Private Observatory, Hobart Town. 



atitude 42° 52" 13" S. ; LoDgitude 9h. Wm. 29.-2s. E. 

 (Registered for the Royal Society of Tasmania) 



issi . 



I Thermometers TbermoDaeteis 

 I (Reading.) (Self- Registering. ) 



8 ■s: 



S 3 



Least d3 Min 



Mean for Uonth. ' 



Greatest Force, 



The Meteorological form brought Into use at the beginning 

 of 18TU differe in some respects from the former one. It his 

 e view of assimilating the Hobart Town 



o-operate 



jsely with 



t of Europe. 

 aU cas 



-, dlrei^tion of the ^i 



neJght of 02 feel above sea level, and its force in lbs. 



The relative quantity of rain that fell under the dilTerent 

 -'- ' ' ' ■ ornlng at 7 30 a.m. 



) used for obtalalng the 



"FRANCIS ABBOTT, F.R.A.S., etc. 



a in all case's taken from the sums of the 1 

 . The dire(^tion of the wind is registered f 



registered each morning ai 

 5 yean' standard tables a 

 :e from average. 



Carpinus betulua commencing to leaf. 



.'Vilnntliusglandulosus ditto. 



. Black Mulberry ditto. 



. Kim seeds commenciDR to shed. 



. .Melia aisederach 



Barometer, mean of 2 daily readings, corrected and reduced 



Thermometer, mean of 2 ditto, 54"9deg ; mean of max. 

 and min. in shade, SUaOdeg. 



Dew point, mean position of 2 daily readings, ■1780de([. 



Elastic force of vapour mean of 2 ditto, '311. 



Humidity of air, mean of 2 ditto, 73. 



Solar intensity, mean of maximum temperature, 120'OOdeg., 



Terrestrial radiation, mean of minimum temperature, 

 lOSSdeg. 



RainfaU, Slfiin. 



Evaporation, 43in ; in excess of rainfall, 3"32in. 



Clouds, mean of 2 dally regbters, 6'03 



Ozone, mean of 2 daily observations. 6 54. 



Wind, force in lbs. per square foot, total of 2 dally obHi' 

 rations, 59 fl91b3. 



Electricity. 



2,570 r 



F. ABBOTT, JUN., Superintendent. 



., 22 negative, 11 positive, 14 nU, 

 ■\V. E. SHOOBKIDGE, Valleyfleld. 

 Rainfall at HID Stallon 1550ft. above sea level, 375m. 



