WHOLE VOL. NOTES. ASIA 1 7 



QUETTA 



Site of the Observatory was changed on October i, 1929. Tempera- 

 tures from October 1, 1929, to December 31, 1930, have been reduced 

 to old site by suitable corrections based on comparative observations. 

 No corrections have been applied to rainfall records for change of 

 site. New site is 5405 ft. Pressure has been corrected to old height 

 of station, 5490 ft. 



SIMLA 



Site of the Observatory was changed on April 1, 1928. Height 

 of barometer was changed from 7232 ft. to 7224 ft. on this date ; 

 but the readings from April 1, 1928, to December 31, 1930, have been 

 reduced to the old height. The temperature data for the period 

 April 1, 1928, to December 31, 1930, given in the tables have been 

 corrected to the old site by suitable corrections based on comparative 

 observations at the two sites. No correction has been applied to rain- 

 fall records for change of site. 



VIZAGAPATAM 



The height of the barometer was changed to 126 ft. in November 

 1929, but the figures in the table have been reduced to 38 ft. 



INDO-CHINA 



Authority. 



Observatoire Central, Phu Lien. Same stations continued as in 

 volume 79, Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 



IRAQ 



Authority. 



India Meteorological Department, Simla. 



BAGHDAD 



The height of the barometer was changed on January 29, 1922, 

 from 125 ft. to 106 ft. A correction of +.019 has been applied from 

 January 1921 to January 29, 1922, and all data from 1921 to 1930 

 refer to 106 ft. 



Time of observations was 7 h (local time) throughout the year up 

 to January 29, 1922; 8 h (local time) throughout the year from 

 January 30, 1922, to December 31, 1925 ; 13 11 (local time) in 1926-27 ; 



