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and will, with Part II., give an account of the most important 

 cyclonic storms of the year 1888 in the Indian seas. 



3. A short paper by Mr. Dallas on the relation between sunspots 

 and weather as shown by meteorological observations taken on 

 board ships in the Bay of Bengal during the years 1885-78. 



4. An account of the storm of the first week of June 1887, in the 

 Arabian Sea, compiled by Mr. F. Chambers. 



The present arrangements for issuing storm warning signals are 

 the following : — 



Ports on the Burmah, Bengal, 

 and Madras Coasts warned by 

 the Bengal Reporter : — ■ 

 (a.) Bengal ports — 



Calcutta and River 



Hooghly. 

 Chittagong. 



Orissa ports, including 

 Pooree, False Point, 

 Chandbally, and Bala- 

 sore. 

 (b.) Burmah ports — 

 Moulmein. 

 Rangoon. 

 Bassein. 

 Akyab. 

 (c.) Madras ports — 

 Bimlipatam. 

 Gopalpur. 

 Vizagapatam. 

 Cocanada. 

 Masulipatam. 

 Madras. 

 Negapatam. 

 Tuticorin. 



During a cyclonic storm which crossed the coast of Kathiawar in 

 the early part of November 1888, the coasting steamer Vaitama 

 was lost, and the court of inquiry recorded the opinion that if a 

 proper storm warning system had been in force, with communica- 

 tions to most of the northern ports, intimation could have been 

 conveyed in time to have enabled the Vaitama to avoid the cyclone. 

 This was a striking proof of the seriously defective organisation of 

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Ports on the West Coast of 

 India warned by the Bombay 

 Reporter : — 



(a.) Bombay 'ports — 



Karachi. 



Bhaunagar. 



Daman. 



Bombay. 



Ratnagiri. 



Goa. 



Karwar. 



Vingorla. 



Knmta. 

 (b.) Madras ports — 



Cochin. 



Mangalore. 



Calicut. 



