608 MR ALEX. BUCHAN ON THE MEAN PRESSURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE 



TABLE I. — Showing the Mean Monthly and Annual Height 



Places. 



Country. 



Autho- 

 rities, 

 see page 

 635. 



Numbei 



of 

 Years. 



Years 

 Specified. 



Hours of 

 Observa- 

 tion. 



Latitude. 



Longitude. 



Height 



in Eng. 



Feet. 



Casino & Richmond River, 



Queensland 



76 



5 



1858-62 



9: 3 



• / 

 -28 50 



/ 



153 



139 



Armidale, . 



N. South Wales 



76 



H 



1860-63 



9: 



-30 33 



151 46 



3195 



Newcastle, . 



do. 



76 



9 



1858-66 



do. 



-32 57 



151 47 



18 



Windsor, 



do. 



77 



4 



1863-66 



9:3 



-33 36 



150 50 



53 



Paramatta, . 



do. 



76 



3* 



1858-61 



do. 



-33 49 



151 1 



60 



Bathurst, 



do. 



76 



5 



1859-63 



9: 



-33 24 



149 37 



2333 



G-oulbum, . 



do. 



76 



8 



1858-65 



9: 3,9,&9 



-34 45 



149 45 



2129 



Sydney, 



do. 



76 



11 



1858-68 



do. 



-33 52 



151 11 



155 



Do., 



do. 



76 



9 



1858-66 



9:3, & 9: 



do. 



do. 



155 



Deniliquin, . 



do. 



76 



9 



do. 



9: 3,9,&9: 



-35 32 



145 2 



410 



Albury, 



do. 



76 



8* 



do. 



do. 



-36 6 



147 



572 



Cooma, 



do. _ 



76 



7 



1858-64 



9: 3, & 9: 



-36 13 



149 9 



2637 



Sandhurst, . 



Victoria 



78 



5 



1863-67 



9:3,9 



-36 43 



144 21 



778 



Ararat, 



do. 



78 



5 



do. 



9:3 



-37 18 



142 58 



1072 



Ballarat, 



do. 



7S 



5 



do 





-37 34 



143 53 



1438 



Melbourne, . 



do. 



78 



10 



1858-67 



6, 9: 3, 9 



-37 50 



144 59 



121 



Do., 



do. 



78 



5 



1863-67 



do. 



do. 



do. 



121 



Portland, 



do. 



78 



5 



do. 



do. 



-38 21 



141 32 



37 



Cape Otway, 



do. 



78 



5 



do. 



do. 



-38 54 



143 37 



300 



Kupunda, . 



South Australia 



79 



4 



1861-64 



9:6 



-34 20 



139 



730 



Adelaide, 



do. 



79 



'{ 



1861-65 

 1867-68 



) , 

 > do. 



-34 53 



138 39 



140 



Strathalbyn, 



do. 



79 



4 



1861-64 



do. 



-35 8 



138 57 



220 



Guichen Bay, 



do. 



79 



4 



do. 



do. 



-37 3 



139 42 



19 



Mount Gambier, . 



do. 



79 



4 



do. 



do. 



-37 51 



140 53 



133 



Freemantle, 



West Australia 



44 



3 



1853-55 



9£:3£ 



-33 2 



115 45 



16 



Kent's Croup, 



Tasmania 



80 



5 



1861-66 



6,12: 6 



-39 29 



147 35 



280 



Swan Island, 



do. 



80 



H 



1864-66 



do. 



-40 45 



148 10 



14 



Swansea, 



do. 



80 



3 



do. 



do. 



-42 8 



148 5 



18 



Hobart Town, 



do. 



80 



28 



1841-68 



do. 



-42 52 



147 21 



37 



Do. 



do. 



80 



5 



1861-66 



do. 



do. 



do. 



37 



Port Arthur, 



do. 



80 



5 



1861-66 



do. 



-43 9 



147 54 



55 



Auckland, . 



New Zealand < 



44, 45, 

 80, 81 



}»{ 



1853-58, 

 1863-68 



} 9J: 3i 



-36 50 



174 51 



140 



Taranahi, 



do. 



81 



5 



1864-68 



10:4 



-39 4 



174 5 



70 



Wellington, 



do. 



81 



5 



do. 



do. 



-41 16 



174 47 



90 



Nelson, 



do. 



81 



5 



do. 



9:3 



-41 16 



173 19 



18 



Hokitika, 



do. 



81 



3 



1866-68 



10:4 



-42 42 



170 59 



8 



Christchurch, 



do. 



81 



5 



1864-68 



9i: U, 9* 



-42 33 



172 39 



21 



Do., 



do. 



81 



3 



1866-68 



do. 



do. 



do. 



21 



Dunedin, 



do. 



81 



6* 



1862-68 



9J:4i 



-45 52 



170 31 



550 



Southland, 



do. 



81 



10 



1859-68 



9:3,9 



-46 17 



168 20 



79 



Upernivik, . 



Creenland 



2 



5 



1833-38 



noon 



72 48 



-55 53 



15 



Jacobshavn, 



do. 



2 



H 



1842-51 



do. 



69 12 



-51 



10 



G-odthaab, . 



do. 



2 



5 



1841-46 



do. 



64 10 



-51 53 



15 



Baffin Bay, 



Arctic 



82 



1 



1857-58 



various 



mean 791° 



various 







Van Rensselaer, . 



do. 



82 



2 



1853-4-5 



do. 



78 37 



-73 







Port Foulke, 



do. 



82 



1 



1860-61 



do. 



78 18 



-73 



6 



Port Kennedy 



do. 



82 



1 



1858-59 



do. 



72 1 



-94 







Boothia Felix, 



do. 



4 



2 





... 



70 3 



-95 







