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METEOROLOGY. 



Form B contains blanks for one month's observations on one page, 

 the columns for which are, " Day of the month ; Self-registering 

 maximum and minimum thermometers ; Daily range of temperature ; 

 Rain, Began at^ Ended at. Total duration ; Cubic inches in gauge ; 

 Depth in inches ; Snow, Began at, Ended at, Total duration ; Depth 

 in inches ; Total depth of rain and melted snow ; Remarks." 



Full instructions having been given, the observers, after a little 

 practice, were required, in accordance with the act and regulations, 

 to transmit monthly abstracts of their observations to the educational 

 department, two forms for which were supplied as follows : 



Form C, which is a condensation of forms A and B, contains columns 

 for the corrected observations, and the daily as vrell as monthly means. 



Form D includes the "highest, lowest, and monthly range of 

 barometer; also, the great ranges within twenty-four hours; the dates 

 and total number of rainy days, snowy days, foggy days, storms of 

 wind, frosts; columns for four classes of auroras: sky unfavorable, 

 observations doubtful ; sky unfavorable, observations impossible ; sky 

 favorable, none seen ; the highest, lowest, and monthly range of tem- 

 perature; the greatest and least daily range; the mean temperature of 

 the warmest and coldest days; lightning, thunder, hail, or rain; 

 meteors and optical phenomena; general remarks." 



These abstracts are required to be certified as true copies of the 

 originals, and the observations as having been made with due regu- 

 larity, as required by law. 



The annexed table will show how far the observers have succeeded 

 in accomplishing the objects contemplated by the act : 



Meteorolotrical station. 



02. 



3. 



4. 



5, 



6. 

 07. 



18. 

 9. 

 10. 

 11. 

 12. 



Niagara 



Hamilton 



Belleville 



Barrie 



Chatham 



Port Sarnia . . 



Milton 



Cornwall 



Guelph . 



Whitby 



Perth 



Pictou ...... 



Total. 



When estab- 

 lished in 1858. 



January . 

 ....do... 



.do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 



...do 



February. . 



....do 



September 



....do 



October 



...-do 



No. monthly 

 abstracts re- 

 ceived at ed- 

 itor's office. 



2 

 3 

 10 

 8 

 4 

 7 

 3 



CHAEACTER OF ABSTRACTS RECEIVED. 



Well pre- 

 pared. 



i8 



$8 



23 



Middlingly. 



Imperfectly. 



* No reports have been received from Niagara for several months, nor from Hamilton or 

 Milton for some time ; but the omission at these two stations was owing to a change of 



masters. 



t The master at Cornwall having tendered his resignation, the instructions were not 



given till October. 



t Names of observers from whom well prepared abstracts have been received : At 

 Belleville, Alexander Burdon ; at Barrie, Rev. W. F. Checkley, A. B. ; and at Port Sarnia, 

 Eev. G. j'. R. Salter, B. A. The observations taken at Barrie Lave been regularly pub- 

 lished in the local papers. 



