i2o Harvest Weather Forecasts, [may, 1905.] 



The Mackintosh of Mackintosh ; Mr. Ronald Craufurd Munro- 

 Ferguson, M.P. ; Mr. Reginald Henry Rimington-Wilson ; Dr. 

 William Somerville, an Assistant Secretary to the Board of 

 Agriculture and Fisheries. 



The Chairman of the Committee will be Lord Lovat, and 

 Mr. A. S. Leslie, Secretary. 



The cost of the enquiry will be defrayed by subscription 

 and guarantees, and no charge in respect of it will fall upon 

 public funds. 



During the Harvest Season the Meteorological Office will 

 as before, supply forecasts of weather by telegraph to persons 

 desirous of receiving them, upon payment 

 Harvest Weather of the cost of the telegrams. The forecasts 

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will be so worded that the cost of each 



message will be 6d. for any one district, including an address of 

 three words. If the address to which the forecasts are to be 

 sent exceeds three words, an addition of a halfpenny for each 

 additional word must be made to the cost of the daily telegram. 



The Harvest forecasts are prepared at 3.30 p.m. daily from 

 June 1 to September 30 (except Sundays), and are applicable to 

 the 24 hours from midnight following the time of issue. 



Applications for the forcasts may be made on a form, which 

 can be obtained from the Secretary, Meteorological Office, 

 63, Victoria Street, London, S.W. 



In view of the importance of checking the accuracy of the 

 Harvest forecasts, the Office will be glad to supply, to those 

 recipients who signify their willingness to co-operate in the 

 matter, forms on which records of the weather experienced may 

 be entered for the purpose of enabling the Office to compare 

 the forecasts with the subsequent weather. 



The service of Harvest forecasts is arranged for consecutive 

 telegrams only, and is in addition to the ordinary service of 

 daily forecasts prepared at the Office at 1 1 a.m. and 8 p.m. 

 Within these hours the latest forecasts for any particular day 

 can be obtained by telegraph upon payment at any Post Office 

 of a fee of 6d. in addition to the cost of the inquiry and reply 

 telegrams. 



