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ROYAL OBSERVATORY, HONG KONG.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

(Revised 1st August, 1934).

No. S. 269.

1. From 1st August, 1934, the following information will be transmitted from the Royal Observatory, Hong Kong, via Cape d' Aguilar (VPS), Stonecutters (GZO ), and Hong Kong (ZBW) at the times, and on the wavelengths specified.

No.

G.M.T.

H. K. St. Time.

Nature of Transmission.

Station and wavelength.

1

0018

0818

2

0155-1200 0955-1000

3

0300

1100

6 a.m. Synoptic in International Code containing reports from all land and ship stations available at 8 a.m.

Time Signals at each second, the 28th, 29th, 54th to 59th being omitted for identifica- tion purposes.

Synoptic in International Code of 6 a.m. observations from land and ship stations. General inference and fore- cast as below.

VPS simultaneously

on 600 and 36 metres.

VPS

Do.

GZO simultaneously

on 2650 and 35.5 metres.

4

0400

1200 (noon)

General inference from 6 a.m.

VPS as for No. 1.

10

5

0500

1300

6

0830

1630

7

1200

2000

observations and forecast

for 5 districts:-

-

A. Shanghai to Turn-

about.

B. Turnabout to Hong

Kong.

C. Hong Kong and

neighbourhood.

Đ. Hong Kong to Hai-

nan Straits.

E. North part of China

Sea.

General inference from 6 am. observations and forecast for district C.

2 p.m. Synoptic in International Code containing reports from all land and ship stations available at 4 p.m.

2 p.m. Synoptic in International Code of 4 p.m. observations from land and ship stations. General inference and fore- cast as below.

ZBW 355 m. tele-

phony.

VPS as for No. 1.

GZO simultaneously

on 2650 and 35.5 metres.

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