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11. Telegraphic connection with Victoria was interrupted on the 15th May, 1893, from 10.57 a. to 6.50 p.; from the 16th May at 1 p. to the 17th May at 7.30 a.; on the 20th May, from 2.15 p. to 4.30 p.; on the 16th July, from 1 p. to 4.20 p.; on the 29th September, from noon to 6 p.; from the 2nd October at 7 a. to the 6th October at 1.30 p. Interruptions occurred therefore on 11 days and, of course, also during thunderstorms. Telephonic connection between the look-out on the Peak and the Post Office in Victoria (for transmitting observations every hour to the Observatory) was interrupted from the 11th August at 2 p. to the 13th August at 3 p.; from the 29th September at 6 a. to the 30th September at 6 a.; from the 2nd October at 6 a. to the 14th October at 6 a.; from 11 a. to 6 p. on the 25th October; from 11th November at 9 a, to the 12th November at 6 a., from 24th November at 9 a. to the 26th November at 6 a., and from 27th December at 5 p. to the 28th December at 9 a., i.e., on 26 days as well as during thunderstorms.
12. Telegrams giving information about typhoons were issued on 87 days. The Red Drum was hoisted 7 times, Red Ball 2, Red North Cone 6, Red South Cone 2, Black Drum 2, Black Ball 3, Black North Cone 2, Black South Cone 4, Lanterns (vertically) 1. The Gun was fired one round 4 times, and two rounds 1 time.
13. During 1893, in addition to meteorological registers kept at about 40 stations on shore, 672 ship-logs with entries during typhoons have been received. 284 were forwarded by Captains, 388 were copied on board ship in the harbour. The ship-logs, collected in 1893, were thus distributed: for 1891, 1 log; for 1892, 16 logs; for 1893, 655 logs. The total number of ships, whose log-books have been made use of, was 289. The total number of days' observations was 8174. 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.
14. The following is a list of ships from which logs have been obtained in 1893; those to which* is prefixed have 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; bqt., barquentine.
*Activ, *Aden, Adolph, Aglaia, Airlie, Alfred Hawley (s), *Alwine, Amigo, Amoy, Ancaios, *Ancona, Angers, Argus, Arratoon Apcar, Asagao, Assyria (b), Athole, Avochie, Bangalore (s), Basuto (b), *Bayern, Belgic, *Benalder, Bengloe, Benlarig, Benlawers, Benlomond, Berlin (s), Bittern (bqt.), *Bombay, *Bormida, Borneo, Bua Pan (b), *Canton, Cape Colonna, Cardiganshire, H.M.S. Caroline, Catherine Apcar, Catterthun, Centennial (8), Changsha, Charon Wattana (b), Charters Tower, Cheang Hock Kian, Chelydra, China, Chingping, "Chingtu, *Chi Yuen, *Chow-fa, *Choy-sang, Chusan, Cicero, Cimbria (b), *City of New York, City of Peking, City of Rio de Janeiro, *Clyde, Com- merzienrath Rodbertus (b), Continental, Cosmopolit, Creedmoor (s), Cromarty, Crown of Arragon, Daphne, Dardanus, Deuteros, Devawongse, Diamond, Dona Barthola (sch), Donar, Don Juan, Doris, *H.M.S. Egeria, Elax, Elizabeth Ahrens (b), Else (bqt.), Emilie (b), Emily F. Whitney (s), Empress of China, *Empress of India, Empress of Japan, *Esang, *Esmeralda, Falls of Clyde (s), Fanny Skolfield (b), Feichung, *Fei Lung, Fidelio, *Fokien, Foohng Suey (b), Fooksang, *Formosa, Freeman (b), Frejr, Frigga, Frojner, Fuping, Fushun, Galveston (b), *Ganges, George Stetson (s), Georgietta (b), Gera, Ghazee, Glamorganshire, *Glenartney, Glenavon, Glengarry, Glenshiel, Glengyle, Glücksburg, Golden Fleece (sch), Guthrie, *Gwalior, Habitant (s), Hailoong, Haiphong, *Haitan, Hangchow, Hankow, Hanoi, Helen Brewer (s), Henry Failing (s), *Hesperia, Hiogo Maru, Holstein, Hongay, *Hongkong, Hsiu Fung, Hupeh, Iceberg (s), *H.M.S. Imperieuse, *Independent, *Irene, Iron Duke (b), Ixion, Jacob Diederichsen, Japan (b), *Japan, *Java, Johann Adolph (b), John R. Kelly (s), Kaisow, Keemun, Kiel, Kingsland, Kintuck, Kitty (b), *Kong Beng, Kungpai, Kutsang, Kwanglee, Kweilin, Kweiyang, Kwongsang, Lawang, *H.M.S. Leander, Lennox, Libelle, Lightning, Loksang, Loosok, Lothair (b), Lucy A. Nichols (b), *Lyeemoon, *Malacca, *Malwa, *Manila, Martha Bockhahn (b), Mary Blair (b), Mathilde, McMillan (s), *Meefoo, *Memnon, Menmuir, Mogul, Mongkut, Moray, Moyune, Namoa, *Namyong, *Nanchang, Nanshan, *Nanyang, Nicoya (b), Nierstein, Nijni Nov- gorod, Ningchow, *Ningpo, Niobe, *Nizam, *Nürnberg, Océanien, Omega (b), *Oanfa, Oldenburg, Oopack, Orange Grove (b), Orient (b), Orion, *Oxus, Pakling, Pakshan, *Palamed, *Papa (b), Palinurus, Paramita (s), H.M.S. Peacock, Pembrokeshire, *Peninsular, Peru, *Peshawur, *Peiyang, *Phra Chula Chom Klao, Paoting, *Phra Nang, *H.M.S. Pigmy, Pollux, Polyphemus, *Preussen, Principality (s), Prometheus, Propontis, Protos, *Ravenna, *Rohilla, *Rosetta, *Sachem (s), *Saghalien, Saigon, Salatiga, *Salazie (s), *Sea Swallow (sch), Sepia (b), *H.M.S. Severn, Sichan, Shanghai, Shantung, Sikh, Sin Kolga (b), *Somali (4 m.s.), Soochow, Spinaway (bqt), Stanfield (s), *Sungkiang, Surat, *Sutty, *Swatow, Tacoma, Taicheong, Taichiow, Taisang, Taiwan, Taiyick, Taiyuan, *Taksang, Tamsui, Tantalus, Tarapaca (b), Tetartos, Teheran, Tellus, Thales, Thermopyla (b), *Thibet, Thisbe, Toonan, Torridon, Triumph, *Tsinan, Ulysses, Velocity (b), *Verona,