194 is {SLRS OF SUMMER. 
The remarkable uniformity of the temperature of Nassau will 
appear from an examination of the following meteorological table 
copied from the official report of Gov. Rawson for 1864, page 14, 
compiled from the records kept at Nassau’s Military Observatory. 
It gives the ‘‘Mean of Daily Observations on Week Days for 
Ten Years, from 1855 to 1864.” 
iy ee Wind at 9a. m. Hertel 
Months. Ground 
iy : : . in 
Max. | Mea. | Min. Four oe Libs aaa Order of ponte 
Jan. vii) 70 66 N. E. E. 8. E. N. 2.4 
' Feb. 76 val 66 N. E. E. 8. E. 8. 2.4 
-Mar. 78 72 66 E. 8. E. | N.E. N. 4.5 
April 81 1 68 N. E. E. 8. 8. E. 2.4 
May 84 18 val N. E 8. E. E. 8. 6.9 
June 88 81 14 8. E E. N. E. 8. 6.4 
July 88 82 vii) E 8. E. 8. N. E. 6.5 
Aug. 88 81 7% | £E 8. E. 8. N. E. 6.7 
- Sept. 86 81 | 7 E N. E. | S. E. N. 5.2 
Oct. 82 vii 73 | NE E, 8. E. N. UA 
Nov. 9 %4 70 N. E. E. E. 8. E. 2.8 
Dee. UW |: 8 69 N. E E. 8. E. N. 2.4 
Average| 82 76 |. 71 4.6 
. From the foregoing and from an examination of other special 
_-tables contained in his report, Gov. Rawson draws the follow- 
ing conclusions: 
1. Barometer. That the mean height of the barometer at 
Nassau is exactly thirty inches. 
_2. .. That it attains its greatest height in the three snonihe from 
December to February, and is lowest in October and November, 
