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Abstract

A CONFERENCE of representatives of the Meteorological Services of the British Dominions is to be held in London on September 23–27, when the subjects to be considered will include the meteorological arrangements for the exchange of observations by wireless at comparatively long distances; specification of observations for the surface and the upper air with the codes for transmission; the consideration of instruments and material for the investigation of the upper air; the selection of stations of the “Réseau Mondial” for the purpose of the general climatology of the globe (see “Réseau Mondial,” 1911–12–13, M.O. Publications 207g, 209g, and 214g); the provision of current meteorological information for the main air routes of the world; co-operation in the investigation of the meteorological conditions of aerial navigation; and the trade routes and the meteorological, survey of the oceans by observations transmitted by radio-telegraphy from ships. The following official meteorologists of the Dominions beyond the seas are expected to be present:—Capt. A. J. Bamford (Director of the Meteorological Service of Ceylon), the Rev. D. C. Bates (Director of the Meteorological Office of New Zealand), Mr. H. A. Hunt (Director of the Weather Bureau of the Commonwealth of Australia, Melbourne), Mr. H. Knox Shaw (Director of the Meteorological Service of the Public Works Ministry, Egypt), Mr. C. Stewaft (Chief Meteorologist of the Union of South Africa), Sir Frederick Stupart (Director of the Meteorological Service of Canada), and Dr. G. T. Walker (Director-General of Indian Observatories).