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trace lost. The scale value of the curves has been altered, and new 

 tabulating scales are accordingly being constructed at the Meteorolo- 

 gical Office. 



The standard eye observations made five times daily, for the con- 

 trol of the automatic records, have been duly registered through the 

 year, together with the additional daily observations at h. 8 m. p.m. 

 in connexion with the Washington synchronous system. 



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 : — 



Readings of standard barometer 1929 



,, dry and wet thermometers 4358 



maximum and minimum thermo- 

 meters 930 



,, radiation thermometers 706 



,, rain gauges 730 



Cloud and weather observations 1929 



Measurements of barograph curves 9125 



,, dry bulb thermograph curves. . 9125 



wet bulb thermograph curves. . 6850 



wind (direction and velocity). . 17480 



,, rainfall curves 809 



„ sunshine traces 2262 



In compliance with a request made by the Meteorological Council 

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

 Falmouth, Glasgow, Oxford (RadclifEe), Stony hurst, and Valencia, 

 have been visited as on former occasions, and their instruments 

 inspected by Mr. Whipple 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 editor of " Symons's Monthly Meteorological 

 Magazine," the Secretary of the Institute of Mining Engineers, 

 Messrs. Gee, Greaves, Gwilliam, Mawley, Rowland, and others. 



Electrograph. — This instrument has been in continuous action 

 through the year. 



In August it was dismounted, and a fresh supply of acid placed 

 in the jar, the charge-keeping properties of which had become slightly 

 deteriorated. 



