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A. Height in miles to beginning of stratosphere. 



B. Temperature Fahrenheit at beginning of stratosphere. 



C. Greatest height, in miles, reached by balloon. 



D. Temperature Fahrenheit at greatest height. 



E. Direction balloon travelled at starting point. 



F. Distance, in miles, of point where balloon fell from starting point. 



G. Bearing of point where balloon fell from starting point. 



A continuous record of the potential of the air has been obtained 

 from the self-recording electronometer, and when possible daily ob- 

 servations of solar radiation have been obtained from the Angstrom 

 Pyrheliometer. 



Seismological Observations. 



The Milne seismographs at Toronto and Victoria, B.C., have 

 been kept in operation throughout the year and no change has been 

 made in the adjustments of the instruments, the booms being kept 

 at a period of 18 seconds. There has been a marked absence of any 

 very large movements. The total number of disturbances recorded 

 at Toronto was 105 and at Victoria 98, of which eighty-five per cent 

 were less than one millimetre in amplitude. On February 10th, at 

 lh 32m -5, was recorded a pronounced local earthquake, the swing 

 of the boom being 2-3 mm. This earthquake was felt throughout 

 Ontario, Quebec, New England and New York States, and as far 

 south as Washington, D.C. It was still more severely felt in the St. 

 Lawrence Valley. In Toronto, pictures on the walls swayed and tall 

 buildings perceptibly vibrated; no damage was done. 



A small observatory building has been erected on Gonzales 

 Hill, Victoria, B.C., which will afford better facilities for carrying 

 on both the forecast work of British Columbia, and also the seis- 

 mological research which under Mr. F. N. Denison's enthusiastic at- 

 tention has become one of the most important subjects of scientific 

 investigation in Victoria. Mr. Denison has been placed in charge 

 of the new observatory and the forecasting, while Mr. E. Baynes 

 Reed remains in charge of the climatological work which he has so 

 ably conducted in the past. 



A local Meteorological Office has been established in Vancouver 

 where persons requiring information regarding the weather may 

 apply. The daily time signals for the port will also be given from 

 this office, and ship captains may there have their chronometers rated. 



An observatory has also been erected in St. John, where the 

 accommodation contained in the former building had become inade- 

 quate for both Meteorological and Time Service requirements. 



