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China still arrive too late for insertion in the Daily Weather Map. Occasionally belated weather telegrams are received from South China, but as a rule the observations from these districts are posted in batches to Hongkong, as are those from Central China.
Extra Weather Telegrams.-The following stations send extra weather telegrams at half rate during typhoons, on receipt of certain code words from Hongkong:-Amoy, Canton, Macao, Phulien, Sharp Peak, and Taiboku. The Director of the Philippines Weather Bureau also sends extra telegrams, at his discretion, from Aparri or some other station nearer the typhoon centre. The extra 9 p.m. telegram from Swatow, kindly sanctioned by the Chinese Telegraph Administration during the typhoon season, was seldom received.
Weather Telegrams by Radio.—The following table gives the monthly number of ships, of different nationalities, from which radio meteorological messages have been received, and the number of messages received (each arrival and departure is counted separately).
Month British (including H.M. Ships) Dutch Japanese Other Nationalities Total No. of ships No. of messages No. of ships No. of messages No. of ships No. of messages No. of ships No. of messages No. of ships No. of messages January 16 40 15 29 31 69 February 13 40 8 15 10 19 31 74 March 14 38 8 16 15 30 37 84 April May 15 28 7 14 22 47 44 89 June 27 56 7 13 20 35 54 104 July 31 98 2 4 19 29 52 131 August 15 29 7 20 13 24 35 73 September 15 61 7 19 15 29 37 109 October 16 54 5 7 18 47 39 108 November 15 47 2 2 20 ... 37 ... December 13 32 5 7 24 53 42 92 Totals 1922 280 641 58 117 191 ... ... ... 529 ... Totals 1921 121 266 84 140 40 61 21 ... 266 ... Totals 1920 64 164 48 65 25 ... ... ... ... ... Totals 1919 17 36 6 N 3 ... ... ... ... 61'soussou