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Jefferson City^ Cole Co., Mo. Lat. 38° 35'; Lon. 92° 11' : grade elevation 

 550 ft. L. C. Lohman obs. S., Apr. 1S75 to Nov. 1876; Maj 1879 ^° 

 Feb. 1885. 



Kansas City, yackson Co.. Mo. Lat. 39° 07'; Lon. 94^^37' : grade eleva- 

 tion 775 ft. J. P. Kenmuir obs. :M. \V. S., Jan. 1878 to Dec. 18S7. 

 G. R. and .S. W. Salisbury obs. S., Mar. 1870 to Dec. 1S74. II. P. 

 Childs obs. S., Jan. 1875 to Dec. 1877. 



Ktrksville, Adair Co., Mo. Lat. 40° 10'; Lon. 92° 39' : grade elevation 

 loooft. Prof. B. S. Potter obs. M. W. .S. Jan. to June 1878. J.T.Rees- 

 man obs.M.W.S., Julj 1878 to Nov. 1881. Chs. Patterson obs. M.W. 

 S., Apr. 1882 to Dec. 1887. Mr. Patterson's gauge is about 10 ft. above 

 ground, and about 25 ft. w. of a building 30 ft. high. Maple-trees 25 

 feet high are 30 ft. n. of gauge, and evergreens 15 feet high are 25 to 

 30 feet n.e. 



Lamar, Barton Co., Mo. Lat. 37° 32'; Lon. 94° 15'. Dr. J. W. Dunn 

 obs., Jan. 1S78 to June 1884. U. S. Signal Service obs., Mar. 1885 to 

 Dec. 1887. 



Lamonte, Pettis Co., Mo. Lat. 38° 46' : Lon. 93° 22' : grade elevation 

 877 ft. R. A. S. Wade obs. M. W. S.. Mar. 1885 to May 1887. 



Lebanon, Laclede Co., Mo. Lat. 37° 41'; Lon. 92° 41 : grade elevation 

 1262 ft. J. II. Wolf obs. M. W. S., Jan. 1878 to Jan. 1879. W. J. Dif- 

 fenderfer obs. M. W. S.. Feb. 1879 to Feb. iSSo. 



Lexington, Lafayette Co., Mo. Lat. 39° 11'; Lon. 93° 56' : elevation 



ft. Dr. J. B. Alexander obs. M. W. S., Jan. 1878 to Sept. 18S7. The 

 gauge is on the roof of a building about 30 ft. above ground; it is 

 above all surrounding objects. 



Louisiana, Pike Co., Mo. Lat. 39° 27'; Lon. 91° 05'. J. D.Dawson obs. 

 M. W. S., Jan. 1878 to July 1885. M. J. Hassler obs. M. W. S., Feb. 

 1886 to Dec. 1887. Mr. Daw^son's station was on his farm some 2 miles 

 from town. The exposure of his gauge was satisfactory, although no 

 record of it is now at hand. Mr. Ilassler's gauge is the Signal Ser- 

 vice standard : the top is about 4 ft. above ground. A building 15 ft. 

 high stands 25 ft. n.w., and a tree 12 ft. high stands 15 ft. w. of the 

 gauge. 



Macon City, Macon Co., Mo. Lat. 39° 44'; Lon. 92° 31': grade elevation 

 880 ft. J. T. Ridgeway obs. :M. W. S., Jan, 1S78 to June 1884. 



Mexico, Audrain Co., Mo. Lat. 39° 10'; Lon. 91° 53': grade elevation 

 812 ft. J. F. Llewellyn obs. M.W. S., Jan. 1878 to Dec. 1887. The 

 gauge consists of a cylindrical collector 2|f inches in diameter, ter- 

 minating below in a funnel which passes into the neck of a bottle. 

 The rainfall is measured by means of a graduated cylinder, one cubic 

 centimeter representing an hundredth of an inch. The top of the 

 gauge is 2 ft. above ground. One building 25 ft. high is 30 ft. e., and 

 another 8 ft. high is 25 ft. s. of the gauge. 



