DEPARTMENT OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM. 169 



FUTURE OCEAN MAGNETIC WORK. 



In the expectation that the new vessel will be available about the middle of 

 1909, the present plans contemplate as the first regions of work the North 

 Atlantic Ocean and Hudson Bay. Certain land work, as elsewhere related, 

 was undertaken this summer with these ends in view. 



MAGNETIC SURVEY OF LAND AREAS. 



The magnetic survey of the more or less unexplored areas has been as vig- 

 orously continued as the means and available observing force permitted. 

 Special acknowledgment is due to the substantial and effective aid rendered 

 by various governments and cooperating institutions. Manuscript results of 

 observations recently made in Mexico, Canada, and the outlying islands of 

 New Zealand were received from the respective directors in charge (Senor 

 Felipe Valle, Mexico; Dr. King, Ottawa; Professor Stupart, Toronto, and 

 Messrs. Farr and Skey, New Zealand). 



Through the appointment by the Executive Committee of Dr. J. C. Beattie 

 (Director, Department of Physics, South African College, Cape Town) as 

 Research Associate of the Department for 1908-9, magnetic work in certain 

 unexplored regions of Africa is assured for the coming year. Up to the end 

 of the present year his time will be consumed in preparation and instrumental 

 tests. He expects to set out in November, and will be assisted by Professor 

 J. T. Morrison, of Victoria College, Stellenbosch, Cape Colony. 



British North America. — Magnetic Observer J. P. Ault was engaged for 

 the summer and assigned to work in Canada, leaving Washington July 5 

 with Mr. C. C. Stewart as a member of his party. After observing at Win- 

 nipeg, the party outfitted at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, for a trip by canoe 

 as far as the sixtieth parallel, if possible, via Cumberland House, Reindeer 

 Lake, Lac Du Brochet, and Sandy Lake. Up to September complete mag- 

 netic observations had been secured at the following points: Cumberland 

 House, Sturgeon's Tent, Scoop'em Rapids, Pelican Narrows, Frog Portage, 

 Two Rivers, Deer's Lake, Spruce Rock, Antoine's Bay, Lac Du Brochet, Jack 

 Fish Lake, Husky Post, Husky Portage, Canoe Limit, The Pas (Lefroy's 

 station of 1843). In the course of this trip, embracing 68 days, 1,600 miles 

 were covered by canoe and 71 portages, varying from 100 yards to 2 miles, 

 were made, a feat entailing no little endurance, perseverance, and hardship ; 

 the desired parallel of 60° was reached. Various experiences encountered 

 showed the pluck and resources of the party. Hudson Bay Junction was 

 reached from The Pas by handcar on September 6 and observations were 

 made there. From here the party returned to Prince Albert, from which 

 point the work was continued by Mr. Stewart, 7 stations having been occu- 

 pied in the province of Saskatchewan, 4 in Manitoba, 4 in Alberta, and i in 



