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more and more understood and rightly interpreted by the boat and seafaring people as the time went on, as is always the case, the Cominittee believe, when a system of signalling is introduced. They likewise convey to masters of ships intimations of the state of the weather at a distance on the voyages on which they are about to sail, information which the present storm-warnings do not supply."

6. The China Coast Meteorological Register was printed daily at the Observatory, and inform- ation regarding storms was telegraphed to and exhibited on notice-boards in Hongkong and other ports in China and neighbouring countries as often and as fully as such information could be justified by the weather telegrams received. This happened on 69 days in 1897.

7. Telegraphic connection with Victoria was interrupted on the 16th April, 1897, from 10 a. to noon; from the 8th May at 8.12 a. to 9th May at 8.12 a.; on the 18th May from 11.45 a. to 2.26 p., from the 21st at 5.50 p. to 23rd May at 6.48 a.; on the 23rd May from 10.15 a. to 1.34 p.; on the 24th May from 1.10 a. to 9.8 a.; on the 27th May from 4.13 p. to 5 p. ; from the 30th May at 11.55 a. to 31st May at 1.34 a.; on the 5th from 4 p. to 6.45 p.; on the 17th June, from 1.10 a. to 6.20 a. and from 7.26 a. to 10.30 a. ; on the 15th July from 2.58 p., to 7.54 p.; on the 28th August from 9.50 a. to 10.43 a.; on the 8th November from 11.25 a. to 0.20 p. Interruptions occurred therefore on 16 days, and, of course, during thunderstorms.-Telephone connection with the Peak was inter- rupted on the 15th January from 6 a. to 11 a.; from the 8th April at 8 a. to 10th April at 6 a.; from the 1st August at 11 a. to 2nd August at 10 a.; from the 17th September at 5 p. to 18th September at 6 a.; from the 6th October at 6 a. to 20th October at 1 p.; from the 13th November at 6 p. 15th November at 6 a., ie., on 26 days as well as during thunderstorms.

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8. During 1897 in addition to meteorological registers kept at 40 stations on shore, 2,635 ship- logs have been copied on board or forwarded by the captains. The total number of vessels, whose log books have been made use of, was 283. The total number of days' observations (counting separately those made ou board different ships on the same day) was 20,899.

9. The following is a list of ships from which logs have been obtained in 1897. The majority are steamships, and the others are distinguished as follows: bk., barque; sh., ship; bqt., barquentine :--- *Activ, *Aden, *Agenor (sh,), *Aglaia, *Airlie, *Amara, *Ancona, *Antenor, *Argyll, *Ariake Maru, *Arratoon Apcar, *Ask, *Astral, *Atagosan Maru, *Australian, *Bayern, *Belgic, *Bellona *Benalder, *Benlarig, *Benledi, *Bisagno, *Bormida, *Borneo, *Braemar, *Brindisi, *Calédonien, *Canton, *Canton, (P. & O.), *Carmarthenshire, *Catherine Apcar, *Centurion (H.M.S.), *Ceres, *Ceylon, *Changsha, *Chelydra, *Chênnan (C. C. H.), *Chihli, *China, *Ching Ping, *Chingtu, *Ching Wo, *Chi Yuen, *Chowfa, *Chowtai, *Choysang, *Chun Sang, *Chunshan, *Chusan, *City of Rio de Janeiro, *Clara, *Congo, *Cosmopolit, Daphne (H.M.S.), *Dardanus, *Decima, *Deike Rickmers, *Deucalion, *Deuteros, *Devawongse, *Diomed, *Donar, *Dordogne, *Doric, *Doyo Maru, Ekaterinoslav (R.V.F.), *Else, *Empress of China, *Empress of India, *Empress of Japan, *Energia, *Ernest Simons, *Esmeralda, *Falkenburg, *Federation, *Formosa, *Formosa (P. & 0.), *Framnes, *Frejr, *Frigga, *Fushun, *Gaelic, *Ganges, *Gerda, *Gisela, *Glenartney, *Glenavon, *Glenfalloch, *Glenturret, *Grafton (H.M.S.), *Guthrie, *Hailan, *Hailoong, *Haimun, *Haiphong, *Haitan, *Hangchow, *Hansa, *Hector, *Hertha, *Hikosan Maru, *Hinsang, *Hiogo Maru, Hiroshima Maru, Hohenzollern, *Hoihow, *Hongkong, *Hongleong, *Humber (H.M.S.), *Hupeh, *Hydaspes, *Idzumi: Maru, *Independent, *Ingraban, *Irene, *Irene (H.G.M.S.), *Jacob Christensen, *Jacob Diederichsen, *Japan, *Java, *Kachidate Maru, *Kagoshima Maru, *Kaisar-I-Hind, *Kaiserinn Augusta (H.G.M.S)., *Kalgan, *Kamakura Maru, *Kanagawa Maru, *Kashing, *Keong Wai, *Kiangnan, *Kinai Maru, *Kintuck, *Kiushiu Maru, *Kongbeng, *Kostroma (R.V.F.), *Kriemhild, *Krim, *Kutsang, *Kwanglee, *Kyoto Maru, *Laurel Branch, *Letimbro, *Likin (I.M.C.C.), *Loongmoon, *Loosok, *Loyal, *L. Shepp (sh.), *Lyeemoon, *Macduff, *Machew, *Malacca, *Maria Valeria, Marquis Bacquehem, *Mathilde, *Mazagon, *Medusa, *Mecfoo, Melbourne, Melpomene, *Memnon, *Menmuir, *Merionethshire, Mirzapore, *Mogul, *Mongkut, *Monmouthshire, *Morven, *Mount Lebanon, *Moyune, *Myrmidon, *Namoa, *Namyong, *Nanchang, *Nanshan, *Nanyang, *Nestor, *Ningchow, *Niobe, *Oanfa, *Ocampo, *Océanien, *Olympia, *Omba, *Omi Maru, *Onsang, *Oolong, *Copack, *Orestes, *Oscarshal, *Oslo, *Pakhoi, *Pakling, *Panther, (H.A.M.S.), *Pathan, *Patroclus, *Pectan, *Peiyang, *Peru, *Petrarch, *Phra Chom Klao, *Phra Chula Chom Klao, *Phra Nang, *Phoenix (H.M.S.), *Picciola, *Pingsuey, *Poating, *Pongola, *Port Adelaide, *Poseidon, *Preussen, *Priam, *Prinz Heinrich, *Progress, *Pronto, *Queen Elizabeth (sh.), *Rainbow (H.M.S), *Ravenna, *Rohilla, *Rosetta, *Subine *Rickmers, *Sachsen, *Sakura Maru, *Salazie, *Sarpedon, *Sendai Maru,

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