TEE KESOUBCES OE YICTOEIA. 



I.— CLIMATE OF VICTORIA. 



The principal places in which meteorological observations 

 have been conducted are as follows : — 



South of the Dividing Range. 

 Melbourne ... ... near the meridian 145° 



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Geelong ... ... „ „ 



144° 30' 



Camperdown . . . ... „ „ 



143° 10' 



Portland ... ... „ „ 



141° 30' 



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143° 



Ballaarat ... ,.. „ „ 



144° 10' 



Alberton ... ... „ „ 



146° 40' 



North of the Dividing Range. 





Castlemaine ... ... near the meridian 144° 10' 



Sandhurst ... ... „ ,, 



144° 10' 



Heathcote ... ... „ „ 



145° 



Wimmera ... ... ,, „ 



143° 



Beechworth ... ... „ „ 



147° 



Echuca ... ... „ „ 



144° 50' 



The period during which meteorological observations have 

 been systematically registered being too short to admit of exact 

 conclusions with regard to climatological questions, the few 

 remarks and facts given in this report will, most probably, 

 have to undergo alterations and corrections as meteorological 

 science in this country advances. 



This applies more especially to the localities towards the 

 interior of the colony, where only few meteorological stations 

 have as yet been established, and. thus it happens that those 

 places with a sea climate will be more fully represented in the 

 following remarks than those with a more continental climate. 

 However, the facts contained in the following, deficient as 

 they are, may prove to be of value for a comprehensive glance 

 over the resources of the southern portion of the Australian 

 continent. 



