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authorities also help this department similarly, 

 when requested. The data thus obtained are en- 

 tered on weather charts, and are used for reference 

 in the storm-warning work of the department, in 

 the preparation of accounts of the storms of the 

 year for publication in the India Weather Review 

 (Annual Summary), in the special studies of indi- 

 vidual storms — their causes of development, move- 

 ment, recurvature and dissipation — and for gen- 

 eral climatological study of the Indian Sea areas. 

 This work is being aided, slowly but steadily, by 

 lending meteorological instruments to ships and by 

 obtaining from the steamers meteorological logs 

 and the readings of the instrument lent. 



Other non-recurring duties: 



In addition to the duties mentioned above, the 

 department seeks generally to maintain contact 

 with mercantile shipping interests. It has ren- 

 dered all possible help in the marine meteorological 

 training of thecadetsof the I.M.M.T.S. Dufferin 

 by examining the meteorological essays written by 

 the cadets in meteorological subjects and by giving 

 a meteorological prize annually to the best candi- 

 date, by preparing for the cadets weather chart exer- 

 cises for Indian areas, and by occasional lectures on 

 board the training ship on meteorological subjects. 

 Meteorological data for Indian Sea areas are sup- 

 plied whenever required to the International 

 Meteorological Committee for their occasional In- 

 ternational publications on marine meteorology 

 and for preparing charts, et cetera, by them. 



Publications: 



From time to time the department has published 

 atlases and books useful to those interested in 

 marine meteorology, such as Eliot's "Handbook 

 of Cyclonic Storms in the Bay of Bengal" and 

 the "Cyclone Memoirs," pts. 1-5, and Dallas' 

 "Meteorological Atlas of the Indian Seas." Some 

 of the publications issued in recent years are : 



1. Atlas of Storm Tracks in the Bay of Bengal— C. W. B. 



Normand. 



2. Atlas of Storm Tracks in the Arabian Sea — C. W. B. 



Normand. 



3. A brochure on Winds, Weather, and Currents on the 



coasts of India and the Laws of Storms — S. Basa. 



Results of recent investigations on storms of the 

 Indian seas have appeared in the following scientific 

 articles: 



Structure and Movement of Cyclones in the Indian Seas. 

 S. C. Roy and A. K. Roy (Beitrage Zur Physik der 

 Freien Atmosphare pp. 224-234, Vol. XVI, 1930). 



Scientific Notes. Vol. Ill, No. 18. The structure of the 

 Madras Storm of January 1929. K. R. Ramanathan 

 and A. A. Narayana Aiyar. 



Scientific Notes. Vol. Ill, No. 22. The Structure 

 and Movement of a Storm in the Bay of Bengal during 

 the period 13th to 19th November 1928. K. R. 

 Ramanathan. 



Scientific Notes. Vol. Ill, No. 29. The Bengal Cyclone 

 of 1919. V. Doraiswamy Iyer. 



Scientific Notes. Vol. IV, No. 34. A study of Two 

 Premonsoon Storms in the Bay of Bengal and a Com- 

 parison of their structure with that of the Bay Storms 

 in the Winter Months. K. R. Ramanathan and H. C. 

 Banerji. 



Scientific Notes. Vol. IV, No. 39. A study of the 

 Structure of the Bay Storm of November 1926. Sob- 

 hag Mai and B. N. Desai. 



Recent Investigations and Movement of Tropical 

 Storms in Indian Seas — C. W. B. Normand. Gerlands 

 Beitrage zur Geophysik, vol. 34, 1931, pp. 223-243. 



West HUl Biological Station ('37) 



History or origin: Opened in 1921 for marine fisheries 

 research by the Madras Fisheries Department. 



Location: Calicut, Malabar Coast. 



Organization to which attached: Madras Fisheries De- 

 partment. 



Purpose: Fishery research and compilation of fishery 

 statistics. 



Scope of activities: Plankton investigation, sardine 

 and other fishery investigations, hydrographical 

 investigations. 



Equipment: 1 laboratory; 1 canoe. 



Staff: Scientific: Assistant Biologist, Dr. D. W. 

 Devanesan, M.A., Ph.D., D.I.C. 

 Technical: Research Assistant, Mr. V. John, B.A. 

 Maintenance and operation: 1 peon, 1 watchman, 

 2 boatmen, 1 laboratory attendant. 



Provision for visiting investigators: Three seats. 



Income: Nil. 



Provision for publication of results: In the publica- 

 tions of the Madras Fisheries Department. 



