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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 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 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). Other Nationalities. Total. No. of ships. No. of messages. No. of ships. No. of messages. No. of ships. No. of messages. January, 32 60 5 6 37 66 February, 38 60 10 18 48 78 March, 38 58 15 27 53 85 60 106 April,... 20 33 22 36 42 69 May, 26 50 53 56 79 106 June, 48 61 94 109 142 170 July, 130 317 113 205 243 522 August, 108 272 124 255 232 527 September, 80 182 113 182 193 364 October,.. 57 118 60 132 117 250 November,.. 50 66 105 204 155 270 December, 66 128 94 205 160 333 (1924, 665 852 1517 1923, 196 431 627 Totals 1922, 280 369 649 1921, 121 145 266 L1920, 64 76 140