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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 8TH JUNE, 1895.
VESSELS.
June 26th.
Hangchow,
S.S. Kwanglee,
Memnon, Cromarty,
S.S. Gwalior,
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Progress,..
Shanghai,
S.S. City of Peking, 30° 47′ 130° 00′
19
""
Taisang, Hangchow,
S.S. Kiel,
.82° 45′ 126° 52′ 29.69
.23° 37′ 117° 58′ 29.83
.21 12 114 56 ...16 54 113 33
NE .78 ESE
4 b.
4 cq.
var.
2
C.
S.S. Shanghai, ......16° 16′ 113° 13′ 29.71 NNW Bk. Altair, .........15 33 113 21 .69 SSW S.S. Bucephalus, ...10 36 109 03
June 27th.
C.
2 Tq.
.80 SSW
c.
off Ockseu. .23° 47' 118° 06′ .23 19 117 10 .20 57 113 57
29.67 NE/N .68 NE/N .71 NË
C. Bk. Altair,
16° 04′ 113° 48′ 29.63 calm.
7 C.
C.
""
S.S. Clyde,....
Macduff,..
.13 51 112 36
.69 W
3 0.
11 45 11 30
.80 SW
6 orq.
.67 NE/N
2
c.
June 28th.
29.92 ESE
4
cp.
S.S. Gwalior,.
.28 07 121 03 ..25 47 119 43
.74 NE
4
q.
.61 NE
8
C.
;
Framnes, Clyde,
.22° 30′ 115° 58′ 29,54 WSW 3 ....20 47 113 51 .18 47 114 03
.60 W .64 W
C.
C.
SE
9
""
Ancona,
.80 41 126 44
.69
22
Ariake Maru, ...29 25 125 39
SE .04 SE/E 8 or.
6 0.
""
""
City of Peking, 28 41 126 45 Taisang,
.62 ESE 8 4.
>>
..28 09 121 03 28.89 NNE 10 rq.
June 29th.
oq. S.S. Hangchow,
Peiyang, Canton,
.27° 17′ 120° 42′ ..27 13 19 16 ..26 67 120 25
Nanchang,...26 28 120 45 Taiyick, .25 48 120 10
or.
29.14 WNW 9
.11 WNW 4 cq. .17 NW 6 30 SW 38 SW 7
rq
June 30th.
S.S. Kiel,
.31° 55′ 123° 58′ 29.51
SE
10
Rohilla,
.31 12 121 56
77
95
Taksang,
""
Vorwaerts,
.29 56 122 06 .29 55 120 06
.41 SEE 7 .48 S 6 .74 SSE
orq. S.S. Taisang, org. Lyeemun,
.28° 09′ 121° 03′ 20.49 SSW
.28 09 121 41
or.
""
8
July 1st.
Canton, Choysang,
.27 87 121 12 .26 42 120 14
6 or. .50 S 6 or. .57 SW
6 rq.
.60 SW 4 or.
S.S. Lyeemun,
99
Taiyick,
or.
7 orq. S.S. Kiel, .........
Ethiope,.....
02 32
.31° 16′ 121° 47′ 29.52 SSW .31 12 123 10 .62 S
-31° 10′ 122° 25′
.29 40 125 00 29.74
10. orq
40
On the 26th June typhoon V commenced to affect the weather in Luzon. The barometer fell and the wind freshened from the W and SW. A considerable decrease of pressure also took place in S. Formosa and moderate increasing breezes from NE and N prevailed at South Cape.
The centre of the typhoon appears to have been situated at a considerable distance to the eastward of N. Luzon at this time. On the 27th a further decrease of pressure had taken place in Luzon and in S. Formosa, amounting to about 0.1 inch in the former district and to about 0.2 inch in the latter. The typhoon had probably moved in a WNW direction since the previous day. Fresh W to SW winds continued to prevail in S. Luzon while at S. Cape, Formosa a strong N breeze with showery weather was experi- enced. The centre at noon on this day may have been situated in 20°, 124°, but this position is very uncertain owing to lack of information from the Pacific.
Attention may be called here to the fact that the notice referring to the position of this typhoon, on the morning of the 27th, had to be issued in the absence of observations from, in this case, three very important stations, viz., Swatow, Amoy and Anping, that is to say the most necessary data were not available,
On the 28th the typhoon was moving towards the NNW to the East of Formosa and it appears to have passed to the East of South Cape during the early morning. The wind backed to NW of force 6 at 3 a. (barometer 29.41) and subsequently to W, the force decreasing meanwhile. The baro- meter, however, continued to fall slowly and the wind increased to a strong gale from WNW during the evening. In the Formosa Channel, between Fisher Island and Middle Dog, gales from NNE prevailed and in N. Formosa strong NE and NNE breezes until late at night. At Keelung the wind backed to W of force 6 at 9 p. showing that the centre had then passed to the north of the latitude of this station. The centre was perhaps situated in 23°, 123° at noon but this position is only approx- imate for the reason previously stated, viz., the absence of data from the Pacific to the eastward-of the centre. On the morning of the 29th the typhoon was moving on a northwesterly course and approaching the East Coast of China in the neighbourhood of Wenchow. The noon observations on this day show a perfect cyclonic circulation and in the righthand semicircle gales blew at a distance of 300 miles from the centre, the latter being at noon off the coast near Wenchow and situated in 27° 45,′ 121° 30′. A large number of vessels encountered the bad weather, but the greater number had taken shelter at various points along the coast. One vessel, the S.S. Nanchang, bound from Chefoo to Swatow, ran safely across the path in front of the centre on the morning of the 29th and thus gained the manageable semicircle. She experienced a NNE gale at 4 a. (barometer 29.45) backing to WNW of force 8 (barometer 29.20) at 8 a. The S.S. Hangchow at anchor in 27° 30, 121° 00' was situated in the lefthand semicircle. Typhoon force of wind from West by South was experienced at 2 p. the barometer falling to its minimum, 29.01, at 3 p. The barometer rose after 5 p. with the wind slowly decreasing and backing to SW. The S.S. Taisang had been taken into shelter at Lotsin Bay, near Wenchow, on the previous evening and there encountered the centre. They had the wind steadily
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