METEOROLOGY. 



FEBRUARY, 1873. 

 Private Observatory, Hobart Town. 



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Barometer mean, 29-942in., being -065in above the average. 

 Temperature mean, 68 20', being 8 28'' above the average. 

 Solar intensity mean, 105-2°, being 1-7° above the average. 

 Dew point mean, 537°, being 4-48° above the average. 

 Humidity of air mean, -65, being -06 per cent, below the average. 

 Elastic force of vapour mean, -437, being -080 per cent, above the average. 

 Total amount of rain, l-33in , being 0-27in. below the average. 

 Increase of spontaneous evaporation on rainfall, 2-37in. 



Mean amount of ozone, 7-5, being 0-39 of chromatic scale above the average. 

 Electricity active on the 5th, 7th, 10th, Hth, 12th, 13th, 17th, 18th, and for the re- 

 mainder of the month almost nil. 

 Lightning on the 9th and 19th. Hot •wind, on the 16th. 



Leafing, Flowering, and Fruiting of a few Standard Plants in tJi4 RoyalSocidy'B Gardens 

 dtiring the vionth. 

 3rd.— Kerry Pippin Apple commencing to ripen. 

 4th. — Windsor Pear ditto ditto. 

 9th. — Bon Chretien Pear ditto ditto. 

 10th. — Greengage ditto ditto. 

 20th. — Ash commencing to shed seeds. 

 22nd.— Sycamore ditto ditto. FKANCIS ABBOTT. 



