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THE Report of the Meteorological Committee for the year ending on March 31 last marks the end of a definite stage in the development of the British State Meteorological Service. During the year under review four notable developments occurred: (1) The Office became attached to the Air Ministry instead of being in direct connection with the Treasury; (2) the work of the British Rainfall Organization was incorporated with that of the Office; (3) the co-ordination of the Services of the Navy, Army, and Air Force, which developed during the war, was begun; and (4) inter-Dominion and international co-operation in meteorology, which had largely been in abeyance during the war save for military purposes, began to take a more definite shape. One might add as a fifth important occurrence that the period of service of Sir Napier Shaw as Director of the Office came to an end at the close of the year, though he consented to remain in office until the appointment of his successor was carried through.
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W., E. Annual Report of the Meteorological Committee.1. Nature 106, 260–261 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/106260a0
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