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It is obvious that for localities at a greater distance from 
the central line, the declination suffers a deflection to W 
or E only, pacing the eclipse, and that opposite deflections 
before and after the maximum phase occur on or near this 
ine. 
Notwithstanding a wave of this latter kind has been 
registered on May 28°", 1900 at Toronto situated near to the 
outer borders of the eclipsed area. 
The law of opposite effects for opposite magnetic hemi- 
spheres also holds good in this table, only the effect for Z in 
1894 and for D in 1882, both registered at Zi-Ka- Wei being 
in discrepancy. 
With regard to the contrast between eclipse-effect observed 
before and after noon, we have met with the difficulty that 
eclipses about noontime have to be considered as occurring 
in the afternoon, which difficulty still awaits its solution. 
