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they have made to the general geological survey of the Colony will be found in 

 the various reports issued from the department for the current year. 



Observatories,— ^h.Q Meteorological Department, and the Astronomical 

 Observatory, for regulating the mean time for the Colony, both of which are 

 under my direction, are in an efficient condition, the statistical information 

 being published regularly, and exchanged with the chief Observatories in other 

 parts of the world, 



James Hector. 



