l8 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 90 



6 h G. M. T. from 1928 to date. Afternoon pressure data from January 



1926 to December 1927 have been reduced to 8 h (local time) by 

 suitable corrections. 



BASRA 



" The observations from February 1922 to the present date have 

 been taken at the R.A.F., Meteorological Section, at Shaibah, which 

 is about 15 miles from Basra, in Lat. 30 26' N. and Long. 47 41' E. 

 Previous observations were taken at the Municipal Health Office, 

 Pasha Lane, Ashar, Basra. 



" From January 1923 to March 1927 the maximum temperature 

 was read at I7 h G.M.T. and from April 1927 until December 1930 

 at 6 h G.M.T. and thrown back to the previous day. The minimum 

 temperature and the rainfall have been taken at 6 1 ' G.M.T., the rain- 

 fall being thrown back to previous day. Observations before January 

 1923 were apparently taken at 5 11 G.M.T." 



JAPAN 



Authority. 



Central Meteorological Observatory, Tokyo. Same stations con- 

 tinued as in volume 79, Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 



KOREA 



Authority. 



Central Meteorological Observatory, Tokyo. Same stations con- 

 tinued as in volume 79, Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 



PERSIA 



Authority. 



India Meteorological Department. 



BUSHIRE 



Time of observations from December 1905 to December 1925 was 

 7 h (local time) during winter months — November to March — and 8 h 

 (local time) during other months. From January 1926 to March 15, 

 1927, it was i6 h (local time) throughout the year and from March 16, 

 1927, 14 11 G.M.T. From July 9, 1927, observations were also started 

 at 4 h G.M.T., and since then observations are recorded at 4 h and I4 h 

 G.M.T. Afternoon pressure data from January 1926 to March 1927 

 have been reduced to 8 h (local time) and those from April to July 



1927 have been reduced to 4 h G.M.T. by suitable corrections. 



