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TRANSACTIOXS AND PKOCEEDINGS OF THE [Sess. lvii. 



Meteorological Observations taken at Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, 

 during the Month of December 1892. 



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

 71'5 feet. Hour of Observation, 'J a.m. 



Barometer.— Highest Reading, on the 27th, = 30-146. Lowest Reading, on the 

 11th, = 29-070. Difference, or Monthly Range, = 1-076. Moan = 29-800. 



S. R. Thermometers. — Highest Reading, ou the 18th, = 53°-6. Lowest Reading, 

 on the 26th, = 15°-l. Difference, or Monthly Range, = 38°-5. Mean of all the 

 Highest = 38°-5. Mean of all the Lowest = 29°-2. Difference, or Mean Daily 

 Range, = 9°-3. Mean Temperature of Mouth = 33°-8. 



Hygrometer.— Mean of Dry Bulb = 33°-5. Mean of Wet Bulb = 32°-7. 



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

 in inches, = l-I22. 



A. D. RICHARDSON, 

 Observer, 



