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it reached thousands before. Some opposition to the plan has natu- 

 rally been experienced in a few quarters where special purposes were 

 served by the somewhat more elaborate charts formerly issued, but 

 for purposes of study or for permanent file, the large Washington 

 map remains available to those Avilling to pay its subscription price. 

 I have no doubt that the change has resufted in vastly increasing 

 the benefits of the map to the public in general, while the saving 

 effected by discontinuing the printing at government expense will 

 permit the extension of the work of the Bureau along other lines of 

 usefulness. 



The publication of the daily weather bulletin has been continued 

 at all stations heretofore issuing this form of report, with materially 

 increased editions. 



EXAMINATION OF METEOROLOGICAL FORMS. 



The principal record kept at Weather Bureau stations and the 

 record kept by cooperative observers are examined, and the accuracy 

 of the data verified or corrected, by the examining force of the Dis- 

 tributing Division. These records were received, examined, and veri- 

 fied or corrected for 195 Weather Bureau stations and more than 

 3,600 cooperative stations. 



TELEGRAPH DIVISION. 



The telegraph and telephone lines operated by the Weather Bureau 

 have been kept in good order without any general repairs having been 

 made. 



The line from Port Crescent to Tatoosh Island, Washington, worked 

 better than ever before. The line from San Francisco to Point Reyes 

 is in poor condition, but as there is a commercial telephone line from 

 San Francisco to Inverness, which is but a short distance from our 

 station at Point Re^yes, it may be cheaper to make some arrangement 

 with the Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company 1:o pay 

 them regular tolls on each message sent between San Francisco, 

 Mount Tamalpais, and Point Reyes and do away with the govern- 

 ment wire altogether. This would save the rental of leased vrires 

 between San Francisco and Mill Valley, as well as the expense of 

 keeping the line in order. 



The lines and cables from Charlevoix to Beaver Ishind, Michigan, 

 and from Glen Haven to South and North Manitou islands, Michigan, 

 have been kept in good working order by the life-saving crews with- 

 out expense to the Weather Bureau, except for material. The cable 

 between Charlevoix and Beaver Island was broken by the United 

 States dredge General Gillespie on August 24, 1900, and was repaired 

 four davs later at small cost, the life-saving crew assisting:. 



The line from Alpena to Thunder Bay and Middle Island, Michi- 

 gan, has been kept in good working order, but the poles are now 

 seventeen years old and will shortly require cutting off and resetting, 

 and in some places new polos will have to be furnished. 



The submarine cable from Key West to Sand Key, Florida, has 

 worked satisfactorily the entire year without repairs. 



The line from Norfolk, Va., to Hatteras, N. C., has been kept in 

 good order during the entire year. The life-saving crews, every 5 



