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Extra Weather Telegrams.-The following stations send extra weather telegrams at half rates during typhoons, on receipt of certain code words from Hong Kong:-Amoy, Canton, Macao, Phulien, Sharp Peak and Taihoku. 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 9 p.m. observations from Swatow, kindly sanctioned by the Chinese Telegraph Administration, were occasionally received the same evening, but usually on the next or following day.
The Director of the Taihoku Observatory sends extra weather telegrams from the two stations in Formosa nearest to the centre during the passage of a typhoon.
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 No. of ships No. of messages No. of ships No. of messages No. of ships No. of messages No. of ships No. of messages British (including H.M. Ships) H.M.S. in ports Other Nationalities Total January, .... 71 225 15 259 72 198 158 682 February, 44 147 14 285 62 180 120 612 March,.... 44 179 19 259 45 201 108 642 April, 37 121 20 194 23 65 80 380 May, June, 42 124 12 146 26 109 80 379 July, 45 131 8 83 26 69 79 283 August, ... 48 129 9 113 33 87 90 329 September, 44 117 9 87 31 109 84 313 October, 46 182 11 140 31 107 88 429 November, 48 198 14 94 39 112 101 404 December, 39 106 8 90 29 100 15 88 18 296 36 143 46 76 Totals 1927, 544 1802 154 1838 435 1386 1133 5026 1926, 1058* 5216* 831 2376 1889 8883 1925, 687 2199 752 1762 1439 3961 1924, 665 1703 852 1667 1517 3370 1923, 196 409 ... 431 698 627 1107* British, including H.M. Ships.