127 









Cl 



oud (0- 



100). 





Mean 



amount 



at 



9h. a.m 





3-9 per cent 



a 





a 





noon 





3-5 



a 





a 





3h. p.m 





4-1 



cc 





ic 





Gil. p.m 





2-5 



a 





a 





9h. p.m 





1-9 



Dew on Sth, 



17 th, 



15 



th. 



29th, an 



d 30th 





November. 



The expedition travelled from Fraser Range to the Yilgarn 

 Groldfields, and the observations were taken, en route, at heights 

 varying from 1,500 to 900 feet above the sea. No observations 

 nould be recorded on the 20th, 21st, and 22nd, owing to the 

 absence of Mr. Streich from the Camp, and also on tlie 30th. 



The nights were moderately cool, and the days hot, the mini- 

 mum thermometer ranging between 41°, the lowest on the 4th, 

 and 65°, and over 60°, on eight nights. During the day the 

 temperature reached or receded 90 on 17 days out of the 26 on 

 which readings wei'e taken, and was above 100° on four days, 

 the absolute maximum being 105° on the 23rd. The weather 

 was fine and dry, only a few drops of rain falling during two 

 thunderstorms on the 6th and 14th. The wind was light and 

 variable, south-east the most prevalent. 



ian reading of aneroid at 9h. a.m. 





28-62 inclies 



3h. p.m. 





28-50 " 



9h. p.m. 





28-54 " 



TempcratiiA-e. 







Mean minimum 





56-r 



■ " ■ at 9h. a.m. 





74-9 



" maximum 





92-8 



at 3h. p.m. 





90-6 



at 9h. p.m. 





70-1 



Chmd (0—100). 







Mean amount at 9h. a.m. 



20 



per cent. 



3h. p.m. 



32 



a 



9h. p.m. 



18 



u 



December. 

 Country passed over between Yilgarn and tlie Murchison 

 District at elevation of from 1,600 to 1,000 feet above the sea. 

 Weather hot throughout, the thermometer ranging from 90° 

 upwards on 25 days, and over 100° on 16 days, the absolute 

 maximum being 109° on the 27th and 28th. The nights too were 

 for the most part warm, falling below 60° on only ten nights; 

 the lowest, 52°, on the 10th ; the highest minimum, 75°, on the 



