METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE, 



SOUTH KENSINGTON, 



LONDON, S.W. 



. February, 1918. 

 To Sir ARCHIBALD GEIKIE, K.C.B., 



President of the Eoyal Society. 

 Sir, 



I have now the honour to forward the corrected proof of the "Eemarks," introductory to the Daily 

 Synchronous Charts of the Southern Quarter of the Globe, which were prepared, under my direction, to 

 represent the results of the international co-operation in meteorological work for the National Antarctic 

 Expedition, 1901-1904. 



These form the last instalment in discharge of the obligation which was undertaken for the Office by 

 the Meteorological Council, in response to a request of the Eoyal Society, dated 30th September, 1904, 

 and which devolved upon me in 1905. It would serve no useful purpose now to enter into detailed 

 explanations of the length of time that has been found necessary to complete the work. Of the members 

 of the directing body, under whose guidance it was originally planned, all except myself have passed 

 away Sir WILLIAM WHARTON, Sir EICHARD STRACHEY, Dr. ALEXANDER BUCHAN, Sir GEORGE DARWIN 

 and by a coincidence as tragic as it is deplorable, the final touches of the work, designed by international 

 co-operation to elucidate the problems which the discoveries of the Antarctic explorers of 1901-1904 

 suggest, are delayed by the melancholy news of the loss of their leader, Captain EGBERT FALCON SCOTT, 

 and of his four companions on their return from his second and successful attempt to reach the 

 South Pole. 



I am, Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



W. N. SHAW, 



Director. 



