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Mr. Brown left Canton for field work in the provinces of Kwangtung, 

 Hunan, Kweichow, Kiangsi, and Fukien. By June 19 he had reached 

 Kweiyang, the capital of Kweichow. After this successful trip Mr. 

 Brown returned to Canton on July 22. A re-intercomparison of instru- 

 ments was carried out, and then, according to instructions, Mr. Brown 

 proceeded from Shanghai to Peking by rail, making observations en 

 route to fill some gaps in previous work. Dr. Edmunds in the mean- 

 time traveled from Shanghai to Peking by sea and by rail, occupying 

 various stations on the way. At Peking, definite arrangements were 

 completed by Dr. Edmunds for the general magnetic survey of Mongoha, 

 on which work both he and Mr. Brown have been engaged since August. 



AUSTRALASIA. 



At the end of 1914 the general magnetic survey of Australia was 

 practically completed. By the middle of November, all members of 

 Observer E. Kidson's party had arrived at Perth, and during Novem- 

 ber and the first part of December 1915 they were engaged in intercom- 

 parisons of instruments, computations, and other matters connected 

 with closing the work in Australia. Mr. Kidson, chief of party, left Perth 

 on November 28, and after three weeks' leave of absence at Welling- 

 ton, New Zealand, reported for duty at Washington on February 1. 



Observer F. Brown left Perth on December 10 for Canton, to join 

 Dr. Edmunds's party in China. A brief statement regarding his later 

 work will be found under Asia. 



Observer W. C. Parkinson left Perth December 26 for Sydney, to 

 undertake an expedition to various island groups in the West Pacific 

 Ocean. Reaching Sydney on January 4, 1915, he reoccupied the 

 magnetic station there, and made final preparations for work in the 

 Pacific islands. Departing from Sydney on January 20, Mr. Parkinson 

 arrived at Noumea, New Caledonia, five days later, and began there a 

 series of observations covering New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Loyalty 

 Islands, Walpole Island, Banks Island, Norfolk Island, and Lord Howe 

 Island. For transportation, advantage was taken of small steamers, 

 and in one case of a schooner, plying between the islands. Twenty 

 stations were occupied during this trip, though in many cases only 

 partially complete sets of observations were obtained, owing to the 

 limited stay of the vessels in port. Mr. Parkinson returned to Sydney 

 on March 25. His next trip, beginning May 1, carried him through 

 the Fiji, Samoan, Ellice, Gilbert, and Tokelau groups. Through the 

 courtesy of the London Missionary Society, passage on the mission 

 steamer Joh7i Williams was granted for a large part of the journey. 

 Mr. Parkinson returned to Sydney on August 11, having established 22 

 stations and secured a series of comparisons of our magnetic standards 

 with those at the Samoa Geophysical Observatory. He next made a 

 trip to the Solomon Islands, where he obtained magnetic observations 

 at 10 stations. On October 13 he proceeded on a trip to Papua. 



