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reading of aneroid, 9h. a.m., 28-38 inches. Mean reading of 

 aneroid, 3h. p.m., 28-29 inches. 



Temperature. 





Mean minimum 



... 30-2^ 



" at 9h. a.m. 



... 52-9 



" maximum ... 



... 68-4 



" at 3h. p.m. 



... 66-7 



Wet Bulb. 





Mean at 91i. a.m. 



... 43-5 



" at 3h. p.m. 



... 47-5 



August. 



There was not much travelling this month, and the observa- 

 tions were all made in the immediate neighbourhood of the 

 Barrow Range (Camps 31 to 37), or between long. 127° 57' and 

 127° 15', and lat. 26° 11' and 26° 30'; principally (on the 4th, 

 and from the 9th to tlie 22nd) at Camp 33, long. 127° 33' E., 

 lat. 26° 3' S., 1,566 feet above sea level, and Camp 35, at the 

 base of Mount Squires— 127° 30' E., 26° 14', 1,590 feet. The 

 month was almost cloudless throughout, the prevailing wind 

 being east to south-east, occasionally veering to north and nortli- 

 west. Heavy north-western gale was recorded on the 13th, 

 veering to south-west. The nights during the first three weeks 

 were very cold, the thermometer sinking below freezing point on 

 14 nights out of the 21, but warmer during the rest of the month. 

 On two nights — the 15th and 19tli — the minimum was 20°. The 

 warmest night was on the 30th ; minimum, 48°. The days, as 

 usual, were warm, the thermometer being at or above 80° on 

 .seven days, and above 70° on 27 days ; the highest being 85° on 

 the 22nd and 31st, or a range of 65° in the month ; the lowest 

 maximum being 65° on the 1 8th. The aneroid barometer reached its 

 minimum, 28-10 inches, at 3 p.m. on the 11th, at Camp 33; and 

 its maximum, 28-61 inches, at 9 a.m. on the 20th. 



Aneroid. 



Mean at 9 a.m. 



28-42 



inches 



" at 3 p.m. 



28-33 



a 



" at 9 p.m 



28-37 



u 



]\Iean minimum temperature 





33-5° 



" at 9 a.m. Dry bulb 





57-7 



Wet bulb 





45-5 



" maxinmm temperature 





75-7 



" at 3 p.m. Dry bulb 





72-2 



Wet bulb 





51-1 



