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AUSTRALASIA. 

 New Zealand concluded. 



Queenstown, 1916 continued. 



of corner post of main fence around cattle paddock. 

 and 19 feet (5.8 meters) west of road-survey peg by 

 large rock; marked by a wooden peg 1.5 by 1.5 inches 

 (4 by 4 cm.), left level with surface. True bearings: 

 right side of white cottage on farther side of lake, 

 2 miles (3 km.), 49 33'.3; right edge of top of brick 

 chimney -stack on near iron shed, 250 feet (76 meters), 

 94 07'. 2; near gable end of large iron hut on near hill, 

 one-fourth mile (0.4 km.), 269 17'.3; chimney stack 

 on large hut across water, three-fourths mile (1.2 

 km.), 309 06'.3. 

 Rotorua, 1916. Reoccupation of New Zealand Magnetic 

 Survey station, near northeast corner of sports-ground 

 between military hospital and triangulation station 

 on Pukeroa Hill, 91 feet (27.7 meters) southeast of 

 near goal post, 81 feet (24.7 meters) south of north 

 boundary of football-field, 109 feet (33.2 meters) 

 southwest of its northeast corner post, and 66 feet 

 (20.1 meters) west of its east boundary; marked by 

 a wooden peg. True bearings: left edge of flagpole 

 on hospital, 119 11'.3; right edge of flagpole near 

 triangulation station, 317 00'.8; right edge of south- 

 east corner post of football-field, 352 38'.4. 

 Springfield, 1916. Reoccupation of New Zealand Mag- 

 netic Survey station, in southwest corner of Spring- 

 field public domain, just north of tennis-courts, 

 about 350 feet (107 meters) northeast of entrance 

 gate, 77 feet (23.5 meters) north-northeast of nearest 

 point of a curved wire fence round northeast end of 

 tennis inclosure, 55 feet (16.8 meters) northwest of 

 white post marking race-track, 82 feet (25.0 meters) 

 southeast of a similar post, and about 15 feet (5 

 meters) inside track; marked by a peg 1.5 by 1.5 

 inches (4 by 4 cm.) left level with surface. True 

 bearings: top of left gate-post at entrance to domain, 

 66 24'.4; white post near northeast corner of ground, 

 one-fourth mile (0.4 km.), 217 34'.8. 

 Te Anau, 1916. North of Te Anau Hotel facing Lake 

 Te Anau, in north corner of a slight depression in 

 ground, 83 feet (25.3 meters) south of a survey peg 

 on west side of proposed road running northwest, 146 

 feet (44.5 meters) southwest of corner post of wire 

 fence, opposite survey peg, and 331 feet (100.9 

 meters) north of west corner of thicket hedge around 

 hotel garden; marked by a wooden peg. True 

 bearings: left edge of flagpole in front of hotel, seen 

 above thicket hedge, 8 22'. 6; south gable end of 

 coal storehouse by jetty, 53 30'.3; left edge of survey 

 peg on side of proposed road, 159 11'.9. 

 Te Awamvtu, 1916. About one-tenth mile (161 meters) 

 north of New Zealand Magnetic Survey station, in 

 a reserve owned by local board, west of sale-yards, 

 about 15 feet (5 meters) west of west edge of gully 

 dividing reserve roughly in half, 108 feet (32.9 meters) 

 northeast of east gate-post of gate leading into 

 reserve, 88.5 feet (27.0 meters) southeast of wire 

 fence at south corner of small shed, and 88 feet (26 8 

 meters) north of intersection of road fence and west 

 edge of gully; marked by a wooden peg. True 

 bearings: flagpole on Teasdale's buildings, one-fourth 

 mile (0.4 km.), 30'. 1; top of tower of church, 

 one-fourth mile (0.4 km.), 65 43'.1; spike on front. 

 gable end of house, 900 feet (274 meters), 219 29'.1; 

 near gable end of near stables, 350 feet (107 meter . 

 307 11'.5. 



EUROPE. 



Great Britain. 



