showed that during the twenty-three years of its existence 

 in the United Kingdom, the storm-warning system created 

 by Admiral FitzRoy, and carried on successively by the 

 Meteorological Committee and the Meteorological Council, 

 has certainly not lost its position in the estimation of the 

 British fishing population. 



DISCUSSION. 



Mr. MlLNE HOME congratulated the Executive Com- 

 mittee on having secured the services of so able an 

 exponent of this subject, for no one could have been 

 selected who was better acquainted, either scientifically or 

 practically, with storm warnings than Mr. Scott. He would 

 not attempt to follow him in his explanation of cyclones 

 and other storms, but would say a word as to the extreme 

 value of these warnings to his countrymen in Scotland, 

 especially the fishermen who inhabited the part of the 

 coast where he resided. In October, 1881, there was a 

 tremendous hurricane, which destroyed the whole fleet of 

 fishing vessels belonging.to Eyemouth, and the destruction 

 both of life and property was so great that the sympathies 

 of the whole country were aroused, and a fund of 

 ; 50,000 was raised to maintain the families which had 

 been left destitute. It was certainly to be regretted that 

 these forecasts of approaching storms were not more 

 generally known along the coast, but Mr. Scott had 

 explained the difficulty. About twenty years ago he was 

 the means of establishing a large barometer at Eyemouth, 

 and explaining the conclusions to be drawn from it ; the 

 fishermen of the town generally availed themselves of 

 it, but unfortunately at the time this great gale occurred 



