COLONEL SYKESsaid, he wished to ask the Vice President of the Board of Trade, Whether the Meteorological Committee of the Royal Society find it practicable to renew the "Storm Warnings," as heretofore practised by the Meteorological Department of the Board of Trade?
§ MR. STEPHEN CAVESir, the Meteorological Committee feel obliged to decline at present to transmit what have been called "Storm Warnings." They are, however, collecting information which they anticipate will sooner or later enable them to frame rules by which such prognostications may be made. They are prepared at once to forward each day, by post, free of expense, to any locality that may be desirous of receiving it, a copy of the daily weather report collected from their various stations and from the Continent. Telegraphic intelligence will be forwarded to any locality which may be willing to bear half the expense. The information conveyed by telegraph would be of the following kind, one uniform signal being hoisted on the coast:—"Storm from west at Penzance and South Coast; hoist signal." I purpose moving to-day for a letter from the Committee, which will give more complete information on the subject of the hon. and gallant Member's question.