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British (Including H.M. Ships) H.M. Ships in Port. 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 January 208 321 9 94 73 114 290 529 February 175 294 10 90 78 122 263 506 March 221 362 9 79 87 136 317 577 April 204 324 10 82 77 120 291 526 May 218 367 10 91 103 161 331 619 June 247 363 8 75 76 120 331 558 July 280 422 9 94 83 137 372 653 August 276 442 10 82 100 158 386 682 September 340 595 65 70 108 418 768 October 339 646 66 98 195 444 907 November 304 500 39 122 204 430 743 December 259 427 4 52 106 180 369 659 Totals..... 1938 3,071 1937 1,874 2,955 1936 1,896 3,049 115 1,575 1935 1,795 2,864 128 1,612 98 909 1,073 1.755 4,242 7.727 100 1,184 1.016 1,699 2,990 5,788 1,001 1,568 3,012 6,192 935 1,519 2,858 5,9959. Weather forecasts, storm warnings and time signals are distributed by radio telegraphy as detailed in the Notice to Mariners issued by this Department. Storm warnings to Hong Kong and vicinity are also given by means of the Local and Non-local Signal Codes. A telegraphic adaptation of the Non-local Code is used for issuing warnings by cable to places outside the Colony.
10. Local signals, day and night, have been hoisted during the past 5 years according to the following table.
Year Signal No. 10 Bombs. Warning Signal. Signals 2 - 9. Number of times. Number of hours displayed. Number of times Fired Number of times. Number of hours displayed. 1934 10 40 10 1 5 177 1935 5 93 5 80 34 1936 1 30 3 1937 5 77 1 5 53 1 1938 29V-METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FROM SHIPS, TREATY PORTS, ETC.
11. In addition to meteorological registers kept at about 40 stations in China, meteorological logs were received from 112 ships operating in the Far East. These logs, representing 7596 days observations have been used for amplifying the weather maps and verifying typhoon tracks. The corresponding figures for 1937 were 125 and 7689.
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