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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, 100 208 29 176 66 110 195 1494 February, 88 191 28 1001 44 76 160 1268 March,... 73 149 36 1191 46 66 155 1406 April, 114 244 37 1074 51 82 202 1400 May, 92 203 34 941 49 78 175 1275 June, 183 444 45 611 54 100 282 1155 July, 194 440 40 592 63 105 297 1137 August, 217 504 46 639 76 126 339 1269 September, 193 473 48 553 82 142 323 1168 October, 227 540 42 605 107 185 376 1330 November, 150 480 30 807 104 206 300 1493 December, 196 ... ... ... ... ... 266 1311 Totals ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1934, ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1930, 1515 ... 203 1202 588 1893 ... ... 1929, 794 4176 444 10098 829 1432 3100 15706 1928, 789 3117 414 8464 695 1234 2624 12815 ... ... 2549 310 1285 748 1982 1752 5816

37. It will be seen that the number of British ships sending these messages increased from 1929 in 1930 to 2271 in 1931. The number of ships of other nationalities increased from 695 to 829.