ST. JOHN: SABLE ISLAND. 
53 
Months. 
3 
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1 
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Average 
hourly veloci- 
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1900. 
January 

52.5 
52.0 
48.5 
52.5 
57.8 
69.0 
75.0 
73.0 
70.0 
66.0 
60.5 
49.0 
o 
17.0 
7.0 
15.5 
32.5 
34.0 
40.0 
49.0 
51.0 
47.0 
37.0 
27.0 
20.0 
Inches. 
5.76 
3.59 
6.15 
5.55 
3.04 
2.84 
2.25 
6.16 
5.66 
2.31 
2.94 
2.94 
Miles. 
23.7 
26.5 
22.2 
19.4 
16.2 
14.2 
13.4 
13.6 
16.2 
17.4 
22.7 
21.8 
56 
56 
52 
46 
37 
27 
32 
40 
49 
51 
46 
52 
Days. 
20 
20 
19 
16 
6 
6 
3 
4 
7 
11 
24 
15 
Days. 
14 
17 
16 
14 
19 
21 
23 
17 
17 
21 
11 
14 
Days. 
5 
February 
3 
March 
8 
6 
May 
7 
June 
14 
July 
18 
August 
6 
September 
8 
October 
8 
December 
3 
Averages 
60.48 
31.41 
4.09 
18.9 
45 
12 
17 
7 
1901. 
January 
47.0 
45.5 
47.0 
54.0 
57.0 
63.0 
77.0 
78.0 
76 5 
68.0 
57.5 
5.0 
19.0 
19.0 
34.0 
34.0 
44 
53.0 
60.0 
48.0 
41.0 
30.0 
3.24 
3.21 
4.04 
2.36 
4.97 
2.38 
2.90 
3.36 
1.65 
4.52 
2.10 
22.7 
21.9 
20.2 
19.4 
13.3 
14.8 
12.9 
113 
17.4 
18.4 
18.2 
58 
45 
56 
60 
34 
36 
36 
34 
42 
48 
62 
14 
9 
12 
4 
1 
1 

1 
5 
4 
7 
■19 
12 
23 
24 
18 
24 
28 
26 
26 
25 
23 
9 
February 
4 
March 
11 
April 
17 
May 
10 
JUMfi 
15 
July 
19 
August 
13 
September 
October 
9 
November 

December 
Averages 
60.95 
35.18 
3.17 
17.3 
46 
5 
22 
10 
"The plantations started very well, all of the younfi: trees taking 
root and the seed of the Maritime Pine germinated and came up 'as 
thick as it can stand, and * * * very fine and strong '. " 
This brief statement of the planting of the trees on Sable Island 
should impress the reader with the great care with which the plan 
was devised and the diligence with which the laborious planting was 
executed. 
The Superintendent of Sable Island. R. ,1. Houteillier, took a keen 
interest in the whole project and (h'd all tluit a man could to insure 
its success. From his reports we li'arn that the trees began almost 
immediately to succumb to the severity of the climate. In his first 
