pies of New- York and Pennsylvania may be imitated by other States ; but even if they should 

 not, the labor expended here would not be lost. We have, first, the observations of the Gteneral 

 Government at about sixty posts, stretching along the entire Atlantic coast, the Gulf of Mexico, 

 the Indian Territory beyond the Mississippi, and the chain of the Northern Lakes. Next come 

 the observations of the large States, New- York and Pennsylvania ; and then we have amateur 

 observers, pretty numerous in New-England, scattered more sparingly over the South and West. 

 We wish to see the whole United States covered with observers at distances from each other not 

 exceeding fifty miles. Nor do we despair of such a result. The science is rapidly advancing, and 

 every new discovery adds fresh stimulus to old observers, and encourages others to enter the field. 

 If the Board of Regents would re-organize the system of obsei-vations in this State upon a scale 

 corresponding to the present demands of science, we believe they would be sustained by an enlight- 

 ened public sentiment. If the expense of the instruments should be deemed a serious objection, 

 we would suggest that complete observations at half the present stations would be far more valuable 

 than those we are now receiving. It is desirable that the stations be distributed over the State at 

 equal distances geographically, rather than with reference to population. If the Board of Regents 

 should think favorably of the object of this Memorial, we should be glad to make some fiu'ther 

 suggestions with regard to the details of the system. 



A Second Memorial of the Committee on Meteorology. 



The Board of Regents having invited a more detailed statement of the contemplated system 

 of observations, the following paper was subsequently presented to the Board. 



If it shall be decided to revise the present system of Meteorological Obsei-vations in this State, 

 the following are some of the points which Avill call for consideration. 



I. The number and position of the stations of observation. 



II. The instruments employed. 



III. The kind of observations. 



IV. The hours of observations. 



V. Specific instructions to observers. 



/. The number and position of the Stations. 



The first principle which it is desirable to carry out, as far as can be done consistently with 

 other considerations, is to locate the stations at equal distances from each other. Two registers from 



