294 METEOROLOGY 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 
LATITUDE 33° 51’ 41” ; LONGITUDE 104 4™ 46°; MAGNETIC VARIATION 9° 25’ 2” East. 
DECEMBER, 1877.—GernEraL ABSTRACT. 
Barometer... Highest Reading ... ay pes ay mehen 9 on sored 11th, at 10 a.m. 
At 32° Faht. ree Reading ... re e 18th, at 6 p.m 
maar Meigs teh Kb 39°733 
(Being 0-020 incl th th on an average of the preceding 18 years.) 
Wind se owe" Pressure ... ... 20° lbs. on the 28th. 
ssure. se as 
Sumber of Days Calm... 0 
revailing Direction ve DE 
(Pr iling directi during th for the preceding 18 years E.N.E.) 
Temperature “Highest j in the Shade Bete 7 ic” | On the 23rd. 
sore = be the Shade swith BOD On the 7th. 
nge rer) SOO On the 23rd. 
Highest i in the Suin.. 1530 On the 23rd. 
Highest in Black Box with 
lass Top a .. 2133 On the 14th. 
Lowest on the Grass sins ES On the 26th. 
Mean Diurnal Range oo kG 
Mean in the Shade... rey 2 
(Being 2-1 greater than that of the same month on an average of the preceding 18 years.) 
Humidity ... Greatest Amount ... .. 977 On the 10th. 
Least me be 41:0 On the 27th. 
Mean or 68°7 
(Being 1-1 greater than that of the same month on an average of the preceding 18 years.) 
Rain ... Number of Dare a ous a Ape and Eade 
Greatest Fal vs ne nch. On a. 
¢ vl ee 65 tint a oad 
Total Fall ... ag i Vans tach 16 i idiore wound 
(Being 0°746 inch less than that of th th ge of the ie 18 years.) 
—— Total Amount S, ... 8°423 inches. 
n Amount ; d 
pe ter than that in th tt ge of the preceding 17 years.) 
Electricity... Number of = Lightning 10 
Cloudy Sky... Mean A oe O68 
N habiet ¢ of C Clear Days See 
Meteors ... Number Observed .., a oe 
Remarks. 
The mean temperature in shade is again 2°1 above the average in + erened 
generally the heat has been very great. On the coast the rainfall has 
siderably below the average, a inland drought still holds sway, and Ba. 
stock have been very great. 
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