METEOROLOGY FOR JUNE, 1877. 



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Private Observatory, Hobart Town. 



Latitude 42° 62' 13" S. ; Longitude 9h. 49m. 29.23. E. 

 (Registered for the Eoyal Society of Tasmania.) 



riie Meteorolo.fical form broii-jht into use at the beginning 

 of 187(3 dilfers in some re.spects from the former one. It has 

 been adopted with the view of assimilating the Hobart Town 

 records move clo.?ely with those of stations in Europe, America, 

 etc. in onier to co-operate in a system of International 

 iMeteorology. Headings are added from the centigrade ther- 

 mometer, that bein- the instrument generally used on the 

 contment of Europe. 



The mean is in ;ill cases taken from the sums of the two 

 aaily re^'istors, not from the maximum and minimum. 



1 he direction of the wind is registered from currents at a 

 heiglit of U2 feet above sea level, and its force in lbs. per 

 square foot. 



The relative quantity of rain that fell under the different 

 wimls IS registered each morning at 7-30 a.m. 



Tae 35 years' standard tables are used for obtaining the 

 difference from average. 



FR.4.NCTS ABBOTT, F.R.A.S., etc. 



Time of leafing, f.owering and fi-uiting of a few standard 

 plants la the lijyal Society's Gardens during the month 

 01 June, 1877. 



14th. Iris alata commencing to flower. 



I5>th. Maclaura aurantiaca shedding leaves. 



20th. Pyrus japonica commencing to flower. 



,, Crocus vernus ditto. 

 24th. Calycanthus prtecox in full flower. 

 25th. Common Privet shedding leaves. 



F. ABBOTT, Jux., Superintendent. 



Results of observations taken at New Norfolk in June, 

 1877, in accordance with new forms, and registered at 

 7 30 a.m., and 4-30 p.m. : — 



Barometer, mean of two daily readings, corrected and 

 reduced, 30020 in. 



Thermometer, mean of 2 ditto, 45-3Sdeg. 



Ditto, mean of maximum and minimum in shade, 46-16deg. 



Dew point, mean position of 2 daily readings, 42-46deg. 



Elastic force of vapour, mean of 2 ditto, -278. 



Humidity, mean of 2 ditto, '90. 



Solar intensity, mean of maximum temperature, 99^23deg. 



Terrestrial radiation, mean of minfmum temperature 

 32-86deg. 



Rainfall, 2-46ins. : in excess of evaporation, -72in. 



Evaporation, l-74in. 



Clouds, mean of 2 daily registers, 6-36. 



Ozone, mean of 2 daily ditto, 8 16 ; scale, 0—10. 



Wind, horizontal movement, 2610 miles. 



W. E. SHOO-RIDGE, VaUeyfield. 



