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REPORT — 1898. 



Fort Smith. — Tlie instruments at present available include two thermometers by Negretti & Zambra and a 

 rain-gauge. The instruments were verified at Kew in Marcli 1890 with the following results : — 



Corrections to be applied to No. 4,034 (dry bulb) : at 72', -01 ; at 52'', 62', 82°, and 82- the instruments read 

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No. 4,G35 (wet bulb) at 52' and 62', +0-1 ; at all other temperatures correct. 



The instruments are placed in an open verandah facing due west. They are 4 feet 6 inches from the ground. 



lu computing the Dew Point, ic, a pressure of 23-G inches has been assumed. 



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March 1890. No. 4,688 was found to give ' correct ' readings. The correction for 4,691 at 62° is +0'1. At 52°, 

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The tliermometers are exposed in an open-air verandah facing west-. They are about 5 feet from the ground. 

 The rain-gauge stands on a parapet about 8 feet from the ground, and quite open. 



In computing the Dew Point, etc., a mean pressure of 24-5 inches has been assumed. 



' The record for January is stated to have been ' accidentally lost.' The rainfall is said to have amounted to 

 11 inches, of which 6-06 inches are said to have fallen on January 9. This would have been quite phenomenal, for 

 in January 1894 only -75 inches fell, and in .January 1890 0'16 inclies. At Kibwezi, during the same month, 

 •93 inches fell in 1896, and 4'58 inches in 1897. January 1897 seems, therefore, to have brought exceptionally 

 heavy rains, but further Information must be awaited before 11 inches can find a place in our returns. 



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