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(b) The absence of typhoons seriously affecting the Colony. No typhoon passed within 180 miles of Hong Kong during the year. The maximum wind velocity recorded was 67 m.p.h.; this velocity was reached on two occasions, the first being on March 21st, when a fresh onset of the NE monsoon was accompanied by a squall of unusual violence; the second was on October 1st, when a typhoon was passing about 250 miles to the south of the Colony on a westerly track.
5. The tracks of 24 typhoons which occurred in the Far East in 1934 are given in a plate which will be included with the Meteorological Results for 1934, now in the press. The following table gives a summary of the meteorological data published monthly in the Government Gazette during the year:
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(b) The absence of typhoons seriously affecting the Colony. No typhoon passed within 180 miles of Hong Kong during the year. The maximuin wind velocity recorded was 67 m.p.h.; this velocity was reached on two occasions, the first being on March 21st, when a fresh onset of the NE monsoon was accompanied by a squall of unusual violence; the second was on October 1st, when a typhoon was passing about 250 miles to the south of the Colony on a westerly track.
5. The tracks of 24 typhoons which occurred in the Far East in 1934 are given in a plate which will be included with the Meteorological Results for 1934, now in the press. The following table gives a summary of the meteorological data published monthly in the Government Gazette during the year:
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