36 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 90 



PONTIANAK, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES 



Authority. 



Koninklijk Magnetisch en Meteorologisch Observatorium, 

 Weltevreden, Java. 

 Precipitation. 



No details are given. 



PORT MORESBY, BRITISH NEW GUINEA 



Authority. 



British New Guinea Government Gazettes. 

 Pressure. 



Notes: All values are reduced to normal gravity (Lat. 45 ) by 

 applying a correction of —.073 in. 

 Temperature. 



Observations: The standard adopted is the mean of the mean 

 daily maximum and the mean daily minimum. These figures 

 were unreliable in the months of March 1923, November 

 1927 to January 1928, and the values for these months have 

 been computed from the 9 11 readings of the dry bulb by 

 means of the following corrections : 



°F. Jan. Mar. ■ Nov. Dec. 



9 h to ^(Max. + Min.) — 1.1 — 1.0 -2.3 -1.8 



SANDAKAN, BRITISH NORTH BORNEO 

 Authority. 



Manuscript returns communicated by the Medical Department. 

 British North Borneo Government, and filed in 

 the Meteorological Office, London. 

 Temperature. 



Site: The height of the instruments was 104 ft. above Mean Sea 

 Level throughout the period. 

 Precipitation. 



Site: The height of the rain gage above Mean Sea Level was 

 107.5 ft. throughout the period. 

 The height of the rim of the rain gage above the ground was : 



1921-1924 July 4 ft. 



1924 August-1930 1 ft. 



PORT VICTORIA, SEYCHELLES 

 Authority. 



India Meteorological Department, Poona. 



