Copy.
Enclosure 2
Report on V/T Hongkong
and
The Imperial Communications Committee's Report.
189
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The proposals contained in the Imperial Communications Committee's Report have arrived at a most opportune time. The existing wireless station at d'Aguilar is already overloaded with work, the number of messages having increased from 2592 for the year 1918 to 10,804 for the six months (January to June) of this year and immediate relief is necessary,
The variety of traffic and number of messagen handled by d'Aguilar can be seen from the following analysis for three months of the current year:-
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June
July August.
Ships' paid messages.
625
569 621
Observatory lentages. (Weather reports)
271
731 730
Interport Messages.
967
945
1145
Navigation Warnings and
4
11
13
Voice to Marinere,
Service "A" Messages.
253
212 256
Total Messages for month
2120 2468 2765
3.
From the foregoing, it will be seen that the
messages may be grouped under three clausou, vis:-
(a) Ships' mesJager
(b) Observatory messages and
(c) Interport messages,
A brief description of each may be instructive,
Ships Paid Messages:~
Of the number show in Analysis, one third are for transmission and two thirds are received. The traffic is very small as the cable facilities from Shanghai and Singa- pore are good and cheap, thus only leaving requisitions for
pilot