IV. PHKNOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, CANADA, 1896. COMPILED 

 BY A. H. MAcK AY, LL, D., Halifax. 



(Read 10th May, 1897.) 



I present here, in tables A and B, the observations made at 

 twenty-two stations throughout Canada. The Province of Nova 

 Scotia, has by far the : largest representation as usual ; but that 

 is not remarkable, as the observations were commenced in 1892 

 at Nova Scotia stations alone. In 1893 four New Brunswick 

 stations were added. In 1894 the stations were extended to 

 Winnipeg, and in 1895 to Vancouver. 



In addition to the Dominion tables referred to, I give as a 

 sample of problems which may be solved by an annual series of 

 such tables, one showing the average date for five years of the 

 first appearance of twenty objects in the Province of Nova 

 Scotia. When these tables become fuller, as they promise to do 

 in the future, averages for each station during a term of years 

 would give interesting normals for each station for the com- 

 parison of the variations of climate from year to year. The 

 comparison of the normals of each station throughout a province 

 would be even more interesting. The publication of these tables 

 will put all such data at the disposal of those wishing to utilize 

 them for general or local purposes at present or in the future. 



I expect this summer to have such reports from very many 

 stations in Nova Scotia, as a great many of the public schools 

 are making observations on a list of 100 objects in their 

 respective stations in every quarter of the Province. 



STATIONS AND NAMES OF THE OBSERVERS, 1896. 



Nova Scotia. 



Yarmouth, Yarmouth Co. Miss Antoinette Forbes, B. A. 

 Berwick, Kings Co. Miss Ida Parker. 

 Maitland, Hants Co. Miss Bertha B. Hebb, B. A. 



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