METEOROLOGY^ — WATER. G13 



(he State at large. Tlic in-cvailiiiLC direction of Ibe wind was soutli at the sta- 

 tion and southwest for the State. The most marked feature of this meteoroh)g- 

 ical record is the deficiency of rainfall at the station in V.)or>. namely, 21.!t;5 in. 

 as compared with 08.!) as the average for IS years. In contrast with this defi- 

 ciency at the station is an averaj^e rainfall durinj; 1905 of ;;9.02 in. for the State 

 as comjiared with an a\-erai,'(' of 'M.-Ti in. for 23 years. 



Peruvian meteorology, 1892 1895, S. I. Bailey (Aiiit. Afilroii. Ohscri: 

 Harvard Co/.. .}!) ( IHOH). pi. .^ pp. J.'>.'>-:>S(!. pis. J,, flgs 2; ahs. in Scleticc. n. .s-cr.. 

 2Jf {1906), So. i).i'i. II. IS.',). — Obsei'vations on temperature, pressure, precipita- 

 tion, wind movement, cloudiness, etc. at 9 stations varying in altitude from 80 

 10 19.200 ft. are siunmarizi'd. 



Meteorology, E. .7. \().V D.vdelszkn {Nciv Zeal. Off. Vvdrhook lUlliu pp. 200- 

 20G). — Monthly sunnnaries are given of observations on temperature, rainfall, 

 atmospheric pressure, and wind, throughout New Zealand at 12 stations during 

 the year 190.". 



Weather observation, A. Marti.n ( Queen. si and Ayr. Jour., 11 (1906), No. 

 a, pp. 22.i-22'>). — The importance of the farmer being a careful observer of 

 weather conditions is i)ointed out and some simi)le rules for i)redicting weather 

 are gi\cii. 



The meteorological service of the Republic of Mexico, M. E. Pastrana 

 (linl. See. Fomento | .1/r.//ro |, 6 (19(16). Xo. 2, /!'. pj). l.',-35). — The history of 

 tile development and organization of this service, showing not only its present 

 organization but its ju-oposed extension, is discussed in this article by the di- 

 i-ector of the service. 



Resume of researches in the higher meteorology, F. II. Bigeeow ( George 

 Wdshiiit/loii JJniv. Bui., 5 (1906), A'o. .), pp. 23-35). — The author briefly sum- 

 marizes the present status of investigations which he has been carrying on for 

 a number of years " to throw light upon the relations between the amount of 

 the variable energy enutted b,v the sun and the corresponding changes in the 

 <-irculation of the earlli's atmosphere," the general features of this research 

 being outlined under three ht>ads, namely. "(1) the solar-terrestrial electric and 

 magnetic fields, (2) the circulations of the atmospheres of the sun and of the 

 earth, respectivel.v. .-ind tlieir mutual n-lations, (3) the reconstruction of the 

 observational data." 



Storms and hail, E. DAGUiEiiON-ru.ioL (.Jour. Ayr. I'rat. Mt. ct Ecoii. 

 h'unile Midi Fnniee, 102 (1906), No. 6, pp. 227-239).— This is mainly a review 

 of past exiierience in hail protection by means of cannonading, from which the 

 conclusion is drawn th:it. if the organizations for hail protection will continue 

 their trials and science will persist in its researches, ver.v probably a time will 

 come when agriculturists may be protected against hail. 



Thunderstorms and the moon, ('. W. IIissink (Hemel en Damplrinf/. .) 

 (1906), No. ■'). pp. 7.s\ 19; ah.s. in Science, n. .sc;-., 2// (1906). No. 626, p. 866). — 

 This article reports a study of thund(>rstorm days in Holland for the period 

 1S83 to 1903, showing so complete an agreement for different ])hases of the moon 

 as to indicate a lunar influence on storms. 



The sanitation of air, K. Meier (Pop. Sei. Mo., 10 (1901), No. 1, pp. 19-32). — 

 This article discusses tiie bearing of exhausted and contaminated air on health; 

 the causes of imi)ure ;iir. including smoke, street dust, vitiation through heating, 

 cooling, and v(>ntilating .-ijiparatus, and various other causes in l)uil(lings. and 

 vitiation through animal life; and suggestions for relief, including improve- 

 ments in sanitation, ventilation, and constructon of buildings. 



It is .stated that the subject of the sanitation of air has been much neglected 

 and as a result eoiiditious still exist which might be greatly improved with com- 



