( xm ) 
FORECASTS, 1886. 
OF THE UNDERMEXTIONKD PbBSONS, WITH THK SuOOESS OB 
THE Forecasts. 
No. of I No. of Percentages. 
Fore- Fore- ■ 
casts I casts Complete | Partial 
sent, checked. 
I 
Success. Success. 
Partial 
Failure. 
Total 
Failure. 
Eemarks. 
30 
30 
30 
30 
30 
30 
27 
58 
27 
27 
27 
33 
27 
27 
27 
30 
30 
30 
27 
78 
27 
30 
18 
30 
30 
50 
42 
30 
30 
30 
30 
30 
24 
30 
30 
30 
24 
58 
21 
27 
27 
32 
27 
27 
27 
30 
30 
23 
24 
72 
27 
30 
18 
30 
30 
30 
41 
30 
30 
50'o 
73-3 
45-8 
40'0 
40- 0 
6o*o 
41- 7 
62-1 
42- 9 
51-9 
44*5 
40-9 
37-0 
63 "O 
48-2 
36- 7 
lO'O 
37"5 
50*0 
50-0 
37*5 
29-3 
42-8 
40-7 
37- 0 
40-9 
48-2 
29*6 
33-3 
66-7 
66-7 I 30-0 
65- 2 8-7 
66- 6 
40-3 
53'0 
53*4 
6i'i 
6o"o 
53-4 
50*0 
46-3 
29*2 
33-3 
i8-5 
23'3 
27-8 
20'0 
33'3 
23-4 
29-3 
13*3 
lo-o 
4*2 
I0"0 
I0"0 
6-7 
20-8 
6- 9 
14-3 
3-7 
18-5 
i8-2 
14-8 
7- 4 
14*8 
10 'O 
3-3 
26-1 
4*2 
20'8 
13-3 
ir*r 
20"0 
133 
13- 3 
14- 6 
6-7 
12-5 
3-3 
1-7 
3-7 
3'7 
3-3 
5-6 
I3"3 
9-8 
56-7 36-7 6-6 
No weather record kept 
50-0 I 26*7 I 20'0 I 3-3 
During the progress of the service 
Major Smith frequently alluded 
to the accuracy of the forecasts. 
/Mr. Johnstone says, " I may tell 
you how very highly your tele- 
grams are appreciated. * * * 
Agriculturists are ever on the 
look out for them." 
I Mr. Birkbeck remarked that "the 
forecasts have again been re- 
I markably correct." 
Mr. McGarva, agent for Mr. 
Stewart, states that " the fore- 
casts have been quite correct." 
Mr. McCready says that the fore- 
casts have been "remarkably 
correct." 
