APRIL, 1872. 

 Private Observatory, Hobart Town. 



Barometer mean, 29-9Slin., being 0090in above the average. 

 Temperature mean, 56 42', being 1-39' above the average. 

 «olar intensity mean, 9007,° being 0074 below the average. 

 I»ew point mean, 482,° being 1-09' above the average. 

 Humidity of air mean, 75, being 01 per cent, below the do. 

 Elastic force of vapour mean, -338, being 013 per cent, below the ditto. 

 Total amount of rain, 2-Olin , being 0-23in. above the ditto. 

 Increase of spontaneous evaporation on rainfall, 0-24in. 

 Mean amount of ozone, 741, being 042 of chromatic scale above ditto. 

 A feeble amount of electricity all through the month. Thunder on the 4th. 

 fall of snow on Mount Wellington on the 21st. Aurora on the 29th. 



Large 



LeaJing,Floivering, and Fruiting of a few standard plants in the Royal Societi/s Gardens 

 during the month. 

 18th. Goes late red plum commencing to ripen. 

 14th. Cliinese Chrysanthemums commencing to flower. 

 16th. Elm leaves commencing to fall. 

 26th. Black Ash ditto ditto. 

 26th. Black Mulberry ditto ditto. 

 30th. Seeds of Hornbeam ripe. 



FR4NCIS ABBOTT; 



