CONTENTS. 



Magnetic Observations page 1 



Latitude of the Observatory 2 



Lunar Observations. Eclipses ofJupiter^s Satellites. Occultations of fixed 



Stars 17 



Solar Eclipses 18 



Transit of Mercury over the Sun's Disk 20 



Lunar Eclipses 22 



Moon-culminating Stars 23 



Longitude of the Observatory 26 



Right Ascensions of the Moon 28 



Geographical Position of Port Jackson 29 



Solar Observations 31 



Solstices observed with the Repeating Circle 37 



Solstices observed with the Mural Circle 41 



Inferior Conjunction of f^enus 46 



Opposition of Mars 50 



South Polar Distances of the Moon 62 



Comets 64 



Determination of the Right Ascensions of some of the principal Stars of the 



Southern Hemisphere by a method independent of the Transit ... 69 

 South Polar Distances of some of the principal Stars of the Southern Hemi- 

 sphere, determined by superior and inferior Culminations , .... 81 

 Catalogue of the South Polar Distances of the preceding Stars, with their 



Constants of Aberration and Nutation 150 



Length of the Pendulum at Paramatta 151 



Additions and Corrections 151 



