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TRANSACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS OF [Sess. lvi. 



Meteorological Observations taken at Koyal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, 

 during the Month of May 1892. 



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 12th, =30-390. Lowest Reading, on the 

 16th, =29-267. Ditfercucc, or Monthly Range, = 1 -123. Mean = 29-842. 



S. R. Thermometers.— Highest Reading, on the 31st, = 68°-8. Lowest Reading, 

 on the 2nd,=3r'-8. DiHercuce, or Monthly Range, = 37''-0. Mean of all the 

 Highest=58''-2. Mean of all tlie Lowest-— 42° '6. Dill'erencc, or Mean Daily Range, 

 = ]5''-0. Mean Temperature of MontIi = 50°-4. 



Hygrometer.— Mean of Dry Bulb = 5r-7. Mean of Wet Bulb = 48''-2. 



Rainfall.- Number of Days on which Rain fell=20. Amount of Fall, in inches, 

 = 2-795. 



A. D. RICHARDSON, 

 Observer. 



