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APPENDICES

Appendix X-Contd

(Chapter 15: Communications)

Telegraph and Radio Traffic

1960 (Revised figures)

1961

Telegrams accepted for transmission .

Telegrams delivered

Telegrams handled in transit

:

971,901

1,020,499

•

1,127,920

1,206,414

750,305*

741,549

Telex calls-Outward minutes

82,506

136,146

Telex calls-Inward minutes

95,982

162,212

Telex calls-Relayed minutes

19,437

21,066

Overseas Radiotelephone calls-Outward minutes

407,558

440,050

Overseas Radiotelephone calls-Inward minutes

572,403

589,481

Radio Pictures-Transmitted

Radio Pictures-Received

Harbourphone calls

Press Broadcasts-Number of hours

Meteorological Broadcasts-Number of hours Inland Telegrams

53

204

39

493

:

66,303

56,719

25,416

25,864

49,310

58,898

3,859

4,881

* Calculated on new basis.

Comparisons of Wind Speeds during the Major Post-war Storms and the Typhoons of 1936 and 1937

Mean Hourly Wind Speed in Knots

(Average wind speeds are listed for the three hours before the hour of maximum wind and for the following four hours)

Maximum

1936

17th August

Maximum Gust

37 46 54

62

56 52 29

24

115

1937

2nd September

20

30 58

59

58 43 34

29

130

'GLORIA' 1957

22nd September

44 49 51

59

56 46 37

36

101

'MARY' 1960

9th June

42 44 44

50

44

36 37 45

103

'ALICE' 1961

19th May

34

38

42

43

12

14 39

42

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