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and among the very numerous storms whose history is given 

 in detail by Dr. Neumayer are some whose connection with 

 American weather is specially noted by him. 



Among the journals which disseminate meteorological 

 items throughout the United States, we may mention the 

 Valley Naturalist of St. Louis, and the Kansas City Review, 

 which usually contain several meteorological summaries for 

 points west of the Mississippi. 



The seventh annual report of the Meteorological Service 

 of the Dominion of Canada for the calendar year ending the 

 31st of December, 1877, shows that the Canadian Service now 

 extends quite thoroughly over all the provinces of the Do- 

 minion, and that increased accuracy and usefulness continue 

 to be attained in their official prognostications of storms 

 and weather. There are 10 chief stations, where 8 or more 

 observations are taken daily ; 14 telegraphic reporting sta- 

 tions; 4 reserved telegraphic stations; 100 additional ordi- 

 nary stations ; 39 cautionary storm-signal stations ; and 05 

 probability stations, where agents officially receive by tele- 

 graph the daily probabilities. Five hundred and ten storm 

 warnings were issued during the year, 69 per cent, of which 

 were considered to be well verified. It is proposed to estab- 

 lish a cautionary storm-signal at Winnipeg, to give warning 

 of the approach of the terrible blizzards which cause so 

 much destruction to life and property in the winter. Of the 

 probabilities, 79 per cent, were fully verified, and 13 per cent, 

 additional partially verified. For the last month viz., De- 

 cember the reports of the agents at the different stations 

 show that 88 per cent, were fully verified. Forty-six sta- 

 tions were inspected during the year. A new book of in- 

 structions has been issued to the observers. A monthly 

 Weather Review was published throughout the year. The 

 Central Office of Toronto receives tri-daily reports from a 

 considerable number of stations, and also warnings of ap- 

 proaching storms from the Chief Signal-Office at Washing- 

 ton. "These form an important share of the data on which 

 the predictions of the weather are based." 



The annual reports of the Canadian Department of Ma- 

 rine and Fisheries contain innumerable miscellaneous notes 

 as to ice, storms, fog, and miscellaneous meteorological phe- 

 nomena from a portion of our continent w r hence otherwise we 



