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TRANSACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE [Sess. i.v. 



Meteorological Observations taken at Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgli, 

 during the Month of January 1891. 



Distance from Sea 1 mile. Height of Cistern of Barometer above Mean Sea-level 

 71 '5 feet. Hour of Observation 9 a.m. 



Barometer.— Highest Reading, on the 14th, = 30-635. Lowest Reading, on the 

 23rd, =-29 -078. Dillerence, or JVlonthly Range, = 1-557. Mean = 29-908. 



S. R. Thermometers. — Highest Reading, on the 29tli, =51°-3. Lowest Reading, on 

 tlie 8th, = 2r-0. Dillerence, or Monthly Range, = 30" -3. Mean of all the Highest 

 = 41''-0. Mean of all the Lowest = 32" -0. Difference, or Mean Daily Range, =8°-9. 

 Mean Tenijjerature of Month=36°-4. 



Hygrometer.— Mean of Dry Bulb = .36°-8. Mean of Wet Bulb = 35°-1. 



Kairifall. — Number of Days on which Rain, or Snow, fell = 15 Amount of Fall, 

 in inches, = 0-561. 



