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TRANSACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS OF [Sess. lvi. 



Meteorological Observations taken at Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, 

 during the Month of October 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 tlie 31st, =30-651. Lowest Reading, on the 

 14th, =28-75.3. Dilfereuce, or Monthly Range, = 1-898. Meau = 29-546. 



S. R. Thermometers. — Highest Reading, on the 5th,=61°-8. Lowest Reading, on 

 the 29tli,=29''-0. Ditference, or Monthly Range, =.32" -8. Mean of all the Highest 

 = 54''-l. Mean of all the Lovvest = 4rO. Dillerimce, or Mean Daily Range, = i3°-l. 

 Mean Temperature of Month = 47°-5. 



Hygrometer.— Mean of Dry Bulb = 46°-4. Mean of Wet Bulb = 44°-6. 



R-iinfall.— Number of Days on which Rain fell = 18. Amount of Fall, in inches, 

 = 1-594. 



A. D. RICHARDSON, 



Observer. 



