New York Weather Bureau. 11 



Fifty-five thermometers and twenty rain-gauges, purchased 

 from the State appropriation, have been issued to new stations, 

 or to replace those rendered unserviceable by accidents. All 

 State property is issued to observers on the agreement that a full 

 account shall be rendered of any breakage or injury which may 

 occur. 



A tabulated summary of the observations at all stations is 

 published each month, together with a general review of weather 

 conditions and charts showing the average temperature and dis- 

 tribution of rainfall over the State. An edition of 800 copies of 

 the monthly review is published; and of the more complete 

 annual review, 1,000 copies. 



A weather-crop bulletin was issued on Tuesday of each week 

 during the farming season, or from April 25th to September 26th. 

 The list of correspondents contributing information to the bul- 

 letin includes ninety persons, representing forty important agri- 

 cultural counties; so that a full and adequate account of agricul- 

 tural interests, as affected by current weather, is presented 

 week by week. In addition to the reports of observers and an 

 editorial r<Ssume of general crop conditions, the bulletin also 

 gives a brief review of the effect of current weather upon staple 

 crops in other parts of the United States. 



The crop-bulletin, which as a rule is furnished only upon appli- 

 cation, is now mailed to over 700 addresses; and further, is given 

 a very general circulation through the newspapers of the State, 

 more than 100 of which publish it wholly or in part. 



Display/ Stations. — A thoroughly organized system under super- 

 vision of the central office now distributes the daily weather fore- 

 casts to 700 cities and villages located in all the important com- 

 mercial and agricultural regions of New York. The number of 



