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In connection with the 124 stations quoted as completely equipped, 

 it should be remarked that in addition to the automatic registers and 

 apparatus constituting a complete equipment, 105 of the 124 stations 

 are provided with a special so-called instrument stand, on which the 

 automatic registers are installed to advantage, including an extra 

 anemometer, a whirling apparatus, maximum and minimum thermom- 

 eters, and a glass sunshine recorder, all arranged to exhibit these 

 devices to visitors, etc. In order to still further improve the equip- 

 ment and furnishing of stations, a series of 2(3 climatic and meteoro- 

 logic charts were prepared and printed and sets issued to stations about 

 two years ago. Some of these were bound, some framed separately 

 and hung up on the walls of the offices, but finally during the past 

 year a special set of swinging frames of ornamental pattern was 

 designed, and about 79 stations have thus far been supplied with them. 

 Stations with ample wall space have displaj'ed the charts in sepai'ate 

 frames. There are about 20 stations of this number at which 15 or 

 more of the charts are so displayed (in wall frames). We thus have 124 

 stations completely equipped with automatic instruments, and the 

 greater part of them provided in addition with special instrument 

 stands, framed climatic charts, and extra instruments arranged for 

 exhibit. It must be noticed that of those not equipped with instru- 

 ment stands, charts, etc., man}^ such as the West Indian stations, for 

 example, and some in the United States, do not really require or can 

 not use this part of the standard outfit. 



Referring again to the classified list above, it appears that if we 

 exclude classes (c), [d), and (e), the stations of which do not require 

 further equipment, and class (/), which pertains to the future, there 

 remain 124 stations of the Bureau now fully equipped and 24 stations 

 in j)rocess of equipment. 



On the whole, it may be stated that the latter are now about one- 

 half equipped ; that is to say, about twelve complete sets of apparatus 

 will be required to complete the equipment. It is confidently expected 

 that the entire equipment at all stations will thus be completed during 

 the current fiscal year. 



STORM-WAKNING EQUIPMENT. 



The work of extending the equipment of steel towers and high- 

 power lanterns of improved type at important storm-warning stations 

 has also constituted an important piece of work assigned to the 

 instrument division, which is directed by Professor Marvin, and this 

 was pushed energetically during the year, as far as funds would 

 permit. In all, 54 towers have been distributed to storm-warning 

 stations, of which number 4 were to regular stations for special pur- 

 poses. Of those issued, only 3 have not yet been erected, owing to 

 unavoidable delays in procuring satisfactory sites and the exorbitant 

 nature of bids for erection. 



The funds available for this work during the past year were too 

 limited to permit of the purchase of the high-power lanterns and cer- 

 tain other accessories required with the towers, hence none was pro- 

 vided. Moreover, the first six months of the past year have been 

 mostly consumed, of necessity, in the manufacture, shipment, and 

 installation of the towers, hence the plan was adopted of spending the 

 sum available mostly for towers and their installation, leaving the 

 matter of lanterns and accessories to be supplied this year. Provision 



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