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Rainfall of India, 1893 (j)p. 1,400). — Tliis is the third aunual report of the ludian 

 Government on rainfall observations. The system of observations in force in India 

 is described and monthly statements of rainfall pnblished by the various local gov- 

 ernments for the year 1893 are included, the data in the majority of cases extending 

 back 20 or 30 years. The averages thus obtaiued are utilized for the columns of 

 normal values and for the comparison of normals with actuals. — O. L. fassig. 



Jamaica rainfall for 1893, II. Jonstone (Government I'tth. Kingston: 1894, Oct., 

 pp. S). — The greatest rainfall for the year on the island was 177.34 in. at Fellowship 

 and the smallest, 34.29 in. at Kingston. Six stations had falls exceeJing 14.5 in. The 

 largest monthly fall was 43.60 in. in December at Blue Mountain (7,000 ft.); the 

 next largest at Hordby in October, 43.53 in. There were very remarkable falls at 

 Ktations very near each other; for example, in January Richmond and Highgate, 

 only 3 miles apart, had 1.08 and 10.63 in. respectively. In August Annotto Bay had 

 2.11 in., while Castleton Garden, 9 miles away, had 20.75 in. The rainfall for the 

 year showed an excess of from 10 to 20 in. in the various parts of the island above 

 the normal for 20 years. — H. A. hazen. 



■Windmills and meteorology, P. J. de Ridder {I'op. Sci. Monthly, 1895, Feb., pp. 

 522-524). 



Means of protecting economic plants from frost injury, C. F. Bkck ( Wie schiitzt 

 siclt (lev Landivirth am sichersten vor Frosisclidden. Leipz'uj: Carl Sclioltze, 1895). 



Instructions for obtaining and transcribing records from recording instru- 

 ments, C. F. Marvin {U. S. Dept. A(jr., Weather Bureau Circular A, Instrument 

 Boom, rev. ed., pp. 40). — Instructions to observers of the Weather Bureau relative 

 to the proper manner of compiling and transcribing meteorological data from 

 instruments recording wind velocity, direction, and movement, air pressure, air tem- 

 perature, sunshine, and rainfall. It contains a table giving local time of sunrise 

 and sunset and approximate hours of possible sunshine for north latitudes, from 25 

 to 49°, inclusive ; monthly amounts of possible sunshine for hours ending shortly after 

 sunrise and sunset for the same latitudes; also a table showing depth of precipita- 

 tion corresjionding to given weights, designed especially for the measurement of 

 snowfall. — o. L. fassig. 



Instructions to special river observers of the Weather Bureau ( U. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Weather Hurcau, pp. 49, fig. 7). — This is a new and revised edition of instruc- 

 tions issued by the Weather Bureau. The river gauges jnaiutained by the Weather 

 Bureau are mainly for the i)urpose of giving information of coming high waters in 

 the case of freshets to places along the river below them; but the gauges are also 

 useful for purposes of navigation. Various forms of river gauges are described and 

 figured, as also the rain and snow gauges used by the Weather Bureau. The cipher 

 code for telegraphing reports to the central office is included. — o. L. fassig. 



Meteorological summary for October, 1894 (Massachusetts State Sta. liul. 56, 

 p. 1). — Notes on the weather and a summary of observations on temperature, precipi- 

 tation, and prevailing wind. 



Meterological summaries for North Carolina for September and October, 

 1894 (North Carolina Sta. Weather Scrrice Bui. 60, pp. 1S7-150, charts t ; 61, pp. 153- 

 167, charts 2). — The usual daily and monthly summaries of observations by the 

 State weather service, cor)perating with the Weather Bureau of this Department. 



Meteorological observations at the City of Mexico and in Vera Cruz (Ann. 

 Ohscrv. Astron. Kar. Tacuhaya, 1S95, pp. 288-352). — A record of the ordinary elements 

 of the weather for each day from December, 1892, to November, 1893, made at the 

 City of Mexico and at Vera Cruz. 



