34 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 79 



NHATRANG 



Height of barometer from start to date has been 3.6 m. The data 

 are the means of 10'^ and 16'^ readings. 



PHU LIEN 



Height of barometer from start to date has l)een 11 5.6 m. The 

 data are the means of observations taken at intervals of two hours. 



SAIGON 



Height of barometer from start to date has been 11 m. The data 

 are the means of 10'' and 16'' readings. 



IRAQ 



BAGHDAD 



Height of barometer from start to Decemlier 1917 was 127 ft.; 

 January 19 18 to October 191 8, 120 ft. ; November 19 18 to date, 125 

 ft. Corrections of + .002 and — .005 were appHed respectively to the 

 data of the former periods to reduce them to the present height of 

 125 ft. From 1896 to 1905 the observations were recorded at 8'^ ; 

 from 1906 to 1914 they have been 7'' readings during the winter 

 months, November to March, and 8^^ readings during the remaining 

 months. During 1917 the observations were taken at 8'^; during 

 January and February 1918 at 6|'^ and from March 1918 to date 

 at 7'^ throughout the year. No correction has been applied to reduce 

 the 7^ readings to the 8'' equivalents. 



BUSRAII 



Several changes in the position of the thermometers have taken 

 place without corrections being applied to the temperature readings. 



JAPAN 



Owing to the destruction of records in the big fire caused by the 

 earthquake of 1923, the data for ]a]>an are not as numerous as they 

 would otherwise be. 



PERSIA 



BU.SIIIRK 



Height of barometer from start to July i8c;o was 25 ft. ; August 

 1890 to October 1890, 29 ft.; November 1890 to date, 14 ft. Data 



