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wind movement during 11)07. Tlie me;ni annual teniiierature was 42° F., and 

 the total lu-ecipitation 9.40 in. 



Meteorolog'ical observations in Brunswick, 1906-7, Dorr (Bcitr. Statist. 

 Braunschiveitj, 7.908, No. 23, pp. 3-20).— Tins report includes detailed summaries 

 of observations at 82 stations on precipitation (including snowfall), cloudiness, 

 temperature, frosts, and bail during 1906 and 1907. A summary of precipitation 

 at 10 stations during 2.5 years. 18S2-190(>. is also given. 



Weather and crop conditions in Bohemia during 1906-7, J. Belohav 

 (Mitt. Statis. Ldiidcsinnt. Bohmeiu H (1006-7). No. 1, pt. 1. pp. I-XXXVII. 

 fjgs^ 6).— This article discusses briefly the meteorological conditions controlling 

 the weather and the relation of climate to crops, and traces the influence of 

 weather conditions on crop growth in Bohemia during the period named. 



Climate [of Cuba], V. H. Olmsted and H. Gannett (Cuba: Population, 

 IJistoni and Resources 1907. Washington, D. C: U. 8. Bur. of the Census, 1909, 

 pp. .',5-0.',). — This is a general account of the climate of Cuba based upon obser- 

 vations made at 31 stations in different parts of the island during 1900 to 1907. 



It is pointed out that the climate of Cuba is tropical and insular with no 

 extremes of temperature. The yearly average is about 77° F. The warmest 

 month. July, has an average temperature of 82°, the coldest. January. 71°. The 

 extreme maximum w^as 113° in 1907, the extreme minimum was freezing point 

 in 1906. The rainfall is more variable, the lowest recorded during the period 

 named being 32.5 in. at Batabano. the greatest. 69.8 in., at Cayamas. The aver- 

 age annual rainfall at Havana was 40.6 in. The least rainfall occurs as a rule 

 on the coast, the greatest in the interior. There are distinct wet and dry 

 seasons, 72 per cent of the annual rainfall occurring from May to October. The 

 number of clear days varied from 68 in Guayabal to 274 at Cifuentes. 



Atmospheric humidity and the flow of spring's, Haedicke (Gsiidlits. Ingen., 

 32 (1909), No. 11, pp. 173-173, figs. 2). — The results of a series of observations 

 as here reported and platted in a diagram show that in the case observed the 

 flow^ of the springs was appreciably affected oulj after long periods of drought 

 or following very heavy rainfall. 



The rainfall and the springs of Limousin, P. Garrigou-Lagrange (Compt. 

 Rend. Acad. ,SV(. [Paris], 1J,S (1909). No. 1, pp. 60-62; abs. in Rev. Sci. [Paris], 

 47 (1909), I, No. 3, p. 91; Sci. Abs., Sect. A—Phgs., 12 (1909), No. 13.',, pp. 72, 

 73). — Continuing previous studies, the author reports a deficit of water in the 

 river Vienne at IJmoges in 1908 following a deficiency of rainfall in the drainage 

 area of the river in 1906, 1907, and 1908. He discusses the injury such deficits 

 may do to agricultural and industrial interests. 



Underground waters of southern Maine, with records of deep wells, F. G. 

 Clapp and W. 8. Bayley (U. S. Geo/. Survey, Water-Supply Paper No. 223, pp. 

 268, pis. 2.',, figs. .',). — "The area covered by this report is roughly tri- 

 angular and includes all of southern Maine, from the coast northward beyond 

 Calais, Oldtown, Skowhegan, -and Raugeley. Its northern boundary may be 

 said to follow very nearly the line of the forty-fifth parallel, but a few towns 

 situated a short distance north of the line have, for special reasons, been in- 

 cluded in the discussion. ... In order to meet the needs of all classes of 

 readers the report is so subdivided" as first to describe the general water re- 

 sources of the region, the dependence of quality and qviantity on character of 

 rocks, the location and type of wells, etc., and then to discuss in detail the 

 conditions in the various counties, for the benefit of persons needing local 

 information. The table of deep wells ... is appended for the benefit of per- 

 sons desiring to drill wells." 



Ground waters of the Indio region, California, with a sketch of the Colo- 

 rado Desert, W. C. Mendeniiall ( r. S. Cleol. Survey, Water-Supply Paper No. 



