Monthly weather review-Continued.

SPECIAL ARTICLES.-Effect of winds and other weather conditions on flight of airplanes [with bibliography]; by Charles F. Brooks and others.-Balloon race from Fort Omaha through thunderstorms; by C. LeRoy Meisinger.-Constant-elevation freeballoon flights from Fort Omaha; by C. LeRoy Meisinger.-Physiology of aviator, by Yandell Henderson; abstracted [by C. F. B., with notes by C. F. B. and C. L. M.].High lights of air travel, by M. Luckiesh; abstracted [by C. L. M.].-Trans-Atlantic flight of British dirigible R. 34; by Willis Ray Gregg.-Normal temperatures (daily): Are irregularities in annual march of temperature persistent? by Charles F. Marvin.Literature concerning supposed recurrent irregularities in annual march of temperature; by C. Fitzhugh Talman.-Rainstorm of Aug. 13-14, 1919, on Maryland-Delaware peninsula by A. H. Thiessen.-Hot squall at Miami, Fla., May 6, 1917; [by R. W. Gray].-Relation of clouds to weather in central Ohio; by Howard H. Martin.Frost control and related factors; by J. C. Whitten.-Harvard station in Jamaica, py William H. Pickering; review [by C. L. M.].-Prevailing winds of United States, by Robert DeC. Ward; abstracted [by C. L. M.].-Winds of Boston and vicinity, by Alexander McAdie; abstract [by C. L. M.].-Measurements of solar constant of radiation at Calama, Chile; by C. G. Abbot.

National weather and crop bulletin, Nov. 4-25, 1919; no. 33-36, 1919. Nov. 5-26, 1919. Each 4 p. or 8 p. il. 4° [Weekly April to October, monthly remainder of year.] *Paper, 25c. a yr.

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Papers. Destruction of useless papers in files of Civil Service Commission, letter transmitting certain schedules of useless papers in files of commission and requesting that appropriate action be taken to grant permission to destroy same. Nov. 3, 1919. 2 p. (H. doc. 285.) $

Postal service. Instructions to applicants for post-office service, 12th civilservice district, headquarters, San Francisco, Cal. Oct. 1919. 16+[1] p. Transfers. Information concerning transfers. Dec. 1917 [reprint, with additions, 1919]. 8 p. †

COMMERCE DEPARTMENT

CENSUS BUREAU

Census, 1920 (14th). 14th census of United States: Names and addresses of supervisors of census by States and supervisors' districts. [1919.] 16 p. 4° ‡ 19-27604 Cotton. Cotton consumed, cotton on hand, active cotton spindles, and imports and exports of cotton, Oct. 1919 and 1918, with statistics of cotton consumed, imported, and exported for 3 months ending Oct. 31. Nov. 14, 1919. oblong 48° [Preliminary report. This publication is issued in postal card form.] †

NOVEMBER, 1919

Cotton-Continued. Report on cotton ginning, number of bales of cotton ginned from growth of 1919 prior to Nov. 1, 1919, and comparative statistics to corresponding date in 1918 and 1917. Nov. 8, 1919. oblong 48° [Preliminary report. This publication is issued in postal card form.] †

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Same prior to Nov. 14, 1919, and comparative statistics to corresponding date in 1918 and 1917, crops of 1918 and 1917 and per cent of crop of each year ginned prior to Nov. 14. Nov. 21, 1919. oblong 48° [Preliminary report. This publication is issued in postal card form.] †

Mortality statistics, calendar year] 1917, 18th annual report. 1919. 597 p.. il. 4° [Prepared under direction of William H. Davis, chief statistician for vital statistics, assisted by John B. Mitchell, expert chief of division.] * Cloth, $1.25.

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Religious bodies, 1916: pt. 2, Separate denominations, history, description, and statistics. 1919. 727 p. 4° [Prepared under supervision of William C. Hunt,. chief statistician for population, assisted by Edwin M. Bliss, expert special agent.] *Cloth, $1.25.

COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY

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Coast and Geodetic Survey bulletin, Oct. 1919; no. [Monthly.] $

Tide tables. General tide tables, [calendar] year 1920. (Series [Serial] 115.) † Paper, 50c. folded leaves, il.

53.

[1919.] 9 p.

15-26512 1919. 497 p.+[6] 11-35919

FISHERIES BUREAU

Crabs.

Life history of blue crab; by E. P. Churchill, jr. Nov. 11, 1919. ([Bureau of Fisheries] doc. 870.) F 19-42 [1]+93-128 p. il. 1 pl. 8 p. of pl. large 8° * Paper, 20e. [From Bulletin, v. 36.] F 15-76 Fisheries service bulletin, Nov. 1, 1919; no. 54. [1919.] 10 p. [Monthly.] †

Fishery industries of United States, report of Division of Statistics and Methods of Fisheries for 1918; by Lewis Radcliffe. 1919. 167 p. il. (Bureau of F 19-41 Fisheries doc. 875.) [App. 10, report of commissioner of fisheries, 1918.] *Paper, 15c.

FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE BUREAU

19-25976 Chinese currency and finance; by A. W. Ferrin. 1919. 57 p. (Special agents series 186.) * Paper, 10c. Commerce. Monthly summary of foreign commerce of United States, Sept. 100 p. 4° * Paper, 10c. single copy, $1.00 a yr.; foreign sub14-21465 1919. 1919. scription, $1.60.

Same. (H. doc. 401, pt. 3, 66th Cong. 2d sess.) Statistical record of progress of United States, 1800-1919, and monetary, commercial, and financial statistics of principal countries; compiled by Ed[From Statistical abstract, 1918. ward Whitney. 1919. [1]+776-868 p.

13-2413 Figures for 1919 are subject to revision.]* Paper, 10c. Commerce reports. Commerce reports, daily consular and trade reports, no. 257-280, [series] 1919; Nov. 1-29 [1919]. [1919.] p. 641-1216. [Daily ex* Paper, $2.50 a yr.; foreign subscription, $5.00. 17-29846 cept Sundays and holidays.]

NOTE This live daily commercial reporter contains important commercial facts and Supplemental issues will reports of business conditions gathered by the American consular officers and commercial agents of the Government throughout the world appear from time to time, which will be devoted to reviewing trade, industrial, and general conditions in the respective districts of the United States consular officers. The daily issues of the Commerce reports are bound up quarterly in cloth and sold by the Superintendent of Documents at $1.50 per volume; yearly subscriptions at $6.00; foreign subscription, $8.40.

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Commerce reports-Continued. Supplement to Commerce reports, no. 7a, 8b, 11a, 13a, 32b-c, 43a, 51a, 52d, 52f, 66b. [Included in price of Commerce reports for subscribers.]

7a. Greece: Athens, by Alexander W. Weddell; [Kalamata, by Sotiris Carapateas; Patras, by A. B. Cooke; Saloniki, by George Horton]. Nov. 6, 1919. 32 p. 8b. Italy: Venice; by John S. Armstrong, jr. Nov. 18, 1919. 16 p. 11a. Portugal; by W. L. Lowrie, Nov. 4, 1919. 6 p.

13a. Russia: The Caucasus; by Boris M. Baievsky. Nov. 3, 1919. 55 p. i. [Includes list of articles on the Caucasus recently published in Commerce reports.] 32b. Mexico: Acapulco, by John A. Gamon; [Frontera, by Thomas D. Bowman; Vera Cruz, by Francis R. Stewart]. Oct. 25, 1919.

13 p.

32c. Mexico Aguascalientes, by Luther K. Zabriskia; [Guaymas, by Bartley F. Yost; Mazatlan, by W. E. Chapman; Matamoros, by G. R. Willson; Monterey, by Thomas Dickinson; Nuevo Laredo, by Randolph Robertson; Torreon, by Henry M. Wolcott]. Oct. 30, 1919.

23 P.

43a. Ecuador; by Frederic W. Goding. Nov. 8, 1919.

7 p.

51a. Ceylon; by Walter A. Leonard. Nov. 5, 1919. 12 p.

22 P.

52d. China; by Thomas Sammons. Oct. 23, 1919. 52f. China: Chefoo, by Lester Maynard; [Tsingtau, by Willys R. Peck]. Nov. 41 [14] 1919. 28 p.

66b. British South Africa; by Charles J. Pisar. Oct. 27, 1919. 40 p.

Lumber market in Italy and reconstruction requirements; by Nelson Courtlandt Brown. 1919. 184+[1] p. il. 1 pl. 14 p. of pl. (Special agents series 182.) *Paper, 25c. 19-25977

LIGHTHOUSES BUREAU

Appropriations required by lighthouse service, fiscal year 1920, supplemental estimate of appropriations required for fiscal year 1920. Nov. 6, 1919. 18 p. (H. doc. 292.)

15th District. Light list, lower Mississippi River and tributaries, 15th lighthouse district; 1919, corrected to Nov. 15. 1919. 81 p. narrow 16° [About half of the pages are blank.] *Paper, 20c. 12-29023 Lighthouse service bulletin, v. 2, no. 23; Nov. 1, 1919. [1919.] p. 97-100. [Monthly.] † 12-35121 Notice to mariners, weekly, no. 45-48, 1919; Nov. 7-28 [1919]. 1919. various paging. [Issued jointly with Coast and Geodetic Survey.] † 7-20609

NAVIGATION BUREAU

Ships. American documented seagoing merchant vessels of 500 gross tons and over, Nov. 1, 1919. 1919. 50 p. 4° [Monthly.] 19-26597 NOTE.-Beginning with Jan. 1920, this publication will be sold at 10c. single copy, 75c. a year, foreign subscription, $1.15. Apply to the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C.

