Private Obsei 



Latitude 42° 52' 13" S 

 Registered for th 



he Meteorological form brought into use at the 

 870 differs in some respects from tlie former on 

 1 adopted with the view of assimilating the Hoi 

 •rds more closely with tkose of stations ir 

 erica, etc., in order to co-operate in a systen 

 onal Meteorology. Readings are added from 

 le thermometer, that being the instniment gene 

 he continent of Europe. 



he mean is in all cases taken from the sums c 

 y registers, not from the maximum and minimu 

 he direction of the wind is registered from cui 

 jht of 92 feet above sea level, and its force > 

 ire foot. 



he relative quantity of rain that fell under th 

 ds i.s registered each morning at 7 30 a.m. 

 he .35 years' standard tables are used for ob 

 leience from average. 



FRANCIS ABBOTT, F.R.. 



le of leafing, flowering and fruiting of a fe- 

 plants in the Royal Society's Gardens durin 

 187<; :— 



.h. Carpinus betulus commencing to leaf. 

 Jth. Ailanthus glandulosus ditto. 

 Ist. TiliaEuropaea ditto. 

 >th. Black Mulberry ditto. 

 Hh. Elm seeds commencing to shed. 

 Uh. .Melia azederach commencing to leaf. 



F. ABBOTT, JuN., Super 



