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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
WEATHER BUREAU, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF,
Washington, D. C., September 16, 1912.

The Honorable SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE.

SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith copy of the text of the bulletin on "Hurricanes of the West Indies" by Oliver L. Fassig, professor of meteorology, United States Weather Bureau, with the recommendation that it be printed as Bulletin X of the Weather Bureau.

I. Hurricanes of the West Indies (Season).

II. Hurricanes of the West Indies (June and July).

III. Hurricanes of the West Indies (August).

IV. Hurricanes of the West Indies (September).

V. Hurricanes of the West Indies (October).

VI. Mean annual paths of hurricanes.

VII. Frequency and duration of hurricanes.

VIII. Origins of hurricanes.

IX. Pressure changes during tropical cyclones.

X. Monthly frequency of tropical cyclones.

XI. Annual frequency of tropical cyclones.

XII. Origins of cyclones in the Bay of Bengal.

XIII. Frequency and mean tracks of cyclones in the Bay of Bengal.

XIV. Origins and mean paths of typhoons of the Pacific.

XV. Paths of two remarkable typhoons.

XVI. Hourly observations during the hurricane of August 5-9, 1899.

XVII. Rainfall in Porto Rico during the hurricane of August 5-9, 1899.

XVIII. The hurricane paths of August 14-31, 1873, and August 7-20, 1899, and the distribution of pressure over

the Atlantic Ocean.

XIX. Rainfall in Porto Rico during the hurricane of September 1-5, 1906.

XX. Rainfall in Porto Rico during the hurricane of August 20–24, 1909.

XXI. Hourly observations during the hurricane of September 1-5, 1906.

XXII. Hourly observations during the hurricane of August 20–24, 1909.

XXIII. Rainfall in Porto Rico during the local storm of September 6-7, 1910.

XXIV. Hourly observations during the storm of September 6-7, 1910.

XXV. Tropical storm areas and the distribution of atmospheric pressure.

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