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each; the third period, extending from 1870 to 1880, comprises 

 ten years. In Captain TulloclVs " Statistical Reports/'' &c, I 

 have found the first series of observations ; they were probably 

 taken at St. James's Barracks. The others were taken at the 

 Royal Gaol, Port-of- Spain, and the Botanic Gardens, St. Ann. 





The mean yearly temperature, according to the first series, is 

 79°; and 84° according to the second; third series, 80'97 y . 

 The second series of observations was made in town, at the 

 Royal Gaol, and may be said to give the temperature of 

 Port-of- Spain, not of the country generally. The maxima are 





