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March, of Temperature " at the two stations in question, deduced 

 from a series of twenty years' hourly observations. This paper forms 

 part of No. II. of the ' Eepertorium.' The results on the whole 

 agree very well with Sir E. Sabine's. The climate of Nertschinsk 

 is more truly continental than that of Barnaoul, but this difference 

 is not exhibited to its fullest extent, owing to the difference in ele- 

 vation between the two stations, the former being situated 2200 

 feet above the sea, as compared with 400 feet, the elevation of the 

 latter. 



The second report of the ' Norddeutsche Seewarte,' that for the 

 year 1869, has just appeared. The main points brought forward 

 by Herr von Freeden in this report have a special reference to 

 Sailing Directions and to the practical pecuniary value of the office 

 to the shipowners and traders of Hamburg. Accordingly, hitherto 

 he has not been able to devote his attention to the general subject 

 of ocean meteorology. However, the North Grerman Parliament 

 has now adopted the office, and several of the seaport towns of 

 Prussia, such as Mem el and Dantzic, have affiliated themselves to 

 it as branch stations for the issue of instruments and registers. 



The Report also contains interesting information relating to the 

 Telegraphic Intelligence of Storms, sent to Hamburg by the Me- 

 teorological Office in London. From this it appears that the storm 

 only preceded the warning on four occasions, three of which were 

 accounted for by the intervention of Sundays, and that no intelli- 

 gence at all of two other storms was received, owing in one case to 

 a break-down on the telegraph line. Accordingly it will be seen that 

 the storms which are felt on the Elbe almost invariably pass over 

 these Islands. The instances in which the weather at Hamburg- 

 was undisturbed, subsequent to a warning, are all proved to have 

 been accounted for by the fact that the storm died out before crossing 

 the North Sea. 



In conclusion, we have to notice the very important changes as 

 regards meteorology which are in progress in France. M. Le- 

 verrier has been superseded, and his successor at the ' Observatoire 

 Imperial' is M. Charles Delaunay. It is understood that for the 

 future meteorology will form no part of the duties of the astro- 

 nomical staff, and we hope that ere long this special science will 

 receive in France a development worthy of its daily increasing 

 importance. 



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