102 MAGNETIC OBSERVATIONS 



Complete magnetic observations were made by the writer, and recorded 

 by J. E. Routh. 



CLARENCE TOWN, CLARENCE HARBOR, LONG ISLAND. 



The station is in the Government Residency and is marked by a three- 

 fourth-inch copper bolt set in bed rock, between the main portion of the resi- 

 dence occupied by Magistrate W. L. Clear, and the flagstaff. It is about 40 feet 

 from the flagstaff and about 60 feet from the portico of the residence. The mark 

 used was the rod on top of the light staff on Gaspins Point. The true azi- 

 muth of this mark was found to be 28 44.4' east of true north. 



Complete magnetic observations were made here on July 14 and 15, 1903, 

 by the writer, and recorded by J. E. Eouth. 



HOPETOWN, ELBOW CAY, ABACO. 



The observations were made on a narrow ridge between Little Harbor 

 and the southeast coast of Elbow Cay. The station is about 100 feet north- 

 east of the public schoolhouse, and about 100 feet northwest of the Episcopal 

 Church. It is marked by a limestone rock about a foot square, planted in 

 the soil. 



The mark used was the rod on top of the Elbow Cay Lighthouse, which 

 is about one-half a mile north-northwest of the station. 



Only declination and dip observations were made, cloudy weather and a 

 high northeast wind rendering it impossible to make sun observations and a full 

 series of dip and relative intensity observations. 



The observations were made by the writer, July 22, 1903, and recorded 

 by J. E. Eouth. 



TABLE I. EARLIER VALUES OF MAGNETIC ELEMENTS AT STATIONS IN THE 



BAHAMAS. 



No. Station. Lat. Long. Date. Decl'n. Dip. Hor. Int. Observer. 



W. of Gr. 



o / o / o - o ' 



1 South Bimini.... 25 42 79 17.6 1879, Feb. 2 27.9 E. 5620.3 O.2973 Lt. S. M. Ackley. 



24, 25, 26. 



2 Nassau, on Hog I. 25 O5.5 77 2O 1879, Feb. 1 25.6 E. 55 50.5 0.2998 



18-22. 



3 Nassau 25 O5 7721 1839 3 O7 E. .... Milne. 



4 " 25 05 77 21 1841 .... 56 13 .... E. Barnett. 



5 " 25 05 7721 1843 .... 5623 



(5 Watlings Island*. 23 57 7425 1831 2 31 E. .... Smith. 



7 Crooked Islandt.. 22 07 7424 1831 4 27 E. .... Austin. 



8 22 O7 74 24 1835 5 13 E. .... Foster. 



9 Crooked Island... 22 47 7421 1837 2 34 E. .... Milne. 



* Supposed landing place of Columbus, 1492. 

 - t Probably should be Acklins Island. 



Source. 



Nos. 1 and 2, . S. C. & G. S. Report 1881, App. 9, pp. 33-63. Nos. 3 to 9. Sabine's Contrib. XIV. 

 Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. 18:5. 



