after dark so me could not leave until next morning at daylight, After getting out side me struck a strong North-East monsoon which made a heavy chop sea & make the boat pitch. The sky was partly overcast. (26) The monsoon calmed strong. At noon we were off time-hart than the Hornwost Straits. Our course lay close inshore near some behind some large bare islands, which fishing villages & Chinese junks could be seen. At present the Hong Kong dollar is worth 78 cents a rise of 28 cents since last year. Shanghai money silver dollar is