METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 



From the 1st to the 15th Oct., 1877, inclusive. 



Recorded daily at Hobart Town, Tasmania, at lOh. ZZva. 

 p.m., simultaneously with registration made at 7h. 85m. 

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

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

 national Sj'nchronous Observations. 



Private Observatory, Hobart Town. 



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



(Registered for the Royal Society, Tasmania. ) 



Weather. 



29-980 

 30-420 

 30-500 

 30-265 

 80-120 

 30-240 

 30-320 

 30-150 

 30-320 

 30-440 

 30-240 

 30-045 

 29-540 

 29-345 

 29-745 



43-0 

 48-0 



53 12-0 



51-5 

 52-5 

 510 

 46 

 50-0 

 47-0 

 50-0 



10-5 

 11-5 

 10-6 



7-5 

 100 



8-5 

 10 



490 I 9-5 



81 SW 

 76 SE 

 •0 

 SW 



— 



- -0 



81 SE 



87 



87 



81 



82 



NE 



NW 



NVV 



S 



•26 

 •26 

 •0 

 •52 

 -52 

 2-60 

 •52 



7-5 



10-0 



10.0 



7^0 



5.0 



10 



•0 



10-0 



10-0 



10 



•0 



•0 



10-0 



N 



N 



N 



K 



K 



N 

 •0 



N 



N 



KN 



-0 



•0 



KN 



10-0 N 

 6-5 K 



In. 



•0 Squally 

 throughout 



Cloud, sky 

 covered 



•0 Cloud, sky 

 I covered 



•0 Stars in the 

 zenith 



Stars at the 

 zenith 



•OCloud, sky 

 covered 



•OStarlight 



•OCloud, sky 

 covered. 



•02park and 

 rainy 



•10 Cloudy, sky 

 covered 



•01 



•40 



Moon & star- 

 light 



Ditto, ditto 



Cloudy, sky 

 covered 



Squally, rain 

 and wind 



•25 Stars to the 

 I zenith 



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

 N.B. — The time of registration at Hobart Town, 

 lOh. 33m, p.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. 



