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ABSTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT BAU 

 FOR 1879. 



TAKEN AT BAU, FIJI. 



Latitude 16 38 S. Longitude 178 37 E. 



Height above sea-level 77 feet, distance from sea 1 mile. 



N.B. The results contained in the above table have been reduced from observations 

 taken daily throughout the year at 9 a.m., except the barometers. Thermometers 

 by Cassella. Rain-gauge by Negretti and Zambra, 5-inch circular, fully exposed ; 

 orifice 2 feet 7 inches above ground. 



NOTES ON 1878. 



Extreme range of temperature in shade 33-7", or from 96'8 on March 7th to 63'1 011 

 July 9th. 



Highest mean temperature for any twenty-four hours, 85'5 on 7th March. 

 Lowest mean temperature for any twenty-four hours, 70'0 on 2nd September. 

 Greatest daily range, 25'3 on July 9th. 

 Least daily range, 3'8 on February llth. 



MERCURIAL BAROMETER. 



By Negretti and Zambra, compared with the standard in the Sydney 

 Observatory, and through it with the British standard at Kew; index 

 error 0'007. Readings were taken throughout the year at 9 a.m., 3 p.m., 

 and 9 p.m. The monthly and yearly means have been deduced from the 

 morning and afternoon readings, omitting the night, and are corrected for 

 index error, reduced to 32 Fan., and sea-level. The greatest and least 

 pressure of the atmosphere during the year was 30 '141 on 12th July, and 

 29 '404 on llth December, all corrections applied. The 3 p.m. readings 



