APPENDIX C LXV 
the Pacific Province the forecasts are issued from Victoria and a per 
cent of 84-7 was obtained. The forecast and storm signal service 
for Newfoundland begun in 1909 has been continued with satisfactory 
results. Storm signal display stations now number 110 and of 2,610 
warnings issued during the year 92% were verified. 
As indicated by the percentage of verification, the forecasts of the 
Canadian service are distinctly good and compare most favorably with 
forecasts issued in other countries. But a still more certain proof of 
their value is shown by the close attention paid to storm warnings by 
mariners and fishermen and by the fact that shippers of perishable goods 
consult the forecasts before shipping. Another clear indication that 
the forecasts are highly valued by those deeply interested in weather 
changes is found in the confidence with which the pilots of unseaworthy 
craft, such as dredges and barges at all times of the year, and of all 
vessels during the late autumn, allow themselves to be guided from 
port to port by the Meteorological Official. 
It is gratifying to be able to state that Meteorology is now a recog- 
nized subject for study in the School system of Ontario and the daily 
map published in the Central Meteorological Office is distributed to 
Colleges and Schools in Toronto and various other places. 
There have been no breaks in the Magnetic records at the Agin- 
court Observatory during the fiscal year ending March 31st, 1912. 
The zeros of the photographic recording instruments were determined 
by absolute observations, taken weekly for Declination and bi-monthly 
for horizontal force. Weekly observations were also made for the 
determination of the Inclination. A Toepfer Earth Inductor was added 
to the equipment of the Observatory in February 1912 and this is now 
being used as the standard for Inclination. Corrections to be applied 
to results from instruments formerly used are now being determined. 
The westerly declination has changed from 6° 7’-4 in March 1911 
to 6° 12’-6 in March 1912, an increase of 5’-2. The horizontal force 
has decreased from 0-16204 C.G.S. units to 0-16181, and the Inclina- 
tion has increased from 74° 39’-2 to 74° 39/.9. 
Magnetic disturbances have been of infrequent occurrence. In 
declination the greatest variation was recorded on the 8th and 9th 
of April, 1911, amounting to 1° 18’-4, the horizontal force at the same 
time passing beyond the range of the photographic instrument. The 
mean diurnal range of declination varied from a maximum of 13’-2 
in August 1911 to a minimum of 4’-3 in January 1912, whilst that of 
horizontal force varied from a maximum of 49y in August 1911 to a 
minimum of lly in January 1912. 
