METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 



From the 15th to the 31st August, 1877, inclusive. 



Recorded daily at llobart Town, Tasmania, at lOh. 33m. 

 p.m., simultaneously with registration made at 7h. 35m. 

 a.m., at Washington, United States, in pursuance of a pro- 

 position of the late Vienna Congress, for a system of Inter- 

 national Synchronous Observations. 



Private Observatory, Hobart Town. 



Lat. 42° 52' 13" S. Long. 9h. 49m. 29-23. E. 



(Reaistered for the Rojjal Society, Tasmania. ) 



WeaLher. 



Francis Abbott, F.R.A.S., etc.. Observer. 



N.B. — The time of registration at Hobart To-wn, 

 lOh. 33m. 15. m., being after dark, renders it impossible 

 to make the -wind and cloud records more than ap- 

 proximately correct. The rainfall is measured at 

 7h. 30m. a.m. local time. 



In all tables furnished from this Observatory the 

 barometer readings are corrected for temperature, 

 index error, and to mean sea level. 



Force and speed of the N. W.-wind on the 6th August: — 



Force from Vo to 20 lbs. per square foot. 



Speed fi-om 5(3 "568 to G3*215 miles per hour. 



