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Transatlantic telegraph have flashed from this coast or from New- 

 foundland to Ireland the presence of the storm on this side, and its 

 probable oceanic path, — Valentia might have warned Brest and lower 

 stations, and the officer in command of a trial squadron, *' looking 

 for a gale of wind," would scarcely have failed to communicate 

 daily with the French or Spanish coast for signals, and to take ad- 

 ditional precautions if aware of the approach of a cyclone. 



I must not conclude without alluding to the probability of the 

 General Government giving encouragement to the system of mete- 

 orological observations which the Director of Toronto Observatory, 

 Mr. Kingston, and myself, have been for some time urging upon 

 them and the Canadian public. 



Art. X. — On the Meteorology of Caledonia Mines, Lit- 

 tle Glace Bay, Cape Breton. By H. Poole, Esq., 

 M. E., Superintendent of Mines. 



{Read May 8, 187L; 



The accompanying record of the weather, observed in 1870, is 

 in continuation of the meteorological registers forwarded for the 

 previous years back to 1867 inclusive. 



The Barometrical readings are a little lower than in former 

 years. The highest reading being 30.560 on 1st January, and the 

 lowest 28.460 on the 1st February, being an extreme range of two 

 inches. 



The mean temperature v/as 41.75, or 1.70 degree warmer than 

 the mean of the previous three years. The mean at night being 

 1.78 warmer, and at day 1.50 warmer than the mean of previous 

 years. The coldest night was only 2.5 below zero on 13th March, 

 and the hottest day was 89.5 on 24th July. Only three nights 

 marked below zero, though previous years had marked six, fifteen 

 and seven. The nights of frost v/ere one hundred and eighty three, 

 being the average of former years, but the degrees of frost were 

 only 1499 against 1794, 2486, and 2171 degrees of former years. 



