4 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. QO 



ALIWAL (NORTH), SOUTH AFRICA 



Authority. 



Meteorological Office, Department of Irrigation, Pretoria, Union 

 of South Africa. 

 Pressure. 



No data available. 

 Temperature. 



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

 4352 ft. throughout the period. 

 Precipitation. 



Site: As for Temperature. 



BATHURST, GAMBIA 



Authority. 



Gambia Colony Blue Books. Data for 1921 to 1925 only. The 



station was replaced in 1925 by another station too distant 



to be used as a substitute. 

 Precipitation. 



Site: The station was at a height of 6 ft. from 1921-1925. In 



January 1926 the station was replaced by one at Cape St. 



Mary, 13 29' N., 16 40' W. The height above Mean Sea 



Level was 52 ft. As no information is available as to the 



relative rainfall at these two stations, the data for the latter 



are not included. 



BOUZAREAH, ALGIERS 



Authority. 



Manuscript data supplied by the Office National Meteorologique, 

 Paris. 

 Pressure. 



Hours: 1921-1922, 1925-1930. Trihourly. The mean of the 

 trihourly observations is accepted as the 24 hour 

 mean. 

 1923-1924. 7 h , 13 11 , and i8 h . The values for 1923 -1924 have 

 been corrected to the mean of 24 hours by applying 

 the following correction : 



Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

 mm +0.1 +0.1 +0.1 +0.1 +0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 +0.1 +0.1 +0.1 +0.1 



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

 45°) by applying a correction of —0.58 mm. 



