POSITION OF THE STATION AT HONOLULU. 



THE SITE AT HONOLULU. Plates I. and II. 



11. The open piece of grass land in the district called Apua is situated 

 south of Punchbowl Street and west of Queen Street. A portion, in every 

 way suitable for our purpose, was enclosed with a wooden fence, and the 

 instruments, &c. were there set up, as represented in Plate II. The actual 

 site of the Transit Pier was 300 feet from the centre of Punchbowl Street, 

 420 feet from Queen Street, 910 feet from the flagstaff on the New 

 Government Buildings, and 1,040 feet from the spire of Kawaiahao (stone) 

 Church. 



12. From a point 14'75 feet due south of the centre of the Transit Pier the 

 following true bearings and distances were taken, to determine the relative 

 positions of the instruments, and to connect the station with the Government 

 Trigonometrical Survey : 



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Spire of Kawaiahao Church N. 62. o E. i,O4O feet. 



Trig. Survey Station on Punchbowl Hill N. 49. 44 E. 0,104 



., Mount Tantalus N. 55. 26 E. 



Diamond Head S. 46. 32 E. 



Center of Photoheliograph Pier N. 76. 3o E. 28 5 feet. 



Altazimuth Pier S. 86. 5y E. io3'o ., 



-1 .V-int'h Equatorial S. 5g. g E. 35 'o ., 



6-inch S. 5z. 27 E. yo'o ,, 



13. In or about the year 1845 Professor LYMAN, now of Yale College, 

 Connecticut, then residing in Honolulu for the benefit of his health, made a 

 number of meridional observations of the Moon in order to determine the 

 longitude. It is supposed that these observations have never been published, 

 but their utility was such that in 1874 the Hawaiian Surveyor-General was 

 still using the longitude communicated to him by Professor Lyman. The 

 observatory and transit instrument of Professor Lyman passed into the 

 hands of DAVID FLITNER, Esq., chronometer maker, of Honolulu, and in 1874 

 they were in perfect order. The position of the observatory is shown in 

 Plate I. 



14. In the year 1868 M. FLEURIAIS, deputed by the Bureau dcs Loiigitudes to 

 determine the longitudes of various points in South America, established 

 himself at Honolulu. With the friendly assistance of M. BAILLIEU, Commis- 

 sioner for France, the actual site of M. Fleuriais' Observatory was recovered 

 through some remains of the masonry of the Transit Pier which were found 

 in situ en the coral rock, five feet below the surface of the road, by the 



