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tions, the last named having been previously occupied by Dr. Edmunds 

 in connection with his work in Siam and Indo-China in 1911. 



Conditions being considered favorable for continuing westward 

 across the Burma frontier to Bhamo, a horse caravan was equipped 

 for the first stage of the journey as far as Talifu. Setting out on Janu- 

 ary 13, 1917, from Yunnanfu, a two-weeks' journey brought the party 

 to Tahfu, 5 stations having been occupied on the way. Here another 

 caravan was organized for the next stage, which proved to be very 

 mountainous and difficult. However, it was successfully covered and 

 Mr. Brown arrived at Tengyueh on February 18, 1917, having made 

 observations at 4 intermediate stations. For the comparatively short 

 journey to Bhamo, about 125 miles, a fresh caravan, consisting of 6 pack 

 animals and 3 mounts, was obtained, by means of which the distance 

 was covered in 7^ days. The Burma frontier was crossed on February 

 26, 1917, and 3 days later, March 1, the caravan arrived at Bhamo. 

 Observations were made at 2 stations en route, and at Bhamo the 

 station of the India Magnetic Survey was located and reoccupied. 



After a brief rest, on March 12 Mr. Brown commenced the return 

 journey, which led southeastward to Szemao, thence to Mengtsz, 

 previously occupied by Dr. Edmunds in 1911, and from there to Poseh, 

 on the Yu Kiang, in Kwangsi Province. A portion of this road was at 

 this time dangerous owing to the presence of lawless bands which had 

 recently been very troublesome. On May 3, 5 days before reaching 

 Mengtsz, the caravan encountered one of these bands, but fortunately 

 escaped without loss. The route from Poseh led down the river by 

 boat through Kwangsi to Wuchow, where the C.I. W. repeat station of 

 1907 was reoccupied on June 24, 1917, and thence direct to Canton, 

 where Mr. Brown arrived June 26, 1917, having occupied 66 stations, 

 of which 6 were C. I. W. repeat stations, and 1 a station of the liidia 

 Magnetic Survey. 



After having taken a vacation at Canton, Mr. Brown began on August 

 18, 1917, a short trip through the provinces of Fukien, Kiangsi, and 

 Chekiang. He arrived at Yengpingfu in Fukien on September 15, 

 and proceeded thence northwest to Nanchang in Kiangsi, and back to 

 the coast again to reoccupy Ningpo and Hangchow. In connection 

 with this work it is the intention to secure complete comparisons mth 

 the standards of the observatory at Lukiapang, and to reoccupy sev- 

 eral of the stations along the coast first established by Dr. Edmunds 

 in 1906. 



AUSTRALASIA. 



In AustraHa, Magnetician W. F. WaUis, assisted by Observer W. C. 

 Parkinson, continued the work of examining possible sites for the 

 Western AustraHan Magnetic Observatory, until the middle of March 

 1917, when a location fulfiUing all the essential conditions was found. 

 This location is about 120 miles north of Perth, about 10 miles west of 



