892.
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EXTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, MADE AT THE HONGKONG OBSERVATORY, DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 1892.
Barometric Pressure, in inches.
Temperature, in degrees Fahr,
Humidity, in percentage of saturation.
Rainfall, in inches.
BAROMETRIC PRESSURE.
TEMPERATURE.
HUMIDITY.
DAY OF THE MONTH.
RAINFALL.
10 a.
4 p.
Mean,
Max.
Min.
Mean.
Mean of 10 8.
and 4 p.
Oct.
],
30.02
29.97
29.99
77
71
74
64
2,
.10
30.01
30.06
79
73
76
67
32
3,
.02
29.94
29.98
80
75
78
74
4,
"
29.97
.87
.92
80
75
77
64
"
5,
30.03
.95
.99
80
74
77
69
27
6,
04
.92
.98
83
75
79
58
""
7,
29.95
.84
.89
86
75
81
65
""
.93
.82
.88
88
74
81
56
""
.86
.74
.80
87
75
81
51
>
10,
.76
.65
.70
86
73
79
39
2
11,
.84
.81
.83
85
12x
30.00
.90
.95
83
59
13,
.05.
.95
30.00
79
13
14,
.05
.96
.00
79
15,
.09
30.01
.05
79
13
16,
.12
.03
.08
81
""
17,
.14
.01
.07%
82
"3
18,
15
.08
.12
78
""
19,
.20
.07
.13
77
20,
19
.14
.03
.09
82
97
21,
.11
.00
.05
78
22,
.12
.03
.08
76
23,
.16
.04
.10
79
24,
.12
.03
.07
777
25,
.12
29.99
.06
76
嘱
"
26,
.09
.98
.03
78
29
27,
.10
.99
.05
76
28,
.12
53
.99
.05
81
"5
29,
.03
.93
29.98
80
30,
"
.04
.94
.99
81
66
31,
""
.06
.96
30.01
79
64
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71
78
34
68
76
48
68
73
ات
70
75
64
73
76
68
74
77
73
74
78
69
•
71
75
65
71
74
66
69
75
66
0.01
ΤΟ
74
0.01
69
73
66
66
72
58
65
71
56
67
72
54
72
52
73
62
75
50
67
73
38
74
39
71
32
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At 5 p. on the 26th September the following notice was issued:-" depression between Shanghai and Formosa." A typhoon was at the time E of Formosa. It blew very hard in the Bashee Channel. It moved towards southern Japan.-At 10.24 a. on the 9th October the following notice was issued:-
typhoon E of Bolinao," and at 4 p.:-"in the China Sea strong NNW gale.' At noon the centre was in about 19° N, 124° E coming up from the SE. At 10.30 a. on the 10th the following notice was issued:-
typhoon near Bashee Channel moving NWestward at present," and the Red Drum was hoisted. At noon the centre was in about 22° N, 121o E. At 4 p. the following notice was issued: "typhoon approaching coast near Amoy.' At this time the centre was in about 22° N, 120° E. At 9 p. the Drum was taken down. The centre was then in about 234° N, 120° E. At noon on the 11th the centre was in about 26° N, 122° E. At 4 p. the following notice was issued:-
"the typhoon has recurved and is now NE of Formosa." At noon on the 12th the centre was in about 30° N, 125° E. This typhoon was experienced on board a very great number of vessels. The Mail S.S. Bokhara was lost at midnight on the 10th on Sand Island, Pescadores. She was not taken into shelter on the evening of the 9th (when the ship was placed by D. R. 8 miles E of Tung Ying), and she was kept on the port tack till too late (Comp. "Law of Storms in the Eastern Seas," 2nd Edit., pp. 4 and 8). Oil was not used in the most approved way (Op. cit. p. 3). It appears also that the ship was to the Eastward of her supposed course before bad weather set in; but it is certain that she would have been safe on the other tack.-At 10.45 a. on the 28th the following notice was issued:- typhoon E of Bolinao," and at 8 a. on the 29th:-"typhoon raging in northern Luzon apparently moving NWestward at present. Strong N gales in China Sea."
Strong N gales in China Sea." The Red Drum was hoisted at 8 a. on the 29th and taken down at 10.40 a. on the 30th. At the latter time the following notice was issued:- "typhoon appears to have recurved near northern Luzon and to have moved NEastward."
W. DOBERCK,
Hongkong Observatory, 1st November, 1892.
Director.