714 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD, 



is explained and the more important pieces of apparatus used in weather obser- 

 vation are described. 



The weather (Ann. Rpt. Bur. Indus. Ontario, 1905, pp. 7-9, 19-23). — Monthly 

 summaries of observations at the principal meteorological stations in Ontario 

 on temperature, precipitation (i-ain and snow), and sunshine for each year from 

 1896 to 1905 and for the period 1882 to 1905 are given. 



The climate of extreme southern Texas, J. L. Cline {Gulf Coast Line Mag., 2 

 (1901), 'No. 3, pp. 30--'t.1).—T)ixta from the records of the United States Weather 

 Bureau with reference to the temperature and moisture conditions in the Texas 

 coast country are summarized and discussed. 



General resume of climatological conditions and their effect on agricul- 

 ture in Cuba during 1906, L. G. Y Carbonneli. (Bol. Ofic. Sec. Agr. Cuba, 2 

 (1907), No. 1, pp. 30-Ji2, pis. 2). — Observations on temperature, rainfall, pres 

 sure, and sunshine at different meteorological stations in the island are sum- 

 marized and briefly discussed with reference *to general climatological and sea- 

 sonal conditions by the chief of the meteorological service. 



Climatological data for the year 1903 (Com. Geogr. e Geol. Sao Paulo Bol. 

 17, pp. 149, map 1, (Igms. 8). — This is a detailed report of operations and obser- 

 vations by the meteorological service of Sao Paulo, Brazil. 



Report on the meteorological observations made at the [Horticultural] 

 Society's garden at Wisley in 1905, R. H. Curtis (Jour. Roy. Hort. Soc. 

 [London^, 31 (1906), pp. 169-182, figs. 3). — Observations on temperature of the 

 air in shade and on grass and of the soil at depths of 1, 2, and 4 ft, rainfall, 

 sunshine, and wind movement, are summarized and the general characteristics 

 of the weather are discussed for each month of the year. 



Meteorological division, J. Lyle (Orange River Colony Dept. Agr., Ann. 

 Rpt., 2 (1905-6), pp. 337-351).- — The results of observations on pressure and 

 temperature at 8 stations in Orange River Colony and on rainfall as recorded 

 by 160 rain gages during the year ended .June 30, 1906, are summarized. 



Meteoi-ology of the year 1906, .J. Derome (Rev. Sci. [Paris], 5. ser., 7 

 (1907), No. 2, pp. 55, 56). — Observations on pressure, temperature, and precipi- 

 tation at Pare Saint-Maur during 1903 to 1906 are summarized, with similar 

 data for other places in France and other parts of Europe and Algeria. 



Besults of meteorological observations at Wiesbaden in 1905, E. Lampe 

 (Jahrb. Nassau. Ver. Naturk., 59 (1906), pp. 5-'/K — Tables give details of obser- 

 vations on pressure, temperature, precipitation, humidity, cloudiness, and wind 

 movement. 



On the climate of Rostock with reference to harmonic analysis, J. Loe- 

 WENTHAL (Beitr. Statis. Mccllenh., I4 (1906), No. J,, pp. 48, figs. 3, charts 3). — 

 Observations on temperature, pressure, precipitation, humidity, cloudiness, 

 wind movement, electrical phenomena, etc., during periods dating back to 18.53 

 are summarized and analyzed. 



The meteorological elements of the Island of Poel, based upon 25 years' 

 observations, B. Brendel (Beitr. Statis. Mecklenh., 15 (1906), No. 1, pp. 56, 

 charts 4). — The island aqd the instrumental equipment employed are described 

 and observations on pressure, temperature, precii)itation, humidity, cloudiness, 

 wind movement, etc., are sunnnarized in tables and charts. 



On the amount and origin of the ammonia in the products of the erup- 

 tion of Vesuvius in April, 1906, J. Stoklasa (Ber. Deut. Cheni. GeselL, 39 

 (1906), No. 13, pp. 3530-3537 ; ahs. in Chem. Abs., 1 (1907), No. 2, p. 160).— The 

 author reports the finding of ammonia and ammonium compounds in the gases 

 and in the ashes iwO lava ejected from the crater, ammonium chlorid in some 

 cases constituting 75 per cent of the water-soluble portion of the lavas and 33 



