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9. That each State receive for distribution within its own limits a 

 number of copies of the above-mentioned volume of abstracts, equal to 

 perhaps twenty-five times the number of stations in the State : two for 

 the State library, six for each observer, one for each incorporated college 

 within the State, and the remainder to be distributed at the discretion 

 of the superintendent. 



10. That to carry the foregoing provisions into effect, each State 

 appropriate per station $40 for the supply of instruments, and $36 a 

 year afterwards; the latter item to be distributed as follows, viz: $20 

 to each observer to pay for the printing and postage of the slips con- 

 taining his monthly observations, $5 per station to the superintendent 

 for his expenses, and $14 per station for preparing and publishing the 

 abstracts. 



It gives me pleasure to state that a system of twenty-five stations for 

 minute and accurate observations, with standard instruments, has 

 been established along the northwestern lakes, under the direction 

 of Captain Meade, of the Topographical Engineers, U. S. A. The 

 records are to be made four times a day, and to be reported to the 

 bureau in charge of Colonel Abert, at Washington, and will thus be 

 accessible for investigation by the Institution. In this connexion, I 

 am also pleased to be able to state that the meteorological system con- 

 templated for some years past in Upper Canada has been actually 

 commenced, and that twelve stations have been established at the 

 senior county grammar schools, from most of which reports have been 

 received during the past year. Copies of these observations will be of 

 much value in enabling the Institution to extend the area now included 

 in the field of its meteorological investigations. The report relative 

 to this system presented to the Canadian legislature will be found in 

 the appendix. It is also proper to mention that Doctor Shumard, 

 State geologist, has established a system of stations, furnished with 

 standard instruments, at three important points in Texas. In this 

 he has followed the example of Professor Swallow, who instituted a 

 similar system in connexion with his geological survey of Missouri. 



The reductions of all the observations which have been made under 

 the direction of the Institution and the Patent Office are now com- 

 pleted, and will be printed as rapidly as the means necessary for the 

 purpose can be appropriated. A large number of maps have been 

 constructed for the investigation of storms, and considerable additions 

 have been made to the material previously collected relative to the 

 climate of this continent. 