Eskdalemuir Observatory, Scotland, 1915. Observations 

 were made in easl and west magnetic huts of observ- 

 atory. Each hut contains three piers lying in a 



EUROPE. 



Great Britain concluded. 



Eskdalemuir Observatory, Scotland, 1915 continued. 



magnetic east to west line, numbered 1 to 6 from west 

 to east. Piers 2 and 5 were used for declination and 

 intensity, and piers 3 and 6 for inclination. 



Greenwich Observatory, England, 1915, 1919. Observations 

 were made in 1915 at three stations, Declinometer 

 Station and Intensity Pier in absolute house, and 

 station designated Tent 1915, 74 feet (22.6 meters) 

 southeast of southeast corner of absolute house and 

 29 feet (8.8 meters) north of wall of inclosure. 



Declination and inclination observations were made 

 in 1919 at station designated Tent 1919, which is 

 a close reoccupation of 1915 station, in inclosure 

 around absolute magnetic observatory 20 paces 

 south-southeast of southeast corner of observatory. 

 As in 1915, horizontal-intensity observations were 

 made on center of Intensity Pier in absolute house. 



Kew Observatory, England, 1915, 1919. In 1915 observ- 

 ations were made on center and west piers of old 

 absolute house and on center and west piers of new 

 absolute house, designated O m , Ow, N m , and Nw, 

 respectively. 



In 1919 observations were made on east, west, and 

 center piers, designated N e , Nw, and Nm, respec- 

 tively, of new absolute observatory. True bearing 

 from A r m : obelisk in park, 182 06'.3. 



Stonyhurst College Observatory, Englarid, 1915. Two sta- 

 tions designated A and B were used. Station A is 

 pier in magnetic hut. 



Station B is on observatory lawn, 39 feet (11.9 

 meters) northeast of northeast corner of north room 

 of observatory, and 87.4 feet (26.64 meters) north- 

 west of west corner of an observing pier on east 

 corner of lawn. True bearings: church steeple, 7 

 miles (11 km.), 6 18'. 1; northeast corner of north 

 room of observatory, 48 01'; left edge of infirmary, 

 125 57'. 7; west corner of pier at east corner of lawn, 

 319 34'. 



Norway. 



Haaien Island, 1914. On extreme eastern end of island, 

 at elevation of about 60 feet (18 meters); marked by 

 cross cut in top of large flat rock. True bearing: 

 Melko Lighthouse, 231 05'.7. 



Hammerfest, 1914. Two stations, designated A and B, 

 were established on a gentle slope about two-thirds 

 of distance from shore to foot of mountain that rises 

 abruptly to north of stations. A is 310.4 meters 

 north-northeast from granite pillar known as "me- 

 ridianstotten" marking terminus of a meridian arc, 

 about 110 meters east-northeast of nearest point of 

 seashore, about 12.6 meters east of nearest point of 

 bank of small stream, and 16 60 meters west-southwest 

 of nearest telephone-pole. True bearings: meridian- 

 stotten, 10 29M; beacon on small island, 29 45'.0; 

 Grundvaag Lighthouse, 63 35'.7; beacon on Haaien 

 Island, 77 23'.9; flagstaff on hotel, 323 26'.8; 

 Lutheran church spire, 333 54'.8. 



B is 18.35 meters southeast of A, in azmuth 307 

 24', 39.83 meters north-northeast from nearest 

 corner of small shed nearly in line with granite 

 pillar, 25.30 meters north of board fence, and 16.26 

 meters south of nearest telephone-pole. True 

 bearings: meridianstotten, 13 35'. 1; beacon on small 

 island, 29 56'.7; flagstaff on hotel, 323 38'.6; Luth- 

 eran church spire, 334 19'.0. 



Hammerfest {Meridianstotten), 1914. A close reoccu- 

 pation of Axel S. Steen's station of 1902, due south of 

 meridian column on Fulgenaes Point, 9.42 meters 

 from nearest edge of iron railing surrounding column, 

 12.05 meters northwest of an angle in high board 



