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forms, ruled and divided into columns under the 

 required headings, as in Table II., Appendix V., might 

 be issued for each month of the year, to the observer 

 at each station. Failing a central observatory, monthly 

 returns of observations might be sent to the Registrar- 

 General of the colony, to be compared and published 

 yearly or monthly in the Government Gazette. These 

 forms could be printed at small expense. They would 

 save a Great deal of time and labour to the observers 

 in monthly ruling forms and dividing them into 

 columns, copying headings, and columns of figures. 

 The observations could be put down on the form at 

 the time they were taken. The Registrar- General's 

 address should be printed on the back of the forms, 

 and they might be returned to him free through the 

 post office. 



Observations might be taken by the police at their 

 several stations throughout the colony, and at the 

 court-houses in the different islands and provinces. 

 The aid of the planters might be invoked in this 

 measure, so important to agriculturists. The study of 

 the weather is as important to the planter as it is to 

 the seaman ; and observing the thermometer, barometer, 

 rainfall, &c, and keeping notes and observations on 

 them, is the way to attain a correct knowledge of it. 

 Properly used, such knowledge saves much expense 

 and unprofitable labour to the planter in the tropics. 



