§ MR. EGERTON HUBBARDasked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether it is true that a series of Meteorological Observations taken at four stations in the Bombay Presidency were sent home periodically to the India Office since 1854, and that many of the Observations have been lost; and, whether the Meteorological Observations taken since 1867 at fourteen stations in the Madras Presidency have yet been published or utilised in any way?
§ LORD GEORGE HAMILTONSir, Registers of Meteorological Observations from the Bombay Presidency since the year 1853 have been sent to the India Office, and a few of these documents have been mislaid—at least, they cannot now be found. Since 1853 to 1863 Re-turns from Madras and Bombay have been sent to the Astronomer Royal at Greenwich. Since that time they have been sent to the Army Medical Department. Finding, however, that no use was made by that Department of these Returns, we have asked them to be sent back, and they are now in safe keeping at Greenwich. The Secretary of State has recently pointed out to the Indian Government that if these Returns are to be utilized, it will be necessary to adopt a system of general control and inspection, so as to insure uniformity of method.