LX THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



Arrangements were nearly completed to send an observer to 

 Fort Good Hope to take Magnetic and Meteorological Observations 

 and send up pilot balloons in co-operation with the Amunsden Expedi- 

 tion before the announcement of Amunsden 's expected arrival at 

 Nome was received. It has now been decided by the international 

 committee in charge to postpone this work for one year. 



It is expected that during the year at least seven pilot balloon 

 stations will be established across Canada to meet the requirements 

 of the Air Board and for investigating the upper atmosphere. 



The investigations on solar radiation and atmospheric electricity 

 will be resumed during the year and it is also hoped to commence work 

 on Earth and Ocean temperatures. 



Climatology and Agricultural meteorology 



The Monthly Record of Canadian Meteorological data has been 

 printed more promptly than ever before. The preliminary monthly 

 map giving a summary of the weather of the Dominion for each month 

 four days after it closes has been continued and improved; also the 

 79th Annual Report of the Toronto Observatory has been published. 



Special attention is being given to the weather of the Western 

 Provinces, where the dependabijity of average or better than average 

 weather is being worked out with the idea of mapping out the risks 

 of farming in each district, depending upon the weather alone. The 

 scarcity of observations of rainfall has been a serious drawback and it 

 is hoped that a greater number of rainfall stations may be opened in 

 the future. 



Statistical studies of the yield of wheat and oats have been con- 

 tinued and a comprehensive attempt to abstract from all publications 

 of other departments every reference to crops and the leather has 

 been begun, with the idea of determining to what extent other depart- 

 ments of the Government could co-operate with us in obtaining data 

 valuable for study in Agricultural Meteorology without much extra 

 effort or expense. 



A paper outlining the main features of a study of the relation of 

 the weather to the quality and yield of the sugar beet will be published 

 this year. 



Attention is devoted to the possibility of issuing special forecasts 

 of settled weather conditions about a week in advance during harvest 

 time, but so far we have not felt justified in issuing bulletins to the 

 farming community. 



