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Mr. FIGG-examined by Sir Henry Berkeley
Q.--You watched the aneroid on the night of the 17th?
A.-I read it at 10 p.m. and again at midnight, and found it had risen 18 of an inch during the interval. It should have fallen in diurnal range.
Q.-That does not warn you to watch?
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-No. The rise was not indicative of an approaching typhoon.
-When did you next look at the aneroid. *
A. At 7 a.m. It had fallen slightly. When I looked again shortly after 7 a.m. I saw there was a tendency for the wind to rise.
(Dr. DOBERCK adds that this storm originated in an area of thunderstorms and that observations in such cases are unreliable.)
Dr. Doberck's answers to written questions put to him on September 25th by the Chairman of the Committee.
-State in detail the Observatories, and Observation Stations, with which you are in telegraphic communication on 17th-18th instant?
A.-Nemuro, Hakodate, Tokio, Kochi, Nagasaki, Kogoshima, Oshima, Naha, Ishigakijima, Taihoku, Taichu, Tainan, Koshun, Pescadores, Chefoo, Weihaiwei, Hankow, Kiukiang, Shanghai, Gutzlaff, Sharp Peak, Amoy, Swatow, Pakhoi, Victoria Peak, Gap Rock, Macao, Phulica, Tourane, Cape St. James, Aparri, Manila, Legaspi, Bacalod, Iloilo, Cebu, Labuan.
No communications from Vladivostock and Hoihow.
Q. Are your relations in any way strained with any of the Observatories, or Observa- tion Stations, with which you are in communication, and if so, state which? and the cause?
A.-Certainly not! We exchange telegrams daily, and in addition all publications are exchanged between the observatories of Tokio, Shanghai (Zikawei), Hongkong, and Manila, and any member of the staffs of any of these four observatories is granted facilities for making observations at any of the other observatories, if he happens to be there.
Captain Bradley's answer to letter dated September 25th from the Chairman of the Committee.
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S.S. Kutsang,
HONGKONG, 25th September, 1906.
SIR,-I am in receipt of your letter dated the 25th instant, inviting me to give to the Committee appointed by the Governor of the Colony of Hongkong, any information which may be in my possession calculated to assist them in their enquiries, as to whether earlier- warning could have been given on or before the 18th instant to the shipping community at that time in the waters of the Colony, of the approach of storm that was the cause of such regrettable loss of life and property.
*NOTE: The aneroid mentioned is at Mr. Figg's own house.
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