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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, Phu-lien, Sharp Peak and Taihoku. The Director of the Philippine 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 received only occasionally; sometimes on the 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 British (including H.M. Ships) Other Nationalities Total H.M.S. in Port January, 66 272 19 147 1 107 156 526 February, 61 343 18 105 49 172 128 520 March..... 59 163 26 100 66 191 151 454 April, 74 200 13 73 60 140 147 413 May, 49 140 16 103 55 113 120 356 June, 66 173 17 118 74 197 152 488 July, 8 216 72 9 222 163 510 August, 12 189 87 68 157 September, 283 October, 83 323 32 November, 34 211 141 December, 8 136 94 99 224 143 640 58 187 149 539 55 101 128 331 147 433 1929, 794 2549 210 1285 748 1982 1752 5816 1928, 789 2645 203 1202 588 1893 1380 5740 Totals 1927, 544 1802 154 1838 435 1386 1133 5026 1926...... 1058 5216 2376 1889 8883