RADIO SERVICE

Radio communication laws of United States and international radiotelegraphic convention [signed London, July 5, 1912], regulations governing radio operators and use of radio apparatus on ships and on land. Edition, Aug. 15, 1919. 1919. 102 p. il. *Paper, 15c. 19-27669 Radio Service bulletin, Nov. 1, 1919; no. 31. [1919.] 7 p. [Monthly.] *Paper, 5c. single copy, 25c. a yr. 15-26255

PUBLICATIONS DIVISION

Commerce Department. Monthly list of publications issued by Department of Commerce, Oct. 1919. [1919.] 4 p. † 14-30678

STANDARDS BUREAU

NOTE. The Scientific papers will be supplied on subscription as issued at $1.25 per volume, paper bound. These volumes will afterwards be issued bound in cloth at $1.50 per volume; foreign subscription, paper, $2.00, cloth $2.10. Single numbers vary in price. Coking of Illinois coal in Koppers type oven, operating test at St. Paul plant of Minnesota By-Product Coke Co. conducted jointly by National Bureau of Standards and Bureau of Mines, by R. S. McBride and W. A. Selvig; [with Summarized report of test, by F. W. Sperr, jr.]. Nov. 17, 1919. 51 p. il. 2 pl. large 8° (Technologic papers 137.) *Paper, 10c. 19-27605

Concrete. Tests of 18 concrete columns reinforced with cast iron; by John Tucker, jr., and J. G. Bragg. Nov. 14, 1919. 38 p. il. 2 pl. 6 p. of pl. large 8 (Technologic papers 122.) *Paper, 10c. 19-27634 Duralumin. Heat treatment of duralumin; by P. D. Merica, R. G. Waltenberg, [and] H. Scott. Nov. 15, 1919. [1]+271-316 p. il. 4 p. of pl. large 8° (Scientific papers 347.) [From Scientific papers, v. 15.] *Paper, 10c. 19-25956 Fireproofing. Comparison of heat insulating properties of some of materials used in fire-resistive construction; by Walter A. Hull. Nov. 12, 1919. 40 p. il. 2 pl. 4 p. of pl. large 8° (Technologic papers 130.) * Paper, 10c. 19-25975

Leather. Apparatus for measuring relative wear of sole leathers, and results obtained with leather from different parts of hide; by R. W. Hart [and] R. C. Bowker. Nov. 22, 1919. 10 p. il. 1 pl. 2 p. of pl. large 8° (Technologic papers 147.) * Paper, 5c. 19-25957 Steel. Equilibrium conditions in system carbon, iron oxide, and hydrogen in relation to Ledebur method for determining oxygen in steel; by J. R. Cain and Leon Adler. Nov. 10, 1919. [1]+353-366 p. il. large 8° (Scientific papers 350.) [From Scientific papers, v. 15.] * Paper, 5c. 19-25974

Oxygen content by Ledebur method of acid Bessemer steels deoxidized in various ways; by J. R. Cain and Earl Pettijohn. Nov. 11, 1919. [1]+259270 p. il. 4 p. of pl. large 8° (Scientific papers 346.) [From Scientific papers, v. 15.] * Paper, 5c. 19-25973 Vacuum-tubes. Dependence of input impedance of 3-electrode vacuum tube upon load in plate circuit; by John M. Miller. Nov. 21, 1919. [1]+367-385 p. i. large 8° (Scientific papers 351.) [From Scientific papers, v. 15.] * Paper, 5c. 19-25958 Weights and measures. Household weights and measures [hang this card in your kitchen]. [1919.] [2] p. il. 4° (Miscellaneous publications 39.) †

STEAMBOAT-INSPECTION SERVICE

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CONGRESS

15-26679

NOTE. The Senate and House documents and reports are issued in limited editions and, unless otherwise indicated, may be obtained only through Members of Congress. Abridgment, 1918, containing annual message of President of United States to the two Houses of Congress, 65th Congress, 3d session, with reports of Departments [1918] and selections from accompanying papers. 1919. 1482 p. il. * Cloth, $1.25.

NOTE Complete in 1 volume. Contains message of the President and reports of Secretary of Treasury, Secretary of War. Attorney General, Postmaster General, Secretary of Navy, Secretary of Interior, Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Labor, with selections from accompanying papers. Congressional record. Congressional record, proceedings and debates of 1st session, 66th Congress, v. 58, pt. 2-5; June 13-Sept. 12, 1919. 1919. [7]+10695334, il. 4° *Price will be quoted when set is completed. 12-36438

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Congressional record—Continued. Same, index, with title, Congressional record index, 66th Congress, 1st session, v. 58, nos. 131-143 [142]; Oct. 27-Nov. 8. 1919. [1919.] no. 12; 24+15 p. 4o [Includes History of bills and resolutions.]

