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Under no circumstances will the operator write
thene mesangan.
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Reports for transmission from the ship will be
addressed to the "Royal Observatory, liong Kong," and immediately on the acceptance of these messages the operator will enter (a) Frefix (b) Date, (c) Tize handed in (O.M.T.).
All mesengas handed in under the above conditions
shall be dealt with as follows:-
They shall be communicated to the coast station at the first opportunity, and shall receive priority as Goverment messages.
The greatest care shall be observed to have them correctly tranmitted; wherever possible, cach message mall be repeated.
All messages shall be treated free of coast tax,
ship tax, and land line charges.
Reports handed in for transmission written on any
form other than on the message form numbered 81, shall be affixed to a message form 51 in such a
Hammer as not to cover the space reserved for
service instructions and other data.
The Hong Kong Observatory also sends wireless Time
Signals via Cape d'Aguilar at the even seconds
between 11.56 s.m. and noon, and between 8.56 p.m and 9.0 p.m. Hong Kong time (3.56 a.m. to 4.0 ■.n
and 12.56 p.m. to 1.0 p.m. Ö.H.T.).
The 2nd,
28th, 50th, 52nd, and 54th second of each of the
above minutes are omitted for the purpose of
identifying the signals.
The Time Signals are preceded by the following
warning signals from Cape d'Aguilar between 11.54
a.m. and 11.55 m.m., and between 8.54 p.m. and
8.55 p.m. Hong Kong time (3.54 a.m. and 3.55 a.m. 12.54 p.m. and 12.55 p.m. G.M.T.);-
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