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live-(U'gree squares near the storm tracks delineated un the international (;harts. The direction of 

 the winds, computed from these numbers, is shown in the last column of the table: 



Table XIII. — Wind observations from Maury's charts. 



46. I have also determined the average direction of the wind for the same part of the Atlantic 

 Ocean for the months of January, April, July, and October, according to the charts of the U. S. 

 Hydrographic Oflice. Table XIV shows the percentage of the wind directions for five-degree 

 squares, from sixteen points of the coinpas.s, as given by the charts. The last column shows the 

 average directions computed from the sum of the numbers for the four given months : 



Table XIV. — Wmd observaiions from the charts of the U. iH. Hydrographic Offlce. 



