CUERENT PAPERS. 



231 



from Lat. 30° S., and No. 217 in Lat. 47'16 S., made the greatest 

 on record there, 12*4 miles per day. 



Taking the dates at which they were found as the order of 

 arrangement, it appears that the papers received were not evenly 

 distributed over the months, but generally there are more in the 

 winter months when southerly winds prevail than in other times 

 in the year; see the following table showing the number received 



Months in which Current Papers were found. 

 1896 



Jan. 

 / 



1 



/ 

 / 



1 



/ 



5 



/ 

 / 



i 



' 4 



Feb. 



/ 

 / 

 / 

 / 

 / 

 / 

 / 



7 ! 



/ 

 / 

 / 

 / 

 / 



5 



Mar. 



/ 

 / 



/ 

 / 



4 



/ 



/ 

 / 

 / 

 / 

 / 



6 



A 



pril 



/ 

 / 



/ 

 / 

 / 



5 



/ 

 / 



2 



] 



lay 



/ 



1 







8 



June 



/ 



1 



/ 



/ 

 / 

 / 

 / 

 / 

 / 



7 

 7 



j 



uly 



9 



5 



A 



u 

 u 



/ 

 1 



397 



9 



$98 



8 



Sept. 

 / 



1 



/ 

 / 

 / 



3 



/ 



/ 

 / 

 / 



4 



Oct. 



/ 



/ 

 / 



3 



8 



///// 

 12 



Nov. 

 7 



9 



/ 

 / 



2 



Dec, 



11 



/ 

 / 

 / 

 / 

 / 



5 



—Total 26 



—Total 81 

 —Total 63 



