THE CLIMATE OF MACKAY.- 31 
to westerly winds and occasional Byes northerly winds (on this point, how- 
ever, eit observations have not been made). In Boss ee ypote 1878, 
owing to westerly wind, the hum idity fell on ‘+h 7th to ads n from 
same cause to 40 o n 27th No vernber; 1879. On 28th Sevteniben "1880, it 
fell to 36, the lo went on record, 
aturation was reached four times in —s 1876; once in Febru 
March, and ,October, and twice in December, 187 YB thrice i n March, eight 
imes in June, and once in Revticihe r, 1878; once in jamin’ and Au ugust, 
1879; once in February and May, 1880. 
cent fell below 3 2 of saturation 30 times in 1876. 
2 
” ” > , 1877 
” 3 BS eng one Fis 
” ” ” 36 Pola rees 75! 3 
” ” ” 25, 1880 
TABLE III. 
Mean Mintuum Suave TEMPERATURE (self-registering thermometer). 
Month. 1876. 1877. 1878. 1879. 1880. 
January 729 | 719 | 716 708 | 72:3 
February “0-2 | 69°9 | 72:4 | 705 | 73-4 
March 70-4 | 697 | 713 | 71 | 713 
April wd OF 62:9 | 644 | 659 | 688 
May.. 626 | 55°9 | 592 | 52°9 | 567 
June 56-6(2),  53°9(2)} 49°7 | 508 | 501 
July 489 | 479 | 496 | 49°83 | 50-1 
Augu: 96.1 474 | aa. | 569 7 Os 
September oe ee eee 58-2 | 55°9 
WP iiewiinbieien scsi 586 | 59°6 64:0 | 62-9 
November 6k a 67-6 | 705 
ber eee ITO | 726 | 70°3 
Year 62:0 | 612 62:5 | 627 
TABLE IV. 
MEAN Maxrcm Suape TEMPERATURE (self-registering thermometer). 
Month. 1876. 1877. 1878. 1879. 1880. 
seg? (SE Metta sl 90-4 | 906 | 9371 84°7 
February 853. | 875 | 962 84:3 
March... 851 | s44 | 86-2 | 85°2 | 85-9 
April .. g12 | 835 | 87-1 81°1 
May........ 769 | 839 | 804 | 779 | 7 
June 72°9(?),  '75°8(2)| '75°1 3°] 723 
July..... 691 | 73-9 | 783 | 738 | 696 
igust 75:3 | 819 | 810 | 791 | 767 
September $49 | 84:8 | 86°9 4 | 816 
ber 940 | 918° | 915 | 81 85°7 
November 99:3 | 973 | 946 | 902 | 9271 
December 97°4 98°S 96°6 88-5 
| gaa | 86-4 
