METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 299 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 
LATITUDE 83° 51’ 41”; LonairupE 104 4™ 46°; MAGNETIC VARIATION 9° 25’ 2” East, 
MARCH, 1878.—Gernerat ABSTRACT. 
Barometer ... Highest Reading... _... 30°160 inches on the 22nd at 8.45 
a.m, 
At 32° Faht. Lowest Reading ... ... 29°418 ome on the 27th at 3 p.m. 
spe shone, oe oe ... 29°886 in 
(Being 0°010 inch 1 th g g 19 years.) 
Wind... ... Greatest a: eee = Ibs. on the 30th. 
Mean Pres ee e" 4 Ib. 
Number of. Daas Calm ... 
_— anne — ction... ENE. 
(Py. 292. ig ah As 1m ‘ N E ) 
Rsaperatnre op awe in the Shade... 91.3 on the 16th. 
Lowest in the Shade ... 57 6 - - 31st. 
Great ak nee 
Highest in the Sun 143 0 am the 16th. 
Hi son in Black Box with 
. 193°1 on the 12th. 
‘8 on the 
louie on the Grass we 3lst. 
ean Diurnal Range... 114 
Mean i in >in prada 0s 
Humidity ... Greatest Amount... . 100°0 = - son 24th, and 25th. 
Least a Bae Sy ee a 
Mean 79°9 
Rain ... ---» Number of Days ... .. 8 rain and 3 dew. 
Greatest Fall ey ... 0°652 inches on the 23rd. 
1'410 inch. 65 ft. above ground. 
Total Fall ... eh “C1092 % — hed in. — gona, 
Bviaiiectin Total Amount... ... 5°057 inches. 
Ozone... ... Mean anne oe Ue 
(Being 1:4 greater than h th on a we of the preceding 18 years.) 
Electricity .... Number of _ Lightning 3 
Cloudy Sky... Mean Amoun’ PENS a 
Number of Clear Days wel 
Meteors... , Number Observed ae 
ks. 
th has — Age ody megpialedac 
greater than the average of 19 years. erate rains have fallen generall 
over the Colony, the ayer i at uin, and the least 0-63 
inch at Gilgoin. At the Murray Darling are 11 ft. 9 in. 
above appearance of a high flood ; at Bathurst, mosquitoes 
above sum but no appearar 
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