LXXXII THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



During the year the sun was observed on 129 days and drawings 

 of spots and faculae were made on 127 days. 



Full details of these observations are preserved in the records 

 of the observatory, and are available for future investigations in 

 connection with the probable relationship between solar and meteoro- 

 logical Phenomena. 



Phenological Observations, 1916 



Mr. F. F. I^ayne of the Central Office of the Meteorological 

 Service makes the following report on the Phenological Observations 

 of 1916:— 



"The number of phenological reports received from observers 

 was 39 this being five more than in 1915. Some of these reports 

 are excellent, showing a keen interest in the work, while others 

 contain only a very few observations. The Inspector of Schools 

 for Saskatchewan has endeavoured to make these observations part 

 of the nature study of the schools, and has kindly supplied a few re- 

 ports received from teachers, but the interest shown in the work is 

 not very encouraging. Apparently it is necessary to make the work 

 obligatory as shown by the excellent reports collected in Nova 

 Scotia. 



"In Northern British Columbia vegetation was slow and the 

 flowering of most plants was somewhat late. In southern districts 

 in this province these conditions were reversed. In Alberta, Sas- 

 katchewan, and Manitoba, the early spring vegetation did nor differ 

 much from the normal, but late in May and early in June it was 

 somewhat retarded. In Ontario vegetation in April and the early 

 part of May was normal after which the flowering of plants was 

 later than usual. In Quebec and the Maritime Provinces vegetation 

 was slow and the flowering of plants was late. 



"The summary for Nova Scotia given in a separate table was 

 kindly supplied by Dr. A. H. Mackay, Superintendent of Education 

 for that Province and his assistants, this summary being compiled 

 from several hundred schedules received from teachers throughout 

 the province. Great care is evidently taken in preparing these 

 tables and it is to be regretted that similar work has not been carried 

 out by departments of education in other provinces. 



"The Province of Nova Scotia is divided into its main climatic 

 slopes or regions which are not in some cases co-terminous with the 

 boundaries of the counties. Slopes, especially those to the coast, are 

 subdivided into (a) coast belts, (b) low inland belts, and (c) high 

 inland belts. Where these letters appear in the tables they refer 

 to these slopes or regions. Dates for slopes IX and X were com- 



