METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 201 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDN RY. 
Larrrupe, 33° 51’ 41”; Lonarrupe, 10 4™ 50° 81s; MAGNETIC omega 9° 35’ 87” East. 
Height above Mean Sea-level, 146 fee 
pe dnang eas 1884.—GeENERAL ABSTRACT 
Barometer ... Highest Reading... _ .-. 30°17 76 inches on the oth, at 10 a.m. 
At 32° Faht., a a cree to sea-level. 
est Rea ne _.. 27°508 on the 28th, at 2 am. 
Nisan, Height a 29°867 
(Being 0°067 inch greater th th onan average of the preceding 25 years.) 
Wind... Greatest Pressure . 12°5 lbs. on the 6th. 
an Pressure ..- . O8 Ib. 
Number of Days Ca 0 
i 
rovedling — 
(D. sa: 2 
N.E. 
1 the preceding 25 years, 8.) 
i vaathy academe the sam 
Temperature Highest jn the Shade 79:9 on the 24th. 
in the Shade 51°8 on the 4th. 
Siatat t Re 20°6 on the 12th 
Highest in the Sun 143-2 on the 14th 
Lowest on the s 43°5 on the 11th. 
nge 
Mean in the Shade 65° 
(Being 0°8 less than that of the same cake on amaverage of the preceding 25 years.) 
Humidity Greatest Amount 91:0 on the 12th. 
Least Je pa 52:0 on the 16th. 
67°7 
Mean a on 
(Being 2-1 less than that of the same month on an average of the preceding 25 years.) 
Number of Days... ... 18 rain and 6 dew. 
Greatest Fall ... . 0°632 a on oe 1 Se cs 
1-221 inches 65 ft. above ground. 
Total Fall... { Se cae 
(Being 0-831 inch less than that of the same month on an average of the preceding 25 years.) 
Evaporation Total Amount 3°528 inches 
Electricity ... Number of vee — 3 
oudy Sky ... _ Am 64 
Num sak. ‘Clear Days .. 0 
Meteors aia observed oe 
AIOE 
close to the average, but the 
At Sydney, t ecpersiate en and pressure hay 
vin in., esas in the country no stati 
réinalt is again below it by 0 on 
Without rain this mont th, but at a large mn of them the fall has been in 
such small quantities at a time as to be of very little use. Some of the mountain 
pans ions ha gtr terse rain for prese ts, but on the coast 
generally the rainfall to November 30, 1884, 18 less than the co g period 
— ear, 1883, and of many parts of the interior the same may be said. In 
eres thunder-storms r the produced 
of grass, but the areas of t very great. 
