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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 1, p. 156.

i56 THE INDIA.N E:l/PIRE BIBLIOGRAPHY The following publications of the Indian Meteorological Department, which are procurable at Calcutta, deal with the matters treated in this chapter:- i. Handbook of Cyclonic Storms in the Bay of Bengal for the use of Sailors, vol. i, Text; vol. ii, Plates. 2. Rainfall Map of India in two sheets, scale 64 miles to I inch, showing the annual distribution of rainfall in India (in colours). 3. Instructions to Observers of the Indian Meteorological Department, in which are described in detail the various instruments in use at the observatories. 4. Barometer, Wind, and Current Charts of the Bay of Bengal and adjacent sea north of the equator. 5. Charts of the Bay of Bengal and adjacent sea north of the equator, showing the specific gravity, temperature, and currents of the sea surface. 6. Barometer, Wind, and Current Charts of the Arabian Sea and the adjacent portion of the North Indian Ocean. 7. Monthly Weather Review of India, giving a summary of the chief features of the weather in India and containing discussions on atmospheric pressure, barometric depressions, temperature of the air, winds, rainfall, &c. This also contains all available information about snowfall in the mountain districts to the north and north-west of India, and an abstract of observa- tions taken at about 200oo observatories in India. 8. Annual Summary of the Monthly Weather Review, giving a discussion of the meteorological data of India for the year. 9. India Daily Weather Report and Chart, containing observations recorded at 8 a.m. at I68 observatories, with a chart showing the distribu- tion of atmospheric pressure and rainfall all over India, and a brief summary of the chief features of the weather of the day. Io. Indian Meteorological Memoirs, giving discussions and researches of meteorological data for India and neighbouring countries, illustrated by charts, plates, and curves, vols. i-xi. Blanford's memoir on The Rainfall of India, published in 886, forms one of the volumes of this series. ai. Indian Special Cyclone Memoirs, giving full accounts of the most important cyclones and cyclonic storms which have occurred in India during the past thirty years. 12. A Handbook of the Meteorology of India, by Sir John Eliot, is now (190o6) under preparation. 13. A Climatological Atlas of India, by Sir John Eliot, is also now (90o6) under preparation.