Same, v. 58, nos. 131 [143]-152; Nov. 10-25, 1919. [1919.] p. 4° [Includes History of bills and resolutions.] Eulogies. James H. Brady, memorial addresses. (H. doc. 449, 65th Cong. 3d sess.)

PRIVATE LAWS

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NOTE. The Rolls and Library Bureau, State Department, receives a small supply of the private acts which it distributes free upon application.

Private [act] 1-6, 66th Congress.

Barber, Amherst W. S. 1377, act for relief of Amherst W. Barber. [Became law by limitation of time, Nov. 8, 1919, without approval.] 1 p. (Private 5.)

Carey, Charles A. H. R. 2452, act for relief of Charles A. Carey. [Became Inw by limitation of time, Nov. 6, 1919, without approval.] 1 p. (Private 4.)

Currier, Mrs. Susie. H. R. 753, act for relief of Susie Currier. [Became law by limitation of time, Nov. 6, 1919, without approval.] 1 p. (Private 3.) James, Mrs. Della. H. R. 3844, act for relief of Della James. Approved Nov. 15, 1919. 1 p. (Private 6.)

Molzahn, Norman L. II. R. 333, act providing for disinterment and removal of re mains of Norman Lee Molzahn from temporary burial site in District of Columbia to permanent burial place. [Became law by limitation of time, Nov. 6, 1919, without approval.] 1 p. (Private 2.)

Roosevelt, Mrs. Edith C. H. R. 7138, act granting franking privilege to Edith Carow Roosevelt. Approved Oct. 27, 1919. 1 p. (Private 1.)

Private [joint] resolution 1, 66th Congress.

Mumm, Mrs. Frances S. S. J. Res. 90, joint resolution to readmit Frances ScovilleMumm to character and privileges of citizen of United States. [Became law by limitation of time, Oct. 25, 1919, without approval.] 1 p. (Private resolution 1.)

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Public [act] 64-80, 66th Congress.

Appropriations. H. R. 9205, act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in appropriations, fiscal year 1920 and prior fiscal years. [Approved Nov. 4, 1919.] 26 P (Public 73.) Automobiles. H. R. 9203, act to punish transportation of stolen motor vehicles in interstate or foreign commerce. [Became law by limitation of time, Oct. 29, 1919, without approval.] 1 p. (Public 70.) Diplomatic and consular service. S. 2250, act providing for exchange of certain legation buildings and grounds owned by Government of United States in Bangkok, Stam. [Became law by limitation of time, Nov. 8, 1919, without approval.] 1 p. (Pub. lic 76.)

Florida, S. 55, act to adjust disputes arising from faulty surveys in Florida. [Became law by limitation of time, Oct. 31, 1919, without approval.] 2 p (Public 71.) Foresturore, Oreg. H. R. 446, act authorizing commissioner of Indian affairs to transfer fractional block 6 of Naylor's addition, Forest Grove, Oreg., to United States for use of Bureau of Entomology, Department of Agriculture, [Became law by limitation of time, Nov. 6, 1919, without approval.] 1 p. (Public 74.) Hawaii. II. R. 7972, act to improve administration of postal service in Hawali, in Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. [Became law by limitation of time, Oct. 28, 1919, without approval.] 1 p. (Public 67.)

Idaho national forest. H. R. 1429, act adding certain lands to Idaho national forest and Payette national forest, in Idaho. [Became law by limitation of time, Oct. 29. 1919, without approval.] 1 p. (Public 69.)

Indians. H. R. 5007, act granting citizenship to certain Indians. [Became law by limitation of time, Nov. 6, 1919, without approval.] 1 p. (Public 75.) Passports. H. R. 9782, act to regulate further the entry of aliens into United States [by extending passport-control for 1 year after termination of the war]. [Became law by limitation of time. Nov. 10. 1919, without approval.] 2 p. (Public 79.) Pearl River. H. R 9697. act to extend time for construction of bridge across Pearl River, between Pearl River County, Miss., and Washington Parish,, La. [by said county and parish]. [Became law by limitation of time, Nov, 12. 1919, without approval.] 1 p. (Public 80.) Pocomoke River. S. 3190, act to authorize construction [by State Roads Commission of Maryland] of bridge across Pocomoke River at Pocomoke City, Md. [Became law by limitation of time, Nov. 8, 1919, without approval.] 1 p. (Public 78.) Prohibition. H. R. 6810, act to prohibit intoxicating beverages, and to regulate manufacture, production, use, and sale of high-proof spirits for other than beverage purposes, and to insure ample supply of alcohol and promote its use in scientific research and in development of fuel, dve, and other lawful industries. [Became law Oct. 28, 1919, by two-thirds vote of each House, after veto by the President. } 21 p.

(Public 66.)