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Mr. Jevons contributed papers to the Philosophical Society of 

 New South Wales, these w^ere publislied in the Sydney Magazine 

 of Science and Art — 



1. — On a New Sun Guage, July 8th, 1857. 

 2. — On Clouds their various forms and producing causes, 

 December 9th, 1857. 



He also contributed to the same paper (Vol. IT,, pp. 161 and 

 173). Meteorological Observations in Australia, being a continua- 

 tion of those published in Waugh's Almanac for 1859 ; also a 

 paper on the Geological Origin of Australia, (Vol. II., p. 89), and 

 Earthquakes in New South Wales (Vol. II., p. 93) ; also 

 Meteorological Observations three miles west of Sydney, at Peter- 

 sham, eighty -five feet above the sea from July 1855 to February 

 1857 ; and then at Double Bay two miles east of Sydney, eleven 

 feet above sea till June, 1858 ; readings at 9 a.m. and 9 p.m., 

 published weekly from August 1856, in the Eminre Newspaper 

 and Montlily in the Sydney Magazine of Science and jWt from 

 May 1857 to June 1858 ; also several letters on scientific subjects 

 to the daily press. Mr. Jevons was only nineteen years of age 

 when he came to the colony, and twenty-four when he left. His 

 observations fill up a gap in the ofiicial meteorological record 

 between the closing of the South Head Observations and the 

 commencement of observations at Sydney Observatory. 



ESTABLISHMENT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORIES. 



Colonial Secretary's Office, 



Sydney, 10th March, 1840. 

 Sir, — I am directed by His Excellency the Governor to transmit to you 

 the copy of a circular despatch, dated 29th November, 1838, from Lord 

 Glenelg, relating to the '^ Collection of Facts respecting Storms," and to 

 acquaint you that persons who have been under the instruction of the 

 Astronomer at Parramatta have been appointed to register observations at 

 Port PbilUp and at Port Macquarie respectively, with an allowance of 

 Is. 6d. per day each, in lieu of clothes and rations. 



I am further directed to inform you that as these men are convicts taken 

 from the class of specials who not being assignable are always maintained 

 at the expense of tho Government, the charge above mentioned will 

 pi'operly be defrayed out of convict funds. 



I have, Sir, &c., 



E. D. THOMSON. 

 The Deputy Commissary-General. 



Meteorological Observatories were accordingly estal)lished at 

 South Head, Sydney, Port Macquarie, and Port Phillip (i.e., 

 Melbourne), and observations began in April, 1840. 



In each case educated men amongst the convicts were 

 selected as observers, and it appears from a despatch from the 

 Secretary of State that the Home Government refused to find 

 salaries for these Observers or to maintain them in any way after 

 their term of service was over, hence the observations ceased at 



