125 



Mean at 9 p.m. Dry bulb 

 A\'et Ijiilb 

 •' temperature of montli 

 " diurnal range 



Cloud (0-400). 



42-1 

 .54-6 

 42-2 



1 per cent. 



Mean amount at iJ a.m. 



at 3 p.m 2 



" " at 9 p.m 



Heavy north-west gale from noon to sunset on the 13tl). 



Heavy south-east gale set in at 4h. a.m. on 26th, and sky 

 overcast. 



The sky was also overcast for a few hours before sunrise on 

 the 31st, with strong north-east wind. 



Zodiacal light, bright, on 5th, between 6.30 and 7.20 p.m. ; 

 and on evening of 25th. Shooting stars frequent on evenings of 

 5th, 6th, and 7th ; and two fine meteors on the evening of the 

 8tli. 



Ski'tembeh. 



Country travelled over from Barrow Range to Fraser Range 

 at elevations varying from 1,600 to 700 feet above the sea. The 

 days, with four exoejotions, were warm, the temperature being 

 90° or over on five days, and over 80° on 11 days, absolute maxi- 

 mum 98° on the 27th. The nights were cool, falling to or below 

 freezing on six nights, the lowest being 26°, on the morning of 

 the 20th, when tliere was a white frost. The weather was ex- 

 ceptionally cool on the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th. With a 

 heavy gale from the west and south-west on the first day, the 

 maximum temperatures, 55° on 16th, 58° on 18th, and 61° on 

 19th, and the air was so humid that the wet bulb thermometer 

 at 3 p.m. read (50°) only one degree lower than the dry bulb. 

 Wind south-oast to north-east. Light rain between 5 a.m. and 

 8 a.m. on 13th, and a few drops on nights of 18th and 19th. 

 Sky mostly clear, but overcast or partially clouded on 11th, 12tli, 

 13th, 16th, and 17th. 



Lightning noted on the 12th and 25th, and fog on the 13tli. 

 Zodiacal light seen on evenings of 3rd and 23rd. The observa- 

 tions imperfect after 25th through difficulties in travelling. 



Mean reading of 



Pressure. 

 aneroid at 9h. a.m. 

 " 3h. p.m. 



9h. p.m. 



Temperature. 

 Mean of minimum 

 " at 9h. a.m. ... 



28-82 

 28-94 

 28-81 



38-4° 

 61-1 



