WHOLE VOL. NOTES. INDIAN OCEAN 59 



INDIAN OCEAN 

 AMBOINA. NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES 



Authority. 



Koninklijk Magnetisch en Aleteorologisch 01)servatorium, Wel- 

 tevreden, Java. 

 Precipitation. 



No details are known of this station. 



ANTANANARIV'O. MADAGASCAR 



Authority. 



Observatoire de Tananarive, Madagascar. 

 Pressure. 



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



1402 m. throughout the period (1889 to 1923). 

 Instrument: A barometer No. 148 by Tonnelot has been in use 



throughout the period. 

 If ours: The vakies are the means of observations taken at 7'', 



9'\ i3'\ i6'\ and i8'\ 

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

 45°) by applying a correction of — i-5 nim. 

 Temperature. 



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



1402 m. throughout the period. 

 Hours: The values are the means of direct observations at 7^S 

 9'S 13^, 16'^ and i8'\ 

 Precipitation. 



Site: The site of the rain gage is 1402 ft. al)ove Mean Sea Level. 



BATAVIA, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES 



Authority. 



Koninklijk Magnetisch en Meteorologisch Oliservatorium, Wel- 

 tevreden, Java. 

 Pressure. 



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

 8 m. throughout the period (1866-1923). 



Instrument: A Fortin barometer, Casella no. 924, is in use. A 

 correction of —0.10 mm. has been applied to the readings by 

 comparison with the standard barometer Adie no. 1410. A 

 comparison with the newly received barometer I'uess no. 303 

 in 1910 and a comparison made in 1913 and 1914 with Adie 



