INDUSTEIAL PROGRESS DURING THE YEAR 1876. xxix. 



has appeared with customary regularity. The tri-daily observations 

 are published in full for ten stations of the first class. Monthly and 

 annual means are given for over a hundred stations of the second 

 and third classes, followed by a general review of the temperature 

 and rainfall and by the average temperature of each pentade of 

 the year, according to Dove's system, for about a hundred and twen- 

 ty stations. The magnetic observations made at Vienna are also given 

 in full. The pha^nologic observations are a very prominent feature 

 in the Austrian and Belgian climatological reports, and are given in 

 full for thirty-three stations and for over one hundred jjlants in the 

 present volume. 



The results of observations on the fisheries made on the German 

 coast, and their connection with the physical peculiarities of the North 

 Sea and the Baltic, have been published at Kiel in monthly parts, 

 which give, first, physical observations made at ten stations on the 

 Baltic and seven on the North Sea coasts ; second, meteorological 

 observations made at Kiel, Lubeck,Westerland, and Helgoland; and, 

 third, fishery statistics for seven stations on the Baltic and one on 

 the North Sea. The physical observations include determinations 

 of the temperature of the water at the surface and at considerable 

 depths below ; the height of the water at morning, noon, and even- 

 ing ; its specific gravity at and below the surface, and the direction 

 and velocity of the current. The fisliery statistics give the total catch 

 of the five more important kinds of fishes, namely, herring, sprat, had- 

 dock, flounder, and salmon ; and also the details of the methods em- 

 ployed in fishing for each. 



The Annalen for 1874 of the Central Physical Observatory at St. 

 Petersburg was published in February, 187G, a degree of promptness 

 equaled only by the punctuality of the publications at Greenwich ; 

 but far more surprising when we consider that the 600 pages of the 

 present volume relate, not to work done at single stations, but at 

 ninety stations scattered over the Russian domains. Such a result 

 is certainly a high tribute to the excellence of the system and 

 energy which Professor Wild has infused into the great Russian 

 establishment. A very complete statement is given of the pecul- 

 iarities of each station, and the observations, which are published 

 in full, as in former years, are accompanied by a monthly and an- 

 nual resume arranged very nearly according to the form of publi- 

 cation recommended by the Vienna Congress, an accordance M'hich 

 will be more perfectly attained in the succeeding volumes. The 

 hope has been earnestly expressed on all sides that the French, 

 British, and American meteorological offices will ere long take 

 steps to insure a similar conformity in their climatological publica- 

 tions. 



One of the most valuable contributions to meteorological litera- 

 ture is the Mepertorium fur Meteorologie^ published by the St. Peters- 



