296 METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 
LatiTupe, 83° 51’ 41’; Lonarrupe, 104 4™ 50°815; MAGNETIC VARIATION, 9° 35’ 37” East. 
Height above Mean Sea-level, 146 feet. 
APRIL, 1883.—Generat ABsTRACT. 
Barometer ... Highest Reading... 30-283 inches on the 14th, at 10am. 
At 82° Faht., ae corrected to ‘seslovel: 
est Reading .. .. 29575 ,, onthe 9th, at 2 pm. 
Mowe Height ... ... 29959. 
g g tl average of the preceding 24 years.) 
Wind... .. Greatest cate ... 140 Ibs. on the 9th. 
Mean Pressu ... O44 Ib. 
Number of Dare Calm :.. 1 
ig ai one We 
(Prevaili th for the p ding 24 years, W.) 
Temperature Highest inthe Shade ... 77'3 on the 4th. 
Lowest inthe Shade ... 53°1 on the 19th. 
reatest Range . ... 19°9 on the pig 
Highest in the Sun ... 1265 on the 
Lowest on the Grass ... 47°40n the ath ome 19th. 
Mean Diesel Range ... 13°0 
Mean in the Shade i< CEG 
(Being 1-3 less than that of the same month on an average of the preceding 24 years.) 
Humidity ar Let Amount - 970-0n - 23rd, 24th, and 30th. 
ee es 
41°0 on 
79°9 
(Being 2°5 greater sa seats of bans same al on an average of the preceding 24 y ears.) 
Rain... .... Number of Days... ... 15 rain and 10 dew 
Greatest Fall... ss. E260 yma on the ae ey 
e 
OS ae 
3-958 ,, 18 in. above ground. 
(Being 2°767 inches less than that of the same month on an average of the preceding 24 years.) 
Evaporation Total Amount... ..» 2°013 inches. 
Electricity .... Number of is Lightning 6 
Cloudy Sky... Mean A a 
Nu age of Clear Daye ane 
Meteors  ... Number observed 4 
Remarks. 
dney- 
has been cool, temperature being 1°3 less than the average in By 
Ont the coat there : liesenbilcrcale ag ch Jess than the arog he 
month, On ithe iiigis lands the condition. 20 jo rainfall has been similar, ‘ 
alma districts the extremely dry weather continues, and is causing” 
