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weather was gloomy with slight rain. These are the observations made at the Custom House. board the Fokien at anchor in the river the wind direction was noted as NW/W, the barometer reading 29.29 (lowest reading) at which point it remained until 5 a. when the wind was observed as NW/W 8 with frequent heavy squalls. After 5 a. the wind quickly moderated with rising barometer.
By reference to the log of the Glengyle at anchor about 4 miles to the Eastward of Swatow Custom House, it will be seen that a whole NE backing to NW gale was experienced during the evening of the 20th and early morning of July 21st with furious squalls and much rain. The lowest reading of the barometer was 29.18 at 5 a. July 21st.
Probably the force of wind was over estimated on board the Glengyle though it must be remarked that the gradient from Swatow Eastward to Lamocks was extremely steep during this time corres- ponding to a gradient of 0.13 in 15 miles at 2.30 a. July 21st.
The lowest reading of the barometer at Breaker Point was at 9 p. July 20th (barometer 29.56), the wind being at the time NNE 8 with rain squalls. The centre was then about 60 miles to the ESE of the station. The same wind and weather is noted at midnight but the barometer showed then a rise of 0.02 inch since 9 p. By 3 a. July 21st the wind had backed to W 6 (barometer 29.30). Thereafter the barometer rose quickly and the weather improved.
The rainfall measured for the 24 hours ending July 21st at 9 a. was, at Lamocks 6.70, Breaker Point 2.85, and Swatow 1.69 inches.
The typhoon was advancing in a NE by N direction between midnight of July 20th and 6 a. of July 21st almost directly upon Chapel Island. At that station the wind had increased from NE 4 at 9 p. July 20th to NE 7 at midnight (barometer 29.41 midnight). The weather was wet and gloomy. Thereafter the wind continued to increase in force preserving the same direction and the barometer to fall quickly. At 5 a. July 21st the wind veered to ENE force 10 (barometer 29.18) the centre of the typhoon bearing at the time S by W 50 miles. At 6 a. the wind direction backed to NE. At 7 a. it was NNE 11 which direction it maintained until 11 a. the greatest force being registered at 9 a. and 10 a. as 11 to 12. The lowest barometer reading occurred at 9 a. (29.13) the centre of the typhoon then bearing SSE 40 miles. The rainfall for the previous 24 hours measured at 9 a. July 21st was 4.96 inches.
On July 21st at 6 a. at Amoy there was strong NE wind and wet squally weather (barometer 29.33). At the lighthouse stations in the north part of the Channel there was a moderate ENE increasing breeze with a threatening appearance and in some cases drizzling rain and the barometer falling.
At Fisher Island the barometer fell very sharply after 9 p. of July 20th and the wind which had been ESE 6 at 9 p. veered to SE at 1 a. July 21st and increased to force 8, the centre bearing WSW 100 miles at the latter hour. The weather was wet and squally and so continued. The wind direction continued practically steady in direction but increasing in force, at noon it was SE 10, centre of typhoon bearing W 30 miles distant. The barometer continued to fall rapidly (July 21st 6 a. 29.30, noon 29.15). The barometer at Chapel Island had risen 0.09 inch since 9 a. and read at noon July 21st 29.22, the wind at the latter hour being N 10. At Lamocks the barometer had continued to rise quickly (9 a. 29.27, noon 29.37) and the wind was at noon July 21st W 7, the weather continuing very wet and squally. The bearing of the centre was then ENE 95 miles. At Anping, on July 21st, at 3 a., the wind was SW 6 (barometer 29.50) which agrees badly with the bearing of the centre at that time, which was W/N 130 miles. At 8 a. it was S 7 (barometer 29.46), at noon SW 9 (barometer 29.36). The weather was very squally and showery. At Takow the wind during the morning hours of the 21st July was a fresh breeze to moderate gale from S and SSE. At noon S 8 with barometer reading at 6 a. 29.50, at noon 29.42 with the centre at the latter hour bearing NW 95 miles. The weather was wet and squally and lightning had been observed during the early morning. It may be mentioned that at Anping "two shocks of earthquake lasting 3 seconds N to S were felt at 11.20 a.m." At Takow the shock was also felt the time given being 11.17 a.m., duration 10 seconds. On this part of the Formosa Coast, earthquake shocks are of rather frequent occurrence. S Cape had the wind SSW increasing from force 3 at 3 a. (barometer 29.49) to 6 at noon July 21st (barometer 29.48) when the centre bore NW 145 miles. The wind had veered a little since the previous evening. The weather was showery, squally, and thunder was heard. The temperature was rather high during the early morning hours of the 21st July being at 3 a. 82°.8. At Tamsui and Keelung on the North Coast of Formosa light SE airs and breezes and cloudy but fine weather prevailed at noon on July 21st with falling barometer, and at the lighthouse stations near the northern entrance to the Channel moderate to strong ENE and NE breezes with squally weather and falling barometer, At Hongkong the barometer had risen but slightly and remained practically steady all day on July 21st. Temperature was rather high, the mean of the 24 hours being 82.8. The wind was a moderate SSW breeze at 3 a. (barometer 29.49), but after 5 a. the wind veered to about WNW and continued this direction with force 1 to 2- until noon (barometer 29.51), during the afternoon it backed to about SW and increased a little in force, but towards evening it became calm. The weather was fine but hazy with lightning in the evening. The lower clouds came from NW in the morning but backed to Win the evening. C-cum cloud came from NW. At Victoria Peak there was a moderate W breeze all day. The bearing of the centre from Hongkong was ENE 270 miles at noon July 21st and E by N 340 miles at midnight.
In Luzon on the 21st July at noon moderate SW winds prevailed and the barometer had fallen slightly since the previous day. At noon on July 21st several vessels to the Southward of Hong-