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Report of the Chief of the Weather Bureau for 1898, W. L. MOOREI U. S. Dept. 

 Ayr., Weather Bureau Doc. 181, pp. SO). — This is a summary account of the opera- 

 tions of the Weather Bureau during the fiscal year ending- June 30, 1898, with an 

 appendix by E. 15. Garriott on the storms, cold waves, and floods of the year. 



Monthly bulletins of the River and Flood Service, E. 13. Garriott ( V. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Weather Bureau Doe. 173, pp. 13, chart 1; 175, pp. 15, chart 1; 177, pp. 15, 

 chart 1). — These bulletins yive the usual summaries of observations on river stages 

 and the condition of navigation during the mouths of July, August, and September. 



The probable state of the sky along the path of total eclipse of the sun, May 

 28, 1900, F. H. BlGELOW ( ('. S. Dept Ayr., Weather Bureau Doc. 179, pp. G, chart 1).— 

 This is a second report 1 from observations made' in 1898, reprinted from Monthly 

 Weather Review, 26 ( 189 i ), \o. :>, p. 404. 



Phenological investigations in Schleswig-Holstein in 1897, P. Knuth (Schr. 

 Xatunc. Ver. Schleswig-Holstein, 11 (1898), No. ..'. pp. $52-259). 



The influence of land and sea winds on the nitrogen content of rain, L. 

 Anderland (Landw. Vers. Slat.,.',') (1898), No. 1-2, pp. 150, 16o) .^-T\\in is a brief 

 review of a report of observations made at Tuy in Galicia (Spain),- showing that 

 rams brought by winds from the ocean contain less ammonia than those coming from 

 the direction of the hfnd. The author urges stations favorably located for such 

 work to make further observations on this point and also on the influence of manu- 

 facturing industries upon the nitrogen content of rain. 



Climatology in Belgium, P. De CoURRNElXiSS (lour. Hyg., 23 (1898), No. 1153, 

 pp. 505-508). 



The cyclone at Swabia, July 14, 1894, F. Horn (Forstl. Naturw. Ztschr., 7 (1898), 

 Xo. 12, pp. 429-438, figs, 4). — A discussion of the causes and characteristics of this 

 storm. 



Cultural conditions of Tunis, Dybowski ( Compt. Bend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 128 (1S99), 

 Xo. J. pp. 133-135; Bev. Sci. IParis], 4. set:, 11 (1899), No. 3, p. 85).— A discussion of the 

 climatic conditions in this country, confined largely to the amount and distribution 

 of rainfall. 



Aneroid barometers, ('. F. Marvin ( U. S. Dept. Ayr.. Weather Bureau, Doe. ISO, 

 pp.6). — The unreliability of aneroid barometers and the results of experiments on 

 such barometers by C. Chree at Kew ; observatory are briefly discussed. 1 



WATER- SOILS. 



Analysis of Malmesbury soils, 0. F. Juitrrz (Agr. Jour. Cape of 

 Good Hope, 13 (1898), Xo. 13, pp. 818-822).— In the Malmesbury dis- 

 trict and in other portions of South Africa, there are soil areas which, 

 contain numerous slight elevations, from 1 to f ft. in height and -0 or 

 more yards in diameter. The soil on these hillocks is alleged to be 

 extremely rich, and cereals of all kinds are said to grow on them with 

 luxuriance, while on the lower ground between the elevations the soil 

 is poor and produces scanty crops. Analyses of samples of soil from 



"For first report see U. S. Dept. Agr., Weather Bureau Doe. 142; Monthly Weather 

 Review, 25 (1897), No. 9, p. 394. 



2 Report from Observatorio meteotoldgico del colegio de hi compania de Jesus en 

 Guardia. Tuy, 1894, pp. 62. 



3 Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. [London], ser. A, 195 (1895). 



4 See also U. S. Dept. Agr., Weather Bureau, Monthly Weather Review, 2(5 ^898), 

 No. 9, p. 410. 



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