The instruments used in the forcgoine observations are placed vipm a 

 table 3 feet high in the western verandah of the Honourable Company's 

 Observatary ; from the Mean of five Barometi ical measures lately mad^ 

 the floor of the verandah appears to be about 26 feet above the level of the 

 Sea (not 45 as was before erroneously supposed.) The baf ometrical ind'ca* 

 tion are those read off from the instrument, without any reduction for corpili" 

 iary action or temperature ; for the former, the correction answering to 0,20 

 inches diameter or -f , 059 inches should be employed— The Madras Ob- 

 servatory is situated at about two miles from the sea in longitude 6 Hours 

 21 Minutes 9 Seconds east of Greenwich and 13 Degrees 4 JVanutes 9 Se» 

 Gonds north Latitude. 



T. G. TAYLOR, 



ii. C. AstronomeTo 



