452
Month.
F 6-
British (including
H.M. Ships).
Other National- ities.
Total.
H.M. Ships
in Port.
F 7
—
-
10. Weather forecasts, storm warnings and time signals are distributed by radio telegraphy as detailed in the "Notice to Mariners" issued by this Department. Storm warnings to Hong Kong and vicinity are also given by means of the local and Non-Local Signal codes. A telegraphic adaptation of the Non- Local Code is used for issuing warnings by cable to places out- side the Colony.
11. The following table gives the results of the weather forecasts for the past 5 years. The methods of analysis are described in the 1918 Report.
453
Year.
Complete Success.
Partial Success.
Partial Failure.
Total Failure.
January,
February,
$9
144
10
144 67 121
166
409
%
%
%
132
220
*+
124 36 35 182
399
1928
66
31
3
1929
70
28
2
March.....
99
164 II 158 56 97 166
419
1930
65
31
1931
67
30
3
April,
104
150 9
152
Do
78 164
380
1932 1933
27
2
26
3
оооооо
May,
119
175
16
154 38 64
173
393
June,
109 187 14 143
July,
[ 21
203 19
208 60
August,
107 184 18
ag to
48
79 171
409
99
62 104 187
200 510
461
September,
139
226 16
167 53 109
208 502
October,
131
234
=
I
109]
82 134
224
477
Warning Signal.
Year.
Number of times.
Number of hours displayed.
12. Local signals, day and night, have been hoisted during the past 5 years according to the following table.
Signals 2-9
Number of times.
Number
of hours
displayed.
No. 10 Bombs.
Number of times fired.
Signal
November,
108
213 II
159 54 95 173
467
December,
83
147 | 10
135
81 158 174
440
1929
3
28
2
46
I
1930
S
88
37
1931
7
93
88
I
( 1933,
1341
2247 159 1826 688 1193 2188
5266
1932
IOI
104
1933
5
62
75
1932,
1534
2692 192 2704 831 1405 2557 6801
Totals
193,
1827 417644410098 829 1432 3100 15706
1930,
1515
3117 414 8464 695 1234 2624 12815
2624
V.-METEREOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FROM SHIPS, TREATY PORTS, ETC.
13. In addition to meteorological registers kept at about 40 stations in China, meteorological logs were received from 119 ships operating in the Far East. These logs, representing 5699 days observations, have been used for amplifying the weather maps and verifying typhoon tracks. The corresponding figures for 1932 were 112 and 5,111.