AnnualReport-1930 — Page 215

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of messages received (each arrival and departure is counted separately) :-

Month. H.M. British (including Ships). Other Nationalities. Total. H.M.S. in Port. 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, 86 146 2 February, 65 115 25 132 54 160 98 161 376 47 77 March... 82 151 19 126 54 96 155 373 April, 90 160 86 46 -8 147 324 May, 139 216 29 166 69 123 237 505 June, 126 233 54 760 46 101 226 1094 July, 175 405 38 1063 80 143 293 1611 August, 176 419 46 844 46 74 268 1337 September, 154 376 45 1256 75 141 274 1773 October, 156 318 48 1306 56 94 260 1718 November, 160 358 45 1323 67 1791 December, 106 220 33 1242 55 99 194 1561 Totals 1930, 1515 3117 414 8464 695 1234 2524 12815 1929, 2549 210 1285 748 1982 1752 5816 1928, 2645 203 1202 588 1893 1580 5740 1927, 544 1802 154 1838 435 1386 1133 5026

It will be seen that the number of British ships sending these messages increased from 1004 in 1929 to 1929 in 1930. This was due to a welcome increase in the meteorological activities of the Navy. The number of ships of other nationalities decreased from 748 to 695.