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To show the status of the distributing work of the Bureau in recent 

 years, its gi-owth, and by some methods its curtailment, the accom- 

 panying table has been prepared. From this statement it will be 

 seen that the telephonic distribution has been materially increased, 

 notwithstanding the decrease of 190 in the number of stations re- 

 ceiving forecasts at government expense. The mail distribution has, 

 however, suffered a slight decrease. 



It is estimated that of the $2G0,000 appropriated for telephone 

 rentals, telegraphing, etc., for the year 1900-10 the Bureau expended 

 in distribution of daily forecasts and special warnings and for storm- 

 warning messages approximately $73,000, or about 28 per cent, of 

 which 25 per cent was used for the daily forecast service and 3 per 

 cent for special warnings of cold waves and frosts and for storm- 

 warning messages. 



STORM-AVARNING DISPLAY STATIONS. 



A storm-warning display station was established at Rockport, 

 Mass.. and arrangements were completed for the establishment of 

 two others, one at Grand Marais, Minn., and one at Singers Island, 

 Michigan. Three cooperative storm-warning display stations, viz, 

 Everett, Wash., Neah Bay. Wash., and Vermilion, Ohio, were changed 

 to a paid basis. One paid and nine cooperative stations were dis- 

 continued. Those discontinued were stations at which the informa- 

 tion could be as readily and conveniently obtained from near-by 

 sources. The station at Rockport, Mass., has supplied an important 

 need, and the proposed stations in the western Lake Superior region 

 will undoubtedly prove valuable additions to the system of storm- 

 warning di.splay stations. 



The storm-warning display stations received the usual careful 

 attention, 130 having been inspected during the year. 



A circular was issued to all storm-warning distributing centers on 

 the Atlantic and Gulf coasts at the close of the year, having for its 

 object a revival of interest in the plan of disseminating information 

 regarding hurricanes, with special reference to warning people living 

 in districts in which unusually high tides might cause loss of life and 

 property. 



