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wind (direction and velocity), sunshine, and rain, have been main- 

 tained in regular operation throughout the year. A summary of these 

 observations is given in Appendix II. 



Owing to the necessity of delaying the construction of the new 

 tabulating scales for the wet bulb thermograph until a somewhat 

 lengthened series of observations had been obtained, the work of 

 tabulation became some months in arrear. These, however, have now 

 been worked up, and the tabulations are up to date. 



The standard eye observations for the control of the automatic 

 records have been duly registered during the year, together with the 

 daily observations at h. 8 m. p.m. in connexion with the Washington 

 synchronous system. 



Owing to the high quality of the photographic records, the Com- 

 mittee considered that the maintenance of the noon eye observation 

 in addition to that at h. 8 m. was superfluous, and accordingly it 

 was discontinued on July 1st. 



The tabulation of the meteorological traces has been regularly 

 carried on, and copies of these, as well as of the eye observations, 

 with notes of weather, cloud, and sunshine have been transmitted 

 weekly to the Meteorological Office. 



The following is a summary of the number of meteorological obser- 



vations made during the past year : — 



Headings of standard barometer 1825 



,, dry and wet thermometers 3650 



,, maximum and minimum thermo- 

 meters 730 



5, radiation thermometers 3599 



,, rain gauges 730 



Cloud and weather observations 2176 



Measurements of barograph curves 9046 



,, dry bulb thermograph curves . . 9786 



,, wet bulb thermograph curves. . 11180 



,, wind (direction and velocity) . . 17410 



,, rainfall curves 864 



,, sunshine traces 2252 



In compliance with a request made by the Meteorological Council 

 to the Kew Committee, the Observatories at Aberdeen, Stonyhurst, 

 and Valencia, have been visited and their instruments inspected by 

 Mr. Baker during his vacation. 



With the concurrence of the Meteorological Council, weekly abstracts ' 

 of the meteorological results have been regularly forwarded to, and 

 published by " The Times," " The Illustrated London News," " The 

 Torquay Directory," and " The Torquay Standard," and data have 

 been supplied to the Council of the Royal Meteorological Society, the 



