Month.
F 5
1
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 326 546 4 60 111 173 441 779 February 262 414 3 55 84 141 349 610 March 314 491 50 97 147 416 688 April 220 300 34 71 101 296 435 May 237 354 53 96 161 338 568 June 234 324 43 67 104 306 471 July 214 316 46 63 93 281 455 August 157 233 23 66 99 227 355 September 17 27 19 30 October 14 17 14 17 November 21 30 21 30 December 13 19 13 19 Totals..... 1938 3,071 5,063 1937 1,874 2,955 1,966 2,981 35 364 720 1,112 2,721 4,457 98 909 100 1,134 1936 1,896 3,049 115 $1,575 1,073 1,016 1,699 2,990 5,788 1,001 1,568 3,012 6,192 1,755 4,242 7,7279. 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.
Warning Signal. Signals 2 - 9. Signal No. 10 Bombs. Year Number of times. Number of hours displayed. Number of times. Number of hours displayed. Number of times fired 1935 4 86 1936 5 93 5 1937 2010 5 80 1938 34 1939 200 50 30 10 10 3 co SEBR 60 77 1 53 1 3 29 28V.-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 92 ships operating in the Far East. These logs, representing 6,323 days observations have been used for amplifying the weather maps and verifying typhoon tracks. The corresponding figures for 1938 were 112 and 7,596.