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dence. The shelter is louvred at the sides and front, and in the 

 rear a small door gives access to the instruments from the interior 

 of the building. The dimensions of the shelter are about 3 by 2^ 

 feet at the base, and 3 feet in heigiht. It has a slanting double roof 

 and slat bottom. The rays of the sun to'uch the top of the shelter 

 at noon, but are excluded from it at other times by the walls of the 

 building, and also by a, pine tree west of the house. The walls 

 adjacent to the shelter are of wood. The height of the thermome- 

 ters above the ground is 6 feet. 



The rain-gauge is located 70 feet north of the house, and about 

 25 feet from a few small fruit trees. The top of the gauge is 5 feet 

 above the grouLd. 



ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY — ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY. 



Station, Ogdensburg, at the St. Lawrence State Hospital. 



Established December, 1S89; latitude, 44 deg. 43 min. north; longitude, 75 deg. 30 mln. 

 west; elevation, 258 feet. 



The State Hospital is situated on a broad, open plain, within 100 

 pods of the St. Lawrence river, and about 2 miles from the center 

 of Ogdensburg. The thermometers (which belong to the hospital) 

 are located on a third-story balcony of the administration building 

 opening towards the west-southwest. They are exposed in a shel- 

 ter 24 inches broad by 30 inches deep, and 6 feet in height, louvred 

 from top to base (which rests on the piazza floor). The shelter 

 is painted brown. The dry and wet bulb and maximum and min- 

 imum thermometers are located midway between its sides, 

 being 5 feet above the floor and 36 feet above the ground. The 

 piazza becomes heated from the direct rays of the sun in the after- 

 noon; and hence the maximum temperatures indicated may be 

 somewhat too high. 



The rain-gauge is located 75 feet southeast from the nearest 

 building, upon a lawn. Its top is 9 inches above the ground. 



