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FEBRUARY, 1874. 

 Private Observatory, Hobart Town. 



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Barometer mean, 29933in., being 0091 above the average. 

 Temperature mean, 63 17°, being T06° above the average. 

 Solar intensity mean, 106'0°, being 1 60° below the average. 

 Dew point mean, 48 ¥, being 2 '31° below the average. 

 Humidity of air mean, 61 '22, being S'lS per cent, below the average. 

 Elastic force of vapour mean, "361, being -014 per cent, below the average. 

 Total amount of rain, 2 26in , being 073in. above the average. 

 Increase of spontaneous evaporation on rainfall, l'95in. 



Mean amount of ozone, 5 '5, being 1 '67 of chromatic scale below the average. 

 Electricity active all through the month. 



Mean amount of sun-light for the month of December, taken hourly in the years 

 1872 and 1873—75 per cent. FRANCIS ABBOTT. 



Leafing, Flowering, and Fruiting of a few Standard Plants in the Royal Society's 

 Gardens during the month. 

 8th. — Kerry Pippin commencing to ripen. 

 10th.— Windsor Pear ditto ditto. 

 16th.— Bon Chretien ditto ditto. 

 18th.— Greengage Plum ditto ditto. 

 25th. — Common Ash commencing to shed seed. 

 28th.— Common Sycamore ditto ditto. 



