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instructions issued under the authority of the Board of Education in Upper 

 Canada. 



II. Regular observers of the second class, who record either the daily extremes 

 of temperature, the depth of rain and snow, the state of the wind and weather, 

 or any combination of these three. 



III. Occasional correspondents. 



Now with reference to observers of the first and second class, it is to be 

 remarked, that in order to turn to account observations of temperature so as to 

 deduce the monthly mean values of that element, it is requisite that tables be 

 formed, derived from the hourly observations at some central station. Such 

 tables have been calculated for Toronto/ and these it is probable will be applicable 

 to the greater part of Upper Canada, but as regards the reduction of observations 

 in Lower Canada, it will be necessary that hourly observations be taken for two 

 or three years at some eastern station, such for instance as Quebec. 



In the furtherance of the objects above indicated, the action that the Institute 

 may take is two-fold. 1st. By procuring the services of observers, and by placing 

 them in communication with the Toronto Observatory. 2nd. By procuring for 

 such observers the requisite instruments and register books. 



The procuring observers may be promoted by addressing memorials to the 

 Governments of Canada and other Provinces of British .,North America ; to 

 Departments under Government (especially to the Department of Education in 

 Lower Canada) ; and to other public bodies. The memorials referred to should 

 be made on the requisition of the Director of the Observatory to the Council of 

 the Institute. Observers, it is thought, might also be obtained by advertisement, 

 and through the irifluence of individual members of the Institute. 



"With the view of securing the employment of suitable instruments and uniform 

 registration, the Committee recommend that the Institute be prejDared to procure 

 such at a stated price, payable in advance, for any person willing to take part in 

 these observations, and that advertisements be published to that effect. 



Through the kindness of the Chief Superintendent of Education of Upper 

 Canada, very excellent instruments may be obtained from the Education Office, 

 as well as the register books and instructions for first class observers. For 

 observers of the second class much simpler forms may be used, of which a supply 

 should be kept for distribution by the Institute. 



The Committee think it needless to add any further remarks, as any action of 

 the Institute not already and expressly named, will be made with the concurrence 

 of the Director of the Observatory, in conformity with the recommendations 

 already given. 



The above Report having been referred, by the Council of the Canadian 

 Institute, to Professor Kingston, the Director of the Toronto Observatory, the 

 following proposals were submitted by him for their consideration, and are now 

 printed by order of the Council, with a view to their being effectively carried out. 



