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Meteorological Ohser eat ions. 



westerly winds prevailing through so large a portion of the 

 year), and a large river on the other, is unfavourable for a 

 very correct register of the rain ; and observations on the 

 northern parts of the Island show that much more falls 

 annually there than at Hobart Town, where Mount Wel- 

 lington absorbs much of the moisture which would otherwise 

 be precipitated. 



The average of the Observatory Register will therefore, 

 probably, be below the average quantity which falls in other 

 parts of the Colony, except the eastern coast.* 



Number of Hours in each Month, in the Year 1847, 07i 

 tvhich the Wind blew from the following Quarters. 



MONTH. 





















Total 



N. 



s. 



E. 



AV. 



N.W. 



s.vv. 



N.E. 



S.E. 



Calm. 



No. of 























Hours. 



January 



9 



6 



14 



15 



281 



18 



52 



291 



58 



744 



February ... 



8 



2 



9 



8 



231 



28 



6 



330 



50 



672 



March 



3 



5 



3 



10 



296 



72 



36 



242 



77 



744 



April 



14 



12 



8 



3 



16 



6 

 23 



8 

 19 







4 

 1 

 

 

 



6 

 6 

 3 

 4 

 5 



419 

 560 

 555 

 590 

 642 



29 

 24 

 40 

 29 

 9 



50 

 40 

 10 

 12 



8 



127 

 40 

 24 

 23 

 15 



65 

 38 

 72 

 64 

 49 



720 

 744 

 720 

 744 

 744 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September... 



40 



6 







7 



468 



45 



23 



72 



59 



720 



October 



11 



24 



8 



5 



366 



63 



27 



168 



72 



744 



November ... 



28 



16 



3 



19 



387 



68 



30 



128 



32 



71 If 



December ... 



73 



36 



1 



9 



193 



36 



47 



260 



68 



723J 





















8730 



Hours 

 365 (la. 



lost. 



Inst 

 Tola 



rume 

 nuir 



nt ou 

 ber ] 



t of order. 







... 



30 



lours 







8760 









* This must be a mistake — it is on the western side of Van Diemen's Land 

 that the greatest proportion of rain falls; there the face of the country is 

 generally densely limbered, and the mountain ranges are continued down 

 almost to the wafer's edge, affording prominent points of attraction for the 

 heavy clouds which come up with our prevalent westerly winds from the 

 Great Southern and Indian Ocean — J. JM. 



f Register lost for 9 Iiours. 



\ Register lost for 21 hours. 



