THE INTERNATIONAL CODE OP

627

are under or over the 100, thus Long. 176° 40' W. may appear as hoists
(i) or (ii).
(i.) (u.)

P ~~"
3

A five-flag
hoist

7
6
4
0
W

Nor need the letters N or S (North or South) in latitude signals, or
the letters E or W (East or West) in longitude signals be hoisted unless
to avoid confusion should the latitude be near the equator, or the
longitude close to the Greenwich or to the 180th meridians.

TIME SIGNALS.

The letter T refers to time and is the top letter of the numeral
hoist when signalling hours and minutes. Time is expressed in four-
figure notation, the first two figures of the group indicate the hours, the
second two figures indicate the minutes, thus:

T
I

8 .

3

5

Means time 18h 35m

Greenwich mean time for chronometer comp'arison may be signalled
in the same way, the first two numerals indicating the hour and the