Observations of the United States Signal Service. 13 
rain-fall at various stations along that part of the coast. For 
this table I am indebted to Mr. G. T. Kingston, Superintendent 
of the Meteorological Sarvise of Canada. 
Annual Rain-fall in Nova Scotia and its vicinity. 
STATIONS. Latitude. | Longitude. | AYerage - hg 
Inches. 
Mt Slee cnc. ck. . S. 47° 33’ | 62° 40° | 55°86 4 
Harbor Grace, ....... 47 42 63 15 48°36 4 
Bay St. George, -....- 48 30 68 29 47-75 1 
Glace Bay, .<..-65..< 46 13 69 58 61°81 6 
SYANGY) . opi cee it ce 46 12 60 14 68°36 6 
Cape North, ..-.....- 47. 8 60 25 A735 1 
Port Hastings, 2... 45 39 61 29 43°67 2 
Guysborough, . senrgees eer 45.93 61 36 60°40 3 
Bi, al ao dae oe ee 45 42 62 40 50°58 2 
Charlottetown, ee als & 46 14 BS 18 41°90 3 
45 20 63 20 49°50 4 
ia ed Geena eee 44 63 34 41:87 2 
Pahlek gd: asec, ore 44 40 63 36 51:29 pa: 
Beaver Bank, .-...-.- 44 34 63 39 42°94 3 
indsor, 44 64 | G4 7 | 42°53 1 
Dorchester, sss. 6. 45 46 64 18 48°53 4 
‘ape Rozier, 48 56 | 64 21 | 33°17 3 
2 Cy ee eee 45 5 64 41°88 8 
Baws River, 025.00 i. 46 30 65 12 38°21 6 
ini S305 a cece a 233 65 30 44°4 2 
SLE | peed aptareeetie e P 4134 65 41 33°21 2 
Pb. SOND, < bine eo 45 14 sb 54°68 9 
Fredericton, ........- 45 65 | 66 40 | 45°52 4 
Quebec. 46 48 "mw 37°27 6 
It will be noticed that near the southern coast of Nova Scotia 
and Newfoundland there is a dine of stations where me syn 
ay is ‘eerdioe excessive, oa is sometimes snfficient to hold 
a storm nearly stationary for several days. 
Course and velocity of storms in tropical regions. 
In order to discover the causes of the movement of storm- 
have prepared a list of all the storms originating near the 
West India — for which I have found definite paths as- 
signed by any investigator. The principal results are exhibited 
in the crarjatm table. Column Ist shows the date of com- 
mencement of th column 2nd shows 
