Feng-tien (C, N. Co) Captain H.A. Walker.—The report of this steamer, that followed the Fausang after one day's interval, confirms entirely the preceding conclusions. Having left Wei-hai-wei on the 12th at midnight, the advance was made at first on a calm sea, sometimes through banks of dense fog, At 8 a, m. (lat. 36 26', long. 1229 43'), the ship began to pitch on a long SSE swell, moderate at first and increasing by degrees: we have here again the movement felt at the distance of about 800 nautical miles, for the centre was moving then in lat. 25° and long. 123° approximately, The increasing swell became heavy at midnight, shifting to ESE, and near the mouth of the Yangtze, on the 13th, the sea was rough and choppy with a very heavy confused swell.
Hsing-ming (C. N, Co) Captain. W. Wallace.—As soon as the ship went out of the Yangtze, on the 10th August, steering for Chefoo, at 6 a. m., abnormal winds from NE and NNE, force 4 to 6 were observed: it was obviously the cyclonic circulation of the typhoon, A second sign of ifs presence in the distance was given by the state of the sea which was heavy and crossed by a heavy swell from ESE, That swell, quite in opposition to the direction of the wind was due no doubt to the typhoon; it decreased gradually until lat, 36° was passed, on the 12th at 2 a. m,
in the return voyage from the north, the steamer was again agitated by the same cyclone, that was then passing to the W of Kiusiu. Consequently, on the 19th, at 10 a. m. in lat. 35°, long. 122° 40', it began to pitch and roll on a very long ENE swell veering to E and ESE down to the vicinity of Shaweishan. At the same time the wind had a constant backing from NNE to NW and WNW.
Kwang-lee (C. M.S. Co) Captain G.L. Crawford.—This vessel sailed from Hongkong, on the 7th at 6 p. m. and nothing unusual had happened in the Formosa Strait. When reaching lat. 28° and long. 121°45', on the 10th, the wind was seen to shift back to N, then to N by NW force 6. at 8 a.m. with a falling barometer: the cyclonic circulation was thus strong at more than 300 miles from the centre. The weather was very threatening, and the movements of the typhoon very difficult to determine. The ship consequently took refuge in the vicinity of San Mun Bay until the 12th at 8 a. m.; the minimum of pressure, 746mm (29in. 37) took place on the 11th at 4 p. m.; constant showers with hard squalls were experienced all the time.
Oidekerke (U.N. N. Co) Captain F. L. Lenjes.—The report confirms the previous ones, The steamer had stopped at the mouth of the Yang-tze on the 11th and 12th, with the pilot on board; it sailed at midnight of the 12th for Foochow. The wind, on board, was observed to back very regularly from ENE to NE and lastly to N; the pressure falling from 737mm to 732mm. The swell, from the E at first, shifted gradually to ENE, on the 14th, at 8a. m. when approaching the mouth of the Min River. It is thus clear that the typhoon, although moving
