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is carried out as soon as possible,
as we are now entering into the typhoon season: The Commission do not consider it necessary that there should be any large establishment in connection with the Observatory at the Peak, and in this opinion the members of the Executive Council concurred. But should Your Lordship eventually approve of an addition to the staff it may be desirable to erect a house or small branch Observatory there. In the meantime, however, the signalman who is there stationed will be able to convey a certain amount of information by telegraph.
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Dr Doberck has suggested how greater information can be conveyed by signals and I will do what