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Weather Telegrams from Ships 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 Ships. Messages. Ships. Messages. Ships. Messages. January, 67 586 55 158 122 744 February, 74 638 53 161 127 799 March, 91 667 54 172 145 839 April, 82 474 45 134 127 608 May, 73 374 45 136 118 510 June, 72 509 68 195 140 704 July, 97 288 97 230 194 518 August, 116 378 91 258 207 636 September, 98 275 64 205 162 480 October, 116 444 96 266 212 710 November, 90 340 77 228 167 568 December, 82 243 86 233 168 476 Totals 1926, 1058 5216 831 2376 1889 7592 1925, 687 2199 752 1762 1439 3961 1924, 663 1703 852 1667 1517 3370 1923, 196 409 431 698 627 1107 1922, 280 732 369 702 649 1434It will be seen that the number of British ships sending these messages increased from 687 in 1925, to 1058 in 1926. This was due in a large measure to the co-operation of the Navy, mentioned in a previous paragraph. The number of ships of other nationalities increased from 752 in 1925 to 831 in 1926 and the number of messages received from these ships increased from 1762 to 2376, an appreciable increase, but still representing only a small percentage of the ships within call of Hong Kong.
An appeal for regular observations from ships has been made through the International Commission for Maritime Meteorology.