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Rh Since that time, with the additional data furnished by the Scotia Bay Station during eight years, it has become more than ever certain that New South Greenland, as Johnson called it, really exists. The meteorological observations of the Scotia have also helped to prove that Coats Land is part of the Antarctic Continent.

If no other results of the Scotia meteorology than these two had been obtained, it would be acknowledged that those results were very valuable indeed. But Mossman has also found that there is a distinct relationship between the weather in Chile and the weather in the Weddell Sea. This is one of the most valuable economic results of the voyage of the Scotia. I will even venture to predict that the observations carried on at Scotia Bay, along with those in South America and South Africa, will be found most valuable in predicting the condition of the monsoons in India. Should this prove to be the case, it can then be said that the study of meteorology in the Antarctic Regions can be used for the alleviation of human suffering by enabling us to give sufficiently long warning to our fellow citizens of the Indian Empire to prepare for failure of crops, and ward off starvation and ruin.

The meteorological work of the Scotia has alone been mentioned, and that is because it