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ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



NEW PUBLICATIONS. 



Tlio following is a list of the principal nonperiodical publications 

 issued during the year: 



Dailv River Stages at River Gage Stations on the Principal Rivers of the United 

 States/for the Year 1915. Vol. XIII. 176 pages. 



Weather Code, for the Transmission of Meteorological Observations. Revised 

 edition, 1916. 100 pages. 



Weather Forecasting in the United States. 370 pages, illus., charts. 



Aerology No. 1. 67 pages, illus. Supplement No. 3, Monthly Weather Review. 



Instructions for the Management and Care of Storm Waiiiing Stations. 26 pages. 



Weather Forecasting, with Introductory Note on Atmo.spherics. Bulletin No. 42, 

 second edition. 37 pages. 



Annual Report of the Chief of the Weather Bureau, 1915-1916. 282 pages, charts. 



Description of Cloud Forms. Revised edition. 1 sheet, illus. 



Types of Anticyclones of the United States and Their Average Movements. 25 

 pages, illus., charts. Supplement No. 4, Monthly Weather Review. 



Aerology No. 2. 59 pages, illus. Supplement No. 5, Monthly Weather Review. 



Weather Code for West Indian and Caribbean Sea Observers. 32 pages. 



Relative Humidities and Vapor Pressures over the United States, including a 

 Discussion of Data from Recording Hair Hygrometers. 61 pages, illus., charts. 

 Supplement No. 6, Monthly Weather Review. 



The Daily Weather Map, with explanation. 8 pages, 4 charts. 



SALES OF DEPARTMENT PUBLICATIONS. 



There is a steadily increasing willingness on the part of the public 

 to purchase publications of the Superintendent of Do(uiments, Gov- 

 ernment Printing Office, at the price affixed by him under the law. 

 According to this official the sales of publications of this department 

 for the year aggregated 364,100 copies, for which he received 

 $26,24 1 .69. The sales of department bulletins for the last eight years 

 and the amounts received are shown in the following table: 



Department puhlications sold by the Superintendent of Documents. 



The publications sent out by the Superintendent of Documents 

 on paid subscription lists were as follows: 



Copies. 



Joirrnal of Agricultural Research 14, 343 



Experiment Station Record 8, 428 



Bureau of Animal Industry Service and Regulatory Announcements 350 



Monthly Weather Review 1, 363 



Weekly News Letter 3, 667 



Total 28, 15i 



