38 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. /Q 



was 0.26 in. A'loreover the sites were only between 

 400 and 500 yards apart, so that the two records 

 combined give a continuous and practically uniform 

 register of the Adelaide rainfall from 1839 to the 

 present date. 



ALICE SPRINGS, SOUTH AUSTRALIA 



Authority. 



Central Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia. 

 Pressure. 



Site: The height of the barometer above Mean Sea Level was 



1926 ft. throughout the period (1885 to 1923). 

 Instruments: 



1885 to 1890 August. A l^arometer with an index error cor- 

 rection of —.013 in. was in use. 

 1891 March to 1923. A barometer with an index error cor- 

 rection of -|- .001 in. was in use. 

 Hours: The values are the means of observations at 9'^ and 



15^, local time. 

 Note: All values have been corrected to normal gravity (Lat. 



45°)- 

 Temperature. 



Mean: The standard adopted is the mean between the mean daily 

 maximum and mean daily minimum. 

 Precipitation. 



Site: As for Pressure. 



BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND 

 Authority. 



Central Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia. 

 Pressure. 



Site: The height of the barometer above .Mean Sea Level was : 



1887 January to 1911 July 137 ft. 



191 1 August to 1918, July II 38 ft. 



1918 July 12 to 1924 125 ft. 



All values have been corrected to Mean Sea Level. 

 Hours: The values are the means of observations taken at 9'' 



and I5'\ 

 Notes: All values have been corrected to normal gravity (Lat. 

 45^)- 



