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7. During 1892, in addition to meteorological registers kept regularly at about 40 stations on shore, 558 ship-logs with entries during typhoons were copied. 157 were forwarded by the Captains or Owners, and 401 were copied on board ship in the harbour. The ship-logs received in 1892 were thus distributed for 1888, 1 log; for 1889, 8 logs; for 1890, 10 logs; for 1891, 52 logs; for 1892, 487 logs. But the information concerning typhoons during these years was not yet complete on the 1st January, 1893. The following number was still required: for 1888, 12 logs; for 1889, 14 logs; for 1890, 13 logs; for 1891, 17 logs; for 1892, 41 logs. The total number of ships, whose log-books have been made use of, was 270. The total number of days' observations was 5278. This number might with advantage be increased. The difficulty is that we are all so closely engaged in the Observatory, that no more than one of us at a time can be spared for visiting ships in the harbour, and he can devote only half his hours of duty to work afloat. Every vessel entering the harbour ought to be boarded, and every log-book found to be properly kept ought to be copied. That would be useful for storm-warnings.
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8. The following is a list of ships from which logs have been obtained in 1892; those to which a is prefixed having been communicated directly by their respective Captains, and the remainder have been copied on board the several vessels. The majority are steam-ships and the others are distinguished as follows:---b, barque; s, ship; sch., schooner.
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Albania (b), Achilles, *Activ, Aden, Aglaia, *U.S.S. Alert, Altair (b), *Alwine, Airlie, Amicitia, Ancona, Angers, Argyll, Aron (b), Arratoon Apcar, Asagao, Ashington, Avochie, Bantam, Batavia, Bayern, Belgic, Belle of Bath (s), Bellona, Benalder, Bengloe, Benlarig, Bittern (b), *Bombay, Bormida, Borneo, Breconshire, Bylgia (b), Carmarthen- shire, Calédonien, Cambusdoon (b), Camelot, Canton, Cardiganshire, Carl Friedrich (s), Cathay, Catherine Apcar, Catterthun, Changsha, Charger (s), Charmer (8), Charon Wattana (b), Charters Tower, Cheang Chew, Cheang Hock Kian, Cheang Hye Teng, Chelydra, *Chelydra, China,* Chingtu,* Chiyuen, Chowfa,* Choysang, Chusan, Cicero, City of Pekin, City of Rio de Janeiro, Colonist, Constance (s), Continental, Cosmopolit, Crown of Arragon, Cyclops, Dardanus, Decima, Denbighshire, Deuteros, Devawongse, Diamond, *Djemnah, Donar, Don Juan, Doris, Dorothea (b), Electra, Else, Empress of China, *Empress of India, Empress of Japan, Enos Soule (b), *Esang, Esmeralda, Ethiope, K. K. F. Fasana,* H.M.S. Firebrand, Florence Treat (b), *Fokien, Fooksang, Formosa, Frejr, Frigga, Fuping, Fushun, Gaelic, Ganges,* General Werder, Ghazee, Glamorganshire, Glenartney, Glenavon, Gleneagles, Glenearn, Glenfruin, Glengarry, Glengyle, Glenogle, Glenorchy, Glenshiel, Guthrie, Gwalior, *Hailoong, Haiphong, *Haitan, Harward (b), Heinrich (b), Hesperia, Higo Maru, Hiroshima Maru, H. J. M. S. Hiyei,* Holstein, Hongay, Hupeh, Inconstant, Independent, Ingraban, J. D. Bischoff (s), Jenny (sch.), Jessonda (b), J. Y.Robbins (s), Kaisow, Keemun, Kiel, Kitty (b), *Kong Beng, Kowshing, Kriemhild, *Kutsang, Kwanglee, Kweilin, Kwongsang, *U.S. F. Lancaster, Lavinia (b), *Lennox, Levuka (b), Lightning, Loksang, Loosok, Lunedale, Lyee- moon, Macduff, Malacca, Marabout (s), Mathilde, *Meefoo, *Melbourne, Melpomene, *Memnon, *Menmuir, Michael Jebsen, Mongkut, Moyune, Namoa, *Namyong, Nanchang, Nanshan, Nanyang, *Natal, *Neckar, Nicoya (b), Ningpo, Nizam, N. S. de Loreto, *Nürnberg, Oceana, Oceanic, Omega (b), Orestes, *Orion, *Uxus, *Pakshan, Palinurus, *H.M.S. Pallas, Paoting, Pathan, Pekin, Pembrokeshire, Penshaw (b), *Petersbourg, Phra Chom Klao, Phra Chula Chom Klao, Phra Nang, Picciola, H.M.S. Plover, Polyhymnia, *H.M.S. Porpoise, Port Philip, Presto, Propontis, Protos, Radnorshire, Ravenna, Richard Parsons (b), Rio, Rohilla, Rosetta, Sachem (s), Sachsen, Salatiga, Salazie, Santa Clara (s), *Santa Cruz (sch.), *Sea Swallow (sch.), *H.M.S. Severn, Shanghai, Sikh, Singan, Soochow, St. Andrews, Sterling (s), Strathesk, Strathleven, Sungkiang, Surat, Swatow, Sverre, Sydney, Taicheong, *Taichiow, Taisang, Taiyick, Taiyuan, Taksang, Tarapaca (b), Telamon, Teresa, Tetartos, Teucer, *Thales, Thermopyla (b) *Thibet, *Thisbe, Toonan, Torrington, Tsinan, Triumph, Vagabond (b), Velocity (b), *Venetia, *Verona, *Vorwaerts, Warrior (s), Wingsang, Wm. J. Rotch (b), Wm. Le Lacheur (b), *Woosung, Wosang, Xenia (b), Yangtse, Yarra, Yik- sang, Yuensang, Yungching, Yungping, *Zafiro.
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9. All the observations made at noon each day during the typhoon seasons of the past five years have been reduced and tabulated and have served for the construction of weather-maps on the basis of which the typhoons that occurred during the past five years will be investigated.
10. With the view of enabling masters of vessels to know before-hand the weather that may be expected on voyages and to select the most favourable routes during the different months of the year, all the observations hitherto collected are being distributed according to degrees of latitude and longitude, the twelve months being treated separately. Means will be taken as soon as sufficient data are entered and they will serve for the construction of maps showing the most probable values of the meteoro- logical elements in each square degree between Singapore and 180° E. Gr., and between 0 and 45° latitude. Owners, agents and captains having access to old log-books have been invited to forward