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currents are S.W., the next N.E. The N.W. and S.E. winds, which are 

 by far the most frequent at Hobart Town, are considerably the least at 

 Auckland. The E. and N.E. winds at the Cape of Good Hope are all but 

 nil ; at Auckland they are a maximum, and at Hobart Town a minimum. 

 The S. and S.E. winds at the Cape are greatly in excess of any other, and 

 at Auckland they are recorded the least of any, being for many months 

 without a single register. It is not possible to account for this conflicting 

 statement of the course of winds in the Southern Ocean, as being occa- 

 sioned wholly by local circumstances, which may, and do in a temporary 

 manner, influence some of our surface currents, but not to the extent 

 apparent upon these records. It is, therefore, evident that a greatly 

 extended series of observations must be made before the course of the 

 winds of these Southern Latitudes can be definitely established. 



