1886.] illustrating the value of Cape Point as a, Warnijig Station. 215 



I do hope that someome will be stirred up with an ambition to 

 solve this problem, which is of such importance to a colony depending 

 for its prosperity on its rainfall. -Paper after paper has been read on 

 the subject of South African Meteorology, and still no one seems 

 stirred with any desire to further its study, except a few who have 

 to struggle alone and overcome difficulties greater than most people 

 imagine exist, for I do not believe there is a more disheartcnii.g 

 study in the world than that of Meteorology, and especially that of 

 South Africa. 



Adolph G. Hoavakd. 

 September, 1886. 



